Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pelvic magnetic stimulation added to pelvic-floor muscle training for female vaginal laxity: a randomized controlled trial

To evaluate the short-term efficacy of pelvic magnetic stimulation combined with pelvic floor rehabilitation training (Intervention) versus isolated pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) among women diagnosed with vaginal laxity (Population). The Vaginal Laxity Questionnaire (VLQ)...

Organ-specific biological age gaps show heterogeneous and direction-dependent genetic relationships with age-related diseases

Organ-specific biological age gap (BAG) traits are model-derived measures of ageing-related variation, but their genetic relationships with age-related diseases and the genomic scale of these relationships remain unclear. We analysed European-ancestry genome-wide association stud...

Development of a structurally compact magnetorheological prosthetic knee joint with obstacle-crossing function

Abstract To address the difficulty of simultaneously achieving motion bionics, active driving capability, and structural compactness in prosthetic knee joints, a structurally compact magnetorheological prosthetic knee joint (SCMRPK) with obstacle-crossing function is proposed in...

Decisional conflict regarding fertility preservation among women of reproductive age with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study of its level and associated factors

To describe the level of decisional conflict regarding fertility preservation among women of reproductive age with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to identify factors associated with it. Using convenience sampling, we recruited women of reproductive age with SLE attending...

Association between cardiometabolic index and lung function in US adolescents

Obesity is a key determinant of pulmonary function. The cardiometabolic index (CMI), which integrates body fat distribution and lipid metabolism status, directly reflects cardiovascular metabolic risk and health status. However, previous studies have not explored its relationship...

A transmissive dual-beam low-rcs metasurface antenna based on a highly selective frequency selective rasorber

This paper proposes a highly selective absorption-transmission-absorption (A-T-A) type frequency selective rasorber (FSR). Through collaborative optimization of the interdigital resonator and a three-layer cascaded bandpass frequency selective surface (FSS), it achieves 0.08 dB m...

Prompting Large Language Models with Partial Knowledge for Answering Questions with Unseen Entities

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems are often constrained by the “relevance myopia”, primarily focusing on fully relevant external information to supply missing or outdated facts while overlooking the potential of partially relevant knowledge to activate the internal kno...

A Meta-Analytic Review of Gender Difference in Self-esteem in China

Gender difference in self-esteem has been widely studied in psychology. Previous meta-analyses, mostly based on Western samples, found males reported higher self-esteem than females. To examine if there is the same finding in China, we conducted a meta-analysis of 802 studies inv...

Effectiveness of digital health interventions for the management of Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) after sphincter-preserving surgery for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) frequently occurs following sphincter-preserving rectal cancer surgery. Although recent studies have reported the effects of digital health interventions for LARS management, no systematic review and meta-analysis has been conducted. We sear...

The Pentad Framework: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model for Systems-Level Cardiac Bioprinting

Heart transplantation remains the sole definitive cure for end-stage heart failure, yet its clinical application is severely constrained by an acute shortage of donor organs. 3D bioprinting has emerged as a transformative biofabrication paradigm capable of engineering patient-spe...

The Pentad Framework: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model for Systems-Level Cardiac Bioprinting

Heart transplantation remains the sole definitive cure for end-stage heart failure, yet its clinical application is severely constrained by an acute shortage of donor organs. 3D bioprinting has emerged as a transformative biofabrication paradigm capable of engineering patient-spe...