In vivo hyperthermia effect induced by high-intensity pulsed ultrasound

Hyperthermia effects (39-44°C) induced by pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) have been regarded as a promising therapeutic tool for boosting immune responses or enhancing drug delivery into a solid tumor. However, previous studies also reported that the cell death occurs when cells are maintained at 43°C for more than 20 minutes. The aim of this study is to investigate thermal responses inside in vivo rabbit auricular veins exposed to pulsed HIFU (1.17 MHz, 5300 W/cm2 , with relatively low-duty ratios (0.2%-4.3%). The results show that: (1) with constant pulse repetition frequency (PRF) (e.g., 1 Hz), the thermal responses inside the vessel will increase with the increasing duty ratio; (2) a temperature elevation to 43°C can be identified at the duty ratio of 4.3%; (3) with constant duty ratios, the change of PRF will not significantly affect the temperature measurement in the vessel; (4) as the duty ratios lower than 4.3%, the presence of microbubbles will not significantly enhance the thermal responses in the vessel, but will facilitate HIFU-induced inertial cavitation events.     

Recent advance on the efficiency at maximum power of heat engines

This review reports several key advances on the theoretical investigations of efficiency at maximum power of heat engines in the past five years. The analytical results of efficiency at maximum power for the Curzon-Ahlborn heat engine, the stochastic heat engine constructed from a Brownian particle, and Feynman's ratchet as a heat engine are presented. It is found that: the efficiency at maximum power exhibits universal behavior at small relative temperature differences; the lower and the upper bounds might exist under quite general conditions; and the problem of efficiency at maximum power comes down to seeking for the minimum irreversible entropy production in each finite-time isothermal process for a given time.     

Thermal transformation of δ-MnO2 nanoflowers studied by in-situ TEM

In-situ transmission electron microscopy in combination with a heating stage has been employed to real-time monitor variations of -phase MnO2 nanoflowers in terms of their morphology and crystalline structures upon thermal annealing at elevated temperatures up to ~665℃. High-temperature annealing drives the diffusion of the small δ-MnO2 nanocrystallites within short distances less than 15 nm and the fusion of the adjacent δ-MnO2 nanocrystallites, leading to the formation of larger crystalline domains including highly crystalline nanorods. The annealed nanoflowers remain their overall flower-like morphology while they are converted to δ-MnO2 . The preferred transformation of the δ-MnO2 to the δ-MnO2 can be ascribed to the close lattice spacing of most crystalline lattices between δ-MnO2 and δ-MnO2 , that might lead to a possible epitaxial growth of δ-MnO2 lattices on the δ-MnO2 lattices during the thermal annealing process.     

Temperature-dependent structures of proton-conducting Ba(Zr(0.8-x)Ce(x)Y(0.2))O(2.9) ceramics by Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction

In situ temperature-dependent micro-Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction have been performed to study atomic vibration, lattice parameter and structural transition of proton-conducting Ba(Zr(0.8-x)Ce(x)Y(0.2))O(2.9) (BZCY) ceramics (x = 0.0-0.8) synthesized by the glycine-nitrate combustion process. The Raman vibrations have been identified and their frequencies increase with decreasing x as the heavier Ce(4+) ions are replaced by Zr(4+) ions. The main Raman vibrations of Ba(Ce(0.8)Y (0.2))O(2.9) appear near 305, 332, 352, 440 and 635 cm(-1). The X-O ( X=Ce, Zr, Y) stretching modes are sensitive to the variation of Ce/Zr ratio. A rhombohedral-cubic structural transition was observed for x = 0.5-0.8, in which the transition shifts toward higher temperature as cerium increases, except for Ba(Ce(0.8)Y(0.2))O(2.9). A minor monoclinic phase possibly coexists in the rhombohedral matrix for x = 0.5-0.8. The lower-cerium BZCYs (x = 0.0-0.4) ceramics do not exhibit any transition in the region of 20-900?°C, indicating a cubic phase at and above room temperature.     

插值法在数据修正中的应用

为了使评估的结果达到某种规定的水平,本文研究了运用线性插值、拉格朗日插值以及牛顿插值方法对某公司员工考核数据按照一定的规则进行了修正,同时,对各种方法的修正前、后的结果做了比较．结果表明拉格朗日插值法效果最好,但是计算量偏大;线性插值法虽然效果一般,但是计算复杂度却较低;而牛顿插值法达不到我们预期的效果．     

q移动差分方程亚纯解的一些性质（英文）

主要讨论了q移动差分方程零级亚纯解的一些性质,所得结果推广及改进了先前陈宗煊和郑秀敏,Korhonen等人的结果.     

阵列调制随机共振在微弱信号特征提取方面的应用

论述了阵列调制随机共振方法在强噪声背景下多频微弱信号特征提取中的工作原理和实现步骤;采用预先设定系统参数的多个并联非耦合随机共振单元形成阵列,将被测强噪声背景下的多频微弱信号分别与不同频率的载波进行调制,生成多个差频均为0.01Hz的信号作为各对应随机共振单元的激励信号,采用龙格-库塔算法求取各单元输出并进行频谱分析,根据0.01Hz处的信噪比判断在微弱信号中是否存在载波频率与差频值之和大小的频率分量,最后综合各个随机共振单元的检测结果生成微弱信号的频率特征向量;仿真结果表明,阵列调制随机共振在微弱信号特征提取方面效果明显,具有很好的应用前景。     

利用激光冷却原子束测量氦原子精密光谱

⁴He原子2³S₁→2³P_0,1,2跃迁的精细结构分裂,目前在理论和实验上都能够达到10^-8水平的精度,并可被应用于测定精细结构常数α, 和对量子电动力学进行检验.该方面实验研究的关键, 是需要提高测量信噪比,并消除各种可能的系统偏差, 将这一精细结构分裂测量到亚kHz水平.在设计的这套实验方案中, 首次结合激光冷却原子技术,通过激光横向冷却来提高亚稳态氦原子束的束流强度,并对三态亚稳态氦原子进行偏折, 将其从原子束中分离,从而大幅降低测量背景,并利用频率锁定激光器的边带扫描的方式来进行光谱测量,以使得扫描测量中保持足够的频率精度. 在目前基本搭建成的实验装置上,实验方法的可行性已经获得验证,分析表明有望实现亚千赫兹水平的测量准确度.     

Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature using thinned fiber based Mach–Zehnder interferometer

A novel method for simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature based on a small core and cladding diameters thinned fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) using singlemode-multimode-thinned-multimode-singlemode (SMTMS) fiber structure is proposed. Experiments indicate that the selected two interference orders have sensitivities of ?16.1936 nm/RIU and 0.0534 nm/°C, and ?23.0473 nm/RIU and 0.0575 nm/°C, respectively, among RI range from 1.3325–1.3720 and temperature range from 22 °C–82 °C. We can thus use the coefficient matrix of these two peaks to simultaneously determine the surrounding refractive index and temperature. The fabrication is easy, safe and cost effective, includes only the fusion splicing, making the device properly attractive for practical sensor applications.     

Spectroscopic properties of Tm3+/Ho3+ co-doped NaLa(WO4)2 single crystal

Tm³⁺/Ho³⁺ co-doped NaLa(WO₄)₂ single crystal was successfully grown by the Czochralski method. The crystal was characterized by room temperature absorption spectra, fluorescence spectra around 2 μm, up-conversion fluorescence and luminescence decay measurements. Spectroscopic properties related to the laser operation around 2 μm of Ho³⁺ ions have been evaluated. The energy level scheme and energy transfer processes of Tm³⁺ and Ho³⁺ were analyzed. The obtained spectroscopic results show the crystal is a potentially host for Ho³⁺ 2 μm infrared laser.