Applying fractional quantum mechanics to systems with electrical screening effects

Comparison of the 1064-nm picosecond laser with fractionated microlens array and 1565-nm non-ablative fractional laser for the treatment of enlarged pores: a randomized, split-face, controlled trial

PURPOSE

This split-face randomized study compared the efficacy and safety between 1064-nm picosecond laser with fractionated microlens array (MLA) and 1565-nm nonablative fractional laser to treat enlarged pores.

METHODS

Participants with enlarged facial pores were enrolled and underwent three consecutive sessions at 2-week intervals with either a 1064-nm picosecond laser with MLA or a 1565-nm nonablative fractional laser. Images were captured at each visit. Objective (pore number) and subjective assessments, including patient self-evaluations and quartile improvement scales, were used to evaluate the treatment efficacy. The pain levels and adverse effects were recorded at each subsequent visit.

RESULTS

The participants were 3 men and 22 women with enlarged facial pores. At the initial and 2-month checkups after the last treatment, the pore numbers were significantly decreased bilaterally for both lasers. The respective quartile improvement scale scores for the 1064-nm picosecond and 1565-nm fractional lasers were 2.22 ± 1.06 and 2.14 ± 1.11, while those for patient self-assessment were 3.72 ± 0.74 and 3.68 ± 0.75. The pore number, quartile improvement scale score, and patients' self-assessments did not differ significantly between the two lasers. Treatment with the 1064-nm picosecond laser better reduced pain compared with the 1565-nm nonablative fractional laser (4.11 ± 1.33 vs. 4.83 ± 1.17). The occurrence of pigmentation did not differ significantly between the lasers.

CONCLUSION

Both the 1064-nm picosecond laser with MLA and the 1565-nm nonablative fractional laser are viable options for treating enlarged pores, and showed comparable respective efficacies; however, the former was less likely to cause hyperpigmentation and was better tolerated.

Morse potential specific bond volume: a simple formula with applications to dimers and soft-hard slab slider

Morse potential interaction is an important type of the vibrational potentials, especially, in the quantum mechanics which is used for the describing of general vibrational cases rather than the harmonic one. Morse potential has three fitting parameters, the depth of the Morse interaction, the distance of equilibrium bond and the range parameter which determines the range of the well. The Morse interaction specific bond volume is a three dimensional image of the bond length in its molar case, and this specific volume is the generalisation in three dimensions. In this study, the integral equation theory of the simple fluids has been applied for deriving a novel formula of the specific bond volume for Morse potential based on one of the approaches in the theory and based on the boundary conditions. We find that the specific bond volume of Morse potential depends on the absolute temperature via logarithmic function and square root function, besides, the specific bond volume of Morse potential decreases when the temperature decreases for different values of the molar volume and for different values of the depth of Morse well. In addition to that, the specific bond volume of Morse potential increases when the depth of the well decreases for different temperature values. Also, it is found from the formula which we derive that the specific bond volume of Morse potential increases via linear function with the molar volume of the system for different values of temperatures. We apply the formula of the specific bond volume of Morse potential for finding this specific volume for two molecules of the hydrogen halogens, which are the hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride. We find that the specific bond volume of the hydrogen chloride is greater than the one of the hydrogen fluoride. Also, we apply the formula for the two simple molecules gases which are the hydrogen molecules, and the nitrogen molecules. Besides, we apply the formula for the slab-slider system in two cases: hard and soft materials, and we concluded that the changes of the specific bond volume of the soft materials is faster than the hard materials. We believe that the formula which is found of the specific bond volume of Morse potential is general and can be applied for multiple materials.

Morse potential specific heat with applications: an integral equations theory based

The specific heat in its molar form or mass form is a significant thermal property in the study of the thermal capacity of the described system. There are two basic methods for the determination of the molar specific heat capacity, one of them is the experimental procedure and the other is the theoretical procedure. The present study deals with finding a formula of the molar specific heat capacity using the theory of the integral equations for Morse interaction which is a very important potential for the study of the general oscillations in the quantum mechanics. We use the approximation (Mean-Spherical) for finding the total energy of the compositions described by Morse interaction. We find two formulas of the heat capacity, one at a constant pressure and the other at a constant volume. We conclude that the Morse molar specific heat is temperature dependent via the inverse square low with respect to temperature. Besides, we find that the Morse molar specific heat is proportional to the square of the Morse interaction well depth. Also, we find that the Morse molar specific heat depends on the particles’ diameter, the bond distance of Morse interaction, the width parameter of Morse interaction, and the volumetric density of the system. We apply the formula of the specific heat for finding the specific heat of the vibrational part for two dimer which are the lithium and caesium dimers and for the hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride, nitrogen, and hydrogen molecules.

Improving the accuracy of tumor surgery by THz imaging and making the results of pathological anatomy faster by THz spectroscopy

Background

The terahertz radiation is a specific part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum and has multiple significant applications in multiple scientific researches such as the applications in the medicine. An important application of the terahertz is its use in tumor imaging which is very important in the tumor surgery; however, lots of physicians and workers in the medical field have little information or having no information at all, dealing with this significant part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Results

In this work, we interviewed a number of local surgeons in Syrian Arab Republic, who reported that they visually delineate the contour of tumors to be removed, and in order to reduce the number of future possible interventions, a large margin of healthy tissue is often excised. Furthermore, a number of pathologists who reported that preparing samples of excised tissues for examination takes a long period of time which may extend to several days, and that the results of histopathology indicate in some cases the integrity of removed tissues.

Conclusion

We have found that a significant number of participants in the survey demonstrated that the importance of dealing with terahertz imaging and terahertz spectroscopy, encouraging to implement the technique in the Syrian Arab Republic.