BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a multisystem autoimmune disease that can affect the gastrointestinal tract.Most cases of lupus enteritis(LE)involve the small intestine,while the involvement of the whol...BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a multisystem autoimmune disease that can affect the gastrointestinal tract.Most cases of lupus enteritis(LE)involve the small intestine,while the involvement of the whole colon and rectum without the small intestine being affected is extremely rare.CASE SUMMARY A 35-year-old woman was diagnosed with colorectal LE after initially presenting with intermittent abdominal pain and vomiting for two months.She had a regular medication history for five years following the diagnosis of SLE but had been irregular in taking medications,which may have contributed to the onset of LE and led to her current hospital admission.According to the 2019 Classification criteria for SLE of the European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology,this case scored 14.Additionally,abdominal computed tomography revealed significant wall edema of the colon and rectum,ischemia and hyperemia of the ascending colon intestinal wall,mesenteric vessel engorgement,increased mesangial fat attenuation,ascites,and bilateral ureter-hydronephrosis,all indicative of colon and rectum LE.Laboratory tests also showed lower levels of complement C3 and C4,with an antinuclear antibody titer of 1:100.Overall,it was clear that this case involved the colon and rectum without affecting the small intestine,representing a rare manifestation of SLE.The patient received treatment with 10 mg of methylprednisolone sodium succinate,100 mL of 0.9%sodium chloride,hydroxychloroquine(100 mg),and nutrition support.After one week of methylprednisolone and hydroxychloroquine therapy,her SLE symptoms and disease activity improved significantly.CONCLUSION Although colorectal LE without small intestine involvement is very rare,early diagnosis and excellent management with corticosteroids prevented the need for surgical intervention.Physicians should be aware of colorectal LE without small intestine involvement as a manifestation of lupus flare.展开更多
Recently, the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1 T MoTe2 has attracted considerable attention due to its non-saturating magnetoresistance, type-Ⅱ Weyl semimetal properties, superconductivity, and potential can...Recently, the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1 T MoTe2 has attracted considerable attention due to its non-saturating magnetoresistance, type-Ⅱ Weyl semimetal properties, superconductivity, and potential candidate for twodimensional(2 D) topological insulator in the single-and few-layer limit. Here in this work, we perform systematic transport measurements on thin flakes of MoTe2 prepared by mechanical exfoliation. We find that MoTe2 flakes are superconducting and have an onset superconducting transition temperature Tc up to 5.3 K, which significantly exceeds that of its bulk counterpart. The in-plane upper critical field(Hc2||) is much higher than the Pauli paramagnetic limit, implying that the MoTe2 flakes have Zeeman-protected Ising superconductivity. Furthermore, the Tc and Hc2|| can be tuned by up to 320 mK and 400 mT by applying a gate voltage. Our result indicates that MoTe2 flake is a good candidate for studying exotic superconductivity with nontrivial topological properties.展开更多
Single-layered zirconium pentatelluride (ZrTes) has been predicted to be a large-gap two-dimensional (2D) topolog- ical insulator, which has attracted particular attention in topological phase transitions and pote...Single-layered zirconium pentatelluride (ZrTes) has been predicted to be a large-gap two-dimensional (2D) topolog- ical insulator, which has attracted particular attention in topological phase transitions and potential device applications. Herein, we investigated the transport properties in ZrTe5 films as a function of thickness, ranging from a few nm to several hundred nm. We determined that the temperature of the resistivity anomaly peak (Tp) tends to increase as the thickness decreases. Moreover, at a critical thickness of ~ 40 rim, the dominating carriers in the films change from n-type to p-type. A comprehensive investigation of Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillations and Hall resistance at variable temperatures revealed a multi-carrier transport tendency in the thin films. We determined the carrier densities and mobilities of two majority car- riers using the simplified two-carrier model. The electron carriers can be attributed to the Dirac band with a non-trivial Berry phase ~, while the hole carriers may originate from surface chemical reaction or unintentional doping during the microfabrication process. It is necessary to encapsulate the ZrTe5 film in an inert or vacuum environment to potentially achieve a substantial improvement in device quality.展开更多
In order to reduce east--west section area of “digital divider” in China, Ministry of Culture laun- ches the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project in the mid-west provinces, and the state finance g...In order to reduce east--west section area of “digital divider” in China, Ministry of Culture laun- ches the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project in the mid-west provinces, and the state finance gives certain funds subsidy in the project construction period. Embarks highly from strategy during construction plan chosen and operational system management, as while as union digital library to construct a persistent effect mechanism. With the principle of state guidance, enterprise operation and benefit farmers, expand culture industry within the provincial and safeguard Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project sustainable development's, then promotes the rural economy culture full scale development.展开更多
This work offers a typical understanding of the factors that govern the nanostructures of poly(4-vinyl pyridine)-b-polystyrene-bpoly(4-vinyl pyridine)(P4 VP-b-PS-b-P4 VP) block copolymers(BCs) in dioxane/water...This work offers a typical understanding of the factors that govern the nanostructures of poly(4-vinyl pyridine)-b-polystyrene-bpoly(4-vinyl pyridine)(P4 VP-b-PS-b-P4 VP) block copolymers(BCs) in dioxane/water, in which water is a selective solvent for the P4 VP block. It is achieved through an investigation of the amphiphilic triblock copolymer micelles by variation of three different factors, including water content(above CWC but under the immobile concentration), temperature(ranging from 20 °C to 80 °C), and copolymer composition(low and high PS block length). Transition of bead-like micelles to vesicles is observed with the increase of water content due to the increase of interfacial energy between the copolymer and the solvent. Effect of temperature superposed on that of water content results in various morphologies, such as beads, fibers, rods, capsules, toroids, lamellae, and vesicles. The interfacial tension between the BC and the solvent increases with the increase of water content but decreases with the increase of temperature, indicating that the micellar morphologies are resulted from the competitive interplay between the temperature and the water content and always change in a direction that decreases the interfacial energy. Based on the micellar structures obtained in this work and the effects of temperature superposed on water concentration, a diagram of phase evolution of different micellar morphologies is illustrated here, covering the temperature range from 20 °C to 80 °C and the water content changing from 20 vol% to 35 vol%. For the investigation of BC composition, morphological transition of vesicle-to-fiber, for high PS length, is observed as compared with bead-to-capsule for low PS length, as the temperature changes from 20 °C to 80 °C. Our research complements the protocols to control over the morphologies and the phase diagram describing P4 VP-b-PS-b-P4 VP micellar nanostructures in aqueous solution.展开更多
Recently,the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1T′-MoTe2 has generated considerable interest due to their superconducting and non-trivial topological properties.Here,we present a systematic study on 1T′-MoTe2 ...Recently,the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1T′-MoTe2 has generated considerable interest due to their superconducting and non-trivial topological properties.Here,we present a systematic study on 1T′-MoTe2 single-crystal and exfoliated thin-flakes by means of electrical transport,scanning tunnelling microscope(STM)measurements and band structure calculations.For a bulk sample,it exhibits large magneto-resistance(MR)and Shubnikov–de Hass oscillations inρxx and a series of Hall plateaus inρxy at low temperatures.Meanwhile,the MoTe2 thin films were intensively investigated with thickness dependence.For samples,without encapsulation,an apparent transition from the intrinsic metallic to insulating state is observed by reducing thickness.In such thin films,we also observed a suppression of the MR and weak anti-localization(WAL)effects.We attributed these effects to disorders originated from the extrinsic surface chemical reaction,which is consistent with the density functional theory(DFT)calculations and in-situ STM results.In contrast to samples without encapsulated protection,we discovered an interesting superconducting transition for those samples with hexagonal Boron Nitride(h-BN)film protection.Our results indicate that the metallic or superconducting behavior is its intrinsic state,and the insulating behavior is likely caused by surface oxidation in few layer 1T’-MoTe2 flakes.展开更多
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae(M.hyopneumoniae),is the primary aetiological agent of enzootic pneumonia leading to chronic respiratory disease prevalent worldwide.Conventional pigs are the only animals used for pathogenicit...Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae(M.hyopneumoniae),is the primary aetiological agent of enzootic pneumonia leading to chronic respiratory disease prevalent worldwide.Conventional pigs are the only animals used for pathogenicity studies and vaccine evaluations of M.hyopneumoniae.Considering that the challenge animals have better genetic stability and a smaller body size to operate with,an alternative experimental animal model of M.hyopneumoniae infection with Bama miniature pigs was established.Nine seven-week-old snatch-farrowed,porcine colostrum-deprived(SF-pCD)Bama miniature pigs and nine conventional pigs were randomly divided into two infected groups(Bama miniatureinfected(BI)and conventional-infected groups(CI),BI and CI,n=6)and two control groups(Bama miniature control(BC)and conventional control(CC)groups,BC and CC,n=3).Every piglet was tracheally inoculated with 5×10^(8) CCU/mL containing 10%suspension of a stock of frozen lung homogenate from SF-pCD pigs infected with virulent strain JS or sterilized KM2 medium.Typical lung lesions appeared in all infected pigs after necropsy,and the mean gross lung lesions was 17.3 and 13.7 in groups of BI and CI.Serum IgG and nasal sIgA antibody titres were increased significantly.Cilia shedding and mucus staining increased greatly in JS-infected bronchi.Obvious reddish gross lesions and M.hyopneumoniae antigen were detected,especially apparently observed in group of BI.Moreover,DNA copies of M.hyopneumoniae from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)of each JS-infected piglet reached more than 10^(8),and M.hyopneumoniae could be re-isolated from each infected BALF.These results indicate that Bama miniature pigs could be used as an alternative and more maneuverable experimental infection model for M.hyopneumoniae and display typical clinical and pathological features consistent with those in conventional pigs.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a multisystem autoimmune disease that can affect the gastrointestinal tract.Most cases of lupus enteritis(LE)involve the small intestine,while the involvement of the whole colon and rectum without the small intestine being affected is extremely rare.CASE SUMMARY A 35-year-old woman was diagnosed with colorectal LE after initially presenting with intermittent abdominal pain and vomiting for two months.She had a regular medication history for five years following the diagnosis of SLE but had been irregular in taking medications,which may have contributed to the onset of LE and led to her current hospital admission.According to the 2019 Classification criteria for SLE of the European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology,this case scored 14.Additionally,abdominal computed tomography revealed significant wall edema of the colon and rectum,ischemia and hyperemia of the ascending colon intestinal wall,mesenteric vessel engorgement,increased mesangial fat attenuation,ascites,and bilateral ureter-hydronephrosis,all indicative of colon and rectum LE.Laboratory tests also showed lower levels of complement C3 and C4,with an antinuclear antibody titer of 1:100.Overall,it was clear that this case involved the colon and rectum without affecting the small intestine,representing a rare manifestation of SLE.The patient received treatment with 10 mg of methylprednisolone sodium succinate,100 mL of 0.9%sodium chloride,hydroxychloroquine(100 mg),and nutrition support.After one week of methylprednisolone and hydroxychloroquine therapy,her SLE symptoms and disease activity improved significantly.CONCLUSION Although colorectal LE without small intestine involvement is very rare,early diagnosis and excellent management with corticosteroids prevented the need for surgical intervention.Physicians should be aware of colorectal LE without small intestine involvement as a manifestation of lupus flare.
基金Project supported by the Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program,China(Grant No.2016ZT06D348)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11874193)the Shenzhen Fundamental Subject Research Program,China(Grant Nos.JCYJ20170817110751776 and JCYJ20170307105434022)
文摘Recently, the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1 T MoTe2 has attracted considerable attention due to its non-saturating magnetoresistance, type-Ⅱ Weyl semimetal properties, superconductivity, and potential candidate for twodimensional(2 D) topological insulator in the single-and few-layer limit. Here in this work, we perform systematic transport measurements on thin flakes of MoTe2 prepared by mechanical exfoliation. We find that MoTe2 flakes are superconducting and have an onset superconducting transition temperature Tc up to 5.3 K, which significantly exceeds that of its bulk counterpart. The in-plane upper critical field(Hc2||) is much higher than the Pauli paramagnetic limit, implying that the MoTe2 flakes have Zeeman-protected Ising superconductivity. Furthermore, the Tc and Hc2|| can be tuned by up to 320 mK and 400 mT by applying a gate voltage. Our result indicates that MoTe2 flake is a good candidate for studying exotic superconductivity with nontrivial topological properties.
基金Project supported by Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program(Grant No.2016ZT06D348)Shenzhen Peacock Program(Grant No.KQTD2016022619565991)
文摘Single-layered zirconium pentatelluride (ZrTes) has been predicted to be a large-gap two-dimensional (2D) topolog- ical insulator, which has attracted particular attention in topological phase transitions and potential device applications. Herein, we investigated the transport properties in ZrTe5 films as a function of thickness, ranging from a few nm to several hundred nm. We determined that the temperature of the resistivity anomaly peak (Tp) tends to increase as the thickness decreases. Moreover, at a critical thickness of ~ 40 rim, the dominating carriers in the films change from n-type to p-type. A comprehensive investigation of Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillations and Hall resistance at variable temperatures revealed a multi-carrier transport tendency in the thin films. We determined the carrier densities and mobilities of two majority car- riers using the simplified two-carrier model. The electron carriers can be attributed to the Dirac band with a non-trivial Berry phase ~, while the hole carriers may originate from surface chemical reaction or unintentional doping during the microfabrication process. It is necessary to encapsulate the ZrTe5 film in an inert or vacuum environment to potentially achieve a substantial improvement in device quality.
文摘In order to reduce east--west section area of “digital divider” in China, Ministry of Culture laun- ches the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project in the mid-west provinces, and the state finance gives certain funds subsidy in the project construction period. Embarks highly from strategy during construction plan chosen and operational system management, as while as union digital library to construct a persistent effect mechanism. With the principle of state guidance, enterprise operation and benefit farmers, expand culture industry within the provincial and safeguard Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project sustainable development's, then promotes the rural economy culture full scale development.
基金financially supported by Key Lab of Renewable Energy Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.Y609JK1001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Major Program(Nos.51433009 and 51576201)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong(No.2015A030313716)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong for Research Team(No.2015A030312007)Guangdong Science and Technology Project(Nos.2013B050800007 and 2013J4500027)
文摘This work offers a typical understanding of the factors that govern the nanostructures of poly(4-vinyl pyridine)-b-polystyrene-bpoly(4-vinyl pyridine)(P4 VP-b-PS-b-P4 VP) block copolymers(BCs) in dioxane/water, in which water is a selective solvent for the P4 VP block. It is achieved through an investigation of the amphiphilic triblock copolymer micelles by variation of three different factors, including water content(above CWC but under the immobile concentration), temperature(ranging from 20 °C to 80 °C), and copolymer composition(low and high PS block length). Transition of bead-like micelles to vesicles is observed with the increase of water content due to the increase of interfacial energy between the copolymer and the solvent. Effect of temperature superposed on that of water content results in various morphologies, such as beads, fibers, rods, capsules, toroids, lamellae, and vesicles. The interfacial tension between the BC and the solvent increases with the increase of water content but decreases with the increase of temperature, indicating that the micellar morphologies are resulted from the competitive interplay between the temperature and the water content and always change in a direction that decreases the interfacial energy. Based on the micellar structures obtained in this work and the effects of temperature superposed on water concentration, a diagram of phase evolution of different micellar morphologies is illustrated here, covering the temperature range from 20 °C to 80 °C and the water content changing from 20 vol% to 35 vol%. For the investigation of BC composition, morphological transition of vesicle-to-fiber, for high PS length, is observed as compared with bead-to-capsule for low PS length, as the temperature changes from 20 °C to 80 °C. Our research complements the protocols to control over the morphologies and the phase diagram describing P4 VP-b-PS-b-P4 VP micellar nanostructures in aqueous solution.
基金The work was supported by the Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program,China(Grant No.2016ZT06D348)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11874193)the Shenzhen Fundamental Subject Research Program,China(Grant No.JCYJ20170817110751776).K.D.W.acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11574128).X.D.acknowledges support from NSF under award DMR-1808491.
文摘Recently,the layered transition metal dichalcogenide 1T′-MoTe2 has generated considerable interest due to their superconducting and non-trivial topological properties.Here,we present a systematic study on 1T′-MoTe2 single-crystal and exfoliated thin-flakes by means of electrical transport,scanning tunnelling microscope(STM)measurements and band structure calculations.For a bulk sample,it exhibits large magneto-resistance(MR)and Shubnikov–de Hass oscillations inρxx and a series of Hall plateaus inρxy at low temperatures.Meanwhile,the MoTe2 thin films were intensively investigated with thickness dependence.For samples,without encapsulation,an apparent transition from the intrinsic metallic to insulating state is observed by reducing thickness.In such thin films,we also observed a suppression of the MR and weak anti-localization(WAL)effects.We attributed these effects to disorders originated from the extrinsic surface chemical reaction,which is consistent with the density functional theory(DFT)calculations and in-situ STM results.In contrast to samples without encapsulated protection,we discovered an interesting superconducting transition for those samples with hexagonal Boron Nitride(h-BN)film protection.Our results indicate that the metallic or superconducting behavior is its intrinsic state,and the insulating behavior is likely caused by surface oxidation in few layer 1T’-MoTe2 flakes.
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research and the Development Project(2017YFD0501604)National Natural and Science Foundation of China(31800161,31770193)Natural Sciences Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20180297).
文摘Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae(M.hyopneumoniae),is the primary aetiological agent of enzootic pneumonia leading to chronic respiratory disease prevalent worldwide.Conventional pigs are the only animals used for pathogenicity studies and vaccine evaluations of M.hyopneumoniae.Considering that the challenge animals have better genetic stability and a smaller body size to operate with,an alternative experimental animal model of M.hyopneumoniae infection with Bama miniature pigs was established.Nine seven-week-old snatch-farrowed,porcine colostrum-deprived(SF-pCD)Bama miniature pigs and nine conventional pigs were randomly divided into two infected groups(Bama miniatureinfected(BI)and conventional-infected groups(CI),BI and CI,n=6)and two control groups(Bama miniature control(BC)and conventional control(CC)groups,BC and CC,n=3).Every piglet was tracheally inoculated with 5×10^(8) CCU/mL containing 10%suspension of a stock of frozen lung homogenate from SF-pCD pigs infected with virulent strain JS or sterilized KM2 medium.Typical lung lesions appeared in all infected pigs after necropsy,and the mean gross lung lesions was 17.3 and 13.7 in groups of BI and CI.Serum IgG and nasal sIgA antibody titres were increased significantly.Cilia shedding and mucus staining increased greatly in JS-infected bronchi.Obvious reddish gross lesions and M.hyopneumoniae antigen were detected,especially apparently observed in group of BI.Moreover,DNA copies of M.hyopneumoniae from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)of each JS-infected piglet reached more than 10^(8),and M.hyopneumoniae could be re-isolated from each infected BALF.These results indicate that Bama miniature pigs could be used as an alternative and more maneuverable experimental infection model for M.hyopneumoniae and display typical clinical and pathological features consistent with those in conventional pigs.