High levels of soluble herpes virus entry mediator in sera of patients with allergic and autoimmune diseases

Herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) is a newly discovered member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily that has a role in herpes simplex virus entry, in T cell activation and in tumor immunity. We generated mAb against HVEM and detected soluble HVEM (SHVEM) in the sera of patients with various autoimmune diseases. HVEM was constitutively expressed on CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, CD19(+) B cells, CD14(+) monocytes, neutrophils and dendritic cells. In three-way MLR, mAb 122 and 139 were agonists and mAb 108 had blocking activity. An ELISA was developed to detect sHVEM in patient sera. sHVEM levels were elevated in sera of patients with allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis and rheumatoid arthritis. The mAbs discussed here may be useful for studies of the role of HVEM in immune responses. Detection of soluble HVEM might have diagnostic and prognostic value in certain immunological disorders.     

Oxygen evolution reaction: a perspective on a decade of atomic scale simulations

Multiple strategies to overcome the intrinsic limitations of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) have been proposed by numerous research groups. Despite the substantial efforts, the driving force required for water oxidation is largely making the reaction inefficient. In the present work, we collected published studies involving DFT calculations for the OER, with the purpose to understand why the progress made so far, for lowering the overpotential of the reaction, is relatively small. The data revealed that the universal scaling relationship between HO* and HOO* intermediates is still present and robust, despite the variety in methods and structures used for calculating the binding energies of the intermediates. On the other hand, the data did not show a clear trend line regarding the O* binding. Our analysis suggested that trends in doped semiconducting oxides behave very differently from those in other oxides. This points towards a computational challenge in describing doped oxides in a realistic manner. We propose a way to overcome these computational challenges, which can be applied to simulations corresponding to doped semiconductors in general.

Multiple strategies to overcome the intrinsic limitations of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) have been proposed by numerous research groups.     

高效液相色谱法测定大鼠血浆中的原儿茶酸

建立了大鼠血浆中原儿茶酸含量测定的高效液相色谱方法。采用的色谱柱为DiamondsilTM C18 柱(150 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm);流动相为乙腈-水(体积比为9∶91,用H3PO4 调pH至2.5);流速1.2 mL/min;检测波长260 nm;内标为对羟基苯甲酸。原儿茶酸的线性范围为0.050~3.20 mg/L,线性相关系数为0.9978，最低定量限为0.050 mg/L,日内和日间测定的精密度（以相对标准偏差表示）均低于7.0%,准确度（以相对误差表示）为-1.4%～2.6%；在0.050,0.40,3.20 mg/L低、中、高3个添加浓度水平下，血浆样品的提取回收率分别为83.4%,87.3%,91.1%。该方法简便,灵敏,准确,适用于大鼠体内原儿茶酸的药物动力学研究。     

超声引导椎旁神经阻滞治疗带状疱疹后遗神经痛的疗效及可行性分析

本文对超声引导椎旁神经阻滞治疗带状疱疹后遗神经痛（post-herpetic neuralgia，PHN）的疗效及可行性进行了分析。研究对象为2015年12月~2017年12月于我院就诊的94例PHN患者，按就诊顺序随机均分为两组，对照组给予普瑞巴林常规治疗，观察组在此基础上联合超声引导椎旁神经阻滞治疗，连续治疗4周。本文比较了治疗前、治疗1周、2周、4周后的匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）评分、疼痛视觉模拟（VAS）评分，并评价了治疗后的综合疗效，记录了治疗期间发生不良反应情况。结果显示，较治疗前，治疗1周、2周、4周后两组VAS评分均逐渐降低，且观察组治疗后各时间点的VAS评分显著低于对照组，差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）；较治疗前，两组治疗1周、2周、4周后PSQI评分均逐渐降低，且观察组治疗后各时间点的PSQI评分显著低于对照组，差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）；观察组治疗总有效率为89.36%，对照组为78.72%，观察组显著高于对照组，差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）；两组治疗期间各项不良反应发生率差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。本文证实了超声引导椎旁神经阻滞治疗PHN能显著改善患者神经疼痛症状，提升睡眠质量，同时具有安全性保障。     

The quenching of CdSe quantum dots photoluminescence by gold nanoparticles in solution

The photoluminescence (PL) of CdSe quantum dots (QD) in aqueous media has been studied in the presence of gold nanoparticles (NP) with different shapes. The steady state PL intensity of CdSe QD (1.5-2 nm in size) is quenched in the presence of gold NP. Picosecond bleach recovery and nanosecond time-resolved luminescence measurements show a faster bleach recovery and decrease in the lifetime of the emitting states of CdSe QD in the presence of quenchers. Surfactant-capped gold nanorods (NR) with aspect ratio of 3 and surfactant-capped and citrate-capped nanospheres (NS) of 12 nm diameter were used as quenchers in order to study the effect of shape and surface charge on the quenching rates. The Stern-Volmer kinetics model is used to examine the observed quenching behavior as a function of the quencher concentration. It was found that the quenching rate of NR is more than 1000 times stronger than that of NS with the same capping material. We also found that the quenching rate decreases as the length of the NR decreases, although the overlap between the CdSe emission and the NR absorption increases. This suggests that the quenching is a result of electron transfer rather than long-range (Forster-type) energy transfer processes. The quenching was attributed to the transfer of electron with energies below the Fermi level of gold to the trap holes of CdSe QD. The observed large difference between NR and NS quenching efficiencies was attributed to the presence of the [110] facets only in the NR, which have higher surface energy.     

部份互溶体系4-甲基-2-戊醇和水的过量焓研究

使用LKB-2107型流动式微量量热计测定了4-甲基-2-戊醇和水这一部份互溶体系在293.15 K、298.15 K和303.15 K的常压过量焓。测量结果用Redlich-Kister方程作了关联。另外,还用该体系富醇区的过量焓数据拟合NRTL模型的参数与温度关系,推算较高温度下该体系的常压汽液平衡(VLE)组成及泡点。推算值与文献值是接近的。实验试剂4-甲基-2-戊醇由粗品经三次蒸馏提纯,沸点为404.95 K,折光率n_D~(20)1.4113,密度d~(20)0.8067 g cm~(-3),与文献值一致。无水乙醇、尿素均为分析纯。液体试剂在使用前均     

Semi-Supervised Cross-Subject Emotion Recognition Based on Stacked Denoising Autoencoder Architecture Using a Fusion of Multi-Modal Physiological Signals

In recent decades, emotion recognition has received considerable attention. As more enthusiasm has shifted to the physiological pattern, a wide range of elaborate physiological emotion data features come up and are combined with various classifying models to detect one’s emotional states. To circumvent the labor of artificially designing features, we propose to acquire affective and robust representations automatically through the Stacked Denoising Autoencoder (SDA) architecture with unsupervised pre-training, followed by supervised fine-tuning. In this paper, we compare the performances of different features and models through three binary classification tasks based on the Valence-Arousal-Dominance (VAD) affection model. Decision fusion and feature fusion of electroencephalogram (EEG) and peripheral signals are performed on hand-engineered features; data-level fusion is performed on deep-learning methods. It turns out that the fusion data perform better than the two modalities. To take advantage of deep-learning algorithms, we augment the original data and feed it directly into our training model. We use two deep architectures and another generative stacked semi-supervised architecture as references for comparison to test the method’s practical effects. The results reveal that our scheme slightly outperforms the other three deep feature extractors and surpasses the state-of-the-art of hand-engineered features.     

Comparison of Fatty Acid Contents and MMP-1 Inhibitory Effects of the Two Antarctic Fish,Notothenia rossii and Champsocephalus gunnari

Total fatty-acid (FA) contents of different organs (stomach, liver, brain, and skin) of two Antarctic fish, marbled rockcod (Notothenia rossii) and mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari), were examined using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). N. rossii possessed higher contents of total omega-3, where eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the most represented omega-3 FAs, were distributed throughout all parts of the fish. The highest level of EPA was observed in the skin and that of DHA was observed in the brain of N. rossii. C. gunnari showed organ peculiarity in that most of the omega-3 FAs were found in stomach and skin. Specifically, the highest levels of EPA and DHA were both observed in the stomach. Although N. rossii and C. gunnari both inhabit the Antarctic Southern Oceans, their characteristics in terms of the composition of fatty acids were shown to vary. The extracts were also evaluated for matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1)-inhibitory activities in UVB-induced human dermal fibroblasts, where extracts of the skin and liver of N. rossii showed the most significant inhibition upon MMP-1 production. These findings provide experimental evidence that the extracts of the Antarctic fish could be utilized as bioactive nutrients, particularly in the enhancement of skin health.     

用序列二次规划法设计ICF 靶区光路

 运用序列二次规划法设计了靶区光路。由ICF 柱面靶间接驱动实验对多路激光束排布的要求, 建立靶区数学模型, 用本文设计结果构筑光路排布线框实体。该三维线框以特征线代表60路激光驱动光束实体, 以特征线段的转折点代表240面反射镜的空间位置。     

利用宇宙线对BESⅢ量能器CsⅠ（Tl）晶体探测器单元的测量

利用宇宙射线进行探测器模型的性能测试是高能物理普遍采用的方法，其中最重要的步骤之一就是确定宇宙线入射的准确位置和径迹．多数采用丝室探测器来进行宇宙线的精确定位，需要很高的造价和复杂的电子学系统．本文介绍一种简单的定位方法，采用塑料闪烁体条加波移剂光纤编码读出的方式，可以实现精度为1cm的定位．据此建立了一套实验装置，对BESⅢ电磁量能器CsⅠ（Tl）晶体探测器单元的光输出强度和不均匀性进行了测量．