Integrated flotation therapy for emotional regulation during the viral recovery period: Applying “form and spirit co-nourishing” in Chinese medicine

Objective:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of flotation therapy combined with psychological resilience training in improving emotional regulation and sleep quality in patients recovering from viral infections and to assess the application of the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)theory of“form and spirit co-nourishing”in modern healthcare interventions.Methods:A total of 20 patients recovering from viral infections with anxiety and sleep disturbances were randomly assigned to the experimental group(n=10)and the control group(n=10).The experimental group received a combination of resilience training,targeting five key areas:physiological regulation,cognitive restructuring,emotional management,self-efficacy,and social support,alongside flotation therapy,with 45-min weekly sessions.The control group received conventional medical treatment.Anxiety levels were measured using the Hamilton Anxiety Scale,while sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index,both before and after the intervention.Results:Compared with intervention before,the resilience level of the experimental group significantly increased after the intervention(P<0.001),while no notable changes were detected in the control group(P>0.05);the experimental group demonstrated significantly lower anxiety level and sleep disorder level and higher resilience level compared to the control group after the intervention(all P<0.001).Conclusion:The combined use of flotation therapy and resilience training,grounded in the TCM principle of“form and spirit co-nourishing,”significantly improves emotional regulation and sleep quality in patients recovering from viral infections.This integrative approach supports both physical and psychological healing,aligning with the TCM holistic treatment model,and offers a promising avenue for modern mental health interventions.

THREE ASPECTS ON SOLVING QUEUING SERVICE SYSTEM IN SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO

This paper analyzes the queuing problem that was experienced during the Shanghai World Expo of 2010. The queuing problem will be discussed at three levels. The three levels include the physical, psychological, and social aspects of the queuing problem. The collective behavior of visitors is studied through analyzing the information from the different sources, such as, the network of electronic eyes, the evaluation platform based on mobile phone system and the Internet. A hybrid information network technology is implemented. Based on the Wuli-Shili-Renli （WSR） system methodology, a new theoretical analysis framework for the queuing problem is proposed.

Functional Verification for Agile Processor Development: A Case for Workflow Integration

Agile hardware development methodology has been widely adopted over the past decade.Despite the research progress,the industry still doubts its applicability,especially for the functional verification of complicated processor chips.Functional verification commonly employs a simulation-based method of co-simulating the design under test with a reference model and checking the consistency of their outcomes given the same input stimuli.We observe limited collaboration and information exchange through the design and verification processes,dramatically leading to inefficiencies when applying the conventional functional verification workflow to agile development.In this paper,we propose workflow integration with collaborative task delegation and dynamic information exchange as the design principles to effectively address the challenges on functional verification under the agile development model.Based on workflow integration,we enhance the functional verification workflows with a series of novel methodologies and toolchains.The diff-rule based agile verification methodology(DRAV)reduces the overhead of building reference models with runtime execution information from designs under test.We present the RISC-V implementation for DRAV,DiffTest,which adopts information probes to extract internal design behaviors for co-simulation and debugging.It further integrates two plugins,namely XFUZZ for effective test generation guided by design coverage metrics and LightSSS for efficient fault analysis triggered by co-simulation mismatches.We present the integrated workflows for agile hardware development and demonstrate their effectiveness in designing and verifying RISC-V processors with 33 functional bugs found in NutShell.We also illustrate the efficiency of the proposed toolchains with a case study on a functional bug in the L2 cache of XiangShan.

Methionine addition improves the acid tolerance of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum by altering cellular metabolic flux,energy distribution,lipids composition

This paper reported a wine-derived lactic acid bacterium,Lactiplantibacillus plantarum XJ25,which exhibited higher cell viability under acid stress upon methionine supplementation.Cellular morphology and the composition of the cytomembrane phospholipids revealed a more solid membrane architecture presented in the acid-stressed cells treated with methionine supplementation.Transcriptional analysis showed L.plantarum XJ25 reduced methionine transport and homocysteine biosynthesis under acid stress.Subsequent overexpression assays proved that methio-nine supplementation could alleviate the cell toxicity from homocysteine accumulation under acid stress.Finally,L.plantarum XJ25 employed energy allocation strategy to response environmental changes by balancing the uptake methionine and adjusting saturated fatty acids(SFAs)in membrane.These data support a novel mechanism of acid resistance involving methionine utilization and cellular energy distribution in LAB and provide crucial theoretical clues for the mechanisms of acid resistance in other bacteria.

海外国际学校的跨文化管理的案例研究

国际组织的成功很大程度上依赖于它的跨文化管理能力这一观点已被广泛接受。随着经济全球化的发展,越来越多的企业家因向海外扩张他们的业务而处在一个跨文化的环境中。文化差异给投资者带来了机遇和挑战,实现不同文化的相互和谐是成功的关键。因此,跨文化管理已经成为国际学者研究的热点话题。然而,中国投资的海外学校的跨文化管理尚未被学者涉及。本文以这样的一所学校为案例讨论了跨文化管理。通过定性研究、访谈等,分析了跨文化管理的方法和现存的一些问题,在提出跨文化管理建议的同时也阐述了本研究的局限。