This paper is concerned with bipartite consensus tracking for multi-agent systems with unknown disturbances.A barrier function-based adaptive sliding-mode control(SMC)approach is proposed such that the bipartite stead...This paper is concerned with bipartite consensus tracking for multi-agent systems with unknown disturbances.A barrier function-based adaptive sliding-mode control(SMC)approach is proposed such that the bipartite steady-state error is converged to a predefined region of zero in finite time.Specifically,based on an error auxiliary taking neighboring antagonistic interactions into account,an SMC law is designed with an adaptive gain.The gain can switch to a positive semi-definite barrier function to ensure that the error auxiliary is constrained to a predefined neighborhood of zero,which in turn guarantees practical bipartite consensus tracking.A distinguished feature of the proposed controller is its independence on the bound of disturbances,while the input chattering phenomenon is alleviated.Finally,a numerical example is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller.展开更多
This survey provides a brief overview on the control Lyapunov function(CLF)and control barrier function(CBF)for general nonlinear-affine control systems.The problem of control is formulated as an optimization problem ...This survey provides a brief overview on the control Lyapunov function(CLF)and control barrier function(CBF)for general nonlinear-affine control systems.The problem of control is formulated as an optimization problem where the optimal control policy is derived by solving a constrained quadratic programming(QP)problem.The CLF and CBF respectively characterize the stability objective and the safety objective for the nonlinear control systems.These objectives imply important properties including controllability,convergence,and robustness of control problems.Under this framework,optimal control corresponds to the minimal solution to a constrained QP problem.When uncertainties are explicitly considered,the setting of the CLF and CBF is proposed to study the input-to-state stability and input-to-state safety and to analyze the effect of disturbances.The recent theoretic progress and novel applications of CLF and CBF are systematically reviewed and discussed in this paper.Finally,we provide research directions that are significant for the advance of knowledge in this area.展开更多
This paper presents learning-enabled barriercertified safe controllers for systems that operate in a shared environment for which multiple systems with uncertain dynamics and behaviors interact.That is,safety constrai...This paper presents learning-enabled barriercertified safe controllers for systems that operate in a shared environment for which multiple systems with uncertain dynamics and behaviors interact.That is,safety constraints are imposed by not only the ego system’s own physical limitations but also other systems operating nearby.Since the model of the external agent is required to impose control barrier functions(CBFs)as safety constraints,a safety-aware loss function is defined and minimized to learn the uncertain and unknown behavior of external agents.More specifically,the loss function is defined based on barrier function error,instead of the system model error,and is minimized for both current samples as well as past samples stored in the memory to assure a fast and generalizable learning algorithm for approximating the safe set.The proposed model learning and CBF are then integrated together to form a learning-enabled zeroing CBF(L-ZCBF),which employs the approximated trajectory information of the external agents provided by the learned model but shrinks the safety boundary in case of an imminent safety violation using instantaneous sensory observations.It is shown that the proposed L-ZCBF assures the safety guarantees during learning and even in the face of inaccurate or simplified approximation of external agents,which is crucial in safety-critical applications in highly interactive environments.The efficacy of the proposed method is examined in a simulation of safe maneuver control of a vehicle in an urban area.展开更多
The vibroimpact systems with bilateral barriers are often encountered in practice.However,the dynamics of the vibroimpact system with bilateral barriers is full of challenges.Few closed-form solutions were obtained.In...The vibroimpact systems with bilateral barriers are often encountered in practice.However,the dynamics of the vibroimpact system with bilateral barriers is full of challenges.Few closed-form solutions were obtained.In this paper,we propose a novel method for random vibration analysis of single-degree-of-freedom(SDOF)vibroim-pact systems with bilateral barriers under Gaussian white noise excitations.A periodic approximate transformation is employed to convert the equations of the motion to a con-tinuous form.The probabilistic description of the system is subsequently defined through the corresponding Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov(FPK)equation.The closed-form station-ary probability density function(PDF)of the response is obtained by solving the reduced FPK equation and using the proposed iterative method of weighted residue together with the concepts of the circulatory probability flow and the potential probability flow.Finally,the versatility of the proposed approach is demonstrated by its application to two typical examples.Note that the solution obtained by using the proposed method can be used as the benchmark to examine the accuracy of approximate solutions obtained by other methods.展开更多
Indentation creep behavior with cylindrical flat indenters on the thermal barrier coating (TBC) was studied by finite element method (FEM). On ike constant applied indentation creep stress, there is a steady creep rat...Indentation creep behavior with cylindrical flat indenters on the thermal barrier coating (TBC) was studied by finite element method (FEM). On ike constant applied indentation creep stress, there is a steady creep rate for each case studied for different creep properties of the TBC system. The steady creep depth rate depends on the applied indentation creep stress and size of the indenters as well as the creep properties of the bond coat of the TBC and the substrate. The possibilities to determine the creep properties of a thermal barrier system from indention creep testing were discussed. As an example, with two different size indenters, the creep properties of bond coat of the TBC system can be derived by an inverse FEM method. This study not only provides a numerical method to obtain the creep properties of the TBC system, but also extends the application of indentation creep method with cylindrical flat indenters.展开更多
BACKGROUND Given the complex pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC), the conventional therapeutic methods are not fully curative. As a sort of systematic complementary and alternative medicine, traditional Chinese me...BACKGROUND Given the complex pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC), the conventional therapeutic methods are not fully curative. As a sort of systematic complementary and alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) provides new options for the standard therapy. Nevertheless, there are still numerous problems with the promotion of TCM attributed to its complexity, and consequently, new research approaches are urgently needed. Thus, we explored the protective effects of Jian-Pi Qing-Chang (JPQC) decoction on UC based on systems pharmacology approach, which might fill the current innovation gap in drug discovery and clinical practice pertaining to TCM. AIM To investigate the protective mechanisms of JPQC decoction on UC based on systems pharmacology approach. METHODS We performed systems pharmacology to predict the active ingredients, the matched targets, and the potential pharmacological mechanism of JPQC on UC. In vivo, we explored the effects of JPQC in a colitis model induced by dextran sulfate sodium. In vitro, we adopted the bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) as well as BMDMs co-cultured with Caco2 cells to verify the underlying mechanisms and effects of JPQC on UC under TNF-α stimulation. RESULTS Systems pharmacology revealed 170 targets for the 107 active ingredients of JPQC and 112 candidate targets of UC. Protein-protein interaction networks were established to identify the underlying therapeutic targets of JPQC on UC. Based on enrichment analyses, we proposed our hypothesis that JPQC might have a protective effect on UC via the NF-κB/HIF-1α signalling pathway. Subsequent experimental validation revealed that treatment with TNFα activated the NF-κB/HIF-1α signalling pathway in BMDMs, thereby damaging the epithelial barrier permeability in co-cultured Caco2 cells, while JPQC rescued this situation. The findings were also confirmed in a dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis model. CONCLUSION JPQC could improve the mucosal inflammatory response and intestinal epithelial barrier function via the NF-κB/HIF-1α signalling pathway, which provides new perspectives on the pharmaceutical development and clinical practice of TCM.展开更多
For a class of high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with input hysteresis,an adaptive consensus output-feedback quantized control scheme with full state constraints is investigated.The major properties of the prop...For a class of high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with input hysteresis,an adaptive consensus output-feedback quantized control scheme with full state constraints is investigated.The major properties of the proposed control scheme are:1)According to the different hysteresis input characteristics of each agent in the multi-agent system,a hysteresis quantization inverse compensator is designed to eliminate the influence of hysteresis characteristics on the system while ensuring that the quantized signal maintains the desired value.2)A barrier Lyapunov function is introduced for the first time in the hysteretic multi-agent system.By constructing state constraint control strategy for the hysteretic multi-agent system,it ensures that all the states of the system are always maintained within a predetermined range.3)The designed adaptive consensus output-feedback quantization control scheme allows the hysteretic system to have unknown parameters and unknown disturbance,and ensures that the input signal transmitted between agents is the quantization value,and the introduced quantizer is implemented under the condition that only its sector bound property is required.The stability analysis has proved that all signals of the closed-loop are semi-globally uniformly bounded.The Star Sim hardware-in-the-loop simulation certificates the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive quantized control scheme.展开更多
Sedimentary successions and internal structure of the coastal barrier-lagoon system of Boao, eastern Hainan Island were studied through utilizing data from test holes and trenches and ground-penetrating-radar (GPR) pr...Sedimentary successions and internal structure of the coastal barrier-lagoon system of Boao, eastern Hainan Island were studied through utilizing data from test holes and trenches and ground-penetrating-radar (GPR) profiles. During late Pleistocene, fluvial and delta plains developed over an unevenly eroded bedrock during low sea level stand, followed by the formation of littoral and lagoon facies and defined coastal barrier-lagoon-estuary system during the post-glacial uppermost Pleistocene-lower Holocene eustatic rise of the sea level, and the upper Holocene high stand. GPR results show that Yudaitan, a sandy coastal bar backed by a low-laying land (shoal) just east of the active lagoon, is a continuous, parallel and slightly-wavy reflectors indicating homogeneous sandy or sandy gravel sediments, and inclined reflectors partly caused by progradation and accumulation of beach sand and gravel. Quasi-continuous, hummocky and chaotic reflectors from the shoal of Nangang village correspond to mixed accumulation of sands and clay. This research indicates the GPR is a non-intrusive, rapid, and economical method for high-resolution profiling of subsurface sediments in sandy gravelly coast.展开更多
Suppression of excessive inflammation can ameliorate blood brain barrier (BBB) injury, which shows therapeutic potential for clinical treatment of brain injury induced by stroke superimposed on systemic inflammatory...Suppression of excessive inflammation can ameliorate blood brain barrier (BBB) injury, which shows therapeutic potential for clinical treatment of brain injury induced by stroke superimposed on systemic inflammatory diseases. In this study, we investigated whether and how clematichinenoside (AR), an anti-inflammatory triter- pene saponin, protects brain injury from stroke superimposed on systemic inflammation. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was intraperitoneally injected immediately after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats. Rat microvessel endothelial cells (rBMECs) were exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) coexisting with LPS. The results re- vealed that AR suppressed the excessive inflammation, restored BBB dysfunction, alleviated brain edema, de- lessened neurological dysfunction, and decreased infarct rate. Further study demon- creased neutrophil infiltration, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) , strated that the expression of nucleus nuclear factor kappa B (NF-KB), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 ( ICAM-1 ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interlukin-1β ( IL-1β) were suppressed by AR via zinc finger protein A20. Besides, AR increased in vitro BBB integrity through A20. In con- clusion, AR alleviated cerebral inflammatory injury through A20-NF-KB signal pathway, offering an alternative medication for stroke associated with systemic inflammatory diseases.展开更多
Synthetic dyes are substances that are relatively stable and difficult to degrade in wastewater treatment plants using normal physical,chemical or / and biological treatment. The present work explored the synergistic ...Synthetic dyes are substances that are relatively stable and difficult to degrade in wastewater treatment plants using normal physical,chemical or / and biological treatment. The present work explored the synergistic effect of non-thermal plasma( NTP) and biological wastewater treatment technologies on practical dye wastewater degradation by establishing a double dielectric barrier discharge( DDBD) system combined with a sequencing batch reactor( SBR) system. The biodegradation and degradation efficiency of the DDBD-SBR system was investigated. The investigation results indicated that the DDBD technology was effective in treating the practical dye wastewater as a pre-treatment process. After a 10-min treatment,although the total organic carbon( TOC) removal efficiency was not so significant, the decolouration and the biodegradation were improved greatly. The microbial toxicity test revealed that the sample after degradation became less toxic than the original dye,which demonstrated the treatment had a significant effect on the reduction of toxicity. In addition,the SBR technology remedied the defects of DDBD treatment and improved TOC removal efficiency noticeably. The hybrid DDBD-SBR system made full use of the advantages of the individual technologies and exhibited an efficient capability for practical dye wastewater treatment.展开更多
Objective: To investigate the effects of adjuvant raw rhubarb enema therapy on systemic inflammatory stress response and intestinal mucosal barrier function in patients with severe pancreatitis. Methods: A total of 78...Objective: To investigate the effects of adjuvant raw rhubarb enema therapy on systemic inflammatory stress response and intestinal mucosal barrier function in patients with severe pancreatitis. Methods: A total of 78 patients with severe pancreatitis treated in the Second People's Hospital of Neijiang, Sichuan, China between December 2016 and September 2018 were included in the study. The patients were divided into control group (n=39) and raw rhubarb group (n=39) by simple randomization. The control group of patients received conventional treatment of severe pancreatitis with western medicine, while the raw rhubarb group of patients received raw rhubarb enema on the basis of the treatment of control group, and the efficacy was evaluated after continuous treatment for 1 week. The differences in serum levels of inflammatory mediators (high mobility group protein B1, C-reactive protein, prostaglandin E2 and tumor necrosis factor α), stress hormones (cortisol and epinephrine) as well as intestinal mucosal barrier function indicators (D-lactate, endotoxin and diamine oxidase) were compared between the two groups of patients before and after treatment. Results: Before treatment, there was no statistically significant difference in serum levels of inflammatory mediators, stress hormones and intestinal mucosal barrier function indicators between the two groups (P>0.05). After treatment, serum high mobility group protein B1, C-reactive protein, prostaglandin E2 and tumor necrosis factor levels of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group;cortisol and epinephrine levels were significantly lower than those of the control group;D-lactate, endotoxin and diamine oxidase levels were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions:Adjuvant raw rhubarb enema therapy on the basis of western medicine can help alleviate the inflammatory stress response and optimize the intestinal mucosal barrier function in patients with severe pancreatitis.展开更多
The stationary response of viscoelastic dynamical system with the right unilateral nonzero offset barrier impacts subjected to stochastic excitations is investigated. First, the viscoelastic force is approximately tre...The stationary response of viscoelastic dynamical system with the right unilateral nonzero offset barrier impacts subjected to stochastic excitations is investigated. First, the viscoelastic force is approximately treated as equivalent terms associated with effects. Then, the free vibro-impact(VI) system is absorbed to describe the periodic motion without impacts and quasi-periodic motion with impacts based upon the level of system energy. The stochastic averaging of energy envelope(SAEE) is adopted to seek the stationary probability density functions(PDFs). The detailed theoretical results for Van der Pol viscoelastic VI system with the right unilateral nonzero offset barrier are solved to demonstrate the important effects of the viscoelastic damping and nonzero rigid barrier impacts condition. Monte Carlo(MC) simulation is also performed to verify the reliability of the suggested approach. The stochastic P-bifurcation caused by certain system parameters is further explored. The variation of elastic modulus from negative to zero and then to positive witnesses the evolution process of stochastic P-bifurcation. From the vicinity of the common value to a wider range, the relaxation time induces the stochastic P-bifurcation in the two interval schemes.展开更多
文摘This paper is concerned with bipartite consensus tracking for multi-agent systems with unknown disturbances.A barrier function-based adaptive sliding-mode control(SMC)approach is proposed such that the bipartite steady-state error is converged to a predefined region of zero in finite time.Specifically,based on an error auxiliary taking neighboring antagonistic interactions into account,an SMC law is designed with an adaptive gain.The gain can switch to a positive semi-definite barrier function to ensure that the error auxiliary is constrained to a predefined neighborhood of zero,which in turn guarantees practical bipartite consensus tracking.A distinguished feature of the proposed controller is its independence on the bound of disturbances,while the input chattering phenomenon is alleviated.Finally,a numerical example is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U22B2046,62073079,62088101)in part by the General Joint Fund of the Equipment Advance Research Program of Ministry of Education(8091B022114)in part by NPRP(NPRP 9-466-1-103)from Qatar National Research Fund。
文摘This survey provides a brief overview on the control Lyapunov function(CLF)and control barrier function(CBF)for general nonlinear-affine control systems.The problem of control is formulated as an optimization problem where the optimal control policy is derived by solving a constrained quadratic programming(QP)problem.The CLF and CBF respectively characterize the stability objective and the safety objective for the nonlinear control systems.These objectives imply important properties including controllability,convergence,and robustness of control problems.Under this framework,optimal control corresponds to the minimal solution to a constrained QP problem.When uncertainties are explicitly considered,the setting of the CLF and CBF is proposed to study the input-to-state stability and input-to-state safety and to analyze the effect of disturbances.The recent theoretic progress and novel applications of CLF and CBF are systematically reviewed and discussed in this paper.Finally,we provide research directions that are significant for the advance of knowledge in this area.
文摘This paper presents learning-enabled barriercertified safe controllers for systems that operate in a shared environment for which multiple systems with uncertain dynamics and behaviors interact.That is,safety constraints are imposed by not only the ego system’s own physical limitations but also other systems operating nearby.Since the model of the external agent is required to impose control barrier functions(CBFs)as safety constraints,a safety-aware loss function is defined and minimized to learn the uncertain and unknown behavior of external agents.More specifically,the loss function is defined based on barrier function error,instead of the system model error,and is minimized for both current samples as well as past samples stored in the memory to assure a fast and generalizable learning algorithm for approximating the safe set.The proposed model learning and CBF are then integrated together to form a learning-enabled zeroing CBF(L-ZCBF),which employs the approximated trajectory information of the external agents provided by the learned model but shrinks the safety boundary in case of an imminent safety violation using instantaneous sensory observations.It is shown that the proposed L-ZCBF assures the safety guarantees during learning and even in the face of inaccurate or simplified approximation of external agents,which is crucial in safety-critical applications in highly interactive environments.The efficacy of the proposed method is examined in a simulation of safe maneuver control of a vehicle in an urban area.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11672111,11332008,11572215,and 11602089)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China(No.2019J01049)the Promotion Program for Young and Middle-Aged Teacher in Science and Technology Research of Huaqiao University(Nos.ZQNYX307 and ZQNYX505)
文摘The vibroimpact systems with bilateral barriers are often encountered in practice.However,the dynamics of the vibroimpact system with bilateral barriers is full of challenges.Few closed-form solutions were obtained.In this paper,we propose a novel method for random vibration analysis of single-degree-of-freedom(SDOF)vibroim-pact systems with bilateral barriers under Gaussian white noise excitations.A periodic approximate transformation is employed to convert the equations of the motion to a con-tinuous form.The probabilistic description of the system is subsequently defined through the corresponding Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov(FPK)equation.The closed-form station-ary probability density function(PDF)of the response is obtained by solving the reduced FPK equation and using the proposed iterative method of weighted residue together with the concepts of the circulatory probability flow and the potential probability flow.Finally,the versatility of the proposed approach is demonstrated by its application to two typical examples.Note that the solution obtained by using the proposed method can be used as the benchmark to examine the accuracy of approximate solutions obtained by other methods.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50005016,50375124)China Aviation Foundation(02c53011,03B53003)as well as the Yangtze River Foundation.
文摘Indentation creep behavior with cylindrical flat indenters on the thermal barrier coating (TBC) was studied by finite element method (FEM). On ike constant applied indentation creep stress, there is a steady creep rate for each case studied for different creep properties of the TBC system. The steady creep depth rate depends on the applied indentation creep stress and size of the indenters as well as the creep properties of the bond coat of the TBC and the substrate. The possibilities to determine the creep properties of a thermal barrier system from indention creep testing were discussed. As an example, with two different size indenters, the creep properties of bond coat of the TBC system can be derived by an inverse FEM method. This study not only provides a numerical method to obtain the creep properties of the TBC system, but also extends the application of indentation creep method with cylindrical flat indenters.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Funds of China,No.81573892,No.81873253,and No.81704009
文摘BACKGROUND Given the complex pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC), the conventional therapeutic methods are not fully curative. As a sort of systematic complementary and alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) provides new options for the standard therapy. Nevertheless, there are still numerous problems with the promotion of TCM attributed to its complexity, and consequently, new research approaches are urgently needed. Thus, we explored the protective effects of Jian-Pi Qing-Chang (JPQC) decoction on UC based on systems pharmacology approach, which might fill the current innovation gap in drug discovery and clinical practice pertaining to TCM. AIM To investigate the protective mechanisms of JPQC decoction on UC based on systems pharmacology approach. METHODS We performed systems pharmacology to predict the active ingredients, the matched targets, and the potential pharmacological mechanism of JPQC on UC. In vivo, we explored the effects of JPQC in a colitis model induced by dextran sulfate sodium. In vitro, we adopted the bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) as well as BMDMs co-cultured with Caco2 cells to verify the underlying mechanisms and effects of JPQC on UC under TNF-α stimulation. RESULTS Systems pharmacology revealed 170 targets for the 107 active ingredients of JPQC and 112 candidate targets of UC. Protein-protein interaction networks were established to identify the underlying therapeutic targets of JPQC on UC. Based on enrichment analyses, we proposed our hypothesis that JPQC might have a protective effect on UC via the NF-κB/HIF-1α signalling pathway. Subsequent experimental validation revealed that treatment with TNFα activated the NF-κB/HIF-1α signalling pathway in BMDMs, thereby damaging the epithelial barrier permeability in co-cultured Caco2 cells, while JPQC rescued this situation. The findings were also confirmed in a dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis model. CONCLUSION JPQC could improve the mucosal inflammatory response and intestinal epithelial barrier function via the NF-κB/HIF-1α signalling pathway, which provides new perspectives on the pharmaceutical development and clinical practice of TCM.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61673101,61973131,61733006,U1813201)the Science and Technology Project of Jilin Province(20210509053RQ)the Fourteenth Five Year Science Research Plan of Jilin Province(JJKH20220115KJ)。
文摘For a class of high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with input hysteresis,an adaptive consensus output-feedback quantized control scheme with full state constraints is investigated.The major properties of the proposed control scheme are:1)According to the different hysteresis input characteristics of each agent in the multi-agent system,a hysteresis quantization inverse compensator is designed to eliminate the influence of hysteresis characteristics on the system while ensuring that the quantized signal maintains the desired value.2)A barrier Lyapunov function is introduced for the first time in the hysteretic multi-agent system.By constructing state constraint control strategy for the hysteretic multi-agent system,it ensures that all the states of the system are always maintained within a predetermined range.3)The designed adaptive consensus output-feedback quantization control scheme allows the hysteretic system to have unknown parameters and unknown disturbance,and ensures that the input signal transmitted between agents is the quantization value,and the introduced quantizer is implemented under the condition that only its sector bound property is required.The stability analysis has proved that all signals of the closed-loop are semi-globally uniformly bounded.The Star Sim hardware-in-the-loop simulation certificates the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive quantized control scheme.
基金Project of cooperation between China and Canada, CIDA Project, No. CCHEP 282/19736
文摘Sedimentary successions and internal structure of the coastal barrier-lagoon system of Boao, eastern Hainan Island were studied through utilizing data from test holes and trenches and ground-penetrating-radar (GPR) profiles. During late Pleistocene, fluvial and delta plains developed over an unevenly eroded bedrock during low sea level stand, followed by the formation of littoral and lagoon facies and defined coastal barrier-lagoon-estuary system during the post-glacial uppermost Pleistocene-lower Holocene eustatic rise of the sea level, and the upper Holocene high stand. GPR results show that Yudaitan, a sandy coastal bar backed by a low-laying land (shoal) just east of the active lagoon, is a continuous, parallel and slightly-wavy reflectors indicating homogeneous sandy or sandy gravel sediments, and inclined reflectors partly caused by progradation and accumulation of beach sand and gravel. Quasi-continuous, hummocky and chaotic reflectors from the shoal of Nangang village correspond to mixed accumulation of sands and clay. This research indicates the GPR is a non-intrusive, rapid, and economical method for high-resolution profiling of subsurface sediments in sandy gravelly coast.
文摘Suppression of excessive inflammation can ameliorate blood brain barrier (BBB) injury, which shows therapeutic potential for clinical treatment of brain injury induced by stroke superimposed on systemic inflammatory diseases. In this study, we investigated whether and how clematichinenoside (AR), an anti-inflammatory triter- pene saponin, protects brain injury from stroke superimposed on systemic inflammation. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was intraperitoneally injected immediately after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats. Rat microvessel endothelial cells (rBMECs) were exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) coexisting with LPS. The results re- vealed that AR suppressed the excessive inflammation, restored BBB dysfunction, alleviated brain edema, de- lessened neurological dysfunction, and decreased infarct rate. Further study demon- creased neutrophil infiltration, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) , strated that the expression of nucleus nuclear factor kappa B (NF-KB), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 ( ICAM-1 ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interlukin-1β ( IL-1β) were suppressed by AR via zinc finger protein A20. Besides, AR increased in vitro BBB integrity through A20. In con- clusion, AR alleviated cerebral inflammatory injury through A20-NF-KB signal pathway, offering an alternative medication for stroke associated with systemic inflammatory diseases.
基金Key Basic Research of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee,China(No.11JC1400100)National Natural Science Foundations of China(Nos.51108070,51178093)+2 种基金Shanghai Pujiang Programmethe Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University,China(No.NCET-12-0826)Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities,China
文摘Synthetic dyes are substances that are relatively stable and difficult to degrade in wastewater treatment plants using normal physical,chemical or / and biological treatment. The present work explored the synergistic effect of non-thermal plasma( NTP) and biological wastewater treatment technologies on practical dye wastewater degradation by establishing a double dielectric barrier discharge( DDBD) system combined with a sequencing batch reactor( SBR) system. The biodegradation and degradation efficiency of the DDBD-SBR system was investigated. The investigation results indicated that the DDBD technology was effective in treating the practical dye wastewater as a pre-treatment process. After a 10-min treatment,although the total organic carbon( TOC) removal efficiency was not so significant, the decolouration and the biodegradation were improved greatly. The microbial toxicity test revealed that the sample after degradation became less toxic than the original dye,which demonstrated the treatment had a significant effect on the reduction of toxicity. In addition,the SBR technology remedied the defects of DDBD treatment and improved TOC removal efficiency noticeably. The hybrid DDBD-SBR system made full use of the advantages of the individual technologies and exhibited an efficient capability for practical dye wastewater treatment.
文摘Objective: To investigate the effects of adjuvant raw rhubarb enema therapy on systemic inflammatory stress response and intestinal mucosal barrier function in patients with severe pancreatitis. Methods: A total of 78 patients with severe pancreatitis treated in the Second People's Hospital of Neijiang, Sichuan, China between December 2016 and September 2018 were included in the study. The patients were divided into control group (n=39) and raw rhubarb group (n=39) by simple randomization. The control group of patients received conventional treatment of severe pancreatitis with western medicine, while the raw rhubarb group of patients received raw rhubarb enema on the basis of the treatment of control group, and the efficacy was evaluated after continuous treatment for 1 week. The differences in serum levels of inflammatory mediators (high mobility group protein B1, C-reactive protein, prostaglandin E2 and tumor necrosis factor α), stress hormones (cortisol and epinephrine) as well as intestinal mucosal barrier function indicators (D-lactate, endotoxin and diamine oxidase) were compared between the two groups of patients before and after treatment. Results: Before treatment, there was no statistically significant difference in serum levels of inflammatory mediators, stress hormones and intestinal mucosal barrier function indicators between the two groups (P>0.05). After treatment, serum high mobility group protein B1, C-reactive protein, prostaglandin E2 and tumor necrosis factor levels of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group;cortisol and epinephrine levels were significantly lower than those of the control group;D-lactate, endotoxin and diamine oxidase levels were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions:Adjuvant raw rhubarb enema therapy on the basis of western medicine can help alleviate the inflammatory stress response and optimize the intestinal mucosal barrier function in patients with severe pancreatitis.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11872305 and 11872307)the Excellent Doctorate Cultivating Foundation of Northwestern Polytechnical University,China
文摘The stationary response of viscoelastic dynamical system with the right unilateral nonzero offset barrier impacts subjected to stochastic excitations is investigated. First, the viscoelastic force is approximately treated as equivalent terms associated with effects. Then, the free vibro-impact(VI) system is absorbed to describe the periodic motion without impacts and quasi-periodic motion with impacts based upon the level of system energy. The stochastic averaging of energy envelope(SAEE) is adopted to seek the stationary probability density functions(PDFs). The detailed theoretical results for Van der Pol viscoelastic VI system with the right unilateral nonzero offset barrier are solved to demonstrate the important effects of the viscoelastic damping and nonzero rigid barrier impacts condition. Monte Carlo(MC) simulation is also performed to verify the reliability of the suggested approach. The stochastic P-bifurcation caused by certain system parameters is further explored. The variation of elastic modulus from negative to zero and then to positive witnesses the evolution process of stochastic P-bifurcation. From the vicinity of the common value to a wider range, the relaxation time induces the stochastic P-bifurcation in the two interval schemes.