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2. CinE caRdiac magneTic resonAnce to predIct veNTricular arrhYthmia (CERTAINTY)
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Krebs, Julian, Mansi, Tommaso, Delingette, Hervé, Lou, Bin, Lima, Joao A. C., Tao, Susumu, Ciuffo, Luisa A., Norgard, Sanaz, Butcher, Barbara, Lee, Wei H., Chamera, Ela, Dickfeld, Timm-Michael, Stillabower, Michael, Marine, Joseph E., Weiss, Robert G., Tomaselli, Gordon F., Halperin, Henry, Wu, Katherine C., and Ashikaga, Hiroshi
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- 2021
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3. A contrastive learning approach for ICU false arrhythmia alarm reduction
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Yuerong Zhou, Guoshuai Zhao, Jun Li, Gan Sun, Xueming Qian, Benjamin Moody, Roger G. Mark, and Li-wei H. Lehman
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Electrocardiography ,Intensive Care Units ,Multidisciplinary ,Clinical Alarms ,Humans ,Arrhythmias, Cardiac ,False Positive Reactions ,Monitoring, Physiologic - Abstract
The high rate of false arrhythmia alarms in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) can lead to disruption of care, negatively impacting patients’ health through noise disturbances, and slow staff response time due to alarm fatigue. Prior false-alarm reduction approaches are often rule-based and require hand-crafted features from physiological waveforms as inputs to machine learning classifiers. Despite considerable prior efforts to address the problem, false alarms are a continuing problem in the ICUs. In this work, we present a deep learning framework to automatically learn feature representations of physiological waveforms using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to discriminate between true vs. false arrhythmia alarms. We use Contrastive Learning to simultaneously minimize a binary cross entropy classification loss and a proposed similarity loss from pair-wise comparisons of waveform segments over time as a discriminative constraint. Furthermore, we augment our deep models with learned embeddings from a rule-based method to leverage prior domain knowledge for each alarm type. We evaluate our method using the dataset from the 2015 PhysioNet Computing in Cardiology Challenge. Ablation analysis demonstrates that Contrastive Learning significantly improves the performance of a combined deep learning and rule-based-embedding approach. Our results indicate that the final proposed deep learning framework achieves superior performance in comparison to the winning entries of the Challenge.
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- 2021
4. Evolution of solidification texture during additive manufacturing
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Wei, H. L., primary, Mazumder, J., additional, and DebRoy, T., additional
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- 2015
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5. Controlling spin-dependent tunneling by bandgap tuning in epitaxial rocksalt MgZnO films
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Li, D. L., primary, Ma, Q. L., additional, Wang, S. G., additional, Ward, R. C. C., additional, Hesjedal, T., additional, Zhang, X.-G., additional, Kohn, A., additional, Amsellem, E., additional, Yang, G., additional, Liu, J. L., additional, Jiang, J., additional, Wei, H. X., additional, and Han, X. F., additional
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- 2014
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6. A contrastive learning approach for ICU false arrhythmia alarm reduction
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Yuerong Zhou, Guoshuai Zhao, Jun Li, Gan Sun, Xueming Qian, Benjamin Moody, Roger G. Mark, and Li-wei H. Lehman
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract The high rate of false arrhythmia alarms in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) can lead to disruption of care, negatively impacting patients’ health through noise disturbances, and slow staff response time due to alarm fatigue. Prior false-alarm reduction approaches are often rule-based and require hand-crafted features from physiological waveforms as inputs to machine learning classifiers. Despite considerable prior efforts to address the problem, false alarms are a continuing problem in the ICUs. In this work, we present a deep learning framework to automatically learn feature representations of physiological waveforms using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to discriminate between true vs. false arrhythmia alarms. We use Contrastive Learning to simultaneously minimize a binary cross entropy classification loss and a proposed similarity loss from pair-wise comparisons of waveform segments over time as a discriminative constraint. Furthermore, we augment our deep models with learned embeddings from a rule-based method to leverage prior domain knowledge for each alarm type. We evaluate our method using the dataset from the 2015 PhysioNet Computing in Cardiology Challenge. Ablation analysis demonstrates that Contrastive Learning significantly improves the performance of a combined deep learning and rule-based-embedding approach. Our results indicate that the final proposed deep learning framework achieves superior performance in comparison to the winning entries of the Challenge.
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- 2022
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7. CinE caRdiac magneTic resonAnce to predIct veNTricular arrhYthmia (CERTAINTY)
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Julian Krebs, Tommaso Mansi, Hervé Delingette, Bin Lou, Joao A. C. Lima, Susumu Tao, Luisa A. Ciuffo, Sanaz Norgard, Barbara Butcher, Wei H. Lee, Ela Chamera, Timm-Michael Dickfeld, Michael Stillabower, Joseph E. Marine, Robert G. Weiss, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Henry Halperin, Katherine C. Wu, and Hiroshi Ashikaga
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Abstract Better models to identify individuals at low risk of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) are needed for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) candidates to mitigate the risk of ICD-related complications. We designed the CERTAINTY study (CinE caRdiac magneTic resonAnce to predIct veNTricular arrhYthmia) with deep learning for VA risk prediction from cine cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Using a training cohort of primary prevention ICD recipients (n = 350, 97 women, median age 59 years, 178 ischemic cardiomyopathy) who underwent CMR immediately prior to ICD implantation, we developed two neural networks: Cine Fingerprint Extractor and Risk Predictor. The former extracts cardiac structure and function features from cine CMR in a form of cine fingerprint in a fully unsupervised fashion, and the latter takes in the cine fingerprint and outputs disease outcomes as a cine risk score. Patients with VA (n = 96) had a significantly higher cine risk score than those without VA. Multivariate analysis showed that the cine risk score was significantly associated with VA after adjusting for clinical characteristics, cardiac structure and function including CMR-derived scar extent. These findings indicate that non-contrast, cine CMR inherently contains features to improve VA risk prediction in primary prevention ICD candidates. We solicit participation from multiple centers for external validation.
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- 2021
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8. Efficient removal of ammonia-nitrogen in wastewater by zeolite molecular sieves prepared from coal fly ash.
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Jiang Q, He J, Wang Y, Chen B, Tian K, Yang K, Wei H, and Xu X
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Zeolite molecular sieves are potential adsorbents for wastewater treatment, characterized by high efficiency, simple process, easy regeneration, and low treatment cost. In this study, zeolite A molecular sieves were prepared using coal fly ash (CFA), which is an effective method for the utilization of CFA. The results showed that the CFA-based zeolite molecular sieves synthesized under optimized conditions exhibited excellent adsorption and removal rates (> 40%) for ammonia-nitrogen in wastewater of different concentrations and properties. The analysis of adsorption kinetics revealed that the adsorption process followed pseudo-second-order kinetics model, indicating that the adsorption of ammonia-nitrogen on zeolite is primarily controlled by chemisorption rather than physisorption. The adsorption process can be divided into two stages, with a higher adsorption rate and a smaller diffusion boundary layer thickness in the first stage, and a lower adsorption rate and an increased diffusion boundary layer thickness in the second stage. This indicates that as the adsorption proceeds, the internal diffusion resistance within the particles gradually increases, leading to a decrease in the adsorption rate until reaching equilibrium, where both the diffusion and adsorption become stable. The adsorption isotherms of ammonia-nitrogen on zeolite A conformed to the assumptions of the Langmuir model, suggesting that the adsorption mechanism primarily involves uniform monolayer adsorption on the surface without intermolecular interactions., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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9. An experimental and theoretical study on the creep behavior of silt soil in the Yellow River flood area of Zhengzhou City.
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Gu Z, Wei H, and Liu Z
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We took the silt soil in the Yellow River flood area of Zhengzhou City as the research object and carried out triaxial shear and triaxial creep tests on silt soil with different moisture contents (8%, 10%, 12%, 14%) to analyze the effect of moisture content on silt soil. In addition, the influence of moisture contents on soil creep characteristics and long-term strength was analyzed. Based on the fractional derivative theory, we established a fractional derivative model that can effectively describe the creep characteristics of silt soil in all stages, and used the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm to inversely identify the relevant parameters of the fractional derivative creep model. The results show that the shear strengths of silt soil samples with moisture contents of 8%, 10%, 12% and 14% are 294 kPa, 236 kPa, 179 kPa and 161 kPa, respectively. The shear strength of silt soil decreases with increasing moisture content. When the moisture content increases, the cohesion of the silt soil decreases. Under the same deviatoric stress, the higher the moisture content of the silt soil, the greater the deformation will be. The long-term strength of silt soil decreases exponentially with the increase of moisture content. If the moisture content is 12%, the long-term strength loss rate of silt soil is the smallest, with a value of 32.96%. The calculated values of our creep model based on fractional derivatives have a high goodness of fit with the experimental results. This indicates that our model can better simulate the creep characteristics of silt soil. This study can provide a theoretical basis for engineering construction and geological disaster prevention in silt soil areas in the Yellow River flood area., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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10. Retinal microvascular changes in patients with pancreatitis and their clinical significance.
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Luo YQ, Xu ZS, Hu JY, Ge QM, Zou J, Wei H, Zhou XM, Liao X, Ling Q, He LQ, Chen C, Wang XY, Zeng YM, and Shao Y
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- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Case-Control Studies, Clinical Relevance, Microvessels diagnostic imaging, Microvessels pathology, Microvessels physiopathology, Visual Acuity, Pancreatitis complications, Pancreatitis pathology, Pancreatitis physiopathology, Retinal Vessels diagnostic imaging, Retinal Vessels pathology, Tomography, Optical Coherence methods
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Acute pancreatitis, a common exocrine inflammatory disease affecting the pancreas, is characterized by intense abdominal pain and multiple organ dysfunction. However, the alterations in retinal blood vessels among individuals with acute pancreatitis remain poorly understood. This study employed optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) to examine the superficial and deep retinal blood vessels in patients with pancreatitis. Sixteen patients diagnosed with pancreatitis (32 eyes) and 16 healthy controls (32 eyes) were recruited from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University for participation in the study. Various ophthalmic parameters, such as visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and OCTA image for retina consisting of the superficial retinal layer (SRL) and the deep retinal layer (DRL), were recorded for each eye. The study observed the superficial and deep retinal microvascular ring (MIR), macrovascular ring (MAR), and total microvessels (TMI) were observed. Changes in retinal vascular density in the macula through annular partitioning (C1-C6), hemispheric quadrant partitioning (SR, SL, IL, and IR), and early diabetic retinopathy treatment studies (ETDRS) partitioning methods (R, S, L, and I). Correlation analysis was employed to investigate the relationship between retinal capillary density and clinical indicators. Our study revealed that in the superficial retinal layer, the vascular density of TMI, MIR, MAR, SR, IR, S, C2, C3 regions were significantly decreased in patients group compared with the normal group. For the deep retinal layer, the vascular density of MIR, SR, S, C1, C2 regions also reduced in patient group. The ROC analysis demonstrated that OCTA possesses significant diagnostic performance for pancreatitis. In conclusion, patients with pancreatitis may have retinal microvascular dysfunction, and OCTA can be a valuable tool for detecting alterations in ocular microcirculation in pancreatitis patients in clinical practice., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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11. 3D Slicer and 3D printing localization combined with neuroendoscopic surgery for the treatment of deep cerebral cavernous hemangioma.
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Zhou L, Li Z, Cai Y, Zhang H, Wei H, Song P, Cheng L, Lei P, Gao L, Hua Q, Chen Q, Ye H, Sun D, and Cai Q
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- Humans, Female, Male, Adult, Adolescent, Child, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Young Adult, Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System surgery, Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System diagnostic imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Imaging, Three-Dimensional methods, Brain Neoplasms surgery, Brain Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Brain Neoplasms pathology, Hemangioma, Cavernous surgery, Hemangioma, Cavernous diagnostic imaging, Hemangioma, Cavernous pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Printing, Three-Dimensional, Neuroendoscopy methods
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To explore the advantages and disadvantages of 3D Slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization combined with transcranial neuroendoscope in the surgical treatment of deep cerebral micro cavernous hemangiomas. Method The clinical data of patients with deep cerebral micro cavernous hemangiomas treated by our hospital from June 2022 to February 2023 using 3D Slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization technology combined with transcranial endoscopic surgery were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 5 cases with complete data were collected, including 2 males and 3 females, aged 9-59 years. All 5 patients had deep supratentorial cavernous hemangiomas with a diameter of less than 1.5 cm, and had clinical symptoms such as headache or epilepsy, and had been diagnosed by CT or MRI. Repeated bleeding from small cavernous hemangiomas in the deep brain can lead to clinical symptoms such as recurrent headache and epilepsy, and is required surgical treatment. However, cavernous hemangiomas often have smaller lesions and are difficult to locate in the deep part. Without neuronavigation, surgery can become extremely difficult. Our team's newly developed 3D Slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization technology which could provide new options for surgical treatment of small cavernous hemangiomas or other small lesions in the deep brain, but its accuracy and safety still need to be verified by further clinical research., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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12. KPNA2 promotes the progression of gastric cancer by regulating the alternative splicing of related genes.
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Chen X, Wei H, Yue A, Zhang H, Zheng Y, Sun W, Zhou Y, and Wang Y
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- Humans, Cell Line, Tumor, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Lymphatic Metastasis, Stomach Neoplasms genetics, Stomach Neoplasms pathology, Stomach Neoplasms metabolism, Alternative Splicing, Cell Proliferation genetics, alpha Karyopherins genetics, alpha Karyopherins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Cell Movement genetics, Disease Progression
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RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play critical roles in genome regulation. In this study, we explored the latent function of KPNA2, which is an essential member of the RBP family, in the regulation of alternative splicing (AS) in gastric cancer (GC). We analyzed the role of KPNA2 in regulating differential expression and AS via RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and improved RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (iRIP-seq). Clinical specimens were used to analyze the associations between KPNA2 expression and clinicopathological characteristics. CCK8 assays, transwell assays and wound healing assays were performed to explore the effect of KPNA2/WDR62 on GC cell progression. KPNA2 was shown to be highly expressed in GC cells and tissues and associated with lymph node metastases. KPNA2 promoted the proliferation, migration and invasion of GC cells and primarily regulated exon skipping, alternative 3's splice sites (A3SSs), alternative 5' splice sites (A5SSs), and cassette exons. We further revealed that KPNA2 participated in biological processes related to cell proliferation, and the immune response in GC via the regulation of transcription. In addition, KPNA2 preferentially bound to intron regions. Notably, KPNA2 regulated the A3SS AS mode of WDR62, and upregulation of WDR62 reversed the KPNA2 downregulation-induced inhibition of GC cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Finally, we discovered that the AS of immune-related molecules could be regulated by KPNA2. Overall, our results demonstrated for the first time that KPNA2 functions as an oncogenic splicing factor in GC that regulated the AS and differential expression of GC-related genes, and KPNA2 may be a potential target for GC treatment., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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13. Risk of stress cardiomyopathy associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors: a real-world pharmacovigilance analysis.
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Tan B, Chen L, Yan S, Pan H, Zhang J, and Wei H
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- Humans, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Aged, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems, Adult, United States epidemiology, Venlafaxine Hydrochloride adverse effects, Fluoxetine adverse effects, Databases, Factual, Risk Factors, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors adverse effects, Pharmacovigilance, Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors adverse effects, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy chemically induced, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy epidemiology
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are reported to cause stress cardiomyopathy (SC). This study evaluated the association between SSRI/SNRI use and the occurrence of cardiomyopathy in the publicly available U.S. Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database. Disproportionate analysis and likelihood ratio tests were used to identify risk associated with SSRIs or SNRIs and the incidence of SC, using data from between from 2012 to 2022 acquired from the FAERS database. The study identified 132 individual case safety reports (ICSRs) of SC associated with SSRIs or SNRIs. Venlafaxine (48%) and fluoxetine (27%) were the most common antidepressants of the ICSRs. Approximately 80% of SC cases were reported in females, with individuals aged 45-65 years identified as a high-risk population. Both venlafaxine (ratio-scale information component [RSIC] 2.54, 95% CI 2.06-3.04) and fluoxetine (RSIC 3.20, 95% CI 2.31-4.47) were associated with SC, with likelihood ratio estimates of 3.55 (p = 0.02) for venlafaxine and 4.82 (p = 0.008) for fluoxetine. The median time to cardiomyopathy onset was 20 days, with hospitalization reported in 48.33% of patients. Venlafaxine and fluoxetine were associated with SC risk, particularly in middle-aged women. Caution should be exercised when using SSRIs or SNRIs combined with other serotonergic medications., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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14. In vitro and in vivo stability of a highly efficient long-acting cocaine hydrolase.
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Shang L, Wei H, Deng J, Stewart MJ, LeSaint JE, Kyomuhangi A, Park S, Maul EC, Zhan CG, and Zheng F
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- Animals, Rats, Hydrolysis, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Male, Half-Life, Temperature, Amidohydrolases metabolism, Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases, Recombinant Proteins, Cocaine metabolism, Enzyme Stability
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It is recognized as a promising therapeutic strategy for cocaine use disorder to develop an efficient enzyme which can rapidly convert cocaine to physiologically inactive metabolites. We have designed and discovered a series of highly efficient cocaine hydrolases, including CocH5-Fc(M6) which is the currently known as the most efficient cocaine hydrolase with both the highest catalytic activity against (-)-cocaine and the longest biological half-life in rats. In the present study, we characterized the time courses of protein appearance, pH, structural integrity, and catalytic activity against cocaine in vitro and in vivo of a CocH5-Fc(M6) bulk drug substance produced in a bioreactor for its in vitro and in vivo stability after long-time storage under various temperatures (- 80, - 20, 4, 25, or 37 °C). Specifically, all the tested properties of the CocH5-Fc(M6) protein did not significantly change after the protein was stored at any of four temperatures including - 80, - 20, 4, and 25 °C for ~ 18 months. In comparison, at 37 °C, the protein was less stable, with a half-life of ~ 82 days for cocaine hydrolysis activity. Additionally, the in vivo studies further confirmed the linear elimination PK profile of CocH5-Fc(M6) with an elimination half-life of ~ 9 days. All the in vitro and in vivo data on the efficacy and stability of CocH5-Fc(M6) have consistently demonstrated that CocH5-Fc(M6) has the desired in vitro and in vivo stability as a promising therapeutic candidate for treatment of cocaine use disorder., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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15. MMPs-related risk model identification and SAA1 promotes clear cell renal cell carcinoma migration via ERK-AP1-MMPs axis.
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Wei H, Li Y, Zhang J, Xu C, Wei D, Quan C, and Zhu S
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- Humans, Prognosis, Cell Line, Tumor, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, MAP Kinase Signaling System, Female, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases metabolism, Male, Signal Transduction, Carcinoma, Renal Cell genetics, Carcinoma, Renal Cell pathology, Carcinoma, Renal Cell metabolism, Cell Movement genetics, Kidney Neoplasms genetics, Kidney Neoplasms pathology, Kidney Neoplasms metabolism, Matrix Metalloproteinases metabolism, Matrix Metalloproteinases genetics, Serum Amyloid A Protein metabolism, Serum Amyloid A Protein genetics
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Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been demonstrated to be essential in facilitating the migration and metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). However, the ability of the MMP family to predict clinical outcomes and guide optimal therapeutic strategies for ccRCC patients remains incompletely understood. In this investigation, we initially conducted a thorough examination of the MMP family in pan-cancer. Notably, MMPs exhibited distinctive significance in ccRCC. Following this, we undertook an extensive analysis to evaluate the clinical value of MMPs and potential mechanisms by which MMPs contribute to the progression of ccRCC. A novel stratification method and prognostic model were developed based on MMPs in order to enhance the accuracy of prognosis prediction for ccRCC patients and facilitate personalized treatment. By conducting multi-omics analysis and transcriptional regulation analysis, it was hypothesized that SAA1 plays a crucial role in promoting ccRCC migration through MMPs. Subsequently, in vitro experiments confirmed that SAA1 regulates ccRCC cell migration via the ERK-AP1-MMPs axis. In conclusion, our study has explored the potential value of the MMP family as prognostic markers for ccRCC and as guides for medication regimens. Additionally, we have identified SAA1 as a crucial factor in the migration of ccRCC., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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16. Experimental validation and comprehensive analysis of m6A methylation regulators in intervertebral disc degeneration subpopulation classification.
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Xu X, Shen L, Qu Y, Li D, Zhao X, Wei H, and Yue S
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- Humans, Animals, Rats, Adenine, Methylation, Biomarkers, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration genetics
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Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is one of the most prevalent causes of chronic low back pain. The role of m6A methylation modification in disc degeneration (IVDD) remains unclear. We investigated immune-related m6A methylation regulators as IVDD biomarkers through comprehensive analysis and experimental validation of m6A methylation regulators in disc degeneration. The training dataset was downloaded from the GEO database and analysed for differentially expressed m6A methylation regulators and immunological features, the differentially regulators were subsequently validated by a rat IVDD model and RT-qPCR. Further screening of key m6A methylation regulators based on machine learning and LASSO regression analysis. Thereafter, a predictive model based on key m6A methylation regulators was constructed for training sets, which was validated by validation set. IVDD patients were then clustered based on the expression of key m6A regulators, and the expression of key m6A regulators and immune infiltrates between clusters was investigated to determine immune markers in IVDD. Finally, we investigated the potential role of the immune marker in IVDD through enrichment analysis, protein-to-protein network analysis, and molecular prediction. By analysising of the training set, we revealed significant differences in gene expression of five methylation regulators including RBM15, YTHDC1, YTHDF3, HNRNPA2B1 and ALKBH5, while finding characteristic immune infiltration of differentially expressed genes, the result was validated by PCR. We then screen the differential m6A regulators in the training set and identified RBM15 and YTHDC1 as key m6A regulators. We then used RBM15 and YTHDC1 to construct a predictive model for IVDD and successfully validated it in the training set. Next, we clustered IVDD patients based on the expression of RBM15 and YTHDC1 and explored the immune infiltration characteristics between clusters as well as the expression of RBM15 and YTHDC1 in the clusters. YTHDC1 was finally identified as an immune biomarker for IVDD. We finally found that YTHDC1 may influence the immune microenvironment of IVDD through ABL1 and TXK. In summary, our results suggest that YTHDC1 is a potential biomarker for the development of IVDD and may provide new insights for the precise prevention and treatment of IVDD., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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17. Screening of cellulose-degrading bacteria and optimization of cellulase production from Bacillus cereus A49 through response surface methodology.
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Wang J, Bao F, Wei H, and Zhang Y
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- Bacillus cereus metabolism, Cellulose metabolism, Reproducibility of Results, Fermentation, Cellulase metabolism, Paenibacillus metabolism
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Cellulose-degrading microorganisms hold immense significance in utilizing cellulose resources efficiently. The screening of natural cellulase bacteria and the optimization of fermentation conditions are the hot spots of research. This study meticulously screened cellulose-degrading bacteria from mixed soil samples adopting a multi-step approach, encompassing preliminary culture medium screening, Congo red medium-based re-screening, and quantification of cellulase activity across various strains. Particularly, three robust cellulase-producing strains were identified: A24 (MT740356.1 Brevibacillus borstelensis), A49 (MT740358.1 Bacillus cereus), and A61 (MT740357.1 Paenibacillus sp.). For subsequent cultivation experiments, the growth curves of the three obtained isolates were monitored diligently. Additionally, optimal CMCase production conditions were determined, keeping CMCase activity as a key metric, through a series of single-factor experiments: agitation speed, cultivation temperature, unit medium concentration, and inoculum volume. Maximum CMCase production was observed at 150 rpm/37 °C, doubling the unit medium addition, and a 5 mL inoculation volume. Further optimization was conducted using the selected isolate A49 employing response surface methodology. The software model recommended a 2.21fold unit medium addition, 36.11 °C temperature, and 4.91 mL inoculant volume for optimal CMCase production. Consequently, three parallel experiments were conducted based on predicted conditions consistently yielding an average CMCase production activity of 15.63 U/mL, closely aligning with the predicted value of 16.41 U/mL. These findings validated the reliability of the model and demonstrated the effectiveness of optimized CMCase production conditions for isolate A49., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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18. Air pollutant prediction model based on transfer learning two-stage attention mechanism.
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Ma Z, Wang B, Luo W, Jiang J, Liu D, Wei H, and Luo H
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Atmospheric pollution significantly impacts the regional economy and human health, and its prediction has been increasingly emphasized. The performance of traditional prediction methods is limited due to the lack of historical data support in new atmospheric monitoring sites. Therefore, this paper proposes a two-stage attention mechanism model based on transfer learning (TL-AdaBiGRU). First, the first stage of the model utilizes a temporal distribution characterization algorithm to segment the air pollutant sequences into periods. It introduces a temporal attention mechanism to assign self-learning weights to the period segments in order to filter out essential period features. Then, in the second stage of the model, a multi-head external attention mechanism is introduced to mine the network's hidden layer key features. Finally, the adequate knowledge learned by the model at the source domain site is migrated to the new site to improve the prediction capability of the new site. The results show that (1) the model is modeled from the data distribution perspective, and the critical information within the sequence of periodic segments is mined in depth. (2) The model employs a unique two-stage attention mechanism to capture complex nonlinear relationships in air pollutant data. (3) Compared with the existing models, the mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of the model decreased by 14%, 13%, and 4%, respectively, and the prediction accuracy was greatly improved., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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19. Impact on urban river water quality and pollution control of water environmental management projects based on SMS-Mike21 coupled simulation.
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Wei H, Rao Y, Liu J, Wang Y, and Cao Y
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To explore the impact of expanding Nanyang Sewage Purification Center (NSPC) on the main sewage discharge area of Bai River, we constructed a 2D hydrodynamic-water quality model based on surface water modeling system (SMS) and Mike21. Simulating three sewage discharge conditions in wet, normal, and dry season, we evaluated three indicators (COD, NH
3 -N, and BOD5 ) by the single-factor pollution index and provided recommendations for water environment management. The results showed that, maximum absolute error of water level was 0.08 m, percentage bias coefficient of COD, NH3 -N and BOD5 were 19.3%, 16.2% and 23.1%, indicating the SMS and Mike21 coupling model was applicable; water quality of the assessment section were upgraded from the original class IV, V, V (Condition 1) to class IV, III, II (Condition 2) and class IV, III, III (Condition 3) in the wet, normal and dry season, indicating that NSPC's expansion had improved the water quality of the assessment section; as the primary pollutant, BOD5 concentration in the downstream was lower than the upstream, which was due to the dilution effect of river. Therefore, on the basis of expanding NSPC, we recommend to remediation of BOD5 by physical, chemical, and biological methods. This study broadens new ideas for the application of Mike21, and provide a reference for the prevention and improvement of river water pollution in urban areas., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
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20. METTL3 and METTL14-mediated N 6 -methyladenosine modification of SREBF2-AS1 facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma progression and sorafenib resistance through DNA demethylation of SREBF2.
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Wu X, Zeng M, Wei Y, Lu R, Huang Z, Huang L, Huang Y, Lu Y, Li W, Wei H, and Pu J
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- Humans, Sorafenib pharmacology, DNA Demethylation, Cell Line, Tumor, RNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Mixed Function Oxygenases metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins metabolism, Methyltransferases genetics, Methyltransferases metabolism, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular drug therapy, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular genetics, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular metabolism, Liver Neoplasms drug therapy, Liver Neoplasms genetics, Liver Neoplasms metabolism, MicroRNAs genetics, Adenosine analogs & derivatives, Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2
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As the most prevalent epitranscriptomic modification, N
6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) shows important roles in a variety of diseases through regulating the processing, stability and translation of target RNAs. However, the potential contributions of m6 A to RNA functions are unclear. Here, we identified a functional and prognosis-related m6 A-modified RNA SREBF2-AS1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The expression of SREBF2-AS1 and SREBF2 in HCC tissues and cells was measured by RT-qPCR. m6 A modification level of SREBF2-AS1 was measured by methylated RNA immunoprecipitation assay. The roles of SREBF2-AS1 in HCC progression and sorafenib resistance were investigated by proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and cell viability assays. The regulatory mechanisms of SREBF2-AS1 on SREBF2 were investigated by Chromatin isolation by RNA purification, RNA immunoprecipitation, CUT&RUN, and bisulfite DNA sequencing assays. Our findings showed that the expression of SREBF2-AS1 was increased in HCC tissues and cells, and positively correlated with poor survival of HCC patients. m6 A modification level of SREBF2-AS1 was also increased in HCC and positively correlated with poor prognosis of HCC patients. METTL3 and METTL14-induced m6 A modification upregulated SREBF2-AS1 expression through increasing SREBF2-AS1 transcript stability. Functional assays showed that only m6 A-modified, but not non-modified SREBF2-AS1 promoted HCC progression and sorafenib resistance. Mechanistic investigations revealed that m6 A-modified SREBF2-AS1 bound and recruited m6 A reader FXR1 and DNA 5-methylcytosine dioxygenase TET1 to SREBF2 promoter, leading to DNA demethylation at SREBF2 promoter and the upregulation of SREBF2 transcription. Functional rescue assays showed that SREBF2 was the critical mediator of the oncogenic roles of SREBF2-AS1 in HCC. Together, this study showed that m6 A-modified SREBF2-AS1 exerted oncogenic roles in HCC through inducing DNA demethylation and transcriptional activation of SREBF2, and suggested m6 A-modified SREBF2-AS1 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for HCC., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
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21. Study on settlement prediction of soft ground considering multiple feature parameters based on ISSA-RF model.
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Sun C, Yu T, Li M, Wei H, and Tan F
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By collecting a large amount of data from various preloading engineering projects, a settlement prediction database was established including up to 15 feature parameters, such as final measured time, magnitude of surcharge loading, porosity ratio, internal friction angle, and others. Furthermore, a settlement prediction model of soft foundation based on random forest (RF) model was also developed. To enhance the accuracy of settlement prediction, the improved sparrow search algorithm (ISSA), which incorporates several enhancements such as the use of Logistic-tent chaotic mapping, adaptive nonlinear inertia-decreasing weight parameters, and Levy flight strategy, was proposed to optimize the hyperparameters of the RF model. The optimization results of various algorithms on benchmark functions revealed that the ISSA algorithm excelled in terms of accuracy and stability when compared to conventional algorithms such as particle swarm optimization and butterfly optimization. The ISSA-RF settlement prediction model was subsequently constructed and applied to practical projects. The results demonstrated that the ISSA-RF model exhibited superior prediction accuracy and applicability compared to the RF model. It can therefore provide valuable guidance for the planning and implementation of preloading engineering projects., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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22. Ocular microvascular alteration in patients with myocardial infarction-a new OCTA study.
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Wu JY, Hu JY, Ge QM, Xu SH, Zou J, Kang M, Ying P, Wei H, Ling Q, He LQ, Chen C, and Shao Y
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- Humans, Fluorescein Angiography methods, Retinal Vessels diagnostic imaging, Retina diagnostic imaging, Tomography, Optical Coherence methods, Myocardial Infarction diagnostic imaging
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Myocardial infarction is defined as a sudden decrease or interruption in blood flow to the coronary arteries, causing ischemic necrosis of the corresponding cardiomyocytes. It is unclear whether systemic macrovascular alterations are associated with retinal microvascular changes. This study utilized optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) to compare variations in conjunctival vascular density and fundus retinal vessel density between patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and healthy controls. This study recruited 16 patients (32 eyes) with MI and 16 healthy controls (32 eyes). The superficial retinal layer (SRL), deep retinal layer (DRL) and conjunctival capillary plexus in each eye were evaluated by OCTA. Parameters measured included the density of the temporal conjunctival capillary, retinal microvascular (MIR) and macrovascular (MAR) alterations and total MIR (TMI). The microvascular density of each retinal region was evaluated by the hemisphere segmentation (SR, SL, IL, and IR), annular partition (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and C6), and modified early treatment of diabetic retinopathy study (R, S, L, and I) methods. In the macular area, the superficial and deep retinal microvascular densities displayed notable variations. In the superficial layers, the superficial TMI, superficial MIR, and superficial MAR, as well as densities in the SL, IL, S, L, C1, C2, C5 and C6 regions, were significantly lower in MI patients (p < 0.05 each). In the deep layers, the deep MIR and deep TMI), as well as densities in the SL, IL, L, C1, C2 and C6 regions were significantly lower in MI patients (p < 0.05 each). In contrast, the conjunctival microvascular density was significantly higher in MI patients than in healthy controls (p < 0.001). The microvascular densities measured in the deep and superficial retinal layers and in the conjunctiva differ in MI patients and healthy controls. OCTA is effective in detecting changes in the ocular microcirculation., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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23. Genotype F of Echovirus 25 with multiple recombination pattern have been persistently and extensively circulating in Chinese mainland.
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Wang X, Cun J, Li S, Shi Y, Liu Y, Wei H, Zhang Y, Cong R, Yang T, Wang W, Xiao J, Song Y, Yan D, Yang Q, Sun Q, and Ji T
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- Humans, Phylogeny, Genotype, China epidemiology, Recombination, Genetic, Enterovirus B, Human genetics, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease epidemiology
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Echovirus 25 (E25), a member of the Enterovirus B (EV-B) species, can cause aseptic meningitis (AM), viral meningitis (VM), and acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). However, systematic studies on the molecular epidemiology of E25, especially those concerning its evolution and recombination, are lacking. In this study, 18 strains of E25, isolated from seven provinces of China between 2009 and 2018, were collected based on the Chinese hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) surveillance network, and 95 sequences downloaded from GenBank were also screened. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of 113 full-length VP1 sequences worldwide, globally occurring E25 strains were classified into 9 genotypes (A-I), and genotype F was the dominant genotype in the Chinese mainland. The average nucleotide substitution rate of E25 was 6.08 × 10
-3 substitutions/site/year, and six important transmission routes were identified worldwide. Seventeen recombination patterns were determined, of which genotype F can be divided into 9 recombination patterns. A positive selector site was found in the capsid protein region of genotype F. Recombination analysis and pressure selection analysis for genotype F showed multiple recombination patterns and evolution characteristics, which may be responsible for it being the dominant genotype in the Chinese mainland. This study provides a theoretical basis for the subsequent prevention and control of E25., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
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24. Research on optimization method of railway construction scheme based on multidimensional combination weighting and improved grey theory.
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Han F, Liu Z, Wang C, Wei H, and Wang B
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The optimization of railway construction schemes is a complexity system engineering task with multiple dimensions, diverse conditional constraints, and multifaceted objective assessments. The decision-making and scheme evaluation entail subjectivity, randomness, and fuzziness. To address the comprehensive optimization challenge in construction schemes effectively and efficiently, we investigate an optimization method for railway construction schemes. This method is based on multi-dimensional combination weighting and improved grey theory. After analyzing the primary influencing factors, we established a railway construction plan optimization index system comprising 4 dimensions and 18 factors. The weight combination coefficient is determined using the pros and cons solution distance method, and the optimal weight set for the index is determined through the multi-dimensional combination weighting approach. Utilizing the method of superior and inferior solution distance coupled with grey theory, we ascertain the order of advantages and disadvantages for each construction scheme, subsequently achieving construction scheme optimization. To illustrate this, we employ the optimization process for a high-speed railway section in Guangxi as an exemplar. The verification results indicate that the gray relative closeness values for schemes A, B, and C are 0.7089, 0.4813, and 0.4463, respectively. Scheme A has the highest gray relative closeness value, thus making it the optimal route scheme. The optimal results obtained through this method align with the outcomes of expert validation and existing research, thereby validating the effectiveness and practicality of the model. By employing a multidimensional combination weighting method, the deficiencies of traditional indicator weight calculations are mitigated, resulting in indicator weights that are more reflective of the actual circumstances. At the same time, the application of improvements in the grey theory comprehensive evaluation method enables the integration and computation of indicator data for each construction plan. Through the intuitive representation of grey relative closeness, the advantages and disadvantages of each plan are effectively characterized. This enhances the scientific rigor and applicability of the railway construction plan optimization process. The research findings can serve as a reference for similar railway construction scheme selection problems in the future., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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25. Integrative analysis of gene expression profiles of substantia nigra identifies potential diagnosis biomarkers in Parkinson's disease.
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Huang J, Li B, Wei H, Li C, Liu C, Mi H, and Chen S
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- Humans, Transcriptome, Gene Regulatory Networks, Proteins metabolism, Biomarkers metabolism, Substantia Nigra metabolism, Gene Expression Profiling methods, Parkinson Disease diagnosis, Parkinson Disease genetics, Parkinson Disease metabolism, Neurodegenerative Diseases metabolism
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease whose etiology is attributed to development of Lewy bodies and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Currently, there are no definitive diagnostic indicators for PD. In this study, we aimed to identify potential diagnostic biomarkers for PD and analyzed the impact of immune cell infiltrations on disease pathogenesis. The PD expression profile data for human SN tissue, GSE7621, GSE20141, GSE20159, GSE20163 and GSE20164 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database for use in the training model. After normalization and merging, we identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using the Robust rank aggregation (RRA) analysis. Simultaneously, DEGs after batch correction were identified. Gene interactions were determined through venn Diagram analysis. Functional analyses and protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks were used to the identify hub genes, which were visualized through Cytoscape. A Lasso Cox regression model was employed to identify the potential diagnostic genes. The GSE20292 dataset was used for validation. The proportion of infiltrating immune cells in the samples were determined via the CIBERSORT method. Sixty-two DEGs were screened in this study. They were found to be enriched in nerve conduction, dopamine (DA) metabolism, and DA biosynthesis Gene Ontology (GO) terms. The PPI network and Lasso Cox regression analysis revealed seven potential diagnostic genes, namely SLC18A2, TAC1, PCDH8, KIAA0319, PDE6H, AXIN1, and AGTR1, were subsequently validated in peripheral blood samples obtained from healthy control (HC) and PD patients, as well as in the GSE20292 dataset. The results revealed the exceptional sensitivity and specificity of these genes in PD diagnosis and monitoring. Moreover, PD patients exhibited a higher number of plasma cells, compared to HC individuals. The SLC18A2, TAC1, PCDH8, KIAA0319, PDE6H, AXIN1, and AGTR1 are potential diagnostic biomarkers for PD. Our findings also reveal the essential roles of immune cell infiltration in both disease onset and trajectory., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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26. Causal association between kynurenine and depression investigated using two-sample mendelian randomization.
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Zong L, Ge M, Wang J, Kuang D, Wei H, Wang Z, Hu Z, Zhao C, Jin Q, Chen M, and Wang C
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- Genome-Wide Association Study, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Tryptophan, Kynurenine, Depression genetics
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As research progresses, the intricate metabolic connections between depression and tryptophan, as well as kynurenine (KYN), have become increasingly evident. In studies investigating the relationship between KYN and depression, the conclusions reached thus far have been inconsistent. Therefore, we propose employing a two-sample mendelian randomization (MR) approach to further elucidate the relationship between KYN and depression. We utilized extensive data from large-scale genome-wide association studies to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms that act as instrumental variables for kynurenine and depression in European ancestry populations, ensuring compliance with MR assumptions. We employed five MR algorithms, namely, weighted median, MR-Egger, inverse variance weighted (IVW), simple mode, and weighted mode, with IVW as the primary analysis method. Sensitivity tests were conducted using Cochran's Q test, MR-Egger intercept test, MR Pleiotropy Residual Sum and Outlier, and Leave-one-out analysis.The IVW analysis revealed that each standard deviation increase in kynurenine corresponded to a 1.4-fold increase in the risk of depression (OR = 1.351, 95% CI 1.110-1.645, P = 0.003). The direction of the effect size (positive or negative) was consistent with the findings from the other four algorithms. Sensitivity tests indicated no heterogeneity or horizontal pleiotropy among the instrumental variables. Elevated levels of kynurenine have a causal relationship with an increased risk of developing depression., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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27. Long-lasting blocking of interoceptive effects of cocaine by a highly efficient cocaine hydrolase in rats.
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Wei H, LeSaint JE, Jin Z, Zhan CG, and Zheng F
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- Animals, Rats, Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases, Locomotion, Cocaine-Related Disorders drug therapy, Cocaine pharmacology
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Cocaine dependence is a serious world-wide public health problem without an FDA-approved pharmacotherapy. We recently designed and discovered a highly efficient long-acting cocaine hydrolase CocH5-Fc(M6). The present study examined the effectiveness and duration of CocH5-Fc(M6) in blocking interoceptive effects of cocaine by performing cocaine discrimination tests in rats, demonstrating that the duration of CocH5-Fc(M6) in blocking cocaine discrimination was dependent on cocaine dose and CocH5-Fc(M6) plasma concentration. Particularly, a dose of 3 mg/kg CocH5-Fc(M6) effectively attenuated discriminative stimulus effects of 10 mg/kg cocaine, cumulative doses of 10 and 32 mg/kg cocaine, and cumulative doses of 10, 32 and 56 mg/kg cocaine by ≥ 20% for 41, 19, and 10 days, and completely blocked the discriminative stimulus effects for 30, 13, and 5 days with corresponding threshold plasma CocH5-Fc(M6) concentrations of 15.9, 72.2, and 221 nM, respectively, under which blood cocaine concentration was negligible. Additionally, based on the data obtained, cocaine discrimination model is more sensitive than the locomotor activity to reveal cocaine effects and that CocH5-Fc(M6) itself has no long-term toxicity regarding behavioral activities such as lever pressing and food consumption in rats, further demonstrating that CocH5-Fc(M6) has the desired properties as a promising therapeutic candidate for prevenance of cocaine dependence., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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28. Prediction method of longitudinal surface settlement caused by double shield tunnelling based on deep learning.
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Shang W, Li Y, Wei H, Qiu Y, Chen C, and Gao X
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The deep learning method faces the challenges of small sample data and high dimensional shield operational parameters in predicting the longitudinal surface settlement caused by shield excavation. In this study, various optimization algorithms were compared, and the slime mould algorithm (SMA) was optimally chosen to optimize the hyperparameters of random forest (RF), and SMA-RF was used for dimensionality reduction and feature contribution analysis. A double-input deep neural network (D-DNN) framework was proposed for the prediction of surface settlement, which considers the influence of twin tunnels and effectively increases the high-fidelity data in the database. The results show that SMA performs best among various optimization algorithms; employing features that have a cumulative contribution value exceeding 90% as input can result in high prediction accuracy; there is significant uncertainty in the feature contribution analysis for small sample data; the reduced shield running parameters show a strong nonlinear relationship with surface settlement; compared with S-DNN, D-DNN takes into account the excavation of twin tunnels and expands the database capacity by more than 1.5 times, with an average increase of 27.85% in the R
2 and an average decrease of 53.2% in the MAE., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
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29. Risk factors for pharyngalgia and xerostomia undergoing supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation in gastrointestinal endoscopy: a retrospective study.
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Xie P, Wu Z, Zha B, Xu L, Shen S, Zhuang H, and Wei H
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- Humans, Retrospective Studies, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Risk Factors, Hypoxia etiology, Propofol, Pharyngitis
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Supraglottic jet oxygenation/ventilation (SJOV) can reduce hypoxemia in sedated endoscopy but may increase minor side effects like pharyngalgia and xerostomia. This study aimed to identify risk factors for pharyngalgia/xerostomia with SJOV during gastrointestinal endoscopy. From January 1 to December 31, 2021, 5313 patients with propofol sedation and SJOV underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy or removal of gastrointestinal polyps was analyzed retrospectively. Data included patient characteristics, operation details, postoperative adverse events, and potential risk factors for postoperative adverse events. Parameters considered as potential risk factors were identified based on study results published previously and based on the researcher's idea and clinical experience. The patient factors and the incidence of pharyngalgia/xerostomia at 30 min post-procedure were assessed. Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS software. Evaluation potential risk factors using univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Pharyngalgia/xerostomia occurred in 18.7% of patients at 30 min after procedure. A multivariable analysis showed that procedure time and pharyngalgia/xerostomia within 2 weeks were independent risk factors. Procedure time had the strongest association with postoperative pharyngalgia/xerostomia (OR, 8.09 [95% CI, 4.197-6.312]). No factors were significantly associated with hypoxemia risk (1.7% incidence). There were no barotrauma or other serious morbidity or mortality. Procedure duration and recent pharyngalgia/xerostomia increased risk of pharyngalgia/xerostomia with SJOV during endoscopy. Limiting SJOV duration may reduce side effects in susceptible patients. No predictors of hypoxemia were identified., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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30. Bland-Altman agreement analysis between CT predicted and surgical peritoneal cancer index in pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin.
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Bai M, Chen J, Xu Y, Feng J, Ma R, Jia H, Xu H, Liang G, and Wei H
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- Humans, Peritoneum diagnostic imaging, Peritoneum pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Retrospective Studies, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei diagnostic imaging, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei surgery, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei pathology, Peritoneal Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Peritoneal Neoplasms surgery, Appendix
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Peritoneal cancer index (PCI) is the surgical variable most commonly used to quantify the extent of peritoneal metastases for pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) patients. The present study aimed to investigate the agreement between CT predicted and surgical PCI by the Bland-Altman method for PMP of appendiceal origin. A total of 167 PMP patients of appendiceal origin were included between 2016 and 2021. Bland-Altman analysis was performed for both total PCI and selected PCI (regions 2 + 9-12). After the Bland-Altman plot was drawn, the mean bias and its 95% limit of agreements (LoAs) was quantified. Besides, the correlation coefficients between CT-PCI and surgical PCI were also been calculated. The Bland-Altman plot showed the mean bias ± SD between total CT-PCI and surgical PCI as 0.431 ± 3.005, with the LoAs from - 5.459 to 6.321. There were nine points of difference in total PCI exceeded the 95% LoAs, with the rate of 5.39% (9/167). As for selected CT-PCI, Bland-Altman plot showed the mean bias ± SD between selected CT-PCI and surgical PCI as - 0.287 ± 1.955, with the LoAs from - 4.118 to 3.544. There were ten points of difference in selected PCI exceeded the 95% LoAs, with the rate of 5.99% (10/167). The Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between total CT-PCI and surgical PCI was 0.911, P < 0.001, as for selected CT-PCI and surgical PCI, the coefficient was 0.909, P < 0.001. Although there was a strong correlation for both total and selected CT-PCI with surgical PCI, however, the agreement is still not good in Bland-Altman analysis, which suggested that CT-PCI cannot predict surgical PCI accurately even in professional PMP treatment centers. In brief explanation, CT makes it difficult to distinguish the borderline between tumor tissue and mucus and to detect tumor lesions in the small intestine regions, which caused overestimation or underestimation by CT-PCI. In the future, a multiple linear regression model based on CT-PCI might accurately predict surgical PCI preoperatively., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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31. Immune inhibitory receptor-mediated immune response, metabolic adaptation, and clinical characterization in patients with COVID-19.
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An H, Yan C, Ma J, Gong J, Gao F, Ning C, Wang F, Zhang M, Li B, Su Y, Liu P, Wei H, Jiang X, and Yu Q
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- Humans, SARS-CoV-2, Prognosis, Patients, Immunity, COVID-19
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Immune inhibitory receptors (IRs) play a critical role in the regulation of immune responses to various respiratory viral infections. However, in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the roles of these IRs in immune modulation, metabolic reprogramming, and clinical characterization remain to be determined. Through consensus clustering analysis of IR transcription in the peripheral blood of patients with COVID-19, we identified two distinct IR patterns in patients with COVID-19, which were named IR_cluster1 and IR_cluster2. Compared to IR_cluster1 patients, IR_cluster2 patients with lower expressions of immune inhibitory receptors presented with a suppressed immune response, lower nutrient metabolism, and worse clinical manifestations or prognosis. Considering the critical influence of the integrated regulation of multiple IRs on disease severity, we established a scoring system named IRscore, which was based on principal component analysis, to evaluate the combined effect of multiple IRs on the disease status of individual patients with COVID-19. Similar to IR_cluster2 patients, patients with high IRscores had longer hospital-free days at day 45, required ICU admission and mechanical ventilatory support, and presented higher Charlson comorbidity index and SOFA scores. A high IRscore was also linked to acute infection phase and absence of drug intervention. Our investigation comprehensively elucidates the potential role of IR patterns in regulating the immune response, modulating metabolic processes, and shaping clinical manifestations of COVID-19. All of this evidence suggests the essential role of prognostic stratification and biomarker screening based on IR patterns in the clinical management and drug development of future emerging infectious diseases such as COVID-19., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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32. m 6 A modification of AC026356.1 facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma progression by regulating the IGF2BP1-IL11 axis.
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Wei H, Yang J, Lu R, Huang Y, Huang Z, Huang L, Zeng M, Wei Y, Xu Z, Li W, and Pu J
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- Humans, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Interleukin-11 metabolism, RNA, RNA-Binding Proteins genetics, RNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology, Liver Neoplasms pathology
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6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) is the most common RNA modification in eukaryotic RNAs. Although the important roles of m6 A in RNA fate have been revealed, the potential contribution of m6 A to RNA function in various diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is still unclear. In this study, we identified a novel m6 A-modified RNA AC026356.1. We found that AC026356.1 was increased in HCC tissues and cell lines. High expression of AC026356.1 was correlated with poor survival of HCC patients. m6 A modification level of AC026356.1 was also increased in HCC and more significantly correlated with poor survival of HCC patients. Functional assays showed that m6 A-modified AC026356.1 promoted HCC cellular proliferation, migration, and liver metastasis. Gene set enrichment analysis showed that AC026356.1 activated IL11/STAT3 signaling. Mechanistic investigation showed that m6 A-modified AC026356.1 bound to IGF2BP1. The interaction between m6 A-modified AC026356.1 and IGF2BP1 promoted the binding of IL11 mRNA to IGF2BP1, leading to increased IL11 mRNA stability and IL11 secretion. Functional rescue assays showed that depletion of IL11 reversed the oncogenic roles of AC026356.1. These findings revealed the potential influences of m6 A modification on RNA biological functions and suggested that targeting m6 A modification may be a novel strategy for HCC treatment., (© 2023. The Author(s).)- Published
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33. Author Correction: Supply chain management with uncertainty in consumer perception of product greenness under an eco-label policy.
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Gao J and Wei H
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34. The benefits of early continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury at high-altitude areas: a retrospective multi-center cohort study.
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Wang B, Peng M, Wei H, Liu C, Wang J, Jiang L, Fang F, Wang Y, and Shen Y
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- Humans, Altitude, Cohort Studies, Critical Illness therapy, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Acute Kidney Injury etiology, Acute Kidney Injury therapy
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Severe hypoxia would aggravate the acute kidney injury (AKI) in high-altitude areas and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has been used to treat critically ill patients with AKI. However, the characteristics and outcomes of CRRT in critically ill patients at AKI in high altitudes and the optimal timing of CRRT initiation remain unclear. 1124 patients were diagnosed with AKI and treated with CRRT in the ICU, comprising a high-altitude group (n = 648) and low-altitude group (n = 476). Compared with the low-altitude group, patients with AKI at high altitude showed longer CRRT (4.8 vs. 3.7, P = 0.036) and more rapid progression of AKI stages (P < 0.01), but without any significant minor or major bleeding episodes (P > 0.05). Referring to the analysis of survival and kidney recovery curves, a higher mortality but a lower possibility of renal recovery was observed in the high-altitude group (P < 0.001). However, in the high-altitude group, the survival rate of early CRRT initiation was significantly higher than that of delayed CRRT initiation (P < 0.001). The findings showed poorer clinical outcomes in patients undergoing CRRT for AKI at high altitudes. CRRT at high altitudes was unlikely to increase the adverse events. Moreover, early CRRT initiation might reduce the mortality and promote renal recovery in high-altitude patients., (© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.)
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35. Supply chain management with uncertainty in consumer perception of product greenness under an eco-label policy.
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Gao J and Wei H
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- Uncertainty, Policy, Perception, Commerce, Consumer Behavior
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The urgency of environmental preservation necessitates green manufacturing and supply chain advancements. This research examines a green supply chain problem influenced by eco-label policies, focusing on two prevalent market eco-label types. One allows the manufacturer to determine product greenness, while the other requires compliance with standards set by a non-governmental organization (NGO). We also explore the variability in consumer comprehension of eco-label implications and purchasing behaviors with different eco-labeled products. Through consumer utility and manufacturer profit models, we discover that the manufacturer's production and pricing choices significantly impact consumer behavior. Increased investigation costs may enhance consumer utility through improved product greenness, potentially boosting manufacturer profit via price hikes. However, if investigation costs are minimal, the NGO-label may be rejected due to decreased utility and profit. These insights could help direct supply chains by providing a theoretical foundation for green production decisions and future eco-label policies, whether determined by an NGO or the manufacturer., (© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.)
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36. Analysis of risk factors for postoperative delirium in middle-aged and elderly fracture patients in the perioperative period.
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An Z, Xiao L, Chen C, Wu L, Wei H, Zhang X, and Dong L
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- Aged, Humans, Middle Aged, Blood Loss, Surgical, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Postoperative Complications etiology, Perioperative Period adverse effects, Anesthesia, General adverse effects, Risk Factors, Emergence Delirium epidemiology, Emergence Delirium etiology, Delirium etiology, Delirium complications, Hip Fractures surgery, Hip Fractures complications
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To investigate the incidence rate and risk factors of postoperative delirium in middle-aged and elderly patients with fracture. A total of 648 middle-aged and elderly fracture patients who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital from January 2018 to December 2020 were included in the study, aged 50-103 years, mean 70.10 ± 11.37 years. The incidence of postoperative delirium was analyzed. Univariate analysis was used to screen the risk factors of gender, age, interval between injury and operation, preoperative complications, fracture site, anesthesia method, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hidden blood loss and hormone use. For the factors with P < 0.05, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the main independent risk factors. 115 cases (17.74%) of 648 patients had postoperative delirium. Univariate analysis showed that patients with delirium and patients without delirium had significant correlation in age, medical disease comorbidity, fracture type, anesthesia method, operation time and perioperative blood loss (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age (OR = 1.061), preoperative complications (OR = 1.667), perioperative blood loss (OR = 1.002) were positively correlated with postoperative delirium. It shows that older age, more preoperative complications, longer operation time and more perioperative bleeding are more likely to lead to postoperative delirium; patients with general anesthesia were more likely to develop postoperative delirium than patients with local anesthesia (OR = 1.628); and patients with hip and pelvic fractures are more likely to develop a postoperative delirious state (OR = 1.316). Advanced age, complex orthopedic surgery, more medical comorbidities, general anesthesia and greater perioperative blood loss may be independent risk factors for the development of delirium after internal fixation of fractures in middle-aged and elderly patients., (© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.)
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37. Sulphate-reducing bacteria-mediated pyrite formation in the Dachang Tongkeng tin polymetallic deposit, Guangxi, China.
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Jia F, Lei X, Yan Y, Su Y, Zhou H, Wei H, Yuan Y, Zou C, Shi X, and Yang C
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- China, Sulfides, Bacteria, Sulfates, Tin, Desulfovibrio
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Mediation by sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is responsible for pyrite (FeS
2 ) formation. The origin of the Dachang tin polymetallic ore field is related to the mineralisation of submarine hydrothermal vent sediments. Here, we investigated SRB in these ores via morphological, chemical, and isotopic analyses. Polarised and scanning electron microscopy indicated that trace SRB fossils in the metal sulphide ore were present in the form of tubular, beaded, and coccoidal bodies comprising FeS2 and were enclosed within a pyrrhotite (FeS) matrix in the vicinity of micro-hydrothermal vents. The carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O) contents in the FeS2 synthesised by SRB were high, and a clear biological Raman signal was detected. No such signals were discerned in the peripheral FeS. This co-occurrence of FeS, FeS2 , and the remains of bacteria (probably chemoautotrophic bacteria) was interpreted as the coprecipitation process of SRB-mediated FeS2 formation, which has, to the best of our knowledge, not been reported before. Our study also illustrates that combined energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and isotopic analysis can be used as a novel methodology to document microbial-mediated processes of mineral deposition in submarine hydrothermal vent ecology on geological time scales., (© 2023. The Author(s).)- Published
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38. Torque coordinated control of the through-the-road (TTR) 4-wheel-drive (4WD) hybrid vehicle under extreme road conditions.
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Fan L, Wang J, Deng M, Peng Y, Bao X, and Wei H
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Vehicular safety is of considerable significance to the intelligent development of hybrid vehicles. However, the real-time stability control or reasonable torque distribution under the extreme road conditions remain a huge challenge due to the multiple uncertain parameters and difficulties to reconcile the handling and stability performance. To address the above problems for a through-the-road (TTR) 4-wheel-drive (4WD) hybrid vehicle, this study provides a handling and stability management (HSM) approach by incorporating the offline optimization rules and on-line model predictive control (MPC). Firstly, the vehicle dynamic model with seven degrees of freedom (7-DOF) is used to offline extract torque distribution rules (Offline-ETDR), and the online MPC feedback (Online-MPCF) is utilized to compensate the extra torque requirements for the poor effect under the extreme conditions. Accordingly, the offline optimization results and online correction are fused to provide the total torque demand given the real-time road condition detection. Finally, the real vehicle test are implemented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed torque coordination strategy. In comparison to the vehicle with no torque control strategy, the proposed method significantly improves the vehicle's cornering ability while also ensuring the high stability performance., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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39. BAIAP2L2 is a novel prognostic biomarker related to migration and invasion of HCC and associated with cuprotosis.
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Wei H, Yang J, Chen X, Liu M, Zhang H, Sun W, Wang Y, and Zhou Y
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- Humans, Biomarkers, Databases, Protein, Neoplastic Processes, Prognosis, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular genetics, Liver Neoplasms genetics, Membrane Proteins genetics
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and its pathophysiological mechanisms remain unknown. IRSp53 family members, such as BAIAP2L1, participate in the progression of multiple tumors. However, the role of BAIAP2L2 in HCC remains unclear. This study comprehensively analyzed the potential role of BAIAP2L2 in HCC using bioinformatic techniques. The expression of BAIAP2L2 in HCC was analyzed using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), and Human Protein Atlas (HPA) databases and in vitro experiments. In addition, the prognostic value of BAIAP2L2 in HCC was analyzed using the TCGA database. TCGA and GEO database were used to analyze the role of BAIAP2L2 in immune features. We also explored the function of BAIAP2L2 in methylation and cuprotosis. The CellMiner database was used to analyze the relationship between BAIAP2L2 expression and drug sensitivity. Our study revealed that BAIAP2L2 is overexpressed in HCC and promotes the migration and invasion of HCC cells. BAIAP2L2 may affect the prognosis of HCC by regulating immunity, methylation, and cuprotosis. BAIAP2L2 is a novel HCC prognostic gene involved in immune infiltration associated with cuprotosis and may be a potential prognosis and therapeutic target for HCC., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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40. A Fano-resonance plasmonic assembly for broadband-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering.
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Zhang Y, Lu M, Zhu Z, Li Y, and Wei H
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Surface-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (SECARS) technique has triggered huge interests due to the significant signal enhancement for high-sensitivity detection. Previous SECARS work has tended to focus only on the enhancement effect at a certain combination of frequencies, more suitable for single-frequency CARS. In this work, based on the enhancement factor for broadband SECARS excitation process, a novel Fano resonance plasmonic nanostructure for SECARS is studied. In addition to the 12 orders of magnitude enhancement effect that can be realized under single-frequency CARS, this structure also shows huge enhancement under broadband CARS in a wide wavenumber region, covering most of the fingerprint region. This geometrically-tunable Fano plasmonic nanostructure provides a way to realize broadband-enhanced CARS, with potentials in single-molecular monitoring and high-selectivity biochemical detection., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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41. Tribological behaviors of laser textured surface under different lubrication conditions for rotary compressor.
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Ding S, Wei H, Yang O, Deng L, and Mu D
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Tribological behaviors of laser textured surface with elliptical dimples were experimentally compared with that of the smooth one under different lubrication conditions, including the poor-oil, rich-oil and dry lubrication. The lubrication regime was analyzed with the increasing operating load by ring-on-ring tribological tests. Finally, the performance impact of rolling piston rotary compressor with textures fabricated on the thrust surfaces was investigated. Results show that the tribological improvement strongly depends on lubrication condition. With the increase of applied loads under rich-oil and poor-oil lubrication, the effect of micro dimple promotes the critical load transforming lubrication regime, and expands the range of hydrodynamic lubrication, meanwhile maintains a similar minimum of friction coefficient as the smooth surface but enhances wear resistance. However, it is reverse to increase the friction coefficient and surface wear for the textured surfaces under dry lubrication. The compressor performance can be improved significantly by laser surface texturing with a 2% reduction of friction power consumption and a 2.5% enhancement of energy efficiency ratio., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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42. Catalytic activities of a highly efficient cocaine hydrolase for hydrolysis of biologically active cocaine metabolites norcocaine and benzoylecgonine.
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Shang L, Jin Z, Wei H, Park S, Zhan CG, and Zheng F
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- Rats, Animals, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Hydrolysis, Cocaine metabolism
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Cocaine is a widely abused, hepatotoxic drug without an FDA-approved pharmacotherapy specific for cocaine addiction or overdose. It is recognized as a promising therapeutic strategy to accelerate cocaine metabolism which can convert cocaine to pharmacologically inactive metabolite(s) using an efficient cocaine-metabolizing enzyme. Our previous studies have successfully designed and discovered a highly efficient cocaine hydrolase, denoted as CocH5-Fc(M6), capable of rapidly hydrolyzing cocaine at the benzoyl ester moiety. In the present study, we determined the kinetic parameters of CocH5-Fc(M6) against norcocaine (k
cat = 9,210 min-1 , KM = 20.9 μM, and kcat /KM = 1.87 × 105 min-1 M-1 ) and benzoylecgonine (kcat = 158 min-1 , KM = 286 μM, and kcat /KM = 5.5 × 105 min-1 M-1 ) for the first time. Further in vivo studies have demonstrated that CocH5-Fc(M6) can effectively accelerate clearance of not only cocaine, but also norcocaine (known as a cocaine metabolite which is more toxic than cocaine itself) and benzoylecgonine (known as an unfavorable long-lasting metabolite with some long-term toxicity concerns) in rats. Due to the desired high catalytic activity against norcocaine, CocH5-Fc(M6) is capable of quickly detoxifying both cocaine and its more toxic metabolite norcocaine after intraperitoneally administering lethal dose of 60 or 180 mg/kg cocaine. In addition, the ability of CocH5-Fc(M6) to accelerate clearance of benzoylecgonine should also be valuable for the use of CocH5-Fc(M6) in treatment of cocaine use disorder., (© 2023. The Author(s).)- Published
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43. The enhanced dewaterability of sludge by a starch-based flocculant combined with attapulgite.
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Shen S, Wei H, Pan Y, Hu P, and Yang H
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- Waste Disposal, Fluid methods, Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrix, Proteins chemistry, Water chemistry, Filtration, Adenosine Triphosphate, Sewage chemistry, Starch
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Coagulation/flocculation is one of the most widely used and cost-effective pretreatment methods for improving the dewaterability of sludge. In this study, a cationic modified starch-based flocculant (St-CTA) in conjunction with a popular clay, attapulgite (ATP), was used for the conditioning of waste-activated sludge. The dewatering properties, including the filter cake moisture content, filtration specific resistance, capillary suction time, filtration rate and compressibility coefficient, were measured and compared by varying the doses of St-CTA and ATP. By combination of the apparent dewatering performance and the changes in the contents and distributions of the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) fractions and components, sludge flocs, and microstructures of sludge cakes, the dewatering mechanisms were discussed in detail. St-CTA in conjunction with ATP can exhibit an enhanced dewaterability of sludge and the water content in final sludge cake can be stably reduced below 80% owing to the synergistic effects of St-CTA and ATP. In addition to the efficient charge neutralization of St-CTA, ATP not only acts as a skeleton builder in the sludge dewatering process which makes the sludge flocs more compact and improves the filterability and permeability, but also tightly interacts with the proteins in EPS of the sludge which reduces the protein content and further enhances the dewatering effect. This study provides an economical, green, and effective way to further improve the dewaterability of sludge., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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44. Role of cardiac mitofusins in cardiac conduction following simulated ischemia-reperfusion.
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Kwek XY, Hall AR, Lim WW, Katwadi K, Soong PL, Grishina E, Lin KH, Crespo-Avilan G, Yap EP, Ismail NI, Chinda K, Chung YY, Wei H, Shim W, Montaigne D, Tinker A, Ong SB, and Hausenloy DJ
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- Mice, Animals, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Ischemia, Bone Density Conservation Agents, Craniocerebral Trauma
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Mitochondrial dysfunction induced by acute cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (IR), may increase susceptibility to arrhythmias by perturbing energetics, oxidative stress production and calcium homeostasis. Although changes in mitochondrial morphology are known to impact on mitochondrial function, their role in cardiac arrhythmogenesis is not known. To assess action potential duration (APD) in cardiomyocytes from the Mitofusins-1/2 (Mfn1/Mfn2)-double-knockout (Mfn-DKO) compared to wild-type (WT) mice, optical-electrophysiology was conducted. To measure conduction velocity (CV) in atrial and ventricular tissue from the Mfn-DKO and WT mice, at both baseline and following simulated acute IR, multi-electrode array (MEA) was employed. Intracellular localization of connexin-43 (Cx43) at baseline was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, while Cx-43 phosphorylation was assessed by Western-blotting. Mfn-DKO cardiomyocytes demonstrated an increased APD. At baseline, CV was significantly lower in the left ventricle of the Mfn-DKO mice. CV decreased with simulated-ischemia and returned to baseline levels during simulated-reperfusion in WT but not in atria of Mfn-DKO mice. Mfn-DKO hearts displayed increased Cx43 lateralization, although phosphorylation of Cx43 at Ser-368 did not differ. In summary, Mfn-DKO mice have increased APD and reduced CV at baseline and impaired alterations in CV following cardiac IR. These findings were associated with increased Cx43 lateralization, suggesting that the mitofusins may impact on post-MI cardiac-arrhythmogenesis., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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45. Clinical application of 3D-Slicer + 3D printing guide combined with transcranial neuroendoscopic in minimally invasive neurosurgery.
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Zhou L, Wang W, Li Z, Wei H, Cai Q, Chen Q, Liu Z, Ye H, Song P, Cheng L, Lei P, and Chen S
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- Female, Male, Humans, Neurosurgical Procedures, Printing, Three-Dimensional, Neurosurgery, Neuroendoscopy, Brain Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Brain Neoplasms surgery, Meningeal Neoplasms
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To explore the clinical advantages of 3D-Slicer + 3D printing guide combined with transcranial neuroendoscopic in minimally invasive neurosurgery. By collecting the datum of patients who underwent craniotomy under 3D-Slicer + 3D printing guide plate positioning combined with transcranial neuroendoscopic in our hospital from October 2021 to February 2022, this paper introduces the accurate planning and positioning lesions of patients before operation and the minimally invasive operation of intraoperative neuroendoscopic and analyses clinical data such as lesion size and surgical bone window size. We collected the case datum of 16 patients who underwent craniocerebral surgery with 3D-Slicer + 3D printing guide combined with transcranial neuroendoscopic, including 5 males and 11 females, aged 46-76 years, including 6 brain tumors (3 meningiomas, 1 glioblastoma, 2 lung cancer brain metastases), 2 cavernous hemangioma, 7 hydrocephalus and 1 chronic subdural hematoma. The lesions of the 16 patients were located accurately before operation and the target areas were reached quickly during operation. Postoperative imaging datum confirmed that the lesions was removed fully, and the ventricular end of shunt tube was in good position. The technology of 3D-Slicer + 3D printing guide plate combined with transcranial neuroendoscopic is not difficult, which has many advantages such as inexpensive equipment, simple operation, easy learning, accurate positioning, and minimally invasive surgery. It is considered to be a practical technology that is feasible, reliable, convenient for diagnosis, preoperative planning and minimally invasive surgery. It is suitable for promotion in neurosurgery and other surgical departments of all medical institutions., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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46. SNAL: sensitive non-associative learning network configuration for the automatic driving strategy.
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Shi Z, Zhai Y, Zhang Y, and Wei H
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- Humans, Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Neural Networks, Computer, Automobile Driving
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Nowadays, there is a huge gap between autonomous vehicles and mankind in terms of the decision response against some dangerous scenarios, which would has stressed the potential users out and even made them nervous. To efficiently identify the possible sensitivity scenarios, a new neural network configuration, named sensitive non-associative learning network (SNAL), is proposed. In such structure, the modulated interneurons, excited by abnormal scene stimulation for scene processing, are well processed and utilized to improve the training structure which refers to the sensitization mechanism in non-associative learning in neurobiology and the neural structure of Aplysia. When encountering the sensitivity scenes that the automatic driving agent is not good at or has not seen, the modulated interneuron facilitates the full connection layer neurons for the decision-making process, so as to change the final automatic driving strategy. In the process of constructing the model, a method to measure the similarity of the convolution feature map is proposed, which provides a new investigation tool for the properties of convolution networks after the feature extraction. Based on the Morris-Lecar equation in neurobiology, the dynamic model of modulating interneurons in the network is constructed. The automatic control optimization of the model is carried out by imitating the biological properties. The optimization method provides a reference for introducing neurobiological mechanism into deep learning and automatic control. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, the simulation test are executed and the existing methods are compared accordingly. The results show that the proposed SNAL algorithm can effectively recognize the sensitivity mechanism. Furthermore, compared with the existing algorithms, such as CNN, LSTM, ViT, the proposed algorithm can make better defensive strategies for potentially dangerous scenes rarely seen or not seen in the training stage. This sensitivity mechanism is more in line with the human driving intuition when dealing with abnormal driving scenes, and makes the decision more interpretable, significantly improving the traffic ability of autonomous vehicles under the sensitive scenes. In addition, this configuration can be easily combined with the existing mainstream neural network models and has good expansibility., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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47. Clinical application of 3D Slicer combined with Sina/MosoCam multimodal system in preoperative planning of brain lesions surgery.
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Zhou L, Wang W, Wei H, Song P, Li Z, Cheng L, Lei P, Chen Q, Liu Z, Ye H, and Cai Q
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- Humans, Neurosurgical Procedures methods, Brain, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Retrospective Studies, Meningioma diagnostic imaging, Meningioma surgery, Glioma surgery, Meningeal Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Meningeal Neoplasms surgery
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To explore the clinical advantages of 3D Slicer combined with Sina/MosoCam multimodal system in preoperative planning of brain lesions surgery. By collecting the data of brain lesions patients undergoing craniotomy under the preoperative positioning of 3D Slicer combined Sina/MosoCam multimodal system in the people's Hospital of Wuhan University from January 2021 to October 2021, the preoperative planning of patients was introduced, and the size of surgical bone window, operation time, preoperative and postoperative neurological dysfunction were counted. We collected the case data of 35 patients who were reconstructed by 3D Slicer and located by Sina/MosoCam projection. There were 14 cases of malignant tumors (7 cases of glioma, 2 cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, 5 cases of metastatic cancer) and 21 cases of benign tumors (17 cases of meningioma, 1 case of central neurocytoma, 2 cases of cavernous hemangioma and 1 case of arachnoid cyst). All 35 patients were located accurately before operation, the lesions were found quickly during operation, and the postoperative imaging data confirmed that the lesions were removed completely, of which 28 cases (80%) had significantly improved neurological symptoms one month after operation. 3D Slicer combined with Sina/MosoCam multimodal system has many advantages, such as simple and easy to learn, convenient operation, accurate positioning and free. It is considered to be a new technology that is practical, reliable, convenient for diagnosis and preoperative planning. It is suitable for popularization and use in neurosurgery and other operating rooms of all medical institutions., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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48. Fatty acids and nutritional components of the seed oil from Wangmo red ball Camellia oleifera grown in the low-heat valley of Guizhou, China.
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Long L, Gao C, Qiu J, Yang L, Wei H, and Zhou Y
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- Carotenoids, Fatty Acids, Hot Temperature, Humans, Oleic Acid, Plant Oils, Polyphenols, Seeds, Squalene, Camellia
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Wangmo red ball Camellia oleifera is the main Camellia species cultivated for oil in the low-heat valley of Guizhou, China. In this study, we evaluated the comprehensive nutritional value of Wangmo C. oleifera seed oil through fatty acid and nutritional component analyses. Twenty excellent Wangmo C. oleifera plants with stable yield and disease resistance were selected from the Camellia oleifera germplasm resource garden in the low-heat valley site of Guizhou University. The unit crown yield, fatty acid content of the seed oil, fatty acid composition and functional nutrients were determined, and the oil quality was comprehensively evaluated using principal component analysis. The fatty acid content of C. oleifera seed oil was 35.03-53.47%, suggesting likely popularization and wide application prospects. The fatty acids included SFAs, MUFAs and PUFAs, and the oleic acid content was 80%, indicating a highly stable and nutritious oil. The oil was also rich in carotenoids, polyphenols, flavonoids, β-sitosterol, squalene and α-Ve, with average content of 7.404 mg/kg, 16.062 mg/kg, 0.401 g/100 g, 265.087 mg/kg, 129.315 mg/kg and 21.505 mg/100 g, respectively. However, the correlations among the nutritional indices were weak. PCA showed that germplasms GH7, GH43, GH28, GH8 and GH31 exhibited the top five nutritional qualities. The rankings in this study provide data for identifying excellent Wangmo C. oleifera plants with high nutritional quality. Additionally, this study provides a valuable reference for the research and development of high-end edible oil and a theoretical basis for the development of economic forest species in low-heat valley areas across the world., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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49. Clinical and laboratorial outcome of different age-onset systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Jiangsu, China: a multicentre retrospective study.
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Wen L, Chen Z, Jin Z, Pan W, Liu L, Wu M, Ding F, Hu H, Ding X, Wei H, Zou Y, Qian X, Wang M, Wu J, Tao J, Tan J, Da Z, Zhang M, Li J, Feng X, Liang J, Zhang H, and Sun L
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- Adult, Age of Onset, Chi-Square Distribution, Comorbidity, Humans, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic diagnosis, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic drug therapy, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic epidemiology
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Studies on clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus among different age-onset patients are lacking in China. This multicentre study aimed to systemically compare clinical manifestations, comorbidities, organ involvement, and laboratory findings among 797 Chinese juvenile-onset, adult-onset, and late-onset SLE (JSLE, ASLE, and LSLE) patients. They were classified into JSLE, ASLE, and LSLE groups if first diagnosed at < 18, 18-50, and > 50 years old, respectively. Chi-square test and analysis of variance were employed for categorical and continuous variables respectively. In younger-onset patients, the SLE Disease Activity Index 2000 score was significantly higher (JSLE vs. ASLE vs. LSLE = 17.43 ± 9.139 vs. 16.34 ± 8.163 vs. 14.08 ± 6.474, p = 0.031). Mucocutaneous symptoms (79.5% vs. 73.4% vs. 62.0%, p = 0.042), especially malar rash (76.1% vs. 66.1% vs. 53.5%, p = 0.011) occurred more frequently, and proteinuria rate was higher (54.5% vs. 56.3% vs. 36.6%, p = 0.007). In later-onset patients, cardiopulmonary involvement increased (11.4% vs. 24.3% vs. 29.6%, p = 0.012). In ASLE, hypoalbuminemia rate elevated (46.6% vs. 59.9% vs. 47.9%, p = 0.015). Our study demonstrated in a Chinese population that JSLE may be more active and suffer mucocutaneous disorders, while LSLE tended to suffer cardiopulmonary involvement at-onset. These findings may help identify treatment priorities when facing different age-onset SLE patients., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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50. Insight into impact of sewage discharge on microbial dynamics and pathogenicity in river ecosystem.
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Xie Y, Liu X, Wei H, Chen X, Gong N, Ahmad S, Lee T, Ismail S, and Ni SQ
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- Bacteria genetics, Sewage microbiology, Virulence, Water Quality, Microbiota, Rivers chemistry
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Direct sewage discharge could cause copious numbers of serious and irreversible harm to the environment. This study investigated the impacts of treated and raw sewage on the river ecosystem. Through our analysis, sewage carried various nutrients into the river, leading to changes in the microbial community in the river and reducing the diversity and richness of bacteria. The relative abundances of Hydrogenophaga, Thauera, Planctomyces, Zoogloea, and Pseudomonas boosted from 0.25, 0.01, 0.00, 0.05, and 0.08% to 3.33, 3.43, 0.02, 6.28, and 2.69%, before and after raw sewage discharge, respectively. The gene abundance of pathogenic bacteria significantly increased after raw sewage discharge. For instance, the gene abundance of Vibrio, Helicobacter, Tuberculosis, and Staphylococcus augmented from 4055, 3797, 13,545, 33 reads at Site-1 to 23,556, 13,163, 19,887, 734 reads at Site-2, respectively. In addition, according to the redundancy analysis (RDA), the infectious pathogens were positively related to the environmental parameters, in which COD showed the highest positive correlation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Additionally, river self-purification may contribute to improving water quality and reducing pathogenicity. The outcomes of this study showed that direct discharge brought pathogens and changed microbial community structure of the river., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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