Transarterial chemoembolization plus lenvatinib with or without protein-1 inhibitor for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus (HCC-PVTT) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. While transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with lenvatinib (TACE-L) shows some promise, survival outcomes remain suboptimal. We hypothesize that TACE-L plus programmed cell death protein-1 inhibitors (TACE-L-P) may offer superior survival benefits compared to TACE-L in this patient population.

Efficacy of Flow Diverter versus Stent-Assisted Coiling for Treating Small- and Medium-Sized Intracranial Wide-Neck Cystic Aneurysms.

Objective: To study the efficacy of a flow diverter (FD) versus stent-assisted coiling (SAC) for the treatment of small- and medium-sized intracranial wide-neck cystic aneurysms.

Methods: Data were collected over 6 months from patients with small- and medium-sized wide-neck intracranial cystic aneurysms treated with FD or SAC at the Shenzhen Second People's Hospital of Neurovascular Surgery, China, from October 2018 to February 2023. Occlusive outcomes and postoperative complications were compared after employing propensity score matching to control for confounding factors.

Intelligent Detection Method of Atrial Fibrillation by CEPNCC-BiLSTM Based on Long-Term Photoplethysmography Data.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia characterized by intermittent and asymptomatic episodes. However, traditional detection methods often fail to capture the sporadic and intricate nature of AF, resulting in an increased risk of false-positive diagnoses. To address these challenges, this study proposes an intelligent AF detection and diagnosis method that integrates Complementary Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition, Power-Normalized Cepstral Coefficients, Bi-directional Long Short-term Memory (CEPNCC-BiLSTM), and photoelectric volumetric pulse wave technology to enhance accuracy in detecting AF.

Invasive cellular blue nevus in the cervical spine: A case report.

Introduction: Cellular blue nevus is an uncommon neoplasm in the spine.

Patient Concerns: Here, we present a case of a 24 years old male with a 2 months history of numbness in the right upper limb and shoulder.

Diagnosis: Cervical spine and subcutaneous tissue invasive cellular blue nevus.

A Two-dimensional Metal-Organic Framework as Promising Cathode for Advanced Lithium Storage.

Anthraquinone electrode materials are promising candidates for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to the abundance of anthraquinone and the high theoretical capacity, and good reversibility of the anthraquinone electrodes. However, the active anthraquinone materials are soluble in organic electrolytes, resulting in a sharp decay of capacity during the charge and discharge processes. Herein, we report on a two-dimensional calcium anthraquinone 2,3-dicarboxy metal-organic framework (2D CaAQDC MOF) fabricated using a simple hydrothermal method.

Polymer-Based Long-Lived Phosphorescence Materials over a Broad Temperature Based on Coumarin Derivatives as Information Anti-Counterfeiting.

The development of new polymer-based room-temperature phosphorescence materials is of great significance. By a special molecule design and a set of feasible property-enhancing strategies, coumarin derivatives (CMDs, M-M) were doped into polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyacrylamide (PAM), corn starch, and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as information anti-counterfeiting. CMDs-doped PVA and CMDs-doped corn starch films showed long-lived phosphorescence emissions up to 1246 ms (M-PVA) and 697 ms (M-corn starch), reaching over 10 s afterglow under naked eye observation under ambient conditions.

Changes of dissolved organic matter fractions and formation of oxidation byproducts during electrochemical treatment of landfill leachates: Development of spectroscopic indicators for process optimization.

Electrochemical oxidation (EO) is an attractive option for treatment of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in landfill leachate but concerns remain over the energy efficiency and formation of oxidation byproducts ClO and ClO. In this study, EO treatment of landfill leachates was carried out using representative active and nonactive anode materials, cell configurations and current densities. Size exclusion chromatograms coupled with 2D synchronous and asynchronous correlation analysis showed that the sensitivity of DOM fractions to EO degradation was dependent on the anode material.

Hypolimnetic deoxygenation enhanced production and export of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter in a large stratified reservoir.

Global impoundment of river systems represents a major anthropogenic forcing to carbon cycling in reservoirs with seasonal thermal stratification. Currently, a quantitative and mechanistic understanding of how hypolimnetic deoxygenation in stratified reservoirs alters dissolved organic matter (DOM) cycling and lateral transport along the river continuum remains unresolved. Herein, we used optical and high-resolution mass spectrometric analyses to track seasonal and spatial compositional changes of DOM from a large, subtropical impounded river in southeast China.

Geographical distribution and risk assessment of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites in Perna viridis mussels from the northern coast of the South China Sea.

Mussels (Perna viridis) were collected from the northern coast of the South China Sea (NSCS) to investigate the geographical distribution and potential risk of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites (DDTs). DDTs had concentrations that ranged from 248 ng/g to 4650 ng/g lipid weight (lw), with an average of 807 ± 932 ng/ng lw. A comparison of the levels of DDTs in mussels indicated that the NSCS is still one of the most polluted areas in the world, although a decreasing trend was observed.