Publications by authors named "Zhaoxin Li"

Soft structures driven by magnetic fields exhibit the characteristics of being unencumbered and rapidly responsive, enabling the fabrication of various soft robots according to specific requirements. However, soft structures made from a single magnetic material cannot meet the multifunctional demands of practical scenarios, necessitating the development of soft robot fabrication technologies with composite structures of diverse materials. A novel enhanced digital light processing (DLP) 3-dimensional (3D) printing technology has been developed, capable of printing composite magnetic structures with different materials in a single step.

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Background: Polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAHG) is a new biomaterial that emerged in the last century and has been widely used in human filler procedures, such as injectable breast augmentation and facial contour improvement. However, as the implantation time of the material increases, various complications have been reported, which reflects that the safety of this material has not been adequately studied. Therefore, a more in-depth experimental analysis becomes particularly important.

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Photosynthesis has garnered significant interest due to its potential for retrofitting and its intrinsic enzyme-mediated metabolic processes, which can convert carbon dioxide (CO) into biomass powered by solar energy. However, natural photosynthesis is limited by factors such as low photosynthetic efficiency and constraints on the range of output products. To address these issues, researchers have developed various strategies for designing and engineering photosynthetic systems.

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Background: The aim of this study was to explore the clinical value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in evaluating complications after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with common bile duct (CBD) stones.

Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with CBD stones and underwent ERCP from December 2021 to December 2023 were selected as the study subjects. According to whether postoperative complications occurred, they were divided into complication group (n = 28) and non-complication group (n = 132).

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Deep learning-based morphometric analysis of zebrafish is widely utilized for non-destructively identifying abnormalities and diagnosing diseases. However, obtaining discriminative and continuous organ category decision boundaries poses a significant challenge by directly observing zebrafish larvae from the outside. To address this issue, this study simplifies the organ areas to polygons and focuses solely on the endpoint positioning.

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Sensors based on inorganic nanomaterials for the detection of human body fluids show great potential in real-time detection and treatment of human health due to their advantages of small size and easy to wear. Nevertheless, most of the existing sensors have the disadvantage of detecting relatively simple substances and suffer from low sensitivity, which undermines their practical applicability in body fluids detection. In this study, based on the transition metal carbide (TiCT, MXene)/αFeO grid composite structure, a highly sensitive flexible sensor is proposed, which can realize accurate and simultaneous detection of glucose and uric acid (UA) concentration.

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Article Synopsis
  • Vacuum collected toilet wastewater (VCTW) presents challenges for biological treatment due to its high and variable organic and nitrogen content.
  • A new process called partial nitrification-denitrification and anammox (PND-AMX) was tested in two reactors, achieving over 90% nitrogen removal, especially effective at temperatures above 18°C.
  • In the moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), specific bacteria (Candidatus Kuenenia) played a key role, and their cooperation with denitrifying bacteria enhanced the removal of various nitrogen compounds and chemical oxygen demand (COD).
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Objective: Abnormal expression of T-lymphokine-activated killer cell-originated protein kinase (TOPK) was reported to be closely related to the resistance of prostate cancer to radiotherapy and to targeted drug resistance in lung cancer. However, the role of TOPK inhibition in enhancing radiosensitivity of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the radiosensitization of TOPK knockdown in CRC cells.

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To trace the origin of the gushing water in the riverine area of the Beijing section of The Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project, a dataset was established comprising water chemistry, three-dimensional fluorescence spectra, and stable isotopes for different water bodies. Results indicated significant differences in Electrical Conductivity (EC), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), and Ca concentration among the gushing water, river water, and the water from the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project (MRSD). Analysis using parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) and fluorescence index revealed that dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the MRSD mainly originated from endogenous sources, while the river water and gushing water showed influences from both endogenous and exogenous sources.

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Sulfadimidine (SM) is an N-substituted derivative of p-aminobenzenesulfonyl structure. This study aimed to analyze the metabolism of SM in carp (Cyprinus carpio). The carps were fed with SM at a dose of 200 mg/(kg · bw) and then killed.

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Retrieving a phase map from a single closed fringe pattern is a challenging task in optical interferometry. In this paper, a convolutional neural network (CNN), HRUnet, is proposed to demodulate phase from a closed fringe pattern. The HRUnet, derived from the Unet model, adopts a high resolution network (HRnet) module to extract high resolution feature maps of the data and employs residual blocks to erase the gradient vanishing in the network.

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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a re-emerging RNA virus and causes major public health events due to its link to severe neurological complications in foetuses and neonates. The cGAS-STING signalling pathway regulates innate immunity and plays an important role in the invasion of DNA and RNA viruses. This study reveals a distinct mechanism by which ZIKV restricts the cGAS-STING signalling to repress IFN-β expression.

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Background: Vascular occlusion induced by hyaluronic acid injections is rare, but can lead to severe adverse events, including necrosis, blindness, and cerebral infarction.

Objective: This study aims to explore methods of reducing the risk of complications such as embolism induced by hyaluronic acid injection, and to study the impact of comprehensive systematic treatment on the prognosis of patients with hyaluronic acid embolism.

Methods: The clinical data of three female patients with vascular occlusion due to hyaluronic acid injection was analyzed.

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Background And Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most fatal infectious disease worldwide. Approximately 24.6% of tuberculosis cases are extrapulmonary and predominantly affect the spine.

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Study Design: Multicenter retrospective observational study.

Objective: This study aimed to distinguish tuberculous spondylitis (TS) from pyogenic spondylitis (PS) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Further, a novel diagnostic model for differential diagnosis was developed.

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The potential to create new ecosystems in rivers is possible through the use of reclaimed water as a replenishment source, although the long-term effects of this method are unknown. In this study, the water quality and aquatic ecological evolution of a newly constructed river replenished by reclaimed water in Beijing (the Jing River) were investigated, and the conventional water quality, phytoplankton indicators, and submerged plant growth conditions from October 2018 to December 2020 were analyzed. Spearman's correlation and redundancy analysis between possible influential environmental factors and algal indicators were conducted.

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Prometryn (PRO) is frequently detected in shellfish of international trade among triazine herbicides because of its wide application in agriculture and aquaculture worldwide. Nevertheless, the variations of PRO remain unclear in aquatic organisms, which affect the accuracy of their food safety risk assessment. In the present study, the tissue-specific accumulation, biotransformation, and potential metabolic pathway of PRO were reported in oyster species Crassostrea gigas for the first time.

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Insect metabolites play vital roles in regulating the physiology, behavior, and numerous adaptations of insects, which has contributed to them becoming the largest class of Animalia. However, systematic metabolomics within the insects is still unclear. The present study performed a widely targeted metabolomics analysis based on the HPLC-MS/MS technology to construct a novel integrated metabolic database presenting comprehensive multimetabolite profiles from nine insect species across three metamorphosis types.

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Graphene derivative materials are widely used as anode component in lithium-ion batteries. However, there is still a lack of reliable and foresighted guides helpful for designing high-performance graphene-based electrode materials. To this end, we strategically chose challenging graphite fluoride as starting material for the derivatization of graphene in order to exclude interference factors.

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Microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 3 (MARK3), a member of the MARK family, regulates several essential pathways, including the cell cycle, ciliated cell differentiation, and osteoclast differentiation. It is important to understand the control of their activities as MARK3 contains an N-terminal serine/threonine kinase domain, ubiquitin-associated domain, and C-terminal kinase-associated domain, which perform multiple regulatory functions. These functions include post-translational modification (e.

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As a typical sequence to sequence task, sign language production (SLP) aims to automatically translate spoken language sentences into the corresponding sign language sequences. The existing SLP methods can be classified into two categories: autoregressive and non-autoregressive SLP. The autoregressive methods suffer from high latency and error accumulation caused by the long-term dependence between current output and the previous poses.

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Background: In insects, an interplay between the activities of distinct hormones, such as juvenile hormone (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), regulates the progression through numerous life history hallmarks. As a crucial endocrine factor, JH is mainly synthesized in the corpora allata (CA) to regulate multiple physiological and developmental processes, including molting, metamorphosis, and reproduction. During the last century, significant progress has been achieved in elucidating the JH signal transduction pathway, while less progress has been made in dissecting the regulatory mechanism of JH biosynthesis.

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Reclaimed water is widely concerned as an effective recharge of groundwater and surface water, but trace organic pollutants produced by traditional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) would cause environmental pollution (water and soil) during infiltration. Therefore, the effects of reclaimed water containing ofloxacin (OFL) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in antibiotics polluted natural soil (APNS) were investigated by simulating soil aquifer treatment systems (SATs). The experiment results showed that OFL and CIP in water were adsorbed and microbially degraded mainly at 30 cm, and the concentration of OFL and CIP in soil increased with depth, which were mainly due to the desorption from APNS.

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