A degree sum condition for long cycles passing through a linear forest

Let G be a (k+m)-connected graph and F be a linear forest in G such that |E(F)|=m and F has at most k-2 components of order 1, where k?2 and m?0. In this paper, we prove that if every independent set S of G with |S|=k+1 contains two vertices whose degree sum is at least d, then G has a cycle C of length at least min{d-m,|V(G)|} which contains all the vertices and edges of F.     

Comparison between a white-light interferometer and a tactile formtester for the measurement of long inner cylindrical surfaces

Shape measurements of engineering surfaces are an interesting and important application for white-light interferometry (WLI). Due to some factors such as: (a) the high-processing speed, (b) the ability to measure a huge quantity of points of the evaluated surface, and (c) the non-contacting nature; WLI has become a valuable tool for practical applications. This paper shows the achieved comparison between a modified white-light interferometer and an established measurement system, namely a formtester with a tactile spherical stylus sensor, which is the most commonly used instrument in the industry. Furthermore, this paper shows that the combination between the modified white-light interferometer and an adequate measurement and processing strategy has enabled to obtain a good agreement between optical and tactile measurements of long inner cylindrical surfaces. A cloud of points (COP) measured with the modified white-light interferometer has presented a standard deviation of about 0.3 μm when it was compared with formtester measurement of the same parts.     

The N- and C-terminal domains of parathyroid hormone-related protein affect differently the osteogenic and adipogenic potential of human mesenchymal stem cells

Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is synthesized by diverse tissues, and its processing produces several fragments, each with apparently distinct autocrine and paracrine bioactivities. In bone, PTHrP appears to modulate bone formation in part through promoting osteoblast differentiation. The putative effect of PTH-like and PTH-unrelated fragments of PTHrP on human mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs) is not well known. Human MSCs were treated with PTHrP (1-36) or PTHrP (107-139) or both (each at 10 nM) in osteogenic or adipogenic medium, from the start or after 6 days of exposure to the corresponding medium, and the expression of several osteoblastogenic and adipogenic markers was analyzed. PTHrP (1-36) inhibited adipogenesis in MSCs and favoured the expression of osteogenic early markers. The opposite was observed with treatment of MSCs with PTHrP (107-139). Moreover, inhibition of the adipogenic differentiation by PTHrP (1-36) prevailed in the presence of PTHrP (107-139). The PTH/PTHrP type 1 receptor (PTH1R) gene expression was maximum in the earlier and later stages of osteogenesis and adipogenesis, respectively. While PTHrP (107-139) did not modify the PTH1R overexpression during adipogenesis, PTHrP (1-36) did inhibit it; an effect which was partially affected by PTHrP (7-34), a PTH1R antagonist, at 1 µM. These findings demonstrate that both PTHrP domains can exert varying effects on human MSCs differentiation. PTHrP (107-139) showed a tendency to favor adipogenesis, while PTHrP (1-36) induced a mild osteogenic effect in these cells, and inhibited their adipocytic commitment. This further supports the potential anabolic action of the latter peptide in humans.     

An accurate algorithm to calculate the Hurst exponent of self-similar processes

In this paper, we introduce a new approach which generalizes the GM2 algorithm (introduced in Sánchez-Granero et al. (2008) [52]) as well as fractal dimension algorithms (FD1, FD2 and FD3) (first appeared in Sánchez-Granero et al. (2012) [51]), providing an accurate algorithm to calculate the Hurst exponent of self-similar processes. We prove that this algorithm performs properly in the case of short time series when fractional Brownian motions and Lévy stable motions are considered.We conclude the paper with a dynamic study of the Hurst exponent evolution in the S&P500 index stocks.     

Decomposition of in vivo spatially offset Raman spectroscopy data using multivariate analysis techniques

The decomposition of spatially offset Raman spectra for complex multilayer systems, such as biological tissues, requires advanced techniques such as multivariate analyses. Often, in such situations, the decomposition methods can reach their limits of accuracy well before the limits imposed by signal‐to‐noise ratios. Consequently, more effective reconstruction methods could yield more accurate results with the same data set. In this study we process spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) data with three different multivariate techniques (band‐target entropy minimization (BTEM), multivariate curve resolution and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC)) and compare their performance when analysing a spectrally challenging plastic model system and an even more challenging problem, the analysis of human bone transcutaneously in vivo. For the in vivo measurements, PARAFAC's requirement of multidimensional orthogonal data is addressed by recording SORS spectra both at different spatial offsets and at different anatomical points, the latter providing added dimensionality through the variation of skin/soft tissue thickness. The BTEM and PARAFAC methods performed the best on the plastic system with the BTEM more faithfully reconstructing the major Raman bands and PARAFAC the smaller more heavily overlapped features. All three methods succeeded in reconstructing the bone spectrum from the transcutaneous data and gave good figures for the phosphate‐to‐carbonate ratio (within 2% of excised human tibia bone); the PARAFAC gave the most accurate figure for the mineral‐to‐collagen ratio (20% less than excised human tibia bone). Previous studies of excised bones have shown that certain bone diseases (such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and osteogenesis imperfecta) are accompanied by compositional abnormalities that can be detected with Raman spectroscopy, the utility of a technique which could reconstruct bone spectra accurately is manifest. The results have relevance on the use of SORS in general. © 2014 Crown copyright. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Temperature sensitivity of long period fiber grating in SMF-28 fiber

In this paper we have presented long period fiber grating (LPFG) as temperature sensor. Temperature based sensors have found a number of applications in commercial and industrial fields. In LPFG based temperature sensors, they respond to shift in various peak resonant wavelengths corresponding to various attenuation bands of the transmission spectrum. Temperature effect on the various attenuation bands of a LPFG have been investigated to create a highly sensitive measurement device. The temperature sensitivities of various attenuation bands of a LPFG over the wavelength region of 1.1–1.7 μm, for a grating period of 280 μm period, are obtained by monitoring the wavelength shift of each peak resonant wavelength with temperature increment of 20 °C, ranging from 0 °C to 100 °C.     

松质骨拉伸细观分析的实验研究

设计了扫描电镜内专用的加载装置,研究了松质骨受拉时胞体结构的细观力学行为,获得了不同加载条件下的松质骨SEM照片和断口SEM照片,为分析松质骨变形机理和破坏机理提供实验基础,也为同类研究提供有益参考。     

发钙与骨密度两种测试方法的观察比较

探讨了发钙检测的可靠性。对同一个患者同时做两种检测,发钙用ICPQ－1012型电感耦合高频等离子体发射光谱仪检测,骨密度则采有中国科学技术大学中佳光电仪器分公司生产的GBD－928骨密度测试检测,均由专人进行操作。结果表明,151例患者的发钙与骨密度测试结果相符的有74例,占49％。可见评价一个人的钙营养状况不能只看发钙,特别对发钙高的患者,应结合临床,最好再做骨密度或甲状旁腺素等的检测,以便准确地判断体内钙营养状况。     

Simplified power supply for long pulse CO2 laser using zero cross switching technique

We propose a simple power supply for a longitudinally pulsed CO₂ laser with long pulse duration by the switching control of AC line (60 Hz) on HV leakage transformer primary, which can generate long pulse of about 3 ms compared to a typical pulsed power supply. In this power supply, a low voltage open loop control for high voltage discharge circuit is employed to avoid the HV sampling or switching, and AC line voltage switched directly by a SCR is applied to the leakage transformer primary. Thus, there is no need of a rectified bridge and an energy-storage capacitor in the discharge circuit, and the leakage transformer allows one to omit a current-limiting resistor. In order to control the laser output power, the pulse repetition rate is adjusted up to 60 Hz. A ZCS circuit and a PIC one-chip microprocessor are used to control the gate signal of SCR precisely.     

投影系统中DMD衍射效率的研究北大核心CSCD

数字微镜阵列(DMD)作为空间调制元件常用于投影光学系统,入射光为长波红外时产生的衍射效应会影响进入系统的能量分布,该文主要讨论光源入射角度对衍射效应的影响,将DMD作为闪耀光栅模型,研究其在长波红外波段产生的衍射效应。从光程差的角度分析在主、副对角线分别处于“开态”情况下的衍射效应,发现衍射效应与入射角度有关;将DMD作为闪耀光栅模型,采用矢量衍射理论计算7.7μm~9.5μm波段下DMD处于“开态”下的衍射效率。计算结果表明:当TM偏振光以44°角照射时,1级衍射达到闪耀状态,衍射效率可达到70%。