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Effect of nocturia in patients with different severity of obstructive sleep apnea on polysomnography: A retrospective observational study

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Asian Journal of Urology 2024年第3期11卷 486-496页

作者： chin-Heng Lu Hung-Min Chang Kuang-Hsi Chang Yen-Chuan Ou Chao-Yu Hsu Min-Che tung Frank Cheau-Feng Lin Stella chin-Shaw Tsai Division of Urology Department of SurgeryTungs’Taichung Metroharbor HospitalTaichungTaiwanChina Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwanChina College of Life Sciences Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwanChina Department of Otolaryngology Tungs’Taichung Metroharbor HospitalTaichungTaiwanChina Department of Medical Research Tungs’Taichung Metroharbor HospitalTaichungTaiwanChina General Education Center Jen-Teh Junior College of MedicineNursing and ManagementMiaoliTaiwanChina Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences China Medical UniversityTaichungTaiwanChina Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine College of MedicineChung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwanChina Department of Nursing Jen-Teh Junior College of MedicineNursing and ManagementMiaoliTaiwanChina Department of Surgery Chung Shan Medical UniversityTaichungTaiwanChina College of Medicine Chung Shan Medical UniversityTaichungTaiwanChina

Patients with suspected OSA were examined using *** were divided into two groups based on the presence of *** was defined as a patient who needed to void at least *** index(AHI)was employed to classify patients according to degrees of severity:AHI<5 events/h,5 events/hAHI<15 events/h,15 events/hAHI<30 events/h,and AHI30 events/h,defined as normal,mild OSA,moderate OSA,and severe OSA,*** variables,PSG parameters,International Prostate Symptom Scores(IPSSs),and quality of life scores due to urinary symptoms were ***:In total 140 patients,114 patients had OSA(48 had mild OSA;34 had moderate OSA;and 32 had severe OSA)and 107 patients had *** total IPSS was significantly higher in nocturia patients in all groups except the group of severe OSA *** the increasing severity of OSA,more correlated factors related to nocturia were *** mild OSA patients,nocturia related to increased age(p=0.025),minimum arterial blood oxygenation saturation(p=0.046),and decreased AHI of non-rapid eye movement(p=0.047),AHI of total sleep time(p=0.010),and desaturation index(p=0.012).In moderate OSA patients,nocturia related to increased age(p<0.001),awake time(p=0.025),stage 1 sleep(p=0.033),and sleep latency(p=0.033),and decreased height(p=0.044),weight(p=0.025),and sleep efficiency(p=0.003).In severe OSA patients,nocturia related to increased weight(p=0.011),body mass index(p=0.009),awake time(p=0.008),stage 1 sleep(p=0.040),arousal number(p=0.030),arousal index(p=0.013),periodic limb movement number(p=0.013),and periodic limb movement index(p=0.004),and decreased baseline arterial blood oxygenation saturation(p=0.046).Conclusion:Our study revealed that there were more correlated factors related to nocturia with increasing severity of *** study helps in clinical education and treatment for OSA patients with different severity.

关键词： Nocturia Obstructive sleep apnea Polysomnography Apneaehypopnea index International Prostate Symptom Score

A computation design method for architectural artifacts adapted from traditional Kagome bamboo basketry techniques

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Frontiers of Architectural Research 2024年第2期13卷 249-264页

作者： Hiroyuki Shinohara tung Hoi Peter Chan School of Architecture The Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina

This study is a digital form-finding and manual fabrication experiment in woven architectural design,with one traditional weaving style,Kagome,used to scale the craft up into an architectural-scale bamboo woven *** is a trihexagonal pattern employed in traditional bamboo basketry as a triaxial weaving system,resulting in an object with a self-bracing capacity without the use of fasteners owing to its interlacing *** existing studies and tools have addressed triaxial weaving design and representation,the current consideration of the advantages of weaving with bamboo is *** address this research gap,this study develops a computational design method based on studies on bamboo *** allows for the representation and exploration of design geometries using combinations of regular triangular meshes for the fabrication of Kagome woven bamboo artifacts.A full-scale mock-up was fabricated to evaluate the effectiveness of the *** mock-up demonstrated the self-bracing properties of Kagome,but there were discrepancies between the mock-up and the *** affecting bamboo weaving on an architectural scale have been identified within this study to inform future research on woven bamboo structures.

关键词： Traditionalbamboo craft Triaxialmaterial interlacing Bamboo Computational design methods Mesh block combinationsystem Architecturalwoven artifact

High glucose reduces Nrf2-dependent cRAGE release and enhances inflammasome-dependent IL-1βproduction in monocytes:the modulatory effects of EGCG

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Food Science and Human Wellness 2024年第3期13卷 1531-1542页

作者： Chi-Hao Wu Yin-Hsuan Chang chin-Lin Hsu Sheng-Yi Chen Gow-chin Yen Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science School of Life ScienceTaiwan Normal UniversityTaipei 106209TaiwanChina Department of Food Science and Biotechnology Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung 40227TaiwanChina School of Nutrition Chung Shan Medical UniversityTaichung 40201TaiwanChina

Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products(sRAGE)acts as a decoy sequestering of RAGE ligands,thus preventing the activation of the ligand-RAGE axis linking human ***,the molecular mechanisms underlying sRAGE remain *** this study,THP-1 monocytes were cultured in normal glucose(NG,5.5 mmol/L)and high glucose(HG,15 mmol/L)to investigate the effects of diabetesrelevant glucose concentrations on sRAGE and interleukin-1β(IL-1β)*** modulatory effects of epigallocatechin gallate(EGCG)in response to HG challenge were also *** enhanced intracellular reactive oxygen species(ROS)generation and RAGE *** secretion of sRAGE,including esRAGE and cRAGE,was reduced under HG conditions,together with the downregulation of a disintegrin and metallopeptidase 10(ADAM10)and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2(Nrf2)nuclear ***,the HG effects were counteracted by siRAGE and exacerbated by *** immunoprecipitation results showed that Nrf2 binding to the ADAM10 promoter and HG interfered with this *** data reinforce the notion that RAGE and Nrf2 might be sRAGE-regulating *** HG conditions,the treatment of EGCG reduced ROS generation and RAGE ***-stimulated cRAGE release was likely caused by the upregulation of the Nrf2-ADAM10 *** inhibited HG-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation at least partly by stimulating sRAGE,thereby reducing IL-1βrelease.

关键词： Epigallocatechin gallate(EGCG) Inflammasome Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2(Nrf2) Receptor for advanced glycation end products(RAGE) Soluble RAGE(sRAGE)

Origins of perturbations in dayside equatorial ground magnetograms

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Earth and Planetary Physics 2024年第1期8卷 215-221页

作者： Syau-Yun W.hsieh David G.Sibeck The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LaurelMarylandUSA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GreenbeltMarylandUSA

To determine the cause(s)of perturbations seen in dayside equatorial ground magnetograms,we conducted a systematic survey of simultaneous ground-based and geosynchronous satellite-based observations during the 90-day period from December 1,2020 to February 28,*** examined Huancayo ground magnetometer observations from 14:00:00 to 20:00:00 UT each day,during which Huancayo passed through local *** those data we chose perturbation events selected on the basis of large(>20 nT)event amplitude and classified the selected events as responding primarily to solar wind pressure,or to variations in the north/south component of the interplanetary magnetic field(IMF Bz),or perhaps in part to *** results show that an equivalent number of events were identified for each model during this 90-day *** in the lagged solar wind dynamic pressure routinely correspond to nearly simultaneous sudden impulses recorded at both geosynchronous orbit and on the *** in IMF Bz produce erosion signatures at geosynchronous orbit and can correspond to ground events if lag times for reconnection to enhance convection in the magnetosphere are taken into account.

关键词： dayside magnetosphere dayside equatorial ionosphere geosynchronous magnetic field

Regulation of aging by NELF-A and RNA polymerase Ⅱ elongation

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Neural Regeneration Research 2024年第7期19卷 1415-1416页

作者： chin-Tong Ong Zhen-Kai Ngian Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Department of Biological Sciences National University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore Department of Genetics Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Agency for ScienceTechnology and ResearchSingaporeSingapore

Epigenetic regulation of aging:Aging is defined as the gradual decline of physiological function and cellular integrity,causing o rganismal vulnerability to age-onset diseases and *** in different animal models have l... 详细信息

关键词： aging twelve integrity

Management of retroperitoneal high-grade serous carcinoma of unknown origin:A case report

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024年第6期12卷 1190-1195页

作者： Wen-Lin hsieh Dah-ching Ding Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Hualien Tzu Chi HospitalBuddhist Tzu Chi Medical FoundationTzu Chi UniversityHualien 970Taiwan Institute of Medical Sciences Tzu Chi UniversityHualien 970TaiwanTaiwan

BACKGROUND Retroperitoneal high-grade serous carcinoma(HGSC)of unknown origin is a sporadic tumor that can originate from ovarian ***,we report the case of a woman with retroperitoneal HGSC of unknown origin and describe how she was diagnosed and *** SUMMARY A 71-year-old female presented with the tumor marker CA125 elevated to 1041.9 U/mL upon a regular health *** tomography revealed retroperitoneal lymph node ***,positron emission tomography scanning revealed lesions with increased F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake at the *** a result,she underwent laparoscopic lymph node resection,and pathology revealed metastatic adenocarcinoma with CK7(+),PAX8(+),WT1(+),PR(-),and p53 mutational loss of expression,indicating that the origin may be from the *** patient was admitted to our ward and underwent laparoscopic staging;however,the pathological results were *** the suspicion of retroperitoneal HGSC of unknown origin,chemotherapy and targeted therapy were *** marker levels decreased after *** We present a case of HGSC of unknown origin managed using retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy,staging surgery,chemotherapy,and targeted therapy.

关键词： High-grade serous carcinoma Retroperitoneum Origin Chemotherapy Lymph node Case report

Experimental study on temperature fluctuations on plate surface induced by coaxial-jet flow

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Nuclear Science and Techniques 2024年第5期35卷 139-153页

作者： Xue-Yao Xiong Zun-Quan Liu Guo-Yan Zhou Xing Luo Shan-tung Tu Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety(MOE) East China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai 200237China Institute of Thermodynamics Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover30823 GarbsenGermany

In nuclear reactors,temperature fluctuations of fluids may cause fatigue damage to adjacent structures;this is referred to as thermal *** on thermal striping in the upper plenum has mainly focused on fluid *** experimental studies have been reported on solid structures in a fluid field with a coaxial *** study entailed an experimental study of the temperature fluctuations in the fluid and on a plate surface caused by a coaxial *** temperature fluctuations of the fluid and plate surfaces located at different heights were *** cause of the temperature fluctuation was analyzed using a transient temperature *** results show that the mixing of the hot and cold fluids gradually becomes uniform in the positive axial *** average surface temperatures tended to be *** the jet reaches the plate surface,the swing of the jet center,contraction and expansion of the cold jet,and changes in the jet shape result in temperature *** intensity of the temperature fluctuation was affected by the *** attention should be paid when the plate is located at a lower height,and between the hot and cold-fluid nozzles.

关键词： Temperature fluctuation Thermal striping Coaxial jet Thermal mixing The upper plenum of nuclear reactor

Z-shaped incision without epithelial resection in pterygium surgery

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International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition) 2024年第7期17卷 1262-1266页

作者： Satoru Kase Shinki chin Susumu Ishida Department of Ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of MedicineHokkaido UniversitySapporo 060-8638Japan

AIM:To introduce a novel surgical technique using a Z-shaped incision without epithelial resection in ophthalmic ***:This was a prospective *** pterygium surgery,all proliferative tissues were separated from the cornea and conjunctiva without resection of the *** unaffected conjunctiva was incised in a *** upper(or lower)conjunctival flap was sutured to the lower(or upper)normal conjunctiva on the limbal sclera,while the proliferative tissue was sutured to the upper conjunctiva(or lower)near the ***:Ten patients with pterygia were eligible for this *** patients with primary pterygia and 2 with recurrent pterygia were *** age of patients at surgery ranged from 47 to 90y(average:71.9y).Five patients each showed right and left-sided *** postoperative follow-up periods were from 8 to 78mo(average:25.0mo).The surgery was successfully conducted and wounds were favorably reconstructed in all *** proliferative tissues sutured to the normal conjunctiva showed palor and attenuated neovessles,and never showed re-growth after *** patients did not show *** pterygium was noted in 1 patient,but additional treatments were not ***:The procedure involves the reconstruction of pterygial tissue and normal conjunctiva using a Z-shaped *** scleral limbal wound can be covered with nonaffected conjunctiva without any excision of conjunctival epithelia in patients with primary or recurrent pterygia.

关键词： pterygium surgery Z-shape non-resection

Automated and miniaturized screening of antibiotic combinations via robotic-printed combinatorial droplet platform

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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2024年第4期14卷 1801-1813页

作者： Fangchi Shao Hui Li Kuangwen hsieh Pengfei Zhang Sixuan Li Tza-Huei Wang Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA Department of Mechanical Engineering Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD 21218USA

Antimicrobial resistance(AMR)has become a global health crisis in need of novel *** this end,antibiotic combination therapies,which combine multiple antibiotics for treatment,have at-tracted significant attention as a potential approach for combating *** facilitate advances in anti-biotic combination therapies,most notably in investigating antibiotic interactions and identifying synergistic antibiotic combinations however,there remains a need for automated high-throughput plat-forms that can create and examine antibiotic combinations on-demand,at scale,and with minimal reagent *** address these challenges,we have developed a Robotic-Printed Combinatorial Droplet(RoboDrop)platform by integrating a programmable droplet microfuidic device that generates antibiotic combinations in nanoliter droplets in automation,a robotic arm that arranges the droplets in an array,and a camera that images the array of thousands of droplets in *** further implement a resazurin-based bacterial viability assay to accelerate our antibiotic combination *** a demonstration,we use RoboDrop to corroborate two pairs of antibiotics with known interactions and subsequently identify a new synergistic combination of cefsulodin,penicillin,and oxacillin against a model *** *** therefore envision RoboDrop becoming a useful tool to efficiently identify new synergistic antibiotic combinations toward combating AMR.

关键词： Droplet microfluidics Antimicrobial resistance Antibiotic combinatorial screening Contact printing Robotics Pharmaceutical analysis High-throughput Antibiotic interactions