North China University of Science and Technology

The Tibial Tubercle‐Trochlear Groove Distance Has Higher Accuracy and Moderate Inter‐observer Reliability Compared With the Tibial Tubercle‐Roman Arch and Tibial Tubercle‐Midepicondyle Distances

PURPOSE: To assess the interobserver reliability of the assessment of the tibial tubercle-trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance, tibial tubercle-Roman arch (TT-RA) distance, tibial tubercle-midepicondyle (TT-ME) distance, and tibial tubercle-posterior cruciate ligament (TT-PCL) dista...

Atmosphere-Controlled Solid-State Decarburization and Evolution of Carbon-Gradient Microstructures in Medium-Mn Steel

Controlling carbon removal while limiting surface oxidation is essential for constructing composition gradients in high-carbon medium-Mn steel. In this study, solid-state decarburization of Fe-12 wt%Mn-2.7 wt%C alloy sheets was investigated in H2O-H2 and CO2-CO atmospheres by com...

Tradeoff Optimization Method of Frame Structures Based on a Uniform Response Criterion

In this paper, a uniform story drift ratio or absolute acceleration optimization method is first proposed to address the weak story issue in frame structures subjected to earthquakes. The cross sections of the frame beams and columns are selected as optimization variables, and in...

Research Progress on Multi-Component Solid Waste Combustion and Source-Controlling Technology for PCDD/Fs Generation

Multi-component solid waste combustion can recover energy and reduce the difficulty of waste classification, but variable solid composition complicates the reduction of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), which has been paid attention to by the internat...

A review of high-entropy transition metal carbides/nitrides: Properties, applications, and synthesis methods

In recent years, the rapid development of rechargeable ion batteries has imposed increasingly higher demands on the performance of electrode materials. Transition metal carbides/nitrides, as two-dimensional materials, have been widely studied in the field of energy storage worldw...

Multi‐Stimuli Responsive Phosphate Hybrids With Visible‐Light‐Excited Dual‐Mode Afterglow Toward Multifunctional Applications

ABSTRACT Dual‐mode afterglow emission is a notable photoluminescent phenomenon in which materials exhibit prolonged luminescence via thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and phosphorescence. Developing such dual‐mode materials through a simple preparation process is in...

Neutropenia events with androgen receptor pathway inhibitor-containing versus control therapies in prostate cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

To systematically evaluate the risk of neutropenia associated with androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) intensification in patients with prostate cancer across phase 3 randomized controlled trials. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in accordance with PR...

Prohibitin 1 orchestrates mitochondrial-ER crosstalk via the VDAC1-GRP75-IP3R axis to drive malignancy in gastric cancer

<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold>: Mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes (MAMs), serving as critical hubs for mitochondrial- ER interactions, play a pivotal role in cancer progression. Prohibitin 1 (PHB1), an inner mitochondrial membrane prote...

Advances in the integration of isothermal amplification with CRISPR-Cas systems for point-of-care nucleic acid biosensing in viral, environmental, and food safety applications

Purpose This study aims to systematically examine the integration of isothermal amplification (IA) with CRISPR-Cas systems for point-of-care nucleic acid biosensing, elucidating the synergistic mechanisms that resolve the sensitivity–specificity tradeoff in molecular diagnostics....

A Gapless T2T Genome and Population-Scale Resequencing of Adzuki Bean Reveal Centromere Evolution and Accelerate Molecular Breeding

Abstract The adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) is an economically and nutritionally significant legume species. Using a multi-strategy sequencing approach, a gapless, telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome assembly of an elite cultivar, Jihong 16 (JH16), was generated. The genome size was...

Development and validation of a scale of assessing students' integration of generative AI in learning based on the SAMR model

This study aimed to develop and validate a scale for measuring students' integration of generative AI, grounded in the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) model. The study included 1295 participants selected through convenience sampling. Item analysi...

Surface acoustic wave microfluidics: device innovations and the triangle balance in micro /nanoscale manipulation

Purpose This paper aims to address the critical transition of surface acoustic wave (SAW) microfluidics from microscale to nanoscale precision manipulation by deriving a systematic framework from a critical review of device performance data to analyze the inherent engineering con...