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Age ≥75 years (HR 3.192, 95% CI 1.964-5.188), discharging to home (HR 0.399, 95% CI 0.297-0.536), length of stay ≥8 days during the index hospitalization (HR 1.533, 95% CI 1.163-2.019), and high education level (HR 0.517, 95% CI 0.273-0.977), were found to be associated with the survival probability.

Study results indicate that older patients, especially those with a low educational level, those with longer index hospitalization, and those not sent directly to home, deserve more care and attention after discharge.

Study results indicate that older patients, especially those with a low educational level, those with longer index hospitalization, and those not sent directly to home, deserve more care and attention after discharge.

Increasing waiting times for elective surgery is a major concern for policymakers and healthcare staff in many countries, due to its effect on health, patient satisfaction and the perceived quality of health-care. Many organizational models to reduce surgical waiting times have been studied, but the international literature indicates that multidimensional interventions on different aspects of the surgical pathway can be more effective in reducing waiting times than interventions focused on optimizing a single aspect.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multidimensional intervention in reducing waiting times for elective surgery.

We used a pre-post approach to evaluate the effect of a multidimensional project to reduce waiting times and lists.

In a district general hospital (Italy) with three elective surgery operating rooms open 6 hours/day, 5 days/week (surgery specialties general surgery, orthopaedics, gynaecology and urology), a project for reducing surgery waiting times was eduling proved effective in reducing waiting times for elective surgery.The formation of high-nuclear silver(I) clusters remains elusive and their potential applications are still underdeveloped. Herein, we report an unprecedented gigantic Ag148 ([Ag148S26Cl30(CCBut)60](SbF6)6) cluster co-templated by Cl- and S2-, which was well-defined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The cluster exhibits a hierarchical structure consisting of fused Ag24X16 kernel, Ag60X20 shell and "cluster of clusters assembling" of four pentagonal concave polyhedral Ag16X5 units. Furthermore, the silver cluster emits red light at room temperature with a prominent 39.6% QY. The cellular uptake and cytotoxicity indicate that Ag148 induces apoptosis of cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner.Herein, we demonstrate a chemical vapor deposition route to the controlled growth of large scale MoS2/MoSe2 vertical van der Waals heterostructures on a molten glass substrate using water as the oxidizing chemical to guarantee a sufficient and uniform delivery of the metal precursor. This work offers an efficient way for developing other layered heterostructures for integrated electronic and optoelectronic devices.It is highly significant for the fabrication of rechargeable metal-air batteries to develop cost-efficient and high-performance electrocatalysts of bifunctionality for both oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we demonstrate a hybrid composed of CeO2-decorated Co nanoparticles supported on three-dimensionally porous carbon aerogels (Co-CeO2/C aerogels) as a superior bifunctional electrocatalyst. The preparation of Co-CeO2/C aerogels depends on the formation of a novel CeCl3/K3Co(CN)6-chitosan (CS) hydrogel, during which the cyanide groups of K3Co(CN)6 combines the hydroxyls in CS by hydrogen bridges, accompanying with the substitution of chloride groups in CeCl3 by cyanide groups in K3Co(CN)6. The electron spin resonance offers a convincing proof that numerous oxygen vacancies were found in Co-CeO2/C aerogels after the introduction of CeO2. The developed Co-CeO2/C aerogels showed an outstanding electrochemical performance for both OER and ORR in comparsion with RuO2 and Pt/C catalysts in 0.1 M KOH solution. A small overpotential (380 mV) and a low Tafel slope (99 mV dec-1) were observed for OER, while the half-wave potential (0.75 V) and the onset potential (0.92 V) were high for ORR. The superior performance could be put down to the multihole heterostructure, multiple components and abundant oxygen vacancies. It was very helpful for the adsorption and the catalyzation of the reactants and the efficient mass transport of reagent/product. This work paves a neoteric method to synthesize a bifunctional hybrid catalyst with a highly efficient performance of energy conversion and storage.Molecular magnetism and specifically magnetic molecules have recently gained plenty of attention as key elements for quantum technologies, information processing, and spintronics. Transition to the nanoscale and implementation of ordered structures with defined parameters is crucial for advanced applications. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) provide natural one-dimensional confinement that can be implemented for encapsulation, nanosynthesis, and polymerization of molecules into nanoribbons. Recently, the formation of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons inside SWCNTs has been reported. However, there have been only a limited amount of approaches to form ordered magnetic structures inside the nanotube channels and the creation of magnetic nanoribbons is still lacking. In this work we synthesize and reveal the properties of cobalt-phthalocyanine based nanoribbons (CoPcNRs) encapsulated in SWCNTs. Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, absorption spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations allowed us to confirm the encapsulation and to reveal the specific fingerprints of CoPcNRs. The magnetic properties were studied by transverse magnetooptical Kerr effect measurements, which indicated a strong difference in comparison with the pristine unfilled SWCNTs due to the impact of Co incorporated atoms. We anticipate that this approach of polymerization of encapsulated magnetic molecules inside SWCNTs will result in a diverse class of protected low-dimensional ordered magnetic materials for various applications.LaCuO3 is one of the most fundamental cuprate perovskite blocks and has a similar structure to the cuprate high-temperature superconductor. Therefore, some consider that a study on LaCuO3 is one of the clues to clarify the mechanism of cuprate high-temperature superconductivity. However, since the synthesis of bulk LaCuO3 is difficult due to the need for the high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) method, not enough research on LaCuO3 has been done so far. In this paper, I report the successful synthesis of rhombohedral LaCuO3 thin films using the oxidation effect of NaClO solution without using the HPHT method. The nanobeam electron diffraction pattern of the cross-section of LaCuO3-δ thin film oxidized in NaClO solution at 80 °C for 72 hours demonstrates the formation of rhombohedral LaCuO3. The amount of oxygen defects in the rhombohedral LaCuO3 thin films has not been measured directly because it is difficult to do so. However, considering the relationship between the amount of oxygen defects and the symmetry of bulk LaCuO3-δ, these rhombohedral LaCuO3 thin films are considered to be very close to the stoichiometric composition. The temperature dependence of the resistance of the thin films indicates that rhombohedral LaCuO3 is an insulator. Considering the previous studies on the first-principles calculation of stoichiometric LaCuO3 and this study, the rhombohedral LaCuO3 close to the stoichiometric composition is presumed to be a Mott insulator.In this paper, we investigate the efficacy of different quantum chemical solvent modelling methods of indole in both water and methylcyclohexane solutions. The goal is to show that one can yield good photophysical properties in strongly coupled solute-solvent systems using standard DFT methods. We use standard and linearly-corrected Polarisable Continuum Models (PCM), as well as explicit solvation models, and compare the different model parameters, including the choice of density functional, basis set, and number of explicit solvent molecules. We demonstrate that implicit models overestimate energies and oscillator strengths. In particular, for indole-water, no level inversion is observed, suggesting a dielectric medium on its own is insufficient. In contrast, energies are seen to converge fairly rapidly with respect to cluster size towards experimentally measured properties in the explicit models. We find that the use of B3LYP with a diffuse basis set can adequately represent the photophysics of the system with a cluster size of between 9-12 explicit water molecules. Sampling of configurations from a molecular dynamics simulation suggests that the single point results are suitably representative of the solvated ensemble. For indole-water, we show that solvent reorganisation plays a significant role in stabilisation of the excited state energies. It is hoped that the findings and observations of this study will aid in the choice of solvation model parameters in future studies.Electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a powerful tool for introducing oxygen functional groups in synthetic chemistry. However, compared with the well-developed one-electron oxygen reduction process, the applications of two-electron oxygen reduction in electrochemical synthesis have been seldom studied. We present herein our recent progress in the oxidation of α-diazoesters to α-ketoesters by in situ generated hydrogen peroxide via a two-electron oxygen reduction approach. A diverse collection of valuable α-ketoester products was obtained with moderate to high yields under an exogenous-oxidant-free and metal catalyst-free electrochemical conditions.Microplastic presence in fishmeal is an emerging research area because of its potential to enter food chains, and the importance of fishmeal within global food security. However, fishmeal is a complex medium dependant on fish composition. This study measured properties (organics, carbonates, protein and density) of five fishmeal types (trimmings, sardine and anchovy, krill, tuna and salmon), sourced from locations worldwide (Norway, South America, Antarctica, Spain and Scotland). Microplastic recovery rates were compared for existing methodologies using sodium chloride overflows and potassium hydroxide digestions and then compared to newly developed methods. These methods included dispersants and calcium chloride density separations which were developed and designed to be environmentally conscious and affordable, which we argue should become an international standard approach for researchers. A calcium chloride overflow with dispersant and potassium hydroxide digestion provided the highest recovery rate in sardine and anchovy fishmeal (66.3%). LDC195943 in vivo Positive correlations with recovery rate were found with protein content, and negative correlations with organic content. Low recovery rates found here suggest microplastics in fishmeal reported in the literature are underestimated. With complex media such as fishmeal, attention must be paid to variation between types and composition when choosing methods and interpreting results.