The efficacy of the corpus-based error correction method on revision in writing classrooms.

Despite the growing interests in investigating the application of data-driven learning (DDL), much existing research remains outcome-oriented. Limited attention has been paid to learners' interactions with corpora, especially the experiences of consulting corpora and decision-making processes during revision in second language (L2) writing. In this regard, this study investigates how corpora assist language learning during the revision process in a classroom-based foreign language learning context.

Protocol for isolating the single bacteriocyte from whiteflies for single-cell RNA-seq analysis.

Bacteriocytes are specialized insect cells adapted to harbor symbionts. However, their low number in individual whiteflies makes obtaining enough for transcriptome sequencing challenging. Here, we present a protocol for the isolation of whitefly bacteriocytes.

A rhizobacterium-secreted protein induces lateral root development through the IAA34-PUCHI pathway.

Lateral roots (LRs) can continuously forage water and nutrients from soil. In Arabidopsis thaliana, LR development depends on a canonical auxin signaling pathway involving the core transcription factors INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACIDs (IAAs) and AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs (ARFs). In this study, we identified a protein, bacillolysin, secreted by the beneficial rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis SQR9, that is able to stimulate LR formation of Arabidopsis.

The effect of swine insurance participation on swine production efficiency: Evidence from China.

How does swine insurance affect the swine production efficiency in China? We focus on micro-survey data from 582 swine farmers in Liaoning Province, and uses the propensity score matching method (PSM) and mediated effects model for the empirical examination. The results indicate that swine insurance positively impacts production efficiency, compared to uninsured farmers, those who participate in swine insurance exhibit a 4.7% improvement in production efficiency.

The causal effects of inflammatory bowel disease on its ocular manifestations: A Mendelian randomization study.

Background: Observational studies have shown that ocular manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common extraintinal manifestations, among which iridocyclitis, scleritis and episcleritis are the most common. However, whether there is a causal relationship between the two is unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the causality of IBD on ocular manifestations using the mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.

The impact of work-family conflict on job burnout among community social workers in China.

In China, for community social workers, work-family conflict has become a common phenomenon that may harm their well-being. Based on the analysis of a survey of community social workers in four cities in China, this study demonstrated that community workers' work-family conflict significantly affects burnout, role overload mediates the relation between work-family conflict and burnout, and cognitive crafting negatively moderates the relation between role overload and burnout. The conclusions validate the job crafting theory and enrich the research on job burnout under the JD-R model.

Analysis and prediction of addiction among virtual reality users.

Objective: To understand the addiction situation and influencing factors of virtual reality users, and provide reference basis for timely and effective prevention and intervention of user addiction.

Methods: Based on a questionnaire survey, univariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and model prediction were conducted on the data of 1164 participants in VR related Facebook groups and Reddit subedits.

Results: The single factor analysis results show that the user's own attributes, usage duration, perception level, and application types of virtual reality devices can significantly affect the degree of addiction; The results of multivariate analysis showed that the age of users, the number of days used per week, the number of hours used per day, and the perceived level of the device can significantly affect the probability of addiction.

Conditioned medium of engineering macrophages combined with soluble microneedles promote diabetic wound healing.

Diabetic wounds have a profound effect on both the physical and psychological health of patients, highlighting the urgent necessity for novel treatment strategies and materials. Macrophages are vital contributors to tissue repair mechanisms. Macrophage conditioned medium contains various proteins and cytokines related to wound healing, indicating its potential to improve recovery from diabetic wound.

Study on the failure of oil-contaminated wheel-rail conditions.

The phenomenon of adhesion improvement during wheel-rail sliding has been experimentally verified under water conditions. However, the academic community is in agreement that, for oil that is also fluid, the adhesion characteristic curve under oil conditions exhibits a single peak, making adhesion improvement through wheel-rail sliding impossible. To investigate whether a similar adhesion improvement phenomenon exists under high-viscosity oil medium conditions as observed under water condition, this study conducted wheel-rail adhesion tests on oil-contaminated interfaces within a slip ratio up to 80%.

Assessing the global dengue burden: Incidence, mortality, and disability trends over three decades.

Background: Dengue, the fastest-spreading vector-borne disease (VBD), significantly burdens global health systems. This study analyzed the trends in the global burden of dengue from 1990 to 2021, utilizing data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2021 (GBD 2021).

Methodology/principal Findings: We retrieved data from GBD 2021 regarding dengue, including the number of incidences and age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR), the number of deaths and age-standardized death rate (ASDR), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and age-standardized DALYs.

Synthesis of 2-Organoselenyl Quinolines via Electro-Oxidative Selenocyclization of Isocyanides.

Organoselenium compounds and quinolines are widely used in drugs and materials. Herein, we report an electro-oxidative cyclization between isocyanides and diselenides to effectively synthesize 2-organoselenyl quinolines in a simple undivided cell without transition-metal catalysts or toxic oxidants. Gram-scale synthesis and postsynthetic modifications highlighted the practicality of this electrochemical strategy.

Spontaneous Nanocrystals/Amorphous MoS Film Induced by Fe Irradiation with Superior Irradiation Tolerance and Tribology Properties.

High-performance radiation-resistant lubricating materials (RRLMs) with nanostructures hold great promise for enhancing the irradiation tolerance because of their sinking effect of boundaries on defects. Despite recent advances, challenges remain in finding a nanostructure that exhibits both superior irradiation tolerance and excellent lubricant properties. Unlike traditional nanostructured composite materials that required complex predesign, herein, a MoS nanocrystals (NCs)/amorphous dual phase in subirradiation saturation (SIS) state was spontaneously formed during irradiation, exhibiting high irradiation resistance under the synergistic effect of "defect traps" by interfaces and edge dislocation.

Acoustic radiation torque of a viscoelastic sphere in a zero-order Mathieu beam.

The exact expressions of the three-dimension acoustic radiation torque (ART) of a viscoelastic sphere arbitrarily positioned in a zero-order Mathieu beam (zMB) are derived in this paper. The effects of the ellipticity parameters, half-cone angles, dimensionless frequency, and particle position on the acoustic radiation torques of the spherical particle are studied. Simulation results show the axial ART is zero for an arbitrarily positioned viscoelastic PE sphere in a zMB, while for the x or y axis ART, it varies significantly with the particle position and beam parameters.

Exceptional Resistance to Chlorine-Induced Photocatalytic Poisoning via Vacuum UV Irradiation.

Catalyst deactivation poses a significant challenge in environmental remediation, especially for the photocatalytic oxidation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (Cl-VOCs). In this study, a functional flower-like TiO@Mn/rGO (FTMG) catalyst coupled with a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) lamp was used as a novel photocatalytic oxidation (VUV-PCO) system for chlorobenzene (CB) oxidation. In this system, more than 80% of CB was efficiently oxidized at a high w8 hly space velocity of 600,000 g h, which was a 6.

Virulence profile of pathogenic yeasts from snakes: Alternative ways for antifungal strategies.

Reptiles may act as reservoirs or spreaders of potential pathogenic microorganisms including Candida yeasts. While the epidemiology of yeast species has been thoroughly studied, the virulence profile of isolated species is not well investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the haemolytic, phospholipase, lipase activities and biofilm formation of yeasts isolated from the cloacal swabs of venomous snakes from Marrakech, Morocco (Group I, n = 40) and from non-venomous snakes from Cocullo, Italy (Group II, n = 32).

HPV vaccination willingness among 3,081 secondary school parents in China's capital.

Assessing knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccine and vaccine willingness among Beijing secondary school parents, and identifying decision-influencing factors. Selected via multi-stage stratified sampling, 3,081 Chaoyang secondary school students' parents participated in a June-August 2024 study. They completed a questionnaire assessing HPV knowledge, vaccine awareness, and vaccination willingness.

Assisted Reproductive Technology and Risk of Childhood Cancer Among the Offspring of Parents With Infertility: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: The relationship between assisted reproductive technology (ART) and childhood cancer risk has been widely debated. Previous meta-analyses did not adequately account for the impact of infertility, and this study addresses this gap.

Objective: Our primary objective was to assess the relative risk (RR) of childhood cancer in infertile populations using ART versus non-ART offspring, with a secondary focus on comparing frozen embryo transfer (FET) and fresh embryo transfer (fresh-ET).

Quad-Nanopore Array Enables High-Resolution Identification of Four Single-Stranded DNA Homopolymers.

The solid-state nanopore technique holds the potential to develop mechanically stable and miniaturized DNA sequencing devices. However, the limited temporal resolution due to the high electric field inside the nanopore and the lack of an effective speed control strategy have hindered the realization of sequencing. Here, we reported a quad-array (four nanopores milled with ∼30 nm interpore spacing as a detection unit) that induced a redistribution of the electric field inside and outside the nanopore array and offered high-resolution discrimination of four ssDNA homopolymer types.

Inhibition Effect of HO on the Heterogeneous Reaction between Isoprene and Fe-Substituted Cryptomelane.

The transportation and transformation of biogenic isoprene are vital for the organic carbon cycle in the troposphere. As a typical mineral with high oxidation potential, Fe-substituted cryptomelane oxidizes the surface monolayer of isoprene into formic and acetic acids, and simultaneously, the Mn ions in the structure are reduced to Mn and Mn. The flow of HO in isoprene decreases the adsorption and oxidation of isoprene significantly, even at low relative humidity (10%).

Electricity-Efficient On-Demand Photothermal Activation for Tunable Thermochromic Windows.

Thermochromic (TC) windows with passively controlled sunlight regulation have demonstrated significant building energy conservations. Realizing the active control of the TC window can expand its popularity while remaining an intractable challenge. Herein, a low-power-dissipative strategy that endows TC windows with an actively tunable transmittance is presented through the electro-induced tunable photothermal conversions (ETPCs).

Direct Cytosolic Delivery of siRNA Conjugates: A Paradigm in Antiangiogenic Therapy for Choroidal Neovascularization.

Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has garnered tremendous interest as a potential therapeutic tool because of its intriguing gene-silencing ability. Toward the success in the manufacture of siRNA therapeutics for the potential treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), siRNA conjugated with dual functional units of membrane-penetrating heptafluoropropyl and age-related macular degeneration-targeting cyclic Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptide was attempted for transcellular transportation into the cell interiors. Of note, cyclic RGD allowed selective affinities toward the angiogenic endothelial cells in the pathological CNV.

Structural modification of lactoferrin by epigallocatechin gallate: elucidation of its structure and exploration of its potential in promoting osteoblast proliferation.

Lactoferrin (LF) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) are recognized for their potent osteogenic properties. However, the osteogenic activity of LF-EGCG complexes is not fully understood. In this study, both non-covalent and covalent LF-EGCG complexes with different LF : EGCG ratios were prepared, and their effects on the LF structure and thermal stability were investigated using circular dichroism, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry.

Hollow Au nanoparticles for single-molecule Raman spectroscopy a synergistic electromagnetic and chemical enhancement strategy.

Raman spectroscopy has demonstrated significant potential in molecular detection, analysis, and identification, particularly when it adopts single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SM-SERS) substrates. A recent SM-SERS scheme incorporates two-fold Raman enhancement mechanisms: the electromagnetic enhancement enabled by a plasmonic nanogap hotspot formed from gold sphere nanoparticles sitting on a gold mirror and the chemical enhancement enabled by a two-dimensional material, WS, inserted into the nanogap. In this work we integrate multiple advanced concepts and techniques to achieve remarkable performance improvements of SM-SERS.

Glass-confined carbon dots: transparent afterglow materials with switchable TADF and RTP.

The confined synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) in solid matrixes is a promising avenue for developing new afterglow materials. Benefiting from the advantages of the sol-gel preparation of nanoporous glass, we report transparent glass-confined CDs with tunable afterglow luminescence. Switchable thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) of CDs were achieved by adjusting the sintering temperature and ion doping.

Insights into phosphorylation-induced influences on conformations and inhibitor binding of CDK6 through GaMD trajectory-based deep learning.

The phosphorylation of residue T177 produces a significant effect on the conformational dynamics of CDK6. Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) simulations followed by deep learning (DL) are applied to explore the molecular mechanism of the phosphorylation-mediated effect on the conformational dynamics of CDK6 bound by three inhibitors 6ZV, 6ZZ and 0RS, in which 6ZV and 6ZZ have been used to test clinical performance. The DL finds that the β-sheets, αC helix as well as the T-loop are involved in obvious differences of conformation contacts and suggests that the T-loop plays a key role in the function of CDK6.