Influence of staff number and internal constellation on surgical site infection in an operating room

Prediction of bacteria-carrying particle （BCP） dispersion and particle distribution released from staffmem- bers in an operating room （OR） is very important for creating and sustaining a safe indoor environment. Postoperative wound infections cause significant morbidity and mortality, and contribute to increased hospitalization time. Increasing the number of personnel within the OR disrupts the ventilation airflow pattern and causes enhanced contamination risk in the area of an open wound. Whether the amount of staffwithin the OR influences the BCP distribution in the surgical zone has rarely been investigated. This study was conducted to explore the influence of the number of personnel in the OR on the airflow field and the BCP distribution. This was performed by applying a numerical calculation to map the airflow field and Lagrangian particle tracking （LPT） for the BCP phase. The results are reported both for active sampling and passive monitoring approaches. Not surprisingly, a growing trend in the BCP concentration （cfu/ms） was observed as the amount of staff in the OR increased. Passive sampling shows unpredictable results due to the sedimentation rate, especially for small particles （5-10 i~m）. Risk factors for surgical site infections （SSls） must be well understood to develop more effective prevention programs.     

实现均匀照度光伏聚光镜设计

为满足聚光光伏系统的聚光需求,解决传统点聚焦式聚光光伏系统中聚焦光斑不均匀、径长比过大和聚光比较小的缺点,在不增加二次匀光器件的前提下,设计了径长比小、聚焦光斑相对均匀、聚光比高的聚光光伏系统。根据几何光学柯勒照明原理、等光程原理和反射定律,通过数值求解等光程方程组获得聚光镜各个面型的轮廓曲线。利用TracePro软件对所设计的聚光系统进行光线追迹模拟,结果表明:在聚光比为725的情况下,聚焦光斑最大照度仅为太阳照度的2300倍,是点聚焦情况下的1/10左右,系统的径长比为0.3,接收角为0.72°。系统设计实现了结构紧凑,聚光性能高的设计目标,为高倍聚光光伏系统的小型化,简单化提供了一种有效的解决途径。     

Nonlinear optical rectification in a two-dimensional system

The optical rectification (OR) in the two-dimensional electron–hole system is investigated theoretically. An analytical expression formula of the OR coefficient is obtained via the framework of compact density matrix approach and the iterative method. The results show that the OR coefficient depends strongly on the system׳s size and the relaxation time. A more obvious OR coefficient should be found by adjusting an appropriate choice of the system parameters.     

Approximation by walsh-kaczmarz-fejér means on the hardy space

The main aim of this paper is to find necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of Walsh-Kaczmarz-Fejér means in the terms of the modulus of continuity on the Hardy spaces H_p, when 0<p≤ 1/2.     

A new color image cryptosystem via hyperchaos synchronization

This paper proposes a novel color image cryptosystem based on synchronization of two different six-dimensional hyperchaotic systems. In the transmitter end, we apply the drive system to generate the diffusion matrices and scrambling ones, which are used to change the image pixel value and position, respectively. Thus the ciphered image is obtained. In the receiver, synchronization of two nonidentical hyperchaotic systems can be achieved by designing the appropriate controllers. The response system is employed to yield the corresponding diffusion matrices and scrambling ones using the same generation method in the encryption algorithm. Then the cipher-image can be decrypted by the decryption algorithm, which is similar to that of the encryption process but in the reversed order. The experimental results show that the presented image cryptosystem has high security and can resist noise and crop attacks.     

Time-evolution-proof Scattering Data for the Focusing and Defocusing Zakharov-Shabat Systems

In this article we give sufficient conditions on the scattering data of a defocusing or focusing Zakharov-Shabat system in order that its potential is square integrable. For a dense subset of integrable as well as square integrable potentials, we show that the scattering data actually satisfy these sufficient conditions.     

Effect of permodified β‐cyclodextrin on the photophysical properties of poly[2,7‐(9,9‐dioctylfluorene)‐alt‐(5,5′‐bithiophene)] main chain polyrotaxanes

The photophysical properties of two polyrotaxanes ( PFBTh?PSβCD and PFBTh?PMeβCD ) composed of fluorene and bithiophene encapsulated into permodified β‐cyclodextrin cavities have been investigated and compared with those of the reference PFBTh . Rotaxane formation results in improvements of the thermal stability, solubility in common organic solvents, as well as better film forming ability combined with a high transparency. As expected PFBTh and its encapsulated forms absorb at wavelengths beyond 510 nm, and time‐resolved photoluminescence (PL) in solution shows a well‐define vibronic structures with a predominance of the 0‐0 transitions and an energy difference of 0.16 eV. The fluorescence lifetimes follow a monoexponential decay with a value τ = 630 ± 30 ps. Atomic force microscopy, AFM, indicated a tendency of polyrotaxanes to organize into fibers. The advancing contact angles indicated higher surface hydrophobicity and lower surface free‐energy values for polyrotaxanes compared with their unthreaded analogues. The device based on PFBTh?PSβCD: PCBM in a 1/1 w/w ratio under simulated AM 1.5G illumination at 100 mW cm^?2 exhibited improved photovoltaic parameters of cells, resulted in high V_oc (0.68 V), J_sc (1.65 mA cm^?2), FF (31.6%), and PCE (0.35) values, compared with PFBTh or PFBTh?PMeβCD , respectively. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 460–471     

A generalized Tu formula and Hamiltonian structures of fractional AKNS hierarchy

In this Letter, a generalized Tu formula is firstly presented to construct Hamiltonian structures of fractional soliton equations. The obtained results can be reduced to the classical Hamiltonian hierarchy of AKNS in ordinary calculus.     

高硅煤中Si-Al-Fe-Ca四元体系碳热反应研究

研究了不同温度条件下高硅煤中矿物组成比例下的Si-Al-Fe-Ca多元体系的碳热反应以及其影响因素。通过XRD和FESEM-EDS技术对各还原产物进行分析。结果表明,Fe_2O_3对含硅矿物的碳热反应起促进作用,Fe可以有效提高Si反应活性。CaO在较低温度时与灰中的Al_2O_3和SiO_2反应形成致密的Ca-Al-Si相共熔体CaAl_2Si_2O_8,阻碍含硅矿物碳热反应的进行。随着温度的升高,继续反应生成SiC、CaAl_4O_7和CaSiO_3。热力学模拟计算与实验结果基本吻合。