Donor-site morbidity and aesthetic outcomes in patients undergoing head and neck reconstruction with anterolateral thigh or latissimus dorsi flaps: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Anterolateral thigh (ALT) and latissimus dorsi (LAT) flaps are workhorse flaps for head and neck reconstruction. However, evidence showing how donor-site morbidity (DSM) compares between these flaps is lacking. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates DSM and aesthetic outcomes with ALT and LAT flaps for head and neck reconstruction.

Application of intraoral scanning registration implant robot in dental implant surgery.

Objectives: This paper aims to investigate the application of intraoral scanning and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) registration implant robot in dental implant surgery.

Methods: The data of 40 cases with dental defect of robot-assisted implantation from November 2023 to May 2024 were retrospectively analyzed. Before the operation, the intraoral scan data and CBCT data of the positioning markers were automatically fused with the initial CBCT images, and the registration error was calculated.

Reducing starch digestibility using a domestic rice cooking method: Structural changes in starch during cooking.

In this study, a domestic cooking process based on two soaking stages was designed to reduce starch digestibility in japonica, indica, and waxy rice. Compared with the control rice prepared via a conventional method, each cooked rice prepared under optimal conditions (treated rice) exhibited lower protein and lipid content, similar starch levels but with a higher amylose ratio, and greater sensory acceptability. In vitro digestion assessments indicated that each treated rice had less rapidly digested starch (RDS) and more slowly digestible starch (SDS) and resistant starch (RS) than the control rice.

Protein digestibility of textured wheat protein (TWP)-based meat analogs: (II) Effects of sodium tripolyphosphate.

In this study, the effects of adding sodium tripolyphosphate during the extrusion of textured wheat protein (TWP)-based meat analogs were investigated. Five TWPs (TWP-C0, TWP-C0.10, TWP-C0.

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of the tumor ecosystem of adenoid cystic carcinoma.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a malignant tumor that originates from exocrine gland epithelial cells. We profiled the transcriptomes of 49,948 cells from paracarcinoma and carcinoma tissues of three patients using single-cell RNA sequencing. Three main types of the epithelial cells were identified into myoepithelial-like cells, intercalated duct-like cells, and duct-like cells by marker genes.

Medial Epicanthoplasty With the Classic and Modified Skin Redraping Method: A Retrospective Case Control Study.

The skin redraping method for medial epicanthoplasty is characterized by some shortcomings which warrants modification. In this study, clinical data of 193 patients who underwent medial epichanthoplasty by the modified skin redraping technique or the classic skin redraping technique were reviewed retrospectively. The patients underwent operation between May 2018 and June 2020 and were followed up for not less than 6 months.

Fabrication and characterization of oil-in-water pickering emulsions stabilized by ZEIN-HTCC nanoparticles as a composite layer.

In this work, the ZEIN-HTCC nanoparticles formed by zein and N-(2-hydroxy)propyl-3-trimethylammonium chitosan chloride (HTCC) were used as stabilizers to prepare oil-in-water (O/W) Pickering emulsions. The preparation conditions including shearing time, volume fraction of corn oil, mass ratio of ZEIN:HTCC and total concentration of ZEIN-HTCC of emulsions were optimized by measuring the droplet size, zeta potential, PDI and surface tension of emulsions. The ZEIN-HTCC emulsions are stable at the pH range of 4-9 and in the low salt ion concentrations up to 0.

Curcumin-loaded core-shell biopolymer nanoparticles produced by the pH-driven method: Physicochemical and release properties.

In this study, core-shell biopolymer nanoparticles were fabricated for the encapsulation and delivery of curcumin using a pH-driven method. The influences of the coating composition on the physicochemical properties and curcumin release characteristics of the core-shell nanoparticles were studied. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses indicated that curcumin was encapsulated in an amorphous state inside the nanoparticles.

Improving solubility and stability of β-carotene by microencapsulation in soluble complexes formed with whey protein and OSA-modified starch.

In this study, a soluble complex formed between 0.5% (w/v) heated whey protein isolate (HWPI) and 5% (w/v) octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified starch at pH 4.5 was used to encapsulate β-carotene for improving its solubility and stability.

Complexation between whey protein and octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified starch: Formation and characteristics of soluble complexes.

Mixed systems of protein and polysaccharide are widely used in the food industry. It is important for food manufacturers to understand their interactions. In this study, the formation of complexes between whey protein isolate (WPI) and octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified starch was investigated as a function of pH and protein: starch ratio.

Dynamic gastric stability and in vitro lipid digestion of whey-protein-stabilised emulsions: Effect of heat treatment.

The stability behaviours of whey-protein-stabilised emulsions under gastric conditions and the effects on the lipolysis of the emulsions were investigated using an in vitro dynamic human gastric simulator and a subsequent small intestinal model. Under gastric conditions, heated whey-protein-stabilised emulsions flocculated to a greater extent and with a larger floc size, whereas unheated emulsions were more prone to coalescence. The greater extent of flocculation delayed the delivery of oil droplets to the small intestine, leading to a lower amount of oil in the emptied gastric digesta from the heated emulsion in the early period of digestion.

Self-Assembled Micelles Based on OSA-Modified Starches for Enhancing Solubility of β-Carotene: Effect of Starch Macromolecular Architecture.

Self-assembled micelles based on octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified starch were prepared to enhance the solubility of β-carotene. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) was lower for OSA-modified starch with a lower molecular weight (Mw) or higher degree of substitution (DS). Above the CMC, OSA-modified starch assembled into spherical micelles with an average hydrodynamic diameter of <20 nm, as determined by dynamic light scattering (DLS).

Gastric digestion of milk protein ingredients: Study using an in vitro dynamic model.

The coagulation behavior and the kinetics of protein hydrolysis of skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate (MPC), calcium-depleted MPC, sodium caseinate, whey protein isolate (WPI), and heated (90°C, 20 min) WPI under gastric conditions were examined using an advanced dynamic digestion model (i.e., a human gastric simulator).