The Fourier series of the 2π-periodic functions tg(x2)and 1sin(x)and some of their relatives (first of their integrals) are investigated and illustrated with respect to their convergence. These functions are Generali...The Fourier series of the 2π-periodic functions tg(x2)and 1sin(x)and some of their relatives (first of their integrals) are investigated and illustrated with respect to their convergence. These functions are Generalized functions and the convergence is weak convergence in the sense of the convergence of continuous linear functionals defining them. The figures show that the approximations of the Fourier series possess oscillations around the function which they represent in a broad band embedding them. This is some analogue to the Gibbs phenomenon. A modification of Fourier series by expansion in powers cosn(x)for the symmetric part of functions and sin(x)cosn−1(x)for the antisymmetric part (analogous to Taylor series) is discussed and illustrated by examples. The Fourier series and their convergence behavior are illustrated also for some 2π-periodic delta-function-like sequences connected with the Poisson theorem showing non-vanishing oscillations around the singularities similar to the Gibbs phenomenon in the neighborhood of discontinuities of functions. .展开更多
Parkinson disease(PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the nervous system,which is characterized by movement disorders,such as static tremor,rigidity,and bradykinesia in advanced patients.Gastrointestinal(GI) ...Parkinson disease(PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the nervous system,which is characterized by movement disorders,such as static tremor,rigidity,and bradykinesia in advanced patients.Gastrointestinal(GI) dysfunction,such as gastric dysmotility,constipation,and anorectic dysfunction,is common non-motor symptom in the early stage of PD.The progression of PD includes the degenerative loss of dopaminergic neurons and aggregation ofα-synuclein in the substantia nigra.Interestingly,both of them are also present in the enteric nervous system of PD patients.In this review,we describe the relationship between non-motor symptoms particularly GI dysfunction and the pathogenesis of PD,aiming to show the powerful evidences about the prion-like propagation of α-synuclein and support the hypothesis of gut-brain axis in PD.We then summarize the mechanism of the gut-brain axis and confirmα-synuclein as a potential target for drug design or new clinical treatment.展开更多
Dynamic tensile failure is a common phenomenon in deep rock practices,and thus accurately evaluating the dynamic tensile responses of rocks under triaxial pressures is of great significance.The Brazilian disc(BD)test ...Dynamic tensile failure is a common phenomenon in deep rock practices,and thus accurately evaluating the dynamic tensile responses of rocks under triaxial pressures is of great significance.The Brazilian disc(BD)test is the suggested method by the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering(ISRM)for measuring both the static and dynamic tensile strengths of rock-like materials.However,due to the overload phenomenon and the complex preloading conditions,the dynamic tensile strengths of rocks measured by the BD tests tend to be overestimated.To address this issue,the dynamic BD tensile strength(BTS)of Fangshan marble(FM)under different preloading conditions were measured through a triaxial split Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB).The fracture onset in BD specimen was captured through a strain gage around the disc center.The discrepancy between the traditional tensile strength(TTS,determined by the peak load P_(f) of the BD specimen)and the nominal tensile strength(NTS,obtained from the load P_(i) when the diametral fracture commences in the tested BD specimen)was applied to quantitatively evaluating the overload phenomenon.The Griffith criterion was used to rectify the calculation of the tensile stress at the disc center under triaxial stress states.The results demonstrate that the overload ratio(s)increases with the loading rate(σ)and decreases with the hydrostatic pressure(σ_(s)).The TTS corrected by the Griffith criterion is independent of theσ_(s)due to the overload phenomenon,while the NTS corrected by the Griffith criterion is sensitive to both the andσ.Therefore,it is essential to modify the tensile stress in dynamic confined BD tests using both the overload correction and the Griffith criterion rectification to obtain the accurate dynamic BTS of rocks.展开更多
In discussing the policy effects of environmental regulation,we should focus not only on whether environmental regulation helps improve the environmental and economic performance of firms,but also on how such improvem...In discussing the policy effects of environmental regulation,we should focus not only on whether environmental regulation helps improve the environmental and economic performance of firms,but also on how such improvement is materialized,i.e.whether the obsolete mode of production is reversed.After matching the database of China’s industrial enterprises with that of pollution emissions from these industrial enterprises,this paper identifies the asymmetric scope of clean production standards to test the effect of environmental regulation on the total factor productivity(TFP)of the industrial enterprises.Our empirical research finds that the implementation of clean production standards may induce TFP improvement.However,such improvement only occurs for polluters who cannot or who barely meet clean production standards and does little to improve the production standards of polluters with low pollution emission,reflecting the yardstick phenomenon of the asymmetric environmental regulation policy effect:While polluters are forced to improve,clean enterprises that pollute less are more likely to take no action.Further research finds that such TFP improvement is materialized primarily by means of overall firm optimization;the compensation effect is insignificant and does not reverse the backward mode of production.Polluters cope with the implementation of clean production standards by purchasing more equipment and expanding capacity,which adds to the tension between the expansion of capacity and the abatement of pollution emission.展开更多
The infectious template-mediated protein conversion is a unique mechanism for the onset of rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorders known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases, which affect...The infectious template-mediated protein conversion is a unique mechanism for the onset of rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorders known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases, which affect humans and other animal species. However, emerging studies are now demonstrating prion-like mechanisms of self-propagation of protein misfolding in a number of common, non-infectious neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer＇s disease and Parkinson＇s disease. It has been proposed that distinct and unrelated proteins（beta-amyloid, tau, α-synuclein, TAR DNA-binding protein 43 and huntingtin, etc.） associated with common neurodegenerative disorders can seed conversion and spread via cellto-cell transfer, sustaining the transmission of neurotoxic agents along a stereotypic route, sharing features at the heart of the intrinsic nature of prions. Here we review the most recent development on both the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of prion-like neurodegenerative diseases as well as innovative methods and strategies for potential therapeutic applications.展开更多
An infant with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon(KMP)presented with a giant subcutaneous mass in the right lower limb,severe hypofibrinogenemia,and thrombocytopenia.Glucocorticoids,along with supportive treatments including...An infant with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon(KMP)presented with a giant subcutaneous mass in the right lower limb,severe hypofibrinogenemia,and thrombocytopenia.Glucocorticoids,along with supportive treatments including transfusion of blood products and clotting factors,were administered to reverse fatal disseminated intravascular coagulation and acute hemolysis.The glucocorticoid dose was tapered slowly,and sirolimus was added to treat the hemangiomas.The patient subsequently underwent interventional therapy.After 6 months of medical and interventional therapy,the patient was doing well with a normal platelet count,the tumor volume was markedly reduced,and the primary cutaneous lesion became pale pink.Currently,the patient remains on sirolimus,and no recurrence of thrombocytopenia or further growth of the mass was observed after six months of follow-up.展开更多
BACKGROUND The R-on-T phenomenon is a malignant arrhythmia associated with potentially catastrophic consequences.It may initiate ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation,which can result in syncope or sudde...BACKGROUND The R-on-T phenomenon is a malignant arrhythmia associated with potentially catastrophic consequences.It may initiate ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation,which can result in syncope or sudden cardiac death.This manifestation poses a great challenge for anesthesiologists.However,it is rarely encountered in the perioperative setting.CASE SUMMARY We herein present a case in which the R-on-T phenomenon was incidentally revealed by 24-h Holter monitoring in a patient diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer.Careful evaluation and treatment with mexiletine were carried out preoperatively under consultation with a cardiovascular specialist,and surgery was uneventfully performed under general anesthesia after thorough preparation.CONCLUSION Physicians should be vigilant about this infrequent but potentially fatal arrhythmia.Our experience suggests that the anesthetic process can be greatly optimized with careful preparation.展开更多
HBV感染是我国最主要的传染性疾病之一,目前临床主要使用体外诊断试剂对该病毒进行准确快速的检测,体外诊断试剂盒的方法学主要包括:免疫学方法和分子生物学方法。本文通过PubMed(检索时限自2017年1月至2023年12月)和万方数据库(检索时...HBV感染是我国最主要的传染性疾病之一,目前临床主要使用体外诊断试剂对该病毒进行准确快速的检测,体外诊断试剂盒的方法学主要包括:免疫学方法和分子生物学方法。本文通过PubMed(检索时限自2017年1月至2023年12月)和万方数据库(检索时限自2017年1月至2023年12月)检索乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)的检测方法、相关试剂盒的生产和临床应用的相关文献,详细列举最新检测方法的进展并比较不同方法学的优缺点,全面分析和讨论了我国目前乙型肝炎病毒检测的现状和研究进展。研究发现,我国HBV检测用商品化试剂盒的方法学分布存在集中现象,试剂盒的生产存在“东部多,西部少,大分散,小聚集”的特点。展开更多
对文本中诸如实体与关系、事件及其论元等要素及其特定关系的联合抽取是自然语言处理的一项关键任务.现有研究大多采用统一编码或参数共享的方式隐性处理任务间的交互,缺乏对任务之间特定关系的显式建模,从而限制模型充分利用任务间的...对文本中诸如实体与关系、事件及其论元等要素及其特定关系的联合抽取是自然语言处理的一项关键任务.现有研究大多采用统一编码或参数共享的方式隐性处理任务间的交互,缺乏对任务之间特定关系的显式建模,从而限制模型充分利用任务间的关联信息并影响任务间的有效协同.为此,提出了一种基于任务协作表示增强的要素及关系联合抽取模型(Task-Collaboration Representation Enhanced model for joint extraction of elements and relationships,TCRE).该模型旨在从多个阶段处理任务间的特定关系,帮助子任务进行更细致的调节和优化,促进整体性能的提升.在三个关系抽取和一个事件抽取数据集上进行实验,TCRE在实体识别和关系提取任务上平均性能分别提高0.57%和0.77%,在触发词识别和论元角色分类任务上分别提高0.7%和1.4%.此外,TCRE还显示出在缓解“跷跷板现象”方面的作用.展开更多
文摘The Fourier series of the 2π-periodic functions tg(x2)and 1sin(x)and some of their relatives (first of their integrals) are investigated and illustrated with respect to their convergence. These functions are Generalized functions and the convergence is weak convergence in the sense of the convergence of continuous linear functionals defining them. The figures show that the approximations of the Fourier series possess oscillations around the function which they represent in a broad band embedding them. This is some analogue to the Gibbs phenomenon. A modification of Fourier series by expansion in powers cosn(x)for the symmetric part of functions and sin(x)cosn−1(x)for the antisymmetric part (analogous to Taylor series) is discussed and illustrated by examples. The Fourier series and their convergence behavior are illustrated also for some 2π-periodic delta-function-like sequences connected with the Poisson theorem showing non-vanishing oscillations around the singularities similar to the Gibbs phenomenon in the neighborhood of discontinuities of functions. .
文摘Parkinson disease(PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the nervous system,which is characterized by movement disorders,such as static tremor,rigidity,and bradykinesia in advanced patients.Gastrointestinal(GI) dysfunction,such as gastric dysmotility,constipation,and anorectic dysfunction,is common non-motor symptom in the early stage of PD.The progression of PD includes the degenerative loss of dopaminergic neurons and aggregation ofα-synuclein in the substantia nigra.Interestingly,both of them are also present in the enteric nervous system of PD patients.In this review,we describe the relationship between non-motor symptoms particularly GI dysfunction and the pathogenesis of PD,aiming to show the powerful evidences about the prion-like propagation of α-synuclein and support the hypothesis of gut-brain axis in PD.We then summarize the mechanism of the gut-brain axis and confirmα-synuclein as a potential target for drug design or new clinical treatment.
基金We acknowledge the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42141010,51879184 and 12172253).
文摘Dynamic tensile failure is a common phenomenon in deep rock practices,and thus accurately evaluating the dynamic tensile responses of rocks under triaxial pressures is of great significance.The Brazilian disc(BD)test is the suggested method by the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering(ISRM)for measuring both the static and dynamic tensile strengths of rock-like materials.However,due to the overload phenomenon and the complex preloading conditions,the dynamic tensile strengths of rocks measured by the BD tests tend to be overestimated.To address this issue,the dynamic BD tensile strength(BTS)of Fangshan marble(FM)under different preloading conditions were measured through a triaxial split Hopkinson pressure bar(SHPB).The fracture onset in BD specimen was captured through a strain gage around the disc center.The discrepancy between the traditional tensile strength(TTS,determined by the peak load P_(f) of the BD specimen)and the nominal tensile strength(NTS,obtained from the load P_(i) when the diametral fracture commences in the tested BD specimen)was applied to quantitatively evaluating the overload phenomenon.The Griffith criterion was used to rectify the calculation of the tensile stress at the disc center under triaxial stress states.The results demonstrate that the overload ratio(s)increases with the loading rate(σ)and decreases with the hydrostatic pressure(σ_(s)).The TTS corrected by the Griffith criterion is independent of theσ_(s)due to the overload phenomenon,while the NTS corrected by the Griffith criterion is sensitive to both the andσ.Therefore,it is essential to modify the tensile stress in dynamic confined BD tests using both the overload correction and the Griffith criterion rectification to obtain the accurate dynamic BTS of rocks.
文摘In discussing the policy effects of environmental regulation,we should focus not only on whether environmental regulation helps improve the environmental and economic performance of firms,but also on how such improvement is materialized,i.e.whether the obsolete mode of production is reversed.After matching the database of China’s industrial enterprises with that of pollution emissions from these industrial enterprises,this paper identifies the asymmetric scope of clean production standards to test the effect of environmental regulation on the total factor productivity(TFP)of the industrial enterprises.Our empirical research finds that the implementation of clean production standards may induce TFP improvement.However,such improvement only occurs for polluters who cannot or who barely meet clean production standards and does little to improve the production standards of polluters with low pollution emission,reflecting the yardstick phenomenon of the asymmetric environmental regulation policy effect:While polluters are forced to improve,clean enterprises that pollute less are more likely to take no action.Further research finds that such TFP improvement is materialized primarily by means of overall firm optimization;the compensation effect is insignificant and does not reverse the backward mode of production.Polluters cope with the implementation of clean production standards by purchasing more equipment and expanding capacity,which adds to the tension between the expansion of capacity and the abatement of pollution emission.
文摘The infectious template-mediated protein conversion is a unique mechanism for the onset of rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorders known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases, which affect humans and other animal species. However, emerging studies are now demonstrating prion-like mechanisms of self-propagation of protein misfolding in a number of common, non-infectious neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer＇s disease and Parkinson＇s disease. It has been proposed that distinct and unrelated proteins（beta-amyloid, tau, α-synuclein, TAR DNA-binding protein 43 and huntingtin, etc.） associated with common neurodegenerative disorders can seed conversion and spread via cellto-cell transfer, sustaining the transmission of neurotoxic agents along a stereotypic route, sharing features at the heart of the intrinsic nature of prions. Here we review the most recent development on both the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of prion-like neurodegenerative diseases as well as innovative methods and strategies for potential therapeutic applications.
文摘An infant with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon(KMP)presented with a giant subcutaneous mass in the right lower limb,severe hypofibrinogenemia,and thrombocytopenia.Glucocorticoids,along with supportive treatments including transfusion of blood products and clotting factors,were administered to reverse fatal disseminated intravascular coagulation and acute hemolysis.The glucocorticoid dose was tapered slowly,and sirolimus was added to treat the hemangiomas.The patient subsequently underwent interventional therapy.After 6 months of medical and interventional therapy,the patient was doing well with a normal platelet count,the tumor volume was markedly reduced,and the primary cutaneous lesion became pale pink.Currently,the patient remains on sirolimus,and no recurrence of thrombocytopenia or further growth of the mass was observed after six months of follow-up.
文摘BACKGROUND The R-on-T phenomenon is a malignant arrhythmia associated with potentially catastrophic consequences.It may initiate ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation,which can result in syncope or sudden cardiac death.This manifestation poses a great challenge for anesthesiologists.However,it is rarely encountered in the perioperative setting.CASE SUMMARY We herein present a case in which the R-on-T phenomenon was incidentally revealed by 24-h Holter monitoring in a patient diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer.Careful evaluation and treatment with mexiletine were carried out preoperatively under consultation with a cardiovascular specialist,and surgery was uneventfully performed under general anesthesia after thorough preparation.CONCLUSION Physicians should be vigilant about this infrequent but potentially fatal arrhythmia.Our experience suggests that the anesthetic process can be greatly optimized with careful preparation.
文摘HBV感染是我国最主要的传染性疾病之一,目前临床主要使用体外诊断试剂对该病毒进行准确快速的检测,体外诊断试剂盒的方法学主要包括:免疫学方法和分子生物学方法。本文通过PubMed(检索时限自2017年1月至2023年12月)和万方数据库(检索时限自2017年1月至2023年12月)检索乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)的检测方法、相关试剂盒的生产和临床应用的相关文献,详细列举最新检测方法的进展并比较不同方法学的优缺点,全面分析和讨论了我国目前乙型肝炎病毒检测的现状和研究进展。研究发现,我国HBV检测用商品化试剂盒的方法学分布存在集中现象,试剂盒的生产存在“东部多,西部少,大分散,小聚集”的特点。
文摘对文本中诸如实体与关系、事件及其论元等要素及其特定关系的联合抽取是自然语言处理的一项关键任务.现有研究大多采用统一编码或参数共享的方式隐性处理任务间的交互,缺乏对任务之间特定关系的显式建模,从而限制模型充分利用任务间的关联信息并影响任务间的有效协同.为此,提出了一种基于任务协作表示增强的要素及关系联合抽取模型(Task-Collaboration Representation Enhanced model for joint extraction of elements and relationships,TCRE).该模型旨在从多个阶段处理任务间的特定关系,帮助子任务进行更细致的调节和优化,促进整体性能的提升.在三个关系抽取和一个事件抽取数据集上进行实验,TCRE在实体识别和关系提取任务上平均性能分别提高0.57%和0.77%,在触发词识别和论元角色分类任务上分别提高0.7%和1.4%.此外,TCRE还显示出在缓解“跷跷板现象”方面的作用.
