Carbon biomass,carbon-to-chlorophyll a ratio(C꞉Chl a),and the growth rate of phytoplankton cells were studied during four seasonal cruises in 2017 and 2018 in Jiaozhou Bay,China.Water samples were collected from 12 st...Carbon biomass,carbon-to-chlorophyll a ratio(C꞉Chl a),and the growth rate of phytoplankton cells were studied during four seasonal cruises in 2017 and 2018 in Jiaozhou Bay,China.Water samples were collected from 12 stations,and phytoplankton carbon biomass(phyto-C)was estimated from microscope-measured cell volumes.The phyto-C ranged from 5.05 to 78.52μg C/L in the bay,and it constituted a mean of 38.16% of the total particulate organic carbon in the bay.High phyto-C values appeared mostly in the northern or northeastern bay.Diatom carbon was predominant during all four cruises.Dinoflagellate carbon contributed much less(<30%)to the total phyto-C,and high values appeared often in the outer bay.The C꞉Chl a of phytoplankton cells varied from 11.50 to 61.45(mean 31.66),and high values appeared in the outer bay during all four seasons.The phyto-C was also used to calculate the intrinsic growth rates of phytoplankton cells in the bay,and phytoplankton growth rates ranged from 0.56 to 1.96/d;the rate was highest in summer(mean 1.79/d),followed by that in fall(mean 1.24/d)and spring(mean 1.17/d),and the rate was lowest in winter(mean 0.77/d).Temperature and silicate concentration were found to be the determining factors of phytoplankton growth rates in the bay.To our knowledge,this study is the first report on phytoplankton carbon biomass and C꞉Chl a based on water samples in Jiaozhou Bay,and it will provide useful information for studies on carbon-based food web calculations and carbon-based ecosystem models in the bay.展开更多
The car sequencing problem(CSP)concerns a production sequence of different types of cars in the mixed-model assembly line.A hybrid algorithm is proposed to find an assembly sequence of CSP with minimum violations.Firs...The car sequencing problem(CSP)concerns a production sequence of different types of cars in the mixed-model assembly line.A hybrid algorithm is proposed to find an assembly sequence of CSP with minimum violations.Firstly,the hybrid algorithm is based on the tabu search and large neighborhood search(TLNS),servicing as the framework.Moreover,two components are incorporated into the hybrid algorithm.One is the parallel constructive heuristic(PCH)that is used to construct a set of initial solutions and find some high quality solutions,and the other is the small neighborhood search(SNS)which is designed to improve the new constructed solutions.The computational results show that the proposed hybrid algorithm(PCH+TLNS+SNS)obtains100best known values out of109public instances,among these89instances get their best known values with100%success rate.By comparing with the well-known related algorithms,computational results demonstrate the effectiveness,efficiency and robustness of the proposed algorithm.展开更多
<strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the clinical diagnostic value of C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and D-dimer (D-D) in patients with pulmonary thromboemboli...<strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the clinical diagnostic value of C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and D-dimer (D-D) in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). <strong>Methods:</strong> We conducted a retrospective analysis comparing hematology and coagulation in 362 PTCA-confirmed PTE patients with the control group and analyzing their relationships with CAR, NLR, and D-D. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to analyze the diagnostic threshold, area under the curve (AUC), diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CAR, NLR and D-D for PTE. <strong>Results:</strong> 1) CAR, NLR and D-D levels in PTE patients were 2.13 ± 2.08, 8.96 ± 1.94 and 9.69 ± 8.61 respectively, significantly higher than those in control group (CAR = 0.03 ± 0.01, t = 20.7736, P < 0.01;NLR = 1.76 ± 0.53, t = 2.4281, P < 0.05 and PTE = 0.20 ± 0.11, t = 3.0066, P < 0.01 respectively). 2) NLR was positively correlated with CAR (r = 0.2111, t = 4.0971, P < 0.01) and D-D (r = 0.1065, t = 2.0481, P < 0.05), but CAR was not correlated with D-D (r = 0.0975, P > 0.05). 3) The levels of HB, LY, PLT and AT in PTE patients were significantly lower than those in control group, while WBC, NE and FB were significantly higher than those in control group. 4) CAR was negatively correlated with Hb and AT (P all < 0.01), but positively correlated with WBC, NE, MO and FB (P all < 0.01). NLR was negatively correlated with LY and AT (P all < 0.01), but positively correlated with WBC, NE and FB (P all < 0.01). DD was negatively correlated with Hb and PLT (P all < 0.05), but positively correlated with WBC, NE and MO (P all < 0.01). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The levels of Hb, LY, PLT and AT were significantly decreased in PTE patients, while WBC, NE and FB were significantly increased. CAR, NLR and D-D were highly expressed in PTE patients, and were closely correlated with Hb, AT and FB. Combined detection of CAR, NLR and D-D can improve the diagnostic value of PTE.展开更多
An air damper possesses the advantages that there are no long term changes in the damping properties, there is no dependence on working temperature and additionally, it has less manufacturing and maintenance costs. As...An air damper possesses the advantages that there are no long term changes in the damping properties, there is no dependence on working temperature and additionally, it has less manufacturing and maintenance costs. As such, an air damper has been designed and developed based on the Maxwell type model concept in the approach of Nishihara and Asami [1]. The cylinder-piston and air-tank type damper characteristics such as air damping ratio and air spring rate have been studied by changing the length and diameter of the capillary pipe between the air cylinder and the air tank, operating air pressure and the air tank volume. A SDOF quarter-car vehicle suspension system using the developed air enclosed cylinder-piston and air-tank type damper has been analyzed for its motion transmissibility characteristics. Optimal values of the air damping ratio at various values of air spring rate have been determined for minimum motion transmissibility of the sprung mass. An experimental setup has been developed for SDOF quarter-car suspension system model using the developed air enclosed cylinder-piston and air-tank type damper to determine the motion transmissibility characteristics of the sprung mass. An attendant air pressure control system has been designed to vary air damping in the developed air damper. The results of the theoretical analysis have been compared with the experimental analysis.展开更多
The ratio of leaf carotenoid to chlorophyll(Car/Chl)is an indicator of vegetation photosynthesis,development and responses to stress.However,the correlation between Car and Chl,and their overlapping absorption in the ...The ratio of leaf carotenoid to chlorophyll(Car/Chl)is an indicator of vegetation photosynthesis,development and responses to stress.However,the correlation between Car and Chl,and their overlapping absorption in the visible spectral domain pose a challenge for optical remote sensing of their ratio.This study aims to investigate combinations of vegetation indices(VIs)to minimize the influence of Car-Chl correlation,thus being more sensitive to the variability in the ratio across vegetation species and sites.VIs sensitive to Car and Chl variability were combined into four candidates of combinations,using a simulated dataset from the PROSPECT model.The VI combinations were then tested using six simulated datasets with different Car-Chl correlations,and evaluated against four independent datasets.The ratio of the carotenoid triangle ratio index(CTRI)with the red-edge chlorophyll index(CIred-edge)was found least influenced by the Car-Chl correlation and demonstrated a superior ability for estimating Car/Chl variability.Compared with published VIs and two machine learning algorithms,CTRI/CIred-edge also showed the optimal performance in the fourfield datasets.This new VI combination could be useful to provide insights in spatiotemporal variability in the leaf Car/Chl ratio,applicable for assessing vegetation physiology,phenology,and response to environmental stress.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31700425,91751202)the External Cooperation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.133137KYSB20200002)the Taishan Scholars Project to Song SUN。
文摘Carbon biomass,carbon-to-chlorophyll a ratio(C꞉Chl a),and the growth rate of phytoplankton cells were studied during four seasonal cruises in 2017 and 2018 in Jiaozhou Bay,China.Water samples were collected from 12 stations,and phytoplankton carbon biomass(phyto-C)was estimated from microscope-measured cell volumes.The phyto-C ranged from 5.05 to 78.52μg C/L in the bay,and it constituted a mean of 38.16% of the total particulate organic carbon in the bay.High phyto-C values appeared mostly in the northern or northeastern bay.Diatom carbon was predominant during all four cruises.Dinoflagellate carbon contributed much less(<30%)to the total phyto-C,and high values appeared often in the outer bay.The C꞉Chl a of phytoplankton cells varied from 11.50 to 61.45(mean 31.66),and high values appeared in the outer bay during all four seasons.The phyto-C was also used to calculate the intrinsic growth rates of phytoplankton cells in the bay,and phytoplankton growth rates ranged from 0.56 to 1.96/d;the rate was highest in summer(mean 1.79/d),followed by that in fall(mean 1.24/d)and spring(mean 1.17/d),and the rate was lowest in winter(mean 0.77/d).Temperature and silicate concentration were found to be the determining factors of phytoplankton growth rates in the bay.To our knowledge,this study is the first report on phytoplankton carbon biomass and C꞉Chl a based on water samples in Jiaozhou Bay,and it will provide useful information for studies on carbon-based food web calculations and carbon-based ecosystem models in the bay.
文摘目的研究外周血C反应蛋白(C-reactive protein,CRP)、白蛋白(Albumin,ALB)比值(CRP to ALB ratio,CAR)、血清白介素-17(Interleukin-17,IL-17)水平与肺炎支原体肺炎(Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia,MPP)患儿病情严重程度及预后的关系。方法以2022年1月-2023年12月于中国人民解放军空军军医大学第一附属医院西京医院儿科就诊并治疗的118例MPP患儿为研究对象,以同期体检的120名健康儿童为对照组。于入院当天采集患者空腹外周血,检测血清CRP、ALB和IL-17水平,计算CRP与ALB比值(CRP to ALB ratio,CAR)。对所有患儿的病情严重程度进行评估,治疗后评估患儿预后。结果与对照组比较,病例组外周血CAR和IL-17水平均升高,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。MPP患儿外周血CAR和IL-17水平呈显著正相关关系(r=0.374,P=0.006)。118例MPP患儿中,重症患儿51例,轻症患儿67例。与轻症组比较,重症组患儿外周血CAR和IL-17水平上升,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。外周血CAR诊断不同严重程度MPP的曲线下面积(AUC)为0.756(0.667~0.845),灵敏度和特异度分别为62.7%和85.1%;外周血IL-17水平诊断不同严重程度MPP的AUC为0.745(0.654~0.835),灵敏度和特异度分别为51.0%和99.1%;外周血CAR联合IL-17水平诊断不同严重程度MPP的AUC为0.913(0.862~0.964),灵敏度和特异度分别为84.3%和80.6%。51例重症MPP患儿中,14例预后不良,37例预后良好。与预后良好组比较,预后不良组外周血CAR和IL-17水平上升,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。外周血CAR预测重症MPP患儿不同预后的AUC为0.685(0.512~0.859),灵敏度和特异度分别为57.1%和75.4%;外周血IL-17水平预测重症MPP患儿不同预后的AUC为0.722(0.548~0.896),灵敏度和特异度分别为78.6%和78.4%;外周血CAR联合IL-17水平预测重症MPP患儿不同预后的AUC为0.764(0.620~0.909),灵敏度和特异度分别为78.6%和70.3%。结论外周血CAR、IL-17水平与MPP患儿严重程度及预后有关,且对MPP患儿不同严重程度的诊断具有一定价值。
基金Project(51435009) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(LQ14E080002) supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject supported by the K.C.Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University,China
文摘The car sequencing problem(CSP)concerns a production sequence of different types of cars in the mixed-model assembly line.A hybrid algorithm is proposed to find an assembly sequence of CSP with minimum violations.Firstly,the hybrid algorithm is based on the tabu search and large neighborhood search(TLNS),servicing as the framework.Moreover,two components are incorporated into the hybrid algorithm.One is the parallel constructive heuristic(PCH)that is used to construct a set of initial solutions and find some high quality solutions,and the other is the small neighborhood search(SNS)which is designed to improve the new constructed solutions.The computational results show that the proposed hybrid algorithm(PCH+TLNS+SNS)obtains100best known values out of109public instances,among these89instances get their best known values with100%success rate.By comparing with the well-known related algorithms,computational results demonstrate the effectiveness,efficiency and robustness of the proposed algorithm.
文摘<strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the clinical diagnostic value of C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and D-dimer (D-D) in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). <strong>Methods:</strong> We conducted a retrospective analysis comparing hematology and coagulation in 362 PTCA-confirmed PTE patients with the control group and analyzing their relationships with CAR, NLR, and D-D. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to analyze the diagnostic threshold, area under the curve (AUC), diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CAR, NLR and D-D for PTE. <strong>Results:</strong> 1) CAR, NLR and D-D levels in PTE patients were 2.13 ± 2.08, 8.96 ± 1.94 and 9.69 ± 8.61 respectively, significantly higher than those in control group (CAR = 0.03 ± 0.01, t = 20.7736, P < 0.01;NLR = 1.76 ± 0.53, t = 2.4281, P < 0.05 and PTE = 0.20 ± 0.11, t = 3.0066, P < 0.01 respectively). 2) NLR was positively correlated with CAR (r = 0.2111, t = 4.0971, P < 0.01) and D-D (r = 0.1065, t = 2.0481, P < 0.05), but CAR was not correlated with D-D (r = 0.0975, P > 0.05). 3) The levels of HB, LY, PLT and AT in PTE patients were significantly lower than those in control group, while WBC, NE and FB were significantly higher than those in control group. 4) CAR was negatively correlated with Hb and AT (P all < 0.01), but positively correlated with WBC, NE, MO and FB (P all < 0.01). NLR was negatively correlated with LY and AT (P all < 0.01), but positively correlated with WBC, NE and FB (P all < 0.01). DD was negatively correlated with Hb and PLT (P all < 0.05), but positively correlated with WBC, NE and MO (P all < 0.01). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The levels of Hb, LY, PLT and AT were significantly decreased in PTE patients, while WBC, NE and FB were significantly increased. CAR, NLR and D-D were highly expressed in PTE patients, and were closely correlated with Hb, AT and FB. Combined detection of CAR, NLR and D-D can improve the diagnostic value of PTE.
文摘An air damper possesses the advantages that there are no long term changes in the damping properties, there is no dependence on working temperature and additionally, it has less manufacturing and maintenance costs. As such, an air damper has been designed and developed based on the Maxwell type model concept in the approach of Nishihara and Asami [1]. The cylinder-piston and air-tank type damper characteristics such as air damping ratio and air spring rate have been studied by changing the length and diameter of the capillary pipe between the air cylinder and the air tank, operating air pressure and the air tank volume. A SDOF quarter-car vehicle suspension system using the developed air enclosed cylinder-piston and air-tank type damper has been analyzed for its motion transmissibility characteristics. Optimal values of the air damping ratio at various values of air spring rate have been determined for minimum motion transmissibility of the sprung mass. An experimental setup has been developed for SDOF quarter-car suspension system model using the developed air enclosed cylinder-piston and air-tank type damper to determine the motion transmissibility characteristics of the sprung mass. An attendant air pressure control system has been designed to vary air damping in the developed air damper. The results of the theoretical analysis have been compared with the experimental analysis.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42001314)the Open Research Fund of the State Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying,Mapping,and Remote Sensing,Wuhan University(grant number 20R02)+1 种基金Torbern Tagesson was additionally funded by the Swedish National Space Agency(SNSA 2021-00144)FORMAS(Dnr.2021-00644).
文摘The ratio of leaf carotenoid to chlorophyll(Car/Chl)is an indicator of vegetation photosynthesis,development and responses to stress.However,the correlation between Car and Chl,and their overlapping absorption in the visible spectral domain pose a challenge for optical remote sensing of their ratio.This study aims to investigate combinations of vegetation indices(VIs)to minimize the influence of Car-Chl correlation,thus being more sensitive to the variability in the ratio across vegetation species and sites.VIs sensitive to Car and Chl variability were combined into four candidates of combinations,using a simulated dataset from the PROSPECT model.The VI combinations were then tested using six simulated datasets with different Car-Chl correlations,and evaluated against four independent datasets.The ratio of the carotenoid triangle ratio index(CTRI)with the red-edge chlorophyll index(CIred-edge)was found least influenced by the Car-Chl correlation and demonstrated a superior ability for estimating Car/Chl variability.Compared with published VIs and two machine learning algorithms,CTRI/CIred-edge also showed the optimal performance in the fourfield datasets.This new VI combination could be useful to provide insights in spatiotemporal variability in the leaf Car/Chl ratio,applicable for assessing vegetation physiology,phenology,and response to environmental stress.