(CNH)HCNS: Trithiocyanurate Exhibiting Giant Optical Anisotropy via Weak Interaction-Mediated Functional Module Alignment.

There is an immediate demand for identifying birefringent materials that possess substantial optical anisotropy to meet the requirements of photonic applications. Optimizing the orientation of functional modules to achieve enormous anisotropy is essential for enhancing the linear optical properties of birefringent materials. In this research, the arrangement of anionic groups was regulated by the hydrogen bonds formed between group (CNH) and (HCNS) groups, and coupled with the synergistic effect of the repulsive force between the same groups, this resulted in the design and synthesis of the first metal-free trithiocyanurate ultraviolet (UV) birefringent crystal (CNH)HCNS.

Root exudates mediate tobacco microbial community remodeling and resistance to bacterial wilt disease.

Background: Bacterial wilt, a devastating soil-borne disease affecting tobacco, is primarily caused by the pathogenic bacterium (Ralstonia solanacearum). R. solanacearum represents a substantial threat to the consistent enhancement of tobacco yield and quality.

A Recognition Method for Marigold Picking Points Based on the Lightweight SCS-YOLO-Seg Model.

Accurate identification of picking points remains a critical challenge for automated marigold harvesting, primarily due to complex backgrounds and significant pose variations of the flowers. To overcome this challenge, this study proposes SCS-YOLO-Seg, a novel method based on a lightweight segmentation model. The approach enhances the baseline YOLOv8n-seg architecture by replacing its backbone with StarNet and introducing C2f-Star, a novel lightweight feature extraction module.

Sleep patterns, plasma metabolites, and risk of incident osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study.

Although previous studies have assessed the effect of sleep traits on osteoarthritis (OA) risk, the association between the complex interplay of multiple sleep patterns and OA risk remains uncertain. We included participants who were free of OA at baseline based the UK Biobank. We evaluated the associations of five sleep behaviors with the risk of OA using Cox proportional hazard regression models.

Side chain polymerization for non-conjugated polymer acceptors.

The typical design strategy for non-conjugated polymer acceptors involves the alternating distribution of small molecule acceptor units and non-conjugated units along the main chain. In this study, we proposed a novel design strategy for non-conjugated polymer acceptors and synthesized a non-conjugated polymer acceptor (SPA-1) incorporating grafted A-DA'D-A type small molecule units within its side chain. The binary all-polymer solar cells (All-PSCs) based on PBDB-T:SPA-1 showed a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.

Targeting PRMT1-mediated methylation of TAF15 to protect against myocardial infarction by inhibiting ferroptosis via the GPX4/NRF2 pathway.

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death, plays a crucial role in AMI progression. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating ferroptosis in AMI remain poorly understood.

Traditional Chinese medicine and gut microbiota: biotransformation, interaction, and implications for chronic disease treatment.

The gut microbiota (GM), often regarded as a vital 'functional organ,' plays a crucial role in human physiological processes. GM is involved in substance metabolism, especially the biotransformation of pharmaceuticals. It modulates drug pharmacological activity and bioavailability through various metabolic pathways.

The L-shaped relationship between HALP score and one-year mortality in critically ill surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study.

The hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) score serves as a composite biomarker reflecting systemic inflammatory and nutritional status, which has demonstrated prognostic significance across various clinical conditions. This investigation specifically examines the association between HALP scores and 12-month mortality in critically ill surgical patients. Analyzing retrospective data from 8,052 patients in the Taichung Veterans General Hospital Critical Care Database, we employed nonlinear regression modeling with smooth curve fitting, threshold effect analysis, and multivariable logistic regression.

Unveiling Energy Loss Mechanisms to Empower Ternary Organic Solar Cells with over 20% Efficiency: A Systematic Oligomeric Approach.

In organic solar cells (OSCs), the ternary strategy is a mainstream approach to obtaining highly efficient OSCs. A deeper understanding of working mechanisms and the material selection criteria for boosting open-circuit voltage (V) is essential for further OSC breakthrough. Through a modular design principle, a series of oligomeric donors - 5BDD, 5BDD-F, 5BDT-F, and 5BDT-Cl - with similar molecular configurations but varying HOMO levels is systematically designed.

A study on time-series prediction and analysis of acidity of Daqu based on multivariate data fusion and KNN-Attention-LSTM-XGBoost modeling.

Daqu is a traditional Chinese brewing ingredient that serves dual functions of saccharification and fermentation during the brewing process. The acidity content during the Daqu fermentation process directly affects the quality of the Daqu. Traditional methods for measuring Daqu acidity are complex and exhibit lag, making it difficult to monitor fermentation acidity in real time.

Materials and Device Engineering Perspective: Recent Advances in Organic Photovoltaics.

Solar energy is the most promising and ultimate renewable energy resource, and silicon photovoltaic technology has gone through exciting growth globally. Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) provide solar energy solutions for application scenarios different from existing PV technologies. The organic PV technology, with the synergetic progress in the past decades, has now reached 20% power conversion efficiency (PCE), which has the potential to empower serious new applications using the unique features of OPV-light weight, colorful, semitransparent, flexibility, etc.

Polyphenol Conductive Nanozyme-Enhanced Redox Hydrogel Coupled with Vagus Nerve Electrical Stimulation for Diabetic Wound Repair.

Diabetic wound repair is complicated by excessive oxidative reactions, bacterial infection, and persistent inflammation. Nanozyme-incorporated hydrogels have shown potential to facilitate diabetic wound repair. This study developed a polyphenol-conductive nanozyme-enhanced redox hydrogel composed of dopamine-grafted fish gelatin, methacrylated silk fibroin, and dopamine-mediated poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PDA-Fe-PEDOT) conductive nanozymes.

Green and Efficient Preparation of Chitosan-Based Sponge with Synthesized ZnO for Deep Trauma Bleeding and Wound Healing.

Deep trauma often leads to acute bleeding and infections, which are major causes of death. It is worth exploring the preparation of hemostatic materials and improving their hemostatic and antibacterial properties applied to deep trauma by green and efficient methods. In this study, porous chitosan/zinc oxide/alkylated chitosan (CS/ZnO/ACS) sponges were prepared by a freezing phase separation method.

Association of blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio with mortality in acute pancreatitis.

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum albumin (ALB) are strongly associated with the prognosis in acute pancreatitis (AP). The BUN/ALB ratio (BAR) reflects renal, nutritional, inflammatory, and endothelial functions. In this study, we investigated the association between the BAR and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with AP.

Buried Interface Regulation with a Supramolecular Assembled Template Enables High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells for Minimizing the V Deficit.

Despite the rapid development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) in the past decade, the open-circuit voltage (V) of PSCs still lags behind the theoretical Shockley-Queisser limit. Energy-level mismatch and unwanted nonradiative recombination at key interfaces are the main factors detrimental to V. Herein, a perovskite crystallization-driven template is constructed at the SnO/perovskite buried interface through a self-assembled amphiphilic phosphonate derivative.

Hydrochloric Acid-Assisted Layered Perovskite CsMnCl 2HO Single Crystals for Sensitive and Stable X-ray Detection with Anisotropic Response.

Low-dimensional lead-free perovskite single crystals (SCs) have exhibited great potential in high-energy ionizing radiation detections owing to their outstanding sensitivity and charge transport properties. However, the preparation of chlorine-based SCs is more challenging due to their low solubility in organic solvents and acidic solutions. In this work, we report a universal growth strategy of hydrochloric acid-assisted temperature lowering for low-dimensional layered perovskite CsMnCl·2HO SCs.

Customized Multifunctional Additive Regulates 1.67 eV-Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Crystallization for Four-Terminal Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells.

Wide-bandgap (WBG) perovskite solar cells (PSCs, E > 1.6 eV), serving as the top cell in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (PSTSCs), play an indispensable role in absorbing high energy photons and increasing overall efficiency. However, WBG PSCs often suffer from severe light-induced phase segregation and significant non-radiative recombination losses due to uncontrolled rapid crystallization.

Characterization of novel arrhythmogenic patterns arising secondary to heterogeneous expression and activation of Nav1.8.

Background: Previous studies suggested that /Nav1.8 may influence cardiac electrophysiology and the susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias. Notably, the expression of is not uniform, showing variable expression in each cardiac chamber.

Endoscopic microvascular decompression for primary trigeminal neuralgia: surgical experience and early outcomes.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy and early outcomes of endoscopic microvascular decompression (MVD) for primary trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and provide clinical experience for the application of full endoscopic techniques in MVD surgery.

Methods: This study retrospectively collected medical records of patients who underwent microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery at our institution between January 2020 and January 2023. According to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 137 patients were ultimately included in the study.

Dioscin alleviates the dysfunction of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by circ_0008267/miR-942-5p/FKBP5 axis during rheumatoid arthritis.

Dioscin is a natural, bioactive steroid saponin that has the antiarthritic activity. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are stable noncoding RNAs involving in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, this study aimed to probe the role and mechanism of dioscin and circ_0008267 in RA progression.

Kinetics Manipulation Enabled by Solubility Control Toward 19% Organic Solar Cells via Compatible Air Coating.

Blade coating is a promising tool for upscaling organic solar cells (OSCs). However, the performances of blade-coated OSCs still lag behind their spin-coated counterparts, limiting their competitive edge towards commercialization. One of the main reasons is that controlling the film aggregation kinetics and morphology becomes challenging during the transition from spin coating to blade coating, especially when using high boiling point solvents, which can result in excessive aggregation.

Soil microbiological assessment on diversified annual cropping systems in China.

Recent studies have demonstrated that monocropping of flue-cured tobacco can lead to various issues, including nutrient deficiencies, accumulation of allelopathic substances, and disturbance in soil microbial flora. While diversification in cropping systems has proven effective in alleviating monocropping barriers, however, further exploration is needed to understand the potential microbial mechanisms involved in this process. In our study, we set five cropping systems (RR: rice monocropping; TR: tobacco-rice rotation over 20 years; TRA: tobacco-rice-astragalus rotation; TRW: tobacco-rice-wheat rotation; TRO: tobacco-rice-oilseed rape rotation) to explore the impact on crop yield and quality, soil chemical properties, and microbial diversity.