Sarcopenia index based on serum creatinine and cystatin C is associated with the risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults in Chinese: a prospective cohort study from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.

Objective: The sarcopenia index (SI), calculated as the serum creatinine divided by the serum cystatin C, multiplied by 100, is recommended for predicting sarcopenia. However, limited evidence exists regarding its association with incident stroke. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between SI and the risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults.

Clinical Value of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Early Diagnosis of Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: A Randomised Controlled Observational Trial.

Aim: While metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a high-throughput diagnostic tool capable of rapidly and accurately identifying pathogenic microorganisms, predicting their antibiotic resistance/susceptibility profiles, its clinical utility in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis (PDAP) remains unvalidated. This study aims to evaluate its ability to enable early pathogen detection and predict antibiotic susceptibility, thereby informing optimised treatment strategies.

Method: A prospective randomised controlled trial was conducted in patients diagnosed with PDAP.

A Rapid Method for Screening Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern-Triggered Immunity-Intensifying Microbes.

PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) is the first layer of plant defense response that occurs on the plant plasma membrane. Recently, the application of a rhizobacterium, strain PMB05, has been demonstrated to enhance flg22- or harpin-triggered PTI response such as callose deposition. This PTI intensification by PMB05 further contributes to plant disease resistance to different bacterial diseases.

Long noncoding RNA LINC01550 inhibits colorectal cancer malignancy by suppressing the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common gastrointestinal malignancy. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are associated with the progression of various cancers, including CRC. Herein, we explored the function of lncRNA LINC01550 in CRC.

H state estimation of continuous-time neural networks with uncertainties.

[Formula: see text] state estimation is addressed for continuous-time neural networks in the paper. The norm-bounded uncertainties are considered in communication neural networks. For the considered neural networks with uncertainties, a reduced-order [Formula: see text] state estimator is designed, which makes that the error dynamics is exponentially stable and has weighted [Formula: see text] performance index by Lyapunov function method.

Enterobacter sp. E1 increased arsenic uptake in Pteris vittata by promoting plant growth and dissolving Fe-bound arsenic.

Microbes affect arsenic accumulation in the arsenic-hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata, but the associated molecular mechanism remains uncertain. Here, we investigated the effect of Enterobacter sp. E1 on arsenic accumulation by P.

PMB05 Increases Resistance to Bacterial Wilt by Activating Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Reactive Oxygen Species Pathway Crosstalk in .

Bacterial wilt caused by can infect many crops, causing significant losses worldwide. The use of beneficial microorganisms is considered a feasible method for controlling this disease. Our previous study showed that PMB05 can control bacterial wilt through intensifying immune signals triggered by a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) from .

Probability-based non-local means filter for speckle noise suppression in optical coherence tomography images.

In this Letter, a probability-based non-local means filter is proposed for speckle reduction in optical coherence tomography (OCT). Originally developed for additive white Gaussian noise, the non-local means filter is not suitable for multiplicative speckle noise suppression. This Letter presents a two-stage non-local means algorithm using the uncorrupted probability of each pixel to effectively reduce speckle noise in OCT.