Change in self-image pressure level before and after autologous fat breast augmentation and its effect on social adaptability

BACKGROUND There is an increasingly strong demand for appearance and physical beauty in social life,marriage,and other aspects with the development of society and the improvement of material living standards.An increasing number of people have improved their appearance and physical shape through aesthetic plastic surgery.The female breast plays a significant role in physical beauty,and droopy or atrophied breasts can frequently lead to psychological inferiority and lack of confidence in women.This,in turn,can affect their mental health and quality of life.AIM To analyze preoperative and postoperative self-image pressure-level changes of autologous fat breast augmentation patients and their impact on social adaptability.METHODS We selected 160 patients who underwent autologous fat breast augmentation at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University from January 2020 to December 2022 using random sampling method.The general information,selfimage pressure level,and social adaptability of the patients were investigated using a basic information survey,body image self-assessment scale,and social adaptability scale.The self-image pressure-level changes and their effects on the social adaptability of patients before and after autologous fat breast augmentation were analyzed.RESULTS We collected 142 valid questionnaires.The single-factor analysis results showed no statistically significant difference in the self-image pressure level and social adaptability score of patients with different ages,marital status,and monthly income.However,there were significant differences in social adaptability among patients with different education levels and employment statuses.The correlation analysis results revealed a significant correlation between the self-image pressure level and social adaptability score before and after surgery.Multiple factors analysis results showed that the degree of concern caused by appearance in selfimage pressure,the degree of possible behavioral intervention,the related distress caused by body image,and the influence of body image on social life influenced the social adaptability of autologous fat breast augmentation patients.CONCLUSION The self-image pressure on autologous fat breast augmentation patients is inversely proportional to their social adaptability.

An Estimation of Component Activity of Vanadium-bearing Liquid Iron and Transition Temperature of Vanadium Oxidization Using MIVM

The component activity of Mn in Fe-C-Mn system as well as the component activities of C and Si in Fe-C-Si system was predicted by applying the pseudo-multicomponent approach of the molecular interaction volume model （MIVM） and the Wagner interaction parameter formalism （WIPF） respectively. The average relative errors between the predicted values of MIVM and the experimental data for the three components were 4.5 0%, 17.0% and 13.0 %, respectively, and those between the calculation results of the WIPF and the experimental data were 18.0K for Mn, 9.0% for C and 27.0% for Si. The results indicated that the MIVM method could better predict the component activity of carbonaceous iron-based solution. Based on the data in an actual blowing process, the MIVM method was applied to predict the component activities of C and V as well as the transition temperature of vanadium oxidization （TTVO） in Fe-C-V-Si quaternary iron-based solution, and a comparative analysis of the predictions against the ex- perimental data was carried out, with their average relative errors being 24.0% for C, 7.3% for V and 1.0% for TTVO respectively. On that basis, the TTVO at Panzhihua Iron and Steel （Group） Co. , Ltd. was estimated by the MIVM method and an expression that the TTVO changed with composition and temperature of iron solutions was obtained by multiple linear regression method. The research results showed that the estimated values were in good agree- ment with the practical data.

A thermodynamic model of solid solutions and its application in solid alloys

Based on the free volume theory, lattice model, the Scatchard–Hildebrand theory, novel expressions of configuration partition function and excessive Gibbs free energy and component activity coefficients of solid solutions were developed using configuration partition function and statistical thermodynamics of molecular interaction volume model (MIVM). Herein, the separation of the volume and energy parameters was achieved. The proposed model can reflect the contributions from both the molecular configuration micro-state number (entropy) and molecular interactions (enthalpy) toward excessive Gibbs free energy. The proposed equations are more consistent with the practical solid solutions. This model can use either the relevant binary infinite dilution activity coefficients or binary activity to describe and predict the thermodynamic properties of the multi-component solid solutions. Applications of the proposed model in some typical binary and ternary solid solution alloys revealed that the thermodynamic properties predicted by the proposed model were consistent with the experimental data and the proposed model was found to be superior to MIVM in terms of the prediction performance. Hence, it can be concluded that the proposed model exhibits good physical basis, applicability, stability and reliability.