Objective To address the bottlenecks in the application of wastewater biological treatment technology under space conditions,an experimental system for the biological treatment of space wastewater was constructed and its biochemical performance examined.The findings of this study will provide technical support for the biological treatment of space wastewater.Methods Based on the Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor(MABR)process,a biological treatment experimental system for space wastewater was constructed and conducted the continuous flow test for 77 days to investigate the performance of PVDF and PP membrane modules in the treatment of simulated air condensate.Results The results demonstrated that both membrane modules exhibited an average TOC removal rate of 90%,indicative of their effective organic matter removal capacity.In the air supply mode,the ammonia oxidation capacity was observed to be comparatively lower,whereas in the oxygen source without bubbling mode,the nitrogen oxidation rate and total nitrogen removal rate could be attained above 90%,indicating a notable degree of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification.The results demonstrated that the mode of gas supply had a significant impact on the nitrogen conversion performance.The abundance of nitrogen-converting bacteria in PP membrane module is higher than that in PVDF membrane module,indicating a better nitrogen-converting performance in PP membrane module.Conclusion The constructed wastewater biological treatment system is optimally suited for the treatment of air condensate,thereby offering a novel technical approach for space wastewater treatment.

Objective To explore the mechanism by which gentiopicroside (GPS) prevents macrophage-mediated hepatic fibrosis by regulating the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)-secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) signaling pathway in hepatic stellate cells. Methods LX-2 cells were divided into control group, transforming growth factor β(TGF-β) group, and TGF-β combined with GPS (25, 50, 100, 150 μmol/mL) groups. Cell proliferation was detected by EDU assay, cell invasion was assessed by Transwell^TM assay, and the protein expressions of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and type I collagen (COL1A1) were measured by Western blot. M1-type macrophage-conditioned medium (M1-CM) was used to treat LX-2 cells in the TGF-β group and TGF-β combined with GPS group. The concentrations of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase 1 (Arg1) in the cell supernatant, as well as cell proliferation, invasion ability, and the expressions of α-SMA and COL1A1 were detected. Bioinformatics analysis was performed to identify the target intersections of GPS, hepatic fibrosis, and macrophage-related genes. Drug affinity responsive target stability (DARTS) experiments and Western blot were used to verify the regulatory effect of GPS on MIF. Furthermore, LX-2 cells were divided into control group, TGF-β group, TGF-β combined with M2-CM group, TGF-β and oe-NC combined with M2-CM group, and TGF-β and oe-MIF combined with M2-CM group to analyze the concentrations of iNOS and Arg1 in the cell supernatant, as well as changes in cell proliferation, invasion, and the expressions of α-SMA and COL1A1. LX-2 cells were also divided into control group, TGF-β group, TGF-β combined with oe-NC group, TGF-β combined with oe-MIF group, and TGF-β and oe-MIF combined with GPS group to determine the protein expressions of MIF and SPP1 by Western blot. A rat model of hepatic fibrosis was constructed to explore the potential therapeutic effects of GPS on hepatic fibrosis in vivo. Results Compared with the control group, the proliferation and invasion abilities of LX-2 cells in the TGF-β group were increased, and the protein expressions of α-SMA and COL1A1 were enhanced. GPS intervention inhibited the proliferation and invasion of LX-2 cells under TGF-β conditions and reduced the expressions of α-SMA and COL1A1. Compared with the control group, the concentration of iNOS in the cell supernatant of the TGF-β group was upregulated, while the concentration of Arg1 was decreased. M1-CM treatment further increased the concentration of iNOS, decreased the concentration of Arg1, and promoted cell proliferation and invasion, as well as upregulated the expressions of α-SMA and COL1A1 on the basis of TGF-β intervention. However, GPS could reverse the effects of M1-CM intervention. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that MIF was one of the target intersections of GPS, hepatic fibrosis, and macrophage-related genes, and GPS could target and inhibit its expression. Compared with the TGF-β group, after M2-CM intervention, the concentration of iNOS in the cell supernatant decreased, the concentration of Arg1 increased, the proliferation and invasion abilities of LX-2 cells were reduced, and the expressions of α-SMA and COL1A1 were weakened. However, overexpression of MIF reversed the effects of M2-CM intervention. Western blot results showed that compared with the control group, the protein expressions of MIF and SPP1 were enhanced in the TGF-β group. Overexpression of MIF further enhanced the expressions of MIF and SPP1, while GPS intervention inhibited the expressions of MIF and SPP1. In the animal experiment, GPS intervention treatment alleviated liver injury in rats with hepatic fibrosis and inhibited the expressions of MIF and SPP1, as well as α-SMA and COL1A1 in liver tissue. Conclusion GPS may prevent macrophage-mediated hepatic fibrosis by inhibiting the MIF-SPP1 signaling pathway in hepatic stellate cells.
Hepatic Stellate Cells/metabolism* ; Signal Transduction/drug effects* ; Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors/genetics* ; Liver Cirrhosis/prevention & control* ; Macrophages/drug effects* ; Iridoid Glucosides/pharmacology* ; Humans ; Cell Proliferation/drug effects* ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Collagen Type I/metabolism* ; Collagen Type I, alpha 1 Chain ; Intramolecular Oxidoreductases/genetics* ; Rats ; Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology* ; Actins/metabolism*

Objective·To develop a graph neural network(GNN)-based auxiliary diagnostic model for gallbladder cancer on CT images,and validate its accuracy and feasibility.Methods·From January 2010 to November 2023,1 774 contrast-enhanced CT arterial-phase images were acquired from 887 patients with normal gallbladder,benign gallbladder disease,or gallbladder cancer at Xinhua Hospital and Renji Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.These images were randomly divided into training and testing sets at a 4∶1 ratio to develop a hybrid GNN-convolutional neural network(CNN)model,named VJK-GIN.The model constructed a pixel-level graph in which each pixel served as a node,and spatial adjacency defined the edges,enabling extraction of local texture features.In the model architecture design,VJK-GIN integrated a three-layer graph isomorphism network,augmented with virtual nodes and jump-knowledge connections;global pooling compressed node features into a graph-level representation,which was classified by a multi-layer perceptron head.Five-fold cross-validation was used to compare VJK-GIN with GNN baselines(GCN,GraphSAGE,GAT,and GIN)and CNN baselines(ViT,EfficientNetV2,and ConvNeXt)in terms of accuracy,precision,recall,F1-score,and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC).Results·The results of five-fold cross-validation showed that VJK-GIN achieved an F1-score of 0.799(95%CI 0.775?0.823),recall of 0.795(95%CI 0.773?0.817),precision of 0.799(95%CI 0.775?0.823),AUC of 0.812(95%CI 0.792?0.832),and accuracy of 0.773(95%CI 0.748?0.798),surpassing all competing models across every metric.Conclusion·The VJK-GIN model exhibits high stability and accuracy in identifying contrast-enhanced CT images of normal,benign,and malignant gallbladder conditions.

Objective To summarize the pathogen distribution and antibiotic resistance characteristics of 69 cases of necrotizing fasciitis(NF),providing evidence to support early clinical antimicrobial therapy.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on microbial culture and antibiotic susceptibility test results from 69 NF cases treated in the Department of Trauma Repair and Burn Plastic Surgery,Liuzhou Workers'Hospital from January 2017 to December 2023.Results A total of 77 bacterial strains were cultured,including 24 Gram-positive bacteria,48 Gram-negative bacteria,and 5 fungi.Monomicrobial infection was predominant,accounting for 66.07％of the cases.Among the Gram-positive bacteria,Staphylococcus aureus was the most common,separated out 10 strains(12.99％),followed by Streptococcus pyogenes in 5 strains(6.49％).Among the Gram-negative bacteria,Klebsiella pneumoniae(13 strains,16.88％)and Escherichia coli(10 strains,12.99％)were most frequently identified.A total of 18 multidrug-resistant strains were found,representing 23.38％of all isolates.Gram-positive bacteria were most sensitive to vancomycin,linezolid,and tigecycline,while Gram-negative bacteria showed the greatest sensitivity to meropenem,cefoperazone,and ertapenem.Conclusion In the study area,Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most common pathogen causing NF.The initial antimicrobial regimen should include vancomycin combined with meropenem,which may significantly enhance the effectiveness of infection control.

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignancy of the biliary system in China, characterized by high malignancy, low surgical resection rate, high postoperative recurrence, and poor responsiveness to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Improving the prognosis of GBC relies on early diagnosis, standardized surgical treatment, and effective comprehensive therapeutic strate-gies. Achieving these goals necessitates in-depth epidemiological studies of GBC, as well as the exploration of new mechanisms involving systemic regulatory factors and the tumor microenviron-ment in the initiation and progression of GBC. It will help address the clinical challenges associated with this malignancy that improving the scope of surgical radical resection and diagnosis and treatment process for GBC in each stage and strengthening basic and translational research related to GBC to uncover its underlying biological principles.

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignancy of the biliary system in China, characterized by high malignancy, low surgical resection rate, high postoperative recurrence, and poor responsiveness to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Improving the prognosis of GBC relies on early diagnosis, standardized surgical treatment, and effective comprehensive therapeutic strate-gies. Achieving these goals necessitates in-depth epidemiological studies of GBC, as well as the exploration of new mechanisms involving systemic regulatory factors and the tumor microenviron-ment in the initiation and progression of GBC. It will help address the clinical challenges associated with this malignancy that improving the scope of surgical radical resection and diagnosis and treatment process for GBC in each stage and strengthening basic and translational research related to GBC to uncover its underlying biological principles.

Objective To summarize the pathogen distribution and antibiotic resistance characteristics of 69 cases of necrotizing fasciitis(NF),providing evidence to support early clinical antimicrobial therapy.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on microbial culture and antibiotic susceptibility test results from 69 NF cases treated in the Department of Trauma Repair and Burn Plastic Surgery,Liuzhou Workers'Hospital from January 2017 to December 2023.Results A total of 77 bacterial strains were cultured,including 24 Gram-positive bacteria,48 Gram-negative bacteria,and 5 fungi.Monomicrobial infection was predominant,accounting for 66.07％of the cases.Among the Gram-positive bacteria,Staphylococcus aureus was the most common,separated out 10 strains(12.99％),followed by Streptococcus pyogenes in 5 strains(6.49％).Among the Gram-negative bacteria,Klebsiella pneumoniae(13 strains,16.88％)and Escherichia coli(10 strains,12.99％)were most frequently identified.A total of 18 multidrug-resistant strains were found,representing 23.38％of all isolates.Gram-positive bacteria were most sensitive to vancomycin,linezolid,and tigecycline,while Gram-negative bacteria showed the greatest sensitivity to meropenem,cefoperazone,and ertapenem.Conclusion In the study area,Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most common pathogen causing NF.The initial antimicrobial regimen should include vancomycin combined with meropenem,which may significantly enhance the effectiveness of infection control.

Objective·To develop a graph neural network(GNN)-based auxiliary diagnostic model for gallbladder cancer on CT images,and validate its accuracy and feasibility.Methods·From January 2010 to November 2023,1 774 contrast-enhanced CT arterial-phase images were acquired from 887 patients with normal gallbladder,benign gallbladder disease,or gallbladder cancer at Xinhua Hospital and Renji Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.These images were randomly divided into training and testing sets at a 4∶1 ratio to develop a hybrid GNN-convolutional neural network(CNN)model,named VJK-GIN.The model constructed a pixel-level graph in which each pixel served as a node,and spatial adjacency defined the edges,enabling extraction of local texture features.In the model architecture design,VJK-GIN integrated a three-layer graph isomorphism network,augmented with virtual nodes and jump-knowledge connections;global pooling compressed node features into a graph-level representation,which was classified by a multi-layer perceptron head.Five-fold cross-validation was used to compare VJK-GIN with GNN baselines(GCN,GraphSAGE,GAT,and GIN)and CNN baselines(ViT,EfficientNetV2,and ConvNeXt)in terms of accuracy,precision,recall,F1-score,and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC).Results·The results of five-fold cross-validation showed that VJK-GIN achieved an F1-score of 0.799(95%CI 0.775?0.823),recall of 0.795(95%CI 0.773?0.817),precision of 0.799(95%CI 0.775?0.823),AUC of 0.812(95%CI 0.792?0.832),and accuracy of 0.773(95%CI 0.748?0.798),surpassing all competing models across every metric.Conclusion·The VJK-GIN model exhibits high stability and accuracy in identifying contrast-enhanced CT images of normal,benign,and malignant gallbladder conditions.

Gathering together is an effectual way for improving quality and efficiency of the physical and chemical regenerative environmental control and life support system,as a regenerative gathering together technology,solid amine can simultaneously gather carbon dioxide and humidity with mild adsorption and desorption conditions,thus having the potential for miniaturization and low energy consumption,making it very suitable for manned deep space exploration missions.The current domestic and foreign systems cannot achieve perfect heat exchange between adsorption and desorption,resulting in low efficiency and less obvious comprehensive advantages.This study utilized multi-physics simulation methods to optimize system heat transfer,designed a combined control system for carbon dioxide and humidity,and verified various system characteristics such as flow rate and cycle time.The results show that:The designed porous thermal conductive medium can effectively reduce thermal resistance,and the obtained optimal filling ratio and structural size improve the heat transfer efficiency of the system.By adjusting the system characteristics,it is possible to dynamically satisfy the carbon dioxide and humidity control needs for 1～3 crews at different metabolic levels.This study verified the advantages of the regenerative combined carbon dioxide and humidity gathering system in terms of weight,power consumption,and volume,and obtained system characteristics,providing important technical support for manned deep space exploration missions.

Peripheral nerve block is a kind of analgesia with few adverse reactions and high safety.It has been widely used in anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in various kinds of operations.The rebound pain after nerve block is gradually recognized.This article reviews the definition,mechanism of occurrence,and intervention measures of rebound pain after peripheral nerve block,aiming to enhance the clinical doctors'attention to rebound pain after peripheral nerve block,and provide reference for the comprehensive management of rebound pain after peripheral nerve block.