Integrating deformable CNN and attention mechanism into multi-scale graph neural network for few-shot image classification.

Graph neural networks have excellent performance and powerful representation capabilities, and have been widely used to handle Few-shot image classification problems. The feature extraction module of graph neural networks has always been designed as a fixed convolutional neural network (CNN), but due to the intrinsic properties of convolution operations, its receiving domain is limited. This method has limitations in capturing global feature information and easily ignores key feature information of the image.

Parental democratic communication and adolescent well-being in an era of loneliness: the mediating role of societal trust.

Background: In an era marked by increasing loneliness, understanding the impact of parenting practices on adolescent well-being and resilience is crucial. This study investigates the relationship between parental democratic communication and key indicators of adolescent adjustment and well-being in China, with a focus on the mediating role of societal trust.

Objective: The study aimed to examine the direct effects of parental democratic communication on Chinese adolescents' subjective well-being and to explore the mediating roles of societal trust in this relationship.

Misvaluation and technological acquisitions: An empirical study and mechanism analysis.

This paper investigates the influence of industry-level overvaluation on technological acquisitions, utilizing merger and acquisition (M&A) data from Chinese listed firms spanning 2007 to 2022. Our analysis confirms that industry-level overvaluation promotes technological acquisitions, a finding that remains significant even after several robustness checks. Compared to acquirers with lower financial constraints, those with higher financial constraints rely more on industry-level overvaluation to drive technological acquisitions.

Correlations between activation, family adaptation, and self-perceived burden in breast cancer patients with an implanted venous access port: A cross-sectional study.

We found that activation and family adaptation on the self-perceived burden of breast cancer patients with an implanted venous access port (IVAP), and to analyze the correlations among these scores. A total of 256 patients completed a general data questionnaire, the Patient Activation Measure (PAM), the Family adaptation and Cohesion Scale II-Chinese version (FACES-II-CV), and the Self-perceived Burden Scale (SPBS). The total scores for activation, family adaptation, and self-perceived burden were 63.

Hysteresis effects of different levels of storm flooding on susceptible enteric infectious diseases in a central city of China.

Background: Recently, attention has focused on the impact of global climate change on infectious diseases. Storm flooding is an extreme weather phenomenon that not only impacts the health of the environment but also worsens the spread of pathogens. This poses a significant challenge to public health security.

Rice pest identification based on multi-scale double-branch GAN-ResNet.

Rice production is crucial to the food security of all human beings, and how rice pests and diseases can be effectively prevented in and timely detected is a hotspot issue in the field of smart agriculture. Deep learning has become the preferred method for rice pest identification due to its excellent performance, especially in the aspect of autonomous learning of image features. However, in the natural environment, the dataset is too small and vulnerable to the complex background, which easily leads to problems such as overfitting, and too difficult to extract the fine features during the process of training.

Recent advances in plant disease severity assessment using convolutional neural networks.

In modern agricultural production, the severity of diseases is an important factor that directly affects the yield and quality of plants. In order to effectively monitor and control the entire production process of plants, not only the type of disease, but also the severity of the disease must be clarified. In recent years, deep learning for plant disease species identification has been widely used.

Interaction between body weight status and spicy food consumption on the risk of rosacea: A multi-central, hospital-based, case-control study.

Background: No researches about the interaction among the risk factors for rosacea were conducted. Some studies prompted obesity and spicy food may have some common pathways.

Aims: To clarify the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and rosacea, and explore the interaction between BMI and spicy food consumption in rosacea.

Characteristic analysis of volatile avalanche diode threshold switching for bionic nerve synapse applications.

The combination of biological neurology and memristive theory has greatly promoted the development of neuromorphic computing. To build a large-scale artificial intelligence alert system, the exploration of bionic synapses compatible with standard processes has become an urgent problem to be solved in the next step. In response to the above application requirements, this paper proposes a volatile avalanche diode threshold switching (VADTS) that is fully compatible with standard semiconductor technology to simulate the various functions of the synapse.

Porous Lactose as a Novel Ingredient Carrier for the Improvement of Quercetin Solubility .

In this work, quercetin was loaded in the highly-porous lactose via the adsorption of quercetin molecules in ethanol. The method aims to improve the quercetin solubility and the loading capacity of lactose. The method relates to the synthesis of the highly-porous lactose with a particle size of ∼35 m, a mean pore width of ∼30 nm, a BET surface area of 35.

Myocardial Injury After Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing.

Introduction: Temporary transvenous cardiac pacing (TTCP) can lead to potential penetration and occasional perforation of the right ventricular wall. No study to date has analyzed the effect of TTCP on myocardial injury by cardiac troponin (cTn) measurement. The present study was designed to investigate perioperative myocardial injury in elective TTCP in noncardiac surgical settings.

A comparison and review of three sets of classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus for distinguishing systemic lupus erythematosus from pure mucocutaneous manifestations in the lupus disease spectrum.

Although the original purpose of the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) classification criteria was to distinguish SLE from other mimic diseases, and to facilitate sample selection in scientific research, they have become widely used as diagnostic criteria in clinical situations. It is not known yet if regarding classification criteria as diagnostic criteria, what problems might be encountered? This is the first study comparing the three sets of classification criteria for SLE, the 1997 American College of Rheumatology (ACR'97), 2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC'12) and 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR'19), for their ability to distinguish patients with SLE from patients with pure mucocutaneous manifestations (isolated cutaneous lupus erythematosus without internal disease, i-CLE) in the lupus disease spectrum. 1,865 patients with SLE and 232 patients with i-CLE were recruited from a multicenter study.

Bedside temporary transvenous cardiac pacemaker placement.

Temporary transvenous cardiac pacing is a life-saving procedure in an emergency. Transvenous cardiac pacing catheterization guided by intracavitary electrocardiogram (IC-ECG), instead of fluoroscope, is practical. Tips for controlling the orientation of the pacing catheter tip and utilizing IC-ECG to monitor the positions of electrodes make bedside temporary transvenous cardiac pacing catheter placement feasible and 'visible'.

Relationship between rosacea and dietary factors: A multicenter retrospective case-control survey.

Although patients with rosacea often consult dermatologists for dietary factors that might be related to their skin disorders, few studies have been conducted to research the relationship between rosacea and dietary factors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential relationship between rosacea and diet among the large Chinese population with rosacea, which would provide dietary guidelines for patients with rosacea. A multicenter case-control study was conducted.

Metabolic profiles of neratinib in rat by using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detector and Q-Exactive Orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry.

Neratinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of breast cancer. However, its metabolism remains unknown. This study was carried out to investigate the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of neratinib using an UHPLC-DAD-Q Exactive Orbitrap-MS instrument with dd-MS on-line data acquisition mode.

miR‑149 promotes the myocardial differentiation of mouse bone marrow stem cells by targeting Dab2.

To investigate the role of microRNA (miR)‑149 in the cardiac differentiation of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro, MSCs were infected with a lentivirus overexpressing miR‑149 and the effect on cardiac differentiation was determined. The quantitative polymerase chain reaction results demonstrated that miR‑149 promoted the expression of cardiac‑specific markers in MSCs. Western blotting and a luciferase activity assay demonstrated that disabled homolog 2 (Dab2) was a direct target of miR‑149.

Individualized prevention against hypertension based on Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution Theory: A large community-based retrospective, STROBE-compliant study among Chinese population.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution (TCMC) theory states that individuals with a biased TCMC are more likely to suffer from specific diseases. However, little is known regarding the influence of TCMC on susceptibility to hypertension. The aim of this study is to examine the possible relationship between TCMC and hypertension.

Nrf2 protects against oxidative stress induced by SiO nanoparticles.

Aim: The aim of our study was to explore the role of nuclear factor erythroid 2 (NF-E2)-related factor 2 (Nrf2) on the exposure of SiO nanoparticles (NPs) and its influence.

Materials & Methods: To understand the mechanism of NP-induced oxidative stress, the involvement of oxidative-stress-responding transcription factors and the Nrf2/antioxidant reactive element (ARE) signaling pathway in the toxicity of SiO NPs' exposure was investigated via in vivo and in vitro models.

Results: A549 cells showed a significant cytotoxic effect while A549-shNrf2 cells showed decreased cell viability after nm-SiO exposure.

Molecular hydrogen increases resilience to stress in mice.

The inability to successfully adapt to stress produces pathological changes that can lead to depression. Molecular hydrogen has anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities and neuroprotective effects. However, the potential role of molecular hydrogen in stress-related disorders is still poorly understood.

mTOR signalling in the nucleus accumbens shell is critical for augmented effect of TFF3 on behavioural response to cocaine.

Neuropeptides play important roles in modulating the rewarding value of abused drugs. Trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) was recently reported to modulate withdrawal syndrome of morphine, but the effects of TFF3 on the cocaine-induced behavioral changes are still elusive. In the present study, cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion and conditioned place preference (CPP) rat paradigms were provided to investigate the role of TFF3 in the reward response to cocaine.