Changes in ADC caused by tensile loading of rabbit achilles tendon: evidence for water transport

Water diffusion measurements were performed on rabbit Achilles tendons during static tensile loading and tendons in an unloaded state. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was measured along two directions: parallel and perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon. Tendons were studied after being prepared in two ways: (a) after being stored frozen in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and (b) freshly isolated. Statistically significant directional anisotropy was observed in the ADC in all tendons. The ADC was significantly greater in the direction parallel to the long axis of the tendon than in the perpendicular direction. The anisotropy is attributed to the greater restrictions seen by the water molecules in the perpendicular direction and is consistent with the known geometry of the tendon. Storage in PBS caused tendons to swell. This increased the ADC measured along both directions and reduced the anisotropy. The existence of anisotropy in the ADC was not related to the orientation of the specimen in the magnet. The ADC increased along both directions following the application of a 5-N tensile load; the increase was greatest along the perpendicular axis of the tendon. In order to determine whether load-related changes in the ADC reflected changes in interfibrilar spacing, we used electron microscopy to measure load-related changes in fibril spacing. Load-related changes in fiber spacing could not account for the observed changes in the ADC. The increase in ADC caused by loading was attributed to the extrusion of tendon water into a bulk phase along the outside surface of the tendon. In PBS-stored samples, enough fluid was extruded that it could be visualized. The transient response of the ADC to a 5-N tensile load was also studied. The absolute ADC in both directions increased with loading and recovered to baseline upon unloading. The transient changes in ADC, for both loading and unloading, had a mean time constant of approximately 15 min. The magnitude of the load-induced transient ADC changes was comparable to that seen in the static-loading experiments.     

Nonlinear interaction between a two-level atom and a weak polychromatic field

The interaction between two-level media and a polychromatic field is considered in the limit of small field amplitudes. The obtained third-order corrections allow us to describe a nonlinear response to the field and intermodal interaction. The obtained polarization spectra are compared to numerical solutions to the density matrix equation in the rotating wave approximation. The results can be used in nonlinear comb spectroscopy.     

Explosive instability of water-ammonium ice

The explosive instability (Bridgman effect) was observed over a wide temperature range from 100 to 255 K in solid water-ammonia mixtures subjected to the strong uniaxial compression at high pressures. The explosive effects were observed only for the ammonia concentrations no higher than 6 wt %. The temperature dependences of explosion thresholds were found to be nontrivial for all studied ammonia concentrations in the mixtures. With lowering temperature in the range 100–265 K, the explosive behavior of a solid mixture gave way to the plastic behavior and then again to the explosive behavior. The second low-temperature explosive interval had two maxima and two minima. The minima are assigned to the phase transitions either in the water matrix or in ammonium dihydrate. The concentration dependences of explosion thresholds are explained for all temperature intervals in terms of the percolation in elastic networks.     

Gauge invariance and the dirac equation

The gauge invariance of the Dirac equation is reviewed and gauge-invariant operators are defined. The Hamiltonian is shown to be gauge dependent, and an energy operator is defined which is gauge invariant. Gauge-invariant operators corresponding to observables are shown to satisfy generalized Ehrenfest theorems. The time rate of change of the expectation value of the energy operator is equal to the expectation value of the power operator. The virial theorem is proved for a relativistic electron in a time-varying electromagnetic field. The conventional approach to probability amplitudes, using the eigenstates of the unperturbed Hamiltonian, is shown in general to be gauge dependent. A gaugeinvariant procedure for probability amplitudes is given, in which eigenstates of the energy operator are used. The two methods are compared by applying them to an electron in a zero electromagnetic field in an arbitrary gauge. Presented at the Dirac Symposium, Loyola University, New Orleans, May 1981.     

Laser-induced hydrodynamics in water-saturated biotissues. 1. Generation of bubbles in liquid

The hydrodynamic effects that are induced in water by the moderate-power (1–5 W) CW laser radiation delivered via an optical fiber are investigated. The effective hydrodynamic processes in water are related to the explosive boiling in the vicinity of the heated end surface of the fiber. The resulting bubbles with sizes ranging from several to several tens of microns have velocities of up to 100 mm/s in the vicinity of the end surface. The generation of bubbles in a capillary gives rise to the stable circulation of liquid with the period ranging from 0.2 to 1.0 s. The hydrodynamic effects under study can be employed in the surgical and regenerative procedures in biotissues.     

静态单粒子翻转截面的获取及分类

为了评估静态随机访问存储器(SRAM)型现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)器件的单粒子效应,寻求单粒子翻转敏感部位,以XCV300PQ240为实验样品,利用重离子辐照装置详细测试了该器件的静态翻转截面,并根据配置存储单元用途的不同,对翻转数据进行了分类。结果表明：SRAM型FPGA的内部存储单元对单粒子翻转效应十分敏感;配置存储器翻转主要由查找表(LUT)及互连线资控制位造成,这两者的翻转占总翻转数的97.46%;配置存储器中各类资源的单粒子翻转(SEU)敏感性并不一致,输入输出端口(IOB)控制位和LUT的单粒子翻转的敏感性远高于其它几类资源,但LUT在配置存储器中占有很大比例,在加固时应予以重点考虑。     

Nonlinear cyclotron-impurity resonance in semiconductors

The nonlinear absorption of electromagnetic radiation by electrons in a quantizing magnetic field is investigated. The inclusion of multiphoton processes is shown to result in additional peaks in the absorption curve. The shape and arrangement of these peaks were found. The absorption is shown to depend on the electric field strength in the electromagnetic wave nonlinearly and nonmonotonically. The results obtained are in good agreement with experimental data.     

纳米级精度分光路双频干涉度量系统的设计

为完成快速、精确的外观轮廓度量,设计了一种新型纳米级精度分光路双频干涉度量系统。系统由低频差双频激光干涉度量模块和微探头及二维工作台两部分组成。微探针以轻敲式接近样品至几十纳米时,受原子力作用发生偏转,利用双频干涉模块度量其纵向偏转量,并对样品进行梳状式度量得到外观形貌。根据双频激光的实际光源,对原有双频干涉度量理论进行了改进提高。进行了系统组建和实验验证。结果表明:系统具有纳米级精度,可用于超精样品外观轮廓度量。     

Acoustically dependent latency shifts of BSER (wave V) in man

The latencies of wave V in Brain Stem Evoked Responses (BSER) elicited by a set of acoustic transients were measured. The stimuli were produced by delivering pulses to two filters, arranged in series. The filters were set so that the maximum acoustic energy in the transients, i.e., filtered clicks, occurred at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, or 8 kHz. The filtered clicks were presented via earphones at a rate of 30/s at 20, 40, or 60 dB HL to ten subjects with normal hearing. The latencies of wave V varied systematically with center frequency of the filtered clicks when they were each at the same HL. Stimuli presented at 40 dB HL produced the greatest opportunity for relating stimulus frequency to latency. The latencies for a smaller set of responses to stimuli presented at 10/s were the same as those for the principal data taken at 30/s. The changes in latency of wave V due to frequency are similar to those observed by other investigators in whole-nerve responses recorded in man.     

A non-ideal portal frame energy harvester controlled using a pendulum

A model of energy harvester based on a simple portal frame structure is presented. The system is considered to be non-ideal system (NIS) due to interaction with the energy source, a DC motor with limited power supply and the system structure. The nonlinearities present in the piezoelectric material are considered in the piezoelectric coupling mathematical model. The system is a bi-stable Duffing oscillator presenting a chaotic behavior. Analyzing the average power variation, and bifurcation diagrams, the value of the control variable that optimizes power or average value that stabilizes the chaotic system in the periodic orbit is determined. The control sensitivity is determined to parametric errors in the damping and stiffness parameters of the portal frame. The proposed passive control technique uses a simple pendulum to tuned to the vibration of the structure to improve the energy harvesting. The results show that with the implementation of the control strategy it is possible to eliminate the need for active or semi active control, usually more complex. The control also provides a way to regulate the energy captured to a desired operating frequency.     

晶体相场方法研究二维六角相向正方相结构转变

应用双模PFC模型,计算二维PFC相图,模拟二维六角晶格向正方晶格的结构转变过程, 观察新相(二维正方相)的形核、长大特点,以及相结构转变的动力学特征. 结果表明:六角结构相向正方结构相的转变,正方相最易在六角相晶界处, 尤其是在三晶粒的交汇处首先生成正方相的晶核,之后是正方相逐渐通过吞噬六角相的边缘, 向六角相内部推进,并不断长大.对于结构转变生成的正方相晶粒,其晶粒取向几乎是随机的, 与原先六角相晶粒取向角没有明显的关系.正方相转变的面积分数随时间变化的动力学曲线 呈现典型的"S"形.由Avrami曲线可将相变曲线看成由两阶段组成. 计算模拟得到的Avrami曲线的第二阶段直线斜率K的范围在2.0和3.0之间, 与JMAK理论的指数n相符合. 关键词： 结构转变 晶体相场 相图 晶粒取向     

HF-based clad etching of fibre Bragg grating and its utilization in concentration sensing of laser dye in dye–ethanol solution

This paper presents a fibre Bragg grating (FBG) based sensor to study the concentration of laser dye in dye–ethanol solution. The FBG used in this experiment is indigenously developed using 255 nm UV radiations from copper vapour laser. The cladding of the FBG was partially removed using HF-based etching to make FBG sensitive to changes in the surrounding refractive index. The experimental results on the shift of the Bragg peak wavelength with HF etching and different dye concentration in ethanol are presented. The Bragg wavelength shifted from 1534.670 nm to 1534.225 nm in 30 min and from this point to 1533.97 in the next 2 min. The clad-etched Bragg peak shifted almost linearly from 1534.056 nm to 1534.162 nm as surrounding dye concentration in ethanol changes from 0 mM to 1.5 mM. It was observed that sensitivity depends on the concentration of the solution and found to be 70 pm/mM.     

大气Ring效应差分截面的计算

基于差分吸收光谱算法,使用卫星数据反演大气NO2和SO2等痕量气体柱浓度的时候,Ring效应是影响反演结果精度的一个重要因素。Ring效应是指:受太阳表面大气消光效应影响,产生称之为夫琅禾费线的暗线结构,而由于太阳光在地球大气中传输引起非弹性散射,导致观测到的夫琅禾费线变短,这个结果可以近似地认为是对夫琅禾费线的填充。研究表明,大气中的N2和O2分子的转动拉曼散射是导致Ring效应的主要原因。利用星载传感器OMI/AURA测量的太阳光谱和N2和O2分子的转动拉曼散射截面卷积,除以原始太阳光谱,再经过差分计算,可以获得Ring效应的差分截面,以用来反演痕量气体的浓度。计算的结果与利用辐射传输方程得到的结果比较,相关系数R2达到了0.9663,表明二者基本是一致的。     

Gamma irradiation of poly(phenylene sulfide): Effects on crystallization behavior

The irradiation of polymers can bring about significant changes in the polymer structure and ultimately in their performance. Poly-(phenylene sulfide) (PPS) is an engineering polymer which is mostly used in applications where it is subjected to high-energy radiation. This paper reports the results of gamma irradiation of PPS. The technique of differential scanning calorimetry was used to monitor the changes in the melting and crystallization parameters of irradiated PPS. The heat of fusion was found to decrease upon irradiation, indicating a lower degree of crystallinity; however, a marginal increase was observed in the melting point. The nonisothermal crystallization of irradiated PPS indicated reduced crystallizability. This contention is also supported by the isothermal crystallization studies in which the crystallization rate for irradiated PPS was found to be decreased. The retardation in the crystallization of irradiated PPS has been attributed to the possible changes in the structure of the polymer.     

Long-Range Behavior of Dual-Restricted QCD Vacuum

We analyze the geometrical structure of the local non-Abelian gauge theory in terms of the magnetic symmetry, using the resemblance between the non-Abelian gauge formulations and Einstein's theory of gravitation in a higher dimensional unified space. The mathematical foundation of dual QCD in fiber bundle form is then discussed and used for the analysis of the important problem of color confinement in QCD. The associated Lagrangian formulation in magnetic gauge is shown to lead to dual dynamics due to the emergence of the topological charges of magnetic nature. The dynamical breaking of magnetic symmetry is shown to lead to the magnetic condensation of the QCD vacuum. A state of the dual superconductivity in the QCD vacuum is then shown to evolve which ultimately pushes the QCD vacuum to the confining phase. The flux tube structure of the magnetically condensed QCD vacuum is analyzed by computing the asymptotic string solutions of the field equations. The energy content of such confining structures is computed and analyzed in terms of its logarithmic and linear nature.     

Perturbative contributions to the electroweak interface tension

The main perturbative contribution to the free energy of an electroweak interface is due to the effective potential and the tree level kinetic term. The derivative corrections are investigated with one-loop perturbation theory. The action is treated in derivative, in heat kernel, and in a multi local expansion. The massive contributions turn out to be well described by the Z-factor. The massless mode, plagued by infrared problems, is numerically less important. Its perturbatively reliable part can by calculated in derivative expansion as well. A self consistent way to include the Z-factor in the formula for the interface tension is presented.     

Poloidal–toroidal decomposition in a finite cylinder. I: Influence matrices for the magnetohydrodynamic equations

The Navier–Stokes equations and magnetohydrodynamics equations are written in terms of poloidal and toroidal potentials in a finite cylinder. This formulation insures that the velocity and magnetic fields are divergence-free by construction, but leads to systems of partial differential equations of higher order, whose boundary conditions are coupled. The influence matrix technique is used to transform these systems into decoupled parabolic and elliptic problems. The magnetic field in the induction equation is matched to that in an exterior vacuum by means of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann mapping, thus eliminating the need to discretize the exterior. The influence matrix is scaled in order to attain an acceptable condition number.     

An implementation of structural change detection procedure based on experimental and numerical model correlation

A correlation of the experimental and the numerical model is implemented in order to detect structural change. The implementation of the method involves two steps: in the first the respective location is detected, and in the second the structural change is quantified. The method can detect changes in mass, stiffness or both. The numerical simulations demonstrate that the method is accurate and reliable. The method is implemented analytically and experimentally in parallel with laboratory test-cases. Improvements of the procedure are suggested and implemented in order to study the applicability to real-world cases. This study shows that model update significantly contributes to the successful structural change detection. The influence of the model reduction and model update on the detection accuracy is studied.     

Modification in the transport and morphological properties of solid polymer electrolyte system by low-energy ion irradiation

The poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) systems consisting of NaBr as a dopant salt are prepared. The stable PEO:NaBr system with 3 wt% of NaBr was subjected to low-energy ion beam irradiation to bring in morphological modification. The irradiated samples are studied using complex impedance spectra to evaluate electrical conductivity and relaxation process in the system. The studies show an increase in conductivity by one order magnitude in the irradiated systems. The dielectric loss tangent (tanδ) curves show a single peak due to strong coupling of ion transport with segmental motion. The resultant relaxation time τ exhibits a continuous decrease indicating increase in segmental dynamics as a result of increased amorphous content in the system. The temperature-dependent studies also indicate that the irradiated systems are more disordered/amorphous compared to pure systems. This fact is further supported by XRD, by observing an increase in peak width associated with reduction in peak intensity. The Raman spectra also support the change in morphology of the system by the appearance of disordered-longitudinal acoustic mode band.     

2000年—2010年黄淮海平原夏玉米种植时空变化检测

用统计分析与遥感分类技术相结合的方法,进行了较高精度的夏玉米分类。在验证分类结果具有可靠质量的基础上,将分类影像二值化,采用图像叠合法得到了黄淮海平原2000年—2010年夏玉米变化检测图像,并按区域分析了该区域11年间夏玉米的种植变化情况。结果表明,2000年—2010年间,黄淮海平原夏玉米种植面积总体明显增加,其中南部区域种植面积逐年稳步增加,北部、东部和中部区域在2000年—2003年间为减少态势,在2003年—2010年间则持续增加;四大区域中,北部区域变化幅度最大;2000年—2010年间,黄淮海平原中、南部夏玉米种植比例不断加大,整个区域种植比重呈南移趋势。研究结果可为指导农业生产提供依据,具有较高的实用价值和推广性。