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Aims: Cognitive frailty can increase the risk of adverse health outcomes in older adults. Estimates of the prevalence of cognitive frailty among older adults with diabetes varied widely in literature. This study aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta‐analysis to assess the pooled prevalence of cognitive frailty and risk factors in community‐dwelling older adults with diabetes, providing evidence for healthcare professionals to better understand the status of cognitive frailty and help develop effective interventions. Methods: Databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, Proquest, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and China Biology Medicine were searched from inception to February 10th, 2022. The reviewers independently selected studies, extracted data and assessed the quality of studies. Pooled prevalence of cognitive frailty and risk factors were estimated. Subgroup analysis, meta‐regression analysis, sensitivity analysis and publication bias were also conducted. Results: A total of 15 studies with 6391 participants were included in this review. The pooled prevalence of cognitive frailty was 11% (95%CI = 7.9–14%) in community‐dwelling older adults with diabetes. Pooled estimates showed that increasing age, higher level of HbA1c, shorter night sleep duration and depression were risk factors, and regular exercise was the protective factor of cognitive frailty in community‐dwelling older adults with diabetes. Conclusion: Cognitive frailty was common in community‐dwelling older adults with diabetes. Routine screening of cognitive frailty and effective interventions should be implemented for this population in community settings. Registration: PROSPERO ID CRD42021276973. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shewanella oneidensis is a facultative anaerobic γ-proteobacterium possessing remarkably diverse respiratory capacities for reducing various organic and inorganic substrates. As a veteran research model for investigating redox transformations of environmental contaminants the bacterium is well known to be a naturally ampicillin-resistant microorganism. However, in this study we discovered that ampicillin has a significant impact on growth of S. oneidensis. Particularly, cell lysis occurred only with ampicillin at levels ranging from 0.49 to 6.25 µg/ml but not at 50 µg/ml. This phenotype is attributable to insufficient expression of the β-lactamase BlaA. The subsequent analysis revealed that the blaA gene is strongly induced by ampicillin at high (50 µg/ml), but not at low levels (2.5 µg/ml). In addition, we demonstrated that penicillin binding protein 5 (PBP5), the most abundant low molecular weight PBP (LMW PBP), is the only one relevant to β-lactam resistance under the tested conditions. This nonessential PBP, largely resembling its Escherichia coli counterpart in functionality, mediates expression of the blaA gene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: A new type of photovoltaic system with higher generation power density has been studied in detail. The feature of the system is a V-shaped module (VSM) with two tilted monocrystalline solar cells. Compared to solar cells in a flat orientation, the VSM enhances external quantum efficiency and leads to an increase of 31% in power conversion efficiency. Due to the VSM technique, short-circuit current density was raised from 24.94 to 33.7mA/cm2, but both fill factor and open-circuit voltage were approximately unchanged. For the VSM similar results (about 30% increase) were obtained for solar cells fabricated by using mono-crystalline silicon wafers with only conventional background impurities. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]