A new species of Cryptodesmidae, , is described from the Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, southwest China. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the gonopodal coxae with two conspicuous wing-like processes, the relatively long, stout setae on the gonopodal coxae, gonopodal telopodites glabrous and four-branched, and the acropodite curved caudolaterad. The new species is the second record of an epigean species of genus Pocock, 1894 in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a new scheme for Majorana modes in systems with nonsymmorphic-symmetry-protected band degeneracy. We reveal that when the gapless fermionic excitations are encoded with conventional superconductivity and magnetism, which can be intrinsic or induced by proximity effect, topological superconductivity and Majorana modes can be obtained. We illustrate this outcome in a system which respects the space group P4/nmm and features a fourfold-degenerate fermionic mode at (π, π) in the Brillouin zone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a common gastrointestinal emergency in neonates. MiRNA-192-5p was found associated with ulcerative colitis (UC) progression, also with aberrant expression in intestinal cancer tissue. However, the effects of miRNA-192-5p on NEC have not been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of hyperfibrinogenemia and hyponatremia for perforated appendicitis in children.
Methods: A retrospective review of 521 pediatric patients (≤ 15 years) with acute appendicitis confirmed by histopathology from January 2017 to December 2020 was performed. Patients were divided in two groups, those with non-perforated (n = 379; 73%) and perforated appendicitis (n = 142; 27%).
Ustekinumab (brand name Stelara®) is a human interleukin-12 and -23 antagonist and has been indicated for the treatments of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. This review aims to synthesize and interpret the literature evaluating the off-label uses of ustekinumab. We performed searches in PubMed and ClinicalTrials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic value of fibrinogen (FB) for acute appendicitis and whether it can distinguish between uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis.
Methods: A search of electronic information sources was conducted to identify all studies reporting FB in patients with clinical suspicion or confirmed diagnosis of acute appendicitis. We considered two comparisons: (1) appendicitis versus no appendicitis and (2) uncomplicated appendicitis versus complicated appendicitis.
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a disorder of sexual differentiation caused by complete or partial resistance to the biological action of androgens. The common malignant tumors associated with this syndrome are seminomas. However, the risk of malignancy in childhood remains low.
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