Influence of copper element distribution and speciation on the color of Chinese underglaze copper-red porcelain in the Yuan dynasty

A shard of Chinese underglaze copper-red porcelain from the Yuan dynasty (AD 1271–1368) made in the Jingdezhen kiln was measured by synchrotron radiation- induced X-ray fluorescence mapping and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy to investigate the influence of copper element distribution and speciation on the color of porcelain. In black-colored region, copper accumulates at the interface between the body and glaze layers with metallic copper particles as the main speciation. In contrast, Cu is irregularly distributed in the red-colored region with multi-valence speciation. The differences in Cu distribution and speciation in black- and red-colored regions indicate that they are the main factors influencing the different colors of copper-red underglaze porcelain.

OTSC金属夹治疗难治性急性非静脉曲张性上消化道出血的效果评估

目的探讨内镜下OTSC金属夹闭合术在难治性急性非静脉曲张性上消化道出血(ANVUGIB)治疗中的疗效。方法对滨州医学院附属医院消化内科2015年1月1日-2016年6月1日通过OTSC金属夹治疗的16例难治性ANVUGIB的患者进行回顾性分析。其中贲门黏膜撕裂并出血2例,胃溃疡出血7例,胃癌1例,十二指肠球部溃疡出血6例。结果 16例患者均成功的进行了内镜下止血,成功率100.0%,止血夹自安装至释放成功平均所需时间仅为5.0~6.0 min。结论 OTSC在难治性ANVUGIB患者中的治疗安全、有效,值得临床推广。

Cilostazol inhibits plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation and antigen presentation

Background Cilostazol, an anti-platelet drug for treating coronary heart disease, has been reported to modulate immune cell functions Plasmacytoid dendritic cells （pDCs） have been found to participate in the progression of atherosclerosis mainly through interferon ct （IFN-ct） production. Whether cilostazol influences pDCs activation is still not clear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of cilostazol on cell activation and antigen presentation ofpDCs in vitro in this study. Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated by Ficoll cen- trifugation and pDCs sorted by flow cytometry were used in this study. After pretreated with cilostazol for 2 h, cells were stimulated with CpG-A, R848 or virus for 6 h or 20 h, or stimulated with CpG-B for 48 h and then co-cultured with naive T cell for five days. Cytokines in supernatant and intracellular cytokines were analyzed by ELISA or flow cytometry respectively. Results Our data indicated that cilostazol could inhibit IFN-α and tumor necrosis factor α （TNF-α） production from pDCs in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the ability of priming na ve T cells of pDCs was also impaired by cilostazol. The inhibitory effect was not due to cell killing since the viability of pDCs did not change upon cilostazol treatment. Conclusion Cilostazol inhibits pDCs cell activation and antigen presentation in vitro, which may explain how cilostazol protects against atherosclerosis.

Soller slits automatic focusing method for multi-element fluorescence detector

In X-ray absorption fine structure(XAFS) experiments,Soller slits are widely used as filter devices in order to improve the signal to noise ratio.Performing high accuracy manual focusing operations is a time-consuming process;therefore,this work introduces an automatic focusing method for Soller slits in multi-element fluorescence detectors.This method establishes a relation model between the fluorescence intensity distribution and the coordinates of the fluorescence excitation point.According to this relation model,the actual coordinates of the fluorescence excitation point can be deduced from the detected fluorescence intensity distribution and used in focusing operations.This method has proven to be feasible in an XAFS experiment at the BL14W1 beamline of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

The therapeutic effect of expanded scalp flaps pedicled with the superficial temporal vessel for the reconstruction of the large facial skin scar

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of expanded scalp flaps pedicled with superficial temporal vessel in the repair of facial skin scars.Methods From May 2017 to October 2018,4 patients with facial skin scars were treated with expanded scalp flaps pedicled with superficial temporal vessels and laser hair removal.All patients were followed up for at least 6 to 12 months.Results The flaps of all 4 patients survived well,and the color,texture and thickness of the flaps matched well with the surrounding skin tissue.Conclusion Expanded scalp flaps pedicled with superficial temporal vessel is a good option for repairing facial skin scars,which is worthy of clinical application.

A K self-adaptive SDN controller placement for wide area networks

As a novel architecture,software-defined networking(SDN) is viewed as the key technology of future networking.The core idea of SDN is to decouple the control plane and the data plane,enabling centralized,flexible,and programmable network control.Although local area networks like data center networks have benefited from SDN,it is still a problem to deploy SDN in wide area networks(WANs) or large-scale networks.Existing works show that multiple controllers are required in WANs with each covering one small SDN domain.However,the problems of SDN domain partition and controller placement should be further addressed.Therefore,we propose the spectral clustering based partition and placement algorithms,by which we can partition a large network into several small SDN domains efficiently and effectively.In our algorithms,the matrix perturbation theory and eigengap are used to discover the stability of SDN domains and decide the optimal number of SDN domains automatically.To evaluate our algorithms,we develop a new experimental framework with the Internet2 topology and other available WAN topologies.The results show the effectiveness of our algorithm for the SDN domain partition and controller placement problems.