The Studying and Simulating Analysis of the Power Harmonic Measuring Method Based on the Blind Source Analysis

Guo Song-Lin,Wang Jing-Yu,Liu Fu-Kai 보안공학연구지원센터(IJSIP) 2013 International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Vol.6 No.6

Fault Location Scheme for Over-Zone Feeding Operation Condition on High-Speed Railway

Lin Guo-song,Quan Wei,Tong Xiao-yang 대한전기학회 2022 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.17 No.2

Cross-coupling autotransformer (AT) feeding system is applied on high-speed electrifi ed railways in China. According to operation requirement, ‘over-zone feeding operation condition’ exists. When fault occurs on this operation condition, the fault location system should adjust its original scheme to adapt. We analyzed the shortcoming in traditional fault location of this feeding mode. Analysis indicates that when fault occurs in the non-over-zone section, fault location can be well done by existing principle and when fault occurs in the over-zone section, a new fault location scheme must be proposed. Based on the analysis of circuit networks of over-zone section in this feeding mode, the feeder current ratio of up line and down line in sectioning post (SP) is derived when fault occurs in section from SP to AT post 2 (ATP2) and the port impedance at ATP2 is derived when fault occurs in section from ATP2 to substation 2 (SS2). A reasonable fault location scheme was proposed for over-zone section based on feeder current ratio method of up line and down line and port impedance method in this paper. The simulation results based on Matlab/Simulink showed that when fault occurs on over-zone section the fault position can be located accurately according to this novel fault location scheme

Cloning, Annotation and Expression Analysis of Mycoparasitism- Related Genes in Trichoderma harzianum 88

Lin Yao,Qian Yang,Jinzhu Song,Chong Tan,Changhong Guo,Li Wang,Lianhai Qu,Yun Wang 한국미생물학회 2013 The journal of microbiology Vol.51 No.2

Trichoderma harzianum 88, a filamentous soil fungus, is an effective biocontrol agent against several plant pathogens. High-throughput sequencing was used here to study the mycoparasitism mechanisms of T. harzianum 88. Plate confrontation tests of T. harzianum 88 against plant pathogens were conducted, and a cDNA library was constructed from T. harzianum 88 mycelia in the presence of plant pathogen cell walls. Randomly selected transcripts from the cDNA library were compared with eukaryotic plant and fungal genomes. Of the 1,386 transcripts sequenced, the most abundant Gene Ontology (GO) classification group was “physiological process”. Differential expression of 19 genes was confirmed by real-time RT-PCR at different mycoparasitism stages against plant pathogens. Gene expression analysis revealed the transcription of various genes involved in mycoparasitism of T. harzianum 88. Our study provides helpful insights into the mechanisms of T. harzianum 88-plant pathogen interactions.

Therapeutic Regimens and Prognostic Factors of Brain Metastatic Cancers

Song, Wen-Guang,Wang, Yi-Feng,Wang, Rui-Lin,Qu, Yin-E,Zhang, Zhi,Li, Guo-Zhong,Xiao, Ying,Fang, Fang,Chen, Hong Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.2

Objective: This work aims to investigate the therapeutic regimen of brain metastatic cancers and the relationship between clinical features and prognosis. Methods: Clinical data of 184 patients with brain metastatic cancers were collected and analysed for the relationship between survival time and age, gender, primary diseases, quantity of brain metastatic foci, their position, extra cranial lesions, and therapeutic regimens. Results: The average age of onset was 59.1 years old. The median survival time (MST) was 15.0 months, and the patients with breast cancer as the primary disease had the longest survival time. Females had a longer survival time than males. Patients with meningeal metastasis had extremely short survival time. Those with less than 3 brain metastatic foci survived longer than patients with more than 3. The MST of patients receiving radiotherapy only and the patients receiving chemotherapy only were all 10.0 months while the MST of patients receiving combination therapy was 16.0 months. Multiple COX regression analysis demonstrated that gender, primary diseases, and quantity of brain metastatic foci were independent prognostic factors for brain metastatic cancers. Conclusions: Chemotherapy is as important as radiotherapy in the treatment of brain metastatic cancer. Combination therapy is the best treatment mode. Male gender, brain metastatic cancers originating in the gastrointestinal tract, more than 3 metastatic foci, and involvement of meninges indicate a worse prognosis.

Effect of Heat Treatments on Magnetic Properties and Thermal Expansion Behavior in Two Distinct Types of Fe-Ni Invar Alloys

Lin Huang,Tingwen Guo,Yongjian Zhou,Dong Han,Yu Gu,Cheng Song,Feng Pan 한국자기학회 2022 Journal of Magnetics Vol.27 No.4

The casting process of Fe-Ni Invar alloy could drastically affect magnetic properties and thermal expansion. We have observed analogous trends of saturation magnetization and thermal expansion coefficient in two distinct types of casted samples, as we perform post-annealing at different temperatures. X-ray diffraction measurements show that all the alloys remain in the same face-centered cubic structure after different heat treatments without phase transformation. With the help of X-ray diffraction and differential thermal analysis, we have inferred that these changes in properties might be induced by magnetic lattice transitions and analyzed the possible reason for property differences in samples. This work delivers a perspective on the relationships between thermal expansion, magnetic properties, and heat treatments, which could help to improve the industrial assembly line design.

Prediction of Cognitive Progression in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Radiomics as an Improvement of the ATN System: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study

Song Rao,Wu Xiaojia,Liu Huan,Guo Dajing,Tang Lin,Zhang Wei,Feng Junbang,Li Chuanming 대한영상의학회 2022 Korean Journal of Radiology Vol.23 No.1

Objective: To improve the N biomarker in the amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration system by radiomics and study its value for predicting cognitive progression in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Materials and Methods: A group of 147 healthy controls (HCs) (72 male; mean age ± standard deviation, 73.7 ± 6.3 years), 197 patients with MCI (114 male; 72.2 ± 7.1 years), and 128 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (74 male; 73.7 ± 8.4 years) were included. Optimal A, T, and N biomarkers for discriminating HC and AD were selected using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. A radiomics model containing comprehensive information of the whole cerebral cortex and deep nuclei was established to create a new N biomarker. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers were evaluated to determine the optimal A or T biomarkers. All MCI patients were followed up until AD conversion or for at least 60 months. The predictive value of A, T, and the radiomics-based N biomarker for cognitive progression of MCI to AD were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier estimates and the log-rank test. Results: The radiomics-based N biomarker showed an ROC curve area of 0.998 for discriminating between AD and HC. CSF Aβ42 and p-tau proteins were identified as the optimal A and T biomarkers, respectively. For MCI patients on the Alzheimer’s continuum, isolated A+ was an indicator of cognitive stability, while abnormalities of T and N, separately or simultaneously, indicated a high risk of progression. For MCI patients with suspected non-Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology, isolated T+ indicated cognitive stability, while the appearance of the radiomics-based N+ indicated a high risk of progression to AD. Conclusion: We proposed a new radiomics-based improved N biomarker that could help identify patients with MCI who are at a higher risk for cognitive progression. In addition, we clarified the value of a single A/T/N biomarker for predicting the cognitive progression of MCI.

In situ directional formation of Co@CoO_x-embedded 1D carbon nanotubes as an efficient oxygen electrocatalyst for ultra-high rate Zn–air batteries

Lin, Chao,Shinde, Sambhaji S.,Jiang, Zheng,Song, Xiaokai,Sun, Yu,Guo, Linli,Zhang, Hao,Jung, Jin-Young,Li, Xiaopeng,Lee, Jung-Ho The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for e Vol.5 No.27

<▼1><P>A “three birds one stone” strategy for preparing 1D N-doped porous carbon nanotubes embedded with Co@CoOx nanoparticles results in the unprecedentedly high-rate Zn–air batteries.</P></▼1><▼2><P>In this work, we demonstrate a “three birds one stone” strategy for preparing 1D N-doped porous carbon nanotubes embedded with core–shell Co@CoOx nanoparticles (Co@CoOx/NCNTs) from bimetallic ZnO@Zn/Co-ZIF nanowires. The ZnO nanowires played three roles: (i) ZnO acted as a template for 1D metal–organic framework (MOF) growth, (ii) <I>in situ</I> evaporation of Zn during pyrolysis prevented the aggregation of the carbon framework and benefited the formation of hierarchical pores, and (iii) the excess oxygen species released from ZnO <I>in situ</I> reacted with metallic cobalt nanoparticles during pyrolysis, leading to the configuration of a Co@CoOx core–shell structure. The as-prepared 1D Co@CoOx/NCNTs exhibited excellent oxygen reduction reaction performance, including a high kinetic current (4.6 times better compared to 20 wt% Pt/C at 0.7 V), a low Tafel slope of 80 mV dec<SUP>−1</SUP>, outstanding stability, and strong tolerance to CH3OH crossover. The assembled Zn–air batteries with Co@CoOx/NCNTs yielded high open-circuit voltage (1.52 V), superior stability (over 100 h of operation), and unprecedented rate performance that ranged from 1 to 500 mA cm<SUP>−2</SUP>, while existing batteries have never achieved a galvanostatic discharge current density larger than 300 mA cm<SUP>−2</SUP>. Such exceptional rate capability was ascribed to the formation of a uniform interconnected nanotube network, facilitated electron transport, and an enlarged electrochemically accessible surface area in the unique 1D porous tubular structure.</P></▼2>

Influences of heating processes on properties and microstructure of porous CeO2 beads as a surrogate for nuclear fuels fabricated by a microfluidic sol-gel process

Tong Song,Lin Guo,Ming Chen,Zhen-Qi Chang 한국원자력학회 2019 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.51 No.1

The control of microstructure is critical for the porous fuel particles used for infiltrating actinide nuclides. This study concerns the effect of heating processes on properties and microstructure of the fuel particles. The uniform gel precursor beads were synthesized by a microfluidic sol-gel process and then the porousCeO2 microspheres, as a surrogate for the ceramic nuclear fuel particles, were obtained by heatingtreatment of the gel precursors. The fabricated CeO2 microspheres have a narrow size distribution andgood sphericity due to the feature of microfluidics. The effects of heating processes parameters, such asheating mode and peak temperatures on the properties of microspheres were studied in detail. Anoptimized heating mode and the peak temperature of 650 C were selected to produce porous CeO2microspheres. The optimized heating mode can avoid the appearance of broken or crack microspheres inthe heating process, and as-prepared porous microspheres were of suitable pore size distribution andpore volume for loading minor actinide (MA) solution by an infiltration method that is used for fabricationof MA-bearing nuclear fuel beads. After the infiltration process, 1000 C was selected as the finaltemperature to improve the compressive strength of microspheres.

Subdivision of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients with Bone-Only Metastasis at Diagnosis for Prediction of Survival and Treatment Guidance

Xue-Song Sun,Yu-Jing Liang,Sai-Lan Liu,Qiu-Yan Chen,Shan-Shan Guo,Yue-Feng Wen,Li-Ting Liu,Hao-Jun Xie,Qing-Nan Tang,Xiao-Yun Li,Jin-Jie Yan,Lin-Quan Tang,Hai-Qiang Mai 대한암학회 2019 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.51 No.4

Purpose The purpose of this study was to subdivide M1 stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients with bone-only metastases for prognosis prediction while identifying the treatment effect of locoregional radiotherapy (LRRT) and metastasis radiotherapy (MRT) among patients with different risk. Materials and Methods From November 2006 to October 2016, a total of 226 patients with bone-only metastasic NPC were retrospectively enrolled. All patients developed distant lesions before receiving treatment. All potential prognostic factors were considered and the correlation of the M1 subdivisions with overall survival (OS) was determined by Cox regression hazards model. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to appraise survival condition and log-rank testing was used to compare the differences. Results The median follow-up time was 33.9 months (range, 3 to 126 months). According to multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis, the number of metastatic lesions and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA status after palliative chemotherapy (PCT) were independent prognostic factors for OS. Thus, we subdivided patients into three risk groups according to these two factors. Systemic chemotherapy combined with LRRT may benefit patients in low- and intermediate-risk groups but not in the high-risk group. Further aggressive MRT based on systemic chemotherapy showed no survival benefit in any risk group. Conclusion The stratification of NPC patients with bone-only metastasis based on EBV DNA after PCT and the number of metastatic lesions provided promising prognostic value and could aid clinicians in person-specific treatment.

Patterns of Failure and Survival Trends in 3,808 Patients with Stage II Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosed from 1990 to 2012: A Large-Scale Retrospective Cohort Study

Xue-Song Sun,Di-Han Liu,Sai-Lan Liu,Qiu-Yan Chen,Shan-Shan Guo,Yue-Feng Wen,Li-Ting Liu,Hao-Jun Xie,Qing-Nan Tang,Yu-Jing Liang,Xiao-Yun Li,Jin-Jie Yan,Ming-Huang Hong,Jun Ma,Lin-Quan Tang,Hai-Qiang M 대한암학회 2019 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.51 No.4

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the survival trends and patterns of failure in patients with stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy over the last 20 years. Materials and Methods Thirty-eight hundred and eight patients diagnosed with stage II NPC between January 1990 and December 2012 were involved in this retrospective cohort study. All patients were treated with RT. According to the main imaging techniques and RT technology, we categorized these patients into four calendar periods: 1990-1996, 1997-2002, 2003-2007, and 2008-2012. Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), locoregional relapse-free survival (LRFS), and distant metastasis–free survival (DMFS) were served as the clinical outcome. Results After a median follow-up period of 84.7 months, we observed increasing trends in survival and disease control. The 3- and 5-year OS rates increased from 87.1% and 78.7% in the first calendar period to 97.4% and 94.5% in the last calendar period, respectively (p < 0.001). Additionally, significant increasing trends could be seen in the PFS and LRFS during the four calendar periods. In the subgroup analysis, the LRFS in patients older than 50 years at diagnosis showed greater improvement than younger patients. However, the rate of distant metastasis was stable and relatively low, as the 5-year DMFS ranged from 90.5% to 94.7% among the four calendar periods. Conclusion The survival rates in patients with stage II NPC showed increasing trends from 1990 to 2012. The advance of RT provided excellent locoregional control and enhanced OS.