West Anhui University

Effect of Mortar Surplus Coefficient on the Mix Design and Performance of Granite Tunnel Slag Aggregate Concrete

To facilitate the graded resource utilization of granite tunnel slag (GTS), the mix proportions of GTS aggregate concrete were optimized using the mortar surplus coefficient (MSC) as a mix-design parameter. Concrete mixtures with different MSC values were designed by adjusting th...

Modified Multi-Strand Nice Knot Suture Construct Combined with Suture Anchor Fixation Versus Conventional Kirschner Wire Tension Band Fixation for Inferior Patellar Pole Fractures: A Retrospective Comparative Study

Objectives: To compare the clinical efficacy of the modified multi-strand Nice knot suture construct combined with suture anchor fixation versus conventional Kirschner wire tension band fixation for inferior patellar pole fractures. Methods: This retrospective chart review enroll...

Dynamic Behaviors of a Stage-Structured Commensalism Model with Holling Type II Benefits and Birth-Related Allee Effect

Low adult density can suppress recruitment through mate limitation or cooperative reproductive failure, even when a host improves adult survival. Motivated by this ecological tension, we introduce a fecundity-related component Allee effect into a stage-structured commensalism mod...

Silica Aerogel Microcompartments with On-Demand Reactivation Enable Mimicry of Natural Resurrection

Abstract Mimicking natural resurrection remains extraordinarily challenging. Herein, we report dormant aerogel-based synthetic microcompartments fabricated via a water-in-oil emulsion strategy to produce polyelectrolyte–surfactant complex membrane-coated mesoporous silica aerogel...

PCHP‑1 A from Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua alleviates APAP‑induced acute liver injury via Nrf2/Keap1 and NF‑κB pathways

Acetaminophen (APAP), a common antipyretic and painkiller, can cause hepatotoxicity and severe liver injury when used in excess, and therapeutic options are quite limited. Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua polysaccharide (PCHP) exhibits good anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties....

Effect of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in stellate ganglion block on postoperative sleep quality in patients undergoing thyroid cancer surgery: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

Postoperative sleep disturbance is common after thyroid cancer surgery and may delay recovery. Stellate ganglion block (SGB) can regulate sympathetic activity, but single local anesthetic blockade has limited duration. This trial aimed to evaluate whether perineural addition of d...

Adaptive Reinforced Gray Langur Optimization for Feature Selection and SVR Modeling of Polysaccharides in Dendrobium huoshanense via NIR Spectroscopy

Adaptive Reinforced Gray Langur Optimization (ARGLO), an enhanced variant of the Gray Langurs Optimizer, is developed for high-dimensional, multimodal, and nonlinear search landscapes susceptible to local trapping. Although the original GLO performs multi-population cooperative s...

A Multi-Strategy Kangaroo Escape Optimization Technique for Global Optimization, Engineering Design, and Near-Infrared Prediction of Praeruptorin Content

The Kangaroo Escape Optimization Technique (KET) combines escape and safe-area searches, but its fixed stage allocation, restricted guidance range, limited refinement of low-ranked individuals, and insufficient use of population-state information can reduce its performance on com...

Derivation of a novel risk assessment model of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients

Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. Despite the existence of various VTE risk assessment models (RAMs), their performance...

Positional Isomers of B6C6N6 Nanorings: Stability, Reactivity, and Optical Properties from First Principles

The positional arrangement of BN and CC units in B6C6N6 cyclic nanorings profoundly influences their stability, electronic structure, optical response, and reactivity. Here, we comparatively investigate eight positional isomers (C1–C8) using DFT and TD-DFT calculations. Among C1–...