Publications by authors named "Yanmei Cao"

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  • This study examines the controversial use of sodium bicarbonate for treating metabolic acidosis, focusing on identifying patient types that may benefit from the therapy.
  • Researchers analyzed a large database of patients with metabolic acidosis, finding that baseline chloride and anion gap levels influenced in-hospital mortality and treatment outcomes for sodium bicarbonate.
  • The results suggest that patients with hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis might benefit from sodium bicarbonate, but more rigorous studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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  • - Liver fibrosis occurs due to the overproduction of extracellular matrix proteins, often linked to metabolic diseases and exposure to substances like carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄), resulting in liver damage and potential cancer.
  • - The study found that Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) can inhibit the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) through its downregulation of YAP, suggesting that by targeting these pathways, liver fibrosis progression can be slowed.
  • - Combining a VDR agonist with a YAP inhibitor showed a synergistic effect in reducing liver fibrosis and HSC activation, mediated by AMPK activation, highlighting a potential multi-targeted approach for treating liver fibrosis.
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  • - This study investigates how daily sitting time and coffee consumption affect mortality from all causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among US adults, using data from over 10,000 participants in a national health survey from 2007-2018.
  • - Findings indicate that sitting for more than eight hours a day significantly increases the risk of dying from all causes (46% higher) and CVD (79% higher), while high coffee consumption is linked to lower risks of death (33% and 54% lower for all-cause and CVD mortality, respectively).
  • - Joint analysis reveals that non-coffee drinkers who sit for six hours or more daily have a 58% greater likelihood of all-cause mortality compared to coffee
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Functional constipation (FC) can seriously affect the physical and mental health of children. The goal of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis XLTG11 in treating FC in children through a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled approach.

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Background: Sodium bicarbonate (SB) infusion is commonly used to correct metabolic acidosis, but its clinical efficacy remains controversial. This study aims to investigate whether acid-base balance parameters should be a consideration for administering SB treatment.

Methods: Children with metabolic acidosis (pH < 7.

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Workers are frequently exposed to the occupational hazards of ionizing radiation and noise. Co-exposure to these hazards is not well understood in terms of their physiological effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the physiological effects of co-exposure to ionizing radiation and noise within the occupational limit.

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Background The Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus has spread rapidly worldwide, even in areas with high vaccination rates. Consequently, it has further exacerbated the current global pandemic. In this study, we aimed to characterize the clinical severity of patients with the COVID-19 variant Omicron and analyze vaccine effectiveness in predicting clinical severity.

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The present study explored whether acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a cognitive behavioral therapy approach, could improve the symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorders among patients with schizophrenia in remission. A pre- and post-treatment design with two evaluation time points was employed. Sixty outpatients with schizophrenia in remission were randomly divided into two groups: the ACT plus treatment as usual (ACT+TAU) and treatment as usual (TAU) groups.

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Chemical vapor deposition-based growth techniques allow flexible design of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible materials. Here, we report the deuterated silicon-rich nitride films grown using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The linear and nonlinear properties of the films are characterized, and we experimentally confirm that the silicon-rich nitride films grown with SiD eliminates Si-H and N-H related absorption.

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Ultra-silicon-rich nitride with refractive indices ~ 3 possesses high nonlinear refractive index-100× higher than stoichiometric silicon nitride and presents absence of two-photon absorption, making it attractive to be used in nonlinear integrated optics at telecommunications wavelengths. Despite its excellent nonlinear properties, ultra-silicon-rich nitride photonics devices reported so far still have fairly low quality factors of [Formula: see text], which could be mainly attributed by the material absorption bonds. Here, we report low temperature plasma-deposited dichlorosilane-based ultra-silicon-rich nitride (SiN) with lower material absorption bonds, and ~ 2.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the dose effect of bovine lactoferrin (bLF) fortification on the morbidity of diarrhea and respiratory tract infections in weaned infants with anemia.

Methods: A total of 108 infants with anemia, who were exclusively breast fed at 4 to 6 mo and weaned and formula fed at 6 to 9 mo, were recruited. The eligible infants were randomly assigned to fortified group 0 (FG0), fortified group 1 (FG1), or fortified group 2 (FG2) and were given formula fortified with 0 mg/100 g, 38 mg/100 g, and 76 mg/100 g of bLF, respectively, for 3 mo.

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The aerodynamic noise around the high-speed railway bridge is studied by the train-bridge-flow field numerical model and theory analysis. With the background of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway line in China, based on the broadband noise sources method and acoustic analogy theory, both the intensity characteristics of near-field aerodynamic noise sources of the train and the spatial distribution characteristics of far-field aerodynamic noise around the bridge are analyzed. The results show that there is the largest sound source energy on the nose tip of the high-speed train; the fluctuating pressure between air and train surface contributes the most to aerodynamic noise; along the longitudinal direction of the bridge, the aerodynamic noise energy near the junction of train tail and body is the strongest; along the transverse direction of the bridge, the aerodynamic noise energy decreases gradually with the distance from the centerline of the railway; along the vertical direction, the aerodynamic noise energy is the strongest at a location of 1.

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To evaluate the effect of iron-fortified formula with different concentrations of bovine lactoferrin (bLF) on improvement of anemic status in term infants who were previously breast-fed. A randomized, controlled, open, and post-market intervention study. A total of 108 infants aged 6-9 mo who were previously breast-fed and weaned were selected.

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The need to make sense of one's mortality is of central concern for death studies. We aimed to explore the meaning of aftermath concerns in the process of preparing for death. Using a qualitative approach, we explored aftermath concerns among 25 participants with terminal cancer in China.

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Mitochondria are crucial in the process of oxidative metabolism and apoptosis. Their morphology is greatly associated with the development of certain diseases. For specific and long-term imaging of mitochondrial morphology, we synthesized a new mitochondria-targeted near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe (TPE-Xan-In) by incorporating TPE with a NIR merocyanine skeleton (Xan-In).

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Intracerebral hemorrhage is a fatal subtype of stroke, with crucial impact on public health. Surgical removal of the hematoma as an early-stage treatment for ICH can't improve long-term prognosis remarkably. Liangxue tongyu prescription (LP), a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula, includes eight ingredients and has been used to treat ICH in the clinical.

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Background: Kuan is widely used in the clinics for the treatment of blood stasis in China.

Objective: To evaluate the improving blood rheology and anti-inflammatory properties of Kuan extract (CO) and its active fraction (ACO) on acute blood stasis model Wistar rats and characterize the correlative constituents.

Materials And Methods: CO at 0.

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With an efficient methodology, a novel chloromethylated polystyrene-g-2-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole chelating resin (MTR resin) was prepared via a one-step reaction. The structure of MTR resin was characterized by elements analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. Meanwhile, the adsorption properties of the resin for Hg(II) were investigated by batch and column experiments.

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We have developed a silicon depletion-mode modulator featuring a novel U-type PN junction that enables a substantial improvement in electro-optical modulation efficiency. Through electrical, optical, and manufacturing process simulations, an ultralow VL of 0.63  V·cm is exhibited with 3 V reverse bias.

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An ultracompact polarization splitter-rotator based on an asymmetric directional coupler has been designed and analyzed. The device consists of one channel waveguide and one vertical slot waveguide, which couple to each other to form the asymmetric directional coupler. The coupling length is only 17.

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