Recently, instrumental nanoindentation has been widely applied to detect time-dependent plastic deformation or creep behavior in numerous materials, particularly thin films and heterogeneous materials. However, deformation mechanism at nanoindentation holding stage has not been well revealed hitherto. In the current work, nanoindentation holding…[Read more]

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Studies have shown the complexity of epileptogenesis and ictogenesis, in which immunological processes and epigenetic and structural changes in neuronal tissues have been identified as triggering epilepsy. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a major active component of the…[Read more]

While character strengths have been found to predict educational outcomes beyond broad personality traits and cognitive ability, little is known about their differential contribution to success and positive learning experiences in different school settings. In this study, we use trait activation theory to investigate the relationships of students’…[Read more]

This review aims to investigate the efficacy of Tai Chi Chuan on subjective sleep quality among adults.

We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), and the Wanfang Database from their inception to August 2019 and identified 25 eligible studies that were published in…[Read more]

then 0.001), whereas patients were more likely to receive palliative chemotherapy in their last year if their caregivers were adult children or if they were aged ≤50 years. Significant variations in EOL treatment strategies were observed according to caregivers and patient age during the last year of life.BReast CAncer (BRCA) genes 1 and 2 were d…[Read more]

Research in medical imaging has yet to do to achieve precision oncology. Over the past 30 years, only the simplest imaging biomarkers (RECIST, SUV,…) have become widespread clinical tools. This may be due to our inability to accurately characterize tumors and monitor intratumoral changes in imaging. #link# Artificial intelligence, through m…[Read more]

We utilized the National Trauma Data Bank® database to report practice patterns in managing blunt traumatic ureteral injuries and assess the consistency with current guidelines/literature.

Between 2007 and 2016 all National Trauma Data Bank database patients with blunt traumatic ureteral injuries were identified using ICD-9 and…[Read more]

The catalytic performance of certain PtNi/MWCNTs collected during the staircase heating process was better than that of PtNi/MWCNTs produced via the conventional heating process.Flaviviruses including dengue virus and Zika virus encode a unique two-component NS2B-NS3 protease essential for maturation/infectivity, thus representing a key target for…[Read more]