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The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of longitudinal strain and its effect on outcomes in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who underwent septal myectomy.

We reviewed patients with obstructive HCM who underwent septal myectomy at our clinic from 2007 to 2016. Data of those who had strain echocardiography within 6months before isolated myectomy were analyzed.

The median age of the 857 patients studied was 55 (interquartile range [IQR], 44-63) years, and 451 (52.6%) were male. Left ventricular ejection fraction was 71% (IQR, 67%-74%), and the resting peak outflow tract gradient was 58 (IQR, 27-85) mm Hg. The median global longitudinal strain (GLS) was -14.6% (IQR, -12.0% to -17.3%). Regional longitudinal strain was nonuniform as reflected by more normal values in apical segments and more abnormal in basal segments. Moreover, GLS correlated poorly with ejection fraction and outflow tract gradient. In 64 patients who had postoperative strain echocardiogreoperatively is strongly and independently associated with increased all-cause mortality after septal myectomy for obstructive HCM.

The mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel is central to pharmacologically induced tolerance to spinal cord injury. We hypothesized that both direct and nitric oxide-dependent indirect activation of the adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel contribute to the induction of ischemic metabolic tolerance.

Spinal cord injury was induced in adult male C57BL/6 mice through 7minutes of thoracic aortic crossclamping. Pretreatment consisted of intraperitoneal injection 3 consecutive days before injury. Experimental groups were sham (no pretreatment or ischemia, n=10), spinal cord injury control (pretreatment with normal saline, n=27), Nicorandil 1.0mg/kg (direct and indirect adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel opener, n=20), Nicorandil 1mg/kg+carboxy-PTIO 1mg/kg (nitric oxide scavenger, n=21), carboxy-PTIO (n=12), diazoxide 5mg/kg (selective direct adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel opener, n=25), and DZ 5mg/kg+carboxy-PTIO 1mg/kg, carboxy-PTIO (ndrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel play an important role in pharmacologically induced motor function preservation.Cationic surfactants (CS) pillared Ti3C2 composites (Ti3C2/CS) were prepared by a facile electrostatic assembly method, which have large interlayer spacing and slight N-doping. In hybrid magnesium-lithium batteries (HMLBs), the Ti3C2/CS composites exhibit excellent performance by utilizing both Li+ and Mg2+ as charge carriers. Among these composites, the Ti3C2/CTAB (CTC) electrode displays a reversible capacity of 115.9 and 60 mAh g-1 in APC/LiCl (APCL) and APC electrolytes at 0.1 A g-1, and it also exhibits excellent high rate performance and ultralong cycle performance. It is verified that CS is vital to significantly improve the diffusion kinetics of Mg2+ on the electrode surface. The CS can act as the conductive "bridge" which connects different Ti3C2 layers and the interlayer pillar which expands the interlayer distance. In addition, the N element in CS is effective in neutralizing electronegativity and enhancing electrical conductivity for the CTC electrode. The electrode design strategy can adapt to the synthesis of cathode materials with high rate capability in HMLBs.Nanocomposites with a three-dimensional (3D) flower-like geometrical morphology were considered as excellent microwave absorbers (MAs) because of the numerous effective sites for the multiple reflections of electromagnetic (EM) wave. Herein, for optimizing the EM matching characteristic and taking full advantage of interface polarization, a strategy of magnetic modulation was proposed to further improve the EM wave absorption performances (EMWAPs) of MoS2-based nanocomposites. We adopted a simple hydrothermal route and a combined method of hydrothermal treatment/hydrogen reduction to synthesize core@shell CoFe2O4@MoS2 and CoFe@MoO2/MoS2 flower-like nanocomposites, respectively. The obtained results indicated that the hydrogen reduction effectively improved their magnetic properties and magnetic loss capabilities, and their 3D flower-like geometrical morphologies were well maintained during the hydrogen reduction process. The obtained core@shell CoFe@MoO2/MoS2 flower-like nanocomposites presented the extraordinary comprehensive EMWAPs including the optimal reflection loss value of -54.83 dB with the matching thicknesses (dm) value of 2.05 mm and effective absorption bandwidth value of 6.40 GHz with the dm value of 2.59 mm, which were evidently superior to the properties of CoFe2O4@MoS2. ALC-0159 cell line Therefore, the findings provided an effective pathway to further improve EMWAPs of MoS2-based core@shell nanocomposites and the as-prepared core@shell CoFe@MoO2/MoS2 flower-like nanocomposites could be utilized as the novel high-efficient MAs.The development of efficient carbon-carbon cross-coupling catalysts with low noble metal amounts attracts much attention recently. Herein, a Cu/C-700/Pd nanocomposite is obtained by loading trace Pd2+ onto carbon support derived from a novel mononuclear copper complex, [Cu(POP)2(Phen)2]BF4. The as-prepared nanomaterial features the facial structure of highly dispersed copper phosphide nanoparticles as well as Pd nanoparticles via neighboring Cu-Pd sites. The Cu/C-700/Pd nanocomposite shows excellent catalytic activity (99.73%) and selectivity in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, at trace Pd loading (0.43 mol%). Compared with the reported palladium nano catalysts, its advantages are proved. The appealing gateway to this stable, innovative and recyclability, Cu/C-700/Pd nanostructure recommends its beneficial utilization in carbon-carbon coupling and other environmentally friendly processes.Heterojunction engineering has been regarded as a promising strategy to sufficiently utilizing photogenerated charge carriers, thus benefiting the improvement of photocatalytic performance. Herein, Ag3PO4/WO3 S-scheme heterojunction was synthesized via a simple deposition-precipitation process, and its photocatalytic activity was evaluated by monitoring water splitting and pollutant degradation under visible light. As a result, Ag3PO4/WO3 with optimized ratio photocatalyst showed enhanced photocatalytic activity in oxygen production (306.6 μmol·L-1·h-1) relative to pure Ag3PO4 (204.4 μmol·L-1·h-1). Additionally, it also exhibits rapid toxicity elimination efficiency over hexavalent chromium ions (Cr6+) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) with degrading rate of 72% and 83% within 30 min, respectively. According to a series characterization, a possible S-scheme photocatalytic mechanism of Ag3PO4/WO3 was demonstrated in detail, which endowed the heterojunction with strong redox abilities to provide powerful diving force towards the photocatalytic reaction. This work presents an innovative perspective to construct Ag3PO4-based S-scheme heterojunctions for boosting photocatalytic performance for various applications.Water pollution via hazardous organic pollutants poses a high threat to the environment and globally imperils aquatic life and human health. Therefore, the elimination of toxic organic waste from water sources is vital to ensure a healthy green environment. In the current work, we synthesized α-MnO2-Fe3O4 3D-flower like structure using a two-step hydrothermal method and explored the combination in a visible-light-assisted photocatalytic degrdation of dyes. The attained high specific surface area of 82 m2/g with mesoporous nature of α-MnO2 and Fe3O4 together can generate more active sites after exposure to visible light, leading to remarkable photodegradation performance. Significantly, twofold higher dye (methylene blue, MB (94.8%/120 min; crystal violet, CV (93.7%/120 min)) and drug (LVO 91%/90 min) photodegradations were observed with α-MnO2-Fe3O4 as catalyst than pure α-MnO2 and Fe3O4 at pH 6, respectively. This is attributed to the higher surface area and synergistic effect between Mn and Fe. More than 85% stability was observed with optimized catalysts employing MB and CV dyes, demonstrating the excellent reusability of the α-MnO2-Fe3O4. The underlying mechanism indicates that the formation of reactive oxygen species predominantly plays a role in the photodegradation of dyes under visible light. Consequently, these new insights will shed light on the practical applications of the α-MnO2-Fe3O4 3D-flower-like spherical structure for eco-friendly remediation via wastewater treatment.In this research, to mimic the structures and the functionalities of the organelles in living cells multienzyme proteinosomes with β-galactosidase (β-gal), glucose oxidase (GOx) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) on the surfaces are fabricated by hydrophobic-interaction induced self-assembly approach. To investigate the mechanism of the formation of proteinosomes, poly(di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (PDEGMA) and bovine serum albumin are employed in a model system and the study demonstrates that the hydrophobic interaction between the dehydrated polymer chains and the hydrophobic patches on the proteins plays a key role in the fabrication of the proteinosomes. Based on the model system, multienzyme proteinosomes with β-gal, GOx and HRP on the surfaces are fabricated through hydrophobic interaction between PDEGMA and enzyme molecules. Enzyme-catalyzed cascade reactions are performed on the surfaces of the proteinosomes, and the immobilized enzymes show higher bioactivities than the "free" enzymes, due to the direct transfer of the product as a substrate from one enzyme molecule to another. This research provides a unique method for the synthesis of multienzyme proteinosomes with improved bioactivities, and the biofunctional structures will find promising applications in medical and biological science.Sharp speed variation leads to a shift of sample distribution domain, which poses a challenge for vibration-based rolling bearing fault diagnosis. Furthermore, the overfitting effects inflicted on the intelligent diagnosis model due to insufficient data will hinder the performance significantly. In this work, a Subspace Network with Shared Representation learning (SNSR) based on meta-learning is constructed for fault diagnosis under speed transient conditions with few samples. Firstly, shared representation learning based on the cross mutual information estimation is designed to promote the encoder to learn the domain invariant features. Meanwhile, we developed non-parameterized adaptive weight allocation to optimize the estimation of the discriminator. Then, the subspace classifiers in the meta-learning paradigm are employed to force the encoder to learn the discriminative features. Finally, the shared representation learning is embedded into the meta-learning and a cross co-training mechanism is designed for optimization. Thus the fusion framework is endowed with the capacity of learning distinguishable and domain invariant features simultaneously for diagnosis under speed transient conditions with few samples. Comparative experiments on two case studies of bearing fault diagnosis validated the superior performance of the proposed method, with an accuracy of 97.72% and 96.46% in 7-way and 9-way learning respectively.