Publications by authors named "Xiaoying Ren"

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is highly prevalent. Advanced CKM stages have the potential for multiorgan disease, premature mortality, and excess morbidity. Magnesium deficiency has a prominent impact on the components of CKM syndrome.

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Estuarine wetlands, as globally critical carbon sink systems, rely heavily on the dynamics of soil particulate organic carbon (POC) to regulate carbon cycling. However, the mechanisms underlying how plant-fungal synergies under mixed plant communities drive POC accumulation remain unclear. This study focuses on the Min River Estuary wetlands, comparing the effects of mangrove wetland, Phragmites australis wetland, and mixed P.

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Reducing chemical fertilizer use while enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) stability, through straw return and biochar amendment presents an integrated strategy for climate change mitigation and sustainable agriculture. However, the effectiveness of their carbon (C) sequestration potential and organic C pool stability is influenced by varing environmental conditions. This study investigated the effects of straw and biochar on C sequestration potential and SOC pool stability in jasmine garden soil in Fuzhou, China.

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Aim: We aimed to investigate the association of peripheral blood METTL3 (Methyltransferase Like 3) mRNA expression levels with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Materials And Methods: A case-control study including 1501 participants from the Henan Rural Cohort study was performed. Peripheral blood METTL3 mRNA expression levels were quantified by qRT-PCR.

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Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among women worldwide and is a major contributor to cancer-related mortality. The tumor microenvironment (TME), composed of tumor cells, immune infiltrates, fibroblasts, and vascular components, is critically involved in tumor initiation, metastatic progression, and therapeutic response. In recent years, therapies targeting the TME have undergone rapid advancements, with the objective of enhancing antitumor immunity.

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Background: For over half a century, dietary guidelines have consistently advocated for the substitution of saturated fatty acids (SFA) with monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) as a cornerstone strategy for health life, but evidence on independent associations between specific fatty acids and mortality remains inconsistent.

Methods: This prospective cohort study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2018 analyzed 21,823 participants aged 20-80 years. Survey-weighted Cox regression assessed associations between SFA, MUFA, PUFA intake, and their ratios to the total fat (TFAT) intake quantity, and all-cause mortality.

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  • The paper discusses advanced welding technology using silver (Ag) nanowires, highlighting its importance for creating reliable micro- and nanodevices, especially flexible ones.
  • It describes the successful creation of self-limiting joints with mechanical and electrical properties similar to the base material by utilizing laser irradiation, complemented by an analysis technique called cathodoluminescence.
  • The study further explores the effects of different laser settings on the joints’ characteristics through theoretical simulations and experimental tensile tests, focusing on the atomic interactions during welding and stretching.
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Purpose: To investigate the separate and joint association between snoring and total sleep duration with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in both genders within Chinese rural community.

Methods: The Henan Rural Cohort Study included a total of 28093 participants. Data on snoring and total sleep duration were obtained through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

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Objective: To evaluate the safety and necessity of vasopressor infusion through midline catheter.

Methods: A convenient sampling method was used for a controlled study. A total of 88 adult patients who used vasopressors admitted to respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) of Fenyang Hospital in Shanxi Province from June 2022 to June 2023 were enrolled as the research subjects.

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Background: Refractory exit-site infections (ESIs) and tunnel infections (TIs) are challenging complications for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study compared the outcomes of surgical intervention, notably the cuff-shaving (CS) procedure coupled with negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT), and conservative management strategies for patients with refractory ESI and TI.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent PD at our center, focusing on the incidence and management of ESI and TI.

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  • The Yellow River Delta significantly influenced the Neolithic civilization in China, but its population history remains unclear due to limited ancient genome data.
  • This study presents genome-wide data from 69 ancient individuals and 325 modern individuals in Shandong, revealing a notable influx of ancestry from central and southern China during key Neolithic periods.
  • Genetic analysis indicates that the Longshan culture is closely related to the Dawenkou culture, with post-Neolithic migrations shaping the region's genetic diversity and modern populations.
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China's Northern and Southern Dynasties period (3rd-6th centuries AD) marked a significant era of ethnic integration in northern China. However, previous ancient DNA studies have primarily focused on northern ethnic groups, with limited research on the genetic formation of the hereditary elite family, especially considering their abundant archaeological record and clear material identity. In this study, we obtain the ancient genome of a hereditary elite family, Gao Bin (, 503 AD-572 AD), at 0.

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Emperor Wu (, Wudi) of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty, named Yuwen Yong (, 543-578 CE), was a highly influential emperor who reformed the system of regional troops, pacified the Turks, and unified the northern part of the country. His genetic profile and physical characteristics, including his appearance and potential diseases, have garnered significant interest from the academic community and the public. In this study, we have successfully generated a 0.

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Aim: Patients undergoing dialysis are at high risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Haemoglobin (Hb) levels may be changed in patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). Therefore, we aimed to explore the effect of anti-anaemia treatment on such patients.

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Background: Patients are prone to intestinal dysfunction after esophagectomy. The value of preoperative bowel preparation before esophagectomy is controversial. There is a lack of evidence as to whether preoperative bowel preparation can help patients improve bowel function and shorten the recovery time of bowel function.

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Background: Conscious sedation anesthesia (CSA) is an anesthetic method during peritoneal dialysis catheter implantation. However, lack of optimal CSA strategies for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This study aimed to evaluate the analgesic effects and safety of CSA using different doses of remifentanil combined with dexmedetomidine during peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion.

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Objectives: To evaluate a two-test strategy for HIV screening in the low-prevalence population and to assess the feasibility of utilizing the optimal signal-to-cutoff (S/CO) threshold on the chemiluminescence immunoassay(CMIA) and an additional rapid test on the gold immune-chromatography assay (GICA) for screening positive patients and optimization of clinical management.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of samples analyzed by the fourth-generation Architect HIV Ag/Ab combo assay (CMIA) in a large medical center between June 2017 and August 2020. Reactive samples underwent a second screening test using the rapid test GICA, followed by Western blot (WB) as the confirmatory test.

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  • The Datong Basin served as a site for interaction and mixture between Han farmers from the Yellow River Valley and non-Han nomads from the Eastern Steppe, leading to uncertainty about the region's genetic history.
  • Analysis of 289 mitogenomes showed high genetic diversity in the Datong population, with significant population expansion and close genetic ties to Northern Han subgroups, especially those from northern frontiers.
  • The maternal gene pool of the Datong population was primarily composed of northern East Asian lineage (66.44%), with a smaller contribution from southern East Asians (31.49%) and negligible west Eurasian influence (2.07%), highlighting a stronger genetic connection to Yellow River farmers despite historical nomadic dominance
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Condition-monitoring and anomaly-detection methods used for the assessment of wind turbines are key to reducing operation and maintenance (O&M) cost and improving their reliability. In this study, based on the sparrow search algorithm (SSA), bidirectional long short-term memory networks with a self-attention mechanism (SABiLSTM), and a binary segmentation changepoint detection algorithm (BinSegCPD), a condition-monitoring method (SSA-SABiLSTM-BinSegCPD, SSD) used for wind turbines is proposed. Specifically, the self-attention mechanism, which can mine the nonlinear dynamic characteristics and spatial-temporal features inherent in the SCADA time series, was introduced into a two-layer BiLSTM network to establish a normal-behavior model for wind turbine key components.

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A high point of Tibetan Plateau (TP) civilization, the expansive Tubo Empire (618-842 AD) wielded great influence across ancient western China. However, whether the Tubo expansion was cultural or demic remains unclear due to sparse ancient DNA sampling. Here, we reported ten ancient genomes at 0.

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Children's behavior problems are not conducive to their sustainable development. Therefore, it is of great value to explore the mechanism of relevant influencing factors on the behavior problems of rural preschoolers. This study aimed to reveal the direct effect of parental psychological flexibility on children's behavior problems and the mediating effect of children's emotion regulation.

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Background: Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the endocrine system. Most patients with thyroid cancer have a good prognosis, although a small proportion experience recurrence and metastasis and have a poor prognosis. Ferroptosis is a novel form of regulated cell death (RCD); previous studies have confirmed that ferroptosis was associated with thyroid cancer.

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Background: Ferroptosis is widely involved in the occurrence and development of various cancers, but a specific mechanism involving ferroptosis in cervical cancer is still unclear.

Methods: Based on the expressions of ferroptosis-related genes, a prognostic model was constructed using lasso regression, and the overall predictive performance of this model was verified. An in-depth analysis of the prognostic model was then conducted.

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Ferroptosis is a multistep regulated cell death process induced by iron accumulation and lipid peroxidation. Classical GPX4-dependent pathway and GPX4-independent pathways can independently and synergistically inhibit ferroptosis and jointly maintain the oxidative balance of the body. WHO defines obesity as "a condition of abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissue, to the extent that health may be impaired," and obesity is also defined as an adiposity-based chronic disease (ABCD).

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Objective: To explore the effect of bundle management strategy in early mobility of patients with mechanical ventilation.

Methods: Seventy-two mechanically ventilated patients admitted to the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) of Fenyang Hospital of Shanxi Province from December 2019 to June 2020 were enrolled. The patients were divided into routine nursing control group (routine control group) and early mobility bundle management group (bundle group), with 36 cases in each group.

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