Publications by authors named "Yuxuan Shi"

Metal hydrides are promising catalysts in hydrogen-involving reactions. However, downsizing and loading metal hydrides is difficult due to their sensitivity towards oxygen and water. Here, a simple one-pot molten salt synthetical method is proposed to synthesize porous La(OH)-supported LaNi.

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L-Theanine hydrolysis in tea leaves not only reduces tea product quality but also decreases their health benefits. Postharvest dehydration-induced abscisic acid (ABA) contributes to the L-theanine hydrolysis, but the specific mechanism is unexplored. Based on transcriptome analysis and gene silencing experiments, CsNCED3a was shown to be a key gene for ABA synthesis in harvested tea leaves, and CsABF7 up-regulated the expression of CsWRKY40, a transcription factor (TF) that directly regulates a L-theanine hydrolysis gene, resulting in the loss of L-theanine.

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In motor imagery (MI) tasks for brain computer interfaces (BCIs), the spatial covariance matrix (SCM) of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals plays a critical role in accurate classification. Given that SCMs are symmetric positive definite (SPD), Riemannian geometry is widely utilized to extract classification features. However, calculating distances between SCMs is computationally intensive due to operations like eigenvalue decomposition, and classical optimization techniques, such as gradient descent, cannot be directly applied to Riemannian manifolds, making the computation of the Riemannian mean more complex and reliant on iterative methods or approximations.

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  • Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is linked to how osteoclasts work, with Cathepsin K (CTSK) being a key protein in this process.
  • The study discovered a compound called NVP-BHG712 that significantly inhibits osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption, while also suppressing CTSK activity.
  • In mouse models of osteoporosis, NVP-BHG712 helped prevent bone loss by reducing excessive osteoclast activity, indicating its potential as a treatment for osteoporosis.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of acute ischemic preconditioning (IPC) on tennis skill and physical exercise performance, as well as to explore whether 7-day repeated IPC (RIPC) accelerated fatigue recovery after a simulated tennis match.

Methods: Twenty-nine male tennis-specific current students were randomly allocated into 1 of 2 groups: SHAM (n = 14, 3 × 5 min at 20 mm Hg) and IPC (n = 15, 3 × 5 min at 220 mm Hg). Participants in both groups engaged in acute IPC and RIPC interventions.

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Recently discovered ferroelectricity in fluorite-structure ZrOthin film has attracted increasing and intense interest due to its lower crystallization temperature and higher content in nature in comparison to hafnium oxide. Here, the effect of HfOinterfacial layer on the ferroelectric properties of ZrOthin films is investigated systematically by designing four types of interfacial structures. It is revealed that the ferroelectric orthorhombic phase, remanent polarization, and endurance can be improved in ZrOthin film by inserting both a top- and bottom-HfOinterfacial layer.

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Agricultural soils contaminated with heavy metals poison crops and disturb the normal functioning of rhizosphere microbial communities. Different crops and rhizosphere microbial communities exhibit different heavy metal resistance mechanisms. Here, indoor pot studies were used to assess the mechanisms of grain and soil rhizosphere microbial communities on chromium (Cr) stress.

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This study aimed to describe the experience of a single institution in China in treating adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nasopharynx. We reviewed the previous literature and conducted a retrospective analysis of 12 patients who diagnosed with nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma (NACC) in clinical data, treatment, and follow-up data during 2019 to 2021. Patients ranged in age from 32 to 68 years (mean 40.

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Introduction: Black tea, a beverage consumed worldwide, possesses favorable effects on gastrointestinal tract, including nourishing stomach and promoting digestion. Nevertheless, its specific effects on intestinal homeostasis remains inconclusive.

Methods: We applied black tea to mice prior to inducing colitis with DSS and then monitored their body weight and disease activity index (DAI) daily.

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Background: While previous studies have primarily focused on Glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) related glucose metabolism signaling, we aim to discover if GLUT1 promotes tumor progression through a non-metabolic pathway.

Methods: The RNA-seq and microarray data were comprehensively analyzed to evaluate the significance of GLUT1 expression in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). The cell proliferation, colony formation, invasion, and migration were used to test GLUT1 's oncogenic function.

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  • - Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a severe long-term complication of diabetes that leads to heart issues like myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure, with rising evidence linking it to pyroptosis, an inflammatory cell death process.
  • - The study investigates the role of growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) in reducing pyroptosis in DCM, showing that GDF11 can improve heart function by preventing this process through inhibition of inflammasome activation.
  • - GDF11 functions by binding to the ASC protein to block inflammasome assembly and its regulation is influenced by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα), suggesting potential new cardioprotection strategies for DCM. *
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  • The traditional method of making Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar has issues like excessive water use, wastewater production, and raw material waste, along with limited mechanization.
  • A new dry gelatinization process has been developed, improving fermentation efficiency with a 39.1% increase in alcohol conversion and a 14% higher yield compared to traditional methods.
  • Vinegar from this new process boasts a richer umami flavor, higher lactic acid levels, and a greater concentration of fruity and chocolate aroma compounds, indicating significant improvements over the old method.
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to diminish radiation exposure in interventional radiology (IR) imaging while maintaining image quality. This was achieved by decreasing the acquisition frame rate and employing a deep neural network to interpolate the reduced frames.

Methods: This retrospective study involved the analysis of 1634 IR sequences from 167 pediatric patients (March 2014 to January 2022).

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  • This survey explores the complex role of palmitoylation in various types of cell death related to cancer, particularly its connections to tumor development through the Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) family of proteins.
  • It highlights advancements in detection methods, showing a shift from basic techniques to more sophisticated tools that enhance our understanding of palmitoylation.
  • The review also discusses promising therapeutic agents like Ezurpimtrostat and dimeric chloroquine, pointing to their potential in targeting palmitoylation for innovative cancer treatments and improving our understanding of cancer biology.
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Asthma, a chronic airway inflammatory disease, has a complicated pathogenesis and limited therapeutic treatment. Evidence shows that the intestinal microbiota exhibits crucial functional interaction with asthma syndrome. Liubao tea (LBT), a type of postfermented tea in China, positively modulates gut microbiota.

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Transition metal-based sulfides exhibit remarkable potential as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) due to the unique intrinsic structure and physicochemical characteristics. Nevertheless, currently available sulfide catalysts based on transition metals face a bottleneck in large-scale commercial applications owing to their unsatisfactory stability. Here, the first fabrication of (FeCoNiMn )S dual-phase medium-entropy metal sulfide (dp-MEMS) is successfully achieved, which demonstrated the expected optimization of stability in the OER process.

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In the field of medical image analysis, accurate lesion segmentation is beneficial for the subsequent clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. Currently, various deep learning-based methods have been proposed to deal with the segmentation task. Albeit achieving some promising performances, the fully-supervised learning approaches require pixel-level annotations for model training, which is tedious and time-consuming for experienced radiologists to collect.

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Uremic toxins are chemicals, organic or inorganic, that accumulate in the body fluids of individuals with acute or chronic kidney disease and impaired renal function. More than 130 uremic solutions are included in the most comprehensive reviews to date by the European Uremic Toxins Work Group, and novel investigations are ongoing to increase this number. Although approaches to remove uremic toxins have emerged, recalcitrant toxins that injure the human body remain a difficult problem.

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Background: Transbronchial lung biopsy guided by radial probe endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath (EBUS-GS-TBLB) is becoming a significant approach for diagnosing peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). We aimed to explore the clinical value of the resistance of the probe to pass through the lesion in the diagnosis of PPLs when performing EBUS-GS-TBLB, and to determine the optimum number of EBUS-GS-TBLB.

Methods: We performed a prospective, single-center study of 126 consecutive patients who underwent EBUS-GS-TBLB for solid and positive-bronchus-sign PPLs where the probe was located within the lesion from September 2019 to May 2022.

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Background: Verticillium wilt is the major disease of cotton, which would cause serious yield reduction and economic losses, and the identification of cotton verticillium wilt is of great significance to cotton research. However, the traditional method is still manual, which is subjective, inefficient, and labor-intensive, and therefore, this study has proposed a novel method for cotton verticillium wilt identification based on spectral and image feature fusion. The cotton hyper-spectral images have been collected, while the regions of interest (ROI) have been extracted as samples including 499 healthy leaves and 498 diseased leaves, and the average spectral information and RGB image of each sample were obtained.

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China is the largest producer and consumer of rice, and the classification of filled/unfilled rice grains is of great significance for rice breeding and genetic analysis. The traditional method for filled/unfilled rice grain identification was generally manual, which had the disadvantages of low efficiency, poor repeatability, and low precision. In this study, we have proposed a novel method for filled/unfilled grain classification based on structured light imaging and Improved PointNet++.

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Menopause may be an important pathogenic factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The M1 polarization of microglia and neuroinflammatory responses occur in the early pathogenetic stages of AD. Currently, no effective monitoring markers are available for AD's early pathological manifestations.

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The growth of bacteria and fungi may cause disease inf human or spoilage of food. New antimicrobial substances need to be discovered. Lactoferricin (LFcin) is a group of antimicrobial peptides derived from the N-terminal region of the milk protein lactoferrin (LF).

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