Mirror therapy in the neuroadaptive training paradigm in rehabilitation and potential mechanisms of neural remodeling: a 20-year bibliometrics analysis.

Objective: Mirror Therapy activates mirror neurons, promotes neural connection regeneration, promotes brain reorganization and motor recovery, and alleviates limb pain. This study uses bibliometric methods to analyze the research trends of Mirror Therapy, aiming to fill the current research gap and provide valuable insights and suggestions for future research.

Methods: Publications related to mirror therapy from 2004 to 2024 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database.

Incoherent beam combining of laser array on extended areas based on a gradient light intensity trap and optimization algorithm.

This paper proposes a method for incoherent beam combining on extended areas (or extended targets) based on a gradient light intensity trap, which is effectively created through intensity weighted modulation, and with the help of a proper optimization algorithm, light spots will be guided into this trap to achieve beam combination. A physical model of this method is established, which determines the optimal surface profile of the gradient light intensity trap, thereby aiding in achieving ideal results for multi-channel beams in both modulation and non-modulation. Subsequently, the feasibility of the method is verified in the laboratory, where tip/tilt aberrations are corrected by adaptive fiber-optics collimators during the beam-combining process.

Phase control method for generating orbital angular momentum beams using coherent beam combining based on deep learning.

In recent years, orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams have shown great potential for applications in laser communication, laser processing, optical imaging, and detection. For free-space optical communication, high-power, high-quality vortex beams with a high signal-to-noise ratio are critical for long-distance communication. Coherent beam combining (CBC) of vortex beams enables the enhancement of power while maintaining high beam quality.

Design and application of a dynamic photoelasticity-digital image correlation comprehensive experimental system for blast loads.

The evolution characteristics of a stress field under blast loads are key issues in the study of dynamic rock fragmentation mechanism. This paper focuses on the rapid changes and difficulties in quantitative characterization of blast stress fields, and establishes an integrated experimental system that combines dynamic photoelasticity with digital image correlation for blast load tests. This system includes a blast load simulation device, a dynamic photoelasticity device, a digital image correlation monitoring device, and a data acquisition and analysis setup.

Oligomeric SWEET1g of Solanum tuberosum confers resistance to potato virus Y and Potato virus X.

How the protein sugars will eventually be exported transporter (SWEET) affects plant virus infection remains largely unknown. Here, our findings showed that potato virus Y (PVY) coat protein (CP) directly interacted with SWEET1g of Solanum tuberosum (StSWEET1g). Silencing of StSWEET1g promoted PVY infection while overexpressing StSWEET1g in Nicotiana benthamiana inhibited PVY replication.

Diagnostic performance and reproducibility of shear wave elastography techniques for liver stiffness assessment in children with biliary atresia.

Background: Biliary atresia casuses progressive liver fibrosis in infants. After Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE), non-invasive liver monitoring is essential. Shear wave elastography (SWE) offers a promising alternative to biopsy.

RabE1a- and SEC10b-mediated exocytosis and AP2β-mediated endocytosis are involved in the intracellular transport of tobamoviruses.

To establish systemic infection, plant viruses must replicate, and conduct intra- and intercellular movement and long-distance movement, all of which require the participation of host factors. Tobamoviruses move in the form of movement protein (MP)-viral RNA complex and utilize endocytosis for intracellular movement. However, how tobamoviral MPs hijack host factors to reach the plasma membrane (PM) and then plasmodesmata (PD) is still largely unknown.

[Effectiveness of free fascia lata flap assisted by indocyanine green angiography in treatment of Myerson type and chronic Achilles tendon ruptures].

Objective: To investigate of effectiveness of free fascia lata flap assisted by indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in treatment of Myerson type Ⅱ and Ⅲ chronic Achilles tendon ruptures.

Methods: A clinical data of 14 patients with Myerson type Ⅱ and Ⅲ chronic Achilles tendon ruptures between March 2020 and June 2024 was retrospectively analyzed. All Achilles tendon defects were repaired with the free fascia lata assisted by ICGA during operation.

A tomato mottle mosaic virus-based vector system for gene function studies in tomato.

Plant virus-based vectors provide a convenient tool for rapid protein expression and gene function studies. However, there is little research on viral vectors capable of systemically expressing proteins in tomatoes. Here, we substituted the coat protein (CP) gene with GFP gene in a previously constructed tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV; genus Tobamovirus) infectious clone pCBToMMV to produce transiently expressing vectors, which could express GFP in the infiltrated leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana plants.

Coherent beam combining of phased fiber laser array with pointing error correction using light intensity gradient trap.

To solve the problem of coherent beam combining in multi-aperture arrays with large pointing errors, a control strategy based on the light intensity gradient trap is proposed. This method preprocesses the detected light intensity information from the target region before it enters the photodetector. The light intensity gradient trap filters the light intensity between the pointing errors of the spots in the extended area and the light intensity data.

Optimized Temporal Interference Stimulation Based on Convex Optimization: A Computational Study.

Temporal interference (TI) stimulation is a non-invasive method targeting deep brain regions by applying two pairs of high-frequency currents with a slight frequency difference to the scalp. However, optimizing electrode configurations for TI via computational modeling is challenging and time-consuming due to the non-convex nature of the optimization. We propose a convex optimization-based method (CVXTI) for optimizing TI electrode configurations.

Optimized microwave absorption and thermal properties for TiB@BN/PDMS composites via TiB@BN heterogeneous interface engineering.

The single electromagnetic (EM) wave loss mechanism leads to suboptimal microwave absorption in dielectric materials, whereas, introducing different materials and constructing distinctive microstructures can significantly improve microwave absorption. In this study, TiB and TiB@BN powders were synthesized using boron thermal reduction and chemical solution methods. Their microwave absorption and thermal properties were systematically analyzed.

Lactate Ameliorates Kainic Acid-Induced Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Impairment via the Chemokine Signaling Pathway in Mice.

Purpose: Lactate, previously considered a metabolic waste product, has been shown to have neuroprotective potential. This study aims to investigate the impact of lactate intervention and its underlying mechanisms on epilepsy.

Methods: HT22 cells were stimulated with glutamate to construct an excitotoxicity cell model.

Macrophage membrane‒biomimetic nanoparticles target inflammatory microenvironment for epilepsy treatment.

The clinical treatment of epilepsy is faced with challenges. On the one hand, the effectiveness of existing antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is limited by the blood‒brain barrier (BBB); on the other hand, changes in the inflammatory microenvironment during epileptogenesis are often neglected. The death-associated protein kinase 1 inhibitor TC-DAPK6 and the fluorescent probe rhodamine B were encapsulated in hollow mesoporous silica nanocarriers (HMSNs), which were then coated with a macrophage membrane to prepare macrophage membrane-biomimetic nanoparticles, namely, MA@RT-HMSNs.

A Case of Brucellosis Concomitant with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome - Weifang City, Shandong Province, China, 2023.

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Brucellosis and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) are neglected zoonoses, attributable respectively to and the SFTS virus (SFTSV). While the incidence of these diseases has been rising, instances of co-infection remain uncommon.

What Is Added By This Report?: This represents the first documented case of a rare coinfection involving and SFTSV.

Complementary vitrification of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash from grate furnaces and fluidised bed incinerators via a co-reduction process.

The increasing application of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) emphasises the need for MSWI fly ash (FA) safe treatment. Based on the compositional complementarity of FA from grate furnaces (G-FA) and fluidised bed incinerators (F-FA), we proposed a co-reduction process to treat G-FA and F-FA together for producing vitrified slag and ferroalloys. The clean vitrified slag and Fe-Cr-Ni-Cu alloy were obtained with the mass ratios of 1:9 ∼ 6:4 (G-FA:F-FA) at 1300℃, which is about 300℃ lower than the conventional G-FA vitrification.

Research and Validation of CF/PEEK-Based Truss Rod Crimping and Pultruding Process for On-Orbit Isoform Forming.

A crimping and pultruding forming process for truss rods using Carbon Fiber (CF)/Polyether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) prepreg tape as the raw material is proposed to address the problem of continuous manufacturing of space trusses on orbit. The proposed process provides material rods for continuous truss manufacturing. Through numerical simulation and experimental verification, the effects of relevant parameters on the forming process are determined, an efficient method of rod curl pultrusion, in-rail, equal material forming is proposed, and the structural configuration of the rod curl pultrusion forming mold is determined.

but not is the avirulence determinant in melon carrying the resistance against watermelon mosaic virus, although they contain a common genetic determinant.

Viruses employ a series of diverse translational strategies to expand their coding capacity, which produces viral proteins with common domains and entangles virus-host interactions. P3N-PIPO, which is a transcriptional slippage product from the cistron, is a potyviral protein dedicated to intercellular movement. Here, we show that P3N-PIPO from watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) triggers cell death when transiently expressed in accession PI 414723 carrying the resistance gene.

A Membrane-Free Rechargeable Seawater Battery Unlocked by Lattice Engineering.

Seawater batteries that directly utilize natural seawater as electrolytes are ideal sustainable aqueous devices with high safety, exceedingly low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the present seawater batteries are either primary batteries or rechargeable half-seawater/half-nonaqueous batteries because of the lack of suitable anode working in seawater. Here, a unique lattice engineering to unlock the electrochemically inert anatase TiO anode to be highly active for the reversible uptake of multiple cations (Na, Mg, and Ca) in aqueous electrolytes is demonstrated.

A Facile and Green Approach for the Preparation of Amine-Functionalized Poly(ethylene glycol) by Reducing Poly(ethylene glycol) Azide with Dithiothreitol.

A facile and green approach for the preparation of PEG-NHs from PEG-Ns in water with DTT as the reduction reagent has been developed, avoiding the introduction of metal ions and difficulties in purification compared to the traditional synthesis process of PEG-NHs. A series of high-purity linear and multiarm PEG-NHs with different molecular weights were synthesized, demonstrating the versatility of this method. Additionally, HS-PEG-NH with high fidelity of thiol and amine was easily prepared through the one-step two functional group conversion of N-PEG-S-S-PEG-N, and the PEG-based NH-PEG@AuNPs were also prepared.

A natural substitution of a conserved amino acid in eIF4E confers resistance against multiple potyviruses.

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), which plays a pivotal role in initiating translation in eukaryotic organisms, is often hijacked by the viral genome-linked protein to facilitate the infection of potyviruses. In this study, we found that the naturally occurring amino acid substitution D71G in eIF4E is widely present in potyvirus-resistant watermelon accessions and disrupts the interaction between watermelon eIF4E and viral genome-linked protein of papaya ringspot virus-watermelon strain, zucchini yellow mosaic virus or watermelon mosaic virus. Multiple sequence alignment and protein modelling showed that the amino acid residue D located in the cap-binding pocket of eIF4E is strictly conserved in many plant species.

Changes in retinal and choroidal thickness and vascular density in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Assessed by optical coherence tomography angiography.

Objective: The aim was to investigate the changes in retinal and choroidal thickness and vascular density in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods: Twenty-nine patients with SLE (29 eyes) and 25 control subjects (25 eyes) were enrolled. SLE activity was assessed using the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI).