Overcoming Corneal Opacity Challenges: Visualization Assessment of 3D System With Coaxial Illumination in Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the performance of the 3D visualization system with coaxial illumination (3D-C) in treating cataract patients with corneal opacities.

Design: Prospective, comparative interventional case series.

Subjects: This study included patients with cataract and corneal opacities that underwent phacoemulsification.

An Ultra-Low Discharge and High Energy Efficiency Li-CO Battery Enabled by Plasmon-Enhanced AuRu-TiO Bifunctional Cathode.

The extremely sluggish kinetics of CO evolution reaction of the lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO) batteries lead to a high charging potentials (over 4.0 V) and large over-potentials (over 1.0 V), thus limiting its development.

A Long-Lasting Rechargeable Seawater Zn-Air Battery Enabled by Vacancy-Driven CoO-MoS Bifunctional Cathodes.

The global energy crisis and unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels make it particularly urgent to develop efficient renewable energy storage solutions. Aqueous zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have become extremely promising candidates due to their low cost, abundant surface resources, inherent safety, and high theoretical energy density. This study explores the feasibility of using seawater as an electrolyte for ZABs, with the aim to reduce costs and alleviate competition for limited freshwater resources.

Impact of Rising CO on Food Security and Human Health Risks and Potential Adaptation Strategies.

Decades of Free Air CO Enrichment (FACE) experiments show that projected atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO) increases significantly influence crop systems, impacting food security. Firstly, elevated CO (eCO) benefits global C crop yields, despite substantial genetic variation. Lower-than-expected rice yield increases highlight the potential to augment the CO fertilization effect (CFE) by enhancing nitrogen (N) uptake to facilitate carbon (C) assimilation.

Visual outcomes and spectacle independence of a non-diffractive wavefront-shaping intraocular lens in post-LASIK patients.

Purpose: To compare visual outcomes, depth of field (DOF), spectacle independence, and patient satisfaction of cataract patients with and without previous myopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery who received a non-diffractive extended range-of-focus (EROF) intraocular lens (IOL).

Setting: Xiamen Eye Center, Xiamen, China.

Design: Prospective case series.

Prediction of EGFR Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma via CT Images: A Comparative Study of Intratumoral and Peritumoral Radiomics, Deep Learning, and Fusion Models.

Rationale And Objectives: This study aims to analyze the intratumoral and peritumoral characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma patients on the basis of chest CT images via radiomic and deep learning methods and to develop and validate a multimodel fusion strategy for predicting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation statuses.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective data from 826 lung adenocarcinoma patients across two hospitals were collected. Data from center1 were used for model training and internal validation, while data from center2 were reserved for external validation.

Acoustic radiation torque of a viscoelastic sphere in a zero-order Mathieu beam.

The exact expressions of the three-dimension acoustic radiation torque (ART) of a viscoelastic sphere arbitrarily positioned in a zero-order Mathieu beam (zMB) are derived in this paper. The effects of the ellipticity parameters, half-cone angles, dimensionless frequency, and particle position on the acoustic radiation torques of the spherical particle are studied. Simulation results show the axial ART is zero for an arbitrarily positioned viscoelastic PE sphere in a zMB, while for the x or y axis ART, it varies significantly with the particle position and beam parameters.

Implantation of trifocal intraocular lens in mild pathologic myopia: visual outcomes and influence of fundus structures.

Purpose: To compare the visual outcomes of simple high myopia (HM) and mild pathologic myopia (PM) following implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens (IOL), and investigate the influence of fundus structures.

Methods: We retrospectively studied 63 high myopic eyes of 63 patients underwent femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery with implantation of AT LISA tri 839MP IOL (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Germany) between July 2020 and September 2024. 34 eyes in the HM group and 29 eyes in the PM group.

Tire Wear Particles Exposure Enhances Denitrification in Soil by Enriching Labile DOM and Shaping the Microbial Community.

Tire wear particles (TWP) are emerging contaminants in the soil environment due to their widespread occurrence and potential threat to soil health. However, their impacts on soil biogeochemical processes remain unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of TWP at various doses and their leachate on soil respiration and denitrification using a robotized continuous-flow incubation system in upland soil.

Clinical Outcomes of a Trifocal Versus an Extended Depth of Field Intraocular Lens in Chinese Patients With Cataract: A Prospective Cohort Study.

To compare the standard outcomes between the PanOptix and Symfony multifocal intraocular lenses (MIOLs) in Chinese patients. This prospective observational cohort study enrolled patients with cataracts between April 2021 and December 2021 at Xiamen Eye Center Affiliated to Xiamen University. The patients were grouped in the PanOptix (TIOL group) and Symfony (EDF group) according to the IOLs implanted.

Physicochemically protected organic carbon release is the rate-limiting step of rhizosphere priming in paddy soils.

Iron oxides affect the stability of soil organic matter (SOM), which in turn affects greenhouse gas emissions in paddy soils. They also regulate the direction and magnitude of the rhizosphere priming effect (RPE) by restricting SOM accessibility and microbial activity. However, the controlling steps and key factors that regulate the RPE magnitude under anoxic conditions are unknown.

Preconcentration of Cinnamic Acid Derivatives in Traditional Chinese Medicines by an Effective Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Based on a Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent.

A dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction based on hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (hDES) was developed for the extraction and quantification of four cinnamic acid derivatives in traditional Chinese medicines coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection. In this method, a hDES (tetrabutylammonium chloride-hexanoic acid, molar ratio of 1:2) was prepared as the extractant. It only took 15 s to handle multiple samples simultaneously by hand-assisted dispersion.

Study on the radiation directivity of a ring-excited thin circular plate with a fixed boundary.

Air-coupled transducer with a flat plate structure have many applications in the fields of ground weather observation, ultrasonic defoaming, and directional strong acoustic radiation. In this paper, an analytical equation of the far-field radiation directivity of a fixed boundary ring-excited thin circular plate (RTCP) is deduced using Rayleigh integration method. A finite element model of the RTCP is established, and the relationship between the far-field radiation directivity and the excitation position, excitation area and working frequency is studied by considering the third-order axisymmetric flexural vibration of the RTCP.

Accuracy of intraocular lens calculation formulas based on swept-source OCT biometer in cataract patients with phakic intraocular lens.

Purpose: To research the accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) calculation formulas and investigate the effect of anterior chamber depth (ACD) and lens thickness (LT) measured by swept-source optical coherence tomography biometer (IOLMaster 700) in patients with posterior chamber phakic IOL (PC-pIOL).

Methods: Retrospective case series. The IOLMaster 700 biometer was used to measure axial length (AL) and anterior segment parameters.

Simultaneous separation and determination of seven biphenyl cyclooctene lignans in Schisandra chinensis and its preparations by micellar electrokinetic chromatography with dual organic solvent system.

Introduction: Gomisin is a natural dibenzo cyclooctene lignan, which is mainly derived from the family Magnoliaceae. It has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-aging, and hypoglycemic effects. Gomisins play important roles as medicines, nutraceuticals, food additives, and cosmetics.

Ridge with no-tillage facilitates microbial N fixation associated with methane oxidation in rice soil.

Aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) play a crucial role in mitigating the greenhouse gas methane emission, particularly prevalent in flooded wetlands. The implementation of ridge with no-tillage practices within a rice-rape rotation system proves effective in overcoming the restrictive redox conditions associated with waterlogging. This approach enhances capillary water availability from furrows, especially during periods of low rainfall, thereby supporting plant growth on the ridges.

Application of three-dimensional visualization technology in phacoemulsification benefits the dry eye symptoms of patients after cataract surgery.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of the three-dimension visualization system on dry eye in patients after cataract phacoemulsification.

Methods: Seventy-one patients (104 eyes) were enrolled in this study and assigned to the conventional microscopic group (CM group) or three-dimension group (3D group). Ocular Surface Disease Index, The Schirmer I test (SIt), lipid layer thickness (LLT), noninvasive tear breakup time (NIBUT) and other factors associated with dry eye were recorded before and 1 week and 1 month after surgery.

Stereopsis after bilateral implantation of Toric intraocular lenses in high myopic cataract patients with astigmatism.

Purpose: To evaluate near, intermediate, distance visual acuity and stereopsis after bilateral implantation of Toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) in high myopic patients with astigmatism.

Methods: Bilateral Toric or non-Toric IOL implantation (n ​= ​40 eyes each) was performed on high myopic cataract eyes with astigmatism. Best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA), uncorrected intermediate visual acuity (UCIVA), uncorrected near visual acuity (UCNVA), residual refractive astigmatism (RRA), and near, intermediate, and distance stereoacuity were measured postoperatively at 7 days, 1 month, and 3 months.

Accuracy of the FY-L formula in calculating intraocular lens power after small-incision lenticule extraction.

Purpose: The study aimed to assess the accuracy of the FY-L formula in calculating intraocular lens (IOL) power after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).

Methods: For the post-SMILE IOL calculation of the same eye, the IOL power targeting the pre-SMILE eyes' lowest myopic refractive error was used. The FY-L formula, the Emmetropia Verifying Optical Formula (EVO-L), the Barrett True-K no history, and the Shammas-L, respectively, were used to calculate the predicted refractive error of target IOL power.

Methanogenic and methanotrophic communities determine lower CH fluxes in a subtropical paddy field under long-term elevated CO.

Clarifying the effects of elevated CO concentration (e[CO]) on CH emissions from paddy fields and its mechanisms is a crucial part of the research on agricultural systems in response to global climate change. However, the response of CH fluxes from rice fields to long-term e[CO] (e[CO] duration >10 years) and its microbial mechanism is still lacking. In this study, we used a long-term free-air CO enrichment experiment to examine the relationship between CH fluxes and the methanogenic and methanotrophic consortia under long- and short-term e[CO].

A spiral slotted transducer with high longitudinal-torsional conversion rate.

The longitudinal-torsional (L-T) composite piezoelectric transducer has wide applications in material processing, welding, and other fields due to its exceptional machining efficiency. This study introduces a spiral slotted L-T transducer, which is designed to achieve a high L-T conversion rate at low operating frequency. The equivalent spring concept is employed to derive the equivalent circuit of the L-T transducer, which provides a convenient study for the frequency characteristics of the transducer.

Evaluation of new approach to enhance visualization performance in cataract surgery: 3D visualization system with coaxial illumination.

Purpose: To evaluate the visualization performance of different approaches, including the 3D visualization system with coaxial illumination and the 3D system or microscope with standard illumination.

Setting: Fuzhou Eye Hospital, Fuzhou City, China.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

The impact of preloaded intraocular lens implantation system (TECNIS iTec®) in routine cataract surgery in China: a time-motion analysis.

Objective: To evaluate the impact on surgical efficiency and labor time cost of preloaded intraocular lens (IOL) implantation system compared with manual IOL implantation system in age-related cataract surgery in China.

Methods: This study was an observational, multicenter, prospective time-motion analysis. IOL preparation time, operation time, cleaning time, number and cost of cataract surgeries in eight participating hospitals were collected.

Modelling methane emissions and grain yields for a double-rice system in Southern China with DAYCENT and DNDC models.

Methane (CH) is an important greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and one of its major sources is rice cultivation. The main aim of this paper was to compare two well-established biogeochemical models, namely Daily Century (DAYCENT) and DeNitrification-DeComposition (DNDC) for estimating CH emissions and grain yields for a double-rice cropping system with tillage practice and/or stubble incorporation in the winter fallow season in Southern China. Both models were calibrated and validated using field measured data from November 2008 to November 2014.