Publications by authors named "Zhiyang Gu"

Purpose: Utilising Welk's Youth Physical Activity Promotion (YPAP) model as a foundational framework, this study investigates the intricate interplay of social support, physical activity (PA), and self-efficacy in relation to physical fitness within the context of Chinese culture. The primary objective is to identify the nuanced dynamics among social support, self-efficacy, PA, and physical fitness to enhance adolescent well-being and fitness.

Methodology: The study employed a convenience sampling method, engaging 123 adolescents aged 18-21, of which 67 were females (54.

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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a major disease with high incidence, low survival rate and prone to develop drug resistance to chemotherapy. The mechanism of secondary drug resistance in NSCLC chemotherapy is very complex, and studies have shown that the abnormal activation of STAT3 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3) plays an important role in it. In this study, the pGPU6/GFP/Neo STAT3-shRNA recombinant plasmid was constructed with STAT3 as the precise target.

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Multifunctional drug delivery carriers have emerged as a promising cancer drug delivery strategy. Here, we developed a vitamin E succinate-chitosan-histidine (VCH) multi-program responsive drug carrier. The structure was characterized by FT-IR and H NMR spectrum, and the DLS and SEM results showed typical nanostructures.

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Melanin is a biological pigment formed by indoles and phenolic compounds. It is widely found in living organisms and has a variety of unique properties. Due to its diverse characteristics and good biocompatibility, melanin has become the focus in the fields of biomedicine, agriculture, the food industry, etc.

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Oral drug delivery is considered the most preferred mode of treatment because of its high patient compliance and minimal invasiveness. However, the oral delivery of protein drug has been a difficult problem which restricts its application due to the unstable and inefficient penetration of protein in the gastrointestinal tract. In this study, a novel OCMC/SA nanohydrogel was prepared by using of O-carboxymethyl chitosan (OCMC) and sodium alginate (SA) to solve the problem.

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Improving the degree of vascularization through the regulation of wound microenvironment is crucial for wound repair. Gene activated matrix (GAM) technology provides a new approach for skin regeneration. It is a local gene delivery system that can not only maintain a moist environment, but also increase the concentration of local active factors.

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To improve the diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis (LN), a multilevel LN image segmentation method is developed in this paper based on an improved slime mould algorithm. The search of the optimal threshold set is key to multilevel thresholding image segmentation (MLTIS). It is well known that swarm-based methods are more efficient than the traditional methods because of the high complexity in finding the optimal threshold, especially when performing image partitioning at high threshold levels.

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Nanocarriers have emerged as a promising cancer drug delivery strategy. Multi-drug resistance caused by overexpression of multiple-drug excretion transporters in tumor cells is the major obstacle to successful chemotherapy. Vitamin E derivatives have many essential functions for drug delivery applications, such as biological components that are hydrophobic, stable, water-soluble enhancing compounds, and anticancer activity.

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