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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Taro Kobayashi, Tatsushi Ikeda, Akira Nakayama
The structural properties, dynamical behaviors, and ion transport phenomena at the interface between water and cerium oxide are investigated by reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations employing neural network potentials (NNPs). The NNPs are trained to reproduce density functional theory (DFT) results, and DFT-based MD (DFT-MD) simulations with enhanced sampling techniques and refinement schemes are employed to efficiently and systematically acquire training data that include diverse hydrogen-bonding configurations caused by proton hopping events...
May 8, 2024: Chemical Science
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dan Yang, Xiangqi Luo, Shengjun Sun, Xue Zhang, Fengxia Zhang, Xingquan Zhao, Jian Zhou
OBJECTIVE: Previous resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging studies on intracerebral hemorrhage patients have focused more on the static characteristics of brain activity, while the time-varying effects during scanning have received less attention. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore the dynamic functional network connectivity changes of intracerebral hemorrhage patients. METHODS: Using independent component analysis, the sliding window approach, and the k-means clustering analysis method, different dynamic functional network connectivity states were detected from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data of 37 intracerebral hemorrhage patients and 44 healthy controls...
May 9, 2024: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
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Reena Nayak, Vineet Kumar Rai, Deepak Pradhan, Jitu Halder, Tushar Kanti Rajwar, Priyanka Dash, Chandan Das, Ajit Mishra, Ritu Mahanty, Ivy Saha, Salim Manoharadas, Biswakanth Kar, Goutam Ghosh, Goutam Rath
The primary factor underlying the virulence of Candida albicans is its capacity to form biofilms, which in turn leads to recurrent complications. Over-the-counter antifungal treatments have proven ineffective in eliminating fungal biofilms and the inflammatory cytokines produced during fungal infections. Chitosan nanoparticles offer broad and versatile therapeutic potential as both antifungal agents and carriers for antifungal drugs to combat biofilm-associated Candida infections. In our study, we endeavoured to develop chitosan nanoparticles utilising chitosan and the antifungal crosslinker phytic acid targeting C...
May 9, 2024: AAPS PharmSciTech
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lizhu Zhi, Xingang Wang, Xuanliang Pan, Chunmao Han
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the dynamic changes and interrelationships between leukocyte components and inflammatory markers in the early stages and sepsis stage in severe burns, and explore their potential clinical significance. METHODS: This is a 5-year retrospective cohort study involving 107 patients with severe burns (the total body surface area of burn (TBSA) > 50%), in which, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, monocyte count, the ratio of the product of monocyte and lymphocyte count to neutrophil count (MLPN), procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), capillary leakage index (CLI) and creatinine (Scr) were investigated...
April 13, 2024: Burns
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shahid Ahmad Dar, Javid Ahmad Dar
Coastal wetland ecosystems make an important contribution to the global carbon pool, yet their extent is declining due to aquaculture-related land use changes. We conducted an extensive investigation into the carbon stock and area coverage of macrophytes in a tropical coastal Ramsar wetland, Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh, India. A total of 72 quadrats of size 1 × 1 m2 were laid in the wetland, 19 species of macrophytes were collected and analyzed for carbon content using a CNHS analyzer...
May 7, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
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S P Pachauri, Arvind K Shukla, P C Srivastava, Sanjib K Behara, Nagender Pal Butail, Pratibha Thakur, Praveen Thakur, Anjali, Munish Sharma, Pradeep K Sharma, Ankita Sahu, Pardeep Kumar
Extensive global dependency on rice and wheat crops has necessitated the adoption of intensive cultivation practices, thereby compelling to closely monitor the potential yield-limiting factors, among which, boron (B) deficiency stands out to be a prime concern. The present study explores the effects of B fertilization strategies within the Rice-Wheat Cropping System (RWCS) in the Tarai region of North-West India. A comprehensive six-year field experiment was conducted (2013-2019) at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand, India...
May 8, 2024: Journal of Environmental Management
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Yuyang Chen, Yiting Xu, Lin Wang, Yilin Liang, Naizhe Li, José Lourenço, Yun Yang, Qiushi Lin, Ligui Wang, He Zhao, Bernard Cazelles, Hongbin Song, Ziyan Liu, Zengmiao Wang, Oliver J Brady, Simon Cauchemez, Huaiyu Tian
Despite identifying El Niño events as a factor in dengue dynamics, predicting the oscillation of global dengue epidemics remains challenging. Here, we investigate climate indicators and worldwide dengue incidence from 1990 to 2019 using climate-driven mechanistic models. We identify a distinct indicator, the Indian Ocean basin-wide (IOBW) index, as representing the regional average of sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Indian Ocean. IOBW is closely associated with dengue epidemics for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres...
May 10, 2024: Science
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Alexandra A Portnova-Fahreeva, Momona Yamagami, Adria Robert-Gonzalez, Jennifer Mankoff, Heather Feldner, Katherine M Steele
Utilization of hand-tracking cameras, such as Leap, for hand rehabilitation and functional assessments is an innovative approach to providing affordable alternatives for people with disabilities. However, prior to deploying these commercially-available tools, a thorough evaluation of their performance for disabled populations is necessary. In this study, we provide an in-depth analysis of the accuracy of Leap's hand-tracking feature for both individuals with and without upper-body disabilities for common dynamic tasks used in rehabilitation...
May 9, 2024: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
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Shi Yan, Lu Li, David Horner, Parvaneh Ebrahimi, Bo Chawes, Lars O Dragsted, Morten A Rasmussen, Age K Smilde, Evrim Acar
INTRODUCTION: Analysis of time-resolved postprandial metabolomics data can improve our understanding of the human metabolism by revealing similarities and differences in postprandial responses of individuals. Traditional data analysis methods often rely on data summaries or univariate approaches focusing on one metabolite at a time. OBJECTIVES: Our goal is to provide a comprehensive picture in terms of the changes in the human metabolism in response to a meal challenge test, by revealing static and dynamic markers of phenotypes, i...
May 9, 2024: Metabolomics: Official Journal of the Metabolomic Society
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ethan Eddy, Evan Campbell, Scott Bateman, Erik Scheme
Discrete myoelectric control-based gesture recognition has recently gained interest as a possible input modality for many emerging ubiquitous computing applications. Unlike the continuous control commonly employed in powered prostheses, discrete systems seek to recognize the dynamic sequences associated with gestures to generate event-based inputs. More akin to those used in general-purpose human-computer interaction, these could include, for example, a flick of the wrist to dismiss a phone call or a double tap of the index finger and thumb to silence an alarm...
May 9, 2024: Journal of Neural Engineering
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Thomas J Reese, Henry J Domenico, Antonio Hernandez, Daniel W Byrne, Ryan P Moore, Jessica B Williams, Brian J Douthit, Elise Russo, Allison B McCoy, Catherine H Ivory, Bryan D Steitz, Adam Wright
BACKGROUND: Numerous pressure injury prediction models have been developed using electronic health record data, yet hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) are increasing, which demonstrates the critical challenge of implementing these models in routine care. OBJECTIVE: To help bridge the gap between development and implementation, we sought to create a model that was feasible, broadly applicable, dynamic, actionable, and rigorously validated and then compare its performance to usual care (ie, the Braden scale)...
May 8, 2024: JMIR Medical Informatics
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Zhongwen Li, Jianwen Liu, Jingbo Wang
The high-fidelity reduced mechanism is one of the key elements in the combustion simulation of scramjet combustors to reveal their combustion and flow phenomena. In the present work, the hierarchically constructed NUIGMech1.2 (2857 species and 11 814 reactions) is applied to the combustion simulation of an ethylene-fueled scramjet combustor using the method of static integrated skeletal reduction and tabulation of dynamic adaptive chemistry (TDAC). The integrated skeletal reduction strategy successively consists of species elimination using the revised directed relation graph with error propagation method of fixed species scheme and improved sensitivity analysis method, and reactions elimination based on computational singular perturbation importance index...
May 2, 2024: RSC Advances
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Evan L Barrios, Jack R Leary, Dijoia B Darden, Jaimar C Rincon, Micah Willis, Valerie E Polcz, Gwendolyn S Gillies, Jennifer A Munley, Marvin L Dirain, Ricardo Ungaro, Dina C Nacionales, Marie-Pierre L Gauthier, Shawn D Larson, Laurence Morel, Tyler J Loftus, Alicia M Mohr, Robert Maile, Michael P Kladde, Clayton E Mathews, Maigan A Brusko, Todd M Brusko, Lyle L Moldawer, Rhonda Bacher, Philip A Efron
INTRODUCTION: Sepsis engenders distinct host immunologic changes that include the expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). These cells play a physiologic role in tempering acute inflammatory responses but can persist in patients who develop chronic critical illness. METHODS: Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes by Sequencing and transcriptomic analysis are used to describe MDSC subpopulations based on differential gene expression, RNA velocities, and biologic process clustering...
2024: Frontiers in Immunology
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Dongliang Chen, Yuanfei Wang, Jianmei Yang, Wanyi Ou, Guiru Lin, Ze Zeng, Xiaomin Lu, Zumin Chen, Lili Zou, Yaling Tian, Aiping Wu, Shelley E Keating, Qinhe Yang, Chenli Lin, Yinji Liang
Purpose: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its related mortality is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been shown to offer potential for early prevention and treatment of NAFLD. The new mechanism of "Shenling Baizhu San" (SLBZS) is examined in this study for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD at the preclinical level. Methods: Male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into three groups: normal diet (ND), western diet + CCl4 injection (WDC), and SLBZS intervention (WDC + SLBZS)...
2024: Frontiers in Pharmacology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Di Yao, Jinmei Wang, Yuqing Guo, Ying Qiu
Under the dual-carbon goals, enhancing the green development level of logistics industry and realizing its low-carbon transformation are important issues that need to be solved urgently. Amidst the continuous escalation in the total energy consumption of the national logistics industry, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region has exhibited a favorable descending trajectory in this respect. It is necessary to investigate the underlying reasons. Based on the panel data from 2012 to 2021, the DEA and Malmquist index are employed to analyze the low-carbon logistics efficiency of the BTH region from both static and dynamic perspectives...
May 15, 2024: Heliyon
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Olivia Muza
Learning from innovations that fail is imperative for innovations that succeed. The theoretical underpinnings for this innovative framing are reflexivity, transformative unlearning, and intelligent failure. This framework proposes a definition of "transformative governance" as governance that creates structural equities. Governments rebuilding their economies after the COVID-19 pandemic seek equitable green transformations; that are gendered, structural, and sustainable, learning from the implemented gender-sensitive responses (hereafter referred to as policy innovations) ...
May 15, 2024: Heliyon
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Mathew Seymour, Tomas Roslin, Jeremy R deWaard, Kate H J Perez, Michelle L D'Souza, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, Muhammad Ashfaq, Valerie Levesque-Beaudin, Gergin A Blagoev, Belén Bukowski, Peter Cale, Denise Crosbie, Thibaud Decaëns, Stephanie L deWaard, Torbjørn Ekrem, Hosam O El-Ansary, Fidèle Evouna Ondo, David Fraser, Matthias F Geiger, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Winnie Hallwachs, Priscila E Hanisch, Axel Hausmann, Mark Heath, Ian D Hogg, Daniel H Janzen, Margaret Kinnaird, Joshua R Kohn, Maxim Larrivée, David C Lees, Virginia León-Règagnon, Michael Liddell, Darío A Lijtmaer, Tatsiana Lipinskaya, Sean A Locke, Ramya Manjunath, Dino J Martins, Marlúcia B Martins, Santosh Mazumdar, Jaclyn T A McKeown, Kristina Anderson-Teixeria, Scott E Miller, Megan A Milton, Renee Miskie, Jérôme Morinière, Marko Mutanen, Suresh Naik, Becky Nichols, Felipe A Noguera, Vojtech Novotny, Lyubomir Penev, Mikko Pentinsaari, Jenna Quinn, Leah Ramsay, Regina Rochefort, Stefan Schmidt, M Alex Smith, Crystal N Sobel, Panu Somervuo, Jayme E Sones, Hermann S Staude, Brianne St Jaques, Elisabeth Stur, Angela C Telfer, Pablo L Tubaro, Tim J Wardlaw, Robyn Worcester, Zhaofu Yang, Monica R Young, Tyler Zemlak, Evgeny V Zakharov, Bradley Zlotnick, Otso Ovaskainen, Paul D N Hebert
Global biodiversity gradients are generally expected to reflect greater species replacement closer to the equator. However, empirical validation of global biodiversity gradients largely relies on vertebrates, plants, and other less diverse taxa. Here we assess the temporal and spatial dynamics of global arthropod biodiversity dynamics using a beta-diversity framework. Sampling includes 129 sampling sites whereby malaise traps are deployed to monitor temporal changes in arthropod communities. Overall, we encountered more than 150,000 unique barcode index numbers (BINs) (i...
May 8, 2024: Communications Biology
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Azubuike Victor Chukwuka, Aina O Adeogun
In this study, we investigated the growth dynamics and otolith shape asymmetry of two fish species, Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (CN) and Oreochromis niloticus (ON), within urbanized watersheds of the southern lagoon system, Nigeria. Using the von Bertalanffy growth model (VBGM), in addition to sediment metal concentration indices such as the average shale content, index of geoaccumulation (Igeo), contamination factor (CF), pollution load index (PLI), and potential ecological risk (PER) index, contamination levels were classified, and ecological risks were assessed...
May 6, 2024: Chemosphere
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Guohui Yao, Haidong Li, Nan Wang, Hanbei Du, Longjiang Zhang, Chenwei Liu, Yicong Chen
Urban ecological spaces are effective thermoregulators. However, the cooling efficiency of urban ecological spaces during the urbanization has not been studied comprehensively. Here, we investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of Urban Cold Island (UCI) intensity in 11 typical cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB). We determined the impact of ecological landscape trends on these dynamics by using GlobalLand and MODIS 8 d mean land surface temperature (LST) data for three periods (2000, 2010, and 2020), and the landscape pattern index and diversity index...
May 6, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ling-Kang Zhang, Hua-Long Zheng, Hong-Hong Zheng, Yu-Bin Ma, Jian-Xian Lin, Bin-Bin Xu, Zhen Xue, Zhi-Wei Zheng, Chao-Hui Zheng, Chang-Ming Huang, Jian-Wei Xie
BACKGROUND: The effects of the dynamics of serum tumor markers (CA72-4, CEA, CA19-9, CA125 and AFP) before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) on the prognosis of gastric cancer(GC) patients remain unclear. METHODS: The training set contained 334 GC patients from Fujian Medical University Union Hospital (FJMUUH) and 113 GC patients in Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital (QhUAH) were used as an external validation set. Tumor marker regression load (ΔTMRL) indicator, including ΔCA72-4, ΔCEA, ΔCA19-9, ΔCA125, and ΔAFP, is defined as [(postNACT marker- preNACT marker)/preNACT marker]...
April 25, 2024: European Journal of Surgical Oncology
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