Altered Brain Glymphatic Function at Diffusion-Tensor MRI in Pre-cirrhotic Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease.

Rationale And Objectives: To evaluate glymphatic function changes and their relationships with clinical features in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), thereby facilitating early intervention before this disease progresses to cirrhosis.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional cohort of 46 pre-cirrhotic MAFLD patients and 30 age-, sex-, and education-matched controls was enrolled, with diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) data, laboratory and neurocognitive scores collected. The DTI analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) index was computed for qualifying glymphatic function.

[Modified palatoplasty for children of Pierre Robin sequence with cleft palate：clinical analysis of 12 consecutive cases].

Purpose: To explore a safe, effective and functional surgical treatment for children of Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) with cleft palate.

Methods: Twelve children of PRS with cleft palate underwent mandibular distraction osteogenesis before cleft palate surgery in order to correct severe hypoxia. A modified palatoplasty was then performed, the palatal flaps on both sides were not elevated in the anterior portions to prevent soft palate backward moving, and the levator veli palatini was repositioned simultaneously.

What is the optimal cutoff value of the axis-line-angle technique for evaluating trunk imbalance in coronal plane?

Background Context: Accurately evaluating the extent of trunk imbalance in the coronal plane is significant for patients before and after treatment. We preliminarily practiced a new method, axis-line-angle technique (ALAT), for evaluating coronal trunk imbalance with excellent intra-observer and interobserver reliability. Radiologists and surgeons were encouraged to use this method in clinical practice.

[Relationship between gestational age and apparent diffusion coefficient values in different regions of fetal brain from middle to late trimester].

Objective: To analyze the relationship between gestational age and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in different regions of fetal brain from middle to late trimester.

Methods: DW images performed in 70 singleton non-sedated fetuses with questionably abnormal results on sonography and normal fetal MR imaging results were retrospectively reviewed. The median gestational age was 32.

Pulsed laser deposition of ITO/AZO transparent contact layers for GaN LED applications.

In this study, indium-tin oxide (ITO)/Al-doped zinc oxide (AZO) composite films were fabricated by pulsed laser deposition and used as transparent contact layers (TCLs) in GaN-based blue light emitting diodes (LEDs). The ITO/AZO TCLs were composed of the thin ITO (50 nm) films and AZO films with various thicknesses from 200 to 1000 nm. Conventional LED with ITO (200 nm) TCL prepared by E-beam evaporation was fabricated and characterized for comparison.

Ionothermal synthesis of layered zirconium phosphates and their tribological properties in mineral oil.

In an attempt to synthesize novel zirconium phosphate materials, a series of syntheses have been performed in a deep eutectic solvent (DES), composed of tetrapropylammonium bromide (TPABr) and oxalic acid. As a result, this DES does not act as a template provider in reaction probably owing to the steric effects of the longer chains of the TPA cation, and only the α-Zr(HPO(4))(2)·H(2)O (α-ZrP) phase has been achieved. However, after organic amine was added to the initial reaction mixture in a normal way, the additives did act as a template to induce the zirconium phosphate framework.

Arterial chemotherapy and conformal radiation abolish malignant biliary obstruction.

Malignant biliary obstruction has been a challenge to clinical practitioners, especially when it is serious and complete. Chemotherapy or radiation alone is often unsuccessful. In this study, the authors report a 59-year-old patient with complete common bile duct obstruction caused by cholangiocarcinoma who was treated with arterial chemotherapy followed by 3-dimensional conformal radiation, which resulted in a good clinical outcome.

[Impact of skin build-up region on evaluation of irradiation plan of radiotherapy for early stage breast cancer].

Background & Objective: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) can improve the dose distribution in the breast irradiation for early stage breast cancer, but the definition and delineation for clinical target volume (CTV) are uncertain. This study was to investigate the impact of skin build-up region on evaluation of IMRT plan for early stage breast cancer by analyzing dose-volume histograms (DVHs).

Methods: CTVs for 22 patients with early stage breast cancer were delineated on transversal CT images, which included the skin build-up region.