Christine Verboon, Alex Y. Doets, Giuliana Galassi, Amy Davidson et al.
OBJECTIVE: To define the current treatment practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). METHODS: The study was based on prospective observational data from the first 1,300 patients included in the International GBS Outcome Study. We described the treatment practice of GBS in general, and for (1) sever...
Solveig A. Cunningham, Nida Shaikh, Ariel Nhacolo, Pratima L. Raghunathan et al.
Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSSs) provide a foundation for characterizing and defining priorities and strategies for improving population health. The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) project aims to inform policy to prevent child deaths through generating...
Yuqi Ren, Yiwei Fu, Naixu Li, Changjun You et al.
Abstract H 2 O dissociation plays a crucial role in solar-driven catalytic CO 2 methanation, demanding high temperature even for solar-to-chemical conversion efficiencies <1% with modest product selectivity. Herein, we report an oxygen-vacancy (V o ) rich CeO 2 catalyst with single-atom Ni anchor...
Xiangxiang Liu, Xiaoxiang Chen, Kaixuan Zeng, Mu Xu et al.
As one of the most common cancers worldwide, colorectal cancer (CRC) causes a large number of mortality annually. Aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is significantly associated with the initiation and development of CRC. Further investigations regarding the regulatory mechanism of miRNAs is w...
Xiangdong Zhu, Litao Lin, Mingyue Pang, Chao Jia et al.
Abstract Flash Joule heating (FJH) is an emerging and profitable technology for converting inexhaustible biomass into flash graphene (FG). However, it is challenging to produce biomass FG continuously due to the lack of an integrated device. Furthermore, the high-carbon footprint induced by both exc...
Ningbo Chen, Xiaoting Xia, Quratulain Hanif, Fengwei Zhang et al.
Indicine cattle, also referred to as zebu (Bos taurus indicus), play a central role in pastoral communities across a wide range of agro-ecosystems, from extremely hot semiarid regions to hot humid tropical regions. However, their adaptive genetic changes following their dispersal into East Asia from...
Kaisa Thorell, Zilia Y. Muñoz-Ramírez, Difei Wang, Santiago Sandoval‐Motta et al.
Helicobacter pylori, a dominant member of the gastric microbiota, shares co-evolutionary history with humans. This has led to the development of genetically distinct H. pylori subpopulations associated with the geographic origin of the host and with differential gastric disease risk. Here, we provid...
Rongli Sun, Kai Xu, Shuangbin Ji, Yunqiu Pu et al.
The gut microbiota comprises a multispecies microbial community and is essential for maintaining health. Benzene is a widespread environmental and occupational pollutant that mainly causes blood and bone marrow abnormalities. However, the effects of benzene on gut microbiota and metabolism have not ...
Xiangxiang Liu, Xueni Xu, Bei Pan, Bangshun He et al.
The lack of screening methods with high diagnostic utility leads to colorectal cancer (CRC) patients usually diagnosed in advanced stages which results in high mortality. This study aimed to identify novel circulating miRNAs as biomarkers for the early detection of CRC. Materials and Methods: Total ...
Dihai Gu, Peijing An, Xiuli He, Hongshuai Wu et al.
In this study, a versatile doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded yolk-shell nano-particles (HMCMD) assembled with manganese dioxide (MnO2) as the core and copper sulfide (HMCuS) as the mesoporous (∼ 6.4 nm) shell, was designed and synthesized. The resulting HMCMD possess excellent photothermal conversion efficie...
Wei Zhang, Li-Ying Lu, Liyan Hu, Wei Cao et al.
Allelopathy is mediated by plant-derived secondary metabolites (allelochemicals) which are released by donor plants and affect the growth and development of receptor plants. The plant root is the first organ which senses soil allelochemicals this results in the production of a shorter primary root. ...
Ashley A. Campbell, Saskia de Pee, Kai Sun, Klaus Kraemer et al.
In Bangladesh, poor rural families often deal with high food costs by purchasing primarily rice. Our objective was to characterize the relationship between household expenditure on rice and nonrice foods with maternal and child malnutrition. Food expenditure data and anthropometry were obtained in a...
Peter Washington, Émilie Leblanc, Kaitlyn Dunlap, Yordan Penev et al.
Mobilized telemedicine is becoming a key, and even necessary, facet of both precision health and precision medicine. In this study, we evaluate the capability and potential of a crowd of virtual workers—defined as vetted members of popular crowdsourcing platforms—to aid in the task of diagnosing aut...
Kaiser Ahmed Rocky, Animesh Pal, Tahmid Hasan Rupam, Nasruddin Nasruddin et al.
In this study, consolidated composite adsorbents comprising highly porous zeolite of type AQSOA-Z02 and two types of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), namely H25-GNPs and M25-GNPs, are developed to enhance the performance of a thermally powered adsorption heat pump. The thermophysical properties such a...
Sium Ahmed, Shawon Ahmed, Swapan Kumar Roy, Sun–Hee Woo et al.
Abstract This study aimed to explore the changes in morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics of lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.) in response to salt stress when grown using hydroponic techniques. The seedlings were subjected to five different concentrations (0 mM, 50 mM, 100 mM, 150 ...