简介:Regimeswitching,whichisdescribedbyaMarkovchain,isintroducedinaMarkovcopulamodel.Weprovethatthemarginals(X,H~i),i=1,2,3oftheMarkovcopulamodel(X,H)arestillMarkovprocessesandhavemartingaleproperty.Inthisproposedmodel,apricingformulaofcreditdefaultswap(CDS)withbilateralcounterpartyriskisderived.更多还原
简介:Sonodynamictherapy(SDT)isanemergingapproachthatinvolvesacombinationoflow-intensityultrasoundandspecializedchemicalagentsknownassonosensitizers.Ultrasoundcanpenetratedeeplyintotissuesandcanbefocusedintoasmallregionofatumortoactivateasonosensitizerwhichoffersthepossibilityofnon-invasivelyeradicatingsolidtumorsinasite-directedmanner.Inthisarticle,wecriticallyreviewedthecurrentlyacceptedmechanismsofsonodynamicactionandsummarizedtheclassificationofsonosensitizers.Atthesametime,thebreathofevidencefromSDT-basedstudiessuggeststhatSDTispromisingforcancertreatment.
简介:Recentfindingsinthepathophysiologyandmonitoringofhemostasisinpatientswithendstageliverdiseasehavemajorimpactoncoagulationmanagementduringlivertransplantation.Thereisincreasingevidence,thatthechangesinbothcoagulationfactorsandplateletcountregularlyobservedinpatientswithlivercirrhosiscannotbeinterpretedasareliableindicatorofdiffusebleedingrisk.Instead,adifferentiatedviewonhemostasishasledtotheconceptofarebalancedcoagulationsystemWhileitisimportanttorecognizethatprocoagulantfactorsarereducedinlivercirrhosis,itisalsoevidentthatsynthesisofanticoagulantfactorsandfibrinolyticproteinsproducedintheliverisalsodiminished.Similarly,thedecreasedplateletcountmaybecounterbalancedbyincreasedplateletaggregabilitycausedbyhighlyactivevonWillebrandmultimeres.Thecoagulationsystemisthereforstatedtoberebalanced.Whileundernormal"unstressed"conditionsdiffusebleedingisrarelyobserved,howeverbothdiffusebleedingorthrombusformationmayoccurwhencompensationmechanismsareexhausted.Whilemostpatientspresentingforlivertransplantationhaveseverecirrhosis,liverfunctionandthusproductionofpro-andanticoagulantfactorscanbepreservedespeciallyincholestaticliverdisease.Duringlivertransplantation,profoundchangesinthehemostasissystemcanoccur.Surgicalbleedingcanleadtodiffusebleedingascoagulationfactorsandplateletsarealreadyreduced.Ischemiaandtissuetraumacanleadtoalterationsofhemostasiscomparabletotraumainducedcoagulopathy.Afurthercommondisturbanceoftenstartingwiththereperfusionofthetransplantedorganishyperfibrinolysiswhichcaneventuallyprecipitatecompleteconsumptionoffibrinogenandanendogenousheparinizationbyglycocalyxshedding.Moreover,thromboticeventsinlivertransplantationsarenotuncommonandcontributetoincreasedmortality.Besidesconventionallaboratorymethods,bed-sidemonitoringofhemostasis(e.g.,thrombelastography,thrombe
简介:连续统wavepacket干扰被数字地解决时间依赖者Schr调查?为有激光地的氢原子的相互作用的dinger方程。获得的wavepacket进化显示那,在over-the-barrier电离政体(1016W/cm2),电离的continuumcontinuum(CC)干扰电子在highorder泛音产生(HHG)成为主要过程,与连续统界限(CB)相比转移,由Kohler等报导了。[Phys。加快。Lett。105(20),203902(2010)].We为控制电离的量轨道建议一个二颜色的激光地计划电子并且为扩大CC泛音精力。作为结果,一个高精力平台发生在HHG光谱,它完全从CC泛音发源,与由二颜色的域的相对阶段可调节的截止。这在超级强烈激光地里提供原子和分子的动态特征的进一步的理解并且提供一个机会想象原子或分子的潜力。
简介:Magdalena河有最大的长度(1612km)和排水区域(在哥伦比亚的任何河系统的257400km2),和它的分水岭占据24%哥伦比亚的领土。河在加勒比海海(BocasdeCenizas)在3685m和流动的举起在Andes山脉的山脉发源到它的嘴。为这研究,每日的流动分泌物(Q)的信息,推迟的沉积运输(Qs)和平均数推迟了沉积集中(C从为Magdalena河的1990-2010的s)基于在计量车站(到嘴的最靠近的车站)的Calamar的大小,被水文学,气象学和哥伦比亚(用西班牙语的IDEAM)的环境研究的研究所提供。吝啬的年度推迟的沉积负担是169?踋???跱???????????迱??????x
简介:Theeffectofportalveintumorthrombus(PVTT)ontheprognosisofpatientswithhepatocellularcarcinomahasbecomeclearoverthepastseveraldecades.However,identifyingthemechanismsandperformingthediagnosisandtreatmentofPVTTremainchallenging.Therefore,thisstudyaimedtosummarizetheprogressintheseareas.AcomputerizedliteraturesearchinMedlineandEMBASEwasperformedwiththefollowingcombinationsofsearchterms:'hepatocellularcarcinoma'AND'portalveintumorthrombus.'AlthoughseveralsignaltransductionormolecularpathwaysrelatedtoPVTThavebeenidentified,theexactmechanismsofPVTTarestilllargelyunknown.Manybiomarkershavebeenreportedtodetectmicrovascularinvasion,butnonehaveprovedtobeclinicallyusefulbecauseoftheirlowaccuracyrates.SorafenibistheonlyrecommendedtherapeuticstrategyinWesterncountries.However,moretreatmentoptionsarerecommendedinEasterncountries,includingsurgery,radiotherapy(RT),transhepaticarterialchemoembolization(TACE),transarterialradioembolization(TARE),andsorafenib.Therefore,weestablishedastagingsystembasedontheextentofportalveininvasion.Ourstagingsystemeffectivelypredictsthelong-termsurvivalofPVTTpatients.Currently,severalclinicaltrialshadshownthatsurgeryiseffectiveandsafeinsomePVTTpatients.RT,TARE,andTACEcanalsobeperformedsafelyinpatientswithgoodliverfunction.However,onlyafewcomparativeclinicaltrialshadcomparedtheeffectivenessofthesetreatments.Therefore,morerandomizedcontrolledtrialsexaminingtheextentofPVTTshouldbeconductedinthefuture.
简介:Currentlytheclinicalmanagementofbreastcancerreliesonrelativelyfewprognostic/predictiveclinicalmarkers(estrogenreceptor,progesteronereceptor,HER2),basedonprimarytumorbiology.Circulatingbiomarkers,suchascirculatingtumorDNA(ctDNA)orcirculatingtumorcells(CTCs)mayenhanceourtreatmentoptionsbyfocusingontheverycellsthatarethedirectprecursorsofdistantmetastaticdisease,andprobablyinherentlydifferentthantheprimarytumor'sbiology.Toshiftthecurrentclinicalparadigm,assessingtumorbiologyinrealtimebymolecularlyprofilingCTCsorctDNAmayservetodiscovertherapeutictargets,detectminimalresidualdiseaseandpredictresponsetotreatment.Thisreviewservestoelucidatethedetection,characterization,andclinicalapplicationofCTCsandctDNAwiththegoalofprecisiontreatmentofbreastcancer.
简介:联系精索静脉曲张的男不孕古典主义地用外科被管理了或帮助了繁殖技术。与在联系精索静脉曲张的不孕作为一个pathophysiological因素增加氧化应力的证据,医药治疗特别抗氧化剂可能与更低的风险成为一种治疗选择。我们在归因于精索静脉曲张的男不孕的管理在各种各样的医药代理人的角色上考察了存在文学。医药治疗典型地与外科对药治疗作为辅助治疗与安慰剂,药对手术的(b)比较,和药的(c)比较处于象二药或一药的(a)比较那样的三种不同状况被评估独自一个。由于数据的异质和进行得好的研究的缺乏,有不够的数据与联系精索静脉曲张的不孕为人推荐医药治疗的平淡的使用,外科仍然是选择的处理。怀孕和实时出生率通常没在精子参数在大多数研究和仅仅的改进被报导或抗氧化剂能力是不够的支持它的平淡的使用。抗氧化剂治疗由于它的理论利益,从现出症状之前的潜的研究的数据,和主要副作用的缺乏是一种潜在的选择。有在精索静脉曲张的外科的修理以后的抗氧化剂的辅助治疗可以改进结果并且是为进一步的研究的一个潜在的区域。
简介:Objective:Toexploretheclinicopathologicalfeatures,surgicaltreatmenttechniques,andprognosticriskfactorsofintrahepaticcholangiocarcinoma(ICC).Methods:Atotalof104ICCcaseswerecollectedfromJanuary2008toDecember2013atTianjinMedicalUniversityCancerInstituteandHospitalanddividedintothehepatichilumlymphadenectomy(HLL,21cases),extendedhepatichilumlymphadenectomy(EHLL,12cases),andnon-lymphadenectomy(NL,71cases)groups.Theclinicaldataofthepatientswereretrospectivelyanalyzed,andtheprognosticdifferenceswerecomparedamongdifferentgroups.Results:The1-,2-,and3-yearoverallsurvival(OS)ratesofallcaseswere72.1%,56.1%,and43.7%,respectively.Themediansurvivaldurationwas34months.The1-,2-,and3-yearOSratesoftheHLLgroup(42.9%,28.6%,and28.6%,respectively)weresignificantlylowerthanthoseoftheNLgroup(78.9%,62.5%,and47.8%,respectively).Meanwhile,the1-,2-,and3-yearOSratesoftheEHLLgroup(75.0%,56.1%,and33.3%,respectively)werenotsignificantlydifferentfromthoseoftheothertwogroups.Univariateanalysisshowedthatage,gender,AmericanJointCommitteeonCancer(AJCC)stage,differentiation,ferritin(Fer),carbohydrateantigen19-9(CA19-9)andcarcinoembryonicantigen(CEA)levels,lymphnodemetastasis(LNM),andlymphnodedissection(LND)wereprognosticfactorsforthelong-termsurvivalofICC.Meanwhile,multivariateanalysisrevealedthatage,AJCCstage,differentiation,Ferlevels,andLNMwereindependentriskfactorsforsurvival.Conclusions:ICCpatientswillnotbenefitfromlymphadenectomyintheabsenceofLNM.However,systematiclymphadenectomymayimproveICCoutcomesifthelocationoflymphaticmetastasisisknown.Age,AJCCstage,differentiation,Ferlevel,andLNMareindependentriskfactorsforsurvivalinICC.
简介:Thisstudyexploredtheeffectsofcoldplasmatreatmentonseedgermination,plantgrowth,andpeanutyield.Coldplasmatreatmentimprovedgerminationandseedlinggrowth,andthe120Wtreatmentproducedthebesteffect.Germinationpotentialandgerminationrateweremarkedlyraisedby150%and21%,respectively.Germinationwasacceleratedandtheuniformityofemergenceimproved.Theapparentcontactanglewasdecreasedby53%.Seedlingshootandrootdryweightsincreasedby11%and9%.Leafarea,leafthickness,leafnitrogenconcentration,chlorophyllcontents,anddryweightatthefruitingstage,togetherwithplantheight,stemdiameter,androotdryweightatthematurestagewereallmarkedlyraisedbythecoldplasmatreatment.Thecoldplasmatreatmentenhancedyieldcomponents,suchasbranchnumbersperplant,podnumbersperplant,and100podweightsby8%,13%,and9%,respectively,comparedtothecontrol.Furthermore,theyieldimprovedby10%.Theseresultssuggestedthatcoldplasmatreatmentimprovedgermination,plantgrowth,andyield,whichmightbeduetothecoldplasmaincreasingtheleafarea,nitrogenconcentrations,andchlorophyllcontents.
简介:BackgroundDeepsternawoundinfection(DSWI)aftermediansternotomyforcardiacsurgeryisoneofthemostcomplexandpotentiallylife-threateningcomplications.ItsverydifficulttotreatDSWI,andthereislackofagreementregardingthebesttherapystrategy.Thus,weaimedtosummarizeourexperiencesofsurgicaltreatmentforDSWI,inwhichsatisfactoryclinicalresultswereobtained.MethodsWeretrospectivelyanalyzed17caseswhosufferedfromDSWIaftercardiacsurgeryinourdepartmentfromJanuary2010toJune2015.Therewere8maleand9femalepatientswiththeiraverageageof62.7±9.5years(range42~75years).Allpatientsreceivedreservationofpartofsternumcombinedwithvacuum-assistedsuctiondrainageandbilateralpectoralismajormyocutaneousadvancementflaps.ResultsTheaverageintervalbetweencardiacsurgeryanddiagnosedDSWIwas10.9±6.5days(range5~21days).Timeofvacuum-assistedsuctiondrainagewas11.6±4.8days(range5~15days)andwoundhealingtimewas27.3±7.2days(range23~35days).Allpatientshadanuneventfulpostoperativerecoveryandgoodwoundhealing.Follow-uptimewas33.7±13.3months(range8~74months).Norecurrentinfectionwasobserved.ConclusionsReservationofpartofsternumcombinedwithvacuum-assistedsuctiondrainageandbilateralpectoralismajormyocutaneousadvancementflapsisasimpleandeffectivesurgicalstrategyforthetreatmentofDSWIaftercardiacsurgery.
简介:Cancertreatmentfailure,drugresistance,ormetastaticrecurrencearethoughttobecausedmainlybytheexistenceofaverysmallnumberofcancerstemcells(CSCs).Thecharacteristicsofthissubgroupofcellsincludeself-renewal,tumorigenesis,multipledifferentiationandhighinvasiveness,metastasis,anddrugresistancepotential.ManystudieshavedemonstratedthatCSCsplayimportantrolesintumorgrowth,spreadandmetastaticrelapseaftertreatment,andarecloselyrelatedtotheprognosisofpatients.Fromatherapeuticviewpoint,deepinsightsintotheCSCsbiology,developmentofspecifictherapeuticstrategiesfortargetingCSCs,andcharacterizationoftheirmicroenvironmentcouldbeanidealwaytocombatcancer.
简介:Alightpurplishredsapphireisheattreatedinanairtightcrucible.Thesamplechangeslittleincolorafterreceivingheattreatmentat1100°C,butturnstolightblueandblueafterbeingtreatedat1200°Cand1300°C,respectively.Beforeheating,theUV-VISabsorptionspectraofthesamplearedominatedbythe551nmbroadabsorptionbandcontributedbythed-electrontransition~4A_2→~4T_2ofCr~(3+).Afterheating,theUV-VISabsorptionspectraaredominatedbythe563nmbroadabsorptionbandcontributedbytheintervalencechargetransferofFe~(2+)-Ti~(4+).ThexrayphotoelectronspectroscopytestrevealsthattheFe~(2+)andTi~(4+)ioncontentsincreasewithincreasingtemperature.ThesapphirechangingfromlightpurplishredtoblueintheheatingprocessisowingtothefactthattheFe~(2+)andTi~(4+)contentsgrowandtheintervalencechargetransferofFe~(2+)-Ti~(4+)selectivelyabsorbsUV-VISlight.
简介:Therecognitionthatpsychosocialriskfactorscontributetothepathogenesisofcardiovasculardiseasehasledtothedevelopmentofanewfieldofbehavioralcardiology.Theinitialimpetusforthisfieldwasstudiesperformedinthe1980sand1990sthatprovidedepidemiologicalevidenceandapathophysiologicalbasisforastronglinkbetweenanumberofpsychosocialriskfactorsandcardiovasculardisease,includingdepression,anxiety,hostility,jobstress,andpoorsocialsupport.Inrecentyears,additionalpsychosocialriskfactorshavebeenidentified,includingpessimism;otherformsofchronicstress,suchaschildhoodabuseandtrauma,andthepsychologicalstressthatmaybeassociatedwithchronicmedicalillness;lackoflifepurpose;andthesyndromeof“vitalexhaustion,”whichconsistsofatriadofexhaustion,demoralization,andirritability.Newresearchinthelastdecadehasalsoestablishedthatpositivepsychosocialfactors,suchasoptimism,positiveemotions,avibrantsociallife,andastrongsenseoflifepurpose,canhaveanimportanthealth-bufferingeffectthroughtheirfavorableinfluenceonhealthbehaviorsandpromotionofpositivephysiologicalfunctioning.Patientscanbescreenedforpsychosocialriskfactorsinclinicalpracticethrougheithertheuseofopen-endedquestions,whichcanbeintegratedintoaphysician’sstandardreviewofsystems,ortheuseofshortquestionnaires.Physicianscanassistinthetreatmentofpsychosocialriskfactorsinvariousways,suchasscreeningpatientsforpsychologicaldistressandmakingappropriatereferralswhenindicated,providingpatientswithpracticallifestylesuggestions,andemployingofficepersonneltoteachpatientsbehavioralorpsychosocialinterventionsthatcanpromoteasenseofwell-beingand/orreducestress.
简介:Thermalplasmawasappliedforthetreatmentofcokewastewatersludgederivedfromthesteelindustryinordertoinvestigatethefeasibilityofthesafetreatmentandenergyrecoveryofthesludge.A30kWplasmatorchsystemwasappliedtostudythevitrificationandgasproductionofcokewastewatersludge.Toxicityleachingresultsindicatedthatthesludgetreatedviathethermalplasmaprocessconvertedintoavitrifiedslagwhichresistedtheleachingofheavymetals.CO2wasutilizedasworkinggastostudytheproductionandheatenergyofthesyngas.Theheatingvalueofthegasproductsbythermalplasmaachieved8.43kJ/L,indicatingthefurtherutilizationofthegasproducts.Consideringtheutilizationofthesyngasandrecoveryheatfromthegasproducts,theestimatedtreatmentcostofcokewastewatersludgeviaplasmatorchwasabout0.98CNY/kgsludgeintheexperiment.Bypreliminaryeconomicanalysis,thedehydrationcosttakesanimportantpartofthetotalsludgetreatmentcost.Thetreatmentcostofthecokewastewatersludgewith50wt.%moisturewascalculatedtobeabout1.45CNY/kgsludgedrybasis.Thetreatmentcostofthecokewastewatersludgecouldbeeffectivelycontrolledbydecreasingthewatercontentofthesludge.Thesefindingssuggestthataneconomicdewateringpretreatmentmethodcouldbecombinedtocutthetotaltreatmentcostinanactualtreatmentprocess.
简介:Age-relatedhearingloss(AHL),orpresbycusis,isthemostcommonneurodegenerativedisorderandtopcommunicationdeficitoftheagedpopulation.GeneticpredispositionisoneofthemajorfactorsinthedevelopmentofAHL.Generally,AHLisassociatedwithanage-dependentlossofsensoryhaircells,spiralganglionneuronsandstriavasculariscellsintheinnerear.Althoughthemechanismsleadingtogenetichearinglossarenotcompletelyunderstood,caspase-familyproteasesfunctionasimportantsignalsintheinnerearpathology.ItisnowacceptedthatmousemodelsarethebesttoolstostudythemechanismofgenetichearinglossorAHL.Here,weprovideabriefreviewofrecentstudiesonhearingimprovementinmousemodelsofAHLbyanti-apoptotictreatment.
简介:AIMTo为Snellen和早治疗糖尿病的Retinopathy学习(ETDRS)图表比较精确性,重制度和测试持续时间,二个主要工具过去常测量视觉尖酸(VA).METHODSA计算机模拟被规划运用多重虚拟病人,有分配参数的一个唯一的集合的各个,包括VA,假积极、假否定的错误珍视。为各个,虚拟耐心的、分配VA随机沿着跨越在1.0~0.0个logMAR单位(到到20/20的20/200的等价物)之间的范围的连续规模被选择。每30000个虚拟病人在每二VAcharts.RESULTSAverage测试持续时间上被运用十次(表示了为在测试±期间介绍的人物的全部的数字;SD)是12.6±;11.1和31.2±;14.7个人物为Snellen和ETDRS,分别地。精确性,定义为绝对差别(±;SD)在分配VA和测量VA之间,在logMAR表示了单位,在ETDRS图表是优异的:0.12±;0.14和0.08±;0.08为Snellen和ETDRS图表,分别地。重制度,表示了可变性为测试网,在ETDRS图表是优异的:0.23±;0.17和0.11±;0.09个logMAR单位为Snellen和ETDRS图表,respectively.CONCLUSIONA比较真(分配)VA到测量VA,平均,更好证明ETDRS的精确性和重制度制图,但是在显著地更长的测试持续时间的惩罚。这些差别最在低VA范围被读。用一条模拟途径的重制度与在几临床的研究发现的重制度价值一致。