Crohn’s disease(CD),a type of inflammatory bowel disease,is a chronic,recurrent inflammatory disease of the intestine,with the main clinical manifestations including abdominal pain,diarrhea,and loss of body mass.The ...Crohn’s disease(CD),a type of inflammatory bowel disease,is a chronic,recurrent inflammatory disease of the intestine,with the main clinical manifestations including abdominal pain,diarrhea,and loss of body mass.The disease is common in Europe and the United States,and its incidence has increased in recent years in newly industrialized countries in Asia,Africa,and South America[1].展开更多
The objective of this work is to develop a new method for extracting nanocrystalline cellulose (CNC) from eucalyptus. CNC was isolated from eucalyptus using 6:4 (v/v) tetrahydrofuran/water. The chemical and crystallin...The objective of this work is to develop a new method for extracting nanocrystalline cellulose (CNC) from eucalyptus. CNC was isolated from eucalyptus using 6:4 (v/v) tetrahydrofuran/water. The chemical and crystalline structure of the isolated CNC was characterized by zeta potential measurements, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and UV-Vis spectroscopies, and X-ray powder diffractometry. The CNC morphology was characterized by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and particle size of CNC was determined by the Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) method. Cytotoxicity and zebrafish-toxicity experiments were also performed on CNC. The yield of CNC using the new extraction method was about 41%, and the extracted CNC particles were about 20 nm in diameter and about 40 nm long, on average. The zeta potential of the CNC was determined to be -56 eV and the CN particles were uniformly distributed in a suspension of 0.5 wt%. The prepared CNC was a type I polymorph with an intact crystal structure. Toxicity results revealed that 0.5 wt% is a safe CNC concentration, and that 2.5 mg/mL CNC is not teratogenic or lethal to zebrafish embryos or juveniles. The new extraction method developed in this study is environmentally friendly, and easy to operate with relatively low cost.展开更多
A new class of high-entropy oxide glasses 20LaO_(3/2)-20TiO_(2)-20NbO_(5/2)-20WO_(3)-20MO_(3/2)(M=B/Ga/In)were designed and successfully fabricated by aerodynamic containerless processing.The results show that one can...A new class of high-entropy oxide glasses 20LaO_(3/2)-20TiO_(2)-20NbO_(5/2)-20WO_(3)-20MO_(3/2)(M=B/Ga/In)were designed and successfully fabricated by aerodynamic containerless processing.The results show that one can control the properties and increase the functionality of glass by changing the type of M.The Vicker's hardness reaches the highest value of 6.45 GPa for glass M=B.The best thermal stability and the glass forming ability,measured using the glass-transition temperature T_(g) and the temperature gap ΔT respectively,are found in glass M=In,with T_(g)=740℃ and ΔT=72℃.The optical properties show that the as-prepared glasses exhibit good transparency and high refractive index.Especially for glass M=In,its transmittance reaches almost 78% from visible to IR region,and the value is nearly unchanged after electron beam irradiation,indicating good irradiation resistance of this high-entropy oxide glass.Furthermore,the glass M=In has the highest refractive index(n_(d)=2.46) and low wavelength dispersion(v_(d)=45.6).These results demonstrate that the conceptual design of high-entropy materials is adaptable to high performance oxide glasses,which should be promising host materials for optical applications such as smart phones with digital cameras and endoscopes.展开更多
Background and Aims:Timely and effective assessment scoring systems for predicting the mortality of patients with hepatitis E virus-related acute liver failure(HEV-ALF)are urgently needed.The present study aimed to es...Background and Aims:Timely and effective assessment scoring systems for predicting the mortality of patients with hepatitis E virus-related acute liver failure(HEV-ALF)are urgently needed.The present study aimed to establish an effective nomogram for predicting the mortality of HEV-ALF patients.Methods:The nomogram was based on a cross-sectional set of 404 HEV-ALF patients who were identified and enrolled from a cohort of 650 patients with liver failure.To compare the performance with that of the model for end-stage liver disease(MELD)scoring and CLIF-Consortiumacute-on-chronic liver failure score(CLIF-C-ACLFs)models,we assessed the predictive accuracy of the nomogram using the concordance index(C-index),and its discriminative ability using time-dependent receiver operating characteristics(td-ROC)analysis,respectively.Results:Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the development set carried out to predict mortality revealed that γ-glutamyl transpeptidase,albumin,total bilirubin,urea nitrogen,creatinine,international normalized ratio,and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio were independent factors,all of which were incorporated into the new nomogram to predict the mortality of HEV-ALF patients.The area under the curve of this nomogram for mortality prediction was 0.671(95%confidence interval:0.602-0.740),which was higher than that of the MELD and CLIF-C-ACLFs models.Moreover,the td-ROC and decision curves analysis showed that both discriminative ability and threshold probabilities of the nomogram were superior to those of the MELD and CLIF-C-ACLFs models.A similar trend was observed in the validation set.Conclusions:The novel nomogram is an accurate and efficient mortality prediction method for HEV-ALF patients.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (No.22ZR1458300)Special Clinical Research Project in the Health Industry of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (No.202340036)the Shanghai Rising-Star Program (19QA1408100).
文摘Crohn’s disease(CD),a type of inflammatory bowel disease,is a chronic,recurrent inflammatory disease of the intestine,with the main clinical manifestations including abdominal pain,diarrhea,and loss of body mass.The disease is common in Europe and the United States,and its incidence has increased in recent years in newly industrialized countries in Asia,Africa,and South America[1].
文摘The objective of this work is to develop a new method for extracting nanocrystalline cellulose (CNC) from eucalyptus. CNC was isolated from eucalyptus using 6:4 (v/v) tetrahydrofuran/water. The chemical and crystalline structure of the isolated CNC was characterized by zeta potential measurements, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and UV-Vis spectroscopies, and X-ray powder diffractometry. The CNC morphology was characterized by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and particle size of CNC was determined by the Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) method. Cytotoxicity and zebrafish-toxicity experiments were also performed on CNC. The yield of CNC using the new extraction method was about 41%, and the extracted CNC particles were about 20 nm in diameter and about 40 nm long, on average. The zeta potential of the CNC was determined to be -56 eV and the CN particles were uniformly distributed in a suspension of 0.5 wt%. The prepared CNC was a type I polymorph with an intact crystal structure. Toxicity results revealed that 0.5 wt% is a safe CNC concentration, and that 2.5 mg/mL CNC is not teratogenic or lethal to zebrafish embryos or juveniles. The new extraction method developed in this study is environmentally friendly, and easy to operate with relatively low cost.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51972048)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (N2123003)。
文摘A new class of high-entropy oxide glasses 20LaO_(3/2)-20TiO_(2)-20NbO_(5/2)-20WO_(3)-20MO_(3/2)(M=B/Ga/In)were designed and successfully fabricated by aerodynamic containerless processing.The results show that one can control the properties and increase the functionality of glass by changing the type of M.The Vicker's hardness reaches the highest value of 6.45 GPa for glass M=B.The best thermal stability and the glass forming ability,measured using the glass-transition temperature T_(g) and the temperature gap ΔT respectively,are found in glass M=In,with T_(g)=740℃ and ΔT=72℃.The optical properties show that the as-prepared glasses exhibit good transparency and high refractive index.Especially for glass M=In,its transmittance reaches almost 78% from visible to IR region,and the value is nearly unchanged after electron beam irradiation,indicating good irradiation resistance of this high-entropy oxide glass.Furthermore,the glass M=In has the highest refractive index(n_(d)=2.46) and low wavelength dispersion(v_(d)=45.6).These results demonstrate that the conceptual design of high-entropy materials is adaptable to high performance oxide glasses,which should be promising host materials for optical applications such as smart phones with digital cameras and endoscopes.
基金the National Science and Technology Major Project for Infectious Diseases(2012ZX10002004).
文摘Background and Aims:Timely and effective assessment scoring systems for predicting the mortality of patients with hepatitis E virus-related acute liver failure(HEV-ALF)are urgently needed.The present study aimed to establish an effective nomogram for predicting the mortality of HEV-ALF patients.Methods:The nomogram was based on a cross-sectional set of 404 HEV-ALF patients who were identified and enrolled from a cohort of 650 patients with liver failure.To compare the performance with that of the model for end-stage liver disease(MELD)scoring and CLIF-Consortiumacute-on-chronic liver failure score(CLIF-C-ACLFs)models,we assessed the predictive accuracy of the nomogram using the concordance index(C-index),and its discriminative ability using time-dependent receiver operating characteristics(td-ROC)analysis,respectively.Results:Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the development set carried out to predict mortality revealed that γ-glutamyl transpeptidase,albumin,total bilirubin,urea nitrogen,creatinine,international normalized ratio,and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio were independent factors,all of which were incorporated into the new nomogram to predict the mortality of HEV-ALF patients.The area under the curve of this nomogram for mortality prediction was 0.671(95%confidence interval:0.602-0.740),which was higher than that of the MELD and CLIF-C-ACLFs models.Moreover,the td-ROC and decision curves analysis showed that both discriminative ability and threshold probabilities of the nomogram were superior to those of the MELD and CLIF-C-ACLFs models.A similar trend was observed in the validation set.Conclusions:The novel nomogram is an accurate and efficient mortality prediction method for HEV-ALF patients.
