Improved Adaptive Compensation of Variant Fighter With Multiple Faults via Extended Observer

Kaiyu Hu,Wenjing Sun,Zian Cheng 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2023 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.21 No.7

This research is devoted to devising a fault-tolerant control system to resolve the challenge of multi-fault automatic repair in variable-structure flight conditions of fighters. In the classical fighter system, the increment of the state parameter is used to represent the variable structure parameter. To illustrate the broad applicability of the following technique, Rudder and Sensor Gain Loss and Bias Faults are constructed. The Extended Observer is designed to simultaneously gauge faults, states, and disturbances. Furthermore, the harmonic functions is designed to quickly adapt to fighter configuration changes, time-varying disturbances, and to estimate all failures. Similar harmonic functions also appear in the design of fault self-healing algorithms, i.e., adaptive fault-tolerant controllers with variable-structure harmonic functions, simultaneously repairing gain loss and bias faults of rudder and sensors. Verification of the method’s effectiveness is achieved through semi-physical simulations, while the Lyapunov function function demonstrates the system’s stability.

Sclareol Protects Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Lung Cell Injury via Inhibiting Alpha-Hemolysin Expression

( Ouyang Ping ),( Sun Mao ),( He Xuewen ),( Wang Kaiyu ),( Yin Zhongqiong ),( Fu Hualin ),( Li Yinglun ),( Geng Yi ),( Shu Gang ),( He Changliang ),( Liang Xiaoxia ),( Lai Weiming ),( Li Lixia ),( Zou 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2017 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.27 No.1

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common gram-positive bacterium that causes serious infections in humans and animals. With the continuous emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains, antibiotics have limited efficacy in treating MRSA infections. Accordingly, novel agents that act on new targets are desperately needed to combat these infections. S. aureus alpha-hemolysin plays an indispensable role in its pathogenicity. In this study, we demonstrate that sclareol, a fragrant chemical compound found in clary sage, can prominently decrease alpha-hemolysin secretion in S. aureus strain USA300 at sub-inhibitory concentrations. Hemolysis assays, western-blotting, and RT-PCR were used to detect the production of alpha-hemolysin in the culture supernatant. When USA300 was co-cultured with A549 epithelial cells, sclareol could protect the A549 cells at a final concentration of 8 μg/ml. The protective capability of sclareol against the USA300-mediated injury of A549 cells was further shown by cytotoxicity assays and live/dead analysis. In conclusion, sclareol was shown to inhibit the production of S. aureus alpha-hemolysin. Sclareol has potential for development as a new agent to treat S. aureus infections.

Novel Prognostic Nomograms Based on Inflammation-Related Markers for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Underwent Hepatectomy

Yifei Wang,Kaiyu Sun,Jingxian Shen,Bin Li,Ming Kuang,Qinghua Cao,Sui Peng 대한암학회 2019 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.51 No.4

Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive disease with high recurrence rate. However, current staging systems were lack of predictive capacity for HCC recurrence. We aimed to develop prognostic nomograms based on inflammation-related markers for HCC patients underwent hepatectomy. Materials and Methods We recruited 889 surgically treated patients from two medical centers. Independent prognostic factors were identified by cox regression analyses. Nomograms for recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were established and validated internally and externally. The performance, discrimination, and calibration of nomograms were assessed and compared with existed staging systems. Results Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio (GPR) were the two inflammation-related factor that independently correlated with survival. NLR, GPR, international normalized ratio (INR), microvascular invasion, satellite lesions, tumor number, tumor diameter, and macrovascular invasion were used to construct nomogram for RFS while GPR, total bilirubin, INR, -fetoprotein, microvascular invasion, satellite lesions, tumor diameter, and macrovascular invasion were for OS. In the training cohort, the C-index of nomogram was 0.701 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.669 to 0.732) for RFS and 0.761 (95% CI, 0.728 to 0.795) for OS. These results received both internal and external validation with C-index of 0.701 (95% CI, 0.647 to 0.755) and 0.707 (95% CI, 0.657 to 0.756) for RFS, and 0.706 (95% CI, 0.640 to 0.772) and 0.708 (95%CI, 0.646 to 0.771) for OS, respectively. The nomograms showed superior accuracy to conventional staging systems (p < 0.001). Conclusion The nomograms based on inflammation-related markers are of high efficacy in predicting survival of HCC patients after hepatectomy, which will be valuable in guiding postoperative interventions and follow-ups.

Amino-modified carbon dots as a functional platform for drug delivery: Load-release mechanism and cytotoxicity

Nana Shi,Kaiyue Sun,Zedi Zhang,Juan Zhao,Lina Geng,Yuhua Lei 한국공업화학회 2021 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.101 No.-

Carbon dot (CDs) were prepared for carrying DOX (Doxorubicin) or FAC (Ferric ammonium citrate), andthe loading mechanism and release kinetics of CDs-drugs were studied. CDs were prepared using peonypollen and urea, and characterized by TEM, XRD, 13C NMR, XPS, UV, FT-IR, DLS and zeta potential. Theobtained CDs were rich of –NH2 group on the surface, amorphous phase, spherical morphology withthe diameter about 5 nm, and had a blue fluorescence with the quantum yield (QY) of 12%. Iron disorderscan cause cancer or anemia. DOX is used for treating cancer, but has severe side effects. FAC is an ironsupplement agent, but had low bioavailability. CDs carried DOX (or FAC) through –N=C– (or –CONH–)bond, had high loading efficiency for DOX (37.2%) and FAC (54.0%) by optimizing mass ratios of mCDsto mdrug and reacted overnight. Cellular experiments showed that CDs-drugs had lower cytotoxicity thanfree drugs and CDs co-located with the drug. In vitro release indicated that CDs-DOX had pH-targetedproperty and CDs-FAC could be absorbed easily. CDs-drug release belonged to Weibull model, and releasemechanism was determined by the bonding way between CDs and drug. CDs had potential applicationsin delivery drugs with –C=O or –COOH group.

Intra-network Dynamics in E-business Models

Jingyu Yan,Woon Kian Chong,Yan Sun,K. L Man,Nan Zhang,Kaiyu Wan,Eng Gee Lim 한국산업정보학회 2014 한국산업정보학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2014 No.1

Feasibility of Free-Breathing, Non-ECG-Gated, Black-Blood Cine Magnetic Resonance Images With Multitasking in Measuring Left Ventricular Function Indices

Peng Pengfei,Yue Xun,Tang Lu,Wu Xi,Deng Qiao,Wu Tao,Cai Lei,Liu Qi,Xu Jian,Huang Xiaoqi,Chen Yucheng,Diao Kaiyue,Sun Jiayu 대한영상의학회 2023 Korean Journal of Radiology Vol.24 No.12

Objective: To clinically validate the feasibility and accuracy of cine images acquired through the multitasking method, with no electrocardiogram gating and free-breathing, in measuring left ventricular (LV) function indices by comparing them with those acquired through the balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) method, with multiple breath-holds and electrocardiogram gating. Materials and Methods: Forty-three healthy volunteers (female:male, 30:13; mean age, 23.1 ± 2.3 years) and 36 patients requiring an assessment of LV function for various clinical indications (female:male, 22:14; 57.8 ± 11.3 years) were enrolled in this prospective study. Each participant underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using the multiple breath-hold bSSFP method and free-breathing multitasking method. LV function parameters were measured for both MRI methods. Image quality was assessed through subjective image quality scores (1 to 5) and calculation of the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between the myocardium and blood pool. Differences between the two MRI methods were analyzed using the Bland–Altman plot, paired t-test, or Wilcoxon signed-rank test, as appropriate. Results: LV ejection fraction (LVEF) was not significantly different between the two MRI methods (P = 0.222 in healthy volunteers and P = 0.343 in patients). LV end-diastolic mass was slightly overestimated with multitasking in both healthy volunteers (multitasking vs. bSSFP, 60.5 ± 10.7 g vs. 58.0 ± 10.4 g, respectively; P < 0.001) and patients (69.4 ± 18.1 g vs. 66.8 ± 18.0 g, respectively; P = 0.003). Acceptable and comparable image quality was achieved for both MRI methods (multitasking vs. bSSFP, 4.5 ± 0.7 vs. 4.6 ± 0.6, respectively; P = 0.203). The CNR between the myocardium and blood pool showed no significant differences between the two MRI methods (18.89 ± 6.65 vs. 18.19 ± 5.83, respectively; P = 0.480). Conclusion: Multitasking-derived cine images obtained without electrocardiogram gating and breath-holding achieved similar image quality and accurate quantification of LVEF in healthy volunteers and patients.

Performance Analysis of Large CDMA Random Access Systems with Retransmission Diversity over Fading Channels

( Kai Yu ),( Yi Sun ),( Pingzhi Fan ),( Xianfu Lei ),( Lei Shu ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2010 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.4 No.4

The random access systems, with retransmission diversity (RD) employment, over large random spreading code division multiple access (CDMA) channel subject to fading is investigated, under the assumption of infinite number of users and infinite spreading gain with their ratio converging to a constant. The low bound of the signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) is shown to converge almost surely to a constant. The throughput, spectrum efficiency and energy efficiency in the dominating systems are obtained. The analytical results are confirmed by simulations. We find that in high traffic loads the throughput with fading is higher than that without. When the energy efficiency increases, the spectrum efficiency tends to two contrary values due to SNR increases or decreases. For the ordinary stable systems, the stability region is shown to shrink as the traffic increases and enlarge with RD employment.