[Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Organic Carbon and Its Fractions in Karst Farmland and Forest Ecosystems of China Based on Meta-analysis].

In recent decades, with the intensification of human activities, atmospheric nitrogen （N） deposition has been increasing. N deposition affects carbon （C） cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, especially in fragile karst ecosystems. Karst ecosystems are considered to be an important C pool.

Canopy and understory nitrogen additions differently affect soil microbial residual carbon in a temperate forest.

Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition in forests can affect soil microbial growth and turnover directly through increasing N availability and indirectly through altering plant-derived carbon (C) availability for microbes. This impacts microbial residues (i.e.

Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction rapidly improves left ventricular function in rats with ischemic cardiac dysfunction.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) in the treatment of ischemic heart failure (HF). The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism by which UTMD improves ischemic HF.

Methods: An ischemic heart failure model was established using Sprague-Dawley rats.

In Vitro Profiling of Toxicity Effects of Different Environmental Factors on Skin Cells.

The skin is constantly exposed to a variety of environmental threats. Therefore, the influence of environmental factors on skin damage has always been a matter of concern. This study aimed to investigate the cytotoxic effects of different environmental factors, including cooking oil fumes (COFs), haze (PM), and cigarette smoke (CS), on epidermal HaCaT cells and dermal fibroblast (FB) cells.

Functionalized MoS-nanosheets with NIR-Triggered nitric oxide delivery and photothermal activities for synergistic antibacterial and regeneration-promoting therapy.

Bacterial infection in skin and soft tissue has emerged as a critical concern. Overreliance on antibiotic therapy has led to numerous challenges, including the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and adverse drug reactions. It is imperative to develop non-antibiotic treatment strategies that not only exhibit potent antibacterial properties but also promote rapid wound healing and demonstrate biocompatibility.

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Immunotherapy Result in Different Tumor Shrinkage Patterns in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Purpose: This study aims to explore whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy with immunotherapy (NACI) leads to different tumor shrinkage patterns, based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), compared to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) alone in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Additionally, the study investigates the relationship between tumor shrinkage patterns and treatment efficacy was investigated.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients with TNBC patients receiving NAC or NACI from January 2019 until July 2021 at our center.

Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice During Alternating Optimization for GANs.

Synthesizing high-quality and diverse samples is the main goal of generative models. Despite recent great progress in generative adversarial networks (GANs), mode collapse is still an open problem, and mitigating it will benefit the generator to better capture the target data distribution. This article rethinks alternating optimization in GANs, which is a classic approach to training GANs in practice.

Ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle suspension mapping versus dual tracer-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early breast cancer (ultraCars): phase III randomized clinical trial.

Background: Appropriate tracing methods for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) play a key role in accurate axillary staging. This prospective, non-inferiority, phase III RCT compared the feasibility and diagnostic performance of ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle suspension (CNS) mapping with dual tracer-guided SLNB in patients with early breast cancer.

Methods: Eligible patients had primary breast cancer without nodal involvement (cN0), or had clinically positive lymph nodes (cN1) that were downstaged to cN0 after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Case report: solitary splenic metastasis occurring 19 months after primary treatment for occult breast cancer.

Occult breast cancer, commonly presenting with axillary lymphadenopathy, is an extremely rare entity of breast cancer. Metastasis to the spleen as a single site is rarely seen and has been little reported in literature. Herein we described a case of a 60-year-old patient who presented with an asymptomatic solitary splenic mass 19 months after axillary lymph node dissection, regional radiotherapy, and systemic therapy.

Prevention of taxane-associated acute pain syndrome with etoricoxib for patients with breast cancer: A phase II randomised trial.

Background: For patients with breast cancer who receive docetaxel chemotherapy, taxane-associated acute pain syndrome (T-APS), considered a form of neural pathology, is a significant clinical problem. We evaluated the effect of prophylactic etoricoxib on T-APS in patients with breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a phase II randomised trial including 144 patients with breast cancer receiving four cycles of docetaxel-based chemotherapy.

Homologous recombination deficiency predicts the response to platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Recent studies have shown that homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) may be correlated with the pathological complete response (pCR) rate. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the predictive value of HRD for the pCR rate in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) receiving platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT).

Methods: Published articles were searched in the PubMed, Embase, Medline, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases up to 1 June 2021, and studies reporting the pCR rate for HRD carriers on platinum-based NCT were selected.

A Model Incorporating Axillary Tail Position on Mammography for Preoperative Prediction of Non-sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Initial cN+ Breast Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

Rationale And Objectives: This study aimed to develop a model incorporating axillary tail position on mammography (AT) for the prediction of non-sentinel Lymph Node (NSLN) metastasis in patients with initial clinical node positivity (cN+).

Methods And Materials: The study reviewed a total of 257 patients with cN+ breast cancer who underwent both sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). A logistic regression model was developed based on these factors and the results of post-NAC AT and axillary ultrasound (AUS).

Visualization positioning-guided biopsy of suspicious breast microcalcifications: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: At present, most histological evaluations of microcalcifications without a mass are performed using X-ray guided hook wire localization or vacuum-assisted stereotactic biopsy (VASB), but there are still several limitations to these techniques. Therefore, we designed a visualization positioning technique based on three directions of mammography to accurately locate suspected microcalcifications to guide the biopsy.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed consecutive patients with suspicious microcalcifications who underwent visualization positioning-guided biopsy (VPB) from June 1, 2016, to June 1, 2021.

Rapid Separation and Efficient Removal of Cd Based on Enhancing Surface Precipitation by Carbonate-Modified Biochar.

The high buoyancy of biochar makes its application difficult in Cd removal. In this paper, the content of minerals was increased by modifying carbonate on the biochar surface using the vacuum impregnation method. Enhancing surface precipitation between minerals and Cd introduced a correspondingly great number of Cd precipitates on the biochar surface, leading to the rapid precipitation and separation of buoyant biochar.

Effects of Surgery on Prognosis of Young Women With Operable Breast Cancer in Different Marital Statuses: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Background: The influence of surgical approaches [including mastectomy, breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and post-mastectomy breast reconstruction (PMBR) on prognosis of young women (<40 years old) with operable breast cancer has not been determined yet, and this might vary in patients with different marital statuses. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of surgery on survival outcomes for young women with operable breast cancer in different marital statuses.

Methods: We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to identify young women with operable breast cancer between 2004 and 2016, who underwent mastectomy, BCT or PMBR.

Influence of Rahnella aquatilis on arsenic accumulation by Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara for the phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated water.

Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara is a suitable submerged plant for the phytoremediation of As-contaminated water. Rahnella aquatilis is one of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria.

Response of soil microbial communities to additions of straw biochar, iron oxide, and iron oxide-modified straw biochar in an arsenic-contaminated soil.

Anthropogenic activities have caused extensive arsenic (As) contamination in soils. The role of biochar in the remediation of As-contaminated soils has been attracting attention lately. In this study, effects of straw biochar, iron oxide, and iron oxide-modified biochar on soil microbial community composition and soil chemical properties were tested in an As-contaminated soil.

Effects of seasonal precipitation change on soil respiration processes in a seasonally dry tropical forest.

Precipitation is projected to change intensity and seasonal regime under current global projections. However, little is known about how seasonal precipitation changes will affect soil respiration, especially in seasonally dry tropical forests. In a seasonally dry tropical forest in South China, we conducted a precipitation manipulation experiment to simulate a delayed wet season (DW) and a wetter wet season (WW) over a three-year period.

Leaf litter contributes more to soil organic carbon than fine roots in two 10-year-old subtropical plantations.

Although many reports assume a strong relationship between plant litter inputs and soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation, there is limited experimental evidence in support of this relationship. The Detritus Input and Removal Transfer (DIRT) experiment was conducted in two subtropical plantations, an Acacia crassicarpa monoculture (AC) and a Eucalyptus urophylla monoculture (EU), to assess the importance of leaf litter and fine roots for SOC content over a 6-year period. The SOC content in 0-10 cm soil layer was significantly reduced by litter removal (NL) or by removal of both litter and roots (NI), but the influence of root removal (NR) was only marginal.

Comparison of three data mining models for prediction of advanced schistosomiasis prognosis in the Hubei province.

Background: In order to better assist medical professionals, this study aimed to develop and compare the performance of three models-a multivariate logistic regression (LR) model, an artificial neural network (ANN) model, and a decision tree (DT) model-to predict the prognosis of patients with advanced schistosomiasis residing in the Hubei province.

Methodology/principal Findings: Schistosomiasis surveillance data were collected from a previous study based on a Hubei population sample including 4136 advanced schistosomiasis cases. The predictive models use LR, ANN, and DT methods.

Characteristics and mechanisms of cadmium adsorption from aqueous solution using lotus seedpod-derived biochar at two pyrolytic temperatures.

Herein, biochar derived from lotus seedpods, as an effective adsorbent, was prepared by pyrolysis method at 300 and 600 °C. The physicochemical characteristics and cadmium adsorption properties were studied systematically by batch adsorption experiments, FTIR, SEM-EDX, XRD, and XPS. Cd adsorption onto lotus seedpod-derived biochar was better fitted using Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second-order model.

Inverse Association between Ambient Sulfur Dioxide Exposure and Semen Quality in Wuhan, China.

Evidence concerning the association between ambient gaseous air pollutant exposures and semen quality is sparse, and findings in previous studies remain largely inconsistent. We enrolled 1759 men and performed 2184 semen examinations at a large reproductive medical center in Wuhan, China, between 2013 and 2015. Inverse distance weighting interpolation was performed to estimate individual exposures to SO, NO, CO, and O during the entire period (lag 0-90 days) and key periods (lag 0-9, 10-14, 70-90 days) of sperm development.

Temperature sensitivity of total soil respiration and its heterotrophic and autotrophic components in six vegetation types of subtropical China.

The temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (Q) is a key parameter for estimating the feedback of soil respiration to global warming. The Q of total soil respiration (R) has been reported to have high variability at both local and global scales, and vegetation type is one of the most important drivers. However, little is known about how vegetation types affect the Q of soil heterotrophic (R) and autotrophic (R) respirations, despite their contrasting roles in soil carbon sequestration and ecosystem carbon cycles.