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This report shows evidence for nosocomial transmission of H7N9 influenza from a patient to two physicians who provided care. To the Editor: Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus emerged in eastern China in the spring of 2013, 1 with 698 cases and 281 deaths reported as of January 10, 2016. 2 Human H7N9 infections appear to be acquired through zoonotic transmission, although clusters of human-to-human household transmission have occurred. 3 , 4 We report here a hospital cluster of H7N9 infections that took place from January to February 2015. This study was approved by the ethics committee at Shantou University Medical College. A 28-year-old man (index patient), with repeated exposure to live poultry, presented with respiratory infection and was admitted to the respiratory department, . . .

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home-based dialysis. Long-term dialysis results in disturbances in body image, resulting in severe stigma among patients, and leading to a heavy psychological burden and low treatment compliance. This study investigates the level of stigma and related influencing factors among young aged 18–44 years and middle-aged 45–59 years PD patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 158 young and middle-aged PD patients who were treated in two tertiary care hospitals in Shantou, China from October 2022 to August 2023. The survey was conducted using a general information questionnaire and the Social Impact Scale (SIS), Distress Disclosure Index (DDI), and Family APGAR Index (APGAR). The stigma level of young and middle-aged PD patients was at a moderate level (56.76 ± 7.56). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that related to influencing stigma involved residency, family income, exercise, type of PD, self-disclosure, and family function, which accounted for 54% of the total variance in stigma. Healthcare personnel could be focus on the above factors by encouraging patients to engage in self-disclosure, enhancing family support to reduce their stigma, and promoting their physical and mental health.

Cotton, the most widely used natural textile, is inherently flammable, posing substantial fire hazards. This study introduces a novel multifunctional coating for cotton fabric that imparts flame retardancy, superhydrophobicity, and antibacterial properties using a simple dip-coating method. The coating system is composed of phytic acid (PA), Fe 3 ⁺ ions, and dimethyloctadecyl [3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl] ammonium chloride (QAS). The treated fabric (PAP-Fe/QAS) exhibits a high limiting oxygen index of 37.5% and demonstrates self-extinguishing behavior in vertical flammability tests with minimal damage (≤ 50 mm). Furthermore, cone calorimetry testing shows a reduction in total heat release and peak heat release rate by 69.2% and 76.7%, respectively. Meanwhile, the treated cotton fabric achieves superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 154.8° and a sliding angle of 8.3°, possessing excellent self-cleaning abilities. The presence of QAS further imparts strong antibacterial performance to cotton fabric, achieving 99.99% efficacy against E. coli and S. aureus Importantly, the coating preserves the mechanical integrity of cotton fabric, making this multifunctional cotton fabric highly promising for applications in the textile industry and related fields requiring advanced fire safety, water resistance, and antimicrobial protection.

Due to the increasingly urgent safety and energy density concerns of lithium-ion batteries, more and more attention has been attracted by the Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 (LLZO)-based solid electrolytes with high ion conductivity and chemical stability against Li-metal. However, to prepare the high-quality LLZO ceramic electrolyte with high-ion conductivity and density, there is still a big challenge of the serious “Li-loss” and the abnormal grain growth during the long-time high-temperature sintering process. A novel covered sintering method is put forward to prepare the high-quality Mo-doped LLZO (LLZMO) ceramic electrolyte. The sintering strategy effectively suppresses the Li-loss to obtain the LLZMO dense ceramics with cubic garnet phase and tight grain boundaries. The LLZMO ceramics sintered at lower temperature of 1050 °C for 2 h via the novel covered sintering exhibit high density ( ρ r  = 92.3%) and high-ionic conductivity of 6.08 × 10 –4  S cm −1 at 25 °C, which are close to those of LLZO-based ceramics prepared by hot pressing sintering, ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS). The novel covered sintering provides an energy-saving, low-cost and high-efficient strategy to prepare the high-quality LLZO-based ceramics electrolyte.