Effects of life rules on mental health and behavioral problems among adolescent and youth students: A survey after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China.

Objective: To explore the impact of life rules (including individual's life habits and life patterns, such as diet, sleep, and learning styles) on mental health and behavioral problems among adolescent and youth students after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Sichuan, China and analyze the influencing factors of life rules.

Methods: An online survey was conducted in middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in Sichuan Province, China, from December 14, 2022, to February 28, 2023. Demographic information, COVID-19 epidemic-related questions, behavioral and mental health information were collected.

Mental health problems and associated factors of students at different learning stages during and after COVID-19 pandemic in Sichuan, China.

Background: Although students' mental health might be impacted severely during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still limited clarity regarding mental health problems among students in different learning stages after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China. This study aimed to explore the long-term effects of COVID-19 on students' mental health at different learning stage and provide recommendations on education and health policies after the lifting of COVID-19 constrictions.

Method: This large sample, cross-sectional, online survey was conducted among students (N = 82873) in 162 schools from December 14, 2022 to February 28, 2023 in Sichuan, China.

The prevalence and association of traditional bullying and cyber bullying with mental health among adolescent and youth students in China: a study after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.

Background: Although bullying may affect students' mental health, its prevalence and impact on mental health among students in China after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions remains unclear. This study aimed to explored the prevalence and association of traditional and cyber bullying with mental health among Chinese adolescent and youth students post-COVID-19 restrictions.

Methods: An online survey included 82,873 students from various educational levels in Sichuan Province, China, assessing traditional and cyber victimization, cyber perpetration, COVID-19 experiences, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Mechanical forces pattern endocardial Notch activation via mTORC2-PKC pathway.

Notch signaling has been identified as a key regulatory pathway in patterning the endocardium through activation of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in the atrioventricular canal (AVC) and proximal outflow tract (OFT) region. However, the precise mechanism underlying Notch activation remains elusive. By transiently blocking the heartbeat of E9.

Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on adolescent and youth students' mental health and bullying behaviors after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China.

Background: Vaccination plays an important role in fighting against COVID-19. However, it is unclear about the association among vaccination, mental health, and bullying behaviors in China.

Method: This online survey was conducted to investigate the association among vaccination status, mental health problems and bullying behaviors in students from December 14, 2022 to February 28, 2023 in Sichuan, China.

Bioengineered Extracellular Vesicle Hydrogel Modulating Inflammatory Microenvironment for Wound Management.

Chronic wounds, frequently arising from conditions like diabetes, trauma, or chronic inflammation, represent a significant medical challenge due to persistent inflammation, heightened infection risk, and limited treatment solutions. This study presents a novel bioengineered approach to promote tissue repair and improve the healing environment. We developed a bioactive hydrogel patch, encapsulated zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) into extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages, and synthesized ZIF@EV, then embedded it in the sodium alginate matrix.

Comparing the Efficacy of Empirical Anti-Infective Therapy and Follow-Up Observation for Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Ground-Glass Nodules With Suspected Inflammatory Etiology: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study Protocol.

Background And Aims: The optimal management strategy for newly diagnosed pulmonary ground-glass nodules (GGNs) with suspected inflammatory etiology remains controversial in clinical practice. Empirical anti-inflammatory therapy is commonly used, but its efficacy compared with that of follow-up observation lacks high-quality evidence. Therefore, this study aims to compare the effectiveness of empirical anti-infective therapy and follow-up observation for pulmonary GGNs in real-world settings.

Nanobiohybrid Extracellular Vesicle Nanoreactor with Improving Metabolical Activity for Biocatalytic Therapy.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) hosting enzymatic activities that function as independent metabolic units are attractive natural biocatalytic platforms. However, directly using these metabolically active nanoreactors for effective biocatalytic applications remains challenging, mainly due to their constrained catalytic capabilities. Here, we construct an EV-templated nanobiohybrid system by engineering an EV surface with a photoresponsive zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF).

Characterization of a large caliber explosively driven shock tube.

Research on evaluating weapon systems, building structures, and personnel protection has attracted considerable attention due to the high incidence of blast accidents. The explosively driven shock tube is an affordable and replicable method for investigating high pressure blast waves and extreme shock environments. A newly constructed large caliber explosively driven shock tube with an inner diameter of 2.

A Study on the Critical Saturation Response Characteristics of Simple and Sandwich Cylindrical Shells under Long-Duration Blast Loading.

Experimental research and numerical simulations of the structural response to shock waves with pulse durations of hundreds of milliseconds, or even seconds, are extremely challenging. This paper takes typical single-layer and sandwich cylindrical shells as the research objects. The response rules of cylindrical shells under long-duration blast loadings were studied.

Online lithium-ion battery intelligent perception for thermal fault detection and localization.

-Equipping lithium-ion batteries with a reasonable thermal fault diagnosis can avoid thermal runaway and ensure the safe and reliable operation of the batteries. This research built a lithium-ion battery thermal fault diagnosis model that optimized the original mask region-based convolutional neural network based on the battery dataset in both parameters and structure. The model processes the thermal images of the battery surface, identifies problematic batteries, and locates the problematic regions.

Spontaneous Hemothorax by Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation during Pregnancy.

 Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is a rare vascular malformation that may cause hemothorax, especially during pregnancy.  A 25-year-old woman presented sudden-onset left chest pain, dizziness, and dyspnea in the 27th week of gestation. Computed tomography angiography showed left pleural effusion with complete hemithorax opacification and an aneurysmal PAVM.

The mutual overlapping impact of stress and infection on mental health problems in adolescents and youths during and after COVID-19 pandemic in China.

Background: It is unclear about the mutual impact of COVID-19 related psychological stress and infection on mental health of adolescent and youth students. This study aimed to explore the mutual impact of COVID-19 related psychological stress and infection on mental health problems among students.

Methods: This study was conducted from December 14, 2022 to February 28, 2023 in Sichuan, China.

Effects of internet addiction and academic satisfaction on mental health among college students after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China.

Background: Internet addiction (IA) among students, worsened by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has become a social problem with the digitalization of school learning and many aspects of daily life. However, few studies on IA have been conducted among students after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China.

Method: This large-sample, cross-sectional, online survey was conducted to explore the characteristics of IA and the association among IA, academic satisfaction, and mental health problems from December 14, 2022 to February 28, 2023 in Sichuan, China.

Academic performance and mental health among Chinese middle and high school students after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.

Background: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly changed the way students studied, it is still unknown about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' academic performance and mental health.

Objective: To explore the academic performance and mental health status of middle and high school students after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in China.

Methods: An online survey was conducted in Sichuan province, China from Dec 14, 2022 to Feb 28, 2023.

Fault-Tolerant Fuzzy-Resilient Control for Fractional-Order Stochastic Underactuated System With Unmodeled Dynamics and Actuator Saturation.

This article is considered on underactuated fractional-order stochastic systems (FOSSs) with actuator saturation and incrementally conic nonlinear terms, whose fractional-order α ∈ (0,1) . First, to bring FO dynamic signals, solving the unmodeled dynamics, in the meantime, the saturated nonlinear term of the control input is taken into account. At the time, to cope with the stability issue of FOSS under such situation, the fault tolerant resilient controller based on underactuated condition is designed.

Cooperative Containment Control for Multiagent Systems With Reduced-Order Protocols.

This article addresses the problem of containment control for continuous-time multiagent systems. A containment error is first given to show the coordination between the outputs of leaders and followers. Then, an observer is designed based on the neighbor observable convex hull state.

Distributed Observer-Based Robust Fault Estimation Design for Discrete-Time Interconnected Systems With Disturbances.

This article focuses on the distributed robust fault estimation problem for a kind of discrete-time interconnected systems with input and output disturbances. For each subsystem, by letting the fault as a special state, an augmented system is constructed. Particularly, the dimensions of system matrices after augmentation are lower than some existing related results, which may help to reduce calculation amount, especially, for linear matrix inequality-based conditions.

Protocol of an iterative qualitative study to develop a molecular testing decision aid for shared decision-making in patients with lung cancer after surgery.

Introduction: Although molecular testing is crucial for many patients with lung cancer, the decision to carry out molecular testing is not easy to make in actual clinical scenarios. Using a specific decision aid (DA) to conduct shared decision-making (SDM) may help ameliorate this problem. However, no DA currently exists for lung cancer molecular testing (DA_LCMT).

Adaptive Event-Triggered Time-Varying Output Bipartite Formation Containment of Multiagent Systems Under Directed Graphs.

The time-varying output bipartite formation containment (TVOBFC) problem for linear multiagent systems (MASs) under directed graphs is an important problem. However, the methods in existing works rely on the global information of the MASs or do not use event-triggered communication. This article investigates two kinds of TVOBFC problems for heterogeneous linear MASs under signed digraphs by event-triggered communication.

Observations on Detonation Growth of Lead Azide at Microscale.

Lead azide (LA) is a commonly used primary explosive, the detonation growth of which is difficult to study because it is so sensitive and usually has a small charge size in applications. We used photon Doppler velocimetry (PDV) and calibrated polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) gauges to reveal the detonation growth in LA, which was pressed in the confinements with controlled heights. The particle-velocity profiles, output pressure, unsteady detonation velocity, reaction time, and reaction-zone width were obtained and analyzed.

Data-model alliance network for the online multi-step thermal warning of energy storage system based on surface temperature diffusion.

As an important type of energy storage, battery energy storage systems have been widely used. However, there are frequent cases of battery explosion due to high temperature. To address this issue, researches have been carried out either in the model-driven or the data-driven aspects to predict the temperature of the battery.

Early Postoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes After Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy Versus Lobectomy for Small-Sized Peripheral Non-small-cell Lung Cancer.

Background: Patient-reported outcomes are critical for obtaining valuable patient insight into different surgical treatment options with comparable clinical outcomes. This study aimed to compare early postoperative patient-reported symptoms and functioning between thoracoscopic segmentectomy and lobectomy for small-sized (≤ 2 cm) peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Patients And Methods: This study included 110 patients who underwent thoracoscopic segmentectomy or lobectomy for peripheral NSCLC ≤ 2 cm in a multicenter prospective longitudinal study (CN-PRO-Lung 1).