Based on twin-roll casting, a cast-rolling force model was proposed to predict the rolling force in the bimetal solid-liquid cast-rolling bonding(SLCRB) process. The solid-liquid bonding zone was assumed to be below t...Based on twin-roll casting, a cast-rolling force model was proposed to predict the rolling force in the bimetal solid-liquid cast-rolling bonding(SLCRB) process. The solid-liquid bonding zone was assumed to be below the kiss point(KP). The deformation resistance of the liquid zone was ignored. Then, the calculation model was derived. A 2D thermal-flow coupled simulation was established to provide a basis for the parameters in the model, and then the rolling forces of the Cu/Al clad strip at different rolling speeds were calculated. Meanwhile, through measurement experiments, the accuracy of the model was verified. The influence of the rolling speed, the substrate strip thickness, and the material on the rolling force was obtained. The results indicate that the rolling force decreases with the increase of the rolling speed and increases with the increase of the thickness and thermal conductivity of the substrate strip. The rolling force is closely related to the KP height. Therefore, the formulation of reasonable process parameters to control the KP height is of great significance to the stability of cast-rolling forming.展开更多
Objective: Recent evidence indicates that the increased expression of FOXG1 is associated with tumor genesis. This study was designed to explore the expression and role which FOXG1 plays in human glioma. Methods: We...Objective: Recent evidence indicates that the increased expression of FOXG1 is associated with tumor genesis. This study was designed to explore the expression and role which FOXG1 plays in human glioma. Methods: We detected the expression of FOXG1 by immunohistochemistry in glioma tissue samples. Following the down-regulation of FOXG1 in glioma cell lines by a specific short hairpin RNA, the function of FOXG1 in proliferation and apoptosis was assessed. Results: Glioma tissues exhibited notably higher expression of FOXG1 compared with control brain tissues and was positively corre- lated with histological malignancy. The down-regulation of FOXG1 in glioma cells led to a cell apoptosis in vitro. Cenclusion: The overexpression of FOXG1 is a novel glioma malignancy marker, and FOXG1 may be used as a new target in therapeutic strategies for human glioma.展开更多
Compliance mismatch between artificial blood vessel and host vessel can cause abnormal hemodynamics and is the main mechanical trigger of intimal hyperplasia(IH)after transplantation.To explore the specific effects of...Compliance mismatch between artificial blood vessel and host vessel can cause abnormal hemodynamics and is the main mechanical trigger of intimal hyperplasia(IH)after transplantation.To explore the specific effects of the degree of compliance mismatch on hemodynamics,the concept of“compliance mismatch degree”was defined in this paper.Numerical results showed that when the compliance mismatch degree was less than-22.21%or more than 3.16%,the minimum WSS in the anastomotic site was less than the safety threshold of 0.5 Pa,which is easy to induce IH.In addition,the compliance mismatch caused different radial displacements first,which in turn affected the hemodynamics.Inspired by this,a novel medium convex artificial blood vessel was proposed,and the simulation results theoretically validated its desired effect on reducing the compliance mismatch.An increase of 0.22 mm in the diameter of the artificial blood vessel corresponded to a decrease of 0.88%in compliance mismatch degree.The feasibility of preparing real medium convex artificial blood vessel was also investigated.The PLCL medium convex artificial blood vessel with good mechanical properties was prepared by dip-coating and electrospinning composite method.These findings are valuable for the design and preparation of novel artificial blood vessel which can make up for the mismatch of compliance.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the curative effect and safety of Duhuojisheng Tang on prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc. METHODS: The databases of PubMed, China N...OBJECTIVE: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the curative effect and safety of Duhuojisheng Tang on prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc. METHODS: The databases of PubMed, China Na- tional Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Sci- entific Journals Database (VlP), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) and Chinese Medical Ci- tation Index (CMCl) were searched up to January 30, 2012. Randomized controlled trials were select- ed to compare Duhuojisheng Tang with one ormore of the following treatments: traction, acu- puncture, massage, cupping and Western medical treatment. The quality-evaluating standard and the software RevMan 5.1 in Cochrane coordinative net were used to analyze the data. The effective index- es of the results were clinical curative rate, effective- ness of alleviating clinical symptoms and adverse reaction. RESULTS: Thirty-one randomized controlled trials of low quality, involving 3915 patients were system- atically evaluated. Statistical analyses showed that good curative effect was achieved in both the group using Duhuojisheng Tang alone and with combined therapies. CONCLUSION: Using Duhuojisheng Tang alone or combined with other therapies can effectively im- prove pain, leg-raising height and other clinical symptoms of patients with prolapse of lumbar in- tervertebral disc. Due to low methodological quali- ty of the articles, no exact recommendations can be made.展开更多
The sparrow search algorithm(SSA) is a recent meta-heuristic optimization approach with the advantages of simplicity and flexibility. However, SSA still faces challenges of premature convergence and imbalance between ...The sparrow search algorithm(SSA) is a recent meta-heuristic optimization approach with the advantages of simplicity and flexibility. However, SSA still faces challenges of premature convergence and imbalance between exploration and exploitation, especially when tackling multimodal optimization problems. Aiming to deal with the above problems, we propose an enhanced variant of SSA called the multi-strategy enhanced sparrow search algorithm(MSSSA) in this paper. First, a chaotic map is introduced to obtain a high-quality initial population for SSA, and the opposition-based learning strategy is employed to increase the population diversity. Then, an adaptive parameter control strategy is designed to accommodate an adequate balance between exploration and exploitation. Finally, a hybrid disturbance mechanism is embedded in the individual update stage to avoid falling into local optima. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed MSSSA, a large number of experiments are implemented, including 40 complex functions from the IEEE CEC2014 and IEEE CEC2019 test suites and 10 classical functions with different dimensions. Experimental results show that the MSSSA achieves competitive performance compared with several state-of-the-art optimization algorithms. The proposed MSSSA is also successfully applied to solve two engineering optimization problems. The results demonstrate the superiority of the MSSSA in addressing practical problems.展开更多
Small-diameter artificial blood vessels are prone to cause intimal hyperplasia(IH)after transplantation,which leads to restenosis and low long-term patency rates.The main biomechanical factor for IH formation is the c...Small-diameter artificial blood vessels are prone to cause intimal hyperplasia(IH)after transplantation,which leads to restenosis and low long-term patency rates.The main biomechanical factor for IH formation is the compliance mismatch between the artificial and host blood vessels which can cause abnormal hemodynamics.Although there have been many studies on vascular compliance mismatches,however,little attention has been paid to the effect of the degree of compliance mismatch between graft and the host vessel on hemodynamics.At present,the research on compliance mismatch between the artificial and host blood vessels is still very limited,especially with regard to the specific impact of the compliance mismatch degree on hemodynamics.Therefore,three end-to-end anastomosis models(the compliance of the artificial blood vessel is lower than,similar to,and higher than that of the host blood vessel,called model 1,model 2,model 3,respectively)were constructed and simulated in this study.Simulation results showed that the radial displacement difference between the artificial and host blood vessels were 0.281 mm,0.183 mm and 0.485 mm in model 1,model 2 and model 3,respectively.A low-velocity recirculation zone near the distal anastomosis was formed in model 1 which resulted in excessively low TAWSS(9.261 E-5Pa)and high OSI(0.497).Similarly,a low-velocity recirculation zone near the proximal anastomosis was formed in model 3 and lead to low TAWSS(6.007 E-4Pa)and high OSI(0.480).However,there was no low-velocity recirculation zone near the anastomosis stoma in model 2.The results are instructive for the design and preparation of artificial blood vessels.展开更多
基金The authors are grateful for the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51974278)the Distinguished Young Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(E2018203446).
文摘Based on twin-roll casting, a cast-rolling force model was proposed to predict the rolling force in the bimetal solid-liquid cast-rolling bonding(SLCRB) process. The solid-liquid bonding zone was assumed to be below the kiss point(KP). The deformation resistance of the liquid zone was ignored. Then, the calculation model was derived. A 2D thermal-flow coupled simulation was established to provide a basis for the parameters in the model, and then the rolling forces of the Cu/Al clad strip at different rolling speeds were calculated. Meanwhile, through measurement experiments, the accuracy of the model was verified. The influence of the rolling speed, the substrate strip thickness, and the material on the rolling force was obtained. The results indicate that the rolling force decreases with the increase of the rolling speed and increases with the increase of the thickness and thermal conductivity of the substrate strip. The rolling force is closely related to the KP height. Therefore, the formulation of reasonable process parameters to control the KP height is of great significance to the stability of cast-rolling forming.
文摘Objective: Recent evidence indicates that the increased expression of FOXG1 is associated with tumor genesis. This study was designed to explore the expression and role which FOXG1 plays in human glioma. Methods: We detected the expression of FOXG1 by immunohistochemistry in glioma tissue samples. Following the down-regulation of FOXG1 in glioma cell lines by a specific short hairpin RNA, the function of FOXG1 in proliferation and apoptosis was assessed. Results: Glioma tissues exhibited notably higher expression of FOXG1 compared with control brain tissues and was positively corre- lated with histological malignancy. The down-regulation of FOXG1 in glioma cells led to a cell apoptosis in vitro. Cenclusion: The overexpression of FOXG1 is a novel glioma malignancy marker, and FOXG1 may be used as a new target in therapeutic strategies for human glioma.
基金This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation for Key Program of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,China[Nos.19KJA610004].
文摘Compliance mismatch between artificial blood vessel and host vessel can cause abnormal hemodynamics and is the main mechanical trigger of intimal hyperplasia(IH)after transplantation.To explore the specific effects of the degree of compliance mismatch on hemodynamics,the concept of“compliance mismatch degree”was defined in this paper.Numerical results showed that when the compliance mismatch degree was less than-22.21%or more than 3.16%,the minimum WSS in the anastomotic site was less than the safety threshold of 0.5 Pa,which is easy to induce IH.In addition,the compliance mismatch caused different radial displacements first,which in turn affected the hemodynamics.Inspired by this,a novel medium convex artificial blood vessel was proposed,and the simulation results theoretically validated its desired effect on reducing the compliance mismatch.An increase of 0.22 mm in the diameter of the artificial blood vessel corresponded to a decrease of 0.88%in compliance mismatch degree.The feasibility of preparing real medium convex artificial blood vessel was also investigated.The PLCL medium convex artificial blood vessel with good mechanical properties was prepared by dip-coating and electrospinning composite method.These findings are valuable for the design and preparation of novel artificial blood vessel which can make up for the mismatch of compliance.
基金Supported by Capital Application Project on Clinical Characteristics of Science and Technology Commission of Beijing Municipalit (No. Z111107058811056)Planned Project on Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine "inheritance of 3 + 3 programme" of Beijing Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau (2011-SZ-C-34)
文摘OBJECTIVE: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the curative effect and safety of Duhuojisheng Tang on prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc. METHODS: The databases of PubMed, China Na- tional Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Sci- entific Journals Database (VlP), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) and Chinese Medical Ci- tation Index (CMCl) were searched up to January 30, 2012. Randomized controlled trials were select- ed to compare Duhuojisheng Tang with one ormore of the following treatments: traction, acu- puncture, massage, cupping and Western medical treatment. The quality-evaluating standard and the software RevMan 5.1 in Cochrane coordinative net were used to analyze the data. The effective index- es of the results were clinical curative rate, effective- ness of alleviating clinical symptoms and adverse reaction. RESULTS: Thirty-one randomized controlled trials of low quality, involving 3915 patients were system- atically evaluated. Statistical analyses showed that good curative effect was achieved in both the group using Duhuojisheng Tang alone and with combined therapies. CONCLUSION: Using Duhuojisheng Tang alone or combined with other therapies can effectively im- prove pain, leg-raising height and other clinical symptoms of patients with prolapse of lumbar in- tervertebral disc. Due to low methodological quali- ty of the articles, no exact recommendations can be made.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.62022015 and 62088101)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project,China(No.2021SHZDZX0100)the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology Project,China (No.19511132101)。
文摘The sparrow search algorithm(SSA) is a recent meta-heuristic optimization approach with the advantages of simplicity and flexibility. However, SSA still faces challenges of premature convergence and imbalance between exploration and exploitation, especially when tackling multimodal optimization problems. Aiming to deal with the above problems, we propose an enhanced variant of SSA called the multi-strategy enhanced sparrow search algorithm(MSSSA) in this paper. First, a chaotic map is introduced to obtain a high-quality initial population for SSA, and the opposition-based learning strategy is employed to increase the population diversity. Then, an adaptive parameter control strategy is designed to accommodate an adequate balance between exploration and exploitation. Finally, a hybrid disturbance mechanism is embedded in the individual update stage to avoid falling into local optima. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed MSSSA, a large number of experiments are implemented, including 40 complex functions from the IEEE CEC2014 and IEEE CEC2019 test suites and 10 classical functions with different dimensions. Experimental results show that the MSSSA achieves competitive performance compared with several state-of-the-art optimization algorithms. The proposed MSSSA is also successfully applied to solve two engineering optimization problems. The results demonstrate the superiority of the MSSSA in addressing practical problems.
基金This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation,China for Key Program of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions[Nos.19KJA610004,17KJA540002].
文摘Small-diameter artificial blood vessels are prone to cause intimal hyperplasia(IH)after transplantation,which leads to restenosis and low long-term patency rates.The main biomechanical factor for IH formation is the compliance mismatch between the artificial and host blood vessels which can cause abnormal hemodynamics.Although there have been many studies on vascular compliance mismatches,however,little attention has been paid to the effect of the degree of compliance mismatch between graft and the host vessel on hemodynamics.At present,the research on compliance mismatch between the artificial and host blood vessels is still very limited,especially with regard to the specific impact of the compliance mismatch degree on hemodynamics.Therefore,three end-to-end anastomosis models(the compliance of the artificial blood vessel is lower than,similar to,and higher than that of the host blood vessel,called model 1,model 2,model 3,respectively)were constructed and simulated in this study.Simulation results showed that the radial displacement difference between the artificial and host blood vessels were 0.281 mm,0.183 mm and 0.485 mm in model 1,model 2 and model 3,respectively.A low-velocity recirculation zone near the distal anastomosis was formed in model 1 which resulted in excessively low TAWSS(9.261 E-5Pa)and high OSI(0.497).Similarly,a low-velocity recirculation zone near the proximal anastomosis was formed in model 3 and lead to low TAWSS(6.007 E-4Pa)and high OSI(0.480).However,there was no low-velocity recirculation zone near the anastomosis stoma in model 2.The results are instructive for the design and preparation of artificial blood vessels.