An overview of GabRat edge disruption and its new extensions for unbiased quantification of disruptive camouflaging patterns using randomization technique.

Disruptive colorations are camouflaging patterns that use contrasting colorations to interrupt the continuity of object's edge and disturb the observer's visual recognition. The GabRat method has been introduced and widely used to quantify the strength of edge disruption. The original GabRat method requires a composite image where a target object is placed on a particular background.

Anti-galvanic reaction induced interfacial engineering to reconstruct ternary colloid satellite platform for exceptionally high-performance redox-responsive sensor.

The anti-galvanic reaction (AGR), which is a classic galvanic reaction (GR) with an opposite effect, is a unique phenomenon associated with the quantum size effect. This reaction involves the interaction between metal ions and nanoclusters, offering opportunities to create well-defined nanomaterials and diverse reductive behavior. In hence, in our work, we utilize the AGR to generate gold (Au), silver (Ag), and copper (Cu) satellite nanoclusters which have superior electromagnetic properties for Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensor.

Design of competition nanoreactor with shell-isolated colloidal plasmonic nanomaterials for quantitative sensor platform.

Shell-isolated colloid plasmonic nanomaterials-based nanoreactor is a well-established platform widely applied in catalyst or Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) sensors. The potentials versatility of nanoreactor platform is mainly implemented by the well-defined and tailorable structure of colloid plasmonic nanomaterials. Currently, a competitive conjugative-mediated nanoreactor is introduced to determine glucose with SERS.

Multidimensional fatigue in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy: incidence, severity, and risk factors.

Purpose: To explore the incidence, severity, and risk factors of multidimensional fatigue in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT).

Methods: This prospective study included 79 patients with NPC in Guangzhou (China) from June 2015 to July 2018. Data were collected before and after CCRT, including demographic and clinical characteristics, nutritional parameters, and fatigue scores, based on completion of the Multiple Dimensional Inventory-20 Questionnaire, with five subscales: General Fatigue, Mental Fatigue, Physical Fatigue, Reduced Activity, and Reduced Motivation.

Construction of a comprehensive nutritional index and its correlation with quality of life and survival in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing IMRT: A prospective study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a comprehensive nutritional index (CNI) and QoL in patients with NPC who undergo IMRT and to explore the relationship between CNI and survival.

Methods: 359 patients with newly diagnosed NPC were enrolled. QoL was assessed with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 and Quality of Life Questionnaire Head and Neck Cancer Module at three time points: before, immediately after, and 3 months after IMRT.

Efficacy of controlled-release oxycodone for reducing pain due to oral mucositis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a prospective clinical trial.

Background: Pain due to oral mucositis (OM) is a major problem during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients.

Methods: We enrolled 56 NPC patients receiving CCRT and allocated them into two groups: moderate pain group (n = 27) and a severe pain group (n = 29) according to the degree of pain reported (moderate = numerical rating scale (NRS) score 4-6 or severe = NRS score 7-10) at initiation of controlled-release oxycodone (CRO) treatment.

Results: Total dose of CRO was significantly higher in severe pain patients than in moderate pain patients (791.

The incidence and predictors of symptomatic venous thromboembolism associated with peripherally inserted central catheters in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Background: Despite wide usage, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of NPC patients with PICC insertions from February 2, 2007 to December 25, 2014 in Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the correlations between risk factors and symptomatic PICC-VTE.