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Pediatrics
Michael H. Goodstein, Dan L. Stewart, Erin L. Keels, Rachel Y. Moon
Summary: The report highlights the high rate of low birth weight and preterm births in the United States, leading to many infants requiring admission to NICUs. Approximately 500,000 neonates are estimated to spend time in a NICU annually. Health care professionals are urged to assist families in maintaining infants in a safe sleep environment to prevent sleep-related deaths.
Article
Pediatrics
Michael H. Goodstein, Dan L. Stewart, Erin L. Keels, Rachel Y. Moon
Summary: Out of nearly 3.8 million infants born in the United States in 2018, 8.3% had low birth weight and 10% were born preterm. It is estimated that approximately 500,000 neonates annually require admission to a NICU. Approximately 3600 infants die annually in the United States from sleep-related deaths. Preterm and low birth weight infants have a death rate 2 to 3 times higher than healthy term infants.
Article
Pediatrics
Christoph Reuter, Lisa Bartha-Doering, Isabella Czedik-Eysenberg, Marcus Maeder, Matthias A. Bertsch, Katharina Bibl, Philipp Deindl, Angelika Berger, Vito Giordano
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the noise level and sound characteristics within the incubator, revealing high noise levels and the presence of resonance that increases the low-frequency sound components. The study suggests that sound characteristics and dB(SPL) levels should be considered in the development and promotion of incubators to preserve the hearing of premature infants.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Review
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Lihao Chen, Chuwen Lan, Ben Xu, Ke Bi
Summary: Material characterization is essential for high-throughput computational material science under big data environment. By analyzing element composition, molecular structure, and energy band distribution, researchers can predict the physical properties of materials, improve the quality of machine learning models, save computing resources, and enhance the understanding of the correlation of material attributes.
ADVANCED COMPOSITES AND HYBRID MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Andrea Wilkerson, Sarah Safranek, Lia Irvin, Lauri Tredinnick
Summary: The advancement in LED and controls technology presents new opportunities for optimizing lighting systems. Collecting and analyzing data on occupant response to a tunable lighting system can help improve design and provide recommendations for future developments.
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Chemistry, Physical
Ziqiao Zhu, Renzhi Rao, Zhenyuan Zhao, Jinfeng Chen, Wenlong Jiang, Fukun Bi, Yang Yang, Xiaodong Zhang
Summary: Phthalates were commonly used as plasticizers, but their presence and removal in various environments have become a major issue. This article reviews the recent methods, including titanium dioxide catalyst degradation, activated persulfate degradation, and biodegradation, for removing and degrading phthalates. The effects of different materials and modification methods are compared, and the removal of the four most common phthalate esters in the atmosphere, water environment, and soil is comprehensively reviewed. The degradation pathways and mechanisms are explained, and the limitations and future development directions are summarized.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, Rebecca L. L. Ames, Connie Y. Y. Lin
Summary: This article summarizes recent research on the use of color in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and proposes standards for color in these settings. The primary research focused on behavioral or physiological outcomes, including the role of wayfinding and art, the impact of lighting on color, and tools for evaluating the impact of color. Best practice recommendations sometimes reflected the primary research but occasionally provided contradictory advice.
HERD-HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH & DESIGN JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
K. Rambabu, G. Bharath, Muthusamy Govarthanan, P. Senthil Kumar, Pau Loke Show, Fawzi Banat
Summary: The continuous use, accumulation, and contamination of plastics threaten both the biotic and abiotic components of the environment. Additionally, it contributes to global warming through increased carbon footprints. Therefore, an urgent need exists for a novel strategy for the efficient degradation of plastics. Microbial degradation of plastics and conversion into value-added products offers a more promising approach for a sustainable ecosystem. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the current state of microbial technologies for degrading different types of plastics, elucidates the mechanism of plastic decomposition with a focus on genetic improvement of microbial strains for effective biodegradation, highlights the fate of microbially degraded plastic materials as suitable precursors for high-value product synthesis, and discusses the challenges and directions for future research on microbial degradation of plastics.
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Hanui Yu, Dahae Woo, Hyo Jin Kim, Minyoung Choi, Dong Hee Kim
Summary: This study aimed to improve the quality of caregiver education in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) through an empirical study utilizing design thinking. By identifying and organizing 7 issues, and developing 10 healthcare service design concepts, the study focused on specific NICU educational programs that were evaluated for effectiveness by healthcare experts.
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Alicia Hersey, Laurie Hoffman, Richard Tucker, Betty Vohr
Summary: This study compared the effects of a language intervention on Cuddler and parent adult word counts in NICU, and found that Cuddlers can increase infant language exposure, especially in low-visit situations.
JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
XinWei Wang, Jie Ren, ZhengLin Li, YanTao Li
Summary: This article introduces the importance and research prospects of vapor phase corrosion inhibitors in preventing marine atmospheric corrosion.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ruhan E. Ustad, Somnath S. Kundale, Kasturi A. Rokade, Snehal L. Patil, Vijay D. Chavan, Kalyani D. Kadam, Harshada S. Patil, Sarita P. Patil, Rajanish K. Kamat, Deok-kee Kim, Tukaram D. Dongale
Summary: Since the discovery of graphene, a lot of attention has been focused on two-dimensional (2D) materials due to their appealing properties for various technological applications. MXene, a newly emerged 2D material etched from parent MAX phases, has been extensively studied for more than 30 structures in both theoretical and experimental aspects. In this review, we cover the multidisciplinary aspects of MXene, including its structures, synthesis methods, and various properties. Furthermore, we explore the impact of MXene-based materials on applications such as supercapacitors, gas sensors, strain sensors, biosensors, electromagnetic interference shielding, microwave absorption, memristors, and artificial synaptic devices. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current status and potential future developments of MXene nanomaterials in different applications.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chen Wang, Tan Su, Hong-Ying Zang, Zhong-Min Su
Summary: Polyoxometalates (POMs) are metal oxides with unique structures and properties, particularly polyoxomolybdates. Chemists have utilized various synthetic methods and raw materials to construct diverse complex architectures based on Mo-based building blocks. This review summarizes and discusses the synthetic methods, structural evolution, and potential applications of molybdenum clusters, along with providing outlooks on their development and evolution. Our perspectives aim to offer valuable advice for future advancements in molybdenum clusters.
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Sungyup Jung, Seong-Heon Cho, Ki-Hyun Kim, Eilhann E. Kwon
Summary: The increase in plastics released into the environment has raised concerns, with current spectroscopic tools being the main method for identifying and measuring microplastics. However, accuracy decreases as particle size decreases. The emergence of pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Pyro-GC/MS) technology provides a new method for the identification and quantification of microplastics.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Yuxiang Sun, Minghui Zheng, Lili Yang, Rong Jin, Bingcheng Lin, Cui Li, Guorui Liu
Summary: Since the detection of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs) in 1984, significant advancements have been made in analytical methods. This review provides a summary of pretreatment methods for PHCZs, compares the performance of various instruments for detection, and discusses qualitative and quantitative strategies in the absence of specific congeners standards. The necessity of simultaneous detection of PHCZs and multiple dioxin-like analogues in the environment is proposed. Overall, this review contributes to the understanding of current progress in the analysis of PHCZs and addresses research gaps.
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
