Shifts in Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance of Haemophilus Influenzae in Children From Chongqing (2019-2024): Pre-, During, and Post-COVID-19.

Objective: To comprehensively investigate the epidemiology and analyze the antimicrobial resistance of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from children in Chongqing before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A total of 21,723 Haemophilus influenzae strains from four Chongqing hospitals during 2019-2024 were included. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was conducted according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute 2024 breakpoints using Kirby-Bauer method or automated systems.

All-normal-dispersion dissipative soliton fiber laser using an offset-splicing graded-index-multimode-fiber-based saturable absorber.

All-normal-dispersion (ANDi) dissipative soliton mode-locking is realized based on nonlinear multimode interference (NMI), which is implemented by offset-splicing three pieces of graded-index multimode fibers (GIMFs) and acts as a saturable absorber. The higher-order modes can be excited by offset-splicing GIMFs (OS-GIMFs), which eliminates adding the step multimode fiber (SIMF) into the resonant cavity and the precise length requirement of the SIMF. In the experiment, the stable dissipative soliton mode-locking at 1030 nm can be obtained with the pulse width of 7.

Shaping Li Deposits from Wild Dendrites to Regular Crystals via the Ferroelectric Effect.

Manipulating the Li plating behavior remains a challenging task toward Li-based high-energy batteries. Generally, the Li plating process is kinetically controlled by ion transport, concentration gradient, local electric field, etc. A myriad of strategies have been developed for homogenizing the kinetics; however, such kinetics-controlled Li plating nature is barely changed.

The mechanism of the modulation of electronic anisotropy in two-dimensional ReS.

Although the anisotropy and strategies for the modulation of the anisotropy in ReS2 have been widely reported, a comprehensive study on the inherent electronic anisotropy of ReS2 is still absent to date; therefore, the mechanism of anisotropy evolution is ambiguous as well. In this study, we have conducted a systematic investigation on the evolution of electronic anisotropy in bilayer ReS2, under the modulation of charge doping levels and temperature. It is found that the adjustability of electronic anisotropy is largely attributed to the angle-dependent scattering from defects or vacancies at a low doping level.

In situ formed nanoparticle-assisted growth of large-size single crystalline h-BN on copper.

h-BN is a widely used ultrathin insulator that can be synthesized in a controllable manner by chemical vapor deposition, similar to the growth of graphene. However, it is challenging to grow large-size single crystalline h-BN because of the ambiguous understanding of its growth mechanism. In this study, we propose a novel in situ formed nanoparticle-assisted growth strategy for large-size single crystalline h-BN growth on conventional polycrystalline copper.

P-GaSe/N-MoS Vertical Heterostructures Synthesized by van der Waals Epitaxy for Photoresponse Modulation.

The important role of p-n junction in modulation of the optoelectronic properties of semiconductors is widely cognized. In this work, for the first time the synthesis of p-GaSe/n-MoS heterostructures via van der Waals expitaxial growth is reported, although a considerable lattice mismatching of ≈18% exists. According to the simulation, a significant type II p-n junction barrier located at the interface is expected to be formed, which can modulate optoelectronic properties of MoS effectively.

Synthesis of Large-Size 1T' ReS Se Alloy Monolayer with Tunable Bandgap and Carrier Type.

Chemical vapor deposition growth of 1T' ReS Se alloy monolayers is reported for the first time. The composition and the corresponding bandgap of the alloy can be continuously tuned from ReSe (1.32 eV) to ReS (1.

Self-Sealed Bionic Long Microchannels with Thin Walls and Designable Nanoholes Prepared by Line-Contact Capillary-Force Assembly.

Long microchannels with thin walls, small width, and nanoholes or irregular shaped microgaps, which are similar to capillaries or cancerous vessels, are urgently needed to simulate the physiological activities in human body. However, the fabrication of such channels remains challenging. Here, microchannels with designable holes are manufactured by combining laser printing with line-contact capillary-force assembly.

[Clinical studies of pedicle screw-rod fixation of thoracolumbar burst fractures through posterior unilateral approach after vertebrae corpectomy fusion].

Objective: To compare the clinical curative effect of thoracolumbar burst fracture treated by the posterior unilateral approach corpectomy fusion screw-rod fixation and anterior corpectomy bone fusion screw plate fixation.

Methods: From January 2008 to May 2014,36 cases of thoracolumbar burst fracture underwent operation of decompression, fusion, and internal fixation was retrospective analyzed. Among them, 16 patients were treated through posterior approach as posterior group, including 13 males and 3 females aged from 37 to 62 years old; 9 cases caused by falling injury, 3 cases by traffic accident injury,4 cases by heavy aboved;the injury segment was on T₁₂ in 2 cases, L₁ in 5 cases, L₂ in 7 cases, L₃ in 2 cases; according ASIA grade, 3 cases were grade A, 2 cases were grade B, 2 cases were grade C, 5 cases were grade D, 4 cases were grade E; the time between injury and operation ranged from 5 to 15 days.

[Treatment of lumbar instability with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (with single cage) combined with unilateral pedicle screw fixation].

Objective: To explore the clinical effect of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (with single cage) combined with unilateral pedicle screw fixation in treating lumbar instability.

Methods: The clinical data of 50 patients with lumbar instability were retrospectively analyzed. They underwent treatment and obtained following up more than 8 months from 2009 to 2012.

Locally produced insulin-like growth factor-1 by orbital fibroblasts as implicative pathogenic factor rather than systemically circulated IGF-1 for patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.

Background: To determine the correlation between clinical activity scores (CAS) of thyroid-associated ophthalmology (TAO) patients and their locally produced and/or systemically circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and to assess the possible pathogenic role of IGF-1 in TAO.

Methods: Eighteen patients with TAO, and 16 age- and gender-matched controls were included in the present study. Among them, orbital tissue surgically collected from five TAO patients and five healthy controls was used for orbital fibroblasts (OFs) culture and in vitro study.

[Application of Octopus 101 automated perimetry with kinetic and static program in patients with the anterior ischemic optic neuropathy].

Objective: To investigate the clinical significance of the Octopus 101 kinetic and Static combined automatic perimetry in Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION). To assess the merit and demerit of Octopus 101 kinetic and static combined automatic perimetry performed in AION cases.

Methods: 45 AION patients were detected with Octopus 101 with kinetic and static 30 degrees, 60 degrees scope static program from June 2006 to September 2008.

[Application of single interbody fusion cage with pedicle screws by transforaminal approach in treating lumbar instability].

Objective: To evaluate the value of transforaminal approach single interbody fusion cage combining with fixation with pedicle screws in treating lumbar instability.

Methods: From 2006 to 2009, 36 patients (39 interspaces) with lumbar instability were retrospectively analyzed, included 14 males and 22 females; aged from 45 to 68 years with an average of 54 years; course of disease was from 6 months to 12 years with an average of 4 years. Of them, instability in lumbar disc herniation had 8 cases, lumbar spinal stenosis 5 cases, postoperative instability in lumbar disc herniation 3 cases, lumbar spondylolysis 20 cases; unstable segment in L3,4 had 2 cases, L4,5 18 cases, L5S1 13 cases, and double segment 3 cases (both L4,5 and L5S1).

[Clinical assessment of dynamic contour tonometer].

Objective: To assess the applicability and reliability of Dynamic Contour Tonometry (DCT) in the measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) and ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), ocular hypertension (OHT), normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and normal controls.

Methods: 120 subjects were included in the present study as follows: 30 patients in each group, total four groups, i. e.

[Application of octopus 101 GKP kinetic and static automated perimetry in the diagnosis of the primary open angle glaucoma].

Objective: To investigate the clinical significance of the Octopus 101 GKP kinetic and static automated perimetry in the diagnosis of the primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: Thirty POAG patients (POAG group) and 34 normal individuals (control group) were detected with Octopus 101 GKP static and kinetic perimetry with GKP and TOP program from October 2006 to March 2007. The visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), cupping/disc (C/D) ratio, mean defect (MD), loss variance (LV), areas of isopter, and testing time were analyzed.