Giant Morel-Lavallée lesion complicated with open pelvic fracture: a rare case report.

Background: Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a rare closed degloving injury from high-energy shear/crush trauma, often linked to pelvic/acetabular fractures. Due to limited clinical awareness, it is highly prone to misdiagnosis, potentially causing severe complications like infection and skin necrosis. Existing literature rarely documents giant MLL with open pelvic fractures.

Multivariate Analysis of Maize Varieties: Roles of Ionomic Shifts, Antioxidant Defense, and Chloroplast Structural Integrity in Arsenic Stress Tolerance.

Arsenic stress poses a significant threat to maize (Zea mays L.) production by disrupting plant growth and physiological functions. This study employed multivariate analysis to identify arsenic-tolerant maize varieties, evaluating growth parameters such as shoot fresh weight, dry weight, plant height, chlorophyll content, and arsenic accumulation across 20 maize varieties exposed to 50 mg kg.

Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem, Emotional Dysregulation, and Parental Maltreatment: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model Among Chinese Parents.

Parental maltreatment has profound and severe negative effects on children's physical and mental development, as well as on family functioning and stability. Although the existing literature extensively investigates the mechanisms underlying parental maltreatment, the interdependence of parental behaviors and the unique role of cultural context-specifically, the potential influence of parental self-esteem on maltreatment behavior within the Chinese cultural framework-remain underexplored. Therefore, this study utilized a longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) to track 627 pairs of parents of fourth-grade elementary school students (fathers: M_age = 35.

The Bidirectional Longitudinal Relations Between Prosocial Behavior, Social Support, and Core Self-Evaluation.

Previous studies indicates that helping behaviors (prosocial behavior, which benefits others, and social support, which benefits oneself) are closely associated with adolescents' self-development. However, it is still unclear what the mutual relations and potential mechanisms are between prosocial behavior, social support, and core self-evaluation. A total of 1214 Chinese adolescents were surveyed three times, with a six-month interval between each survey (M = 15.

Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes in women of childbearing age, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease study 2021.

Introduction: Diabetes may have long-term adverse health effects on both women of childbearing age (WCBA) and their future generations. The objective of this study is to provide up-to-date epidemiologic information on the global burden of diabetes in WCBA to inform the development of targeted public health policies.

Methods: The data on the burden of diabetes among WCBA from 1990 to 2021 at the global, regional, and national levels were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 database.

Mechanisms of (Thunb.) Franch. Extract in Asthma Therapy: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Gut Microbiota.

(Thunb.) Franch. (AS), a traditional edible and medicinal plant for treating asthma, was investigated for its therapeutic mechanisms.

An X-ray bone age assessment method for hands and wrists of adolescents in Western China based on feature fusion deep learning models.

The epiphyses of the hand and wrist serve as crucial indicators for assessing skeletal maturity in adolescents. This study aimed to develop a deep learning (DL) model for bone age (BA) assessment using hand and wrist X-ray images, addressing the challenge of classifying BA in adolescents. The results of this DL-based classification were then compared and analyzed with those obtained from manual assessment.

Prioritized Multi-task Motion Coordination of Physically Constrained Quadruped Manipulators.

Quadruped manipulators can use legs to mimic legged animals for crossing unstructured environments. They can also use a bionic arm to execute manipulation tasks. The increasing demands for such robots have pushed research progress.

Fabrication of PLGA-chitosan-tranexamic acid composite sponge and its mechanism for rapid hemostasis.

Persistent intraoperative hemorrhage is the major cause of trauma-related mortality, emphasizing the need for hemostatic dressings with improved efficacy. In this study, we designed a PLGA-CTS-TXA composite sponge, which was fabricated by grafting of poly (lactic-co-glycol acid) (PLGA) and hemostatic small molecule tranexamic acid (TXA) onto chitosan (CTS), for rapid hemostasis. The sponge integrates the advantages of CTS, PLGA and TXA, showcasing superior porosity (nearly 85 %) and water absorption capacity (3197 ± 105 % within 30 s).

TA-APTES Coating Facilitated Secondary Reactions for Synthesis of Multifunctional Porous Melamine Sponge and Application in Wastewater Treatment.

Secondary reactions induced by functional surface coating are of critical significance and have attracted substantial interest, as the surface coating can function as a versatile platform for designing multifunctional coatings by tailoring the surface performance. The surface coating incorporated tannic acid, and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (TA-APTES) contains plentiful nanospheres with secondary reaction sites, which is favorable for surface modification. In this research, a TA-APTES coating with a unique hierarchical structure was grown in situ on the skeleton of a porous melamine sponge under mild conditions.

Observational and genetic evidence highlight the association of modifiable risk factors with the incidence and severity of neuroimmunological disorders.

Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG), multiple sclerosis (MS), and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are a heterogeneous group of rare neuroimmunological disorders whose incidence rates have increased in recent years. The relationships between modifiable risk factors and neuroimmunological disorders are not fully understood.

Methods: We utilized multiple logistic regression to estimate the relationships between 38 modifiable risk factors and two neuroimmunological diseases using data from nearly 500,000 individuals in the UK Biobank.

Fusion of multi-scale feature extraction and adaptive multi-channel graph neural network for 12-lead ECG classification.

Background And Objective: The 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) is a widely used diagnostic method in clinical practice for cardiovascular diseases. The potential correlation between interlead signals is an important reference for clinical diagnosis but is often overlooked by most deep learning methods. Although graph neural networks can capture the associations between leads through edge topology, the complex correlations inherent in 12-lead ECG may involve edge topology, node features, or their combination.

Microwave ablation combined with α-PD-L1 enhances abscopal effect and promotes CTL activation and intratumoral homing by a cytokine network involving IFN-γ and CXCL9.

Background And Purpose: Microwave ablation (MWA) has demonstrated promising potential in instigating an anti-tumor immune response, potentially resulting in the regression of distant tumors. Nevertheless, the observed abscopal effect remains modest, and its underlying mechanism remains poorly elucidated. This study aims to systematically examine the utilization of α-PD-L1 to enhance the abscopal effect induced by MWA and to comprehensively investigate the associated mechanisms.

Investigating Causal Links Between Gut Microbiota and Neurological Disorders via Genome-Wide Association Studies.

Many reports have highlighted the involvement of the gut microbiome in the occurrence, progression, and outcomes of neurological disorders. However, current reports are somewhat chaotic, especially concerning whether the gut microbiota has a causal effect on various neurological diseases. Furthermore, whether there is a common mechanism involving gut microbial communities in these neurological disorders has not to be revealed.

Traditional Chinese Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) remains a challenge for modern medicine due to its complex pathogenesis. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has demonstrated significant success in the prevention and treatment of variable medical conditions. For AD pharmacological management, TCM could provide promising approaches.

Forensic age estimation using Vieth classification in adolescents of northern China based on the knee MRI.

To investigate the applicability of the Vieth classification and characteristics of ossification age in knee joint in adolescents of northern China. A retrospective study was conducted on a total of 1517 MRI images of knee joints from patients aged 10 to 20 years in the northern China. Vieth classification was used to assess the ossification age of distal femur and proximal tibia.

The Bidirectional Relations Between Parental Autonomy Support, Gratitude and Academic Engagement in Chinese Adolescents.

Abundant evidence highlights the benefits of self-determined motivation (e.g., parental autonomy support as internalized extrinsic motivation, gratitude as intrinsic motivation) on academic engagement during adolescence, yet the potential mutual relations remain relatively unexplored.

TiN Boosting the Oxygen Reduction Performance of Fe-N-C through the Relay-Catalyzing Mechanism for Metal-Air Batteries.

Metal-air batteries desire highly active, durable, and low-cost oxygen reduction catalysts to replace expensive platinum (Pt). The Fe-N-C catalyst is recognized as the most promising candidate for Pt; however, its durability is hindered by carbon corrosion, while activity is restricted due to limited oxygen for the reaction. Herein, TiN is creatively designed to be hybridized with Fe-N-C (TiN/Fe-N-C) to relieve carbon corrosion and absorb more oxygen when catalyzing oxygen reduction.

Novel Meningoencephalomyelitis Associated With Vimentin IgG Autoantibodies.

Importance: Autoantibodies targeting astrocytes, such as those against glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or aquaporin protein 4, are crucial diagnostic markers for autoimmune astrocytopathy among central nervous system (CNS) autoimmune disorders. However, diagnosis remains challenging for patients lacking specific autoantibodies.

Objective: To characterize a syndrome of unknown meningoencephalomyelitis associated with an astrocytic autoantibody.

3D-Porous Electrocatalyst with Tip-Enhanced Electric Field Effect Enables High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer.

Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), as one of the most advanced methods for the green production of hydrogen, is greatly impeded by inefficient mass transfer. Here we present an efficiently reactant enriched and mass traffic system by integrating high-curvature Pt nanocones with 3D porous TiAl framework to enhance mass transfer rate. Theoretical simulations, in situ Raman spectroscopy and potential-dependent Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results disclose that the strong local electric field induced by high-curvature Pt can greatly promote the HO supply rate during HER, resulting in ∼1.

Newcastle Disease Virus-Vectored African Swine Fever Virus Antigen Cocktail Delays the Onset of ASFV-SY18 but Is Not Protective.

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease threatening the global pig industry. Currently, only two gene-deleted live attenuated vaccines are approved, exclusively in Vietnam, and their long-term effectiveness and safety are unproven, prompting the need for safer alternatives. This study assessed a cocktail of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) antigens delivered via a recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus (rNDV) vector against the genotype II ASFV-SY18.

High Performance of CsAgBiBr Perovskite-based Photodetectors by Adding DEAC.

Perovskite-based photodetectors (PDs) are broadly utilized in optical communication, non-destructive testing, and smart wearable devices due to their ability to convert light into electrical signals. However, toxicity and instability hold back their mass production and commercialization. The lead-free CsAgBiBr double perovskite film, promised to be an alternative, is fabricated by electrophoretic deposition (EPD), which compromises film quality.

An intracranial yolk sac tumor with initial symptom of hemorrhage in the basal ganglia: a case report.

We report a case and follow-up of an adult male with intracranial yolk sac tumor (YST). Initially, the patient presented with abnormal high signals in the right basal ganglia on MRI, misdiagnosed as a cavernous hemangioma. However, within 2 years, the condition rapidly progressed into a large, hypervascular solid neoplasm leading to a basal ganglia hemorrhage.