Interbrain synchronization in classroom during high-entropy music listening and meditation: a hyperscanning EEG study.

Introduction: Social interaction is a vital source of human development, yet neuroscientific research delineating its neural correlates in large groups is scarce. Music as a rhythmic signal, and meditation, have been shown to induce group synchronization and pro-social behavior. However, their impact on adolescents may vary, and the related brain functions remain underexplored.

The association between greenspace exposure and sperm quality: A retrospective cohort study focusing on sperm kinematics and the influence of buffer settings.

Background: While previous studies have suggested a potential link between greenspace and semen quality, the effect of greenspace exposure on sperm kinematics, as well as the impact of greenspace estimation scales, remains underexplored.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the association between greenspace exposure and sperm kinematics, and to determine whether this relationship varies across different greenspace estimation scales.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study of 5025 semen measurements from 1674 sperm donors recruited by the Sichuan Provincial Human Sperm Bank (SHSB) between June 2019 and December 2021.

Polyacrylonitrile as an Efficient Transfer Medium for Wafer-Scale Transfer of Graphene.

The disparity between growth substrates and application-specific substrates can be mediated by reliable graphene transfer, the lack of which currently strongly hinders the graphene applications. Conventionally, the removal of soft polymers, that support the graphene during the transfer, would contaminate graphene surface, produce cracks, and leave unprotected graphene surface sensitive to airborne contaminations. In this work, it is found that polyacrylonitrile (PAN) can function as polymer medium for transferring wafer-size graphene, and encapsulating layer to deliver high-performance graphene devices.

Recent trends in the transfer of graphene films.

Recent years have witnessed advances in chemical vapor deposition growth of graphene films on metal foils with fine scalability and thickness controllability. However, challenges for obtaining wrinkle-free, defect-free and large-area uniformity remain to be tackled. In addition, the real commercial applications of graphene films still require industrially compatible transfer techniques with reliable performance of transferred graphene, excellent production capacity, and suitable cost.

The association between artificial light at night and gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study from China.

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that exposure to outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) may be associated with diabetes. However, limited research explores the relationship between outdoor ALAN and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods: We utilized data from a multilevel infant and early life cohort study conducted in Sichuan Province, China, between February 2018 and April 2021.

Tunable Adhesion for All-Dry Transfer of 2D Materials Enabled by the Freezing of Transfer Medium.

The real applications of chemical vapor deposition (CVD)-grown graphene films require the reliable techniques for transferring graphene from growth substrates onto application-specific substrates. The transfer approaches that avoid the use of organic solvents, etchants, and strong bases are compatible with industrial batch processing, in which graphene transfer should be conducted by dry exfoliation and lamination. However, all-dry transfer of graphene remains unachievable owing to the difficulty in precisely controlling interfacial adhesion to enable the crack- and contamination-free transfer.

Outdoor artificial light at night and male sperm quality: A retrospective cohort study in China.

Due to the worldwide increased rate of infertility among reproductive-age couples, there is a growing interest in the relationship between environmental stimuli and human sperm quality. While animal studies have demonstrated the detrimental effects of outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) on sperm quality, investigations based on human data are lacking. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 1991 sperm donor candidates and employed multivariate linear regression and restricted cubic spline models to quantify the association between outdoor ALAN and sperm quality.

Rapid and Scalable Transfer of Large-Area Graphene Wafers.

Recently, scalable production of large-area graphene films on metal foils with promising qualities is successfully achieved by eliminating grain boundaries, wrinkles, and adlayers. The transfer of graphene from growth metal substrates onto functional substrates remains one inescapable obstacle on the road to the real commercial applications of chemical vaport deposition (CVD) graphene films. Current transfer methods still require time-consuming chemical reactions, which hinders its mass production, and produces cracks and contamination that strongly impede performance reproducibility.

CircRNA/miRNA/mRNA axis participates in the progression of partial bladder outlet obstruction.

Background: More and more evidence showed that circRNA/miRNA/mRNA axis played a vital role in the pathogenesis of some diseases. However, the role of circRNA/miRNA/mRNA axis in partial bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO) remains unknown. Our study aimed to explore the complex regulatory mechanism of circRNA/miRNA/mRNA axis in pBOO.

Large-area transfer of two-dimensional materials free of cracks, contamination and wrinkles via controllable conformal contact.

The availability of graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials on a wide range of substrates forms the basis for large-area applications, such as graphene integration with silicon-based technologies, which requires graphene on silicon with outperforming carrier mobilities. However, 2D materials were only produced on limited archetypal substrates by chemical vapor deposition approaches. Reliable after-growth transfer techniques, that do not produce cracks, contamination, and wrinkles, are critical for layering 2D materials onto arbitrary substrates.

Prolonged Inhibitory Effects of Repeated Tibial Nerve Stimulation on the Micturition Reflex in Decorticated Rats.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether a short-term repeated stimulation of tibial nerve afferents induces a prolonged modulation effect on the micturition reflex in a decorticated rat model.

Material And Methods: Fifteen female Sprague-Dawley rats (250-350 g) were fully decorticated and paralyzed in the study. Tibial nerve stimulation (TNS) was delivered by inserting two pairs of needle electrodes close to the nerves at the level of the medial malleolus.

Inhibition of EZH2 ameliorates hyperoxaluria-induced kidney injury through the JNK/FoxO3a pathway.

Aims: Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone H3 lysine 27 methyltransferase, has been shown to play a role in kidney diseases. However, its role in hyperoxaluria-induced renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) injury remains unclear.

Materials And Methods: A hyperoxaluria rat model was established by providing 0.

An Immune Atlas of Nephrolithiasis: Single-Cell Mass Cytometry on SIRT3 Knockout and Calcium Oxalate-Induced Renal Injury.

Background: As a common urological disease with a high recurrence rate, nephrolithiasis caused by CaOx may elicit a strong immunologic response. We present a CyTOF-based atlas of the immune landscape in nephrolithiasis models to understand how the immune system contributes to, and is affected by, the underlying response caused by SIRT3 knockout and CaOx inducement.

Materials And Methods: We performed a large-scale CyTOF analysis of immune cell abundance profiles in nephrolithiasis.