Dislocation Density-Based Constitutive Model and Processing Map for T2 Copper During Isothermal and Time-Variant Deformation

Gang Chen,Yu Jin,Jing Wang,Cheng Zhang,Qiang Chen,Hongming Zhang,Xingjian Zhao,Zhiyong Li,Changhai Xie,Zhiming Du 대한금속·재료학회 2022 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.28 No.9

Isothermal compression tests were carried out to study the hot deformation behavior of T2 copper under various conditions. The deformation parameters, such as temperature and strain rate, have strong influence on flow stress and microstructureevolution of the alloy. A unified dislocation density-based model considering dynamic recovery and recrystallization wasestablished. And material parameters of the developed model were optimized by genetic algorithm. Comparisons betweenthe experimental and model data demonstrates that the developed model can precisely describe the flow behavior at quitewide range of deformation conditions. Meanwhile, the designed iterative procedure allows the model to be applied in timevariantdeformation conditions. Processing map and microstructure examination were constructed to optimize the processingwindow of the studied alloy. According to the processing maps, flow instability mainly appeared at low temperatures of500–650 °C and strain rates higher than 0.1 s−1. The optimum deformation parameters of T2 copper was concluded as thetemperature range of 700–800 °C and the strain rate of 0.1–1 s−1.

p‐Type InP Nanopillar Photocathodes for Efficient Solar‐Driven Hydrogen Production

Lee, Min Hyung,Takei, Kuniharu,Zhang, Junjun,Kapadia, Rehan,Zheng, Maxwell,Chen, Yu‐,Ze,Nah, Junghyo,Matthews, Tyler S.,Chueh, Yu‐,Lun,Ager, Joel W.,Javey, Ali WILEY‐VCH Verlag 2012 Angewandte Chemie Vol.124 No.43

<P><B>Perfekte Textur</B>: Der Einfluss der Oberflächen‐Nanotexturierung, der TiO<SUB>2</SUB>‐Passivierung und des Ru‐Cokatalysators auf die photoelektrochemische Wasserstoffentwicklung durch p‐InP‐Photokathoden wurde untersucht. Höhere Stromdichten und günstigere Onset‐Potentiale werden nach Oberflächen‐Nanotexturierung beobachtet. NHE=Normalwasserstoffelektrode.</P>

Four Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense (Eucestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) in China with a Brief Review of Chinese Cases

Yu-Chun Cai,Shao-Hong Chen,Hiroshi Yamasaki,Jia-Xu Chen,Yan Lu,Yong-Nian Zhang,Hao Li,Lin Ai,Hai-Ning Chen 대한기생충학열대의학회 2017 The Korean Journal of Parasitology Vol.55 No.3

The Blood Oxygenation T2* Values of Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomas as Measured by 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Association with Tumor Stage

Yu-lian Tang,Xiao-ming Zhang,Zhi-gang Yang,Yu-cheng Huang,Tian-wu Chen,Yan-li Chen,Fan Chen,Nan-lin Zeng,Rui Li,Jiani Hu 대한영상의학회 2017 Korean Journal of Radiology Vol.18 No.4

Objective: To explore the association between the blood oxygenation T2* values of resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCCs) and tumor stages. Materials and Methods: This study included 48 ESCC patients and 20 healthy participants who had undergone esophageal T2*-weighted imaging to obtain T2* values of the tumors and normal esophagi. ESCC patients underwent surgical resections less than one week after imaging. Statistical analyses were performed to identify the association between T2* values of ESCCs and tumor stages. Results: One-way ANOVA and Student-Newman-Keuls tests revealed that the T2* value could differentiate stage T1 ESCCs (17.7 ± 3.3 ms) from stage T2 and T3 tumors (24.6 ± 2.7 ms and 27.8 ± 5.6 ms, respectively; all ps < 0.001). Receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis showed the suitable cutoff T2* value of 21.3 ms for either differentiation. The former statistical tests demonstrated that the T2* value could not differentiate between stages T2 and T3 (24.6 ± 2.7 ms vs. 27.8 ± 5.6 ms, respectively, p > 0.05) or between N stages (N1 vs. N2 vs. N3: 24.7 ± 6.9 ms vs. 25.4 ± 4.5 ms vs. 26.8 ± 3.9 ms, respectively; all ps > 0.05). The former tests illustrated that the T2* value could differentiate anatomic stages I and II (18.8 ± 4.8 ms and 26.9 ± 5.9 ms, respectively) or stages I and III (27.3 ± 3.6 ms). ROC analysis depicted the same cutoff T2* value of 21.3 ms for either differentiation. In addition, the Student’s t test revealed that the T2* value could determine grouped T stages (T0 vs. T1–3: 17.0 ± 2.9 ms vs. 25.2 ± 6.2 ms; T0–1 vs. T2–3: 17.3 ± 3.0 ms vs. 27.1 ± 5.3 ms; and T0–2 vs. T3: 18.8 ± 4.2 ms vs. 27.8 ± 5.6 ms, all ps < 0.001). ROC analysis indicated that the T2* value could detect ESCCs (cutoff, 20 ms), and discriminate between stages T0–1 and T2–3 (cutoff, 21.3 ms) and between T0–2 and T3 (cutoff, 20.4 ms). Conclusion: The T2* value can be an additional quantitative indicator for detecting ESCC except for stage T1 cancer, and can preoperatively discriminate between some T stages and between anatomic stages of this tumor.

Perioperative Comprehensive Supportive Care Interventions for Chinese Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: a Prospective Study

Zhang, Xiao-Dan,Zhao, Qing-Yu,Fang, Yi,Chen, Guan-Xuan,Zhang, Hui-Fang,Zhang, Wen-Xiao,Yang, Xiao-Ping Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.12

Objective: To assess the effects of perioperative comprehensive supportive care interventions on outcome of Chinese esophageal cancer patients in a prospective study. Methods: 60 patients with primary esophageal carcinoma were randomized into an intervention group (IG, n=31) and a control group (CG, n=29). The Chinese version of symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) was adopted to assess their psychological status. The interventions, including health education, psychological support, stress management, coping strategies and behavior training, were carried out in 3 phases (preoperative, postoperative I and postoperative II), and psychological effects were thereafter evaluated accordingly before surgery, and 1 week, 4 weeks and 24 weeks post-surgery. Medical costs were estimated at discharge. Survival of patients was estimated each year post-surgery. General health status and satisfaction-with-hospital were surveyed by a follow-up questionnaire 4 years post-surgery. Results: All the subjects demonstrated higher scores in the preoperative phase than the normal range of Chinese population concerning 7 psychological domains including somatization, obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety and paranoid ideation. Although no significant difference was observed between the two groups at admission, the scores of IG, which tended to decrease at a faster rate, were generally lower than those of CG at weeks 1, 4 and 24 post-surgery. The length of hospital stay and medical costs of IG were significantly less than those of CG and satisfaction-with-hospital was better. However, there was no significant difference in 4-year survival or health status between two groups. Conclusions: Appropriate perioperative comprehensive supportive care interventions help to improve the psychological state of Chinese patients with esophageal carcinoma, to reduce health care costs and to promote satisfaction of patients and their families with hospital.

Analysis of Small Fragment Deletions of the APC gene in Chinese Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, a Precancerous Condition

Chen, Qing-Wei,Zhang, Xiao-Mei,Zhou, Jian-Nong,Zhou, Xin,Ma, Guo-Jian,Zhu, Ming,Zhang, Yuan-Ying,Yu, Jun,Feng, Ji-Feng,Chen, Sen-Qing Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.12

Background: : Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease mainly caused by mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene with almost complete penetrance. These colorectal polyps are precancerous lesions that will inevitable develop into colorectal cancer at the median age of 40-year old if total proctocolectomy is not performed. So identification of APC germline mutations has great implications for genetic counseling and management of FAP patients. In this study, we screened APC germline mutations in Chinese FAP patients, in order to find novel mutations and the APC gene germline mutation characteristics of Chinese FAP patients. Materials and Methods: The FAP patients were diagnosed by clinical manifestations, family histories, endoscope and biopsy. Then patients peripheral blood samples were collected, afterwards, genomic DNA was extracted. The mutation analysis of the APC gene was conducted by direct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sequencing for micromutations and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) for large duplications and/or deletions. Results: We found 6 micromutations out of 14 FAP pedigrees, while there were no large duplications and/or deletions found. These germline mutations are c.5432C>T(p. Ser1811Leu), two c.3926_3930delAAAAG (p.Glu1309AspfsX4), c.3921_3924delAAAA (p.Ile1307MetfsX13), c3184_3187delCAAA(p.Gln1061AspfsX59) and c4127_4126delAT (p.Tyr1376LysfsX9), respectively, and all deletion mutations resulted in a premature stop codon. At the same time, we found c.3921_3924delAAAA and two c.3926_3930delAAAAG are located in AAAAG short tandem repeats, c3184_3187delCAAA is located in the CAAA interrupted direct repeats, and c4127_4128 del AT is located in the 5'-CCTGAACA-3', 3'-ACAAGTCC-5 palindromes (inverted repeats) of the APC gene. Furthermore, deletion mutations are mostly located at condon 1309. Conclusions: Though there were no novel mutations found as the pathogenic gene of FAP in this study, we found nucleotide sequence containing short tandem repeats and palindromes (inverted repeats), especially the 5 bp base deletion at codon 1309, are mutations in high incidence area in APC gene,.

Electrospun Polyphenylquinoxaline Ultrafine Non-woven Fibrous Membranes with Excellent Thermal and Alkaline Resistance: Preparation and Characterization

Chen-yu Guo,Lu-meng Yin,Jin-gang Liu,Xin-ke Wang,Na Zhang,Lin Qi,Yan Zhang,Xiao Wu,Xiu-min Zhang 한국섬유공학회 2019 Fibers and polymers Vol.20 No.12

A series of polyphenylquinoxaline (PPQ) ultrafine non-woven fibrous membranes have been first successfullyprepared via the electrospinning procedure with the soluble PPQ solutions as the starting materials. For this purpose, variousorgano-soluble PPQ resins were synthesized via the one-step high temperature polycondensation procedure from thearomatic ether-bridged bis(α-diketone) and bis(o-diamine) monomers. Flexible ether linkages and pendant bulky phenylsubstituents endowed the PPQ resins good solubility in polar aprotic solvents. The high-molecular-weight PPQ resins weredissolved in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) to afford the PPQ electrospinning solution except PPQ-Ia derived from 4,4'-oxydibenzil (ODB) and 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) due to the limited solubility in the solvent. All the derived PPQultrafine non-woven fibrous membranes maintained good structure integrity after hydrolysis aging either at room temperature(25 oC) for 72 h or at refluxing temperature (100 oC) for 24 h in an aqueous sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution at a solidcontent of 20 wt%. Comparatively, the polyimide (PI) reference electrospun membrane (PI-ref) derived from 1,2,4,5-pyrromellitic anhydride (PMDA) and 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA) lost its original structure only after boiling in the same NaOHsolution within 3 h. In addition, the developed PPQ ultrafine non-woven fibrous membranes exhibited good thermal stabilitywith the 5 % weight loss temperatures (T5%) higher than 555.0 oC in nitrogen and glass transition temperatures (Tg) in therange of 248.1-266.1 oC, respectively.

Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun Polyimide Microfibrous Mats with High Whiteness and High Thermal Stability from Organo-soluble Polyimides Containing Rigid-rod Moieties

Chen-yu Guo,Jin-gang Liu,Lu-meng Yin,Meng-ge Huangfu,Yan Zhang,Xiao Wu,Xiu-min Zhang 한국섬유공학회 2018 Fibers and polymers Vol.19 No.8

A series of flexible and tough polyimide (PI) microfibrous mats (PI-1~PI-4) have been prepared via the one-step electrospinning procedure with the organo-soluble PI resins as the starting materials. For this purpose, four PI resins were first synthesized by the chemical imidization reaction from 2,2'-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA) and four aromatic diamines containing rigid-rod moieties in their molecular skeletons, respectively. The PI resins derived from 6FDA and aromatic diamines, including PI-1 from 2-(4-aminophenyl)-5-aminobenzimidazole (APBI), PI-2 from 2-(4-aminophenyl)-5-aminobenzoxazole (APBO), PI-3 from 4,4′-diaminobenzanilide (DABA), and PI-4 from 2- chloro-4,4-diaminobenzanilide (Cl-DABA) exhibited good solubility in polar aprotic solvents, such as N-methyl-2- pyrrolidone (NMP) and N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc). Flexible and tough microfibrous mats were successfully prepared by a one-step electrospinning procedure from the PI/DMAc solution (solid content: 15-20 wt%; absolute viscosity: 8000- 10000 mPa·s). The derived PI mats exhibited good whiteness according to the CIE Lab measurements with W (whiteness) values as high as 94.31, L (lightness) values higher than 94.00, b* (yellowness) values as low as 2.98 and yellow indices (YI) as low as 4.87. In addition, the prepared PI mats exhibited excellent thermal and dimensional stability with the glass transition temperatures (Tg) higher than 345 oC and linear coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) as low as 27.8×10-6 /K.

DEGSO : Hybrid Group Search Optimizer with Differential Evolution Operator

Yu Xie,Chunxia Zhao,Haofeng Zhang,Debao Chen 보안공학연구지원센터(IJSIP) 2014 International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Vol.7 No.6

In standard group search optimizer (GSO) algorithm, scroungers will converge to the similar position if the producer cannot find a better position than the old one in a number of successive iterations and the group may suffer from the premature convergence. In this paper, a hybrid GSO with differential evolution (DE) operator named DEGSO is proposed to enhance the diversity of standard group search optimizer. In this method, the standard GSO algorithm and the DE operator alternate at the odd iterations and at the even iterations. The results of the experiments indicate that DEGSO is competitive to some other evolutionary computation (EA) algorithms.

Levels of Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidant Capacity, and Microbial Counts of Fresh-cut Onions after Treatment with a Combination of Nisin and Citric Acid

Chen Chen,Wenzhong Hu,Ruidong Zhang,Aili Jiang,Yu Zou 한국원예학회 2016 Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology Vol.57 No.3

Nisin and citric acid are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for using as a food ingredient and often used to control the microbial contamination of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. However, their effects on phenolics and antioxidants remain unclear. Here we used 50 μg·mL-1 nisin combination with 1% (w/v) citric acid (N+C) to wash fresh-cut onions and the phenolic compounds, antioxidant capacity, microbial load, slice color were evaluated during the storage period. N+C treatment decreased the total polyphenols (TP) and quercetin contents (p < 0.05), as compared to the control at day 0, but did not affect phenolic acids and antioxidant capacity (ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP assays). During storage, antioxidant capacity, TP, and flavonoid contents increased. Storage had mixed effects on the phenolic acids (caffeic acid, vanillic acid, and ferulic acid increased, chlorogenic acid remained fairly stable). N+C treatment reduced the microbial counts and total viable counts (TVC) of fresh-cut onions below the detection limit until 5 days of storage. After 15 days storage, TVC of N+C treated samples remained significantly (p < 0.05) lower than controls. In addition, N+C treatment led to better color retention during storage. Therefore, N+C might be used as a safe preservative for fresh-cut onions.