A good knowledge of midfoot biomechanics is important in understanding the biomechanics of the entire foot,but it has never been investigated thoroughly in the literature.This study carried out in vitro experiments an...A good knowledge of midfoot biomechanics is important in understanding the biomechanics of the entire foot,but it has never been investigated thoroughly in the literature.This study carried out in vitro experiments and finite element analysis to investigate the midfoot biomechanics.A foot-ankle finite element model simulating the mid-stance phase of the normal gait was developed and the model validated in in vitro experimental tests.Experiments used seven in vitro samples of fresh human cadavers.The simulation found that the first principal stress peaks of all midfoot bones occurred at the navicular bone and that the tensile force of the spring ligament was greater than that of any other ligament.The experiments showed that the longitudinal strain acting on the medial cuneiform bone was-26.2±10.8μ-strain,and the navicular strain was-240.0±169.1μ-strain along the longitudinal direction and 65.1±25.8μ-strain along the transverse direction.The anatomical position and the spring ligament both result in higher shear stress in the navicular bone.The load from the ankle joint to five branches of the forefoot is redistributed among the cuneiforms and cuboid bones.Further studies on the mechanism of loading redistribution will be helpful in understanding the biomechanics of the entire foot.展开更多
A series of lanthanide complexes with the 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid （3,4,5-tmoba） and 1,10-phenanthroline（phen）, [Ln（3,4,5-tmoba）3phen]2（Ln = Pr（l）, Nd （2） and Ho（3））, have been synthesized and charac...A series of lanthanide complexes with the 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid （3,4,5-tmoba） and 1,10-phenanthroline（phen）, [Ln（3,4,5-tmoba）3phen]2（Ln = Pr（l）, Nd （2） and Ho（3））, have been synthesized and characterized by a series of techniques including elemental analysis, IR spectra, X-ray crystallography and TG/DSC-FTIR technology. The three complexes have two kinds of coordination modes, in which the Pr3＋ and Nd3＋ cations are nine-coordinated and the Ho3＋ cation is eight-coordinated. The three-dimensional IR accumulation spectra of gaseous products for complexes 1-3 were analyzed and the gaseous products were identified by the typical IR spectra obtained from the 3D surface graphs. Meanwhile, we obtained the activation energy E of the first steps of complexes 1-3 by the integral isoconversional non-linear （NL-INT） method and discussed the non-isothermal kinetics of complexes 1-3 using the Malek method. Finally, SB（m, n） was defined as the kinetic method of the first-step thermal decomposition. The thermodynamic parameters △G≠, △H≠ and △S≠ of activation at the peak temperature were also calculated.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11302154,11272273)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M530211)+1 种基金Opening Project of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants(KFKT2013002)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘A good knowledge of midfoot biomechanics is important in understanding the biomechanics of the entire foot,but it has never been investigated thoroughly in the literature.This study carried out in vitro experiments and finite element analysis to investigate the midfoot biomechanics.A foot-ankle finite element model simulating the mid-stance phase of the normal gait was developed and the model validated in in vitro experimental tests.Experiments used seven in vitro samples of fresh human cadavers.The simulation found that the first principal stress peaks of all midfoot bones occurred at the navicular bone and that the tensile force of the spring ligament was greater than that of any other ligament.The experiments showed that the longitudinal strain acting on the medial cuneiform bone was-26.2±10.8μ-strain,and the navicular strain was-240.0±169.1μ-strain along the longitudinal direction and 65.1±25.8μ-strain along the transverse direction.The anatomical position and the spring ligament both result in higher shear stress in the navicular bone.The load from the ankle joint to five branches of the forefoot is redistributed among the cuneiforms and cuboid bones.Further studies on the mechanism of loading redistribution will be helpful in understanding the biomechanics of the entire foot.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21073053,21073052,20773034)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2012205022)
文摘A series of lanthanide complexes with the 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid （3,4,5-tmoba） and 1,10-phenanthroline（phen）, [Ln（3,4,5-tmoba）3phen]2（Ln = Pr（l）, Nd （2） and Ho（3））, have been synthesized and characterized by a series of techniques including elemental analysis, IR spectra, X-ray crystallography and TG/DSC-FTIR technology. The three complexes have two kinds of coordination modes, in which the Pr3＋ and Nd3＋ cations are nine-coordinated and the Ho3＋ cation is eight-coordinated. The three-dimensional IR accumulation spectra of gaseous products for complexes 1-3 were analyzed and the gaseous products were identified by the typical IR spectra obtained from the 3D surface graphs. Meanwhile, we obtained the activation energy E of the first steps of complexes 1-3 by the integral isoconversional non-linear （NL-INT） method and discussed the non-isothermal kinetics of complexes 1-3 using the Malek method. Finally, SB（m, n） was defined as the kinetic method of the first-step thermal decomposition. The thermodynamic parameters △G≠, △H≠ and △S≠ of activation at the peak temperature were also calculated.
