Courtship Is a Major Factor of Mating-Shortened Male Lifespan in an Egg Parasitoid.

Mating is essential for population reproduction and survival, but individuals often incur costs of mating, including energy consumption and increased risks of death, predation, or disease transmission. Many studies on insects have reported a decreased post-mating lifespan, and studies on the effects of mating on longevity have focused mainly on females. However, the effect of mating on lifespan has also been observed in males, and this process is thought to be more complex and distinctive.

Association between novel Immune-Inflammatory markers and hypertension patients with coronary heart disease: A Cross-Sectional study based on NHANES (2005-2016).

Objective: This study aims to investigate novel inflammatory markers, including the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI), and aggregate inflammatory score index (AISI), and their relationship with coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with hypertension (HT) using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using complete data from the 2005–2016 NHANES survey. A total of 9,242 hypertensive participants aged 18 years or older were included in the study.

The relationship between a friendly organizational environment and job performance in the post-pandemic era: an examination using career calling as a mediating variable.

Background: This study investigates the current state of career calling among medical staff and its relationship with a friendly work environment and job performance. The study also investigates how career calling mediates to offer policy suggestions for enhancing the job performance of medical personnel.

Methods: A quantitative research approach was employed through a questionnaire survey to empirically examine the job performance and its influencing factors of 414 medical staff in Hangzhou, China.

The influence of patient self-efficacy on value co-creation behavior and outcomes in chronic disease management: a cross-sectional study.

Background: In the medical field, value co-creation involves patients' active involvement. By collaborating with service providers, patients can contribute to the creation of more targeted and effective value. Patients' self-efficacy and behavior are crucial in this process, as their active participation and support can enhance their service experience.

Outcomes of electronic health interventions for patients with heart failure: a network meta-analysis.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of different types of tele-interventions in improving exercise capacity and cardiac function in patients with heart failure.

Methods: We searched five databases from inception to September 2024 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of telerehabilitation in people with heart failure. The primary outcomes were 6‑min walk distance (6MWD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).

Somatic DICER1-Mutant Benign Thyroid Nodules in Adults: A Group of Follicular Nodular Disease With Continuous Growth.

Context: Germline DICER1 mutations cause familial multinodular goiter (MNG). However, the prevalence of somatic DICER1 mutations in non-MNG benign thyroid nodules and their characteristics remain unknown.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of somatic DICER1-mutant non-MNG benign thyroid nodules and their clinicopathological, molecular, behavioral and transcriptional characteristics.

Prognosis of early-stage HFpEF in the community-dwelling elderly: The Northern Shanghai Study.

Objective: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a growing concern among the elderly population, significantly impacting morbidity and mortality rates. This study aimed to screen and investigate the characteristics and prognosis of early-stage HFpEF in the elderly.

Methods: A total of 1789 community-dwelling individuals aged over 65 from northern Shanghai were enrolled.

Participation in Multidisciplinary Teams Among Healthcare Professionals: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Tertiary Public Hospitals in China.

Purpose: Healthcare professionals' participation is crucial for the efficient implementation of multidisciplinary team (MDT) collaboration models. We identified the key factors influencing healthcare professionals' preference to participate in MDTs in tertiary hospitals.

Methods: To clarify the attributes and levels of the discrete choice experiment (DCE), we conducted a targeted literature review and conducted in-depth interviews with MDT service providers.

Association of organ damage with predicted fat mass in a community-dwelling elderly: the Northern Shanghai study.

Background: Body fat mass (FM) is associated with multiple organ damage. However, data regarding the relationship between various organ damage and FM are rare in the elderly. Therefore, we aim to perform an analysis on the relationship between organ damage and FM in a geriatric cohort.

Fat-free mass may play a dominant role in the association between systolic blood pressure and body composition in children and adolescents.

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is significantly associated with body composition in children and adolescents. However, which one of the components of body composition is the dominant contributor to SBP in children and adolescents remains unclear. We, therefore, aimed to determine the dominant contributor to SBP among components of body composition in a large cohort of American children and adolescents derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with cross-sectional analysis.

Coupling Ti doping with oxygen vacancies in tungsten oxide for high-performance photochromism applications.

A series of Ti-doped WO samples were prepared using a convenient solvothermal route. Due to the synergistic effect of doped Ti and oxygen vacancies, the samples showed excellent visible-light photochromic properties. Their performances as light-printable rewritable paper and smart windows showed great application value and promotion value.

Etiological Diagnosis and Personalized Therapy for Hypertension: A Hypothesis of the REASOH Classification.

With the epidemic of risk factors such as unhealthy lifestyle, obesity and mental stress, the prevalence of hypertension continues to rise across the world. Although standardized treatment protocols simplify the selection of antihypertensive drugs and ensure therapeutic efficacy, the pathophysiological state of some patients remains, which may also lead to the development of other cardiovascular diseases. Thus, there is an urgent need to consider the pathogenesis and selection of antihypertensive drug for different type of hypertensive patients in the era of precision medicine.

Monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio presents a linear association with atherosclerosis and nonlinear association with arteriosclerosis in elderly Chinese population: The Northern Shanghai Study.

Background And Aims: Inflammation closely correlates with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) is a novel inflammation index that can be obtained by routine blood tests. We aimed to investigate the associations between MHR and atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis.

Influence of ligand substitution and the solvent effect on the structures and magnetic properties of dinuclear Dy supramolecular architectures constructed with the bis-β-diketonate-Dy building block as a metalloligand.

Based on the bis-β-diketonate-Dy metalloligand [Dy(pbth)]·2EtN (1, pbth = (3z,3'z)-4,4'-(1,3-phenylene)bis(1,1,1-trifluoro-4-hydroxybut-3-en-2-one)), six dinuclear complexes with eight-coordinated geometries were synthesized solvothermally through different capping N-donor coligands or solvent systems. These complexes are namely [Dy(pbth)(Phen)]·2CHOH (2), [Dy(pbth)(BPhen)]·2CHOH (3), [Dy(pbth)(Dppz)]·2CHOH (4), [Dy(pbth)(Dppz)]·2CHOH (4a), [Dy(pbth)(4-Dmbp)]·CHOH·CHOH (5) and [Dy(pbth)(5-Dmbp)]·CHOH (6) (Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, BPhen = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, dppz = dipyrido [3,2-:2',3'-] phenazine, 4-Dmbp = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridyl, 5-Dmbp = 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridyl), respectively. In the synthetic processes of 2-6, one of four bis-β-diketonate ligands in the metalloligand is replaced by two capping N-donor coligands.

The impact of body composition and fat distribution on blood pressure in young and middle-aged adults.

Background: The relative contributions of each component of body composition to blood pressure (BP) remain unclear.

Objective: We aimed to comprehensively investigate the impact of body composition and fat distribution on BP and quantify their relative contributions to BP in a large cohort with young and middle-aged adults.

Methods: 14,412 participants with available data on whole-body DXA measurement from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included.

Short Sleep Duration Was Associated with Increased Regional Body Fat in US Adults: The NHANES from 2011 to 2018.

Background: The relationship between sleep duration and different regional fat is unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between sleep duration and different regional fat mass (FM) among a population of US adults. Methods: 9413 participants were included from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), from 2011 to 2018.

Prognostic Value of Arm Circumference for Cardiac Damage and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Friend or a Foe? A 2-Year Follow-Up in the Northern Shanghai Study.

Background: The high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases globally causes a great social burden and much individual suffering. The effective recognition of high-risk subjects is critical for primary prevention in the general population. In the elderly cohort, anthropometric measurements may have different prognostic values.

Comparison of preoperative angle kappa measurements in the eyes of cataract patients obtained from Pentacam Scheimpflug system, optical low-coherence reflectometry, and ray-tracing aberrometry.

Background: Angle kappa plays a vital role in the implantation of multifocal intraocular lens (MIOL). Large angle kappa is related to a higher risk of postoperative photic phenomena. This study aims to compare preoperative angle kappa in the eyes of cataract patients obtained from the Pentacam Scheimpflug system (Pentacam), optical low-coherence reflectometry (Lenstar), and ray-tracing aberrometry (iTrace).

Early albumin level and mortality in hemodialysis patients: a retrospective study.

Background: Hypoalbuminemia is a significant risk factor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause death in patients undergoing conventional hemodialysis (HD). However, the albumin (ALB) level of these dialysis patients runs through the whole process of dialysis, and the prognostic value of serum ALB in the early stage of HD and the relationship between the early ALB value and death in HD patients has not been reported.

Methods: The data of 447 patients with HD were retrospectively analyzed.

Association Between Lipid Accumulation Product and Target Organ Damage in Elderly Population: The Northern Shanghai Study.

Introduction: Lipid accumulation product (LAP), calculated from waist circumference (WC) and triglycerides (TG), is a novel index that correlates cardiovascular disease. We aimed to investigate the relationship between LAP and target organ damage (TOD) in elderly Chinese community-dwelling individuals.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled 3363 participants whose age was ≥65 years old.

Cardiac, Macro-, and Micro-Circulatory Abnormalities in Association With Individual Metabolic Syndrome Component: The Northern Shanghai Study.

This study investigated the association of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components with cardiac, macro-, and micro-circulatory abnormalities in an elderly Chinese population. This cross-sectional study was conducted using data for 1,958 participants from the Northern Shanghai Study aged over 65 years without a history of cardiovascular disease. MS was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III in 2005 (NCEPIII 2005).

Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage Correlates With Serum Homocysteine Level in Community-Dwelling Elderly Chinese: The North Shanghai Study.

Serum homocysteine (Hcy) level is associated with cardiocerebrovascular disease. However, the relationship between Hcy and hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD) in non-hospitalized residents has not been elucidated. We aimed to investigate the association of HMOD with Hcy in elderly Chinese.

Association between hypertension-mediated organ damage and obesity defined by novel anthropometric indices in community-dwelling elderly individuals.

Objective: Body mass index (BMI), the most common anthropometric index, has recently been challenged by two emerging parameters: a body shape index (ABSI) and body roundness index (BRI). The purpose of this study was to explore the associations of hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD) with conventional and novel anthropometric parameters.

Methods: This is a multistage community-based observational and cross-sectional study.

In Situ Ligand Formation in the Synthetic Processes from Mononuclear Dy(III) Compounds to Binuclear Dy(III) Compounds: Synthesis, Structure, Magnetic Behavior, and Theoretical Analysis.

Guided by the self-assembled process and mechanism, the strategy of in situ Schiff base reaction would be capable of bringing a feasible method to construct and synthesize lanthanide compounds with distinct structures and magnetic properties. A mononuclear Dy(III) compound was synthesized through a multidentate Schiff base ligand and a chelating β-diketonate ligand, which was named as [Dy(L)(bppd)]·CHOH [; HL = ,'-bis(2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-formylbenzyl)-,'-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine and bppd = 3-bis(pyridin-2-yl)propane-1,3-dione]. Furthermore, a new binuclear Dy(III) compound, [Dy(HLox)(bppd)]·8CHOH [; HLox = ,'-bis[2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-(hydroxyiminomethyl)benzyl]-,'-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine], was obtained via an in situ synthetic process.

Solvent responses and substituent effects upon magnetic properties of mononuclear Dy compounds.

Solvent responsive magnets comprise a class of molecule-based materials where lattice solvent driven structural transformation leads to the switching of magnetic properties. Herein, we present a special type of magnet where single-crystal to single-crystal (SCSC) transformations within mononuclear DyIII compounds result in the switching of DyIII single-molecule magnets (SMMs). This structural transformation involves lattice solvents which leads to significant changes in the color and magnetic properties.