Severe pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremia syndrome in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a novel survival case report.

Background: Pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a form of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) caused by uncontrolled activation of the complement system during pregnancy or the postpartum period. In the intensive care unit, aHUS must be differentiated from sepsis-related multiple organ dysfunction, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet (HELLP) syndrome. Early recognition of aHUS is critical for effective treatment and improved prognosis.

Mask-Pyramid Network: A Novel Panoptic Segmentation Method.

In this paper, we introduce a novel panoptic segmentation method called the Mask-Pyramid Network. Existing Mask RCNN-based methods first generate a large number of box proposals and then filter them at each feature level, which requires a lot of computational resources, while most of the box proposals are suppressed and discarded in the Non-Maximum Suppression process. Additionally, for panoptic segmentation, it is a problem to properly fuse the semantic segmentation results with the Mask RCNN-produced instance segmentation results.

Simulating the effect of different lighting conditions on left-turn driving behavior using a scenario-based anger method.

Anger is a key factor affecting drivers' subjective judgment and driving skills. The influence of anger on driving behavior has been widely studied, but there is a lack of comparative research under different lighting conditions. Through a driving simulation experiment, this paper studies the influence of anger on left-turn driving behavior under two light conditions day and night.

Yellow light decision based on driving style: Day or night?

Drivers' driving decisions at yellow lights are an important cause of accidents at intersections. As proved by existing studies, driving style is an important basis for a driver to decide to pass a yellow light or not. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the effects of different driving styles on driving decisions at yellow lights under different lighting conditions.

Developmental Patterns of Fecal Bile Acids in Healthy Neonates and Children.

BACKGROUND Normal profiles of FBAs in healthy neonates and children in Kunming city and surrounding areas in China have not been previously determined. The objective of this study was to determine a developmental pattern of fecal bile acids (FBAs) in healthy neonates and children. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed on 238 healthy neonates and children recruited in the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, China from October 2015 to September 2016.

Improved Sliding Mode Control for Finite-Time Synchronization of Nonidentical Delayed Recurrent Neural Networks.

This brief further explores the problem of finite-time synchronization of delayed recurrent neural networks with the mismatched parameters and neuron activation functions. An improved sliding mode control approach is presented for addressing the finite-time synchronization problem. First, by employing the drive-response concept and the synchronization error of drive-response systems, a novel integral sliding mode surface is constructed such that the synchronization error can converge to zero in finite time along the constructed integral sliding mode surface.

[Screening and identification of GABA-producing microbes in fermentation process of Sojae Semen Praeparatum].

A high-content GABA was found in Sojae Semen Praeparatum(SSP), which is a famous traditional Chinese medicine and officially listed in Chinese Pharmacopoeia. To screen out and identify GABA-producing microbes from samples at different time points during the fermenting process of SSP, traditional microbiological methods combined with molecular biological methods were used to study the predominant GABA-producing microorganisms existing in the fermenting process of SSP. This study would lay a foundation for further studying the processing mechanism of SSP.

Improved Stability Criterion for Recurrent Neural Networks With Time-Varying Delays.

In this brief, the problem of delay-dependent stability of recurrent neural networks with time-varying delays is studied. A newly augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) that considers the information of the nonzero lower bound of time-varying delays is developed. Moreover, the information of the delayed state terms is not considered as elements of augmented vectors when constructing the LKF.

A highly selective turn-on fluorescent probe for Al in aqueous solution based on quinoline Schiff-base.

A new Al-specific fluorescent probe NQ was designed and synthesized from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde and 2-aminoquinoline. Upon the addition of Al, the fluorescent intensity of NQ was significantly enhanced compared with other examined metal ions in aqueous solution. The result of a Job's plot indicated the formation of a 1:1 complex between the probe and Al, and the possible binding mode of the system between NQ and Al was clarified by IR analysis and H NMR titration.

Global fast dynamic terminal sliding mode control for a quadrotor UAV.

A control method based on global fast dynamic terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) technique is proposed to design the flight controller for performing the finite-time position and attitude tracking control of a small quadrotor UAV. Firstly, the dynamic model of the quadrotor is divided into two subsystems, i.e.

Ultrasensitive turn-on fluorescence detection of Cu based on p-dimethylaminobenzamide derivative and the application to cell imaging.

A new p-dimethylaminobenzamide derivative based compound BDIH has been synthesized. Cu turned on the fluorescence of compound BDIH with a 1:2 binding stoichiometry. The fluorescent color of compound BDIH shows an evident change from colorless to bright blue upon the addition of Cu, which could be visibly detected by the naked eye under UV light at 365nm.

[Significance of detection of biomarker fecal bile acids in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood Henoch-Schönlein purpura].

Objective: To investigate the changes and clinical significance of biomarker fecal bile acids (BA) in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP).

Methods: Nineteen children with HSP and twenty-seven healthy children were enrolled in this study. The stool samples were obtained at the acute and remission phases.

Evaluating Intestinal Permeability by Measuring Plasma Endotoxin and Diamine Oxidase in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated with High-dose Methotrexate.

Background And Aim: The incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is highest in childhood malignant tumor in China. The high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) treatment is very effective in ALL, and it can improve event-free survival rate. However, while executing the anti-tumor effect, it produces highly toxic effects on rapidly dividing cells which are normal.

[Epidemiological survey of childhood asthma in Kunming City, China].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of childhood asthma, and to find the distribution characteristics, precipitating factors, diagnosis and treatment status, and to provide scientific data for improving the prevention and management of asthma in children in Kunming City, China.

Methods: Children were selected by random cluster sampling. A standardized preliminary questionnaire was used for screening out possible patients in the survey.

Second order sliding mode control for a quadrotor UAV.

A method based on second order sliding mode control (2-SMC) is proposed to design controllers for a small quadrotor UAV. For the switching sliding manifold design, the selection of the coefficients of the switching sliding manifold is in general a sophisticated issue because the coefficients are nonlinear. In this work, in order to perform the position and attitude tracking control of the quadrotor perfectly, the dynamical model of the quadrotor is divided into two subsystems, i.

Position and attitude tracking control for a quadrotor UAV.

A synthesis control method is proposed to perform the position and attitude tracking control of the dynamical model of a small quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the dynamical model is underactuated, highly-coupled and nonlinear. Firstly, the dynamical model is divided into a fully actuated subsystem and an underactuated subsystem. Secondly, a controller of the fully actuated subsystem is designed through a novel robust terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) algorithm, which is utilized to guarantee all state variables converge to their desired values in short time, the convergence time is so small that the state variables are acted as time invariants in the underactuated subsystem, and, a controller of the underactuated subsystem is designed via sliding mode control (SMC), in addition, the stabilities of the subsystems are demonstrated by Lyapunov theory, respectively.

Urine Metabolite Profiling of Human Colorectal Cancer by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry Based on MRB.

Aim. The study was to investigate the metabolic profile of urine metabolites and to elucidate their clinical significance in patients with colorectal cancer. Methods.

Difference of a citrus late-ripening mutant (Citrus sinensis) from its parental line in sugar and acid metabolism at the fruit ripening stage.

'Fengjiewancheng' (FW) (Citrus sinensis), a bud sport of 'Fengjie 72-1' navel orange (FJ), ripens one month later than its parental line. Differences in sugar and acid content and the transcript level of sucrose-and citric-metabolic enzymes for the two cultivars were investigated during fruit ripening. Results showed that both sugar and acid metabolisms of the mutant were affected by the mutation.