Sex Disparity in the Association of Metabolic Syndrome with Cognitive Impairment.

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a constellation of several cardiometabolic risk factors. We investigated sex disparity in the associations between MS and cognitive impairment using cross-sectional data from Taiwan Biobank. We determined the associations of MS and its five components with cognitive impairment (mini-mental state examination, MMSE < 24) and the five domains of MMSE using logistic regression analyses.

Risk of all-cause mortality in subjects with varying degrees of renal impairment with or without dietary protein restriction.

Background And Objective: Low-protein diet (less than 0.8g/kg/day) has been practiced in the management of chronic kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR]<60ml/min/1.73m or urine albumin-to-creatinine ratios [UACR] ≥30mg/g) for decades.

Spherical Hole-Transporting Interfacial Layer Passivated Defect for Inverted NiO-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with High Efficiency of over 20.

In this study, we achieved a facile and low-cost (18-22 USD/g) synthesis of spiro[fluorene-9,9-phenanthren-10-one]-based interfacial layer materials (; designated , , , and ). Carbazoles and dimethylacridine substituents with an extended π-conjugation achieved through ortho- or para-orientations were used as donors at the spiro[fluorene-9,9'-phenanthren-10'-one] moiety. Highly efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with the device architecture of ITO/NiO//perovskite/PCBM/BCP/Ag can be achieved to improve the surface morphology of NiO when are adopted as the interfacial layer.

[60]Fulleropyrrolidines bearing π-conjugated moiety for polymer solar cells: contribution of the chromophoric substituent on C₆₀ to the photocurrent.

Two fullerene-terthiophene dyads without hexyl chains (3T-C₆₀) and with hexyl chains (3TH-C₆₀) on the terthiophene substituent are synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of corresponding azomethine ylides to C₆₀. The cyclic voltammetry studies indicate no apparent electronic communication between the terthiophene pendent group and the fulleropyrrolidine core in the ground state. However, a significant florescence quenching is observed for 3T-C₆₀ and 3TH-C₆₀, compared to their fluorescent terthiophene (3T) and 3TH precursors, respectively, suggesting the occurrence of strong intramolecular electron/energy transfers in the photoexcited state.