Ionic Peltier effect in Li-ion electrolytes.

The coupled transport of charge and heat provide fundamental insights into the microscopic thermodynamics and kinetics of materials. We describe a sensitive ac differential resistance bridge that enables measurements of the temperature difference on two sides of a coin cell with a resolution of better than 10 μK. We use this temperature difference metrology to determine the ionic Peltier coefficients of symmetric Li-ion electrochemical cells as a function of Li salt concentration, solvent composition, electrode material, and temperature.

Timing of Sexuality Education: Hong Kong Preteens' Perception of Sexual Health.

Although young people want to know more about sexuality, they do not feel they have received what they need to learn. In Chinese societies, scant research has solicited direct input from the youth to obtain their views on sexuality education (SE) deliverables. We found research gaps in the lack of Chinese preteens' input regarding SE timing, knowledge perception, learning readiness, and preteens' reasons for obtaining information about sexual health.

A CD33 frameshift variant is associated with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare neuroimmunology disorder predominantly affecting the East Asia population, the reason for this preference remains unknown. Genetic factors such as polymorphisms in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and interleukins (IL) genes have been reported. Although the familial occurrence of NMOSD is rare, it supports that genetic factors may play a role.

Improved Mass-Transfer Enhances Photo-Driven Dye Degradation and H Evolution over a Few-Layer WS/ZnO Heterostructure.

In this study, we observed the enhanced photocatalytic activity of a few-layer WS/ZnO (WZ) heterostructure toward dye degradation and H production. The few-layer WS acted as a co-catalyst that separated photogenerated electron/hole pairs and provided active sites for reactions, leading to the rate of photocatalytic H production of WZ being 35% greater than that over the bare ZnO nanoparticles. Moreover, vortex-stirring accelerated the mass-transfer of the reactants, leading to the efficiency of dye photodegradation being 3 times higher than that obtained without high-speed stirring.

A 50 Year-Old Woman with A Delayed Diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: The Clinical Course and Serial Neuroimaging Findings.

Purpose: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis (MS) have similar clinical presentations which may make a diagnostic difficulty, especially when the data of aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody is not available. We reported the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma of a woman with a delayed diagnosis of NMO spectrum disorder for more than 20 years.

Case Report: The patient was a 51 years old woman who suffered from several episodes of relapsing and remission of limbs weakness, visual impairment and gait disturbance since 29 years old.

Absentee Parents in Disney Feature-length Animated Movies: What are Children Watching?

Globally, Disney animated films integrate education into entertainment for families with children. This study uses the Social Capital Theory as the framework to support its focus on parental attention to children's developmental learning needs. This exploratory study examines how Disney animated movies over the last eight decades portraited parents in the life of the leading child characters.

The Clinical Features and Therapeutic Outcomes of Young Adults with Cryptococcal Meningitis.

Objective: No previous study has reported on the clinical characteristics of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) focusing solely on young adults.

Patients And Methods: Ninety-nine adult patients with CM (64 men and 35 women) were enrolled, of whom 26 were classified into the young adult group (≤ 40 years) and 73 into the non-young adult group (> 40 years). The modified Rankin scale (mRS) was used to evaluate the outcomes of the survivors at the time of discharge and at 1 year of follow-up.

A combination of anti-PD-L1 mAb plus Lm-LLO-E6 vaccine efficiently suppresses tumor growth and metastasis in HPV-infected cancers.

PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy is viewed as having clinical benefits in advanced cancers but is effective in only a few patients, suggesting that an efficient combination approach is needed to improve efficacy. Immunohistochemistry analysis indicated that PD-L1 expression was correlated with the E6 expression in tumors from 122 lung cancer patients. The poorest survival occurred in PD-L1-positive/E6-positive tumor.

Examining the effects of an interprofessional crew resource management training intervention on perceptions of patient safety.

This article reports the results from a study that employed an interprofessional crew resource management (CRM) education programme in the emergency and critical care departments. The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of this intervention of participants' satisfaction and safety attitude changes using a satisfaction questionnaire and the Human Factors Attitude Survey (HFAS). Overall, participants responded positively to the CRM training-93.

Bioavailability of andrographolide and protection against carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative damage in rats.

Andrographolide, a bioactive diterpenoid, is identified in Andrographis paniculata. In this study, we investigated the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of andrographolide in rats and studied whether andrographolide enhances antioxidant defense in a variety of tissues and protects against carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative damage. After a single 50-mg/kg administration, the maximum plasma concentration of andrographolide was 1μM which peaked at 30min.

Disparity of physician specialties in the management of chronic heart failure: trend analysis in Taiwan, 2000 - 2010.

Objective: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a condition that is daily confronted by clinicians in a variety of medical specialties, where physicians routinely seek optimum pharmacotherapy for their outpatients with CHF. We conducted a population- based study on pharmacotherapy for outpatients with CHF in Taiwan from 2000 to 2010, which focused on drug prescription patterns of different physician specialties.

Materials And Methods: We retrieved records from the National Health Insurance Research Database of patient ambulatory visits with diagnosed chronic heart failure, when cardiovascular drugs were prescribed.

Induction of Nrf2-dependent Antioxidation and Protection Against Carbon Tetrachloride-induced Liver Damage by Andrographis Herba (chuān xīn lián) Ethanolic Extract.

Andrographis paniculata is a traditional Chinese herb and displays diverse biological activities including antioxidation, anti-tumorigenesis, anti-virus, and anti-atherogenesis. In this study, we investigated the up-regulation of ethanolic extract of A. paniculata (APE) on the antioxidant defense in rat livers and whether this enhancement protected against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver damage.

Effect of carbendazim and pencycuron on soil bacterial community.

Soil bacterial composition is used as one of the important indicators of negative effects of the use of pesticides in agriculture. Very little is known on the effects of fungicides, particularly carbendazim and pencycuron on soil bacterial community. In this study, laboratory experiments were conducted to examine the effects of various concentrations of carbendazim and pencycuron on diversity of bacterial community in soils collected from strawberry field and incubated at different temperature conditions.

Detection of viable enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 using the combination of immunomagnetic separation with the reverse transcription multiplex TaqMan PCR system in food and stool samples.

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an infectious pathogen and outbreaks have been reported all over the world, specifically in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States, and in various countries in Europe and South Africa. Therefore, it is necessary to develop rapid methods to determine the target pathogens for food sanitation and disease. Three combinations of primers and probes were designed to detect and identify E.