Perioperative Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction and Inflammation in Elderly Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a major complication in elderly patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), often linked to neuroinflammation. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown potential in modulating neural activity and reducing inflammation, but its perioperative efficacy in preventing POCD remains underexplored. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of perioperative rTMS in reducing POCD and inflammation in elderly patients undergoing TKA.

Motor-Based Interventions in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Background: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neuromotor disorder in children that is characterized by significant difficulties in fine and gross motor skills. The main interventions for children with DCD are motor-based interventions (MBI), and a large number of relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have emerged in recent years, but the efficacy of different types of MBI on different outcome parameters is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of MBI on standardized motor tests, body functions, activity and participation performance, and psychosocial factors in children with DCD, and to explore the differential effects of different types of interventions (including process-oriented, task-oriented, or combined task- and process-oriented) on the above outcome parameters.

High-pressure processing enhances konjac glucomannan/zeaxanthin complex interactions: Implications for colorful plant-based gels.

This study investigates the effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) on the physicochemical and structural properties of konjac glucomannan (KGM)/zeaxanthin (ZEA) composite-colored gel. Gels treated with varying pressures and holding times were analyzed, with untreated samples serving as the control. The results indicate that HPP at 300 MPa for 15 min significantly improved pigment retention and water-holding capacity by 14.

Diversity of intestinal microbiota and inflammatory cytokines after severe trauma.

Accumulating evidence has reported that the intestinal microbiota could play important roles in the occurrence and progression of severe trauma. However, the hypothesized potential targeted intestinal microbiota to mediate and regulate the levels of inflammatory cytokines and promote rapid recovery of body after severe trauma remains unclear. This study was aimed to explore the changes and correlation of intestinal microbiota and inflammatory cytokines in rats with severe crush and fracture trauma.

Measuring the Work Relative Value of Common Nursing Items for the General Departments of Tertiary Hospitals: A Descriptive Study.

Aim(s): This study aims to evaluate the workload of clinical nurses by measuring the work relative value (work RVU) of common nursing items based on the resource-based relative value scale in China.

Background: Various single measurements have been employed to measure the nursing workload, but no comprehensive method has yet to be developed in China.

Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to construct a common item set for nursing work in general wards on the basis of the 2019 History Information System nursing database from Class A tertiary hospitals to identify the time associated with each service.

Effects of Baduanjin on motor function in children with developmental coordination disorders: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Children diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) exhibit a range of challenges in both gross and fine motor skills, characterised by sluggish and awkward movements. Additionally, they experience deficits in balance and coordination. Without appropriate intervention, these difficulties may endure into adolescence and adulthood, impacting various facets of their daily lives, including learning, social interactions and recreational activities.

Nursing workforce allocation in the intensive care units of COVID-19-designated hospitals: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in China.

Aim: To explore the nursing workforce allocation in intensive care units (ICUs) of COVID-19-designated hospitals during the epidemic peak in China.

Design: A nationwide cross-sectional online survey.

Methods: A total of 37 head nurses and 262 frontline nurses in 37 ICUs of COVID-19-designated tertiary hospitals located in 22 cities of China were surveyed.

Novel Designed Surgical Drapes Reducing Fluid Permeability in the Surgical Critical Area of a Sterile Operation Interface: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Aim: To compare the impact and cost effects of medical long fiber polyester drapes and cotton fabric drapes on operative sterile operation interfaces.

Background: The comparison of the properties of the commonly used surgical drapes materials in terms of leakage, device slip, and prevention of intraoperative adverse events is not clear.

Method: A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in the operating room of a tertiary hospital in Chengdu, China.

Preparation and photocatalytic performance study of dual Z-scheme BiZrO/g-CN/AgPO for removal of antibiotics by visible-light.

At present, the high re-combination rate of photogenerated carriers and the low redox capability of the photocatalyst are two factors that severely limit the improvement of photocatalytic performance. Herein, a dual Z-scheme photocatalyst bismuthzirconate/graphitic carbon nitride/silver phosphate (BiZrO/g-CN/AgPO (BCA)) was synthesized using a co-precipitation method, and a dual Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalytic system was established to decrease the high re-combination rate of photogenerated carriers and consequently improve the photocatalytic performance. The re-combination of electron-hole pairs (e and h) in the valence band (VB) of g-CN increases the redox potential of e and h, leading to significant improvements in the redox capability of the photocatalyst and the efficiency of e-h separation.

Nurse scheduling in COVID-19-designated hospitals in China: A nationwide cross-sectional survey.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate scheduling in COVID-19-designated hospitals, including working hours, rest days, adverse nursing outcomes and their relationship.

Background: Hospitals are at the forefront of COVID-19 prevention and control, and nurses are the main force on the frontline of the epidemic. Nursing shift is one of the most relevant and pressing issues for frontline nurses.

Perspectives of nursing directors on emergency nurse deployment during the pandemic of COVID-19: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in mainland China.

Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate the situation and perceptions of nursing directors about emergency nursing staff deployment in designated hospitals during the pandemic of COVID-19 in mainland China.

Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 has significantly depleted health care resources, leading to increased burden of nursing care and staffing and exacerbating the crisis in health care facilities. Currently, how to effectively plan and schedule nursing staffing in the pandemic still remains unknown.

High-efficiency tunable femtosecond solitons generation from 1.9 to 2.35 µm in a thulium-doped fiber amplifier via precise seed-pulse management.

We demonstrate the tunable Raman femtosecond solitons generation with a record-breaking power of 1.2 W at 2.3 µm and an ever-reported highest Raman soliton energy conversion efficiency of 99% via precise seed-pulse management in the thulium-doped single-mode fiber amplifier.

Nursing allocation in isolation wards of COVID-19 designated hospitals: a nationwide study in China.

Background: Appropriate allocation of nursing staff is key to ensuring efficient nursing in hospitals, and is significantly correlated with patient safety, nursing quality, and nurse job satisfaction. However, there are few studies on nursing workforce allocation in the isolation wards of COVID-19 designated hospitals globally. This study aims to better understand the nursing workforce allocation in the isolation wards of COVID-19 designated hospitals in China, and provide a theoretical basis for efficiently deploying first-line nurses in China and across the world in the future.

High-sensitivity micro-strain sensing using a broadband wavelength-tunable thulium-doped all-fiber structured mode-locked laser.

We demonstrate a thulium-doped mode-locked fiber laser with ultra-broadband wavelength tunability for micro-strain sensing based on the multimode interference (MMI) effect in single-mode-multimode-single-mode (SMS) fiber configuration. The homemade SMS device with high performance is fusion spliced in the laser cavity, and the developed dispersion precisely managed the all-fiber structured mode-locked picosecond laser with a record-breaking wavelength tuning range from 1976 to 1916 nm while exerting axial strain on this SMS device. We experimentally explored the regularity between the strain and the central-wavelength shift of the mode-locked pulse, and for the first time to the best of the authors' knowledge, achieved the precise in-line axial strain measurement from 0 to 5385 µɛ by using the tunable ultrafast-laser-based sensor, and sensitivity is up to -11.

Effective mineralization of p-nitrophenol by catalytic ozonation using Ce-substituted LaCeFeO catalyst.

In this study, cerium-doped lanthanum ferrite perovskite oxides (LaCeFeO) with different A-site were synthesized using a sol-gel method and they were used as ozonation catalyst for p-nitrophenol (PNP) mineralization for the first time. Catalytic activity in terms of total organic carbon (TOC) removal followed the order of LaCeFeO > LaCeFeO > LaCeFeO > LaCeFeO > LaFeO with 77, 66, 61, 60 and 56% respectively. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by diffraction of X-ray (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM).

Strategies and criteria targeting the reform and development for the teaching resource of nursing undergraduate: A multi-center cross-sectional study.

Teaching resource of nursing students play an important role in improving clinical performance, while there is a little know and dearth of the access and development criteria or guidance of teaching resources for nursing undergraduates.To develop the admission and development criteria of education resources for nursing undergraduates, and to explore and determine its composition and connotation.A cross-sectional survey has been used.

Activation of peroxymonosulfate using metal-free in situ N-doped carbonized polypyrrole: A non-radical process.

Metal-free catalysts are widely considered as promising alternatives to traditional metal-based catalysts, which can effectively activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS). In this study, a novel metal-free catalyst, carbonized polypyrrole (CPPy) was synthesized through high-temperature carbonization of PPy, easily achieving the in situ N doping without the addition of nitrogen sources. Tetracycline (TC) was selected as the target contaminant to assess the catalytic activity of the CPPy/PMS system.

Core Competencies Required for Gastroenterology Nursing Specialists in China.

Healthcare professionals responsible for patients with gastrointestinal diseases need a particular level of nursing knowledge and abilities to ensure excellent care. This study aims to propose a set of core competencies for the gastroenterology nursing specialists (GNS) in China. This research integrates quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Predictors for quality of life of bladder cancer patients with ileal conduit: A cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: To assess quality of life (QOL) and its influencing factors of bladder cancer patients after ileal conduit.

Methods: From January 2012 to December 2013, a cross-sectional survey with questionnaires was performed in West China hospital, in which the effect of patient characteristics on their QOL was evaluated, and then the correlation of stomal self-management, social support and QOL of the patients were also explored.

Results: A total of 188 patients were included.

Effects of intermedin on proliferation, apoptosis and the expression of OPG/RANKL/M-CSF in the MC3T3-E1 osteoblast cell line.

Bone remodeling is a vital physiological process of healthy bone tissue in humans. It is characterized by the formation of bone by osteoblasts and its resorption by osteoclasts, and the bone resorbed by osteoclasts is replaced through the differentiation and activity of osteoblasts. Imbalances in this vital process lead to pathological conditions, including osteoporosis.

Puerarin attenuates glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of hFOB1.19 cells through the JNK- and Akt-mediated mitochondrial apoptotic pathways.

Puerarin is an active component of Pueraria lobata, which is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of osteoporosis. The present study aimed to evaluate the osteoprotective effect of puerarin on glucocorticoid (GC)-induced apoptosis of osteoblasts in vitro. The effects of puerarin on dexamethasone (DEX)-induced cell apoptosis were assessed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling assay, and found that the viability of hFOB1.

Self-perceived Burden in the Young and Middle-aged Inpatients with Stroke: A Cross-sectional Survey.

Purpose: The aims of this study are to explore the prevalence and the features of self-perceived burden (SPB) in the young and middle-aged inpatients with stroke and to identify predictors of SPB.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Methods: One hundred fifty-five patients were recruited from the Neural Medical and Neural Comprehensive wards of a comprehensive hospital in Chengdu city from January to April 2013.