Background: Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are linked to brain insulin resistance and oxidative stress. However, the role of thiamine deficiency as a distinct or additive fa...Background: Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are linked to brain insulin resistance and oxidative stress. However, the role of thiamine deficiency as a distinct or additive factor in the pathogenesis of the neurodevelopmental and metabolic derangements in FASD has not been determined. Methods: Control and ethanol-exposed human PNET2 cerebellar neuronal cells and rat cerebellar slice cultures were treated with vehicle or pyrithiamine (Pyr) to assess independent and additive effects of thiamine deficiency on ethanol-mediated neurotoxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, inhibition of neuronal and glial genes, and oxidative stress. Results: Pyr treatments (0 - 200 µM) caused dose-dependent cell loss (Crystal Violet assay) and reduced mitochondrial function (MTT assay) in PNET2 neuronal cultures. Ethanol alone (100 mM) significantly reduced PNET2 neuronal viability, MTT activity, and ATP production. Over the broad dose range of Pyr treatment, ethanol significantly reduced ATP content and cell number and increased mitochondrial mass (MitoTracker Green). Ex vivo cerebellar slice culture studies revealed ethanol-induced developmental architectural disruption that was substantially worsened by Pyr. The adverse effects of ethanol were linked to increased lipid peroxidation and inhibition of asparatyl-asparaginyl-β-hydroxylase (ASPH) expression. The independent and additive effects of Pyr were associated with increased cytotoxicity, lipid peroxidation, Caspase 3 activation, and Tau accumulation. Conclusions: During development, alcohol exposure and thiamine deficiency exert distinct but overlapping molecular pathologies that ultimately impair the structure and function of cerebellar neurons. While both insults drive cell loss and mitochondrial dysfunction with increased lipid peroxidation, ethanol’s additional inhibitory effects on ASPH reflect impairments in insulin and IGF signaling. In contrast, Pyr’s main adverse effects were likely due to neurotoxicity and the activation of apoptosis cascades. The findings suggest that FASD severity may be reduced by thiamine supplementation, but without additional support for insulin/IGF signaling networks, FASD would not be prevented.展开更多
Complex third-order cumulant has different definition forms. Different forms have different coupling properties, and the generated complex cumulants slices contain different coupling information of signals. In experim...Complex third-order cumulant has different definition forms. Different forms have different coupling properties, and the generated complex cumulants slices contain different coupling information of signals. In experiments, using the different definitions, the same coupling method is applied to both specific fault signals and normal signals. Furthermore, complex third-order cumulant slices spectrum is defined, and it is used to analyse the coupling features of normal signals and fault signals. Experiments indicate that the detection accuracy rate on the same fault is not the same with the different coupling method, thus, it provides an alternative method to diagnose the specific fault.展开更多
Performance of traditional adaptive line enhancer （ALE） in suppressing Gaussian noise is low and can get worse at low input signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）. For greatly overcoming these disadvantages, feature of fourth...Performance of traditional adaptive line enhancer （ALE） in suppressing Gaussian noise is low and can get worse at low input signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）. For greatly overcoming these disadvantages, feature of fourth-order cumulant （FOC） different slices for quasi-stationary random process is analyzed, fourth order cumulant（FOC） different slice-based adaptive dynamic line enhancer is presented, and output SNR of the proposed enhancer is derived and bigger than that of the ALE via theoretical analysis. Simulation tests with the underwater moving target-radiated data have shown that the proposed enhancer outperforms the ALE in suppressing Gaussian noise and enhancing dynamic line spectrum feature.展开更多
In order to study the mechanism of irradiation-induced damage ofbotanic samples caused by low energy heavy ions, transmission energy spectrum mea-surement was performed. Kidney bean slice samples 100μm in thickness w...In order to study the mechanism of irradiation-induced damage ofbotanic samples caused by low energy heavy ions, transmission energy spectrum mea-surement was performed. Kidney bean slice samples 100μm in thickness were irradi-ated by 50 kev N+ ions. The irradiation beam current density was about 30μA/cm2,and the irradiation ion doses were 1×1015, 1×1016, 3×1016 and 1×1017 ions@cm-2,respectively. A target set up that could greatly reduce the incident ion current densitywas designed to achieve the damage-free measurement. The 3.2 MeV H+ transmittedion energy spectrum measurement was carried out before and after the irradiation.From the transmission ion energy spectrum, it was found that the kidney bean sliceitself was structurally inhomogeneous compared with the PET films (C10HsO4). Ourresults indicated that the average mass thickness changed little when the N+ iondose was below 3×1016 ions.cm-2, but changed obviously whcn ion dose was beyond3×1016 ions.cm-2.展开更多
为研究胡萝卜切片在干燥过程中内部水分变化的特征,采用电热恒温干燥箱在40、50、60、70和80℃的条件下对胡萝卜切片进行热风干燥试验,应用低场核磁共振(low field nuclear magnetic resonance,LF-NMR)的横向弛豫时间(T2)反演谱分析胡...为研究胡萝卜切片在干燥过程中内部水分变化的特征,采用电热恒温干燥箱在40、50、60、70和80℃的条件下对胡萝卜切片进行热风干燥试验,应用低场核磁共振(low field nuclear magnetic resonance,LF-NMR)的横向弛豫时间(T2)反演谱分析胡萝卜切片在干燥过程中内部水分的变化。试验结果表明:干燥过程改变了胡萝卜样品中水的结合状态,自由度高的水分向自由度低的迁移;随着干燥温度升高,干燥速率加快,但温度为80℃时,由于物料表面结壳阻碍了水分的外迁从而影响干燥速率。试验数据为果疏变温联合干燥工艺和干燥转换点的确定提供参考。展开更多
文摘Background: Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are linked to brain insulin resistance and oxidative stress. However, the role of thiamine deficiency as a distinct or additive factor in the pathogenesis of the neurodevelopmental and metabolic derangements in FASD has not been determined. Methods: Control and ethanol-exposed human PNET2 cerebellar neuronal cells and rat cerebellar slice cultures were treated with vehicle or pyrithiamine (Pyr) to assess independent and additive effects of thiamine deficiency on ethanol-mediated neurotoxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, inhibition of neuronal and glial genes, and oxidative stress. Results: Pyr treatments (0 - 200 µM) caused dose-dependent cell loss (Crystal Violet assay) and reduced mitochondrial function (MTT assay) in PNET2 neuronal cultures. Ethanol alone (100 mM) significantly reduced PNET2 neuronal viability, MTT activity, and ATP production. Over the broad dose range of Pyr treatment, ethanol significantly reduced ATP content and cell number and increased mitochondrial mass (MitoTracker Green). Ex vivo cerebellar slice culture studies revealed ethanol-induced developmental architectural disruption that was substantially worsened by Pyr. The adverse effects of ethanol were linked to increased lipid peroxidation and inhibition of asparatyl-asparaginyl-β-hydroxylase (ASPH) expression. The independent and additive effects of Pyr were associated with increased cytotoxicity, lipid peroxidation, Caspase 3 activation, and Tau accumulation. Conclusions: During development, alcohol exposure and thiamine deficiency exert distinct but overlapping molecular pathologies that ultimately impair the structure and function of cerebellar neurons. While both insults drive cell loss and mitochondrial dysfunction with increased lipid peroxidation, ethanol’s additional inhibitory effects on ASPH reflect impairments in insulin and IGF signaling. In contrast, Pyr’s main adverse effects were likely due to neurotoxicity and the activation of apoptosis cascades. The findings suggest that FASD severity may be reduced by thiamine supplementation, but without additional support for insulin/IGF signaling networks, FASD would not be prevented.
文摘Complex third-order cumulant has different definition forms. Different forms have different coupling properties, and the generated complex cumulants slices contain different coupling information of signals. In experiments, using the different definitions, the same coupling method is applied to both specific fault signals and normal signals. Furthermore, complex third-order cumulant slices spectrum is defined, and it is used to analyse the coupling features of normal signals and fault signals. Experiments indicate that the detection accuracy rate on the same fault is not the same with the different coupling method, thus, it provides an alternative method to diagnose the specific fault.
文摘Performance of traditional adaptive line enhancer （ALE） in suppressing Gaussian noise is low and can get worse at low input signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）. For greatly overcoming these disadvantages, feature of fourth-order cumulant （FOC） different slices for quasi-stationary random process is analyzed, fourth order cumulant（FOC） different slice-based adaptive dynamic line enhancer is presented, and output SNR of the proposed enhancer is derived and bigger than that of the ALE via theoretical analysis. Simulation tests with the underwater moving target-radiated data have shown that the proposed enhancer outperforms the ALE in suppressing Gaussian noise and enhancing dynamic line spectrum feature.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.19675004 and No.19890300)
文摘In order to study the mechanism of irradiation-induced damage ofbotanic samples caused by low energy heavy ions, transmission energy spectrum mea-surement was performed. Kidney bean slice samples 100μm in thickness were irradi-ated by 50 kev N+ ions. The irradiation beam current density was about 30μA/cm2,and the irradiation ion doses were 1×1015, 1×1016, 3×1016 and 1×1017 ions@cm-2,respectively. A target set up that could greatly reduce the incident ion current densitywas designed to achieve the damage-free measurement. The 3.2 MeV H+ transmittedion energy spectrum measurement was carried out before and after the irradiation.From the transmission ion energy spectrum, it was found that the kidney bean sliceitself was structurally inhomogeneous compared with the PET films (C10HsO4). Ourresults indicated that the average mass thickness changed little when the N+ iondose was below 3×1016 ions.cm-2, but changed obviously whcn ion dose was beyond3×1016 ions.cm-2.
文摘为研究胡萝卜切片在干燥过程中内部水分变化的特征,采用电热恒温干燥箱在40、50、60、70和80℃的条件下对胡萝卜切片进行热风干燥试验,应用低场核磁共振(low field nuclear magnetic resonance,LF-NMR)的横向弛豫时间(T2)反演谱分析胡萝卜切片在干燥过程中内部水分的变化。试验结果表明:干燥过程改变了胡萝卜样品中水的结合状态,自由度高的水分向自由度低的迁移;随着干燥温度升高,干燥速率加快,但温度为80℃时,由于物料表面结壳阻碍了水分的外迁从而影响干燥速率。试验数据为果疏变温联合干燥工艺和干燥转换点的确定提供参考。
