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A vancomycin (Van) modification strategy on a porphyrinic metal-organic framework (MOF) PCN-224 is presented. The obtained Van-PCN-224 gives the combined advantages of porphyrinic MOF and Van with high photosensitive activity and excellent targeted antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Selleckchem A939572 The features make Van-PCN-224 promising for antimicrobial therapy.Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common microvascular complication in diabetes and may cause severe visual impairment. Until late stages of DR, treatment options are limited. The aim of the present review was to investigate whether changes of DR might be influenced by topical treatment with eye drops. This systematic review included both randomized and non-randomized human clinical studies on the subject. A systematic search of PubMed Medline, Embase and Scopus databases yielded 710 studies. No inclusion criteria regarding classification of DR were defined. Reference lists as well as first authors were screened for the inclusion of additional studies. Potential bias of the randomized studies was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. Nineteen studies suitable for inclusion were identified. Seven studies were randomized trials. These examined 11 different pharmacological groups of drugs in DR. A favourable effect of corticosteroid eye drops in diabetic macular oedema (DMO) was reported in four studies, and another study reported a positive trend. Eye drops with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were also reported to have a favourable effect in DMO, but not in non-center involving DMO. Application of neuroprotective agents was found effective in patients with pre-existing neurodegeneration in three studies. The remaining studies of DMO and DR were heterogeneous in both designs and results. Studies on treatment of DR with topical eye drops vary with regards to patient population, interventional drugs, study design, and outcome measures. Treatment of DR with eye drops was found effective in the aforementioned cases, but there is still a need for further investigations of long-term, randomized controlled trials in any of the reported pharmacological group.Seawater desalination is viewed as a promising solution to world freshwater scarcity. Solar assisted desalination is proposed to overcome the high energy consumption in current desalination technologies, as it uses abundant and sustainable solar energy as the only energy input. Interfacial solar vapor generation (SVG) has attracted considerable research interest due to its high energy conversion efficiency, simple implementation, and cost-effectiveness. Among all the candidate materials for solar evaporators, carbon-based materials stand out due to their intrinsic high solar absorption, highly tunable structure, easy preparation, low cost, and earth-abundancy. In this review, the recent progress on carbon-based materials for the development of interfacial SVG is summarized. First, a brief introduction to the basic design principles of the interfacial SVG system is presented. Then, recent efforts in carbon-based solar evaporators, from artificial structures to bioinspired configurations, focusing on their structure-function relationship are highlighted. Strategies for designing antisalt-fouling desalination systems are also summarized. Last, the challenges and opportunities of carbon-based materials for solar evaporation technology are elaborated.Opioids are a commonly prescribed and efficacious medication for the treatment of chronic pain but major side effects such as addiction, respiratory depression, analgesic tolerance, and paradoxical pain hypersensitivity make them inadequate and unsafe for patients requiring long-term pain management. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the outcomes of chronic opioid administration to lay the foundation for the development of novel pharmacological strategies that attenuate opioid tolerance and hypersensitivity; the two main physiological mechanisms underlying the inadequacies of current therapeutic strategies. We also explore mechanistic similarities between the development of neuropathic pain states, opioid tolerance, and hypersensitivity which may explain opioids' lack of efficacy in certain patients. The findings challenge the current direction of analgesic research in developing non-opioid alternatives and we suggest that improving opioids, rather than replacing them, will be a fruitful avenue for future research.Insertion of sheet-type platinum particles (platinum nanosheets) between graphite layers was achieved by a thermal treatment of a mixture of platinum chloride (IV) and graphite powder (natural graphite or artificial graphite) under 0.3 MPa of chlorine at 723 K, followed by the treatment under 40 kPa of hydrogen pressure. Similar platinum nanosheets, which were 1-3 nm in thickness and 100-500 nm in width and had a number of hexagonal holes and edges with 120° angle, were formed between the layers of both natural graphite or artificial graphite; however, their location in the graphite layers depended on the type of graphite used. A number of platinum nanosheets were observed in the edge region of natural graphite particles which have flat surface. On the other hand, a number of platinum nanosheets were found inside and away from the edge of the artificial graphite particles especially in the vicinity of the cracks. Both the platinum nanosheet-containing artificial and natural graphite samples showed high selectivity to cinnamyl alcohol in cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation under supercritical carbon dioxide conditions, while spherical platinum particles, which were located on the surface of natural and artificial graphite, showed lower selectivity.Long-term in vivo observation in large animal model is critical for evaluating the potential of small diameter tissue engineering vascular graft (SDTEVG) in clinical application, but is rarely reported. In this study, a SDTEVG is fabricated by the electrospinning of poly(ε-caprolactone) and subsequent heparin modification. SDTEVG is implanted into canine's abdominal aorta for 511 days in order to investigate its clinical feasibility. An active and robust remodeling process was characterized by a confluent endothelium, macrophage infiltrate, extracellular matrix deposition and remodeling on the explanted graft. The immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence analysis further exhibit the regeneration of endothelium and smooth muscle layer on tunica intima and tunica media, respectively. Thus, long-term follow-up reveals viable neovessel formation beyond graft degradation. Furthermore, the von Kossa staining exhibits no occurrence of calcification. However, although no TEVG failure or rupture happens during the follow-up, the aneurysm is found by both Doppler ultrasonic and gross observation.