Reproducibility of myelin water fraction analysis: a comparison of region of interest and voxel-based analysis methods

This study compared region of interest (ROI) and voxel-based analysis (VBA) methods to determine the optimal method of myelin water fraction (MWF) analysis. Twenty healthy controls were scanned twice using a multi-echo T₂ relaxation sequence and ROIs were drawn in white and grey matter. MWF was defined as the fractional signal from 15 to 40 ms in the T₂ distribution. For ROI analysis, the mean intensity of voxels within an ROI was fit using non-negative least squares. For VBA, MWF was obtained for each voxel and the mean and median values within an ROI were calculated. There was a slightly higher correlation between Scan 1 and 2 for the VBA method (R²=0.98) relative to the ROI method (R²=0.95), and the VBA mean square difference between scans was 300% lower, indicating VBA was the most consistent between scans. For the VBA method, mean MWF was found to be more reproducible than median MWF. As the VBA method is more reproducible and gives more options for visualization and analysis of MWF, it is recommended over the ROI method of MWF analysis.     

Optimal ablation of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film layers adopting a simple pulsed Nd:YAG laser with TEM00 mode

In material processing, a laser system with optimal laser parameters has been considered to be significant. Especially, the laser ablation technology is thought to be very important for fabricating a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) module with good quality. Moreover, the TEM₀₀ mode laser beam is the most dominant factor to decide the incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE) characteristics. In order to get the TEM₀₀ mode, a pin-hole is inserted within a simple pulsed Nd:YAG laser resonator. And the spatial field distribution is measured by using three pin-hole diameters of 1.6, 2.0 and 4.0 mm, respectively. At that moment, each case has the same laser beam energy by adjusting the discharge voltage and pulse per second (pps). From those results, it is known that the pin-hole size of 1.6 mm has the perfect TEM₀₀ mode. In addition, at the charging voltage of 1000 V, 10 pps, the feeding speed of 6.08 mm/s and the overlapping rate (OL) of 62%, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) photograph of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film layers shows the best ablation trace.     

高炉冲渣水余热回收的可行性研究

根据高炉冲渣水的余热特点,提出了一个采用分离式热管换热器的余热回收的方案。文中对余热回收方案中换热设备的结构特点进行了描述。     

高压煤粉密相气力输送实验研究

在输送压力可达4 MPa的气力输送实验台上,进行不同平均粒径煤粉的密相输送实验。研究总输送差压、发送压力对煤粉的质量流量、固气比等输送参数的影响。结果表明;煤粉质量流量随总输送差压的增加而增加;相同总输送差压下,煤粉平均粒径越大,煤粉质量流量越低;煤粉质量流量随发送压力的增加而增加。研究表明,相同煤粉质量流量下固气比随着表观气速的增加而降低;相同表观气速下,煤粉质量流量的增加会导致固气比的增加。     

Variational iteration method for solving compressible Euler equations

This paper applies the variational iteration method to obtain approximate analytic solutions of compressible Euler equations in gas dynamics.This method is based on the use of Lagrange multiplier for identification of optimal values of parameters in a functional.Using this method,a rapid convergent sequence is produced which converges to the exact solutions of the problem.Numerical results and comparison with other two numerical solutions verify that this method is very convenient and efficient.     

Ferromagnetism in ZnCoO thin films deposited by PLD

Multilayer structures A–B–A⋅⋅⋅ consisting of alternating layers of a metal A and a semiconductor B can show large anisotropy in their transport properties. In tilted multilayer structures, where layer planes and sample surface include a nonzero tilt angle, nonvanishing off-diagonal elements in the sample’s transport tensors lead to transverse Seebeck and Peltier effects. Achievable temperature differences and figures of merit for transverse Peltier cooling are discussed and compared with experiments, coefficients of performance for transverse power generation are calculated.     

Effects of different noise combinations on sleep, as assessed by a general questionnaire

In the present study, the effects of different noise combinations on sleep were assessed in two contexts, with a single noise source and with combined noise sources. Road traffic noise, and construction or movie noise combined with road traffic noise were used as the single noise source and the combined noise sources, respectively. When the sound pressure level of road traffic noise was kept constant, levels of the construction and movie noise were changed. Twenty participants were followed for approximately 2 weeks, during which their sleep was evaluated using a questionnaire, including questions on sleeping behavior, premature awakening, and subjective responses. The results showed that the combined noise sources including construction noise decreased the number of participants who fell asleep within an hour and increased the number that were awakened prematurely compared to the effects of road traffic noise combined with movie noise. However, similar tendencies were observed while evaluating sleep quality, sleep disturbance, and annoyance.     

Synthesis and optical characterization of vertically grown ZnO nanowires in high crystallinity through vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism

The gas-phase growth and optical characteristics of 1-dimensional ZnO nanostructure have been investigated. The ZnO nanowires (NWs) were grown vertically on Au coated silicon substrates by vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The ZnO NWs were grown in the crystal direction of [0 0 0 1]. The ZnO NWs exhibit the uniform size of less than 100 nm in diameter and up to 5 μm in length. Photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of ZnO NWs shows the strong band-edge emission at ∼380 nm (∼3.27 eV) without significant deep-level defect emission. The exciton lifetime of ZnO NWs was measured to be approximately 150 ± 10 ps.     

Cavity resonant mode in a metal film perforated with two-dimensional triangular lattice hole arrays

The transmission property of metallic films with two-dimensional hole arrays is studied experimentally and numerically. For a triangular lattice subwavelength hole array in a 150 nm thick Ag film, both cavity resonance and planar surface modes are identified as the sources of enhanced optical transmissions. Semi-analytical models are developed for calculating the dispersion relation of the cavity resonant mode. They agree well with the experimental results and full-wave numerical calculations. Strong interaction between the cavity resonant mode and surface modes is also observed.     

Characterization of ZnO thin films grown on various substrates by RF magnetron sputtering

In this study we investigated properties of ZnO thin films deposited on both oxygen-containing substrates and a substrate without oxygen content at various O₂/Ar reactant gas ratios. Deposition of ZnO on indium-tin oxide (ITO) resulted in the best crystallinity, whereas the least degree of crystallization was observed from ZnO deposited on glass. All the films were found to have compressive stress, which was relieved by annealing in O₂ environment. ZnO films deposited on glass revealed p-type conductivity when prepared at O₂/Ar ratio of 0.25 whereas those on SiN_x yielded p-type conductivity when prepared at O₂/Ar ratio of 4. In addition, shallower oxygen interstitial seemed to be found from films with better crystallinity. The largest shift in binding energy of Zn_2p3/2 was observed from ZnO prepared on glass at O₂/Ar ratio of 0.25, whereas that of O_1s was obtained from ZnO deposited on SiN_x at O₂/Ar ratio of 4. A model was proposed in terms of O₂ diffusion and hydrogen desorption in order to account for the observed property variations depending on substrates and O₂/Ar ratios.