Decision-making process for breast-conserving therapy from the perspective of women with breast cancer: A grounded theory study.

Purpose: To explore the decision-making and coping processes of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer receiving breast-conserving therapy.

Methods: The grounded theory methodology approach was employed in this study. Purposive and theoretical sampling methods were used to enroll 27 women with stage I-III breast cancer.

Dynamic single microparticle manipulation in the far-field region using plasmonic vortex lens multiple arms with a circular groove.

Recent development of particle manipulation has led to high demand for dynamic optical tweezer structures. However, confining and rotating a single microparticle in the far-field region with a uniform potential distribution remains a complicated task. A plasmonic vortex lens (PVL) has been proven to easily rotate the dielectric particle owing to its effect on orbital angular momentum (OAM).

Improved water splitting efficiency of Au-NP-loaded GaO thin films in the visible region under strong coupling conditions.

We fabricate a novel photoanode consisting of TiO/Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs)/GaO/TiN/Au-film (TAGA), efficiently increasing light absorption and electron transfer from Au-NPs to GaO under modal strong coupling. A TiN thin layer deposited on an Au film enables stable high-temperature deposition of GaO onto the reflective Au film mirror. Modal strong coupling is observed when the resonance wavelength of the GaO/TiN/Au-film Fabry-Pérot cavity overlaps with the plasmon resonance wavelength of Au-NPs partially inlaid in a thin TiO layer.

Shape-Guided Mixed Metro Map Layout.

Metro or transit maps, are schematic representations of transit networks to facilitate effective route-finding. These maps are often advertised on a web page or pamphlet highlighting routes from source to destination stations. To visually support such route-finding, designers often distort the layout by embedding symbolic shapes (e.