Formation Mechanism and Control Measures of Sliding Surface about Bedding Slope Containing Weak Interlayer

Tao Wang,Hongbao Zhao,Yihong Liu,Shaoqiang Liu,Rui Liu 대한토목학회 2020 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.24 No.8

During the mining process of Hami open-pit coal mine, a large number of cracks appeared on the ground surface near the top of the end slope, which affected the stability of the slope and the subsequent safe mining of resources. By analyzing the deformation of rock stratum, the position of weak interlayer in the slope was determined. Considering the rock mass with weak interlayer as a complete mechanical system, the mechanical model of the rock mass system with weak interlayer was established, and the evaluation index of rock failure degree before slope instability was proposed. The failure mode of slope with weak interlayer is as follows: sliding failure-cutting layer failure-tension failure. The safety factor of slope decreases first and then increases with the increase of the depth of the weak interlayer, and gradually decreases with the increase of the inclination of the weak interlayer. The pressing foot of slope can be used in landslide control of slope with weak interlayers, and the optimal pressing foot solution to ensure the safe mining of final slope coal resources was determined to be a pressing foot height of 35 m and pressing foot width of 20 m.

The influence of the extent of lymph node metastasis on the prognosis for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Jianping Wang*,Man Shu*,Hong Peng,Shaoqiang Li,Dongming Li,Jingxian Shen,Ming Kuang,Ying Zhang,Zebin Chen 대한외과학회 2023 Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research(ASRT) Vol.104 No.5

Purpose: Reports showed that some of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients with lymph node metastasis (LNM) may also gain survival benefit undergone resection. However, the effect of the extent of LNM on prognosis and surgical indication is barely discussed. Methods: From September 1994 to November 2018, primary ICC patients undergone initial curable surgery were enrolled. Based on the extent of LNM, we divided these patients into 4 groups, including patients with no LNM (group N0), LNM to hepatoduodenal ligament or common hepatic artery (region A, group A), LNM to gastrohepatic lymph nodes for left liver ICC and periduodenal and peripancreatic lymph node for right liver ICC (region B, group B), or LNM beyond these regions (region C, group C). Multivariable Cox regression analysis was performed to identify the prognostic factors for recurrence- free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in all groups. Results: A total of 133 patients were enrolled. There were 56, 21, 17, and 39 patients in groups N0, A, B, and C, respectively. There was significant difference between groups N0 and C in RFS (P < 0.001) and OS (P = 0.002). When we compared group N0 + A + B with group C, we also found that RFS (P < 0.001) and OS (P = 0.007) were significantly different. In multivariable analysis, the extent of LNM was an independent risk factor for RFS (P < 0.050). Conclusion: ICC patients with the LNM to regions A and B could still achieve good prognosis with resection. Surgery should be carefully considered when LNM to region C.

Comparison of Micro- and Macro-Characteristics of Vehicular Mobility Models

Dan Shao,Guangmin Liang,Shaoqiang Wang 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of u- and e- Service, Scienc Vol.8 No.6

Simulation methodology is preferred approach to test vehicular networking protocols and to perform overhead analysis compared to high affordability and inconvenience of the real testbed. The confidence of simulation results is greatly dependent on the adoptive mobility model, i.e. whether or not the vehicular mobility modeling could reproduce the real vehicle moving pattern and could capture the intrinsic spatial as well as temporal relationships among vehicles. From the perspective of macro- and micro-scale, this paper proposes a series of statistical characteristics to assess whether the existing mobility models reflect a regular pattern. Micro-characteristics cover individual statistics, including driving duration time, driving distance, parking duration time, and link holding time. Simulations show that diverse mobility models share similar micro-characteristics in the complementary cumulative distribution function, but still display innegligible differences in distribution curves. Macro-characteristics refer to overall correlations, such as average velocity, total driving distance, total driving time, average neighbors' degree, and average accelerating time. Results show that the investigated mobility models behave with similar phase transition, but with different critical transition points. Marco-statistics follow Poisson distribution, but with completely different average values. The work is expected to help researchers better understand simulations and design context-aware vehicular algorithms.

Declined Preoperative Aspartate Aminotransferase to Neutrophil Ratio Index Predicts Poor Prognosis in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma after Hepatectomy

Lingyun Liu,Wei Wang,Yi Zhang,Jianting Long,Zhaohui Zhang,Qiao Li,Bin Chen,Shaoqiang Li,Yunpeng Hua,Shunli Shen,Baogang Peng 대한암학회 2018 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.50 No.2

Purpose Various inflammation-based prognostic biomarkers such as the platelet to lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, are related to poor survival in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). This study aims to investigate the prognostic value of the aspartate aminotransferase to neutrophil ratio index (ANRI) in ICC after hepatic resection. Materials and Methods Data of 184 patients with ICC after hepatectomy were retrospectively reviewed. The cut-off value of ANRI was determined by a receiver operating characteristic curve. Preoperative ANRI and clinicopathological variables were analyzed. The predictive value of preoperative ANRI for prognosis of ICC was identified by univariate and multivariate analyses. Results The optimal cut-off value of ANRI was 6.7. ANRI was associated with tumor size, tumor recurrence, white blood cell, neutrophil count, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine transaminase. Univariate analysis showed that ANRI, sex, tumor number, tumor size, tumor differentiation, lymph node metastasis, resection margin, clinical TNM stage, neutrophil count, and carcinoembryonic antigen were markedly correlated with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with ICC. Multivariable analyses revealed that ANRI, a tumor size > 6 cm, poor tumor differentiation, and an R1 resection margin were independent prognostic factors for both OS and DFS. Additionally, preoperative ANRI also had a significant value to predict prognosis in various subgroups of ICC, including serum hepatitis B surface antigennegative and preoperative elevated carbohydrate antigen 19-9 patients. Conclusion Preoperative declined ANRI is a noninvasive, simple, and effective predictor of poor prognosis in patients with ICC after hepatectomy.

Identification and Molecular Analysis of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Domestic Animals and Tick-Borne Pathogens at the Tarim Basin of Southern Xinjiang, China

Li Zhao,Jizhou Lv,Fei Li,Kairui Li,Bo He,Luyao Zhang,Xueqing Han,Huiyu Wang,Nicholas Johnson,Xiangmei Lin,Shaoqiang Wu,Yonghong Liu 대한기생충학ㆍ열대의학회 2020 The Korean Journal of Parasitology Vol.58 No.1

Livestock husbandry is vital to economy of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. However, there have been few surveys of the distribution of ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne pathogens affecting domestic animals at these locations. In this study, 3,916 adult ixodid ticks infesting domestic animals were collected from 23 sampling sites during 2012-2016. Ticks were identified to species based on morphology, and the identification was confirmed based on mitochondrial 16S and 12S rRNA sequences. Ten tick species belonging to 4 genera were identified, including Rhipicephalus turanicus, Hyalomma anatolicum, Rh. bursa, H. asiaticum asiaticum, and Rh. sanguineus. DNA sequences of Rickettsia spp. (spotted fever group) and Anaplasma spp. were detected in these ticks. Phylogenetic analyses revealed possible existence of undescribed Babesia spp. and Borrelia spp. This study illustrates potential threat to domestic animals and humans from tick-borne pathogens.

동아시아 지역의 플럭스 타워 관측지에 대한 MODIS 위성영상 기반의 증발산 평가

Jeong, Seung-Taek,Jang, Keun-Chang,Kang, Sin-Kyu,Kim, Joon,Kondo, Hiroaki,Gamo, Minoru,Asanuma, Jun,Saigusa, Nobuko,Wang, Shaoqiang,Han, Shijie 한국농림기상학회 2009 한국농림기상학회지 Vol.11 No.4

지표 증발산은 육상 생태계의 수문순환의 주요 성분으로서, 지표-대기간의 에너지 교환, 미기후, 지역의 수자원 함량, 식생의 일차생산성 등에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 증발산을 추정하기 위한 방법들 중에서 MODIS를 이용한 방법은 위성 자료만을 사용하여 넓은 지역에 대한 지속적인 증발산 모니터링이 가능하다는 장점을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 MODIS 기반의 증발산 추정 알고리즘을 동아시아 지역에 적용하고, 그 신뢰도를 평가하였으며, 주요 오차요인을 분석하였다. 증발산 평가 결과 여섯 연구지역(GDK, HFK, TKY, TMK, CBS, SKT)에서는 $r^2$가 0.38~0.73, ME 와 RMSE가 각각 $-44{\sim}+31W\;m^{-2}$, $48{\sim}111W\;m^{-2}$로 신뢰할 만한 결과를 나타냈다. 하지만 다른 세 연구지역(HBG, QYZ, MKL)에서는 관측 값과 비교해서 차이를 나타내었고, 과소평가하는 경향을 보였다. HBG, MKL 지역은 MODIS 기상 자료 및 복사요소의 오차가 주요 원인으로 나타났다. 그러나 QYZ지역은 기상 자료와 복사요소가 모두 좋은 일치도를 보였기 때문에, 모형의 모수와 관련된 오차가 주요 원인의 하나로 판단된다. 임관 전도도의 오차가 증발산 오차에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, HBG지역을 제외한 다른 연구지 역에서 r값이 0.59~0.82로 관측값과의 상관성이 높은 것을 확인하였다. 또한 MODIS로부터 산출된 순간 증발산을 일 단위로 확장시킨 결과, 순간 증발산의 일치도가 떨어졌던 3개 연구지역을 제외하고 6개 지역에서 $r^2$가 0.44~0.89, ME와 RMSE는 각각 $-0.7{\sim}+0.6mm\;day^{-1}$, $0.5{\sim}1.1mm\;day^{-1}$의 범위로 신뢰도 있는 결과를 나타냈다. Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the major hydrologic processes in terrestrial ecosystems. A reliable estimation of spatially representavtive ET is necessary for deriving regional water budget, primary productivity of vegetation, and feedbacks of land surface to regional climate. Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides an opportunity to monitor ET for wide area at daily time scale. In this study, we applied a MODIS-based ET algorithm and tested its reliability for nine flux tower sites in East Asia. This is a stand-alone MODIS algorithm based on the Penman-Monteith equation and uses input data derived from MODIS. Instantaneous ET was estimated and scaled up to daily ET. For six flux sites, the MODIS-derived instantaneous ET showed a good agreement with the measured data ($r^2=0.38$ to 0.73, ME = -44 to $+31W\;m^{-2}$, RMSE =48 to $111W\;m^{-2}$). However, for the other three sites, a poor agreement was observed. The predictability of MODIS ET was improved when the up-scaled daily ET was used ($r^2\;=\;0.48$ to 0.89, ME = -0.7 to $-0.6\;mm\;day^{-1}$, $RMSE=\;0.5{\sim}1.1\;mm\;day^{-1}$). Errors in the canopy conductance were identified as a primary factor of uncertainty in MODIS-derived ET and hence, a more reliable estimation of canopy conductance is necessary to increase the accuracy of MODIS ET.