Objective:The ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity(UCEIS)and the Mayo endoscopic score(MES)are developed as objective methods of evaluating endoscopic severity in patients with ulcerative colitis(UC).The ai...Objective:The ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity(UCEIS)and the Mayo endoscopic score(MES)are developed as objective methods of evaluating endoscopic severity in patients with ulcerative colitis(UC).The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the UCEIS and MES in predicting the patient's response to mesalazine.Methods:Consecutive patients with UC who had undergone colonoscopy within 1 month before starting mesalazine between October 2011 and July 2016 were retrospectively collected at the Department of Gastroenterology,Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medicine.The median follow-up was 81 months,and all the data were analyzed in January 2021.The primary outcome was the need for step-up treatment,which included the use of corticosteroids,immunomodulatory,or surgery during admission and follow-up.Data were analyzed using the c2 or Fisher exact test,Spearman test,t-test,and ManneWhitney U test.Results:Totally,65 patients were enrolled,of whom 12(18.5%)needed step-up treatment due to nonresponse to mesalazine.The UCEIS score,MES,and the ulcerative colitis disease activity index(UCDAI)score were significantly higher in patients who had nonresponse to mesalazine(UCEIS score:6.92±0.69 vs.4.45±1.17,p<0.001;MES:2.67±0.49 vs.2.15±0.69,p=0.024;UCDAI score:9.33±1.87 vs.6.70±2.38,p=0.002).In the multivariate analysis,the UCEIS score(OR=25.65,95%CI:3.048 e45.985,p=0.003),UCDAI score(OR=1.605,95%CI:1.144e2.254,p=0.006),and C-reactive protein level(OR=1.056,95%CI:1.006e1.108,p=0.026)were independent risk factors of nonresponse.The area under the ROC curve of UCEIS was 0.95,with a sensitivity of 100%and specificity of 84.6%,a cut-off value of 6,which outperformed the MES with an area under the ROC curve of 0.70.When the UCEIS score≥6,60%of patients eventually needed step-up treatment.Conclusions:The UCEIS is a useful instrument for predicting the therapeutic effect in patients with UC treated with mesalazine.The high probability of mesalazine treatment failure and benefits of other therapies should be discussed in patients with baseline UCEIS score≥6.展开更多
Additive manufacturing is believed to open up a new era in precise microfabrication,and the dynamic microstructure evolution during the process as well as the experiment-simulation correlated study is conducted on a p...Additive manufacturing is believed to open up a new era in precise microfabrication,and the dynamic microstructure evolution during the process as well as the experiment-simulation correlated study is conducted on a prototype multi-principal-element alloys FeCrNi fabricated using selective laser melting(SLM).Experimental results reveal that columnar crystals grow across the cladding layers and the dense cellular structures develop in the filled crystal.At the micron scale,all constituent elements are evenly distributed,while at the near-atomic scale,Cr element is obviously segregated.Simulation results at the atomic scale illustrate that i)the solid-liquid interface during the grain growth changes from horizontal to arc due to the radial temperature gradient;ii)the precipitates,microscale voids,and stacking faults also form dynamically as a result of the thermal gradient,leading to the residual stress in the SLMed structure.In addition,we established a microstructure-based physical model based on atomic simulation,which indicates that strong interface strengthening exists in the tensile deformation.The present work provides an atomic-scale understanding of the microstructural evolution in the SLM process through the combination of experiment and simulation.展开更多
Mouse cortical radial glial cells(RGCs)are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical oligodendrocytes,astrocytes,and olfactory bulb(OB)GABAergic interneurons in late embryogenesis.There are fundamental gaps...Mouse cortical radial glial cells(RGCs)are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical oligodendrocytes,astrocytes,and olfactory bulb(OB)GABAergic interneurons in late embryogenesis.There are fundamental gaps in understanding how these diverse cell subtypes are generated.Here,by combining single-cell RNA-Seq with intersectional lineage analyses,we show that beginning at around E16.5,neocortical RGCs start to generate ASCL1^(+)EGFR^(+)apical multipotent intermediate progenitors(MIPCs),which then differentiate into basal MIPCs that express ASCL1,EGFR,OLIG2,and MKI67.These basal MIPCs undergo several rounds of divisions to generate most of the cortical oligodendrocytes and astrocytes and a subpopulation of OB interneurons.Finally,single-cell ATAC-Seq supported our model for the genetic logic underlying the specification and differentiation of cortical glial cells and OB interneurons.Taken together,this work reveals the process of cortical radial glial cell lineage progression and the developmental origins of cortical astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.展开更多
In this paper,we report a novel nanoscale wrinkle-structure fabrication process using fluorocarbon plasma on poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)and Solaris membranes.Wrinkles with wavelengths of hundreds of nanometers were o...In this paper,we report a novel nanoscale wrinkle-structure fabrication process using fluorocarbon plasma on poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)and Solaris membranes.Wrinkles with wavelengths of hundreds of nanometers were obtained on these two materials,showing that the fabrication process was universally applicable.By varying the plasma-treating time,the wavelength of the wrinkle structure could be controlled.Highly transparent membranes with wrinkle patterns were obtained when the plasmatreating time was o125 s.The transmittances of these membranes were 490%in the visible region,making it difficult to distinguish them from a flat membrane.The deposited fluorocarbon polymer also dramatically reduced the surface energy,which allowed us to replicate the wrinkle pattern with high precision onto other membranes without any surfactant coating.The combined advantages of high electron affinity and high transparency enabled the fabricated membrane to improve the performance of a triboelectric nanogenerator.This nanoscale,single-step,and universal wrinkle-pattern fabrication process,with the functionality of high transparency and ultra-low surface energy,shows an attractive potential for future applications in microand nanodevices,especially in transparent energy harvesters.展开更多
High-entropy amorphous alloys present high hardness,but low tensile ductility.Here,deformation behavior of the amorphous/crystalline Fe Co Cr Ni high-entropy alloy(HEA)composite prepared by the previous experiment is ...High-entropy amorphous alloys present high hardness,but low tensile ductility.Here,deformation behavior of the amorphous/crystalline Fe Co Cr Ni high-entropy alloy(HEA)composite prepared by the previous experiment is investigated using atomic simulations.The result shows the partial dislocations in the crystal HEA layer,and the formation of shear bands in the amorphous HEA layer occurs after yielding.The strength of the amorphous/crystalline HEA composite reduces with increasing the thickness of the amorphous layer,agreeing with the previous experiments.The coupled interaction between the crystal plasticity and amorphous plasticity in amorphous/crystalline HEA composites results in a more homogeneous redistribution of plastic deformation to cause interface hardening,due to the complex stress field in the amorphous layer.The current findings provide the insight into the deformation behavior of the amorphous/crystalline HEA composite at the nanoscale,which are useful for optimizing the structure of the HEA composite with high strength and good plasticity.展开更多
To research the self-ignition characteristics of high-speed ramjet kinetic energy projectile in the launch process, the self-ignition process based on the solid fuel of polyethylene was numerically simulated by using ...To research the self-ignition characteristics of high-speed ramjet kinetic energy projectile in the launch process, the self-ignition process based on the solid fuel of polyethylene was numerically simulated by using the dynamic grid technology. The effect of different muzzle velocity on the self-ignition performance, and the effect of opening the blockage at different times on the flow field stability of the combustion chamber and the flow field characteristics after the solid fuel ramjet stabilized were analyzed. The results show that the occurrence of self-ignition is not only related to the pressure, temperature in the combustion chamber, and the muzzle velocity, but also to the content of C_2H_4 and its degree of mixing with air in the combustion chamber. After the kinetic energy projectile gets out of the muzzle and before the blockage opens, there is oscillation occurring in the combustion chamber. The higher the muzzle velocity of the kinetic energy projectile, the more prone to the occurrence of the self-ignition and the negative effects can be avoided due to the pressure oscillation in the combustion chamber. The effect of opening the blockage at different times on the flow field stability after the self-ignition occurs in a period of time is weak. After the blockage opens, the solid fuel ramjet can reach a stable working condition quickly.展开更多
Medium spiny neurons(MSNs)in the striatum,which can be divided into D1 and D2 MSNs,originate from the lateral ganglionic eminence(LGE).Previously,we reported that Six3 is a downstream target of Sp8/Sp9 in the transcri...Medium spiny neurons(MSNs)in the striatum,which can be divided into D1 and D2 MSNs,originate from the lateral ganglionic eminence(LGE).Previously,we reported that Six3 is a downstream target of Sp8/Sp9 in the transcriptional regulatory cascade of D2 MSN development and that conditionally knocking out Six3 leads to a severe loss of D2 MSNs.Here,we showed that Six3 mainly functions in D2 MSN precursor cells and gradually loses its function as D2 MSNs mature.Conditional deletion of Six3 had little effect on cell proliferation but blocked the differentiation of D2 MSN precursor cells.In addition,conditional overexpression of Six3 promoted the differentiation of precursor cells in the LGE.We measured an increase of apoptosis in the postnatal striatum of conditional Six3-knockout mice.This suggests that,in the absence of Six3,abnormally differentiated D2 MSNs are eliminated by programmed cell death.These results further identify Six3 as an important regulatory element during D2 MSN differentiation.展开更多
We present a new model for simulating the electromagnetic fluctuations with frequencies much lower than the ion cyclotron frequency in plasmas confined in general magnetic configurations.This novel model(termed as GK-...We present a new model for simulating the electromagnetic fluctuations with frequencies much lower than the ion cyclotron frequency in plasmas confined in general magnetic configurations.This novel model(termed as GK-E&B)employs nonlinear gyrokinetic equations formulated in terms of electromagnetic fields along with momentum balance equations for solving fields.It,thus,not only includes kinetic effects,such as wave-particle interaction and microscopic(ion Larmor radius scale)physics;but also is computationally more efficient than the conventional formulation described in terms of potentials.As a benchmark,we perform linear as well as nonlinear simulations of the kinetic Alfvén wave;demonstrating physics in agreement with the analytical theories.展开更多
1.Introduction As an ancient method for manufacturing metallic materials,casting has the advantages of low cost,high process flexibility and forming complex parts.However,due to the poor as-cast mechanical properties,...1.Introduction As an ancient method for manufacturing metallic materials,casting has the advantages of low cost,high process flexibility and forming complex parts.However,due to the poor as-cast mechanical properties,various processes after casting are generally necessary for traditional metallic materials to eliminate casting defects(e.g.,voids,shrinkage cavities and elemental segregation)and improve their properties,such as rolling,forging,and heat treatment.展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LQ21H030010&Q19H030064)Medical Health Science and Technology Project of the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission(2021417815).
文摘Objective:The ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity(UCEIS)and the Mayo endoscopic score(MES)are developed as objective methods of evaluating endoscopic severity in patients with ulcerative colitis(UC).The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the UCEIS and MES in predicting the patient's response to mesalazine.Methods:Consecutive patients with UC who had undergone colonoscopy within 1 month before starting mesalazine between October 2011 and July 2016 were retrospectively collected at the Department of Gastroenterology,Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medicine.The median follow-up was 81 months,and all the data were analyzed in January 2021.The primary outcome was the need for step-up treatment,which included the use of corticosteroids,immunomodulatory,or surgery during admission and follow-up.Data were analyzed using the c2 or Fisher exact test,Spearman test,t-test,and ManneWhitney U test.Results:Totally,65 patients were enrolled,of whom 12(18.5%)needed step-up treatment due to nonresponse to mesalazine.The UCEIS score,MES,and the ulcerative colitis disease activity index(UCDAI)score were significantly higher in patients who had nonresponse to mesalazine(UCEIS score:6.92±0.69 vs.4.45±1.17,p<0.001;MES:2.67±0.49 vs.2.15±0.69,p=0.024;UCDAI score:9.33±1.87 vs.6.70±2.38,p=0.002).In the multivariate analysis,the UCEIS score(OR=25.65,95%CI:3.048 e45.985,p=0.003),UCDAI score(OR=1.605,95%CI:1.144e2.254,p=0.006),and C-reactive protein level(OR=1.056,95%CI:1.006e1.108,p=0.026)were independent risk factors of nonresponse.The area under the ROC curve of UCEIS was 0.95,with a sensitivity of 100%and specificity of 84.6%,a cut-off value of 6,which outperformed the MES with an area under the ROC curve of 0.70.When the UCEIS score≥6,60%of patients eventually needed step-up treatment.Conclusions:The UCEIS is a useful instrument for predicting the therapeutic effect in patients with UC treated with mesalazine.The high probability of mesalazine treatment failure and benefits of other therapies should be discussed in patients with baseline UCEIS score≥6.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52020105013,51871092,and 11902113)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Nos.2019JJ50068 and 2021JJ40032)+1 种基金the Changsha Municipal Natu-ral Science Foundation(No.kq2014126)support from the National Science Foundation(Nos.DMR-1611180 and 1809640).
文摘Additive manufacturing is believed to open up a new era in precise microfabrication,and the dynamic microstructure evolution during the process as well as the experiment-simulation correlated study is conducted on a prototype multi-principal-element alloys FeCrNi fabricated using selective laser melting(SLM).Experimental results reveal that columnar crystals grow across the cladding layers and the dense cellular structures develop in the filled crystal.At the micron scale,all constituent elements are evenly distributed,while at the near-atomic scale,Cr element is obviously segregated.Simulation results at the atomic scale illustrate that i)the solid-liquid interface during the grain growth changes from horizontal to arc due to the radial temperature gradient;ii)the precipitates,microscale voids,and stacking faults also form dynamically as a result of the thermal gradient,leading to the residual stress in the SLMed structure.In addition,we established a microstructure-based physical model based on atomic simulation,which indicates that strong interface strengthening exists in the tensile deformation.The present work provides an atomic-scale understanding of the microstructural evolution in the SLM process through the combination of experiment and simulation.
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFA0108000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31630032,31820103006,and 32070971)+1 种基金a Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2018SHZDZX01)ZJLab,and grants from NIH(R01MH094589 and R01NS089777)。
文摘Mouse cortical radial glial cells(RGCs)are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical oligodendrocytes,astrocytes,and olfactory bulb(OB)GABAergic interneurons in late embryogenesis.There are fundamental gaps in understanding how these diverse cell subtypes are generated.Here,by combining single-cell RNA-Seq with intersectional lineage analyses,we show that beginning at around E16.5,neocortical RGCs start to generate ASCL1^(+)EGFR^(+)apical multipotent intermediate progenitors(MIPCs),which then differentiate into basal MIPCs that express ASCL1,EGFR,OLIG2,and MKI67.These basal MIPCs undergo several rounds of divisions to generate most of the cortical oligodendrocytes and astrocytes and a subpopulation of OB interneurons.Finally,single-cell ATAC-Seq supported our model for the genetic logic underlying the specification and differentiation of cortical glial cells and OB interneurons.Taken together,this work reveals the process of cortical radial glial cell lineage progression and the developmental origins of cortical astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61674004 and 91323304)National Key R&D Project from Ministry of Science and Technology,China(2016YFA0202701)+1 种基金the Beijing Science&Technology Project(Grant No.D151100003315003)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.4141002).
文摘In this paper,we report a novel nanoscale wrinkle-structure fabrication process using fluorocarbon plasma on poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)and Solaris membranes.Wrinkles with wavelengths of hundreds of nanometers were obtained on these two materials,showing that the fabrication process was universally applicable.By varying the plasma-treating time,the wavelength of the wrinkle structure could be controlled.Highly transparent membranes with wrinkle patterns were obtained when the plasmatreating time was o125 s.The transmittances of these membranes were 490%in the visible region,making it difficult to distinguish them from a flat membrane.The deposited fluorocarbon polymer also dramatically reduced the surface energy,which allowed us to replicate the wrinkle pattern with high precision onto other membranes without any surfactant coating.The combined advantages of high electron affinity and high transparency enabled the fabricated membrane to improve the performance of a triboelectric nanogenerator.This nanoscale,single-step,and universal wrinkle-pattern fabrication process,with the functionality of high transparency and ultra-low surface energy,shows an attractive potential for future applications in microand nanodevices,especially in transparent energy harvesters.
基金the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51621004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51871092,11772122,and 51771233)+4 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body(No.71865015)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.531107051151)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2016YFB0700300 and 2016YFB1100103)support of the U.S.Army Research Office Project(Nos.W911NF-13-1-0438 and W911NF-19-2-0049)with the program managerssupport from the National Science Foundation(Nos.DMR-1611180 and 1809640)with the program directors,Drs.J.Yang,J.G.Shiflet,and D.Farkas。
文摘High-entropy amorphous alloys present high hardness,but low tensile ductility.Here,deformation behavior of the amorphous/crystalline Fe Co Cr Ni high-entropy alloy(HEA)composite prepared by the previous experiment is investigated using atomic simulations.The result shows the partial dislocations in the crystal HEA layer,and the formation of shear bands in the amorphous HEA layer occurs after yielding.The strength of the amorphous/crystalline HEA composite reduces with increasing the thickness of the amorphous layer,agreeing with the previous experiments.The coupled interaction between the crystal plasticity and amorphous plasticity in amorphous/crystalline HEA composites results in a more homogeneous redistribution of plastic deformation to cause interface hardening,due to the complex stress field in the amorphous layer.The current findings provide the insight into the deformation behavior of the amorphous/crystalline HEA composite at the nanoscale,which are useful for optimizing the structure of the HEA composite with high strength and good plasticity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11602109)the Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation of China(No.BK20160836)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.309171B8807)
文摘To research the self-ignition characteristics of high-speed ramjet kinetic energy projectile in the launch process, the self-ignition process based on the solid fuel of polyethylene was numerically simulated by using the dynamic grid technology. The effect of different muzzle velocity on the self-ignition performance, and the effect of opening the blockage at different times on the flow field stability of the combustion chamber and the flow field characteristics after the solid fuel ramjet stabilized were analyzed. The results show that the occurrence of self-ignition is not only related to the pressure, temperature in the combustion chamber, and the muzzle velocity, but also to the content of C_2H_4 and its degree of mixing with air in the combustion chamber. After the kinetic energy projectile gets out of the muzzle and before the blockage opens, there is oscillation occurring in the combustion chamber. The higher the muzzle velocity of the kinetic energy projectile, the more prone to the occurrence of the self-ignition and the negative effects can be avoided due to the pressure oscillation in the combustion chamber. The effect of opening the blockage at different times on the flow field stability after the self-ignition occurs in a period of time is weak. After the blockage opens, the solid fuel ramjet can reach a stable working condition quickly.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFAO 108000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31630032,81974175,and 31820103006)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2018SHZDZX01).
文摘Medium spiny neurons(MSNs)in the striatum,which can be divided into D1 and D2 MSNs,originate from the lateral ganglionic eminence(LGE).Previously,we reported that Six3 is a downstream target of Sp8/Sp9 in the transcriptional regulatory cascade of D2 MSN development and that conditionally knocking out Six3 leads to a severe loss of D2 MSNs.Here,we showed that Six3 mainly functions in D2 MSN precursor cells and gradually loses its function as D2 MSNs mature.Conditional deletion of Six3 had little effect on cell proliferation but blocked the differentiation of D2 MSN precursor cells.In addition,conditional overexpression of Six3 promoted the differentiation of precursor cells in the LGE.We measured an increase of apoptosis in the postnatal striatum of conditional Six3-knockout mice.This suggests that,in the absence of Six3,abnormally differentiated D2 MSNs are eliminated by programmed cell death.These results further identify Six3 as an important regulatory element during D2 MSN differentiation.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11235009,and 11905097)funding from the Euratom Research And Training Programme 2014-2018 and 2019-2020(Grant Agreement No.633053,Project No.WP19-ER/ENEA-05)。
文摘We present a new model for simulating the electromagnetic fluctuations with frequencies much lower than the ion cyclotron frequency in plasmas confined in general magnetic configurations.This novel model(termed as GK-E&B)employs nonlinear gyrokinetic equations formulated in terms of electromagnetic fields along with momentum balance equations for solving fields.It,thus,not only includes kinetic effects,such as wave-particle interaction and microscopic(ion Larmor radius scale)physics;but also is computationally more efficient than the conventional formulation described in terms of potentials.As a benchmark,we perform linear as well as nonlinear simulations of the kinetic Alfvén wave;demonstrating physics in agreement with the analytical theories.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11790293,51871016,52061135207,51671021,51971017)the Funds for Creative Research Groups of China(51921001)+1 种基金111 Project(BP0719004)Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China(IRT_14R05)。
文摘1.Introduction As an ancient method for manufacturing metallic materials,casting has the advantages of low cost,high process flexibility and forming complex parts.However,due to the poor as-cast mechanical properties,various processes after casting are generally necessary for traditional metallic materials to eliminate casting defects(e.g.,voids,shrinkage cavities and elemental segregation)and improve their properties,such as rolling,forging,and heat treatment.