Synthesis of NiO/BiO composite nanosheets and their photocatalytic CO reduction performance.

The development of catalysts for photocatalytic reduction of CO is of great significance for addressing the excessive emission of CO. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of NiO/BiO composite nanoflakes and used them for photocatalytic CO reduction. Among them, Ni/Bi-30 exhibits the best CO reduction activity with a CO generation rate of 10.

Cognitive Impairment in CMV Seropositive and CMV Seronegative Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Background: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) experience a high burden of cytomegalovirus infection (CMV R) and long-term premature cognitive aging. We tested whether CMV was associated with post-KT cognitive impairment.

Methods: In a 2-center prospective cohort study of 574 KTRs (mean age: 54.

Comparative effectiveness of different prehabilitation strategies in patients undergoing digestive system cancer surgery: a network meta-analysis.

Background: This network meta-analysis (NMA) aimed to evaluate the efficacy of different prehabilitation modalities for patients undergoing digestive system cancer surgery.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the Web of Science was performed from inception to March 1, 2025. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing exercise-based prehabilitation (EX), nutrition-based prehabilitation (NU), or multimodal prehabilitation (Mul) were included.

Effect of ketorolac tromethamine on pain management in patients with condyloma acuminata treated with 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy.

Background: Photodynamic therapy is widely used to treat condyloma acuminatum, which has the advantages of proven efficacy, low recurrence rates, and local minimally or non-invasive. However, patients often experience significant pain during the treatment. How to alleviate the pain experienced by patients during photodynamic therapy has become a key focus of current discussions.

Intradialytic Cognitive and Aerobic Exercise Training to Preserve Cognitive Function: IMPCT, a Multi-Dialysis Center 2 × 2 Factorial Block-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Patients with end-stage kidney disease develop cognitive impairment due to comorbidities and dialysis dependence. Among community-dwelling older adults, cognitive (CT) and exercise training (ET) are promising interventions to preserve cognition; these interventions may be tailored for adults undergoing in-center hemodialysis.

Methods: Adult (≥18 years) English-speaking patients undergoing hemodialysis (within 3 months to 3 years of initiation) were enrolled in a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial: Interventions Made to Preserve Cognitive Function Trial (IMPCT).

Breaking the Activity-and-Selectivity Seesaw while Enhancing Heat Management via the Lattice Effect of a Single-Atom Alloy.

When single-atom catalysts are oriented toward practical applications, in addition to balancing the seesaw between activity and selectivity, the capability of thermal management also merits attention. Herein, we proposed a facility approach that, based on active Pd in the state of a single atom, tunes the guest Cu size to simultaneously enhance the effect of d-electron domination and the heat transfer behavior in microregions. Along with the Cu size in an order of magnitude increase, more delocalized electrons were generated and transferred to isolated Pd sites, with the d band center shifting from 1.

Panicle temperature explains contrasting yield responses of rice genotypes to elevated CO2 and increased temperature in T-FACE environments.

Elevated CO2 increases, while high temperature decreases, rice yield. We hypothesized that the interplay between these opposite effects varies across genotypes and these variations are associated with the ability of genotypes to avoid and tolerate stress. We evaluated a Japonica genotype (Changyou5) and an Indica genotype (Yangdao6) under combinations of two CO2 levels (ambient and enriched to 590 μmol mol-1) and two canopy temperatures (ambient and warmed by 2.

Bavachinin causes cholestasis by down-regulating BAAT expression and disrupting glycocholic acid synthesis in human liver organoids.

Psoraleae Fructus (Bu Gu Zhi, BGZ) is extensively utilized for dermatological and osseous disorders in China. BGZ-induced liver injury has become one of the major concerns, which predominantly cause cholestasis, with the pathogenesis not being fully elucidated. Currently, studies on hepatotoxic mechanisms of BGZ have mainly been conducted on 2D cell culture systems or rodent models, which may not fully encapsulate human pathophysiology.

Precision Intercalation of Organic Molecules in 2D Layered Materials: From Interface Chemistry to Low-Dimensional Physics.

The past few decades have witnessed significant development in intercalation chemistry research aimed at precisely controlling material properties. Intercalation, as a powerful surface and interface synthesis strategy, facilitates the insertion of external guests into van der Waals (vdW) gaps in two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, inducing various modulation effects (the weakening of interlayer interactions, changes in electronic structures, interfacial charge transfer, and symmetry manipulation) to tailor material properties while preserving intralayer covalent bonds. Importantly, benefiting from the very diverse structures and properties of organic molecules, their intercalation enables the integration of various molecules with a wide array of 2D materials, resulting in the creation of numerous organic-inorganic hybrid superlattices with exotic properties, which brings extensive potential applications in fields such as spintronics, superconductor electronics, optoelectronics, and thermoelectrics.

Development of a Cationic Polymeric Micellar Structure with Endosomal Escape Capability Enables Enhanced Intramuscular Transfection of mRNA-LNPs.

The endosomal escape of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) is crucial for efficient mRNA-based therapeutics. Here, we present a cationic polymeric micelle (cPM) as a safe and potent co-delivery system with enhanced endosomal escape capabilities. We synthesized a cationic and ampholytic di-block copolymer, poly (poly (ethylene glycol) methacrylate--hexyl methacrylate)--poly(butyl methacrylate--dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate--propyl acrylate) (p(PEGMA--HMA)--p(BMA--DMAEMA--PAA)), via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization.

Open-set deep learning-enabled single-cell Raman spectroscopy for rapid identification of airborne pathogens in real-world environments.

Pathogenic bioaerosols are critical for outbreaks of airborne disease; however, rapidly and accurately identifying pathogens directly from complex air environments remains highly challenging. We present an advanced method that combines open-set deep learning (OSDL) with single-cell Raman spectroscopy to identify pathogens in real-world air containing diverse unknown indigenous bacteria that cannot be fully included in training sets. To test and further enhance identification, we constructed the Raman datasets of aerosolized bacteria.

Patient Perspectives on the Use of Aging Metrics for Kidney Transplant Decision-Making.

Introduction: Frailty and cognitive function are often measured during kidney transplant evaluation. However, patient perspectives on the ethical considerations of this practice are unclear.

Research Question: What are patient perspectives on the use of aging metrics in kidney transplant decision-making?

Design: One hundred participants who were evaluated for kidney transplantation and were enrolled in an ongoing prospective cohort study (response rate = 61.

Evaluation of the potential horizontal gene transfer ability during chicken manure and pig manure composting.

Resistance genes have been identified as emerging pollutants due to their ability to rapidly spread in the environment through horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Microbial community serves as the pivotal factor influencing the frequency of HGT during manure composting. However, the characteristics of HGT in microbial community from different types of manure were unclear.

[Retracted] Chelerythrine chloride induces apoptosis in renal cancer HEK‑293 and SW‑839 cell lines.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.

Performance of antisaccades in patients with cerebral small vessel disease accompanied by white matter hyperintensities.

Objectives: The antisaccades (AS) task is considered a reliable indicator of inhibitory control of eye movements in humans. Achieving good AS performance requires efficient cognitive processes that are sensitive to changes in brain structure. White matter hyperintensities (WMH) can cause subcortical-cortical dysconnectivity, affecting diverse cognitive domains.

Achieving net zero energy heating by integrating the building envelope as a thermal battery.

Photovoltaic (PV) heating is a promising technology for achieving fossil fuel-free heating and carbon neutrality in the building sector. Cost-effective energy storage plays a critical role in PV heating to solve the temporal mismatch between supply and demand. Herein, we propose the concept of using a building envelope as an active energy-storage device for a PV heating system, thus transforming the building envelope into a thermal battery.

Analyses of lncRNA and mRNA profiles in recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide. Catheter ablation has become a crucial treatment for AF. However, there is a possibility of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation.

Quantitative proteomics analysis reveals an important role of the transcriptional regulator UidR in the bacterial biofilm formation of .

Introduction: Bacterial biofilm is a well-known characteristic that plays important roles in diverse physiological functions, whereas the current intrinsic regulatory mechanism of its formation is still largely unknown.

Methods: In the present study, a label-free based quantitative proteomics technology was conducted to compare the differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between and the wild-type strain in the biofilm state.

Results: The results showed that the deletion of gene uidR encoding a TetR transcriptional regulator significantly increased the biofilm formation in .

Development and Evaluation of a Multisource Approach to Extend Mortality Follow-Up for Older Adults With Advanced Cancer Enrolled in Randomized Trials.

Purpose: Mortality data can complement primary end points from cancer clinical trials. Yet, identifying deaths after trial completion is challenging, as timely and comprehensive vital status data are unavailable in the United States. We developed and evaluated a multisource approach to capture death data after clinical trial completion.

Performance of microbial inoculation and tricalcium phosphate on nitrogen retention and conversion: Core microorganisms and enzyme activity during kitchen waste composting.

The substantial release of NH during composting leads to nitrogen (N) losses and poses environmental hazards. Additives can mitigate nitrogen loss by adsorbing NH/NH, adjusting pH, and enhancing nitrification, thereby improving compost quality. Herein, we assessed the effects of combining bacterial inoculants (BI) (1.

Estimating indoor air temperature by obtaining outdoor building window surface temperature using infrared technology: An exploratory approach.

The determination of the indoor air temperature is necessary for evaluating human comfort, health, and living conditions. Existing measuring methods require entering a room, which can disturb the daily lives of residents and consume large amounts of manpower, material, and financial resources. To overcome these obstacles, an exploratory approach was proposed in this study to estimate the indoor air temperature by obtaining the outdoor building window surface temperature without intrusion using infrared technology.

Remote sensing of indoor thermal environment from outside the building through window opening gap by using infrared camera.

Investigation of housing indoor temperature is important for understanding the comfort, health and living conditions of the local residents. The traditional method to measure indoor temperature is to place sensors at the target places, which is not only expensive but also inconvenient for indoor temperature investigation, especially for the investigation at community and city scale. In this study, a novel method was proposed to obtain the indoor temperatures remotely from outside the building through window opening area using and infrared camera.