Efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine in treating risk window of AECOPD: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) significantly accelerate disease progression and substantially increase mortality risk. The risk window of AECOPD (AECOPDRW) represents a time between acute exacerbation and recovery to a stable stage. Chinese medicine (CM) has shown significant therapeutic efficacy in COPD but CM treatment for AECOPDRW has not been validated by high-quality clinical studies.

Complex regulatory network of ZmbZIP54-mediated Pb tolerance in maize.

Lead (Pb) is highly toxic and widely distributed in the soil, causing adverse effects on plant growth and yield formation. Herein, the combination of transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and comparative transcriptome analyses was conducted to reveal the cytological mechanism and regulatory network of in the ZmbZIP54-mediated Pb tolerance in maize. As results, ZmbZIP54 helped in Pb retention in the cell wall and intercellular space, inhibiting Pb entering the cells and reducing its toxic effects on cell ultrastructure.

Health-related quality of life and health state utility value in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is associated with high mortality, heavy economic burden, limited treatment options and poor prognosis, and seriously affects the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and life expectancy of patients. This systematic review and meta-analysis of HRQoL and health state utility value (HSUV) in IPF patients and the instruments used in this assessment aimed to provide information sources and data support for the future research on IPF HRQoL and HSUV.

Methods: We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases for studies reporting the HRQoL or HSUV of IPF patients, with the retrieval time from the establishment of each database to April 2024.

Prevalence of bronchiectasis in adults: a meta-analysis.

Background: Bronchiectasis, once considered an orphan disease, is receiving attention globally owing to its increasing prevalence, healthcare burden, and associated morbidity. However, the prevalence of bronchiectasis is unclear. This meta-analysis estimates the prevalence of bronchiectasis in adults, providing a valuable reference for future research.

Pyridine-Anchored Small Molecule Interlayer Enables Defect Passivation and Enhanced Carrier Transport for Perovskite Solar Cells.

Engineering of the interface between the perovskite and hole transport layer (HTL) has been crucial to achieving high performance. In this study, two interfacial materials, MN-CZ and CN-CZ, are designed by systematically regulating the group substitution site to study the relationship between spatial conformation and the passivation effect. The passivation groups of CN-CZ molecules exhibit a stronger "vector addition" effect, resulting in larger molecular dipoles and enhanced defect passivation and energy level regulation effects.

Natural Antioxidant Vitamin C Improves Photovoltaic Performance of Tin-Lead Mixed Perovskite Solar Cells.

The oxidation of Sn can occur even after the completion of the perovskite crystallization in a low oxygen environment. Concerning this, the natural antioxidant vitamin C (VC) is introduced to the surface of Sn-Pb mixed perovskite using a postprocessing method to achieve the purpose of inhibiting Sn oxidation and enhancing perovskite solar cells performance. The results indicate that the VC could effectively inhibit Sn oxidation and heal the vacancy defects of the annealed perovskite film.

Loneliness, Lack of Social and Emotional Support, and Mental Health Issues - United States, 2022.

Loneliness and lack of social connection are widespread and negatively affect physical and mental health and well-being. Data are limited for persons disproportionately affected by social disconnection, especially those who do not identify as heterosexual and cisgender. Using data from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 26 U.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Social Determinants of Health and Health-Related Social Needs Among Adults - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2022.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are a broad array of social and contextual conditions where persons are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that influence their physical and mental wellbeing and quality of life. Using 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, this study assessed measures of adverse SDOH and health-related social needs (HRSN) among U.S.

Effectiveness and safety of awake prone positioning in COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: an overview of systematic reviews.

Objective: To evaluate and summarize systematic reviews of the effects and safety of awake prone positioning for COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure.

Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, CSPD, CCD and CBM from their inception to March 28, 2023. Systematic reviews (SRs) of awake prone positioning (APP) for COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure in adults were included.

A New Strategy of Chemical Photo Grafting Metal Organic Framework to Construct NH-UiO-66/BiOBr/PVDF Photocatalytic Membrane for Synergistic Separation and Self-Cleaning Dyes.

Photocatalytic membranes are typical multifunctional membranes that have emerged in recent years. The lack of active functional groups on the surface of membranes made of inert materials such as polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF) makes it difficult to have a stable binding interaction with photocatalysts directly. Therefore, in this study, we developed a simple method to prepare NH-UiO-66/BiOBr/PVDF(M) membranes for efficient dye treatment by grafting benzophenolic acid-functionalized NH-UiO-66 onto the surface of membranes with photocatalytic properties under visible light irradiation using benzophenolic acid with photoinitiating ability as an anchor.

Analysis of Interview Breakoff in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018 and 2019.

Introduction: Survey breakoff is an important source of total survey error. Most studies of breakoff have been of web surveys-less is known about telephone surveys. In the past decade, the breakoff rate has increased in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the world's largest annual telephone survey.

[Acupuncture and moxibustion in treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at stable stage: a network Meta-analysis].

The efficacy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at stable stage treated with different methods of acupuncture and moxibustion was evaluated using network Meta-analysis method. The articles of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) on stable COPD treated with acupuncture and moxibustion were searched electronically in CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, SinoMed, PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science and Cochrane library. The search was conducted from the inception of the databases to March 20th, 2022.

Prevalence of Disability by Occupation Group - United States, 2016-2020.

In 2020, approximately 21.5 million employed U.S.

Prevalence of lung cancer in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: There is growing evidence that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can increase the risk of lung cancer, which poses a serious threat to treatment and management. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of lung cancer prevalence in patients with COPD with the aim of providing better prevention and management strategies.

Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases from their inception to 20 March 2022 to collect studies on the prevalence of lung cancer in patients with COPD.

[Network Meta-analysis of heat-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicine injections in treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of heat-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicine injections in the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD). Randomized controlled trial(RCT) on the treatment of AECOPD with heat-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicine injections were retrieved from 8 databases including CNKI and PubMed(from establishment to July 11, 2021). Related information in eligible articles was extracted, and the quality of the included articles was assessed by Cochrane collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias.

Health-Related Behavioral Risk Factors and Obesity Among American Indians and Alaska Natives of the United States: Assessing Variations by Indian Health Service Region.

Introduction: Health-related behavioral risk factors and obesity are linked to high risk for multiple chronic diseases. We examined the prevalence of these risk factors among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) compared with that of non-Hispanic Whites and across Indian Health Service (IHS) regions.

Methods: We used 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from participants in 50 states and the District of Columbia to assess 4 behavioral risk factors (current cigarette smoking, heavy drinking, binge drinking, and physical inactivity) and obesity.

Estimating bias from internet non-use for a hybrid web vaccination survey - 2013-2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Objective: To maintain acceptable response rates, the cost has grown for vaccination surveys that use traditional data collection modes, such as face-to-face and telephone interviews. Conducting a web or internet survey could be a low-cost alternative. However, because the internet is not used by everyone, we need to study how prevalence estimates in web surveys for vaccination surveillance could be affected by internet non-use.

Health-related behaviors and health insurance status among US adults: Findings from the 2017 behavioral risk factor surveillance system.

Health insurance coverage has increased overtime in the US. This study examined the associations between health insurance status and adoption of health-related behaviors among US adults. Using data collected through the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on health insurance coverage and type of insurance, we examined four health-related behaviors (i.

Estimating Undercoverage Bias of Internet Users.

Introduction: In the last decade, response rates to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys have been declining. Attention has turned to the possibility of using web surveys to complement or replace BRFSS, but web surveys can introduce coverage bias as a result of excluding noninternet users. The objective of this study was to describe undercoverage bias of internet use.

LncRNA Gm4419 Regulates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through Targeting the miR-682/TRAF3 Axis.

Myocardial cell death during acute myocardial infarction occurs because of acute ischemia, persistent ischemia, reperfusion-associated injury, and the inflammatory infiltrate as a response to cell necrosis. In the present study, quantitative real-time PCR showed that lncRNA Gm4419 was highly upregulated in ischemia/reperfusion myocardial tissues and hypoxia/reoxygenation H9C2 cells, whereas miR-682 was downregulated. Knocking down Gm4419 with sh-Gm4419 resulted in the rescue of myocardial infarction and apoptosis induced by ischemia/reperfusion or hypoxia/reoxygenation.

Comparisons of Estimates From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Other National Health Surveys, 2011-2016.

Introduction: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is composed of telephone surveys that collect state data from non-institutionalized U.S. adults regarding health-related risk behaviors and chronic health conditions.

Self-reported short sleep duration among US adults by disability status and functional disability type: Results from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Background: Short sleep duration is associated with an increased risk of chronic disease and all-cause death. A better understanding of sleep disparities between people with and without disabilities can help inform interventions designed to improve sleep duration among people with disabilities.

Objective: To examine population-based prevalence estimates of short sleep duration by disability status and disability type among noninstitutionalized adults aged ≥18 years.