Reconstructions for Continuous-Wave Diffuse Optical Tomography by a Globally Convergent Method

In this paper, a novel reconstruction method is presented for Near Infrared (NIR) 2-D imaging to recover optical absorption coefficients from laboratory phantom data. The main body of this work validates a new generation of highly efficient reconstruction algorithms called “Globally Convergent Method” (GCM) based upon actual measurements taken from brain-shape phantoms. It has been demonstrated in earlier studies using computer-simulated data that this type of reconstructions is stable for imaging complex distributions of optical absorption. The results in this paper demonstrate the excellent capability of GCM in working with experimental data measured from optical phantoms mimicking a rat brain with stroke.

Design,methodology,and baseline of whole city‑million scale children and adolescents myopia survey(CAMS)in Wenzhou,China

Background:Myopia is the most common visual impairment in children and adolescents worldwide.This study described an economical and effective population-based screening pipeline and performed the project of a million scale children and adolescents myopia survey(CAMS),which will shed light on the further study of myopia from the level of epidemiology and precision medicine.Methods:We developed a novel population-based screening pattern,an intelligent screening process and internetbased information transmission and analysis system to carry out the survey consisting of school children in Wenzhou,China.The examination items include unaided distance visual acuity,presenting distance visual acuity,and noncycloplegic autorefraction.Myopia and high myopia were defined as spherical equivalent(SE)≤−1.00 diopters(D)and SE≤−6.00 D,respectively.Next,the reports of the vision checking were automatically sent to parents and the related departments.The CAMS project will be done two to four times annually with the support of the government.An online eyesight status information management system(OESIMS)was developed to construct comprehensive and efficient electronic vision health records(EVHRs)for myopia information inquiry,risk pre-warning,and further study.Results:The CAMS completed the first-round of screening within 30 days for 99.41%of Wenzhou students from districts and counties,in June 2019.A total of 1,060,925 participants were eligible for CAMS and 1,054,251(99.37%participation rate)were selected through data quality control,which comprised 1305 schools,and 580,609,251,050 and 170,967 elementary,middle,and high school students.The mean age of participants was 12.21±3.32 years(6-20 years),the female-to-male ratio was 0.82.The prevalence of myopia in elementary,middle,and high school students was 38.16%,77.52%,and 84.00%,respectively,and the high myopia incidence was 0.95%,6.90%,and 12.98%.Conclusions:The CAMS standardized myopia screening model involves automating large-scale information collection,data transmission,data analysis and early warning,thereby supporting myopia prevention and control.The entire survey reduced 90%of staff,cost,and time consumption compared with previous surveys.This will provide new insights for decision support for public health intervention.

Carbonate dynamics in a tropical coastal system in the South China Sea featuring upwelling, river plumes and submarine groundwater discharge

This study examined carbonate dynamics in the northwestern South China Sea(NWSCS),an area jointly influenced by upwelling,river plumes and submarine groundwater discharge.Data were obtained from two cruises conducted in summer 2009 and 2012.In 2009,a high salinity-low temperature water mass occurred nearshore off northeastern Hainan Island,indicative of upwelling,commonly referred to as HNEU.A river plume fueled primarily by local rivers and characterized by low salinity and high temperature was observed in the NWSCS off the mainland roughly along the 30 m isobath.In 2012,coastal upwelling off northeastern Hainan Island was not detectable at the surface,but was observed at a different location off eastern Hainan Island(HEU).River plume waters in 2012 were patchily distributed,with a low salinity zone further westerly than that in 2009 and another on the mid-shelf of the NWSCS sourced from the Pearl River which reached out~250 km from the mouth of the Pearl River Estuary.In 2009,elevated dissolved inorganic carbon(DIC)and total alkalinity(TA)occurred in the coastal plume,where submarine groundwater discharge contributed DIC and TA additions of 38.9±20.5 and 42.5±22.3μmol kg^(−1),respectively,with a DIC/TA ratio of~0.92,which made a minor contribution to the variation of seawater partial pressure of CO_(2)(pCO_(2)),pH and the aragonite saturation state index(Ω_(arag)).Additionally,high surface phytoplankton production consumed DIC of 10.0±10.4μmol kg^(−1) but did not significantly affect TA,which dominated pCO_(2) drawdown in the coastal plume water and increased the pH andΩ_(arag) at surface.Submarine groundwater discharge was also observed in the region influenced by upwelling,but to a lesser degree than that impacted by coastal plume.Lower pH andΩ_(arag) and higher pCO_(2) values than in offshore waters were observed downstream of the upwelling system,attributable largely to organic matter remineralization with a DIC addition of 23.8±8.4μmol kg^(−1).In 2012,submarine groundwater discharge was not detected but high phytoplankton production dominated carbonate dynamics in the coastal plume water with a net DIC consumption of 104.2μmol kg^(−1),which markedly drew down sea surface pCO_(2) and increased pH andΩ_(arag).In the Pearl River Plume,the solubility-driven CO_(2) sink exceeded biological CO_(2) uptake,resulting in an additional decrease of pH andΩ_(arag) and increase of seawater pCO_(2).Taken together,this study demonstrated complex spatial and year-to-year variability,and the controls of the carbonate system under the joint modulations of upwelling,river plumes and submarine groundwater discharge.A first order estimate that considered the rise of atmospheric CO_(2) and seawater temperature further suggested a high risk of ocean acidification in this coastal area by the end of this century,which could be amplified under the stresses of river plumes,submarine groundwater discharge and organic matter remineralization.

Multi-omic characterization of genome-wide abnormal DNA methylation reveals diagnostic and prognostic markers for esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma

This study investigates aberrant DNA methylations as potential diagnosis and prognosis markers for esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma(ESCC),which if diagnosed at advanced stages has<30%five-year survival rate.Comparing genome-wide methylation sites of 91 ESCC and matched adjacent normal tissues,we identified 35,577 differentially methylated CpG sites(DMCs)and characterized their distribution patterns.

Transgenerational analysis of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 by ChIP-Seq links epigenetic inheritance to metabolism

Histone methylation is a kind of important epigenetic modification which occurs on the lysine residue or arginine residue of histone tails（Zhang and Reinberg,2001）.It takes part in multiple biological processes,including gene expression,genomic stability,stem cell maturity,genetic imprinting,mitosis and development（Fischle et al.,2005）.