Effects of gender and age on sleep EEG functional connectivity differences in subjects with mild difficulty falling asleep.

Introduction: Difficulty falling asleep place an increasing burden on society. EEG-based sleep staging is fundamental to the diagnosis of sleep disorder, and the selection of features for each sleep stage is a key step in the sleep analysis. However, the differences of sleep EEG features in gender and age are not clear enough.

Exploring Abnormal Brain Functional Connectivity in Healthy Adults, Depressive Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder through EEG Signals: A Machine Learning Approach for Triple Classification.

Depressive disorder (DD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), two prominent mental health conditions, are commonly diagnosed using subjective methods such as scales and interviews. Previous research indicated that machine learning (ML) can enhance our understanding of their underlying mechanisms. This study seeks to investigate the mechanisms of DD, GAD, and healthy controls (HC) while constructing a diagnostic framework for triple classifications.

Role of Soil and Foliar-Applied Carbon Dots in Plant Iron Biofortification and Cadmium Mitigation by Triggering Opposite Iron Signaling in Roots.

In China, iron (Fe) availability is low in most soils but cadmium (Cd) generally exceeds regulatory soil pollution limits. Thus, biofortification of Fe along with mitigation of Cd in edible plant parts is important for human nutrition and health. Carbon dots (CDs) are considered as potential nanomaterials for agricultural applications.

Calcium-Mobilizing Properties of -Derived Carbon Dots Confer Enhanced Environmental Adaptability in Plants.

Biomass-derived carbon dots (CDs) are promising nanotools for agricultural applications and function as a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger to alleviate plant oxidative stress under adverse environments. Nevertheless, plants need ROS burst to fully activate Ca-regulated defensive signaling pathway. The underlying mechanism of CDs to improve plant environmental adaptability without ROS is largely unknown.

Risk factors for inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Inadvertent intraoperative hypothermia is frequent during open surgeries; however, few studies on hypothermia during laparoscopic abdominal surgery have been reported. We aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors for hypothermia in patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgery.

Methods: This single-center prospective cohort observational study involved patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery between October 2018 and June 2019.

ZnO NPs delay the recovery of psoriasis-like skin lesions through promoting nuclear translocation of p-NFκB p65 and cysteine deficiency in keratinocytes.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the safety of applying zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) to pathological skin. The majority of previous studies confirmed the safety of applying ZnO NPs to normal skin. However, we know very little about the risks of using sunscreen, cosmetics and topical drugs containing ZnO NPs for individuals with skin diseases.