Different from other normal modes of the Earth’s free oscillation that depend on all the six components(M_(rr),M_(tt),M_(pp),M_(rt),M_(rp),and M_(tp))of the centroid moment tensor,the amplitudes of the radial modes d...Different from other normal modes of the Earth’s free oscillation that depend on all the six components(M_(rr),M_(tt),M_(pp),M_(rt),M_(rp),and M_(tp))of the centroid moment tensor,the amplitudes of the radial modes depend on the M_(rr)component(e.g.,scalar moment(M_(0)),dip(δ),and slip(λ))and hypocenter depth of the focal mechanism,and hence can be easily used to constrain these parameters of the focal mechanism.In this study,we use the superconducting gravimeter(SG)records after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake to analyze the radial modes_(0)S_(0)and_(1)S_(0).Based on the solutions of the focal mechanism provided by the GCMT and USGS,we can obtain the theoretical amplitudes of these two radial modes.Comparing the theoretical amplitudes with the observation amplitudes,it is found that there are obvious differences between the former and the latter,which means that the GCMT and USGS focal mechanisms cannot well represent the real focal mechanism of the 2011 event.Taking the GCMT solution as a reference and changing the depth and the three parameters of the M_(rr)moment,the scalar moment(M_(0))and the dip(δ)have significant influences,but the effects of the slip(λ)and the depth are minor.After comparisons,we provide a new constraint(M_(0)=5.8±0.09×10^(22)N·m,δ=10.1±0.08°,λ=88°,and depth=20 km)for the focal mechanism of the 2011 event.In addition,we further determine the center frequency(1.631567±2.6e^(-6)mHz)and quality factor(2046.4±50.1)of the_(1)S_(0)mode.展开更多
Parkinson’s disease(PD)is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a range of motor symptoms such as bradykinesia,resting tremor,rigidity,and postural instability,as well as non-motor symptoms,such as de...Parkinson’s disease(PD)is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a range of motor symptoms such as bradykinesia,resting tremor,rigidity,and postural instability,as well as non-motor symptoms,such as depression,anxiety,sleep disturbances,and fatigue(Bloem et al.,2021).展开更多
Surface modification of wollastonite particles using titanate as a modification agent incorporated by simultaneous wet ultra-fine grinding in a laboratory stirred mill was investigated.The physical,physic-chemical and...Surface modification of wollastonite particles using titanate as a modification agent incorporated by simultaneous wet ultra-fine grinding in a laboratory stirred mill was investigated.The physical,physic-chemical and application properties of the modified wollastonite were measured and evaluated.The results showed that grinding intensity markedly influences the modification effect because of the mechano chemical effect.The hydrophilic surface of wollastonite was turned into a hydrophobic one after modification.The interaction between titanate and wollastonite under wet grinding circumstances was studied.It was suggested that physical adsorption and chemical adsorption of titanate coexisted on the wollastonite surface.The mechanical properties of polyethylene(PE) filled with the modified wollastonite powder were markedly improved.展开更多
Mesalamine suppositories have been used widely for the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis and considered to be safer than systemic administration for its limited systemic absorption.However,previous studies have s...Mesalamine suppositories have been used widely for the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis and considered to be safer than systemic administration for its limited systemic absorption.However,previous studies have shown that mesalamine suppository occasionally causes severe hypersensitivity reactions including fever,rashes,colitis exacerbation and acute eosinophilic pneumonia.Here we present a 25-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis with bloody diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain and fever which were aggravated after introduction of mesalamine suppositories.In light of symptom exacerbation of ulcerative colitis,increased inflammatory injury of colon mucosa shown by colonoscopy and elevated peripheral eosinophil count after mesalamine suppositories administration,and the Naranjo algorithm score of 10,the possibility of hypersensitivity reaction to mesalamine suppositories should be considered,warning us to be aware of this potential reaction after administration of mesalamine formulations even if it is the suppositories.展开更多
Studies on the formati on and evolutio n of the solid electrolyte in terface(SEI)film under different ambient temperatures are important to understand the failure behavior of lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).Herein,in-situ...Studies on the formati on and evolutio n of the solid electrolyte in terface(SEI)film under different ambient temperatures are important to understand the failure behavior of lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).Herein,in-situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS)test is performed on the whole discharge process of Si@Graphite@C/Li cell at 0,25 and 55℃,respectively.Combining with scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterizations,it is found that the SEI film undergoes a complicated evolution process of pre-formation,self-improvement and gradual decay in succession at 25℃.Besides,due to the dissolution of organo-alkyl lithium at high temperature,the formed film is mainly composed of LiF,Li_(2)CO_(3) and other in organic salts,which helps to decrease the impedance.However,the electrolyte is consumed continuously on the new exposed in terface,leading to the degraded performance of the cell.Moreover,the dyn amic properties of Li^(+) ions are poor at low temperature,though the migration ability of Li^(+) ions in the solid phase can be improved as the cycle goes on.Therefore,the development and application of in-situ EIS tech no logy are expected to become an important means to explain the electrochemical performance of batteries.展开更多
Parkinson's disease(PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases,affecting individuals especially over 60 years of age.In the next three decades,more than 12 million people will suffer from PD worldwid...Parkinson's disease(PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases,affecting individuals especially over 60 years of age.In the next three decades,more than 12 million people will suffer from PD worldwide(Rocca,2018).The characteristic symptoms of PD begin as a movement disorder including bradykinesia,resting tremor,rigidity,and postural instability.展开更多
A 40 Gb/s full serializer and deserializer (SerDes) transceiver with controller and physical layer (PHY) is presented.The controller mainly contains protocol transmission, forward error correction and user layer build...A 40 Gb/s full serializer and deserializer (SerDes) transceiver with controller and physical layer (PHY) is presented.The controller mainly contains protocol transmission, forward error correction and user layer build-in self-test (BIST).The physical coding sub-layer (PCS) provides the functions of 64/66 encoder/decoder, PHY BIST, and polarity control.In the physical medium attachment (PMA), both transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) adopt quarter-rate architecture to relax the timing constraint and reduce power dissipation.The receiver utilizes the phase interpolator (PI) based clock and data recovery (CDR) with bang-bang phase detector (BBPD) to extract the synchronic clock for retiming and de-multiplexing.The multiple-MUX based 4-tap FFE and a two-stage cascade CTLE are employed to mitigate the inter-symbol interference (ISI).In addition, a proposed 4∶1 MUX is used to improve the output jitter performance and reduce the power consumption.Fabricated in a 65 nm CMOS technology, the full transceiver consumes 890 mW at 40 Gb/s and occupies 12 mm 2 .The measurement results show that this transceiver can achieve bit error rate (BER)< 10 -12 after a 15.3 dB loss channel at 20 GHz.展开更多
Polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)/laponite(LP)nanocomposite coatings were fabricated via a facile one-step coassembly process.The formed nanocoatings contain a high concentration of LP nanosheets,which can be well aligned along ...Polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)/laponite(LP)nanocomposite coatings were fabricated via a facile one-step coassembly process.The formed nanocoatings contain a high concentration of LP nanosheets,which can be well aligned along the substrate surface during the coassembly process.Due to the highly orientated structure,the flexible nanocoatings exhibit ultra-high transparency and superior mechanical properties,and can also act as excellent gas barriers.Such nanocoatings can be exceptional candidates for a variety of applications,such as food packaging.展开更多
BACKGROUND Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis(PAM)is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized by the accumulation of innumerable microliths.Currently,effective therapeutics for PAM are not available,and the only tr...BACKGROUND Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis(PAM)is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized by the accumulation of innumerable microliths.Currently,effective therapeutics for PAM are not available,and the only treatment for end-stage lung disease is lung transplantation(LuTx).Further,there are few reports that focus on LuTx for the treatment of PAM,and the follow-up reports of postoperative imaging are even rarer.CASE SUMMARY A 52-year-old man presented to Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital in 2017 after experiencing shortness of breath and exacerbation.The patient was diagnosed with PAM and referred for single-LuTx(SLuTx)on March 14,2018.Preoperative imaging results from a chest X-ray demonstrated bilateral,diffuse,symmetrical,sandstorm-like radiopaque micronodules,and pneumothorax and a computed tomography scan revealed minute,calcified military nodules in both lungs.We performed a left SLuTx,and intraoperative pathology was consistent with PAM.One week after surgery,a chest X-ray revealed slight exudation of the left lung,and one month later,the left transplanted lung exhibited good dilation,mild pulmonary perfusion injury with local infection,and left pleural effusion.Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed left hyperplastic granulation at the left bronchial anastomosis.Multiple sputum cultures suggested the presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii.The last follow-up was conducted in April 2019;the patient recovered well.CONCLUSION This case presents the imaging findings of a patient with PAM before and after LuTx and confirms the effectiveness of LuTx for the treatment of this disease.展开更多
We revisit the intrinsic differential geometry of the Wasserstein space over a Riemannian manifold,due to a series of papers by Otto,Otto-Villani,Lott,Ambrosio-Gigli-Savaré,etc.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants:41974022 and 42192531)the Educational Commission of Hubei Province of China(Grant:2020CFA109)+1 种基金the Special Fund of Hubei Luojia Laboratory(grant#220100002)Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy,Ministry of Education,Wuhan University(grant#210204)。
文摘Different from other normal modes of the Earth’s free oscillation that depend on all the six components(M_(rr),M_(tt),M_(pp),M_(rt),M_(rp),and M_(tp))of the centroid moment tensor,the amplitudes of the radial modes depend on the M_(rr)component(e.g.,scalar moment(M_(0)),dip(δ),and slip(λ))and hypocenter depth of the focal mechanism,and hence can be easily used to constrain these parameters of the focal mechanism.In this study,we use the superconducting gravimeter(SG)records after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake to analyze the radial modes_(0)S_(0)and_(1)S_(0).Based on the solutions of the focal mechanism provided by the GCMT and USGS,we can obtain the theoretical amplitudes of these two radial modes.Comparing the theoretical amplitudes with the observation amplitudes,it is found that there are obvious differences between the former and the latter,which means that the GCMT and USGS focal mechanisms cannot well represent the real focal mechanism of the 2011 event.Taking the GCMT solution as a reference and changing the depth and the three parameters of the M_(rr)moment,the scalar moment(M_(0))and the dip(δ)have significant influences,but the effects of the slip(λ)and the depth are minor.After comparisons,we provide a new constraint(M_(0)=5.8±0.09×10^(22)N·m,δ=10.1±0.08°,λ=88°,and depth=20 km)for the focal mechanism of the 2011 event.In addition,we further determine the center frequency(1.631567±2.6e^(-6)mHz)and quality factor(2046.4±50.1)of the_(1)S_(0)mode.
基金supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation),No.424778381-TRR 295(to MM)。
文摘Parkinson’s disease(PD)is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a range of motor symptoms such as bradykinesia,resting tremor,rigidity,and postural instability,as well as non-motor symptoms,such as depression,anxiety,sleep disturbances,and fatigue(Bloem et al.,2021).
基金partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China(21577132,21978276)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2652018326,2652018298,2652018297)the Beijing Municipal Education Commission Key Science and Technology Project Fund(KZ201910853043)~~
基金partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China(21577132)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2652017377,2652017378)~~
基金financial support of project on reliability and life research of typical components in rail trains (K10TZ20P0500) of CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute.
基金supported by the National Key Technologies R & D Program of China(No.2008BAE60B06)
文摘Surface modification of wollastonite particles using titanate as a modification agent incorporated by simultaneous wet ultra-fine grinding in a laboratory stirred mill was investigated.The physical,physic-chemical and application properties of the modified wollastonite were measured and evaluated.The results showed that grinding intensity markedly influences the modification effect because of the mechano chemical effect.The hydrophilic surface of wollastonite was turned into a hydrophobic one after modification.The interaction between titanate and wollastonite under wet grinding circumstances was studied.It was suggested that physical adsorption and chemical adsorption of titanate coexisted on the wollastonite surface.The mechanical properties of polyethylene(PE) filled with the modified wollastonite powder were markedly improved.
文摘Mesalamine suppositories have been used widely for the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis and considered to be safer than systemic administration for its limited systemic absorption.However,previous studies have shown that mesalamine suppository occasionally causes severe hypersensitivity reactions including fever,rashes,colitis exacerbation and acute eosinophilic pneumonia.Here we present a 25-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis with bloody diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain and fever which were aggravated after introduction of mesalamine suppositories.In light of symptom exacerbation of ulcerative colitis,increased inflammatory injury of colon mucosa shown by colonoscopy and elevated peripheral eosinophil count after mesalamine suppositories administration,and the Naranjo algorithm score of 10,the possibility of hypersensitivity reaction to mesalamine suppositories should be considered,warning us to be aware of this potential reaction after administration of mesalamine formulations even if it is the suppositories.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51962019)the Major Science and Technology Projects of Gansu Province(18ZD2FA012)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province of China for Youth Project(2019-ZJ-938Q)the Qinghai Science and Technology Plan(2019-ZJ-7038)the Hongliu First-class Discipline Construction Program of Lanzhou University of Technology.
文摘Studies on the formati on and evolutio n of the solid electrolyte in terface(SEI)film under different ambient temperatures are important to understand the failure behavior of lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).Herein,in-situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS)test is performed on the whole discharge process of Si@Graphite@C/Li cell at 0,25 and 55℃,respectively.Combining with scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterizations,it is found that the SEI film undergoes a complicated evolution process of pre-formation,self-improvement and gradual decay in succession at 25℃.Besides,due to the dissolution of organo-alkyl lithium at high temperature,the formed film is mainly composed of LiF,Li_(2)CO_(3) and other in organic salts,which helps to decrease the impedance.However,the electrolyte is consumed continuously on the new exposed in terface,leading to the degraded performance of the cell.Moreover,the dyn amic properties of Li^(+) ions are poor at low temperature,though the migration ability of Li^(+) ions in the solid phase can be improved as the cycle goes on.Therefore,the development and application of in-situ EIS tech no logy are expected to become an important means to explain the electrochemical performance of batteries.
基金supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG):SFB-TR-128 (to SG,MM),MU 4354/1-1(to MM)the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds BIF-03 (to SG,MM)。
文摘Parkinson's disease(PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases,affecting individuals especially over 60 years of age.In the next three decades,more than 12 million people will suffer from PD worldwide(Rocca,2018).The characteristic symptoms of PD begin as a movement disorder including bradykinesia,resting tremor,rigidity,and postural instability.
基金Sponsored by the National Science Technology Major Project(Grant No.2016ZX01012101)
文摘A 40 Gb/s full serializer and deserializer (SerDes) transceiver with controller and physical layer (PHY) is presented.The controller mainly contains protocol transmission, forward error correction and user layer build-in self-test (BIST).The physical coding sub-layer (PCS) provides the functions of 64/66 encoder/decoder, PHY BIST, and polarity control.In the physical medium attachment (PMA), both transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) adopt quarter-rate architecture to relax the timing constraint and reduce power dissipation.The receiver utilizes the phase interpolator (PI) based clock and data recovery (CDR) with bang-bang phase detector (BBPD) to extract the synchronic clock for retiming and de-multiplexing.The multiple-MUX based 4-tap FFE and a two-stage cascade CTLE are employed to mitigate the inter-symbol interference (ISI).In addition, a proposed 4∶1 MUX is used to improve the output jitter performance and reduce the power consumption.Fabricated in a 65 nm CMOS technology, the full transceiver consumes 890 mW at 40 Gb/s and occupies 12 mm 2 .The measurement results show that this transceiver can achieve bit error rate (BER)< 10 -12 after a 15.3 dB loss channel at 20 GHz.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11971457)Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (1908085MA06)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WK2040000035)。
文摘Polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)/laponite(LP)nanocomposite coatings were fabricated via a facile one-step coassembly process.The formed nanocoatings contain a high concentration of LP nanosheets,which can be well aligned along the substrate surface during the coassembly process.Due to the highly orientated structure,the flexible nanocoatings exhibit ultra-high transparency and superior mechanical properties,and can also act as excellent gas barriers.Such nanocoatings can be exceptional candidates for a variety of applications,such as food packaging.
文摘BACKGROUND Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis(PAM)is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized by the accumulation of innumerable microliths.Currently,effective therapeutics for PAM are not available,and the only treatment for end-stage lung disease is lung transplantation(LuTx).Further,there are few reports that focus on LuTx for the treatment of PAM,and the follow-up reports of postoperative imaging are even rarer.CASE SUMMARY A 52-year-old man presented to Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital in 2017 after experiencing shortness of breath and exacerbation.The patient was diagnosed with PAM and referred for single-LuTx(SLuTx)on March 14,2018.Preoperative imaging results from a chest X-ray demonstrated bilateral,diffuse,symmetrical,sandstorm-like radiopaque micronodules,and pneumothorax and a computed tomography scan revealed minute,calcified military nodules in both lungs.We performed a left SLuTx,and intraoperative pathology was consistent with PAM.One week after surgery,a chest X-ray revealed slight exudation of the left lung,and one month later,the left transplanted lung exhibited good dilation,mild pulmonary perfusion injury with local infection,and left pleural effusion.Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed left hyperplastic granulation at the left bronchial anastomosis.Multiple sputum cultures suggested the presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii.The last follow-up was conducted in April 2019;the patient recovered well.CONCLUSION This case presents the imaging findings of a patient with PAM before and after LuTx and confirms the effectiveness of LuTx for the treatment of this disease.
基金The first author is supported by China Scholarship Council.
文摘We revisit the intrinsic differential geometry of the Wasserstein space over a Riemannian manifold,due to a series of papers by Otto,Otto-Villani,Lott,Ambrosio-Gigli-Savaré,etc.