Twist-Dependent Semiconductor-to-Metal Transition in Epitaxial Bilayer α-Antimonene.

In spite of the observation of various exotic correlated physics in twisted graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides, it remains a great challenge to prepare twisted bilayers of puckered elemental layered crystals in the developing field of twistronics. Here, we report the first discovery and success in epitaxial growth of the 39°-twisted bilayer α-Sb. Molecular dynamics simulations verify that the 39°-twisted bilayer α-Sb is energetically stable, consistent with the experiments.

Bland-Altman plot to assess the consistency of arterial and venous blood lactate in the emergency room: a retrospective cohort study.

To measure the correlation and agreement between arterial and peripheral venous blood lactate in the emergency room and to assess the predictive value of lactate for the occurrence of cardiac arrest. This was a retrospective cohort study involving 784 patients from January 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021, in the Emergency Room of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. General information, vital signs, clinical symptoms, and laboratory findings of the patient were collected.

Three-dimensional hidden phase probed by in-plane magnetotransport in kagome metal CsVSb thin flakes.

Transition metal compounds with kagome structure have been found to exhibit a variety of exotic structural, electronic, and magnetic orders. These orders are competing with energies very close to each other, resulting in complex phase transitions. Some of the phases are easily observable, such as the charge density wave (CDW) and the superconducting phase, while others are more challenging to identify and characterize.

Quasi-Homoepitaxial Growth of Highly Strained Alkali-Metal Ultrathin Films on Kagome Superconductors.

Applying lattice strain to thin films, a critical factor to tailor their properties such as stabilizing a structural phase unstable at ambient pressure, generally necessitates heteroepitaxial growth to control the lattice mismatch with substrate. Therefore, while homoepitaxy, the growth of thin film on a substrate made of the same material, is a useful method to fabricate high-quality thin films, its application to studying strain-induced structural phases is limited. Contrary to this general belief, here the quasi-homoepitaxial growth of Cs and Rb thin films is reported with substantial in-plane compressive strain.

Enhancement of superconductivity and phase diagram of Ta-doped Kagome superconductor CsVSb.

Kagome superconductors AVSb (A = K, Rb, and Cs) have attracted enormous interest due to the coexistence of charge density wave (CDW) order, unconventional superconductivity (SC) and anomalous Hall effect (AHE). In this paper, we reported an intensive investigation on Cs(VTa)Sb single crystals with systematic Ta doping. Ta was confirmed to be doped into V-site in the Kagome layer from both single crystal X-ray diffraction structural refinement and scanning transmission electron microscopy observation.

Violation of emergent rotational symmetry in the hexagonal Kagome superconductor CsVSb.

Superconductivity is caused by electron pairs that are canonically isotropic, whereas some exotic superconductors are known to exhibit non-trivial anisotropy stemming from unconventional pairings. However, superconductors with hexagonal symmetry, the highest rotational symmetry allowed in crystals, exceptionally have strong constraint that is called emergent rotational symmetry (ERS): anisotropic properties should be very weak especially near the critical temperature T even for unconventional pairings such as d-wave states. Here, we investigate superconducting anisotropy of the recently-found hexagonal Kagome superconductor CsVSb, which is known to exhibit various intriguing phenomena originating from its undistorted Kagome lattice formed by vanadium atoms.

Food-Borne Poisoning Accident from Amanitin Toxin in Wild Mushrooms - Xingtai City, Hebei Province, China, 2023.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Fatal poisonings caused by wild mushrooms containing amanita toxins pose a significant threat in the southern regions of China. These toxins primarily induce gastrointestinal symptoms initially, which are then followed by potentially life-threatening acute liver damage.

What Is Added By This Report?: This report contributes to the existing knowledge on these cases of poisoning by documenting the second occurrences in Hebei Province and the first occurrences in Xingtai City.

Tunable Van Hove Singularity without Structural Instability in Kagome Metal CsTi_{3}Bi_{5}.

In kagome metal CsV_{3}Sb_{5}, multiple intertwined orders are accompanied by both electronic and structural instabilities. These exotic orders have attracted much recent attention, but their origins remain elusive. The newly discovered CsTi_{3}Bi_{5} is a Ti-based kagome metal to parallel CsV_{3}Sb_{5}.

Nodeless electron pairing in CsVSb-derived kagome superconductors.

The newly discovered kagome superconductors represent a promising platform for investigating the interplay between band topology, electronic order and lattice geometry. Despite extensive research efforts on this system, the nature of the superconducting ground state remains elusive. In particular, consensus on the electron pairing symmetry has not been achieved so far, in part owing to the lack of a momentum-resolved measurement of the superconducting gap structure.

A CNN-Based Wearable System for Driver Drowsiness Detection.

Drowsiness poses a serious challenge to road safety and various in-cabin sensing technologies have been experimented with to monitor driver alertness. Cameras offer a convenient means for contactless sensing, but they may violate user privacy and require complex algorithms to accommodate user (e.g.

Construction and dual internal validation of a short-term prognostic scoring tool for sepsis.

Background: To construct and validate a simple and easily administered scoring tool for the prediction of short-term prognostic survival in adult patients with sepsis.

Methods: This study is a retrospective and prospective cohort study. A total of 382 patients with sepsis.

Gate-tunable transport in van der Waals topological insulator BiBrnanobelts.

BiBris a quasi-one-dimensional van der Waals topological insulator with novel electronic properties. Several efforts have been devoted to the understanding of its bulk form, yet it remains a challenge to explore the transport properties in low-dimensional structures due to the difficulty of device fabrication. Here we report for the first time a gate-tunable transport in exfoliated BiBrnanobelts.

[Predictive value of early lactate/albumin ratio in the prognosis of sepsis].

Objective: To investigate the prognostic value of early serum lactate, albumin, and lactate/albumin ratio (L/A) on the 28-day prognosis of adult patients with sepsis.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among adult patients with sepsis admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January to December in 2020. Gender, age, comorbidities, lactate within 24 hours of admission, albumin, L/A, interleukin-6 (IL-6), procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and 28-day prognosis were recorded.

Case report: Identification of a frameshift mutation in GC enrichment and the GCC repeat region of the androgen insensitivity receptor (AR) gene in a patient with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome by whole-exome sequencing (WES) combined with specific PCR and deep sequencing.

Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is an X-linked recessive hereditary disease caused due to a reduced or absent function of the androgen receptor (AR) protein encoded by the AR gene (OMIM-Gene# 313,700). Genetic testing is important in the diagnosis, clinical management, and prevention of AIS (MIM# 300,068). The AR (HGNC: 644) pathogenic variant detection rate ranges from 65% to 95% for patients with complete AIS (CAIS) and 40%-45% for patients with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS).

Double sequential external defibrillation versus standard defibrillation in refractory ventricular fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Double sequential external defibrillation (DSED) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation has shown different results in comparison with standard defibrillation in the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation (RVF). This review aims to compare the advantages of DSED with standard defibrillation in the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation.

Materials And Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched from inception to May 1, 2022.

Fermiology and Origin of T_{c} Enhancement in a Kagome Superconductor Cs(V_{1-x}Nb_{x})_{3}Sb_{5}.

Kagome metals AV_{3}Sb_{5} (A=K, Rb, and Cs) exhibit a characteristic superconducting ground state coexisting with a charge density wave (CDW), whereas the mechanisms of the superconductivity and CDW have yet to be clarified. Here we report a systematic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) study of Cs(V_{1-x}Nb_{x})_{3}Sb_{5} as a function of Nb content x, where isovalent Nb substitution causes an enhancement of superconducting transition temperature (T_{c}) and the reduction of CDW temperature (T_{CDW}). We found that the Nb substitution shifts the Sb-derived electron band at the Γ point downward and simultaneously moves the V-derived band around the M point upward to lift up the saddle point (SP) away from the Fermi level, leading to the reduction of the CDW-gap magnitude and T_{CDW}.

Transcriptomic analysis reveals Aspergillus oryzae responds to temperature stress by regulating sugar metabolism and lipid metabolism.

Aspergillus oryzae is widely used in industrial applications, which always encounter changes within multiple environmental conditions during fermentation, such as temperature stress. However, the molecular mechanisms by which A. oryzae protects against temperature stress have not been elucidated.

Occupational acute argon gas poisoning: A case report.

Rationale: Intentional or unintentional exposure to asphyxiating gases is a significant public health concern worldwide. Argon poisoning is fatal, and its onset is primarily due to neurological damage.

Patient Concerns: A 22-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for argon gas poisoning.

Development and validation of a predictive model for new-onset atrial fibrillation in sepsis based on clinical risk factors.

Objective: New-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) is a common complication and one of the primary causes of increased mortality in critically ill adults. Since early assessment of the risk of developing NOAF is difficult, it is critical to establish predictive tools to identify the risk of NOAF.

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 1,568 septic patients treated at Wuhan Union Hospital (Wuhan, China) as a training cohort.

Origami Paper-Based Stretchable Humidity Sensor for Textile-Attachable Wearable Electronics.

Flexible and stretchable humidity sensors for wearable purposes have become increasingly important in health care and physiological signal monitoring. However, to the authors' knowledge, there is no report on flexible and stretchable paper-based humidity sensors that are low-cost, easily fabricated, and environmentally friendly. In this work, for the first time, we propose a stretchable, textile-compatible paper-based origami humidity sensor (POHS).

Comparison of Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange and Facemasks in Preoxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE) has received increasing attention and application as an effective noninvasive mode of ventilation in the treatment of clinical anesthesia and critically ill patients. The conclusions reached in clinical studies of THRIVE and facemask oxygenation are still controversial, and the main objective of this systematic review is to determine the advantages of THRIVE over facemask oxygenation in intensive care units, respiratory medicine, and perioperative preoxygenation.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library have search restrictions.

Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator.

Room-temperature realization of macroscopic quantum phases is one of the major pursuits in fundamental physics. The quantum spin Hall phase is a topological quantum phase that features a two-dimensional insulating bulk and a helical edge state. Here we use vector magnetic field and variable temperature based scanning tunnelling microscopy to provide micro-spectroscopic evidence for a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state on the surface of the higher-order topological insulator BiBr.

Inhibition of AoAur1 increases mycelial growth, hyphal fusion and improves physiological adaptation to high-temperature stress in Aspergillus oryzae.

Inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) participates in hyphal growth and serves as a signaling molecule that enables fungi to adapt to diverse environments. Here, a gene, encodes IPC synthase, was identified from the Aspergillus oryzae 3.042 genome and designated AoAur1.