Functional neuroimaging of inner fields-of-view with 2D-selective RF excitations

Echo-planar imaging is widely used in functional neuroimaging but suffers from its pronounced sensitivity to field inhomogeneities that cause geometric distortions and image blurring which both limit the effective in-plane resolution achievable. In this work, it is shown how inner-field-of-view techniques based on 2D-selective RF excitations (2DRF) can be applied to reduce the field-of-view in the phase-encoding direction without aliasing and increase the in-plane resolution accordingly. Free-induction-decay (FID) EPI and echo-train-shifted (T2*-weighted) and standard (T2-weighted) spin-echo (SE) EPI with in-plane resolutions of up to 0.5×1.0 mm² (slice thickness 5 mm) were acquired at 3 T. Unwanted signal contributions of 2DRF side excitations were shifted out of the object (FID-EPI) or of the refocusing plane by tilting the excitation plane (SE-EPI). Brain activation in healthy volunteers was investigated with checkerboard and finger-tapping block-design paradigms. Brain activation could be detected with all sequences and contrasts, most reliably with FID-EPI due to its higher signal amplitude and the longer 2DRF excitation that are more sensitive to magnetic field inhomogeneities. In conclusion, inner-FOV EPI based on 2DRF excitations could help to improve the spatial resolution of fMRI of focal target regions, e.g. for applications in the spinal cord.     

Rapid and quantitative method for evaluating the personal therapeutic potential of cancer drugs

An in vitro, rapid, and quantitative cell-based assay is needed to predict the efficacy of cancer drugs in individual patients, because a cancer patient may have unconventional aspects of tumor development. Here we report a rapid and label-free quantitative method for verifying apoptosis in living cancer cells cultured on a sensor chip with a newly developed high-precision surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor. The time-course cell reaction was monitored as the SPR angle change rate for 5 min during a 35-min cell culture of pancreatic cancer lines with a drug. The time-course cell reaction was significantly related to cell viability counted after 48 h as assessed by caspase-3 activity assay of apoptosis. Furthermore, the detected SPR signal was derived from the decrease in inner mitochondrial membrane potential. The results obtained are universally valid for various cancer drugs mediating apoptosis through different cell-signaling pathways and even for combined use in various pancreatic cancer cell lines. This system can be applied in a clinical setting to evaluate the personal therapeutic potential of drugs including pharmacodynamic interactions.     

Decomposition of arborescent linear programs

We apply what we call sequential projection to reformulate certain linear programs as recursive optimization problems. We then apply the standard idea of approximating the return function at each stage of the recursion by using inner (or outer) linearization, and iteratively refining the approximation until the original linear program has been solved. The contribution of the paper lies in its unification of existing decomposition approaches and in showing that they can be generalized to apply to what we call arborescent linear programs.     

吸收谱交迭的双组分混合液的荧光谱校正研究

荧光内滤效应以及样品池中荧光物质对激发光的吸收分布会直接影响荧光谱的强度和谱形,共同制约荧光分析法的应用。使用吸收谱及荧光谱存在交迭的双组分混合溶液,研究一种新的基于物理吸收模型的校正方法,以校正荧光内滤效应及吸收分布对荧光强度的影响。对三聚噻吩和五聚噻吩混合液的光谱研究表明,使用所述校正方法可以达到较为理想的校正效果, 误差小于5%。     

Self-Consistent Nonlinear Theory of Inner-Slotted High Harmonic Gyrotron

The self-consistent nonlinear theory is employed to analyze the inner-slotted high harmonic gyrotron, it is found that the structure of advantiageus to the interactin, the efficiency of interaction is above 30%.     

基于石墨相氮化碳量子点直接荧光猝灭法检测碘离子的研究

石墨相氮化碳(g-C₃N₄)荧光纳米材料具有原料便宜、制备容易、荧光量子产率高、光学稳定性好、毒性低等优点,并且避免有机荧光染料复杂的合成步骤或者金属半导体量子点对环境潜在的危害,这些优点使得g-C₃N₄纳米材料成为新兴的荧光探针用于检测金属离子。最近,已有文献报道重金属汞离子能够高灵敏高选择性地猝灭g-C₃N₄量子点的荧光,加入碘离子能够提取被键合的汞离子形成碘化汞(HgI₂)进而恢复g-C₃N₄量子点的荧光,从而建立一种高灵敏检测碘离子的荧光传感器。然而,该方法依然需要重金属汞离子的参与,限制了该方法的推广应用。通过硝酸氧化块体g-C₃N₄并结合水热法处理制备了一种水溶性好、荧光强度高的g-C₃N₄量子点。该量子点的荧光发射波长位于368 nm,且其荧光发射波长不随激发波长的改变而改变,表明该量子点的尺寸比较均一。笔者发现碘离子在220 nm处有一个较强的吸收峰,与该量子点的激发光谱(中心波长245 nm)具有较大的重叠,从而产生内滤效应引起该量子点的荧光发生猝灭。利用这一性质,构建了一种选择性检测碘离子的新型荧光传感器。在最优检测条件下,g-C₃N₄量子点的荧光猝灭强度(ΔF)与碘离子浓度(X,μmol·L-1)在10～400 μmol·L-1之间具有良好的线性关系,线性方程为ΔF=0.325 79X+6.039 05(R2=0.999 5),检出限为5.0 μmol·L-1。通过“混合即检测”并且不需要借助与重金属离子的配位作用就能够检测碘离子,因此该方法具有快速、环保以及操作简便等优点。     

内蒙古草原植被最大光能利用率取值优化研究

针对目前CASA (carnegie-ames-stanford approach)模型等植被生产力模型植被最大光能利用率的取值未对草原进行区分的问题,以内蒙古草甸草原、典型草原和荒漠草原为研究对象,结合野外实测NPP(net primary productivity)数据和CASA模型的建模思路优化了三大草原类型植被最大光能利用率,并以此为基础模拟分析了其植被光能利用率和NPP时空格局。结果表明,基于99个地面采样点所建立的一元二次方程模拟的草甸草原、典型草原和荒漠草原最大光能利用率分别为0.654,0.553和0.511 gC·MJ-1,平均为0.573 gC·MJ-1。与未对草原类型进行区分而统一取值为0.541 gC·MJ-1的结果相比,实测NPP与模拟NPP之间的决定系数和和均方根误差分别提高了0.024和2.62 gC·(m2·month-1)-1。受水热组合和草原类型的空间格局的影响,内蒙古草原植被光能利用率和NPP总体上由东北向西南逐渐下降趋势,呈明显的单峰季节变化特征。但光能利用率和NPP的最大值出现的月份有所不同,分别出现在8月份和7月份,这可能与植被吸收的光合有效辐射和光能利用率的最高值出现的月份不同有关。光能利用率和NPP平均值按草甸草原>典型草原>荒漠草原的顺序依次降低。     

计算液态混合物内能和内压的统计热力学理论

假定二元液态混合物分子间的相互作用势能可以表示成多体相互作用势能的和 ,分子间的力为短程力 ,相互作用势能只与分子间的相对距离有关 .利用分布函数理论导出了二元液态混合物的过剩内能和内压的公式 .二元液态混合物的过剩内能和内压可以表示成体积的幂级数形式 ,其中的系数可以用多体相互作用势和多体径向分布函数表出 .讨论了单元液体的内压和过剩内能的表达式 ,在两种特殊情形下 ,过剩内能和内压的表达式分别与Egelstaff的微扰论结果及Frank的实验结果具有相同的形式 .讨论了二元混合物内压和内能的两个特例 ,其一 ,在特殊情形下 ,给出了混合液体过剩内能的混合规则的一个证明 .其二 ,给出的二元混合物的过剩内能和内压的表达式与Frank的实验结果具有相同的形式     

同步测量大气湍流折射率结构常数和内尺度的光学方法

 基于不同波长的光闪烁,采用修正的大气湍流Hill谱模型,提出了一种同时反演大气湍流内尺度及折射率结构常数的方法。假定内尺度在某一个范围内取值,对于不同波长的闪烁指数,如果当内尺度取某一定值时,由光传输理论计算的C²_n(λ₁,…)和C²n (λ₂,…)相等,反演成功。根据此原理设计了三波长闪烁计并在某地进行了外场测量。近地面大气湍流的内尺度一般在2~10 mm之间,且随折射率结构常数（其量级为10^-16~10^-13）的变化而变化,两者之间存在一定的正相关;任意两波长组合进行反演得到的内尺度(或折射率结构常数)值具有自洽性,其相关系数的最小值为0.81,因此证明了该方法的可行性。     

不同地区大气光学湍流内外尺度测量

 用光学湍流参数自动测量系统对内陆地区和沿海地区光学湍流内外尺度进行了大量的实验观测。分析了湍流尺度的日变化规律,给出了其频数分布。结果表明：两地内尺度的均值为十几mm,外尺度的均值约为2 m;内陆地区内尺度日变化趋势较为复杂,而外尺度的日变化趋势与湍流强度十分相似;沿海地区内外尺度与湍流强度均无明显关系。大气湍流尺度的大小和分布状态是随时间和空间变化的,因此,在估算实际大气湍流对光学系统的影响时,需要实测湍流尺度以便得到准确的结果。