Rebuilding motor function of the spinal cord based on functional electrical stimulation

Rebuilding the damaged motor function caused by spinal cord injury is one of the most serious challenges in clinical neuroscience.The function of the neural pathway under the damaged sites can be rebuilt using functional electrical stimulation technology.In this study,the locations of motor function sites in the lumbosacral spinal cord were determined with functional electrical stimulation technology.A three-dimensional map of the lumbosacral spinal cord comprising the relationship between the motor function sites and the corresponding muscle was drawn.Based on the individual experimental parameters and normalized coordinates of the motor function sites,the motor function sites that control a certain muscle were calculated.Phasing pulse sequences were delivered to the determined motor function sites in the spinal cord and hip extension,hip flexion,ankle plantarflexion,and ankle dorsiflexion movements were successfully achieved.The results show that the map of the spinal cord motor function sites was valid.This map can provide guidance for the selection of electrical stimulation sites during the rebuilding of motor function after spinal cord injury.

Restoration and Rebuilding of Forestry Ecological System in Heilongjiang Province

The study on restoration and rebuilding of forestry ecological system was conducted on Xianfeng Forestry Farm (N45° 03′, E129° 45′), in Yilan county, Heilongjiang province. One thousand hectare sample land was established. The research summarized the comprehensive technique measures: to managed virgin forests perfectly, to promote forest reforestation by artificial treatment, to restore the secondary forest with patch pattern; and to restorc and foster felling land on artificial forest by means of natural pattern or close hillside to facilitate afforestation. The results showed that forest ecosystem function and quality were restored and rebuilt during ten years by utilization of these technique measures.

Rebuilding of Traditional Riparian Spaces in Jiangnan:A Case Study of Conceptual Planning of Didang North Park in Shaoxing

Large-scale living spaces characterized with localization,nature,and vitality in Jiangnan area(Jiangnan refers to the southern regions of the Yangtze River) are gradually disappearing because of the extensive urbanization and modernization. In this paper,the suitable design method of riparian space is explored based on morphological features,composition principle,and spatial form of Jiangnan area,as well as the design philosophy of modern buildings. Besides,the conceptual planning of Didang Lake North Park in Shaoxing City is taken as a case study.

Evaluation System for Farmers' Satisfaction Degree in the Green Energy Saving Rebuilding of Rural Residence

In view of the present situation of measuring a green residence just by energy saving and environmental protection,we propose that we should build the rural residence more from the farmer's view and set up an evaluation system based on farmers satisfaction.A total of 16 factors affecting the farmers' satisfaction degree of green energy saving rebuilding of rural residence are selected.Questionnaire survey on 110 peasant households is carried out under different situations in Guanzhong region in Shaanxi Province,so as to obtain the importance score of evaluation index.During constructing the evaluation system for farmers' satisfaction degree,Factor Analysis Method is used to classify the related influencing factors.Subjective analysis of Analytic Hierarchy Process and the objective analysis of Factor Analysis Method are combined together to determine the weights of factors at different grades.Then,the final evaluation model is obtained,which provides guidance for the further green energy saving rebuilding of rural residence in China.

A-B 7300 CNC Machine Tool Rebuilding

This paper describes A-B 7300 CNC machine tool rebuilding, mainly in PAL and AMP utilization of C-type software. It includes PAL program locating and analyzing, AMP capturing etc. After setting PAL and AMP, the greater part of the electrical rebuilding has been accomplished.

THOUGHTS ON CONSTRUCTING THE DEMONSTRATING AREAS OF THE ECOLOGICAL REBUILDING AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN HEXI REGION

Based on the field investigations, this paper analyzes systematically the achievements and problems of constructing the demonstrating areas of the ecological rebuilding and economic sustainable development in Hexi, Gansu Province, and then the thoughts on constructing the demonstrating areas are brought forward. It is considered that all kinds of ecological demonstrating areas should be merged in order to construct large scale characterized demonstrating areas which go beyond the district. In other words, in Hexi Region, Zhangye District should be constructed as the largest ecoagriculture demonstrating area of high technology; Wuwei District should be constructed as the largest ecological demonstrating area of agricultural comprehensive exploitation; JiuJia District, which is the shortened form of Jiuquan and Jiayuguan, should be constructed as the largest ecotourism demonstrating area; and Jinchang City should be constructed as the largest ecoindustry demonstrating area. At the same time, the constructing pattern should be selected according to the actual circumstances; science and technology should be applied to construct the demonstrating areas and accelerate the industrialization in the big market. Additionally, it is important to smooth the constructing system and implement the flexible and efficacious running mechanism, and it is suggested that the committee should be organized to administer the ecological demonstrating areas in Hexi Region.

Seismic performance of buildings during 2011 Van earthquakes and rebuilding efforts

The October 23, 2011 M7.2 Tabanli - Van and November 9, 2011 M5.2 Edremit - Van earthquakes caused damage in a widespread area across the Van province in Turkey. The ground motions, the damage caused by these earthquakes and the recent progress related to recovery efforts are presented herein. First, the key properties of the recorded strong ground motions like spectral amplitudes and directionality are evaluated. The observed damage in the affected reinforced concrete and masonry structures are discussed. The set of common structural damage mechanisms （i.e., soft story failure, torsional response due to plan irregularity, short column failure, pull out failure, pounding） observed in the damaged buildings were identified. The relationship between the key structural properties and the extent of damage is investigated. The primary loss drivers across the region were identified to be the poor quality of workmanship and improper use of building materials. The results from the investigation suggest that a large portion of the loss could have been prevented if sufficient attention and care were given to the implementation of the design regulations and in particular to the construction practice. Lastly, the recent progress in the ongoing rebuildin~ activities is presented.

Influencing Factors and Path Choice of Rebuilding Rural Financial Supervision System

The necessity of rebuilding Chinese rural financial supervision system is expounded. Rebuilding rural financial supervision system is conducive to normalizing rural financial order and forming the benign competitive situation; to clarifying the role played by rural financial organization and providing better financial services for "three agriculture";to forming safe rural financial environment to promote the development of rural economy and national economy. The restricting factors of rebuilding Chinese rural financial supervision system are analyzed. The major reasons are that rural financial legislation is relatively backward and the supervision department lacks the necessary legal basis. The administrative supervision is insufficient, which lead to the mal-position, administrative offside and vacancy of rural financial supervision;rural financial organization mechanism is unreasonable and the internal supervision mechanism is relatively bad;supervision organization of rural financial industry is imperfect and the function is imperfect; public's supervision awareness is weak and social supervision mechanism develops slowly. The paths for rebuilding Chinese rural financial supervision system are put forward including accelerating rural financial legislation to provide perfect legal evidence for rural financial supervision system; clarifying the position on governmental functions and fully displaying the leading role of rural financial supervision; establishing specialized rural financial supervision organization to perfect its supervision functions; vigorously cultivating people's supervision awareness to promote the development of social supervision mechanism.

Rebuilding from Ruins

LESS than a month after two deadly explosions ripped through a warehouse in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, a municipality in north China, on August 12. schools in the area reopened on September 1.

Microelectronic neural bridge for signal regeneration and function rebuilding over two separate nerves

According to the feature of neural signals,a micro-electronic neural bridge（MENB）has been designed. It consists of two electrode arrays for neural signal detection and functional electrical stimulation（FES）,and a microelectronic circuit for signal amplifying,processing,and FES driving.The core of the system is realized in 0.5-μm CMOS technology and used in animal experiments.A special experimental strategy has been designed to demonstrate the feasibility of the system.With the help of the MENB,the withdrawal reflex function of the left/right leg of one spinal toad has been rebuilt in the corresponding leg of another spinal toad.According to the coherence analysis between the source and regenerated neural signals,the controlled spinal toad＇s sciatic nerve signal is delayed by 0.72 ms in relation to the sciatic nerve signal of the source spinal toad and the cross-correlation function reaches a value of 0.73.This shows that the regenerated signal is correlated with the source sciatic signal significantly and the neural activities involved in reflex function have been regenerated.The experiment demonstrates that the MENB is useful in rebuilding the neural function between nerves of different bodies.

Rebuilding the Chinese Soul:Some Considerations for Education

This paper tackles the issue of education as the process of person-making and attempts to redefine the ideal and unique Chinese person-the Chinese soul-based on a civilizational dialogue and synthesis that would transform modern education and enable education to play a central role in“redeeming modernity”and revitalizing Chinese civilization.The paper briefly analyzes the historical efforts,and failures,to reform the Chinese soul and argues that the 150-year effort to revitalize Chinese culture and transform the Chinese people by way of adopting certain aspects of Western civilization has mostly failed because a sufficiently coherent and meaningful synthesis of the two civilizations was lacking.

Rebuilding Confidence

Nominee for World Bank president Robert Zoellick is expected to open a new chapter in the scandal-infested organization’s

Rebuilding Families

Newborn babies provide a brighter outlook on life for couples who lost their only child in the earthquake Deng Li smiles when she talks about her daughter,Xu Mengyi,a lively and considerate girl who loved school and tackling household chores without parental nagging.

REBUILDING LIVES,REBUILDING TRUST

Ten years after the September 11 attacks, not all Americans feel safer Smiling patiently, John Jonas answers questions from a crowd of curious people. The story has been told and retold: Jonas, then Captain of Ladder Company 6,and his men were among the first to respond to the World Trade Center attack on September 11,

Economic Rebuilding

It has been three years since the sadly Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province swept the district,claiming nearly 70,000 lives,causing nearly 20,000 to go missing and leaving millions of people homeless.

Are Profits Good Reason for Rebuilding a Long-lost Kingdom?

An ancient Chinese kingdom largely lost over time may come alive again if the plans of a less developed county in Hunan Province are realized.Xinhuang County announced on October

Unraveling the reaction reversibility and structure stability of nickel sulfide anodes for lithium ion batteries

The electrochemical performance of lithium-ion batteries,i.e.specific capacity and cyclability,is primarily determined by chemical reversibility and structural stability of the electrodes in cycling.Here we have investigated the fundamental reaction behaviors of nickel sulfide(NixSy)as lithium-ion battery anodes by in-situ TEM.We find that Ni_(3)S_(2)is the electrochemically stable phase,which appears in the first cycle of the NixSyanode.From the second cycle,conversion between Ni_(3)S_(2)and Li_(2)S/Ni is the dominant electrochemical reaction.In lithiation,the NixSynanoparticles evolve into a mixture of Ni nanocrystals embedded in Li_(2)S matrix,which form a porous structure upon full lithiation,and with the recrystallization of the Ni_(3)S_(2)phase in delithiation,a compact and interconnected network is built.Structural stability in cycles is susceptible to particle size and substrate restraint.Carbon substrate can certainly improve the tolerance for size-dependent pulverization of NixSynanoparticles.When NixSynanoparticle exceeds the critical size value,the morphology of the particle is no longer well maintained even under the constraints of the carbon substrate.This work deepens the understanding of electrochemical reaction behavior of conversiontype materials and helps to rational design of high-energy density battery anodes.

Bliss

Happiness is a treasure that everyone is longing for. But what is happiness? How can we find the genuine happiness?This essay makes a discussion of this topic and gives us an opportunity to rethink happiness by analyzing the short story Bliss written by Katherine Mansfield.The essay is composed of four parts. The first part is an introduction of the topic. Chapter 1 makes a detailed discussion of what happiness is and states out the author's opinion. Chapter 2 starts with the brief account of Katherine Mansfield and her works. Then it analyzes Bliss by three stages- bliss awakening, bliss releasing and bliss searching at once, and bliss shattering and bliss rebuilding. The conclusion restates the author's point of view of what happiness is.

RESEARCH ON LASER RANGE SCANNING AND ITS APPLICATION

In this paper the development of the technology of the laser scanning is summarized.The principles of laser range scanning are introduced.Based on the laser scanning technology and methods,which are investigated by the authors to survey deposit volume,a surveying system is developed and a practical application is performed.It is shown that the laser_scanning technology has obvious advantages such as measurement precision,automation and visualization of observed data in comparison with the traditional methods.As a result,labor intensity is relieved obviously and work efficiency is promoted.