Competition between Magnetic Ordering and Random Spin Freezing in Dy2PtS3

Dexin Li,Tomoo Yamamura,Yoshiya Homma,Kunio Yubuta,Tatsuo Shikama,Dai Aoki,Shigeki Nimori,Yoshinori Haga 한국물리학회 2013 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.62 No.12

We report the results for ac and dc susceptibility, magnetization, magnetic relaxation, specific heatand electrical resistivity measurements on a well annealed ternary intermetallic compound Dy2PtSi3. An unusual magnetic phase transition with an apparent ferromagnetic nature was observed at TC= 5.6 K. At temperatures below TC, however, Dy2PtSi3 showed a metastable magnetic behaviorcharacteristic of a typical cluster glass. The classification of Dy2PtSi3 as a large magnetic cluster(extended short-range ferromagnetic ordered) system with competition between magnetic orderingand random spin freezing seems appropriate.

Adaptive Prescribed-time Control for Coupled 6-DOF Spacecraft Formation Flying

Li Chen,Yongyan Sun,Xiaowei Shao,Junli Chen,Dexin Zhang 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2023 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.21 No.2

This paper studies the prescribed-time spacecraft formation flying problem under known and unknown external disturbance. The coupled 6-degrees-of-freedom relative kinematics and dynamics for spacecraft are modeled by using exponential coordinates of SE(3). With the help of the linear time-varying Lyapunov inequality based prescribed-time stability theorem, a novel global adaptive prescribed-time time-varying high-gain control law is designed by backstepping. It is shown that the designed controller is bounded. Numerical simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

Establishment and Evaluation of National Power Index System: Evidence from Evidence‐Based Analysis

Li Shijun,Wang Dexin 인하대학교 국제관계연구소 2022 Pacific Focus Vol.37 No.1

National power is the basis of the current competition and game betweenglobal sovereign states. It is the organic integration and concentratedexpression of the multi-dimensional and complex factors of politics, econ-omy, society, culture, ecology, value system, and history of any country.Due to the complexity of national power and the non-objectivity of theassessment, the concept of national power and assessment must be con-structed using multiple levels of evidence. Therefore, this paper constructsa three-level evidence chain national power index system based on the sys-tematic literature review, public value theory, and expert scoring, andtakes the G20 countries as an example to measure the change and motiveforce of national power of the major countries in the world from 1992 to2017. Research shows that national power is fundamentally dependent onthe creation of multiple public values, and the trend of“weak countriesgetting weaker and strong countries getting stronger”among countries hasstrengthened. The increase of national power in different types of valuepower is not synchronous, but there are key points and outstandingimprovements.

Selected microRNA-192 mutant indicates association with several function genes in bovine cells

Chen Zi,Dexin Zeng,Jiyong Zhou,Jianjun Dai,Luyan Jiang,Feng Xue,Yuan Jiang,Baoguang Li 한국유전학회 2018 Genes & Genomics Vol.40 No.4

MicroRNAs are implicated in many cellular processes such as cell differentiation and development, tumorigenesis, and immune regulation. In this study, miR192 was detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) when MDBK cells were exposed to Escherichia coli. Cells with malfunction of bta-miR-192 were established using transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN) technology. Finally, bta-miR-192 mutant cells were screened for differentially expressed genes using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq). The results showed that miR192 significantly decreased in cells exposed to E. coli F18ac and E. coli K88ac. The RNA-seq results showed that 1673 differentially expressed transcripts were identified; 890 genes were upregulated and 775 genes were downregulated. With the gene ontology enrichment analysis, 431 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were classified into 937 gene ontology terms. The pathway enrichment analysis showed that 535 genes were involved in 254 pathway terms. Interestingly, most of these DEGs were associated with the pathways in cancers or infectious diseases. When the selected DEGs (n = 162) in these pathways were intersected with 120 differential transcripts, 11 DEGs were identified. Subsequently, several genes associated with regulation, cancers, or viral infections, such as LEF1, AXIN2, MX1, and FCGR2B, were identified among the DEGs using functional analysis. Furthermore, associations between bta-miR-192 and DEGs were detected by intersecting the bta-miR-192’s target genes with the DEGs, indicating that three genes including CBL, DICER1 and TRERF1 were involved in this relationship. These findings provided useful guidance for investigating the role played by bta-miR-192 in cellular functionality in bovine cells.

Magnetostriction of Silicon Steel Sheets Under Different Magnetization Conditions

Yanli Zhang,Qiang Li,Dianhai Zhang,Baodong Bai,Dexin Xie,Chang-Seop Koh IEEE 2016 IEEE transactions on magnetics Vol.52 No.3

<P>The magnetostriction of electrical steel is one of the main sources causing deformation and vibration in rotational machine and transformer cores. The presence of dc bias or higher harmonics of magnetic field in the electrical apparatus cores makes the vibration and noise of cores more serious. Therefore, it is necessary to identify how different magnetization patterns contribute to the magnetostriction noise. This paper performs the measurement of magnetostrictive strain in non-oriented and grain-oriented electrical steel sheets under sinusoidal excitation, one with a dc bias and the other with a third harmonic component, respectively. An investigation of the effect of dc biased magnetic field on the magnetostrictive property is carried out. The influences of a third harmonic of magnetic field with a variety of amplitudes and phase delay on magnetostriction are studied and the acoustic noise level is calculated due to the presence of the second (100 Hz) and fourth (200 Hz) harmonics of magnetostrictive strain. The research results are important for evaluating the noise of electrical machine and transformer core effectively.</P>

An Improved Modeling of Vector Magnetic Properties of Electrical Steel Sheet for FEM Application and Its Experimental Verification

Yanli Zhang,Young Hwan Eum,Wei Li,Dexin Xie,Chang Seop Koh IEEE 2009 IEEE transactions on magnetics Vol.45 No.3

<P>This paper presents an improved vector magnetic property model of anisotropic electrical steel sheet taking account of both the modeling accuracy and the computational cost when combined with finite element (FE) formulation. The reluctivity and hysteresis coefficients in the model are calculated using Fourier series expansion of measured <I>B</I> - and <I>H</I> -waveforms, which are obtained by using a self-developed double-excitation type 2-D measuring apparatus. The time-stepping FE formulation considering the improved vector magnetic property model is derived and applied to magnetic field analysis of a single phase transformer core model made of Grain-oriented silicon steel sheet. The convergence characteristic of non-linear FE analysis is discussed, and the effectiveness of the proposed magnetic property model in comparison with the experimental results is investigated.</P>

Benzidine Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Human Bladder Cancer Cells through Activation of ERK5 Pathway

Sun, Xin,Zhang, Tao,Deng, Qifei,Zhou, Qirui,Sun, Xianchao,Li, Enlai,Yu, Dexin,Zhong, Caiyun Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2018 Molecules and cells Vol.41 No.3

Benzidine, a known carcinogen, is closely associated with the development of bladder cancer (BC). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical pathophysiological process in BC progression. The underlying molecular mechanisms of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, especially extracellular regulated protein kinases 5 (ERK5), in regulating benzidine-induced EMT remains unclarified. Hence, two human bladder cell lines, T24 and EJ, were utilized in our study. Briefly, cell migration was assessed by wound healing assay, and cell invasion was determined by Transwell assay. Quantitative PCR and western blot were utilized to determine both gene expressions as well as protein levels of EMT and MAPK, respectively. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) was transfected to further determine ERK5 function. As a result, the migration and invasion abilities were enhanced, epithelial marker expression was decreased while mesenchymal marker expression was increased in human BC cell lines. Meanwhile, benzidine administration led to activation of ERK5 and activator protein 1 (AP-1) proteins, without effective stimulation of the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) or p38 pathways. Moreover, Benzidine-induced EMT and ERK5 activation were completely suppressed by XMD8-92 and siRNAs specific to ERK5. Of note, ERK1/2 was activated in benzidine-treated T24 cells, while benzidine-induced EMT could not be reversed by U0126, an ERK1/2 inhibitor, as indicated by further study. Collectively, our findings revealed that ERK5-mediated EMT was critically involved in benzidine-correlated BC progression, indicating the therapeutic significance of ERK5 in benzidine-related BC.

Physical Properties of a New Ternary Compound RP₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> (R = rare earth)

Hiroto Fukuda,Takatsugu Koizumi,Yoshiki J. Sato,Yusei Shimizu,Ai Nakamura,Dexin Li,Yoshiya Homma,Atsushi Miyake,Dai Aoki,Masashi Tokunaga,Ryoma Kato,Masanobu Shiga,Tatsuya Kawae,Fuminori Honda 한국물리학회 2023 새물리 Vol.73 No.12

Electronic properties of a new ternary f-electron system RP ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> (R: rare earth elements) have been investigated. RPt ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> crystalizes in the CePt ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB>-type orthorhombic structure where R atoms form 1-dimensional chains along the b-axis. LaPt ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> shows superconductivity below 0.4 K, while others show magnetic ordering. CePt ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> orders antiferromagnetically below T<SUB>N</SUB> = 1.2 K with spontaneous moment and shows successive magnetic transition at T<SUB>m</SUB> = 0.9 K. The nearly divalent antiferromagnet EuPt ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> indicates an unusual valence cross-over behavior into the nearly trivalent state under high pressure of 9 GPa. It is also found that most of RPt ₃Al<SUB>5</SUB> orders antiferromagnetically and, in some cases, shows characteristic features in magnetic suscep- tibility, where the broad maximum appears slightly above T<SUB>N</SUB>, reecting the low-dimensional nature.

Benzidine Induces Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition of Human Bladder Cancer Cells through Activation of ERK5 Pathway

Xin Sun,Tao Zhang,Qifei Deng,Qirui Zhou,Xianchao Sun,Enlai Li,Dexin Yu,Caiyun Zhong 한국분자세포생물학회 2018 Molecules and cells Vol.41 No.3

Benzidine, a known carcinogen, is closely associated with the development of bladder cancer (BC). Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical pathophysiological process in BC progression. The underlying molecular mechanisms of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, especially extracellular regulated protein kinases 5 (ERK5), in regulating benzidine-induced EMT remains unclarified. Hence, two human bladder cell lines, T24 and EJ, were utilized in our study. Briefly, cell migration was assessed by wound healing assay, and cell invasion was determined by Transwell assay. Quantitative PCR and western blot were utilized to determine both gene expressions as well as protein levels of EMT and MAPK, respectively. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) was transfected to further determine ERK5 function. As a result, the migration and invasion abilities were enhanced, epithelial marker ex-pression was decreased while mesenchymal marker expression was increased in human BC cell lines. Meanwhile, benzidine administration led to activation of ERK5 and activator protein 1 (AP-1) proteins, without effective stimulation of the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) or p38 pathways. Moreover, Benzidine-induced EMT and ERK5 activation were completely suppressed by XMD8-92 and siRNAs specific to ERK5. Of note, ERK1/2 was acti-vated in benzidine-treated T24 cells, while benzidine-induced EMT could not be reversed by U0126, an ERK1/2 inhibitor, as indicated by further study. Collectively, our findings revealed that ERK5-mediated EMT was critically involved in benzidine-correlated BC progression, indicating the therapeutic significance of ERK5 in benzidine-related BC.