Zero-Dimensional Antimony Oxychloride Scintillators with High Photoluminescent Efficiency.

Zero-dimensional (0D) organic-inorganic antimony hybrids are attractive because of their structural flexibility and environmental safety. In this work, we synthesized a new 0D (AEPPz)SbClO (AEPPz = -aminoethylpiperazine) based on isolated [SbClO] octahedra through an optimized saturated crystallization method. This compound exhibits broad yellow photoluminescence (PL) with a high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 80.

Clinical and MRI differences in congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles patients with KIF21A and TUBB3 variants.

Purpose: To compare the clinical and neuroimaging phenotypes in Chinese patients with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles (CFEOM) harboring KIF21A versus TUBB3 variants.

Study Design: Retrospective, observational case series.

Methods: A retrospective review of 37 CFEOM patients harboring mutations of KIF21A (n = 25) and TUBB3 (n = 12) with clinical examinations was performed.

Congenital Restrictive Strabismus Associated With Anomalous Orbital Structures: MRI Findings and Clinical Characteristics.

Purpose: To evaluate and classify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of anomalous orbital structures (AOS) and correlate these findings with clinical manifestations.

Design: Retrospective, observational case series.

Methods: The detailed clinical data from 35 patients diagnosed with congenital restrictive strabismus and AOS were retrospectively reviewed between July 2010 and October 2024.

Pyroptosis-Related Genes as Diagnostic Markers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Its Correlation with Immune Infiltration.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stands as a predominant cause of global morbidity and mortality. This study aims to elucidate the relationship between pyroptosis-related genes (PRGs) and COPD diagnosis in the context of immune infiltration, ultimately proposing a PRG-based diagnostic model for predicting COPD outcomes.

Methods: Clinical data and PRGs of COPD patients were sourced from the GEO database.

Lead-free Perovskite with Distorted [InX] Octahedron Induced by Organic Cation and Enhanced PLQY by Sb Doping.

In-based halide perovskites have attracted a lot of attention because of their unique broadband emission properties. Herein, a series of In-based hybrid perovskites of (HMP)InCl·HO (), (HEP)InCl·HO (), (HMP)InBr·HO (), and (HEP)InBr·HO () were synthesized under the control of halogen ions and organic cations. , , and exhibit obvious photoluminescence properties with peaks at 392, 442, and 652 nm, respectively.

Preparation, characterization, and antibacterial effect of bio-based modified starch films.

There are several problems with common starch films, including strong water absorption and poor mechanical properties. To create a better starch film, octenyl succinate cassava starch ester (OSCS) was first blended with chitosan and nano ZnO to prepare an OSCS/CS/ZnO film. Then, the film was supplemented with different concentrations of ε-PL as a bacteriostatic agent to prepare a film that would resist bacterial invasion.

Difference of anterior and posterior orbital development in patients with congenital microphthalmia: a retrospective cohort study from China.

Aim: To evaluate volume differences between anterior and posterior orbit and demographic characteristics of Chinese patients with congenital microphthalmia.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study, involving 169 unilateral congenital microphthalmia patients aged between 1 and 57 years old was conducted. Three-dimensional images of the orbit were generated from past CT scans, and digital orbital volume comprehensive measurement was done.

Characteristics of changes in volatile organic compounds and microbial communities during the storage of pickles.

The variations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and microbial communities of three pickles during storage at 4°C for one week were analyzed by headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS), high-throughput sequencing, and Spearman correlation analysis. A total of 50 VOCs were identified from three pickles. During storage, most alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and esters decreased, while acids increased, and sulfides, alkenes, and phenols were relatively equal.

The regulatory effect of total flavonoids of L. on oxidative stress in type 1 diabetic mice.

In this study, the optimal extraction conditions for the total flavonoids of L. (STF) were optimized by response surface methodology. Evaluation of the antioxidant in vitro of STF, and modulatory effects of glucolipid metabolism, and oxidative stress in mice with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Factors Influencing Viral Clearance in Mild COVID-19 and Clinical Characteristics of Asymptomatic Patients.

Background: The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a global public health emergency.

Objective: To evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in Anhui and to identify predictors of viral clearance.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data collected from discharged patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Long non-coding RNA MCF2L-AS1 promotes the aggressiveness of colorectal cancer by sponging miR-874-3p and thereby up-regulating CCNE1.

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have drawn growing attention because of the role which they play in various diseases, including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the potential functions of lncRNA MCF2L antisense RNA 1 (MCF2L-AS1) in tumors remained largely unclear. The present study aimed to explore the clinical significance and the biological effects of lncRNA MCF2L antisense RNA 1 (MCF2L-AS1) in CRC.

The factors related to failure of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) in colon cancer surgery.

Purpose: Enhanced Recovery after Surgery has been proven effective for patients with gastrointestinal cancer. But radical enhanced recovery could also lead to adverse clinical outcomes. Compared with reports on the estimation of successful implementation of enhanced recovery, studies on risk factors of enhanced recovery failure are still lacking.

Congenital Monocular Strabismus Fixus.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical characteristics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of the extraocular muscle and ocular motor nerves in congenital monocular strabismus fixus.

Methods: The retrospective observational case series of three patients with congenital monocular strabismus fixus were reviewed between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2016. Ophthalmologic examination and thin-sectioned MRI of the ocular motor nerve and the orbit were performed on the three patients.

Effect of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter on lung function decline and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Taiwan: a longitudinal, cohort study.

Background: Information on the effects of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2·5 μm or less (PM) on lung health is scarce. We aimed to investigate the associations between long-term exposure to PM, lung function, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a large-scale longitudinal cohort.

Methods: We included 285 046 participants aged 20 years or older from the Taiwan MJ Health Management Institution cohort, who were recruited between 2001 and 2014 and had spirometric tests during the medical examination visit.

A highly sensitive solid substrate room temperature phosphorimetry for carbaryl detection based on its activating effect on NaIO4 oxidizing fluorescein.

Fluorescein (HFin) could emit strong and stable room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) signal on polyamide membrane (PAM) using Pb(2+) as the ion perturber. Carbaryl could activate effect on NaIO4 oxidating HFin, which caused the RTP signal of the system to quench sharply. The phosphorescence intensity (ΔI p) of activating system higher 3.

Highly sensitive fluorescent probe for clenbuterol hydrochloride detection based on its catalytic oxidation of eosine Y by NaIO4.

A highly sensitive fluorescent probe for clenbuterol hydrochloride (CLB) detection has been first designed based on its catalytic effect on NaIO4 oxidating eosine Y (R). And this environment-friendly, simple, rapid, selective and sensitive fluorescent probe has been utilized to detect CLB in the practical samples with the results consisting with those obtained by GC/MS. The structures of R and CLB were characterized by infrared spectra.

Design of highly sensitive phosphorescence sensor for determination of procaterol hydrochloride based on inhibition of KClO3 oxidation fluorescein isothiocyanate.

Procaterol hydrochloride (Prh) can inhibit KClO3 oxidation of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) to form a non-phosphorescent compound, which causes room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) of FITC in the system to enhance sharply the linear relationship between ∆Ip and the Prh content. Thus, a rapid response and highly sensitive phosphorescence sensor for the determination of Prh has been developed based on the inhibiting effect of Prh on KClO3 oxidation of FITC. This simple, high sensitivity (detection limit (LD) calculated by 3Sb /k was 0.

Research on the spectral properties of luminescent carbon dots.

This paper is trying to research the developing status of carbon dots (CDs), and the results show that the simple, rapid and high yield synthetic methods for CDs and the application of CDs in biological science and analysis field will certainly become an inevitable development trend in the future. The CDs obtained by microwave possess excellent optical properties including UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence and room temperature phosphorescence. Under the conditions of 30 °C and 10 min, the fluorescence signal (F) of CDs not only could be enhanced by hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), Triton X-100, Na(2)S, Na(2)C(2)O(4) and NH(3).

[Vertical retraction syndrome caused by anomalous orbital structures].

Objective: To described the clinical feature and MRI imaging of six children with vertical retraction syndrome.

Methods: Six children with unilateral vertical retraction syndrome between 15 months and 8 years of age, mean age was (5.01 ± 1.

Catalytic solid substrate-room-temperature phosphorimetry detection for trace cadmium with Cd2+ -3.5-generation polyamidoamine dendrimer-Tween-80 complex.

3.5-Generation polyamidoamine dendrimers (3.5-G-D) emitted strong and stable room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) on filter paper when Pb2+ was used as a heavy atom perturber.

Determination of trace deoxyribonucleic acid by using fluorescein isothiocyanate-phenosafranine as a double-luminescent phosphorescence probe.

Using Pb(2+) as ion perturber, phenosafranine (PF) and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) could emit strong and stable room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) signal on the filter paper, respectively. When they were mixed, the phenomenon that the RTP signal of PF and FITC enhanced significantly was found. And 1.

[Correlation between upper airway soft tissue 3-D measurement and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome].

Objective: To investigate the correlation between upper airway CT measurement value and severity of patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).

Methods: The upper airway of 82 patients with OSAHS were scanned by CT during normal respiration. The 3-D CT measurement were made in lateral and anterior-posterior diameters, cross-section areas and volumes of retropalatal and retroglossal region.

[Theoretic explanation about visual disorder induced by fibrous dysplasia of skull: pressure disequilibrium between lamina cribrosa].

Objective: To investigate the causes for changes in optic nerve head and visual impairment caused by fibrous dysplasia (FD) of optic canal stenosis.

Methods: A total of 12 FD patients, diagnosed by CT, received the fundus and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Those with FD involving optic canal underwent decompression.

Fullerol-fluorescein isothiocyanate phosphorescent labeling reagent for the determination of glucose and alkaline phosphatase.

The active -OH group in fullerol (F-ol) could react with the dissociated -COOH group in fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) to form F-ol-(FITC)(n), which could emit room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) signal of F-ol and FITC on acetate cellulose membrane (ACM), respectively. Their RTP signals were enhanced by N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA). The labeling reaction between the -NCS group of FITC in DMA-F-ol-(FITC)(n) and the -NH2 group in wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) produced DMA-F-ol-(FITC)(n)-WGA, which could further take affinity adsorption (AA) reaction with bioactive substances (BS), such as glucose and alkaline phosphatase (AP), to produce DMA-F-ol-(FITC)(n)-WGA-BS.