New application of human eye model in the verification of spot diagram with refractive diopter

In response to the rapid advancement of auto-refractor technology, most optometry shops provide refraction services. Despite their speed and convenience, the measurement values provided by auto-refractors include a significant degree of error due to psychological and physical factors. Therefore, there is a need for repetitive testing to obtain a smaller mean error value. However, even repetitive testing itself might not be sufficient to ensure accurate measurements. Therefore, research on a method of measurement that can complement auto-refractor measurements and provide confirmation of refraction results needs to be conducted. The customized optometry model described herein can satisfy the above requirements. From the existing optical technologies, using human eye measurement devices to obtain individual relevant optical feature parameters is no longer difficult. These parameters allow us to construct an optometry model for individual eyeballs. They also allow us to compute spot diagrams produced from the optometry model using the CODE V macro programming language before recognizing the geometrical spot diagram with the back-propagation neural network algorithm to obtain the accurate refractive diopter. Results show that the accuracy achieved was above 98% and that this application could significantly enhance the service quality of refraction.     

水动力作用对污染物在河流水沙两相中分配的影响研究进展

通过总结近年来有关水动力作用对河流中泥沙吸附/释放重金属、磷等污染物影响研究成果,分析了水流紊动强度和流速对污染物在河流水沙两相中分配的影响规律。当水流紊动强度较低时,泥沙主要以床沙形式存在,泥沙对污染物的吸附/释放速率和强度较低;随着紊动强度增大,水沙界面切应力随之增大并促使泥沙悬浮,污染物与悬浮泥沙颗粒接触面积增大,使得泥沙对污染物的吸附/释放速率和强度显著增加。流速对污染物在水沙两相间分配的影响较为复杂。泥沙静止时,流速的增大会减小边界层厚度,增大水体溶解氧含量、氧化还原电位等参数,并使污染物在水体里的扩散由分子扩散转变为以紊动扩散为主,增强污染物在水-沙界面的交换通量,对污染物在水沙两相间的分配产生影响;随着流速进一步增大,床沙逐渐起动、悬浮,此时除上述因素外,泥沙运动状态、悬浮颗粒间碰撞强度、悬浮物的絮凝等均会对泥沙吸附/释放污染物产生影响,由于影响因素较多,作用机制复杂,目前关于泥沙运动对污染物在水沙两相间分配的影响所得结论仍存在分歧。相应的机理研究及数学模型的建立均做了较大简化。综观当前的研究成果,水沙运动及其化学生物过程等对污染物在河流水沙两相中的分配作用机理和耗氧有机物、有毒有机物等污染物与泥沙的作用机理是这一领域的未来研究重点。     

Visual detection of Al ions using conjugated copolymer-ATP supramolecular complex

A colorimetric Al³⁺ sensor based on fluorescence recovery of a conjugated copolymer-ATP complex is proposed. An optimized ratio of two polythiophene (PT) monomers is utilized to synthesize copolymer (CP) that yielded maximized colorimetric response for Al³⁺ in deionized (DI) and tap water. The electrostatic disassembly of CP-ATP upon addition of Al³⁺ led to an evident visual color change. The lowest concentration of Al³⁺ for naked eye observation is around 4 μM, which is below the threshold levels in drinking water according to European Economic Community (EEC) standard. Besides, the proposed assay showed a similar response to Al³⁺ in tap water. The proposed methodology showed selective and sensitive detection for Al³⁺ in analytically relevant concentration ranges without involving sophisticated instrumentation, illustrating the applicability for on-site drinking water monitoring.     

抗战时期粤北进步报刊活动初探

抗战时期,在广东战时省会曲江(今韶关),由中共主办、支持的左翼进步报刊积极倡导抗日民族统一战线的抗敌策略,在内容方面呼吁团结抗战、民主政治、关注民生,在民众中树立了权威性和公信力。作为省港抗战文化活动的重要组成部分,由左翼文化人群体推动的粤北进步报刊文化活动在加强民众的民族观念、激发民众的爱国热情等方面发挥了重要的作用,它在各种政治力量竞逐文化主导权时体现的传播优势,在融合城乡之间文化差异所做的努力,对于当下新时期的区域文化建设有着积极的借鉴意义和研究价值。     

An in silico expert system for the identification of eye irritants

This report describes development of an in silico, expert rule-based method for the classification of chemicals into irritants or non-irritants to eye, as defined by the Draize test. This method was developed to screen data-poor cosmetic ingredient chemicals for eye irritancy potential, which is based upon exclusion rules of five physicochemical properties – molecular weight (MW), hydrophobicity (log P), number of hydrogen bond donors (HBD), number of hydrogen bond acceptors (HBA) and polarizability (Pol). These rules were developed using the ADMET Predictor software and a dataset of 917 eye irritant chemicals. The dataset was divided into 826 (90%) chemicals used for training set and 91 (10%) chemicals used for external validation set (every 10th chemical sorted by molecular weight). The sensitivity of these rules for the training and validation sets was 72.3% and 71.4%, respectively. These rules were also validated for their specificity using an external validation set of 2011 non-irritant chemicals to the eye. The specificity for this validation set was revealed as 77.3%. This method facilitates rapid screening and prioritization of data poor chemicals that are unlikely to be tested for eye irritancy in the Draize test.     

Survey study and experimental investigation on the local behavior of pedestrian groups

Current research on pedestrian dynamics mainly focuses on the interactions among isolated individuals, the impact of the presence of groups is not fully considered. In recent 5 years, researchers have started to investigate pedestrian group movement. The aim of this work is to explore the local behavior of pedestrian groups by questionnaires and field observation. Survey study focused on pedestrians' psychology when walking in groups, which included five parts: group size, interpersonal distance, spatial relationship among group members, speed adjustment of group members, information transmission, and acid action among group members. Meantime a field observation was carried out to study group movement characteristics, which contained speed, step frequency, offset angle and interpersonal distance. The survey results show that group members have a closer interpersonal distance, faster information transmission and plenty of acid action. Conversely, group walking has a negative influence on pedestrian's speed, step frequency by comparing with the way isolated pedestrian walks. In addition, it is found that for a certain group, the group members are able to keep movement consistent. Also there exists obvious movement diversity among different group types (male dyads, female dyads, couple groups, and ordinary‐friend groups) because of different gender and social relationship. Ultimately the results will be more promising for helping to model the movement of pedestrian groups. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 20: 87–97, 2015     

Selective fluorescence and naked eye detection of histidine in aqueous medium via hydrogen bonding assisted Schiff base condensation

Visible light excitable rhodamine B derivative (TARDHD) has been developed for fluorescence and naked eye detection of histidine in aqueous medium. TARDHD shows 45 fold fluorescence enhancement in the presence of histidine. It forms Schiff base with histidine and stabilizes via intra-molecular H-bonding. TARDHD can efficiently detect intracellular histidine.     

基于体动射频信号的睡眠分期

为了减轻传统接触式睡眠生理监测系统对人体造成的负担,设计了一种基于微波技术的非接触式睡眠生理信号采集与分析系统,提出一种基于体动射频信号的睡眠分期识别算法.通过小波变换对射频运动传感器(RFMS)采集的体动信号进行预处理,再计算出体动信号的能量值,最后通过判别式处理和阈值法实现了睡眠分期:醒觉期、浅睡期、中睡期、深睡期.实验采集分析了8个实验者为期46天的睡眠生理信号,同时同步采集视频信息、TANITA水床睡眠信息、接触式呼吸脉搏信号.与视频结果比较发现醒觉期正确率达到90%;与TANITA水床睡眠结果相比,本系统的结果与其吻合程度达到70%;与不同睡眠状态下呼吸率、心率的变化相比,本系统的结果吻合度达到80%.     

Crosslinked Hyaluronic Acid with Liposomes and Crocin Confers Cytoprotection in an Experimental Model of Dry Eye

Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial condition caused by tear deficiency and accompanied by ocular surface damage. Recent data support a key role of oxidative and inflammatory processes in the pathogenesis of DED. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is widely used in artificial tears to treat DED by improving ocular hydration and reducing surface friction. Crocin (Cr), the main constituent of saffron, is a renowned compound that exhibits potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. The present study was undertaken to assess the viscosity and muco-adhesiveness of a photoactivated formulation with crosslinked HA (cHA), Cr, and liposomes (cHA-Cr-L). Our aim was also to evaluate whether cHA-Cr-L may exert cytoprotective effects against oxidative and inflammatory processes in human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs). Viscosity was measured using a rotational rheometer, and then the muco-adhesiveness was evaluated. Under hyperosmolarity (450 mOsm), the HCECs were treated with cHA-Cr-L. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) were quantified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured using the DCF assay. The combined action of cHA-Cr-L produced a higher viscosity and muco-adhesiveness compared to the control. The anti-inflammatory effect of cHA-Cr-L was achieved through a significant reduction of IL-1β and TNFα (p < 0.001). The results also showed that cHA-Cr-L reduces ROS production under conditions of hyperosmolarity (p < 0.001). We conclude that cHA-Cr-L has potential as a therapeutic agent in DED, which should be further investigated.     

基于眼动追踪技术的高中生化学问题解决的差异性研究——以“氧化还原反应”为例

以氧化还原反应相关试题作为测试材料,采用眼动追踪技术对12名高一学生进行3(学业水平)*3(试题难度)两因素混合实验,实验结束后进行追述性口语报告。结果表明,在氧化还原反应问题解决过程中学优生信息加工速度快、深度浅、难度小,采用正向加工和逆向排除结合的策略。学中生信息加工速度慢、深度深、难度大,采用正向加工策略。学困生轻易放弃,信息加工无效。随着问题难度的增大,学生信息加工速度变慢、深度变深、难度变大。