Magnetic Resonance Image Manifestations of the Atypical Meningioma

Wu, Qing-Wu,Yan, Rui-Fang,Li, Qiang,Hu, Ying,Zhou, Feng-Mei,Ren, Ji-Peng,Yang, Rui-Min,Zhang, Yan Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.11

Through retrospective analysis of 13 cases of magnetic resonance image (MRI) manifestations of atypical meningiomas confirmed by operation and pathology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, the objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of MRI in order to improve the accuracy rate of preoperative diagnosis. In this retrospective analysis of MRI findings for atypical meningiomas in First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University from January to July in 2012, the location, morphology and tumor signals and other tumor imaging characteristics were covered. In 13 cases of atypical meningioma patients of this group, most tumors were located at typical sites (10/13), mainly the falx cerebri, parasagittal, convexity, saddle area. Only two cases were at atypical locations, 1 in the cerebellar hemisphere and 1 in a lateral ventricle. Most of the tumors showed T1 and T2 isointensity signals, and necrosis, calcification, and peritumoral edema were always featured. DWI showed isointensity in 11 cases (11/13), and hyperintensity in 2. Some 9 cases had dural tail signs, 12 had accurate positioning (12/13), and 2 were postoperative recurrences. MRI has high value in the diagnosis of atypical meningiomas, with important roles in early clinical diagnosis, treatment and prognosis evaluation.

Applying the statistical experimental method to evaluate the process conditions of TiO_2 nanotube arrays by anodization method

Rui Liu,Ching-Shieh Hsieh,Wein-Duo Yang,Liang-Sheng Qiang,Jian-Fu Wu 한국물리학회 2011 Current Applied Physics Vol.11 No.6

Vertically oriented TiO_2 nanotube arrays were successfully produced by the anodization technique in NH_4F/H_3PO_4 electrolyte. The structure and morphology were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD)and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). It is found that TiO_2 nanotube arrays annealed at 500 ℃ containing 100% anatase phase and entirely converted into rutile at 800 ℃. The response surface methodology (RSM) and Box-Behnken design were applied to find the optimal factor conditions in production of TiO_2 nanotube arrays. Based on the results in preliminary experiments, we selected anodization time, anodization voltage and NH4F concentration as the key factors to investigate their effects on responses. The regression models were built by fitting the experimental results with a second-order polynomial. By using the regression models, the optimal factor conditions were obtained as follows: anodization time of 300 min; anodization voltage of 15.39 V; NH_4F concentration of 0.50 M. Corresponding to the optimal factor conditions, the predicted average length and diameter of nanotube array were 1429 nm and 33 nm, respectively. Confirmation experiments using the optimized conditions were performed: TiO_2 nanotube arrays were obtained with an average tube length of 1420 nm and average tube diameter of 36 nm. The experimental results are in good agreement with the predicted results.

SCYL1BP1 has Tumor-suppressive Functions in Human Lung Squamous Carcinoma Cells by Regulating Degradation of MDM2

Yang, Zhi-Ping,Xie, Yong-Hong,Ling, Dan-Yan,Li, Jin-Rui,Jiang, Jin,Fan, Yao-Hua,Zheng, Jia-Lian,Wu, Wan-Xin Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.17

SCY1-like 1-binding protein 1 (SCYL1BP1) is a newly identified transcriptional activator domain containing protein with many unknown biological functions. Recently emerging evidence has revealed that it is a novel regulator of the p53 pathway, which is very important for the development of human cancer. However, the effects of SCYL1BP1 on human lung squamous carcinoma cell biological behavior remain poorly understood. In this study, we present evidence that SCYL1BP1 can promote the degradation of MDM2 protein and further inhibit the G1/S transition of lung squamous carcinoma cell lines. Functional assays found that reintroduction of SCYL1BP1 into lung squamous carcinoma cell lines significantly inhibited cell proliferation, migration, invasion and tumor formation in nude mice, suggesting strong tumor suppressive function of SCYL1BP1 in lung squamous carcinoma. Taken together, our data suggest that the interaction of SCYL1BP1/MDM2 could accelerate MDM2 degradation, and may function as an important tumor suppressor in lung squamous carcinomas.

The Diet Imbalance and Its Corrective Action in Chinese Athletes

Yang, ZeYi,Zhou, Lili,Yi, Muqing,Wang, Qirong,Gao, Hong,Xu, BaoHua,Qiao, Li,Chen, Jidi,Huang, Yuan,He, Cong,Wu, Wei,Sun, Nan,Chen, Rui 한국체육무용국제교류학회 2001 한국체육무용국제교류학회지 Vol.7 No.-

Diet is the most important substantial base to ensure athletes nutrients needs and maintain the performance. It is important for the Olympic Gold Medal Strategy. An athlete is like a racing car. Therere two key factors for the car to run faster: the engine and the gasoline. The physical components decide the engines highest power while the diet is like the gasoline the better quality of the gasoline is, the faster the urns. It is inconsistent between the importance of diet for competitive sports and the ubiquity of diet imbalance. It will influence the training efficiency and the recovery after training for a long time, and consequently hinder the improvement of the performance.

TORQUE CONTROL ALLOCATION BASED ON CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION WITH REGENERATIVE BRAKING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Yang Zhao,Weiwen Deng,Jian Wu,Rui He 한국자동차공학회 2017 International journal of automotive technology Vol.18 No.4

This paper proposes a constrained optimization-based torque control allocation method aimed to improve energy efficiency, and thus, driving range for electric vehicles. In the proposed method, the cost function is defined not only to achieve desired yaw moment for vehicle handling and stability, but also to minimize power losses for energy efficiency. The particular attention is paid to the power losses due to tire slips both longitudinally and laterally. The constraints are also set based on thorough investigation on various causes of power disppation such that the torque is allocated with restraint to use regenerative braking in its maximum capacity. The proposed control allocation method has been tested and verified to be effective on energy efficiency improvement through both simulation and experiment under various driving maneuvers.

Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated with Inferior Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Rui Gao,Tian-Shuo Man,Jin-Hua Liang,Li Wang,Hua-Yuan Zhu,Wei Wu,Lei Fan,Jian-Yong Li,Tao Yang,Wei Xu 대한암학회 2020 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.52 No.1

Purpose Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with elevated cancer risk and poor survival outcome in malignancies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of preexisting DM in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Materials and Methods Six hundred and thirty-three subjects with newly-diagnosed CLL between 2007 and 2016 were recruited. Propensity score-matched method was performed to balance baseline characteristics and eliminate possible bias. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses screened the independent risk indicators for time-to-first-treatment (TTFT) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of CLL. Receiver operator characteristic curves and the corresponding areas under the curve assessed the predictive accuracy of CLL–International Prognostic Index (IPI) together with DM. Results The results showed that 111 patients had pre-existing DM. In the propensity-matched cohort, DM was correlated with inferior TTFT and CSS in CLL patients, and it was an independent prognostic factor for both CSS and TTFT. Pre-diabetics also shared undesirable prognostic outcome compared with patients with no diabetic tendency, and a positive association between longer diabetic duration and poorer prognosis of CLL was identified. DM as one additional point to CLL-IPI had larger area under the curve compared with CLLIPI alone in CSS prediction and could improve the prognostic capacity of CLL-IPI. Conclusion Pre-existing DM was found to be a valuable prognostic predictor and could help predict life expectancy and build refined prognostication models for CLL.

Hydrolytic performances of different organic compounds in different lignocellulosic biomass during anaerobic digestion

Haifeng Yang,Rui Deng,Junwei Jin,Yuling Wu,Xin Jiang,Jinhua Shi 대한환경공학회 2022 Environmental Engineering Research Vol.27 No.4

Hydrolytic performances of different organic compounds in lignocellulosic biomass (LB) during anaerobic digestion (AD) are worth investigating due to the complex and refractory structure of lignocellulose. This study aimed to clarify the hydrolytic performances of different lignocellulosic components (hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin) and other typical organics (saccharides, protein and lipid) in AD process. Furthermore, an in-depth study of different lignocellulosic components mono-/co-digestive performances, as well as their effects on digestive systems were also designed to explain the mechanism. Kinetic models were specially applied to evaluate the hydrolytic process and make comparison among different lignocellulosic components. Results showed that hemicellulose obtained high degradation ratio (77.2-85.0%) during anaerobic digestion, while cellulose was difficult to hydrolyze without sufficient acidity. And organics (saccharides, protein and lipid) were much easier to be hydrolyzed than lignocellulose. Results also depicted that lignocellulose addition could efficiently enhance the volatile solid (VS) removals of digestive systems, while lignin existing in systems reduced the VS removal. The limited hydrolysis of lignocellulose hindered the degradation of total VS in digester. It is quite important to obtain high bioenergy conversion, pretreatments, which can destroy the lignin wrapping in LBs digestion. This study could provide a reference for the AD of LBs.

Water-Dispersible Hydrothermal Aramid Nanofibers Reinforced Styrene-Butadiene Rubber with Enhanced Mechanical Behaviour and Solvent Resistance

Jianpeng Wu,Xumin Zhang,Kuan Jiang,Hongbing Jia,Xiaoting Rui,Fufeng Yang 한국섬유공학회 2020 Fibers and polymers Vol.21 No.8

In this work, a distinguished hydrothermal treatment succeeded in modifying aramid nanofibers (ANFs) with thehelp of mixed acid, and the hydrothermal-treated ANFs (hANFs) were regarded as a reinforcement agent to be introducedinto styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) via latex co-agglutination treatment. The enhanced comprehensive behaviour of SBR/hANFs composites induced by π-π stacking interaction between hANFs and polymer chains were investigated in details. With respect to virgin SBR, it was found that the temperature at maximum rate of degradation, tear strength and tensilestrength of composites with adding 7 phr (parts per hundred rubber) hANFs significantly improved by 14 oC, 148 % and215 %, respectively. The incorporation of hANFs also endowed SBR with greatly enhanced solvent resistance.

Priority-based Unequal Error Protection Scheme of Data partitioned H.264 video with Hierarchical QAM

( Chen Rui ),( Wu Minghu ),( Yang Jie ),( Rui Xiongli ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2014 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.8 No.11

In this paper, we propose a priority-based unequal error protection scheme of data partitioned H.264/AVC video with hierarchical quadrature amplitude modulation. In order to map data with higher priority onto the most significant bits of QAM constellation points, a priority sorting method categorizes different data partitions according to the unequal importance factor of encoded video data in one group of pictures by evaluated the average distortion. Then we propose a hierarchical quadrature amplitude modulation arrangement with adaptive constellation distances, which takes into account the unequal importance of encoded video data and the channel status. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the received video quality by about 2 dB in PSNR comparing with the state-of-the-art unequal error protection scheme, and outperforms EEP scheme by up to 5 dB when the average channel SNR is low.

Amidoxime Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 with Various Mesostructures for Highly Efficient Concentration of U(VI)

Ziyan Yang,Xiaoli Yang,Rui Hu,Junfeng Wu 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2019 NANO Vol.14 No.2

Many current sorbents are limited for U(VI) concentration from aqueous solutions due to their inappropriate structures and surface chemistry. Herein, we report the rapid sorption of U(VI) with high capacities and selectivity by amidoxime modified ordered mesoporous SBA-15 with two typical morphologies (i.e., rods and plates) via a post-grafting method. Variables of the geochemical conditions (contact time, pH value, initial concentration, temperature and coexisting metal ions) are investigated. The results show that the mesostructures including morphologies and pore length of SBA-15 perform the dominant function for the fast sorption kinetics (10 min for plates, 20 min for rods), while the modified amidoxime groups make the excellent U(VI) sorption capacities (646.2 mg · g -1 for plates, 499.8 mg · g -1 for rods at pH 5.0 and T 298.15 K) and high selectivity possible. U(VI) adsorbed amidoxime-functionalized SBA can also be effectively regenerated by HCl solutions and reused well after six cycles.