Research on neck dissection for oral squamous-cell carcinoma:a bibliometric analysis

Neck dissection for oral squamous-cell carcinoma(OSCC)is a clinically controversial issue and has therefore been the subject of abundant research.However,no one has performed a bibliometric study on this topic to date.The aim of this study was to assess the development of research on neck dissection for OSCC in terms of the historical evolution,current hotspots and future directions,particularly including research trends and frontiers from 2010 to 2019.Literature records related to research on neck dissection for OSCC were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection(WoSCC).CiteSpace was used as a tool to perform a bibliometric analysis of this topic.The survey included 2096 papers.“Otorhinolaryngology”was the most popular research area.The most active institutions and countries were Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the USA,respectively.Shah J.P.was the most cited author.Among the six identified“core journals”,Head&Neck ranked first.The top three trending keywords were‘invasion’,‘upper aerodigestive’and‘negative neck’.‘D’Cruz AK(2015)’was the most cited and the strongest burst reference in the last decade.The study evaluated the effect on survival of elective versus therapeutic neck dissection in patients with lateralized early-stage OSCC.The depth of invasion and the management of N0 OSCC were research frontiers in this field.The present study provides a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of research on neck dissection for OSCC,which will assist investigators in exploring potential research directions.

A fluorescent probe operating under weak acidic conditions for the visualization of HOCl in solid tumors in vivo

Levels of reactive oxygen species(ROS)in cancer cells or in the tumor microenvironment differ noticeably from those in normal cells and cellular microenvironments because ROS play important roles in all aspects of tumor physiology.However,due to the lack of adequate tools,it is difficult to study the relationship between ROS,especially certain types of ROS(e.g.,HOCl),and cancer.We report herein an HOCl-specific fluorescent probe,FDOCl-20,containing a thiocarbamide group as a receptor,for the visualization of HOCl in solid tumors in vivo.This probe displays high selectivity and sensitivity to HOCl,and is appropriate for use in acidic conditions,including the tumor microenvironment.Using FDOCl-20 as a tool,we can visualize HOCl in solid tumors in vivo.Importantly,the fluorescent intensity of FDOCl-20 is proportional to tumor volume.Thus,FDOCl-20 is a useful tool to investigate the relationship between HOCl and the physiological processes of tumors.

Diagnosis of sewer pipe defects on image recognition of multi-features and support vector machine in a southern Chinese city

Closed circuit television(CCTV)systems are widely used to inspect sewer pipe conditions.During the diagnosis process,the manual diagnosis of defects is time consuming,labor intensive and error prone.To assist inspectors in diagnosing sewer pipe defects on CCTV inspection images,this paper presents an image recognition algorithm that applies features extraction and machine learning approaches.An algorithm of image recognition techniques,including Hu invariant moment,texture features,lateral Fourier transform and Daubechies(DBn)wavelet transform,was used to describe the features of defects,and support vector machines were used to classify sewer pipe defects.According to the inspection results,seven defects were defined;the diagnostic system was applied to a sewer pipe system in a southern city of China,and 28,760 m of sewer pipes were inspected.The results revealed that the classification accuracies of the different defects ranged from 51.6% to 99.3%.The overall accuracy reached 84.1%.The diagnosing accuracy depended on the number of the training samples,and four fitting curves were applied to fit the data.According to this paper,the logarithmic fitting curve presents the highest coefficient of determination of 0.882,and more than 200 images need to be used for training samples to guarantee the accuracy higher than 85%.

SRSFs mediate the function of AR in the ovarian granulosa cells of patients with PCOS

Ovarian hyperandrogenism is one of the characteristics of polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS)and androgen receptor(AR)in ovarian granulosa cells(GCs)functions as an important element to the accumulation of androgens.This study verified the existence of alternative splicing variant of AR(AR-SVs)in the GCs of PCOS patients and found that the function of AR decreased significantly in the presence of AR-SVs.And compared to the normal individuals,the expression of Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 2(SRSF2)was higher and the expression of SRSF3 was lower in the GCs of patients with AR-SVs.More importantly,we found that the expression of SRSF2 was inhibited and that the expression of AR was decreased after the successful upregulation of miRNA-183,and testostrone(T)concentrations in the culture medium were increased.The results also showed that the expression of SRSF3 decreased when miRNA-124 was successfully upregulated,while the expression of AR significantly increased;however,the function of AR was also inhibited when T concentration in the culture medium was increased.This study has proved that SRSFs are regulated by corresponding miRNAs,and the altered expression of SRSFs interferenced the alternative splicing process of AR and ultimately decreased the function of AR,leading to the accumulation of androgens in the ovary.

Design of High-Contrast Mechanochromic Materials Based on Aggregation-Induced Emissive Pyran Derivatives Guided by Polymorph Predictions

High-contrast mechanochromic(MC)materials are prominent candidates for sensor,security,and memory applications;however,the development of materials with a large luminescence change(Δλem>100 nm)under external stimuli is challenging.Considering that polymorphic molecules usually exhibit reversible mechanochromism,polymorph prediction is adopted for thefirst time to guide the design of high-contrastMC materials in this study.We designed and synthesized a series of donor–π–acceptor pyran derivatives bearing different electron donors and acceptors as model systems.The polymorph prediction indicated that 4-dicyanomethylene-2,6-distyryl-4H-pyran and 4H-pyran-4-one derivatives had the potential to crystallize in both monomer andπ-dimer aggregates,while barbituric acid-based compound tended to pack tightly in all aggregated states.The experimental results agreed well with the prediction that the derivatives potentially possessing both monomer andπ-dimer aggregate structures exhibit excellent MC behavior,whereas the fluorescence difference for the barbituric acid-based compounds is minimal.Moreover,a compound with an excellent fluorescence difference of three colors during reversible mechanochromism was chosen as the candidate for an optical recording material and security ink.This work proposes an effective method to guide the design of stimuli-responsive materials,which may open promising avenues for the development of high-contrast MC molecules.

Seismic responses of an intensively constructed metro station-passageway-shaft structure system

Intensive construction methods offer benefits for metro station development,yet they present challenges for seismic design due to the spatially asymmetric configuration of passageway-shaft structures.In this study,a detailed numerical model of a station-passageway-shaft structure system built using intensive construction methods was developed and the deformation and damage modes under seismic loadings were analyzed.The results indicate that inconsistent deformation between the shaft and the station generates interaction through the connecting passageway,leading to damage near the opening of the station structure and both ends of the connecting passageway Damage is more severe under longitudinal excitation.Compared with the opening plan that spans four segments,the opening plan that spans five segments exacerbates the overall degree of damage to the structure system.Under transverse excitation,the presence of interior structures intensifies the damage to the station and connecting passageway,while with such internal structure in place the impact is relatively minor under longitudinal excitation.Reinforcement with steel segments near the station opening can appreciably attenuate the damage.In contrast,introducing flexible joints at both ends of the connecting passageway intensifies the damage.Hence,reinforcement using steel segments emerges as an optimal seismic mitigation strategy.