Conjugated Organic Photothermal Films for Spatiotemporal Thermal Engineering.

With the growth of photoenergy harvesting and thermal engineering, photothermal materials (PTMs) have attracted substantial interest due to their unique functions such as localized heat generation, spatiotemporal thermal controllability, invisibility, and light harvesting capabilities. In particular, π-conjugated organic PTMs show advantages over inorganic or metallic PTMs in thin film applications due to their large light absorptivity, ease of synthesis and tunability of molecular structures for realizing high NIR absorption, flexibility, and solution processability. This review is intended to provide an overview of organic PTMs, including both molecular and polymeric PTMs.

Shear Wave Elastography of the Spleen for Monitoring Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Function: A Pilot Study.

Objectives: To assess the feasibility of splenic shear wave elastography in monitoring transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) function.

Methods: We measured splenic shear wave velocity (SWV), main portal vein velocity (PVV), and splenic vein velocity (SVV) in 33 patients 1 day before and 3 days to 12 months after TIPS placement. We also measured PVV, SVV, and SWV in 10 of 33 patients with TIPS dysfunction 1 day before and 3 to 6 days after TIPS revision.

Hymenobacter swuensis sp. nov., a gamma-radiation-resistant bacteria isolated from mountain soil.

Gram stain-negative and non-motile bacteria, designated as DY53(T) and DY43, were isolated from mountain soil in South Korea prior exposure with 5 kGy gamma radiation. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the strains belonged to the family Cytophagaceae in the class Cytophagia. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of strains DY53(T) and DY43 was 100 %.

Correlation between Doppler parameters and renal cortical fibrosis in lupus nephritis: a preliminary observation.

To assess the relationship between renal Doppler parameters and renal cortical fibrosis in lupus nephritis (LN), we retrospectively reviewed 24 patients with LN underwent both renal color Doppler sonography and renal biopsy. The angle-corrected Doppler parameters, including peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EDV) and resistive index (RI) at the main and interlobar renal arteries were measured. The Doppler parameters and PSV and EDV ratios of the interlobar artery to main renal artery were compared with histopathologic analysis of the kidney biopsy specimen.

Hepatocellular carcinoma: clinical and radiological findings in patients with chronic B viral hepatitis and chronic C viral hepatitis.

Aim: To compare clinical and radiological findings of newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.

Materials And Methods: Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT images in 532 patients with newly diagnosed HCC were retrospectively reviewed. Of these patients, 418 had chronic HBV infections and 114 had chronic HCV infections.