A highly sensitive light-induced thermoelectric spectroscopy(LITES)sensor based on a multi-pass cell(MPC)with dense spot pattern and a novel quartz tuning fork(QTF)with low resonance frequency is reported in this manu...A highly sensitive light-induced thermoelectric spectroscopy(LITES)sensor based on a multi-pass cell(MPC)with dense spot pattern and a novel quartz tuning fork(QTF)with low resonance frequency is reported in this manuscript.An erbi-um-doped fiber amplifier(EDFA)was employed to amplify the output optical power so that the signal level was further enhanced.The optical path length(OPL)and the ratio of optical path length to volume(RLV)of the MPC is 37.7 m and 13.8 cm^(-2),respectively.A commercial QTF and a self-designed trapezoidal-tip QTF with low frequency of 9461.83 Hz were used as the detectors of the sensor,respectively.The target gas selected to test the performance of the system was acetylene(C2H2).When the optical power was constant at 1000 mW,the minimum detection limit(MDL)of the C2H2-LITES sensor can be achieved 48.3 ppb when using the commercial QTF and 24.6 ppb when using the trapezoid-al-tip QTF.An improvement of the detection performance by a factor of 1.96 was achieved after replacing the commer-cial QTF with the trapezoidal-tip QTF.展开更多
The micro quartz crystal tuning fork gyroscope is a new type of vibratory gyroscope. The gyroscope should be analyzed and simulated early in the design stage in order to offer reliable basis for design and to shorten ...The micro quartz crystal tuning fork gyroscope is a new type of vibratory gyroscope. The gyroscope should be analyzed and simulated early in the design stage in order to offer reliable basis for design and to shorten the period of development. Thus the vibratory characteristics of the gyroscope is simulated with the finite element method of coupled field. The optimum exciting frequency and the factors which influence the gyroscope sensitivity are determined. The method for adjusting the frequency deviation between driving and detecting modes is also proposed.展开更多
AIM： To introduce and evaluate the efficacy and technical aspects of endoscopic submucosal dissection （ESD） using a novel device, the Fork knife. METHODS： From March 2004 to April 2008, ESD was performed on 265 ga...AIM： To introduce and evaluate the efficacy and technical aspects of endoscopic submucosal dissection （ESD） using a novel device, the Fork knife. METHODS： From March 2004 to April 2008, ESD was performed on 265 gastric lesions using a Fork knife （Endo FS） （group A） and on 72 gastric lesions using a Flexknife （group B） at a single tertiary referral center. We retrospectively compared the endoscopic characteristics of the tumors, pathological findings, and sizes of the resected specimens. We also compared the en b/oc resection rate, complete resection rate, complications, and procedure time between the two groups. RESULTS： The mean size of the resected specimens was 4.27 ± 1.26 cm in group A and 4.29 ± 1.48 cm in group B. The en b/oc resection rate was 95.8% （254/265 lesions） in group A and 93.1% （67/72） in group B. Complete ESD without tumor cell invasion of the resected margin was obtained in 81.1% （215/265） of group A and in 73.6% （53/72） of group B. The perforation rate was 0.8% （2/265） in group A and 1.4% （1/72） in group B. The mean procedure time was 59.63 ± 56.12 min in group A and 76.65 ± 70.75 min in group B （P 〈 0.05）. CONCLUSION： The Fork knife （Endo FS） is useful for clinical practice and has the advantage of reducing the procedure time.展开更多
We present the fabrication and testing of a silicon carbide （SiC） balanced mass doublended tuning fork that survives harsh environments without compromising the device strain sensitivity and resolution bandwidth. Th...We present the fabrication and testing of a silicon carbide （SiC） balanced mass doublended tuning fork that survives harsh environments without compromising the device strain sensitivity and resolution bandwidth. The device features a material stack that survives corrosive environments and enables high-temperature operation. To perform hightemperature testing, a specialized setup was constructed that allows the tuning fork to be characterized using traditional silicon electronics. The tuning fork has been operated at 600°C in the presence of dry steam for short durations. This tuning fork has also been tested to 64 000 G using a hard-launch, soft-catch shock implemented with a light gas gun. However, the device still has a strain sensitivity of 66 Hz/μe and strain resolution of 0. 045 μe in a 10 kHz bandwidth. As such, this balanced-mass double-ended tuning fork can be used to create a variety of different sensors including strain gauges, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and pressure transducers. Given the adaptable fabrication process flow, this device could be useful to micro-electro-mechanical systems （MEMS） designers creating sensors for a variety of different applications.展开更多
The forking problem plays a key role in the security issue,which is a major concern in the blockchain system.Although many works studied the attack strategy,consensus mechanism,privacy-protecting and security performa...The forking problem plays a key role in the security issue,which is a major concern in the blockchain system.Although many works studied the attack strategy,consensus mechanism,privacy-protecting and security performance analysis,most of them only address the intentional forking caused by a malicious attacker.In fact,without any attacker,unintentional forking still remains due to transmission delay and failure,especially in wireless network scenarios.To this end,this paper investigates the reason for generating unintentional forking and derives the forking probability expression in Wireless Blockchain Networks(WBN).Furthermore,in order to illustrate the unintentional forking on the blockchain system,the performances in terms of resource utilization rate,block generation time,and Transaction Per Second(TPS)are investigated.The numerical results show that the target difficulty of hash algorithm in generating a new block,the delay time of broadcasting,the network scale,and the transmission failure probability would affect the unintentional forking probability significantly,which can provide a reliable basis for avoiding forking to save resource consumption and improving system performance.展开更多
BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer(GBC)is an aggressive type of biliary tract cancer that lacks effective therapeutic targets.Fork head box M1(FoxM1)is an emerging molecular target associated with tumor progression in GBC,...BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer(GBC)is an aggressive type of biliary tract cancer that lacks effective therapeutic targets.Fork head box M1(FoxM1)is an emerging molecular target associated with tumor progression in GBC,and accumulating evidence suggests that vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)promotes various tumors by inducing neoangiogenesis.AIM To investigate the role of FoxM1 and the angiogenesis effects of VEGF-A in primary GBC.METHODS Using immunohistochemistry,we investigated FoxM1 and VEGF-A expression in GBC tissues,paracarcinoma tissues and cholecystitis tissues.Soft agar,cell invasion,migration and apoptosis assays were used to analyze the malignant phenotype influenced by FoxM1 in GBC.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of FoxM1 and VEGF-A expression in GBC patients.We investigated the relationship between FoxM1 and VEGF-A by regulating the level of FoxM1.Next,we performed MTT assays and Transwell invasion assays by knocking out or overexpressing VEGF-A to evaluate its function in GBC cells.The luciferase assay was used to reveal the relationship between FoxM1 and VEGF-A.BALB/c nude mice were used to establish the xenograft tumor model.RESULTS FoxM1 expression was higher in GBC tissues than in paracarcinoma tissues.Furthermore,the high expression of Foxm1 in GBC was significantly correlated with a malignant phenotype and worse overall survival.Meanwhile,high expression of FoxM1 influenced angiogenesis;high expression of FoxM1 combined with high expression of VEGF-A was related to poor prognosis.Attenuated FoxM1 significantly suppressed cell proliferation,transfer and invasion in vitro.Knockdown of FoxM1 in GBC cells reduced the expression of VEGF-A.Luciferase assay showed that FoxM1 was the transcription factor of VEGF-A,and knockdown VEGF-A in FoxM1 overexpressed cells could partly reverse the malignancy phenotype of GBC cells.In this study,we found that FoxM1 was involved in regulation of VEGF-A expression.CONCLUSION FoxM1 and VEGF-A overexpression were associated with the prognosis of GBC patients.FoxM1 regulated VEGF-A expression,which played an important role in the progression of GBC.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62335006,62022032,62275065,and 61875047)Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Acquisition and Manipulation(Anhui University),Ministry of Education(Grant No.OEIAM202202)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.HIT.OCEF.2023011).
文摘A highly sensitive light-induced thermoelectric spectroscopy(LITES)sensor based on a multi-pass cell(MPC)with dense spot pattern and a novel quartz tuning fork(QTF)with low resonance frequency is reported in this manuscript.An erbi-um-doped fiber amplifier(EDFA)was employed to amplify the output optical power so that the signal level was further enhanced.The optical path length(OPL)and the ratio of optical path length to volume(RLV)of the MPC is 37.7 m and 13.8 cm^(-2),respectively.A commercial QTF and a self-designed trapezoidal-tip QTF with low frequency of 9461.83 Hz were used as the detectors of the sensor,respectively.The target gas selected to test the performance of the system was acetylene(C2H2).When the optical power was constant at 1000 mW,the minimum detection limit(MDL)of the C2H2-LITES sensor can be achieved 48.3 ppb when using the commercial QTF and 24.6 ppb when using the trapezoid-al-tip QTF.An improvement of the detection performance by a factor of 1.96 was achieved after replacing the commer-cial QTF with the trapezoidal-tip QTF.
文摘The micro quartz crystal tuning fork gyroscope is a new type of vibratory gyroscope. The gyroscope should be analyzed and simulated early in the design stage in order to offer reliable basis for design and to shorten the period of development. Thus the vibratory characteristics of the gyroscope is simulated with the finite element method of coupled field. The optimum exciting frequency and the factors which influence the gyroscope sensitivity are determined. The method for adjusting the frequency deviation between driving and detecting modes is also proposed.
文摘AIM： To introduce and evaluate the efficacy and technical aspects of endoscopic submucosal dissection （ESD） using a novel device, the Fork knife. METHODS： From March 2004 to April 2008, ESD was performed on 265 gastric lesions using a Fork knife （Endo FS） （group A） and on 72 gastric lesions using a Flexknife （group B） at a single tertiary referral center. We retrospectively compared the endoscopic characteristics of the tumors, pathological findings, and sizes of the resected specimens. We also compared the en b/oc resection rate, complete resection rate, complications, and procedure time between the two groups. RESULTS： The mean size of the resected specimens was 4.27 ± 1.26 cm in group A and 4.29 ± 1.48 cm in group B. The en b/oc resection rate was 95.8% （254/265 lesions） in group A and 93.1% （67/72） in group B. Complete ESD without tumor cell invasion of the resected margin was obtained in 81.1% （215/265） of group A and in 73.6% （53/72） of group B. The perforation rate was 0.8% （2/265） in group A and 1.4% （1/72） in group B. The mean procedure time was 59.63 ± 56.12 min in group A and 76.65 ± 70.75 min in group B （P 〈 0.05）. CONCLUSION： The Fork knife （Endo FS） is useful for clinical practice and has the advantage of reducing the procedure time.
文摘We present the fabrication and testing of a silicon carbide （SiC） balanced mass doublended tuning fork that survives harsh environments without compromising the device strain sensitivity and resolution bandwidth. The device features a material stack that survives corrosive environments and enables high-temperature operation. To perform hightemperature testing, a specialized setup was constructed that allows the tuning fork to be characterized using traditional silicon electronics. The tuning fork has been operated at 600°C in the presence of dry steam for short durations. This tuning fork has also been tested to 64 000 G using a hard-launch, soft-catch shock implemented with a light gas gun. However, the device still has a strain sensitivity of 66 Hz/μe and strain resolution of 0. 045 μe in a 10 kHz bandwidth. As such, this balanced-mass double-ended tuning fork can be used to create a variety of different sensors including strain gauges, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and pressure transducers. Given the adaptable fabrication process flow, this device could be useful to micro-electro-mechanical systems （MEMS） designers creating sensors for a variety of different applications.
基金This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61701059,Grant 61941114,and Grant 61831002in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of New Teachers Project,in part by the Basic and Advanced Research Projects of CSTC(No.cstc2019jcyj-zdxmX0008)+2 种基金in part by the Chongqing Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Support Program(CSTCCXLJR-C201710,and CSTCCXLJRC201908)in part by Chongqing Technological Innovation and Application Development Projects(cstc2019jscx-msxm1322)in part by the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission(Grant No.KJZD-K201900605).
文摘The forking problem plays a key role in the security issue,which is a major concern in the blockchain system.Although many works studied the attack strategy,consensus mechanism,privacy-protecting and security performance analysis,most of them only address the intentional forking caused by a malicious attacker.In fact,without any attacker,unintentional forking still remains due to transmission delay and failure,especially in wireless network scenarios.To this end,this paper investigates the reason for generating unintentional forking and derives the forking probability expression in Wireless Blockchain Networks(WBN).Furthermore,in order to illustrate the unintentional forking on the blockchain system,the performances in terms of resource utilization rate,block generation time,and Transaction Per Second(TPS)are investigated.The numerical results show that the target difficulty of hash algorithm in generating a new block,the delay time of broadcasting,the network scale,and the transmission failure probability would affect the unintentional forking probability significantly,which can provide a reliable basis for avoiding forking to save resource consumption and improving system performance.
基金Scientific and Technological Development Research Project Foundation of Shaanxi Province of China,No.2020SF-069.
文摘BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer(GBC)is an aggressive type of biliary tract cancer that lacks effective therapeutic targets.Fork head box M1(FoxM1)is an emerging molecular target associated with tumor progression in GBC,and accumulating evidence suggests that vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)promotes various tumors by inducing neoangiogenesis.AIM To investigate the role of FoxM1 and the angiogenesis effects of VEGF-A in primary GBC.METHODS Using immunohistochemistry,we investigated FoxM1 and VEGF-A expression in GBC tissues,paracarcinoma tissues and cholecystitis tissues.Soft agar,cell invasion,migration and apoptosis assays were used to analyze the malignant phenotype influenced by FoxM1 in GBC.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of FoxM1 and VEGF-A expression in GBC patients.We investigated the relationship between FoxM1 and VEGF-A by regulating the level of FoxM1.Next,we performed MTT assays and Transwell invasion assays by knocking out or overexpressing VEGF-A to evaluate its function in GBC cells.The luciferase assay was used to reveal the relationship between FoxM1 and VEGF-A.BALB/c nude mice were used to establish the xenograft tumor model.RESULTS FoxM1 expression was higher in GBC tissues than in paracarcinoma tissues.Furthermore,the high expression of Foxm1 in GBC was significantly correlated with a malignant phenotype and worse overall survival.Meanwhile,high expression of FoxM1 influenced angiogenesis;high expression of FoxM1 combined with high expression of VEGF-A was related to poor prognosis.Attenuated FoxM1 significantly suppressed cell proliferation,transfer and invasion in vitro.Knockdown of FoxM1 in GBC cells reduced the expression of VEGF-A.Luciferase assay showed that FoxM1 was the transcription factor of VEGF-A,and knockdown VEGF-A in FoxM1 overexpressed cells could partly reverse the malignancy phenotype of GBC cells.In this study,we found that FoxM1 was involved in regulation of VEGF-A expression.CONCLUSION FoxM1 and VEGF-A overexpression were associated with the prognosis of GBC patients.FoxM1 regulated VEGF-A expression,which played an important role in the progression of GBC.
