Multi-scale structure provides new insights into the physicochemical and digestive behaviors of kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) starch obtained from defective hard fruits.

The anti-digestive mechanism of kiwifruit starch obtained from defective hard fruits was explored from multi-scale structural perspective. The results indicated that kiwifruit starch belonged to small-granule B-type starch, characterized by stable semi-crystalline structure with hilum at the geometric center and relatively indistinct growth rings. Compared with commercial wheat and potato starch, it contained higher proportion of long-chain amylopectin, had higher protein and resistant starch content (63.

CHMP6 as a novel prognostic biomarker in bladder cancer: insights from a comprehensive cell death-related gene risk model.

Introduction: Bladder cancer (BLCA) is a prevalent and aggressive disease characterized by substantial molecular heterogeneity, complicating its diagnosis and treatment. Existing therapies, including surgery and chemotherapy, often lack specificity. Alterations in cell death mechanisms, such as ferroptosis, cuproptosis, and immunogenic cell death, significantly impact cancer progression and prognosis.

Anionic TeO doped CoS nanomaterials for high-performance magnesium-ion battery cathode materials.

Rechargeable magnesium-ion batteries (RMBs) exhibit distinct advantages, such as superior theoretical capacity, economic viability, and enhanced safety features, making them a promising alternative to traditional energy storage systems. Nevertheless, the current research of high-performance RMBs is still fraught with many shortcomings of the unexpected actual capacity, poor cycling stability rapid energy decay, and a relatively short lifespan. Herein, Grape-bunch CoS/Te materials are prepared by one-step metal sulfide template-free anion-doped solvent-thermal synthesis.

Experimental Investigation on Water-Glycerol Droplets with Varying Viscosities Impacting a Supercooled Superhydrophobic Surface.

Droplet rebounding from superhydrophobic surfaces represents a promising approach in anti-icing applications. The liquid viscosity and surface supercooling significantly influence the rebounding behavior. This study investigates the impact of a water-glycerol droplet with varying viscosities on a cold superhydrophobic surface through experimental methods.

Distinct genetic alterations in CD10-negative MUM1-positive follicular lymphoma.

Conventional follicular lymphoma (FL) is positive for CD10 and negative for multiple myeloma oncogene 1 (MUM1). However, a subset of FL shows CD10-MUM1+ features, and the genetic alterations of this unique FL subtype are poorly understood. Thus, we conducted whole-exome sequencing in 20 cases of CD10-MUM1+ FL and analysed the genetic and clinicopathological features of these patients.

Spatiotemporal evolution of small microplastics in agricultural soils from long-term pig manure application.

Long-term application of organic fertilizers serves as a nutrient source in agriculture, yet the contamination of these materials with small microplastics (sMPs, 20-500 μm) remains poorly understood. Research on the accumulation and morphological transformation of sMPs in soils under extended fertilization regimes is currently scarce. This study employed Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) Spectroscopy to quantify and characterize sMPs in soils subjected to four fertilization regimes: no fertilizer (CK), pig manure (M), nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilizer, and a combination of NPK and pig manure (MNPK).

Intersection of Cardio-Oncology: An Overview of Radiation-Induced Heart Disease in the Context of Tumors.

Radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD) is a prevalent cardiovascular complication of radiation therapy, with coronary heart disease being the most common manifestation. Clinical presentations of RIHD vary and may include conduction abnormalities, ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and valvular damage. Even low doses of radiation significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, often associated with severe stenosis detected via angiography.

Factors influencing the development of osteoporosis in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Background: To explore the influencing factors of osteoporosis (OP) in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methodology: A total of 145 elderly patients with RA were divided into comorbidity group (with OP) of 79 patients and RA group (without OP) of 66 patients. Demographic data and laboratory parameters were collected from patients.

Enhancing heart and circulatory well-being through optimized radial artery techniques: a meta-analysis of hemostasis and patient comfort.

Objective: This meta-analysis elucidates the efficacy of the Transradial Band Device (TR Band) in minimizing complications like radial artery occlusion and hematoma, preserving heart health, and enhancing blood flow post-transradial catheterization.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search across databases including PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase examined the impact of radial artery compression techniques and decompression times on complications. Data from 13 studies were analyzed using R 4.

Clinical Application of a Big Data Machine Learning Analysis Model for Osteoporotic Fracture Risk Assessment Built on Multicenter Clinical Data in Qingdao City.

Background: Osteoporotic fractures (OPF) pose a public health issue, imposing significant burdens on families and societies worldwide. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive and validated risk assessment models for OPF. This study aims to develop a model to assess and predict the risk of OPF in Qingdao City, China.

RSK4 promotes the metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma by activating RUNX1-mediated angiogenesis.

Ribosomal S6 protein kinase 4 (RSK4), a member of the serine‒threonine kinase family, plays a vital role in the Ras‒MAPK pathway. This kinase is responsible for managing several cellular activities, including cell growth, proliferation, survival, and mobility. In this study, we observed higher RSK4 protein expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) than in normal kidney tissue, and the overexpression of RSK4 might predict poor outcomes for ccRCC patients.

Immune senescence: A key player in cancer biology.

With the rapid development of immunological techniques in recent years, our understanding of immune senescence has gradually deepened, but the role of immune senescence in cancer biology remains incompletely elucidated. Understanding these mechanisms and interactions is crucial for the development of tumor biology. This review examines five key areas: the classification and main features of immune senescence, factors influencing immune cell senescence in cancer, the reciprocal causal cycle between immune senescence and malignancy, and the potential of immune senescence as a target for cancer immunotherapy.

Weakly Solvating Cyclic Ether-Based Deep Eutectic Electrolytes for Stable High-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries.

Deep eutectic electrolytes (DEE) have emerged as an innovative approach to address the instability and safety issues of lithium metal batteries at elevated temperatures. However, in practice, there is often an undesirable incompatibility between the eutectic mixture and electrodes, and also an insufficient reduction stability of DEE due to the increased Li concentration. Herein, we designed a new DEE by utilizing weakly solvating tetrahydropyran (THP) solvent.

STC1 promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression and is associated with poor prognosis.

Background: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a malignant tumor that poses a significant threat to human health. Patients are often diagnosed at advanced stages of the disease, resulting in poor clinical outcomes and a short survival period. Recent advances have revealed that ESCC tumors exhibit distinct molecular biological characteristics.

Vapor Nucleation on Hybrid-Wetting Nanoconvex Surfaces: The Competition between Intrinsic Wettability and Topography.

Hybrid-wetting surfaces with hydrophilic spots reduced from the micrometer to nanometer scale have been confirmed to enhance vapor nucleation while simultaneously minimizing droplet pinning. Given that surface topography also plays a critical role in influencing nucleation characteristics, the effect of competition between intrinsic wettability and topography on nucleation remains unclear when both surface topography and hydrophilic regions approach the critical nucleation size. This work investigated vapor nucleation on two types of hybrid-wetting nanoconvex surfaces.

Droplet Impact on the Superhydrophobic Surface with Singularities.

Reducing the contact time of an impacting droplet is highly desirable in various industrial fields including anti-icing. With the straightforward upscaling advantage, singularities on superhydrophobic surfaces can induce an annular rebound with a limited reduction in contact time. To break this limitation and further reduce contact time, this study focuses on optimizing the singularity number and arrangement.

Droplet Impact on Superhydrophobic Mesh Surfaces.

Reducing the contact time of droplet impacts on surfaces is crucial for various applications including corrosion prevention and anti-icing. This study aims to explore a novel strategy that greatly reduces contact time using a superhydrophobic mesh surface with multiple sets of mutually perpendicular ridges while minimizing the influence of the impacting location. The effects of the impact Weber numbers and ridge spacing on the characteristics of the impact dynamics and contact time are studied experimentally.

Novel AT2 Cell Subpopulations and Diagnostic Biomarkers in IPF: Integrating Machine Learning with Single-Cell Analysis.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a long-term condition with an unidentified cause, and currently there are no specific treatment options available. Alveolar epithelial type II cells (AT2) constitute a heterogeneous population crucial for secreting and regenerative functions in the alveolus, essential for maintaining lung homeostasis. However, a comprehensive investigation into their cellular diversity, molecular features, and clinical implications is currently lacking.

Bouncing Dynamics of Drops' Successive Off-Center Impact.

Bouncing dynamics of a trailing drop off-center impacting a leading drop with varying time intervals and Weber numbers are investigated experimentally. Whether the trailing drop impacts during the spreading or receding process of the leading drop is determined by the time interval. For a short time interval of 0.

Ni-Substituted SrFeMoO as an Electrode Material for Symmetrical and Reversible Solid-Oxide Cells.

This work develops a novel perovskite SrFeNiMoO (SFNM) simultaneously using as a fuel electrode and oxygen electrode in a reversible solid oxide cell (RSOC). SFNM shows outstanding electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen oxidation, hydrogen evolution, oxygen reduction, and oxygen evolution. In situ exsolution and dissolution of Fe-Ni alloy nanoparticles in SFNM is revealed.

Coalescence-Induced Jumping of Nanodroplets in a Perpendicular Electric Field: A Molecular Dynamics Study.

Coalescence-induced jumping has promised a substantial reduction in the droplet detachment size and consequently shows great potential for heat-transfer enhancement in dropwise condensation. In this work, using molecular dynamics simulations, the evolution dynamics of the liquid bridge and the jumping velocity during coalescence-induced nanodroplet jumping under a perpendicular electric field are studied for the first time to further promote jumping. It is found that using a constant electric field, the jumping performance at the small intensity is weakened owing to the continuously decreased interfacial tension.

Characterization of Water Vapor Sorption Performance and Heat Storage of MIL-101 (Cr) Complex MgCl, LiCl/LaCl System for Adsorptive Thermal Conversion.

Adsorption heat conversion systems can provide heating and cooling across time and space in a more environmentally friendly way. Porous materials are potential candidates for water-based adsorption thermal conversion, in which a metal-organic framework (MOF) has a larger specific surface area and porosity than other porous matrices. However, many MOFs with high saturated adsorption capacity have great deficiencies in performance at low water vapor partial pressure, which hinder their application in adsorption thermal conversion.