Cell Mol Neurobiol
October 2023
Correction for 'A hybrid GaN/GaO structure anchored on carbon cloth as a high-performance electrode of supercapacitors' by Yan-Ling Hu, , , 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2dt02904a.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA hybrid structure of GaN/GaO microrods was fabricated on carbon cloth (CC) using a hydrothermal process combined with a high-temperature nitridation followed by an air annealing process. By elevating the post-annealing temperature to 500 °C, both electron density () and specific capacitance () of the composite electrode were significantly enhanced. Symmetric SCs assembled with GaN/CC-500 showed great potential in both 1 M HSO aqueous solution and a PVA-HSO gel-like electrolyte.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies have identified multiple viruses in dead or severely diseased pangolins, but descriptions of the virome in healthy pangolins are lacking. This poses a greater risk of cross-species transmission due to poor preventive awareness and frequent interactions with breeders. In this study, we investigated the viral composition of 34 pangolins with no signs of disease at the time of sampling and characterized a large number of arthropod-associated viruses belonging to 11 families and vertebrate viruses belonging to eight families, including those with pathogenic potential in humans and animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Reports on peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement in neonates with persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) are rare. The majority of PLSVC patients have no clinical symptoms or hemodynamic changes, which are usually detected during cardiac catheterization, cardiac pacemaker implantation, or PICC placement. However, in neonates with PLSVC, PICC placement can be challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Reports of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) caused by umbilical arterial catheter (UAC)-associated abdominal aortic embolism in neonates are rare. Herein, we report the case of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant with NEC caused by UAC-associated abdominal aortic embolism.
Case Summary: A female infant, aged 21 min and weighing 830 g at 28 wk of gestational age, was referred to our hospital because of premature birth and shallow breathing.
Background: There have been few reports on level 3 difficult removal of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in neonates. Here, we reported a case of an extremely preterm infant who underwent level 3 difficult removal of a PICC.
Case Summary: Female baby A, weighing 1070 g at 27 wk of gestational age, was diagnosed with extremely preterm infant and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
Background: Extremely premature infants have poor vascular conditions. Operators often choose deep veins such as the femoral vein and axillary vein to peripherally insert central catheters, and these vessels are often accompanied by arteries; thus, it is easy to mistakenly enter the artery.
Case Summary: The case of an extremely premature infant (born at gestational age 28) in whom the left upper extremity artery was accidentally entered during peripheral puncture of the central venous catheter is reported.
As one of the important tick-borne zoonotic pathogens, has both veterinary and public health significance. Here, we performed a survey of infection in the goats from a farm in Beijing, China, and found 44.6% (41/92) were infected with , and 22.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, zinc-gallium oxynitrides with a Zn:Ga mole ratio of 1:1 [(GaN)(ZnO)] were synthesized from a Zn/Ga/CO layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursor. The microstructure and photoactivity of the (GaN)(ZnO) particles were tuned by adjusting the nitridation conditions of the LDH. It is revealed that the quantity of the LDH, or, equivalently, the partial pressure of the water during nitridation, plays a pivotal role in the defect structure of the obtained oxynitrides.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe ongoing outbreak of viral pneumonia in China and across the world is associated with a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. This outbreak has been tentatively associated with a seafood market in Wuhan, China, where the sale of wild animals may be the source of zoonotic infection. Although bats are probable reservoir hosts for SARS-CoV-2, the identity of any intermediate host that may have facilitated transfer to humans is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: The basal core promoter (BCP) double mutations (A1762T and G1764A) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have been reported to be an aetiological factor of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). What distinguishes the subset of HBV carriers in whom these mutations are selected? : A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was carried out on 218 asymptomatic HBsAg carriers infected with HBV with BCP double mutations and 191 controls infected with HBV with the wild type BCP. The highest ranking nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were validated with other study subjects, 203 cases and 181 controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the synergy of the Burkholderia signaling molecule cis-2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF) and fluconazole (FLU) or itraconazole (ITRA) against two azole-resistant C. albicans clinical isolates in vitro and in vivo.
Methods: Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antibiotics against two azole-resistant C.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of cis-2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF) in the treatment and prevention of vaginal candidiasis in vivo.
Methods: The activities of different concentrations of BDSF against the virulence factors of Candida albicans (C. albicans) were determined in vitro.
Nanomaterials (Basel)
November 2018
InGaN nanowires (NWs) have drawn great attentions for their applications in optoelectronic and energy conversion devices. Compared to conventional substrates, metal substrates can offer InGaN NW devices with better thermal conductivity, electric conductivity, and mechanic flexibility. In this article, InGaN NWs were successfully grown on the surface of a tantalum (Ta) substrate via vapor-liquid-solid chemical vapor deposition (VLS-CVD), as characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), scanning and transmission electron microscope (STEM), and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the effect of golden-hour body temperature bundle management strategy on admission temperature and clinical outcome in preterm infants with a gestational age of <34 weeks after birth.
Methods: The preterm infants who were born in the delivery room of the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University and admitted to the department of neonatology of this hospital within 1 hour after birth from December 2015 to June 2016 and from January to May, 2017 were enrolled. The 173 preterm infants who were admitted from January to May, 2017 were enrolled as the intervention group and were given golden-hour body temperature bundle management.
Methane-based nitridation was employed to produce wurtzite zinc-gallium oxynitride (ZnGaNO) photocatalyst particles using Zn/Ga/CO layered double hydroxides (LDHs) as precursor. Introduction of methane to nitridation would promote the formation of Zn-O bonding and suppress shallow acceptor complexes such as V-Ga and Ga-O in ZnGaNO particles. On the other hand, high flow rate of methane would induce breaking of Ga-N bonding and enhance surface deposition of metallic Ga atoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBreast cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer-associated mortality in women worldwide, develops from breast tissue. Chemotherapy is the most commonly used therapy to treat breast cancer. However, a number of natural plant-derived products have been suggested as alternative therapies to treat different types of cancer, such as breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate the role of the transcription factor p53 in the course of the dengue virus (DV) infection. The human hepatocellular carcinoma cell strain HepG2 with a low expression level of p53 was built by using the retroviral-mediated RNA interference technology, and was detected by Western blot. The wild group and the interference group were respectively infected by the type 2 DV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate the associiations between the polymorphisms of cell cycle pathway genes and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods: We enrolled 1127 cases newly diagnosed with HCC from the Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University and 1200 non-tumor patients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University. General demographic characteristics, behavioral information, and hematological indices were collected by unified questionnaires.