Importance of knee flexion range of motion during the acute phase after total knee arthroplasty

Background: We investigate the association with knee flexion range of motion (ROM) during the acute phases and that at 12 months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We also clarified the cut-off ROM during the acute phases in predicting the goal of knee flexion ROM at 12 months. Methods: In this retrospective study, 193 patients with knee osteoarthritis (female:144 patients, age:73.2 ± 7.7 years) who underwent unilateral TKA at an orthopedic clinic were recruited. They underwent assessments of knee flexion ROM at 5 days, 1 month, and 12 months after TKA. The goal of knee flexion ROM at 12 months after TKA was set at 120°. Single and logistic-regression analyses were performed with the dependent variables including the outcome of the goal of knee flexion ROM at 12 months, and the independent variables included knee flexion ROM at 5 days and 1 month, separately. We calculated the cut-off ROM at 5 days and 1 month for predicting the goal of knee flexion ROM at 12 months with receiver operating curve analysis. Results: Knee flexion ROM at 5 days and 1 month were significantly associated with the goal of that at 12 months (p < 0.01). The cut-off ROM were 85° at 5 days and 105° at 1 month separately. Conclusions: Our results suggest the importance of early improvement in knee flexion ROM after TKA, and that at 1 month postoperatively indicates the likelihood of achievement of the goal of knee flexion ROM at 12 months after TKA.     

Pd掺杂对NiTi合金马氏体相变和热滞影响的第一性原理研究

一定浓度的Pd掺杂能够有效地提高Ni Ti合金的相变温度,并且降低热滞.为了解其作用机理,采用第一性原理计算方法,对不同Pd掺杂浓度下Ni Ti合金(Ni24-n Pd n Ti24,n=2,3,4,5,6,9,12;掺杂浓度分别为4.2 at.%,6.3 at.%,8.4 at.%,10.4 at.%,12.5 at.%,18.8 at.%,25 at.%)的相稳定性和结构特性进行计算讨论.马氏体相变温度可以通过奥氏体与马氏体两相能量差值进行分析,且能量差越大相变温度越高;相变过程中两相晶格常数之比越接近于1则热滞越接近于0.计算结果表明:当掺杂浓度小于10.4 at.%时,B19′是最稳定的马氏体相,体心四方(BCT)结构与B19′相的能量差随掺杂浓度的增加略有下降;当掺杂浓度大于等于10.4 at.%时,B19相是最稳定的马氏体相,BCT与B19的能量差随着掺杂浓度增加显著升高.这意味着在掺杂浓度大于等于10.4 at.%时相变温度随掺杂浓度的增加而显著增加.用几何模型分析了马氏体相变的热滞,结果表明掺杂浓度为10.4 at.%时B2到B19相的相变过程热滞最小,与实验结果一致.     

Symmetry breaking and restoration in Lifshitz type theories

We consider the one-loop effective potential at zero and finite temperature in scalar field theories with anisotropic space-time scaling. For z=2, there is a symmetry breaking term induced at one loop at zero temperature and we find symmetry restoration through a first-order phase transition at high temperature. For z=3, we considered at first the case with a positive mass term at tree level and found no symmetry breaking effects induced at one loop, and then we study the case with a negative mass term at tree level where we cannot conclude about symmetry restoration effects at high temperature because of the imaginary parts that appear in the effective potential for small values of the scalar field.     

大肠杆菌基于微波法制备的纳米银胶的SERS光谱研究

在微波法制备的纳米银上获得了大肠杆菌的表面增强拉曼光谱, 大肠杆菌在650、952、1125、1242、1320、1372、1459 cm-1有明显的拉曼振动峰。其中650 cm-1处的振动峰最强, 1124、1320、1372和1459 cm-1处的四个振动峰较弱, 952、1242 cm-1处的二个振动峰强度居中。位于650 cm-1附近的拉曼峰源自于酪氨酸、鸟嘌呤的振动, 952 cm-1属于缩氨酸基团C=C的伸缩振动,1124 cm-1是蛋白质的C-N和C-C伸缩振动引起的, 1242 cm-1则归属于是酰胺 III蛋白的振动, 1320 cm-1是蛋白质的CH变形振动, 1372 cm-1是由酪氨酸振动引起的, 1459 cm-1则是蛋白质的CH2变形振动。     

人膀胱粘膜/粘膜下层组织病变致组织漫反射光谱的变化

研究了人正常膀胱和浅表性膀胱癌的粘膜/粘膜下层组织在300～900nm光谱范围的漫反射光谱特性及其差异,实验采用带积分球附件的分光光度计获取组织的漫反射光谱.结果表明,在300～900 nm,正常膀胱的粘膜/粘膜下层对任一个波长的漫反射率都明显地较癌变的粘膜/粘膜下层对相应波长的要大.正常膀胱的粘膜/粘膜下层的漫反射光谱的峰分别在370 nm、520 nm、550 nm和660nm,其峰值分别为52.4%、60.7%、56.1%和75.5%.而癌变的粘膜/粘膜下层的漫反射光谱的峰分别在320 nm、520 nm、550 nm和660 nm,其峰值分别为43.7%、33.4%、30.6%和70.2%.正常膀胱的粘膜/粘膜下层的漫反射光谱在370 nm处有一个峰,而癌变的粘膜/粘膜下层的漫反射光谱在370 nm处没有峰,320 nm处有一个峰.而正常膀胱的粘膜/粘膜下层的漫反射光谱在320 nm处没有峰.膀胱的粘膜/粘膜下层病变导致组织的漫反射光谱在520 nm、550 nm和660 nm处的峰的峰值分别减小了45.0%、45.5%和7.02%.说明膀胱的粘膜/粘膜下层病变导致组织的组分和结构尤其足组织中的氧合血红蛋白和去氧血红蛋白的含量发生了明显的改变.     

爆炸电子发射初期阴极表面电场的研究

为了研究二极管爆炸电子发射初始阶段阴极表面复杂的物理现象及规律, 建立了由场致电子发射阴极构成的一维平板真空二极管物理模型,通过自行编程数值求解泊松方程, 考虑了发射出的电子对阴极表面电场的非线性影响,自洽模拟得到了阴极表面电场随时间的变化情况. 模拟结果表明,爆炸电子发射初期,阴极表面电场随时间的增加而呈现出不断振荡的规律, 且振荡幅度越来越小,最终到达一个稳态的值,二极管两极板之间的外加电场越大, 阴极表面稳态电场的绝对值越大;电场增强系数越大,阴极表面稳态电场的绝对值越大. 在整个时间演变过程中,阴极表面的实际电场强度决定着阴极发射的电流密度大小, 反过来阴极发射的电流密度又会影响到阴极表面的电场.     

Spinodal decomposition of Fe−Cr−Ni alloys studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy

Summary A thermodynamic calculation of the Fe−Cr−Ni phase diagram suggests that the composition 30 at.%Cr-5 at.%Ni is expected to be found inside the spinodal line, whereas 16 at.%Cr-5 at.%Ni is expected outside at 723 K. These two alloys have been thermally aged for time periods up to 40 minutes at 723K. A significant broadening of the magnetic-hyperfine-field distribution indicates that Fe-30 at.%Cr-5 at.%Ni undergoes typical spinodal decomposition in agreement with the calculation. Spinodal decomposition is distinguished from nucleation-growth by a detailed analysis of the magnetic-hyperfine-field distribution. Paper presented at ICAME-95, Rimini, 10–16 September 1995     

Generation of milliwatt narrow-bandwidth vacuum ultraviolet radiation by an all-solid-state tunable high-average-power laser system

Generation of milliwatt narrow-bandwidth vacuum ultraviolet radiation by two-photon resonant four-wave mixing in Xe at 153 nm is demonstrated. The output of extreme ultraviolet radiation was at the microwatt level at 85 nm. For this demonstration, we developed an all-solid-state tunable 5-kHz Ti:sapphire laser system that produces 0.6-ns 0.7-GHz-bandwidth pulses at an average power of 32 W at the fundamental, 12 W at the second harmonic, and 6.3 W at the third harmonic.     

Level and age effects in infant frequency discrimination

Frequency difference limens (FDLs) were estimated for 3-, 6-, and 12-month-old infants and for adults using pure tones at 500, 1000, and 4000 Hz. Each listener provided an FDL at 40 dB and at a higher (80 dB, in most cases) sensation level (SL). An observer-based behavioral testing technique was used. The FDLs of 3-month-olds were worse than those of adults at all three frequencies, and increased with increasing frequency. The FDLs of 6- and 12-month-olds were worse than those of adults at 500 and 1000 Hz, but not at 4000 Hz. Decreasing the SL led to an increase in the FDL of about the same magnitude at all ages, and the same age differences were found at both SLs. Thus infant-adult differences in FDL are not a simple consequence of differences in absolute sensitivity. Infant FDLs at one SL were also found to be significantly correlated with the FDL at the other SL. The FDLs at one age were, in general, predictive of the FDL at a later age in a longitudinal sample of infants. Models that might account for these age-related differences are discussed.     

Controlling structure and morphology of CoPt nanoparticles through dynamical or static coalescence effects

The structure and morphology of 1 to 3 nm size CoPt nanoparticles have been investigated in situ and in real time under different conditions: growth at 500 degrees C or at room temperature (RT) followed by annealing at 500 degrees C. The small-angle x-ray scattering measurements show size and temperature dependent growth mode with particle motions on the surface, while wide-angle scattering results, supported by Monte Carlo simulations, allow structure identification. If icosahedra are systematically detected at the first growth stages at RT, annealing at 500 degrees C yields the decahedral structure from the quasistatic coalescence of icosahedral morphology. Meanwhile, growth at 500 degrees C proceeds by a dynamical coalescence mechanism at the early stage, yielding truncated octahedral cubic structures.     

Differential thermal analysis at high pressures— VIII: Phase behaviour of solid cyclopentanone,cyclopentanol, and cyclohexanone up to 3 KBAR

The phase behaviour of solid cyclopentanone, cyclopentanol, and cyclohexanone was investigated from 80 K to the melting temperature and up to 3 Kbar, using a low-temperature high-pressure differential thermal analysis apparatus. The melting temperature of cyclopentanone rises from 221.7 K at atmospheric pressure to 278 K at 2900 bar. No solid solid transition was observed. The melting temperature of cyclohexanone rises from 242.4 K at atmospheric pressure to 312 K at 2840 bar. Its well-known solid solid transition at atmospheric pressure (220.3 K) splits into two different solid solid transitions at elevated pressures. The melting temperature of cyclopentanol rises from 256 K at atmospheric pressure to 328 K at 2600 bar. Cyclopentanol exhibits two well-known solid solid transitions (236.4 K and 202.5 K at 1 atm), but an additional metastable form has been observed in the present work. the transition temperature being 195 K at 1 atm. Volume changes accompanying the phase transitions have been calculated using the Clausius Clapeyron equation.     

A comparative study of the spectra recorded at RRCAT synchrotron BL-8 dispersive EXAFS beamline with other beamlines

The aim of the present work is to make a comparative study of the EXAFS spectra recorded at the BL-8 dispersive EXAFS beamline at 2 GeV Indus-2 synchrotron source at RRCAT, Indore (India) with those recorded at other synchrotron EXAFS beamlines, viz., X-19A at NSLS, BNL (USA), EXAFS wiggler beamline 4-1 at the SSRL (USA) and beamline 11.1 at ELETTRA (Italy). For this purpose, EXAFS spectra at Cu K-edge in copper metal have been recorded at these four beamlines. Further, EXAFS spectra at Cu K-edge in a copper complex have also been recorded at BL-8 beamline and beamline 11.1 at ELETTRA (Italy). The obtained experimental μ(E) data have been background-subtracted and then normalized. The normalized data have been then converted to χ(k) data, which have been Fourier-transformed and then fitted with the theoretical model, thereby yielding different structural parameters. It has been shown that the results obtained from the EXAFS spectra recorded at the BL-8 beamline are comparable with those obtained from other synchrotron EXAFS beamlines and also with the crystallographic results reported by earlier workers. The reliability, usefulness and data quality of the BL-8 beamline have been discussed.     

Minimum SNR and acquisition for bias-free estimation of fractional anisotropy in diffusion tensor imaging - a comparison of two analytical techniques and field strengths

Although it is known that low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can affect tensor metrics, few studies reporting disease or treatment effects on fractional anisotropy (FA) report SNR; the implicit assumption is that SNR is adequate. However, the level at which low SNR causes bias in FA may vary with tissue FA, field strength and analytical methodology. We determined the SNR thresholds at 1.5 T vs. 3 T in regions of white matter (WM) with different FA and compared FA derived using manual region-of-interest (ROI) analysis to tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS), an operator-independent whole-brain analysis tool. Using ROI analysis, SNR thresholds on our hardware-software magnetic resonance platforms were 25 at 1.5 T and 20 at 3 T in the callosal genu (CG), 40 at 1.5 and 3 T in the anterior corona radiata (ACR), and 50 at 1.5 T and 70 at 3 T in the putamen (PUT). Using TBSS, SNR thresholds were 20 at 1.5 T and 3 T in the CG, and 35 at 1.5 T and 40 at 3 T in the ACR. Below these thresholds, the mean FA increased logarithmically, and the standard deviations widened. Achieving bias-free SNR in the PUT required at least nine acquisitions at 1.5 T and six acquisitions at 3 T. In the CG and ACR, bias-free SNR was achieved with at least three acquisitions at 1.5 T and one acquisition at 3 T. Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to study regions of low FA, e.g., basal ganglia, cerebral cortex, and WM in the abnormal brain, SNR should be documented. SNR thresholds below which FA is biased varied with the analytical technique, inherent tissue FA and field strength. Studies using DTI to study WM injury should document that bias-free SNR has been achieved in the region of the brain being studied as part of quality control.     

FEM study of NOW and NO2W adsorption system

Nitric oxide adsorption on tungsten and nitric dioxide adsorption on tungsten have been investigated by the FEM method. When NO or NO₂ adsorbs gradually on W at 300 K and at 80 K, the FEM patterns which appear at first are found to be similar to those which appear in N₂ adsorption on W. In the case of NO adsorption on W at 80 K, with further exposure, no further change of the FEM patterns is observed. However, in the cases of NO adsorption on W at 300 K, NO₂ adsorption on W at 300 K, and NO₂ adsorption on W at 80 K, further changes of the FEM patterns are observed with further exposure, and the FEM pattern which is obtained at the saturated state is found to be similar to the FEM pattern which appears at the saturated state of O₂ adsorption on W. From the above results it is suggested that NO and NO₂ dissociate on W at 300 and at 80 K.     

热作用致良性前列腺增生组织的光学特性变化

研究了热作用下的良性前列腺增生(BPH)组织对808和980 nm的半导体激光的光学特性的变化及其差异。实验采用双积分球测量系统以及反向倍增法获取良性前列腺增生组织的光学特性。结果表明,热作用下的良性前列腺增生组织对808 nm和980 nm的吸收系数、约化散射系数和光学穿透深度都是随着加热温度的变化而变化的,在20~80℃的温度范围内,良性前列腺增生组织对808 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数都分别明显地较其对980 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数要大,而其对808 nm的光学穿透深度却明显地较其对980 nm的光学穿透深度要小,吸收系数的最大值都在20℃,分别为0.528 mm-1和0.448 mm-1;最小值分别在50℃和70℃,分别为0.436 mm-1和0.326 mm-1,吸收系数的最大差异在70℃,其值为34.1%;约化散射系数的最大值都在80℃,其值分别为1.45 mm-1和1.43 mm-1,最小值分别在20℃和70℃,分别为1.15 mm-1和0.973 mm-1,最大差异在70℃,其值为24.4%;光学穿透深度的最大值分别在50℃和70℃,其值分别为0.684 mm和0.887 mm,最小值都在80℃,其值分别为0.608 mm和0.696 mm,最大差异在70℃,其值为30.4%。在70℃的热作用下良性前列腺增生组织达到完全热凝固,吸收系数、散射系数和光学穿透深度的差异达到最大值。     

Interaction of oxygen and CO with thin Ag films at AgTi2 substrates

Clean Ag overlayers with a thickness of about three atomic layers are prepared at polycrystalline AgTi₂ surfaces. Adsorption of oxygen and CO at these overlayers is studied with AES, UPS, and TDS methods. UP spectra reveal that oxygen adsorbs dissociatively on the surface of the Ag overlayers at 120 K, similar as at the surfaces of bulk Ag crystals. At higher temperatures, O atoms diffuse into the overlayer and get trapped at Ti at the interface underneath the Ag layer. Unlike at bulk Ag, oxygen adsorption proceeds with high sticking probability, which is attributed to a reduced activation barrier. CO adsorbs at the Ag overlayers in a weakly chemisorbed state with an adsorption energy of ca. 9 kcal/mol, whereas at bulk Ag true physisorption has been observed. Accordingly, UP spectra of CO adsorbed at 120 K exhibit well separated 4σ, 1π and 5σ emission peaks at energetic positions which are essentially different from the CO/Ag physisorption system. This observation is interpreted as a demonstration of the ligand effect, i.e., the activation of weak CO bonding at Ag by strong bonding Ti.     

A method for measurements of the efficiency of immunogold labelling of epoxy-embedded proteins subjected to different retrieval techniques

The purpose of this study was to compare the level of immunogold labelling of both osmicated and non-osmicated epoxy sections when subjected to different antigen retrieval, etching and incubation temperature for the antibodies. Pure IgG protein gels were produced by glutaraldehyde fixation, eventually postfixed with 1% osmium tetroxide, and embedded in epoxy resin. Ultrathin sections were antigen retrieved in citrate solution at 95 or 144 degrees C and eventually etched with NaIO4. Immunogold labelling with anti-IgG was performed at 4 degrees C overnight or at 60 degrees C for 1 h. The level of labelling for osmicated gels was 140% higher when heated at 144 degrees C and incubated with primary antibodies at 60 degrees C than when heated at 95 degrees C, etched with NaIO4 and incubated with primary antibodies at 4 degrees C. Osmium-fixed IgG-gels antigen retrieved at 144 degrees C and incubated with anti-IgG at 60 degrees C showed more labelling than sections of non-osmicated gels heated at 95 degrees C. Non-osmicated gels gained significant intensity of immunolabelling when the antibody incubation occurred at 60 degrees C for 1 h than at 4 degrees C overnight. Resin embedding of pure protein gels was a useful tool for comparing different protocols for immunoelectron microscopy.     

鸟苷发酵不同阶段发酵液紫外特征光谱的研究

研究了发酵不同阶段鸟苷发酵液的紫外吸收光谱,结果表明,鸟苷发酵不同阶段发酵液紫外吸收光谱会呈现相应的特征光谱。发酵前期除了275nm处的波峰外,在249nm又出现了一个新峰,并且随着发酵时间增加新峰逐渐升高成为主峰;发酵中期275nm处的波峰逐渐减弱并最后消失;发酵后期249nm处的波峰成为发酵液的特征波峰,并随时间的增加逐渐上升;发酵末期的显著特征为发酵液λmax的吸光值基本不变。鸟苷发酵不同阶段发酵液特征光谱研究为人们认识鸟苷发酵的动态过程提供了一种新的技术和途径,对于鸟苷发酵生产具有一定的指导意义。     

轴向间隙对压气机时序效应影响之一：总性能

本文实验研究了在不同动、静叶间轴向间隙下静叶时序效应对某低速轴流压气机气动性能的影响.结果表明,相同轴向间隙下,时序效应对效率的影响随流量增加而增强,但对压比基本没有影响;在不同轴向间隙下,设计工况效率在67%轴向间隙时最大,33%间隙时最小,且最高、最低效率的静叶时序位置有所不同.综合变轴向间隙和时序位置的影响,压气机设计工况效率最大可提高1.0%,最大流量工况处可提高2.3%.但是随着轴向间隙的减小,压气机喘振裕度有所下降.     

The influence of age and high-frequency hearing loss on sensitivity to temporal fine structure at low frequencies (L)

Sensitivity to temporal fine structure (TFS) at low frequencies may be adversely affected by hearing loss at high frequencies even when absolute thresholds at low frequencies are within the normal range. However, in several studies suggesting this, the effects of hearing loss and age were confounded. Here, interaural phase discrimination (IPD) thresholds for pure tones at 500 and 750 Hz were measured for 39 subjects with ages from 61 to 83 yr. All subjects had near-normal audiometric thresholds at low frequencies, but thresholds varied across subjects at high frequencies. IPD thresholds were correlated with age. IPD thresholds for the test frequency of 750 Hz were weakly correlated with absolute thresholds at high frequencies, but these correlations became non-significant when the effect of age was partialed out. The results do not confirm that sensitivity to TFS at low frequencies is influenced by hearing loss at high frequencies, independently of age.