Publications by authors named "ZiYang Zhang"

Background: The increased risks for cardiovascular comorbidities and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in populations with normal weight obesity (NWO) have not been well-identified. We aimed to study their associations in an adult population in South China.

Methods: Based on the CVD prevalence of 4% in Shenzhen and a calculated sample size of 6,000, a cross-sectional study with a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method was conducted in Shenzhen City.

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Background: Pregnancy, a transformative phase, is often fraught with considerable psychological stress. Within the context of Chinese culture, characterized by intricate family dynamics, societal expectations, and deeply rooted traditional beliefs, the manifestation of stress during pregnancy may present with distinct nuances. The adaptation and validation of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) for the Chinese context are pivotal for a nuanced understanding and effective intervention for the stressors encountered by pregnant women in China.

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Oxidation of lipids, excessive cell death and iron deposition are prominent features of human atherosclerotic plaques. While extensive research has established the detrimental roles of lipid oxidation and apoptosis in atherosclerosis development, the involvement of iron in atherogenesis is not yet fully understood. With the emergence of an iron-dependent form of cell death termed ferroptosis, new attention has been brought to the complex interplay among iron, ferroptosis and atherosclerosis.

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Chimp optimization algorithm (CHOA) is a recently developed nature-inspired technique that mimics the swarm intelligence of chimpanzee colonies. However, the original CHOA suffers from slow convergence and a tendency to reach local optima when dealing with multidimensional problems. To address these limitations, we propose TASR-CHOA, a twofold adaptive stochastic reinforced variant.

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The growing threat of bacterial resistance is a critical global health concern, necessitating the development of more efficient methods for evaluating antimicrobial efficacy. Here, we introduce a technique based on the sensitivity of bacterial collective motion to environmental changes, using motion trajectory analysis for swift antibiotic susceptibility appraisal within a simple spread-out of bacterial droplet. By single cell tracking in bacterial fluids near the droplet edge or boundary-detection of the colony expansion, we achieved rapid evaluation of antibiotic efficacy in under 60 min.

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DLG3, also known as Synapse-associated protein 102 (SAP102), is essential for the organization and plasticity of excitatory synapses within the central nervous system (CNS). It plays a critical role in clustering and moving key components necessary for learning and memory processes. Mutations in the DLG3 gene, which result in truncated SAP102 proteins, have been associated with a range of neurological disorders, including X-linked intellectual disability (XLID), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and schizophrenia, all of which can disrupt synaptic structure and cognitive functions.

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Lipase can mediate the chemo-enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes with the presence of free carboxylic acid and hydrogen peroxide. Four novel lipases with the abilities of chemo-enzymatic epoxidation were mined from the gene database. Lipase TiL originated from Tilletia indica was identified with significant activity on formation of methyl epoxystearate from methyl oleate.

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For settling the recycling problem of waste polyurethane sponges (PU) and environment pollution of oil spills simultaneously, this work exploited the multifunctional superhydrophobic PU materials via the dip-coating method, which were prepared by anchoring modified FeO and expandable graphite (EG) on PU sponges under the adhesion effect of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The water contact angle and sliding angle of as-prepared PU sponges reached 154.1 ± 1.

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  • Optical sensors using fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) offer resistance to electromagnetic interference and perform well in harsh conditions, but the high cost and complexity of their interrogation systems limit their use.
  • A new method employs a waveguide spectral lens (WSL) and a standard CMOS camera to effectively interrogate FBG sensors without the need for complex optics, demonstrating similar wavelength-temperature sensitivity to commercial systems.
  • The system achieves a temperature resolution of 0.1 °C through deep neural network training, indicating that this approach could lead to affordable and compact FBG interrogation solutions.
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Background And Aims: Data are limited on whether several easily measured indices serve as effective tools for Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment in hypertensive patients. This study aimed to assess the associations of metabolic score for insulin resistance (METS-IR), lipid accumulation product (LAP), and visceral adiposity index (VAI) with CVD risk in hypertensive patients.

Methods And Results: Our data were drawn from the medical records of primary-care institutions in China.

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  • This study investigates the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) as a complementary therapy for patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCSs) and aims to determine if it can reduce angina severity.
  • It involves 90 participants split into three groups over a 28-week cycle, with one group receiving TEAS treatment and the others receiving either sham TEAS or no additional treatment, while all groups get basic care.
  • The study has been ethically approved and will share its findings through peer-reviewed publications, with the primary outcome being the 6-minute walk test.
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  • Recovering clear images from motion-blurred photos is hard, and existing methods are limited to a fixed number of frames after training.
  • This study introduces a new framework that uses event camera technology to recover sharp frames at any time interval.
  • The proposed method, which incorporates using a bi-directional recurrent network to process events and blurry image features, shows improved performance in generating sharp sequences compared to current techniques.
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  • Managing weight is crucial for people with hypertension, as weight changes can impact their risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), stroke, and heart attacks (myocardial infarction).
  • A study of over 221,000 individuals showed that significant weight loss (≥10%) and weight gain (especially >10%) are linked to higher risks of CVD and other serious health issues.
  • The findings emphasize the need for ongoing weight management and monitoring in hypertensive patients to reduce the likelihood of adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
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  • - The study focuses on improving blurry image deblurring by using event cameras, which are bio-inspired visual sensors, to recover sharp frames from blurry images.
  • - It critiques existing methods that overlook the importance of blur modeling and proposes a new approach that uses an event-assisted blurriness encoder to implicitly model blur in images.
  • - The method integrates blurriness information into a base image unfolding network using novel modulation and aggregation techniques, demonstrating superior performance in experiments compared to current state-of-the-art methods on various datasets.
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Astrophotonics aims to transfer photonic technology to the development of compact astronomical instruments. However, light coupling from a multimode fiber, typically adopted in modern observatories, to a single-mode photonic device still poses a challenge. Though a photonic lantern can enable this transition in a low-loss way, it requires that the number of single-mode fibers (SMFs) at the output is the same as the number of guided modes in the multimode fiber, resulting in a cumbersome fan-out of many single-mode devices to be connected.

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  • The ERMES complex is essential for various cellular functions but its role in filamentous fungi, particularly in relation to DON biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum, is not well understood.
  • This study found that mutations in the ERMES complex led to changes in mitochondrial structure, decreased ATP and ergosterol production, and defective toxisome formation, which significantly reduced DON biosynthesis.
  • The findings indicate that the ERMES complex is crucial for maintaining mitochondrial morphology, regulating DON production, and influencing the virulence of F. graminearum towards host plants.
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Achieving precise real-time localization and ensuring robustness are critical challenges in multi-user mobile AR applications. Leveraging collaborative information to augment tracking accuracy on lightweight devices and fortify overall system robustness emerges as a crucial necessity. In this paper, we propose a robust centralized collaborative rnulti-agent VI-SLAM system for mobile AR interaction and server-side efficient consistent mapping.

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Biochar has been proved as a promising and efficient filler in bioretention facilities for enhancing the stormwater pollutants removal. However, the migration behaviors of stormwater pollutants in biochar filled bioretention facilities is unclear. In this study, as one of the most typical stormwater pollutants, naphthalene was selected as an example and a HYDRUS-1D model was first used to understand the migration behavior of naphthalene in a bioretention facility.

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S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst-coupled plasma-resonance effect can enhance the response range and absorption of light and charge transfer, and, at the same time, obtain strong redox ability, which is an effective way to improve CO conversion. In this work, plasma S-scheme heterojunctions of Pd/BiOBr/CdS with heterogeneous interfaces have been successfully constructed by a simple hydrothermal method. The possible reaction mechanism was proposed by in situ infrared, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), electron paramagnetic resonance (ESR), density functional theory (DFT), and electrochemical techniques.

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Background: Evidence on the association between handgrip strength (HGS) and health care utilisation among Chinese older adults is scarce. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association of HGS with health care utilisation and to identify whether these associations varied by gender.

Methods: The analytic sample of this prospective cohort study included 6007 Chinese older adults (≥60 years) from 2011 to 2018 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

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Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the serious complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Many studies have identified the risk factors associated with DR, but there is not much evidence on the importance of these factors for DR. This study aimed to investigate the associated factors for patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) and calculate the importance of the identified factors.

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition characterized by severe inflammation and pulmonary dysfunction. Despite advancements in critical care, effective pharmacological interventions for ARDS remain elusive. While Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) inhibitors have emerged as an innovative treatment for numerous autoinflammatory diseases, their therapeutic potential in ARDS remains unexplored.

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Nano-bubble water (NBW) was applied to anaerobic digestion (AD) to alleviate volatile fatty acids (VFAs) inhibition, improve the buffering capacity and CH production in this work. Results indicated that NBW accelerated the consumption of VFAs and prevented inhibition due to VFAs accumulation. Additionally, NBW facilitated a rapid increase in partial alkalinity (PA) and total alkalinity (TA) as well as a corresponding rapid decrease in intermediate alkalinity (IA)/PA and VFA/TA, thereby improving buffering capacity and alleviating VFAs inhibition.

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