New Method of Solving the Proper Rational Function and Application to Electrical Control System

Chen Chung-Cheng,Chen Yen-Ting 대한전기학회 2022 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.17 No.4

The paper is dedicated to develop a new method of addressing the linear nonhomogeneous time-invariant diff erential equation with same diff erential numbers for inputs and outputs. The Laplace transformed output of the electrical state-space equation is a rational function with the same degrees of the numerator and the denominator, and then the bored processes involving the long division of both complicated polynomials, the expanded multiplication of all polynomial factors, the diff erentiation of complicated polynomials and the complex derivations of all partial fraction parameters are inevitable for existing traditional methods. However, by applying the proposed method in this paper, we can explicitly express the general form of the desired output solution and directly solve the desired problem with shorter time than those traditional approaches. To give the signifi cant applications of the new proposed method, we apply it to address the famous electrical circuit based on our recent researches of Chen’s electrical unifying approach.

A Simple Timeout Algorithm for Point-to-Multipoint ABR Service

Lai, Wei-Kuang,Chen, Chien-Ting,Li, Chilin The Korea Institute of Information and Commucation 2004 Journal of communications and networks Vol.6 No.1

The ABR point-to-multipoint connection is now playing a more important role than before. Many consolidation algorithms have been proposed to solve the consolidation noise problem and the slow transient response problem. But few timeout algorithms are proposed to handle the non-responsive branches for the multicast connections. Chen’s algorithm needs exchanging control messages between switches [9]. Besides, it may mistake a responsive branch as a non-responsive branch because of fast changes in source rates, which causes wrong information in BRM cells and may lead to network congestion and data losses in the responsive branch. We propose a simple timeout algorithm which can handle the non-responsive branches without exchanging message between switches. The timeout value for each switch is computed locally. Simulation results show that the proposed timeout algorithm can efficiently handle the non-responsive branches and utilize the available bandwidth within a small period of time. In addition, our algorithm could handle the situation when the source rates change quickly.

Cav3.2 T-Type Ca2+ Channel-Dependent Activation of ERK in Paraventricular Thalamus Modulates Acid-Induced Chronic Muscle Pain.

Chen, Wen-Kwei,Liu, Ingrid Y,Chang, Ya-Ting,Chen, Yong-Cyuan,Chen, Chih-Cheng,Yen, Chen-Tung,Shin, Hee-Sup,Chen, Chien-Chang The Society 2010 The Journal of neuroscience Vol.30 No.31

<P>Treatments for chronic musculoskeletal pain, such as lower back pain, fibromyalgia, and myofascial pain syndrome, remain inadequate because of our poor understanding of the mechanisms that underlie these conditions. Although T-type Ca(2+) channels (T-channels) have been implicated in peripheral and central pain sensory pathways, their role in chronic musculoskeletal pain is still unclear. Here, we show that acid-induced chronic mechanical hyperalgesia develops in Ca(v)3.1-deficient and wild-type but not in Ca(v)3.2-deficient male and female mice. We also show that T-channels are required for the initiation, but not maintenance, of acid-induced chronic muscle pain. Blocking T-channels using ethosuximide prevented chronic mechanical hyperalgesia in wild-type mice when administered intraperitoneally or intracerebroventricularly, but not intramuscularly or intrathecally. Furthermore, we found an acid-induced, Ca(v)3.2 T-channel-dependent activation of ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) in the anterior nucleus of paraventricular thalamus (PVA), and prevention of the ERK activation abolished the chronic mechanical hyperalgesia. Our findings suggest that Ca(v)3.2 T-channel-dependent activation of ERK in PVA is required for the development of acid-induced chronic mechanical hyperalgesia.</P>

Dispersal and Control of Anammox Granular Sludge at High Substrate Concentrations

Ting-Ting Chen,Ping Zheng,Li-Dong Shen,Chong-Jian Tang,Shuang Ding 한국생물공학회 2012 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Vol.17 No.5

This paper reports about the dispersal and control of anammox granular sludge at high substrate concentrations. The results demonstrate that anammox granular sludge would turn into flocculent sludge when the substrate concentrations exceed the inhibitory threshold concentrations, with an apparent drop in the settling velocity of anammox sludge from 73.73 to 16.49 m/h. Moreover, the sludge was washed out of the reactor and a decrease in the nitrogen removal rate from 23.82 to 16.97kg N/(m3/day) was observed. The dominant anammox bacteria in the granular and flocculent sludge were Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis; however, the contents of heme c and extracellular polymeric substances in the flocculent sludge were much lower than in the granular sludge. Furthermore, the chemical composition of extracellular polymeric substances was different. The high nitrite concentrations more than the inhibitory threshold concentrations were regarded as the reason for the observed granular sludge dispersal and deterioration in reactor performance. The apparent dispersed granular sludge and malfunction of reactor performance could be recovered by means of washing out the residual substrate from the reactor and then re-running the reactor from low substrate concentrations.

Evaluation of secondary cytoreduction surgery in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer patients within three-line recurrent: a multicenter, randomized controlled study

Ting-Ting Chen,Junfen Xu,Bairong Xia,Hui Wang,Yuanming Shen 대한부인종양학회 2024 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.35 No.1

Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecologicalmalignancies. Platinum resistance remains a dilemma and bottleneck in treatment, andsalvage chemotherapy has limited effectiveness. Recently, the role of secondar y cytoreductivesurger y (SCS) in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer (ROC) has causedattention especially in patients with oligometastases. However, there is neither high-qualityevidence-based evidence nor standardized criteria for selecting SCS for patients withplatinum-resistant ROC until now. Methods: This multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the valueof SCS and to clarif y reliable criteria of utilizing SCS in women with ROC, which is led byGynecologic Oncology Group, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Recruitment has started on Januar y 1st, 2023, and is scheduled to end in December 2026. One hundred and forty participants with platinum-resistant ROC who meet the “RSCScriteria” will be randomized assigned at a ratio of 1:1 to either the experimental arm or thestandard arm. Patients in the experimental arm will receive SCS followed by non-platinumsingle agent chemotherapy (paclitaxel, gemcitabine or liposomal adriamycin) for at least4 cycles while patients in the standard arm will be provided with only non-platinum singleagent chemotherapy. The primar y outcome is progression-free sur vival. The secondar youtcomes are overall sur vival, adverse events and health-related cancer-specific quality of life. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05633199

New Method of Designing Controller for Uncertain Diff erential-Diff erence Systems and Application to Time-Delay Operational Amplifi er System

Ke Jian,Chung-Cheng Chen,Yen-Ting Chen,Gui-hong Lin 대한전기학회 2020 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.15 No.6

This study combines the feedback linearization method and our recent researches of Chen electrical unifying approach to propose a global tracking controller design for nonlinear uncertain diff erential-diff erence systems with time delay. One example, which cannot be solved by the fi rst paper on the almost disturbance decoupling problem, is presented in this study to show the essential points that the tracking performance is easily solved by the proposed approach. The study applies Chen electrical unifying approach to take the place of using the disorganized virtual ground technique and the Kirchhoff ’s law for those traditional approaches. In order to show its signifi cant practicability, the study has fi rstly designed an easy-to-implement adder and a time-delay circuit, and an unstable time-delay operational amplifi er control system based on the Chen electrical unifying approach, and then has proposed a stable controller.

Male Infertility Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan

Chen Peng-Ciao,Chen Yu-Ju,Yang Chia-Chen,Lin Ting-Ti,Huang Chien-Chu,Chung Chi-Hsiang,Sun Chien-An,Chien Wu-Chien 대한남성과학회 2022 The World Journal of Men's Health Vol.40 No.3

Purpose: Some evidence suggests that male infertility increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, the evidence in Asian populations is relatively scarce. The aim of this study is to determine whether male infertility increases the risk of CVDs. Materials and Methods: We used inpatient and outpatient data for the years 2000 to 2015 from the Taiwanese Longitudinal Health Insurance Database. We enrolled 7,016 males over 18 years old and diagnosed with male infertility. Of these, 2,326 matched our inclusion criteria and were assigned to the study group. For each infertility patient, four comparison patients were frequency-matched by age and index date to form a control cohort comprising 9,304 patients. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to estimate the association between male infertility and CVDs. Results: After a 15-year follow-up, the incidence rate of CVDs was higher in the infertility group than the control group (1,460.23 and 1,073.70 per 100,000 person-years, respectively). The Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed that the adjusted HR for CVDs was 1.472 for the infertility group (95% CI, 1.288–1.683; p<0.001) relative to the control group. The Kaplan–Meier analysis of the cumulative incidence of CVDs in the two groups showed that the cumulative risk curve for CVDs was significantly higher for the infertility group than the control group. Conclusions: This study shows that men with infertility have a higher risk of developing incident CVDs. In the future, healthcare providers should pay attention to these patients because of their higher health risks.

Internal filament modulation in low-dielectric gap design for built-in selector-less resistive switching memory application

Chen, Ying-Chen,Lin, Chih-Yang,Huang, Hui-Chun,Kim, Sungjun,Fowler, Burt,Chang, Yao-Feng,Wu, Xiaohan,Xu, Gaobo,Chang, Ting-Chang,Lee, Jack C IOP 2018 Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics Vol.51 No.5

<P>Sneak path current is a severe hindrance for the application of high-density resistive random-access memory (RRAM) array designs. In this work, we demonstrate nonlinear (NL) resistive switching characteristics of a HfO<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>/SiO<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>-based stacking structure as a realization for selector-less RRAM devices. The NL characteristic was obtained and designed by optimizing the internal filament location with a low effective dielectric constant in the HfO<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>/SiO<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB> structure. The stacking HfO<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>/SiO<SUB> <I>x</I> </SUB>-based RRAM device as the one-resistor-only memory cell is applicable without needing an additional selector device to solve the sneak path issue with a switching voltage of ~1 V, which is desirable for low-power operating in built-in nonlinearity crossbar array configurations.</P>

Empirical correlation development of R245fa flow in electronic expansion valves

Chen, Ting,Bae, Kyung Jin,Kwon, Oh Kyung Elsevier 2018 International Journal of Refrigeration Vol.88 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The applications of electronic expansion valves in high temperature heat pump have increased rapidly. However, correlations for predicting R245fa mass flow rate through electronic expansion valves in high temperature heat pump are very limited in open literatures. In this study, mass flow rate characteristics of R245fa refrigerant flowing through electronic expansion valves with different operational conditions are studied experimentally, and empirical correlations are proposed based on the experimental data. The results reveal that the mass flow rate increases with increasing opening degree, condensation temperature, subcooling, and orifice diameter. Based on a modified single phase orifice equation, two empirical correlations are proposed by using the power-law correlation and the polynomial fit correlation, and over 92% of the predicted data deviate from the experimental data within ±15%.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> The mass flow rate of R245fa through 3 EEVs is investigated experimentally. </LI> <LI> Flow pattern of R245fa through EEVs is discussed. </LI> <LI> Two empirical correlations for mass flow rate prediction are proposed. </LI> <LI> Relative deviations of results of two proposed correlations are almost within 15%. </LI> </UL> </P>

Prediction of Chemotherapeutic Response in Unresectable Non-small-cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients by 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium (MTS) Assay

Chen, Juan,Cheng, Guo-Hua,Chen, Li-Pai,Pang, Ting-Yuan,Wang, Xiao-Le Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.5

Background: Selecting chemotherapy regimens guided by chemosensitivity tests can provide individualized therapies for cancer patients. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2Htetrazolium, inner salt (MTS) assay is one in vitro assay which has become widely used to evaluate the sensitivity to anticancer agents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical applicability and accuracy of MTS assay for predicting chemotherapeutic response in unresectable NSCLC patients. Methods: Cancer cells were isolated from malignant pleural effusions of patients by density gradient centrifugation, and their sensitivity to eight chemotherapeutic agents was examined by MTS assay and compared with clinical response. Results: A total of 37 patients participated in this study, and MTS assay produced results successfully in 34 patients (91.9%). The sensitivity rates ranged from 8.8% to 88.2%. Twenty-four of 34 patients who received chemotherapy were evaluated for in vitro-in vivo response analysis. The correlation between in vitro chemosensitivity result and in vivo response was highly significant (P=0.003), and the total predictive accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for MTS assay were 87.5%, 94.1%, 71.4%, 88.9%, and 83.3%, respectively. The in vitro sensitivity for CDDP also showed a significant correlation with in vivo response (P=0.018, r=0.522). Conclusion: MTS assay is a preferable in vitro chemosensitivity assay that could be use to predict the response to chemotherapy and select the appropriate chemotherapy regimens for unresectable NSCLC patients, which could greatly improve therapeutic efficacy and reduce unnecessary adverse effects.