简介:UsingMassonpineasspecimens,whendryingmediumsareoverheatedsteamandhot-airrespectively,preheatingcharacteristicsofwoodundervacuum-floatingpressuredryingarediscussedbymeasurementofinternaltemperaturefieldandvariationofmoisturecontentduringperiodofpreheating.Therelationshipbetweendryingmediumconditionsanddryingrateofwoodrevealsthat,firstly,comparedwithprocessofair-drying,timeneededtobepreheatedundervacuum-floatingdecreaseddramatically,meanwhile,themagnitudeofcondensationonthesurfaceisrelativelylarger.Secondly,dryingrateofwoodundervacuum-floatingpressureincreasescoupledwithtemperatureofmedium,reductionofabsolutepressure,andraiseoffluctuationrateofpressure.Thesequenceoffactorscontributiontodryingrateislistedasfollowing:temperatureofmedium(t)>fluctuationrateofpressure(f)>absolutepressure(p).
简介:BackgroundStudieshaveshownthatmiRNA-155playedanimportantroleintheprocessofdevelopmentofhypertension.However,thereisnodateaboutmiRNA-155andbloodpressuremonitoringparameters.Therefore,weexaminedwhetherinhypertensivepatientstheexpressionlevelofplasmamiRNA-155relatedto24-hambulatorybloodpressuremonitoring(ABPM)parameters.MethodsAcohortofadultpatientsscheduledtoreceivephysicalexamination,officeandambulatorybloodpressuremonitoring.Quantitativereversetranscriptasepolymerasechainreaction(qRT-PCR)wasusedtoevaluatetheexpressionofselectedmiRNA-155.ThemiRNA-155expressionlevelcorrelationbetweenbloodpressureparameterswasassessedusingtheSpearmancorrelationcoefficient.ResultsFiftyfouressentialhypertensionpatients(25men;meanage,53.28±9.52years)andthirtyhealthyvolunteers(15men;meanage,53.03±5.87years)wereincluded.WeobservedhigherexpressionlevelofmiRNA-155(32.31±2.85vs27.21±1.59,P<0.001)inhypertensivepatientscomparedtohealthycontrolindividuals.MiRNA-155expressionlevelshowedsignificantpositivecorrelationwith24hDaytimeSBP(r=0.681,P<0.001),24hDaytimeDBP(r=0.473,P<0.001),24hDaytimePP(r=0.565,P<0.001)anddipping(r=0.257,P=0.018),respectively.ConclusionsOurstudyshowedthatmiRNA-155expressionlevelwasassociatedpositivelywithdaytimebloodpressuremonitoringparameters,aswellasbloodpressurevariability,indicatingapossibleimplicationofmiRNA-155inthepathogenesisofhypertension.
简介:AbstractObjective:This article aimed to compare the peripheral blood flow intensity (BFI) in the maternal right and left kidney in uncomplicated third trimester pregnancies and to study possible associations between parenchymal BFI in the kidneys and maternal, labor and new-born characteristics.Methods:We conducted a prospective cohort study in third trimester pregnancies at Trondheim University Hospital, Norway, from January to April 2018. The BFI in the maternal kidneys was examined with color Doppler ultrasound and the peripheral BFI was calculated using the Pixel Flux-method which is a method based on pixel wise calculation of color in an image. Velocity was coded by the color bar in the ultrasound device. The peripheral BFI was calculated as the product of velocity and area encoded by all colored pixels divided by all pixels within the cortical layer by a software examining the color in each pixel of a standardized region of interest of the renal parenchyma in video-clips through a complete heart cycle. BFI (cm/s) was thus calculated as follows:The primary outcome measure was peripheral BFI in the renal cortex. We also examined associations between BFI in the entire cortex with maternal age, body mass index, blood pressure, pH in the umbilical artery, Apgar score after 5 minutes and birthweight.Results:In all, 51 pregnant women were included in the study, but 17 were excluded, mainly due to movement artifacts from the pulsating aorta, leaving 34 women in the final study population. We found significantly lower BFI in the cortex of the left kidney compared with the right kidney, 0.37 cm/s versus 0.69 cm/s, respectively (P = 0.04). Dividing into regions, the BFI was significantly lower in the proximal 25% of the left renal cortex compared to the corresponding right side (P= 0.01), and in the proximal 50% cortex (P= 0.02), but the differences were not significantly different in the distal 25% (P= 0.06) or in the distal 50% (P= 0.20) of the renal cortex.We observed a significant negative correlation between peripheral BFI in the left kidney and both systolic blood pressure (r = -0.38; P= 0.03) and diastolic blood pressure (r= -0.36; P= 0.04), and no significant correlations between BFI with maternal age, body mass index, blood pressure, pH in the umbilical artery, Apgar score after 5 minutes and birthweight in the left kidney (P > 0.05). We did not observe any significant correlations between BFI in the right kidney and maternal or new-born characteristics (P > 0.05).Conclusion:The BFI in the left renal cortex was lower compared with the right renal cortex, and BFI in the left renal cortex was negatively correlated with blood pressure, but not significantly correlated with maternal age, body mass index or newborn characteristics. We did not observe any significant correlations between BFI in the right kidney and maternal or new-born characteristics.
简介:AIM:Todeterminethecorrelationbetweenthehepaticvenouspressuregradientandtheendoscopicgradeofesophagealvarices.METHODS:FromSeptember2009toMarch2013,atotalof176measurementsofhepaticvenouspressuregradient(HVPG)weredonein146patients.EachtransjugularHVPGwasmeasuredtwice,firstusinganendwholecatheter(EH-HVPG),andthenusingaballooncatheter(B-HVPG).TheHVPGwascomparedwiththeendoscopicgradeofesophagealvarices(accordingtothegeneralrulesforrecordingendoscopicfindingsofesophagogastricvarices),whichwasrecordedwithinamonthofthemeasurementofHVPG.RESULTS:Thestudyincluded110menand36women,withameanageof56.1years(range,43-76years).Thetechnicalsuccessrateofthepressuremeasurementswas100%andtherewerenocomplicationrelatedtotheprocedures.MeanHVPGwas15.3mmHgasmeasuredusingtheendholecathetermethodand16.5mmHgasmeasuredusingtheballooncathetermethod.MeanHVPG(bothEHHVPGandB-HVPG)wasnotsignificantlydifferentamongpatientswithdifferentcharacteristics,includingsexandcomorbidfactors,exceptforcaseswithhepatocellularcarcinoma(B-HVPG,P=0.01;EH-HVPG,P=0.02).Portalhypertension(>12mmHgHVPG)occurredin66%ofpatientsaccordingtoEH-HVPGand83%ofpatientsaccordingtoB-HVGP,andsignificantlycorrelatedwithChild’sstatus(B-HVPG,P<0.000;EHHVGP,P<0.000)andesophagealvariesobserveduponendoscopy(EH-HVGP,P=0.003;B-HVGP,P=0.006).Onehundredandthirty-fiveendoscopieswereperformed,ofwhich15showednormalfindings,27showedgrade1endoscopicesophagealvarices,49showedgrade2varices,and44showedgrade3varices.WhencomparingendoscopicesophagealvaricealgradesandHVPGusingunivariateanalysis,thePvaluewas0.004forEH-HVPGand0.002forB-HVPG.CONCLUSION:BothEH-HVPGandB-HVPGshowedapositivecorrelationwiththeendoscopicgradeofesophagealvarices,withB-HVPGshowingastrongercorrelationthanEH-HVPG.
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简介:ElasticconstantsofNaandLimetalsarecalculatedsuccessfullyfortemperaturesupto350Kandpressuresupto30GPausingaschemewithoutinvolvinganyadjustableparameter.Elasticconstantsareassumedtodependonlyonaneffectivepairpotentialthatisonlydeterminedbytheaverageinteratomicdistance.Temperaturehasaneffectonelasticconstantsbywayofchargingtheequilibrium.Theelasticconstantscanbeobtainedbyfittingtherelationshipbetweentotalenergyandstraintensorusingthenewsetoflatticeparametersobtainedbycalculatingdisplacementofatomsatthefinitetemperatureandatafixedpressure.Therelationshipbetweentheeffectivepairpotentialandtheinteratiomicdistanceisfittedbyusingaseriesofdataofcohesiveenergycorrespondingtolatticeparameters.
简介:Anilineisatoxicwaterpollutantdetectedindrinkingwaterandsurfacewater,andthischemicalisharmfultobothhumanandaquaticlife.Adielectricbarrierdischarge(DBD)reactorwasdesignedinthisstudytoinvestigatethetreatmentofanilineinaqueoussolution.Dischargecharacteristicswereassessedbymeasuringvoltageandcurrentwaveforms,capturinglightemissionimages,andobtainingopticalemissionspectra.Theeffectsofseveralparameterswereanalyzed,includingtreatmentdistance,dischargepower,DBDtreatmenttime,initialpHofanilinesolutions,andadditionofsodiumcarbonateandhydrogenperoxidetothetreatment.Anilinedegradationincreasedwithincreasingdischargepower.Underthesameconditions,higherdegradationwasobtainedatatreatmentdistanceof0mmthanatothertreatmentdistances.Atadischargepowerof21.5W,84.32%ofanilinewasremovedafter10minofDBDtreatment.InitialpHsignificantlyinfluencedanilinedegradation.Addingacertaindosageofsodiumcarbonateandhydrogenperoxidetothewastewatercanacceleratethedegradationrateofaniline.PossibledegradationpathwaysofanilinebyDBDplasmaswereproposedbasedontheanalyticaldataofGC/MSandTOC.
简介:Alaskapollockisanimportantproteinsourcewhichisextensivelyusedinthefoodindustry.Pollockproteinisolates(PPI)withsignificantlyenrichedproteincontentscouldbepreparedusingisoelectricsolubilization/precipitation(ISP)processing;however,thefunctionalpropertiesofthisprocessislimitedbythelargeamountofwater-insolubleproteins.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatedtheinfluenceofhighhydrostaticpressure(HHP)treatmentonthesolubilityandstructuralchangesofPPI.PPIobtainedusingISPistreatedwithhydrostaticpressuresof200,300,400,and500MPaforupto15min,andtheHHP-treatedsampleswereobservedtoexhibitsignificantlyimprovedsolubilities.FurtherbiochemicalassaysrevealthatthecontinuousHHPtreatmentsreducethecontentsoffreesulfhydrylgroupsandpromotetheformationofmacromoleculeswithbetterwatersolubilities,whichmayinducethesolubilityimprovementsoftheHHP-treatedPPI.OurresultsindicatethatHHPcanbeutilizedtoeffectivelypreparehighlywater-solubleAlaskapollockproteininfoodprocessing.
简介:Thedissolutionkineticsofvanadiumtrioxideinsulphuricacid-oxygenmediumwasexamined.Itwasdeterminedthattheconcentrationofsulphuricacidandstirringspeedabove800rmin1didnotsignificantlyaffectvanadiumextraction.Thedissolutionrateincreasedwithincreasingtemperatureandoxygenpartialpressure,butdecreasedwithincreasingparticlesize.Thedissolutionkineticswascontrolledbythechemicalreactionatthesurfacewiththeestimatedactivationenergyof43.46kJ·mol-1.Thel...
简介:Toothextractionwasperformedin60casesunderdigitalacupointpressureanes-thesiawitharemarkablecurativeeffect.Thecurativeeffectwashigherforlooseteeth.Theeffectiveratewas100%.Thetoothextractionunderdigitalacupointpressureanesthesiahasmanyadvantages.Toothextractioncanbeperformedonlybypressingacertainacupointwithsafety,convenienceande-conomy.Themethodavoidsthesideeffectsofnarcoticandreducesthepatient’sfearofaninjectionofnarcotic.
简介:城市的碳脚印在城市的环境上反映人的活动的影响和压力。基于城市水平,这份报纸估计了碳排出物和南京城市,分析的城市的碳脚印紧张和碳周期压力的碳脚印并且通过LMDI讨论了碳脚印的影响因素分解模型。主要结论如下:(1)自从2000,南京的全部的碳排出物很快增加了,在哪个从石块精力的使用的碳排放最大。同时,自从2000,南京的碳水池介绍了一个衰退趋势,它引起了碳赔偿率的减少和城市的碳周期压力的增加。(2)自从2000,很快增加的南京的全部的碳脚印,和碳赤字是超过十次在2009的南京的全部的陆地区域,它意味着南京面对了高碳周期压力。(3)通常,南京的碳脚印紧张在减少上,碳脚印生产率在增加以后。这显示自从2000,南京的精力利用率和碳效率被改进,并且为精力保存的政策和南京管理拿的排放减小收到了更好的效果。(4)经济开发,人口和工业结构为南京的碳脚印的增加正在支持因素,当工业碳脚印紧张是禁止的因素时。(5)几项反措施应该被花城市的碳脚印到减少并且减轻碳周期压力,例如:精力效率,工业结构重建,造林和环境保护和陆地使用控制的改进。通常,到低碳的经济的转变是必要的让中国城市以后认识到持续开发。
简介:Thereisawidespreadinterestinleadtelluride(PbTe)asagoodthermoelectricmaterial.WereportthetemperaturedependenceofthermopowerS(T)andresistanceR(T)forPbTeatthedifferentpressuresoffrom1.8GPato5GPaobtainedbyusingthecubicanvilhighpressureapparatus.Withincreasingpressure,R(T)andS(T)decrease.TheeffectofpressureonR(T)islargerthanthatonS(T).Thepowerfactorthatisdeterminedbythermopowerandresistivityincreaseswithincreasingpressure.Thismethodisanefficienttoolforsynthesizinggoodthermoelectricmaterialsathighpressureandhightemperature.