Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Infertility in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Objective: This study employs a network meta-analysis method to investigate the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) experiencing infertility.

Methods: Prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of clomiphene citrate (CC) and letrozole (LE) combined with acupuncture in PCOS infertility patients were identified through computerized searches in databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, and Chongqing VIP Database. The search period was set from inception until August 1, 2023, with no language restrictions.

Exploring the efficacy and safety of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for diminished ovarian reserve: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: The therapeutic needs of women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), coupled with the increasing application of acupuncture in improving ovarian function, have highlighted the need to verify the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for DOR. This study aims to provide high-quality evidence by evaluating both ovarian reserve and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) outcomes.

Methods And Analysis: A large-scale, multicentre, randomised controlled trial will be carried out across seven hospitals in China.

Establishment and Analysis of an Artificial Neural Network Model for Early Detection of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Using Machine Learning Techniques.

Background: To identify novel gene combinations and to develop an early diagnostic model for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) through the integration of artificial neural networks (ANN) and random forest (RF) methods.

Methods: We retrieved and processed gene expression datasets for PCOS from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Differential expression analysis of genes (DEGs) within the training set was performed using the "limma" R package.

Crystallization of heavy fermions via epitaxial strain in spinel LiVO thin film.

The mixed-valent spinel LiVO is known as the first oxide heavy-fermion system. There is a general consensus that a subtle interplay of charge, spin, and orbital degrees of freedom of correlated electrons plays a crucial role in the enhancement of quasi-particle mass, but the specific mechanism has remained yet elusive. A charge-ordering (CO) instability of V and V ions that is geometrically frustrated by the V pyrochlore sublattice from forming a long-range CO down to = 0 K has been proposed as a prime candidate for the mechanism.

Topotactic transformation of single crystals: From perovskite to infinite-layer nickelates.

Topotactic transformations between related crystal structures are a powerful emerging route for the synthesis of novel quantum materials. Whereas most such “soft chemistry” experiments have been carried out on polycrystalline powders or thin films, the topotactic modification of single crystals, the gold standard for physical property measurements on quantum materials, has been studied only sparsely. Here, we report the topotactic reduction of LaCaNiO single crystals to LaCaNiO using CaH as the reducing agent.

Atomic-Scale Tuning of the Charge Distribution by Strain Engineering in Oxide Heterostructures.

Strain engineering of complex oxide heterostructures has provided routes to explore the influence of the local perturbations to the physical properties of the material. Due to the challenge of disentangling intrinsic and extrinsic effects at oxide interfaces, the combined effects of epitaxial strain and charge transfer mechanisms have been rarely studied. Here, we reveal the local charge distribution in manganite slabs by means of high-resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy via investigating how the strain locally alters the electronic and magnetic properties of LaSrMnO-LaCuO heterostructures.

Optical conductivity and superconductivity in highly overdoped La Ca CuO thin films.

We have used atomic layer-by-layer oxide molecular beam epitaxy to grow epitaxial thin films of [Formula: see text] with x up to 0.5, greatly exceeding the solubility limit of Ca in bulk systems ([Formula: see text]). A comparison of the optical conductivity measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry to prior predictions from dynamical mean-field theory demonstrates that the hole concentration p is approximately equal to x.