Objective To describe the epidemiologic,clinical,laboratory,and radiological characteristics and prognoses of COVID-19 confirmed patients in a single center in Beijing,China.Methods The study retrospectively included ...Objective To describe the epidemiologic,clinical,laboratory,and radiological characteristics and prognoses of COVID-19 confirmed patients in a single center in Beijing,China.Methods The study retrospectively included 19 patients with nucleic acid-confirmed SARS-CoV^2 infection at our hospital from January 20 to March 5,2020.The final follow-up date was March 14,2020.The epidemiologic and clinical information was obtained through direct communication with the patients or their family members.Laboratory results retrieved from medical records and radiological images were analyzed both qualitatively by two senior chest radiologists as well as quantitatively via an artificial intelligence software.Results We identified 5 family clusters(13/19,68.4%)from the study cohort.All cases had good clinical prognoses and were either mild(3/19)or moderate(16/19)clinical types.Fever(15/19,78.9%)and dry cough(11/19,57.9%)were common symptoms,Two patients received negative results for more than three consecutive viral nucleic acid tests.The longest interval between an initial CT abnormal finding and a confirmed diagnosis was 30 days.One patient's nucleic acid test turned positive on the follow-up examination after discharge.The presence of radiological abnormalities was non-specific for the diagnosis of COVID-19.Conclusions COVID-19 patients with mild or no clinical symptoms are common in Beijing,China.Radiological abnormalities are mostly non-specific and massive CT examinations for COVID-19 screening should be avoided.Analyses of the contact histories of diagnosed cases in combination with clinical,radiological and laboratory findings are crucial for the early detection of COVID-19.Close monitoring after discharge is also recommended.展开更多
Two-dimensional van der Waals(2D vdW)magnets have attracted great attention recently and possess the unprecedented advantages of incorporating high-quality vdW heterostructures and homostructures into spintronic devic...Two-dimensional van der Waals(2D vdW)magnets have attracted great attention recently and possess the unprecedented advantages of incorporating high-quality vdW heterostructures and homostructures into spintronic devices,and exploring various physical phenomena or technologies.Among them,Fe_(5)GeTe_(2)(F5GT)has ferromagnetic order close to room temperature,however the magnetic properties near its intrinsic transitions and F5GT-based 2D devices remain mostly unexplored.Here,we systematically demonstrate the peculiar magnetic properties of Fe_(5)GeTe_(2)nanoflakes near its intrinsic transition temperature(Tp)which is far lower than its Curie temperature(TC)of~265 K,and firstly discover anomalous magnetoresistance effect in F5GT homo-junctions by magneto-transport measurements.The strongest anomalous Hall effect occurs around Tp which is located in a temperature range from 130 to 160 K for the F5GT nanoflakes with different thicknesses.Furthermore,negative magnetoresistance(N-MR)and butterfly-shaped magnetoresistance(B-MR)are observed in F5GT homo-junction devices,and they appeared only in an intermediate temperature range from 110 to 160 K,noticeably showing the maxima near the T_(p)rather than the lowest temperature.Our experimental results clearly reveal the significant influence of intrinsic transitions on magnetic properties of F5GT and magnetoresistance effect in F5GT homo-junction devices,which imply a new strategy to achieve highperformance 2D spintronic devices by tuning intrinsic magnetic or structural transitions in 2D vdW magnets.展开更多
This paper focuses on the design of two-dimensional (2D) quadrantally symmetric finite impulse response (FIR) filters, and presents three very efficient algorithms for the weighted least squares (WLS) design wit...This paper focuses on the design of two-dimensional (2D) quadrantally symmetric finite impulse response (FIR) filters, and presents three very efficient algorithms for the weighted least squares (WLS) design with a weight matrix that assigns four different weights to four different frequency bands. The first algorithm seeks for iterative solutions to the matrix equation describing the optimality condition of the design problem. The second algorithm aims at the limit solution of the solution sequence to the first algorithm, analytically obtained by using matrix diagonalization techniques. The third algorithm belongs to the category of iterative reweighting techniques. It uses the second algorithm as its iteration core, and aims at reducing the maximum magnitude error of the filter by iteratively adjusting the four entry values of the weight matrix. Design examples are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithms.展开更多
基金This study has received funding from the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Planning Project(Grant No.Z211100003521009).
文摘Objective To describe the epidemiologic,clinical,laboratory,and radiological characteristics and prognoses of COVID-19 confirmed patients in a single center in Beijing,China.Methods The study retrospectively included 19 patients with nucleic acid-confirmed SARS-CoV^2 infection at our hospital from January 20 to March 5,2020.The final follow-up date was March 14,2020.The epidemiologic and clinical information was obtained through direct communication with the patients or their family members.Laboratory results retrieved from medical records and radiological images were analyzed both qualitatively by two senior chest radiologists as well as quantitatively via an artificial intelligence software.Results We identified 5 family clusters(13/19,68.4%)from the study cohort.All cases had good clinical prognoses and were either mild(3/19)or moderate(16/19)clinical types.Fever(15/19,78.9%)and dry cough(11/19,57.9%)were common symptoms,Two patients received negative results for more than three consecutive viral nucleic acid tests.The longest interval between an initial CT abnormal finding and a confirmed diagnosis was 30 days.One patient's nucleic acid test turned positive on the follow-up examination after discharge.The presence of radiological abnormalities was non-specific for the diagnosis of COVID-19.Conclusions COVID-19 patients with mild or no clinical symptoms are common in Beijing,China.Radiological abnormalities are mostly non-specific and massive CT examinations for COVID-19 screening should be avoided.Analyses of the contact histories of diagnosed cases in combination with clinical,radiological and laboratory findings are crucial for the early detection of COVID-19.Close monitoring after discharge is also recommended.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFA1204004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52071026,52130103,51971026,and 52201288)+3 种基金the ISF-NSFC Joint Research Program(No.51961145305)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation Key Program(No.Z190007)the open research fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory(No.2022SLABFN18)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.06500140).
文摘Two-dimensional van der Waals(2D vdW)magnets have attracted great attention recently and possess the unprecedented advantages of incorporating high-quality vdW heterostructures and homostructures into spintronic devices,and exploring various physical phenomena or technologies.Among them,Fe_(5)GeTe_(2)(F5GT)has ferromagnetic order close to room temperature,however the magnetic properties near its intrinsic transitions and F5GT-based 2D devices remain mostly unexplored.Here,we systematically demonstrate the peculiar magnetic properties of Fe_(5)GeTe_(2)nanoflakes near its intrinsic transition temperature(Tp)which is far lower than its Curie temperature(TC)of~265 K,and firstly discover anomalous magnetoresistance effect in F5GT homo-junctions by magneto-transport measurements.The strongest anomalous Hall effect occurs around Tp which is located in a temperature range from 130 to 160 K for the F5GT nanoflakes with different thicknesses.Furthermore,negative magnetoresistance(N-MR)and butterfly-shaped magnetoresistance(B-MR)are observed in F5GT homo-junction devices,and they appeared only in an intermediate temperature range from 110 to 160 K,noticeably showing the maxima near the T_(p)rather than the lowest temperature.Our experimental results clearly reveal the significant influence of intrinsic transitions on magnetic properties of F5GT and magnetoresistance effect in F5GT homo-junction devices,which imply a new strategy to achieve highperformance 2D spintronic devices by tuning intrinsic magnetic or structural transitions in 2D vdW magnets.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Nos.61175001,60974102)partly by the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2012CB821200,2009CB320600)partly by the Shandong Provincial Nature Science Foundation of China(No.ZR2010FQ016)
文摘This paper focuses on the design of two-dimensional (2D) quadrantally symmetric finite impulse response (FIR) filters, and presents three very efficient algorithms for the weighted least squares (WLS) design with a weight matrix that assigns four different weights to four different frequency bands. The first algorithm seeks for iterative solutions to the matrix equation describing the optimality condition of the design problem. The second algorithm aims at the limit solution of the solution sequence to the first algorithm, analytically obtained by using matrix diagonalization techniques. The third algorithm belongs to the category of iterative reweighting techniques. It uses the second algorithm as its iteration core, and aims at reducing the maximum magnitude error of the filter by iteratively adjusting the four entry values of the weight matrix. Design examples are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithms.