Construction of a performance evaluation index system for the management of chronic diseases based on medical and preventive integration.

Background: The medical and preventive integration(MPI) brings significant and substantial benefits to chronic disease management (CDM). Evaluating the effectiveness of MPI is curial to promote the high quality development of CDM. However, such a tool is not available in this field.

From a bee's eye: Effects of UV bullseye size on reproductive success in a dioecious vine (Cucurbitaceae).

Descriptions of floral traits based on the visual capabilities of pollinators would advance our understanding of flower evolution and plant-pollinator relationships. One such trait is the contrasting UV bullseye color pattern, which is invisible to human eyes but can be perceived by bee pollinators. However, it remains largely unknown how UV bullseye size affects male and female reproductive fitness.

Antiplatelet therapy for patients with COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized controlled trials.

Background: Hyperinflammation and coagulopathy are hallmarks of COVID-19 and synergistically contribute to illness progression. Antiplatelet agents have been proposed as candidate drugs for COVID-19 treatment on the basis of their antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory properties. A systematic review and meta-analysis that included early observational studies and recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed to summarize and compare evidence on this issue.

Development of Microsatellite Markers for a Dioecious (Cucurbitaceae).

Understanding the evolution of flower diversity is a central topic in plant evolutionary ecology, and natural selection on floral traits via male fitness could be estimated quantitatively using microsatellites. Here, based on RNA sequencing, we developed simple sequence repeat primers and verified polymorphisms in 2 wild populations of (Cucurbitaceae), a dioecious annual plants native to the Himalaya Mountains. A total of 131 paired primers were designed; 15 paired primers were found to be polymorphic, with the expected heterozygosity varying between 0.

Heterogeneity of vocal sac inflation patterns in Odorrana tormota plays a role in call diversity.

Male concave-eared torrent frogs (Odorrana tormota) can emit at least eight distinct call-types. However, the mechanisms by which they are produced are not fully understood. Anatomical analysis revealed that the vocal sacs of male O.

Ultrasonic frogs call at a higher pitch in noisier ambiance.

The ultrasonic communication in Concave-eared torrent frogs is believed to be an adaptation to avoid masking by the intense low-frequency noise of the rushing stream in their habitat. The acoustic adaptation hypothesis for ultrasonic origin predicts that some organisms subjecting to persistent acoustic interference from broadband, low-frequency environmental noise, might shift their signal frequency upward into frequency bands with lower noise energy. In other words, low-frequency environmental noise might cause upward shifts of species' vocalization frequencies making their signals more conspicuous.

Comparative studies on adsorption behavior of thionine on gold nanoparticles with different sizes.

The adsorption behavior of thionine on gold nanoparticles of two different mean diameters, 18 and 5 nm, was compared by using UV-vis spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and quantum chemical calculations. It is found that the addition of small particles makes the monomer peak of thionine finally disappear, and the corresponding dimer peak is significantly increased. Small gold nanoparticles make the equilibrium between the monomer and H-type dimer forms of thionine move largely toward the dimer forms.