Clinical indicators for distinguishing septic arthritis from paediatric transient synovitis of the hip: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Septic arthritis (SA) of the hip joint is a serious infection that can result in irreversible complications. Distinguishing septic arthritis from transient synovitis, the most common cause of hip pain in children, is crucial for preventing severe outcomes. Existing research has primarily focused on identifying clinical signs and laboratory findings that indicate high-risk patients who may need invasive diagnostic procedures; however, results have been inconsistent.

Functionalized Bone Implant Inspired by Lattice Defense Strategy: Grid Management, Precise and Effective Multiple-Prevention of Osteomyelitis Recurrence and Promote Bone Regeneration.

Osteomyelitis with a high recurrence rate. Timely-prevention can avoid severe consequence and death. However, conventional drug response-release has the disadvantages of unnecessary release and waste, causing ineffective prevention.

Metasurface with all-optical tunability for spatially-resolved and multilevel thermal radiation.

Manipulating the thermal emission in the infrared (IR) range significantly impacts both fundamental scientific research and various technological applications, including IR thermal camouflage, information encryption, and radiative cooling. While prior research has put forth numerous materials and structures for these objectives, the significant challenge lies in attaining spatially resolved and dynamically multilevel control over their thermal emissions. In this study, a one-step ultrafast laser writing technique is experimentally demonstrated to achieve position-selective control over thermal emission based on the phase-change material GeSbTe (GST).

Dual metal synergistic modulation of boron nitride for high-temperature wave-transparent metamaterials.

Electromagnetic metamaterials have demonstrated immense potential in the development of novel high-temperature wave-transparent materials, yet the requirements of their intricate structural design and strict stability pose dual challenges, particularly in high-speed radome applications. A strategy involving the synergistic modulation of boron nitride (BN) by dual metallic elements of Ca and Al (0.5Ca-0.

Exploring the developmental changes in and the relationship between resilience and anxiety and depression in older gastric cancer survivors: A latent growth mixture model and random intercept cross-lagged panel model analysis.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the independent and joint trajectories of resilience, anxiety, and depression symptoms and research the interaction between older gastric cancer survivors' resilience and anxiety-depression during the period of 1 year after surgery.

Methods: The participants were 381 older gastric cancer survivors, with a mean age of 69 years. Resilience, anxiety, and depression symptoms were assessed immediately after surgery, and at 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgery, respectively.

Impact of humic acid on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transport in the presence of phosphate in saturated porous media.

The subsurface flow of particular phosphate (P) has been recently regarded as a vital P transport path. Humic acid (HA) and P usually coexist in the natural environment and show a strong affinity to iron (Fe) (oxyhydr)oxide. The impact of P and HA on Fe (oxyhydr)oxide stability and transport is critical for evaluating the vertical transport of particular P and biogeochemical processes of Fe and P.

CDC: A Simple Framework for Complex Data Clustering.

In today's digital era driven by data, the amount and complexity of the collected data, such as multiview, non-Euclidean, and multirelational, are growing exponentially or even faster. Clustering, which unsupervisedly extracts valid knowledge from data, is extremely useful in practice. However, existing methods are independently developed to handle one particular challenge at the expense of the others.

Impact of chemical aging on pyrogenic carbon colloid facilitated transport and transformation of Cr (VI) in anoxic environments.

Frequent wildfires have accumulated the pyrogenic carbon (PyC) colloids in the environment, where they undergo environmental aging processes. The altered properties of aged PyC colloids may affect their ability to facilitate transformation and transport of contaminants in post-fire environments, posing unknown threats to ecological security. This study investigated the effect of chemical aging on the PyC colloid-facilitated transformation and transport of chromium (Cr) using batch experiments, column experiments, and transport model simulations.

Association of metabolic syndrome and frailty with postoperative complications in older gastric cancer patients: A body composition perspective.

Objectives: To compare the characteristics of body compositions between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and frailty, and determine the independent and overlapping of MetS and frailty with postoperative complications among older patients with gastric cancer.

Design: A prospectively observational study.

Setting And Participants: Two hundred and eighty six older patients from 60 to 80 years undergoing radical gastrectomy for the first time.

Influence of cascade reservoirs on the distribution, transport, and retention patterns of biogenic elements in the Jinsha River.

Cascade reservoirs construction can greatly alter flow regime and sediment transport of rivers, further affecting migration and transformation processes of biogenic elements. The Jinsha River (JSR) is the China's largest hydropower base and the main runoff, sediment suspension, and nutrient source areas of the Yangtze River. However, the distribution, transport, and retention patterns of biogenic elements in the JSR are still unclear under the influence of cascade reservoirs.

Combining bioinformatics, network pharmacology and artificial intelligence to predict the target genes of S-ketamine for treating major depressive disorder.

Background: Ketamine has received attention owing to its rapid and long-lasting antidepressant effects; however, its clinical application is restricted by its addictiveness and adverse effects. S-ketamine, which is the S-enantiomer of ketamine, is considered safer and better tolerated by patients than ketamine.

Aims: This study aimed to identify the key gene targets and potential signalling pathways associated with the mechanism of S-ketamine in major depressive disorder (MDD) treatment.

Integrated Transcriptomics and Proteomics Identified CMPK1 as a Potential Biomarker for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Aim/introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most frequent and widespread disease in the world.Obesity is the most significant predictor of T2DM, but the exact mechanism how obesity promotes T2DM remains unknown. Finding specific biomarkers to assist in diagnosing and treating patients with obese and T2DM is critical.

The prevalence of spontaneous resolution among pediatric trigger thumb: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Trigger thumb is a prevalent hand condition observed in children, and its management remains a topic of considerable debate, ranging from mere observation to surgical intervention. In recent times, there has been a growing interest in exploring nonoperative treatments as alternatives to surgical procedures for managing pediatric trigger thumb. Gaining insight into the prevalence of spontaneous resolution in pediatric trigger thumb is of paramount importance.

Unveiling Hidden Hyperuniformity: Radial Turing Pattern Formation of Marangoni-Driven SiO Nanoparticles on Liquid Metal Surface.

Mastering the self-organization of nanoparticle morphologies is pivotal in soft matter physics and film growth. Silicon dioxide (SiO) nanoparticles are an archetypical model of nanomotor in soft matter. Here, the emphasis is on the self-organizing behavior of SiO nanoparticles under extreme conditions.

Facilitated transport of ferrihydrite with phosphate under saturated flow conditions.

With increasing phosphate (P) entering the environment during agricultural application, the subsurface flow of particular P has been recently discussed as a vital P transport pathway. Iron (oxyhydr)oxide colloid-facilitated P transport is critical for iron and P biogeochemical processes in the subsurface. This study investigated the ferrihydrite colloid-facilitated P transport through adsorption and column experiments under different P concentrations and three pH conditions.

Formation Mechanisms, Interrelationships, and Effects of Cognitive Factors on Diet and Physical Activity During the Post-Bariatric Surgery Period: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Compensatory Carry-Over Action Model.

Background: Diet and physical activity (PA) are pivotal behaviors for managing energy balance post-bariatric surgery. Given the need for dual behavioral management, understanding the interplay of cognitive factors influencing these behaviors is crucial. This study applied the compensatory carry-over action model (CCAM) to explore the impact of cognitive factors on behaviors and their subsequent effects on subjective health outcomes.

Hierarchical antibiotic delivery system based on calcium phosphate cement/montmorillonite-gentamicin sulfate with drug release pathways.

Antibiotic-loaded calcium phosphate cement (CPC) has emerged as a promising biomaterial for drug delivery in orthopedics. However, there are problems such as the burst release of antibiotics, low cumulative release ratio, inappropriate release cycle, inferior mechanical strength, and poor anti-collapse properties. In this research, montmorillonite-gentamicin (MMT-GS) was fabricated by solution intercalation method and served as the drug release pathways in CPC to avoid burst release of GS, achieving promoted cumulative release ratios and a release cycle matched the time of inflammatory response.

Fine-Grained Essential Tensor Learning for Robust Multi-View Spectral Clustering.

Multi-view subspace clustering (MVSC) has drawn significant attention in recent study. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to MVSC. First, the new method is capable of preserving high-order neighbor information of the data, which provides essential and complicated underlying relationships of the data that is not straightforwardly preserved by the first-order neighbors.

The engineering of defect-modified boron nitride ribbons: an effective adsorbent to rapid capture for tetracycline.

Antibiotics, the persistent organic pollutants, have brought serious pollution to the aquatic environment. Therefore, it is necessary to select rapid adsorbents to remove them from their long-term threat. Herein, the introduction of defects in BN was employed to enhance its surface chemical activity for rapid capture of tetracycline hydrothermal and calcination methods.

Boosting the reversibility of Zn anodes via synergistic cation-anion interface adsorption with addition of multifunctional potassium polyacrylate.

Rechargeable aqueous Zn batteries have the edge in resource reserve, cost, energy and conversion efficiency due to the inherent features of metal Zn anodes. However, the application of Zn-based batteries is being seriously hindered by Zn dendrites and water-induced side-reactions. Here, potassium polyacrylate (K-PAM) is proposed as the electrolyte additive to form a synergistic cation-anion interface on Zn surface.

Individual, family and social-related factors of eating behavior among Chinese children with overweight or obesity from the perspective of family system.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to examine the factors contributing to the development of eating behavior in overweight and obese children from the perspective of the family system.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by using convenience sampling method to select 388 participants in two primary schools in Jiangsu, China. Individual, family and social-related factors were collected.