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Zeng J, Du F, Xiao L, Sun H, Lu L, Lei W, Zheng J, Wang L, Shu S, Li Y, Zhang Q, Tang K, Sun Q, Zhang C, Long H, Qiu Z, Zhai K, Li Z, Zhang G, Sun Y, Wang D, Zhang Z, Lycett SJ, Gao GF, Shu Y, Liu J, Du X, Pu J. Spatiotemporal genotype replacement of H5N8 avian influenza viruses contributed to H5N1 emergence in 2021/2022 panzootic. J Virol 2024; 98:e0140123. [PMID: 38358287 PMCID: PMC10949427 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01401-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Since 2020, clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 and H5N1 viruses have swept through continents, posing serious threats to the world. Through comprehensive analyses of epidemiological, genetic, and bird migration data, we found that the dominant genotype replacement of the H5N8 viruses in 2020 contributed to the H5N1 outbreak in the 2021/2022 wave. The 2020 outbreak of the H5N8 G1 genotype instead of the G0 genotype produced reassortment opportunities and led to the emergence of a new H5N1 virus with G1's HA and MP genes. Despite extensive reassortments in the 2021/2022 wave, the H5N1 virus retained the HA and MP genes, causing a significant outbreak in Europe and North America. Furtherly, through the wild bird migration flyways investigation, we found that the temporal-spatial coincidence between the outbreak of the H5N8 G1 virus and the bird autumn migration may have expanded the H5 viral spread, which may be one of the main drivers of the emergence of the 2020-2022 H5 panzootic.IMPORTANCESince 2020, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 subtype variants of clade 2.3.4.4b have spread across continents, posing unprecedented threats globally. However, the factors promoting the genesis and spread of H5 HPAI viruses remain unclear. Here, we found that the spatiotemporal genotype replacement of H5N8 HPAI viruses contributed to the emergence of the H5N1 variant that caused the 2021/2022 panzootic, and the viral evolution in poultry of Egypt and surrounding area and autumn bird migration from the Russia-Kazakhstan region to Europe are important drivers of the emergence of the 2020-2022 H5 panzootic. These findings provide important targets for early warning and could help control the current and future HPAI epidemics.
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- Jinfeng Zeng
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogen Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology of Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)/Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Wu X, Zhou X, Chen Y, Zhai K, Sun R, Luo G, Lin YF, Li Y, Yang C, Zou H. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on cases and deaths of AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in China: an interrupted time series analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2023; 9:e40591. [PMID: 36634257 DOI: 10.2196/40591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND China has implemented nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19 from an early stage. Previous studies of the impact of COVID-19 on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and diseases caused by blood-borne viruses (BBVs) in China have yielded widely disparate results, and study on deaths attributable to STDs and BBVs are scarce. OBJECTIVE We aimed to elucidate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the cases, deaths, and case-fatality ratios of STDs and BBVs. METHODS We extracted the monthly cases and deaths data for AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C between January 2015 and December 2021 from the notifiable disease reporting database on the official website of the National Health Commission of China. We used descriptive statistics to summarize the number of cases and deaths, and calculated incidence and case-fatality ratios before and after implementing nationwide lockdown (January 2020). We used negative binominal segmented regression models to estimate the immediate and long-term impacts of lockdown on cases, deaths, and case-fatality ratios in January 2020 and December 2021, respectively. RESULTS A total of 14,800,330 cases and 127,030 deaths of AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C were reported from January 2015 to December 2021, with an incidence of 149.11/100,000 before lockdown and 151.41/100,000 after lockdown , and a case-fatality ratio of 8.21/1000 before lockdown and 9.50/1000 after lockdown . In the negative binominal model, AIDS cases (-23.4%; 0.766, 0.626-0.939) and deaths (-23.9%; 0.761, 0.647-0.896), gonorrhea cases (-34.3%; 0.657, 0.524-0.823), syphilis cases (-15.4%; 0.846, 0.763-0.937), hepatitis B cases (-17.5%; 0.825, 0.726-0.937) and hepatitis C cases (-19.6%; 0.804, 0.693-0.933) showed significant decreases in January 2020. Gonorrhea, syphilis and hepatitis C showed small increases in the number of deaths or case-fatality ratios in January 2020. By December 2021, the cases, deaths, and case-fatality ratios for each disease had either reached or remained below expected levels. CONCLUSIONS COVID-19 lockdown may have contributed to fewer reported cases of AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, and more reported deaths or case-fatality ratios of gonorrhea, syphilis and hepatitis C in China. CLINICALTRIAL
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- Xinsheng Wu
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China, No. 66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P.R. China, Shenzhen, CN
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Li X, Zhou HP, Zhou ZJ, Du N, Zhong EH, Zhai K, Liu N, Zhou L. Artificial intelligence-powered remote monitoring of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chin Med J (Engl) 2021; 134:1546-1548. [PMID: 34133349 PMCID: PMC8280054 DOI: 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Xuying Li
- Stanford Center for Professional Development, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Jiangsu University School of Medicine, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
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- Institute of Radio Frequency & Optical Electronics-Integrated Circuits, School of Information and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Wenjing Technologies, Shanghai 200020, China
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- Dawnlight Technologies, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Dawnlight Technologies, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China
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Roche T, Romero J, Zhai K, Granstedt E, Gota H, Putvinski S, Smirnov A, Binderbauer MW. The integrated diagnostic suite of the C-2W experimental field-reversed configuration device and its applications. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:033548. [PMID: 33820036 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the current experimental device of TAE Technologies, C-2W (also called "Norman"), record breaking advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams (15-40 keV, total power up to 20 MW), advanced divertors, bias electrodes, and an active plasma control system. This fully operational experiment is coupled with a fully operational suite of advanced diagnostic systems. The suite consists of 60+ individual systems spanning 20 categories, including magnetic sensors, Thomson scattering, interferometry/polarimetry, spectroscopy, fast imaging, bolometry, reflectometry, charged and neutral particle analysis, fusion product detection, and electric probes. Recently, measurements of main ion temperatures via a diagnostic neutral beam, axial profiles of energy flux from an array of bolometers, and divertor and edge plasma parameters via an extensive set of electric probes, interferometers, and spectrometers have all been made available. All the diagnostics work together to provide a complete picture of the FRC, fast-ion inventory, and edge plasma details enabling tomographic reconstruction of plasma parameter profiles and real-time plasma control.
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- T Roche
- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., 19631 Pauling, Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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Zhai K, Du L, Wang S, Wen Y, Liu J. Research on the synergistic effect of megasonic and particles in through mask electrochemical etching process. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Du L, Zhai K, Li X, Liu S, Tao Y. Ultrasonic vibration used for improving interfacial adhesion strength between metal substrate and high-aspect-ratio thick SU-8 photoresist mould. Ultrasonics 2020; 103:106100. [PMID: 32044567 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The fabrication of high-aspect-ratio metal micro device on metal substrate is largely limited by its poor interfacial adhesion strength between metal substrate and thick SU-8 photoresist mould. In this paper, ultrasonic treatment is introduced to improve the interfacial adhesion strength between metal substrate and a high-aspect-ratio inertial switch SU-8 mould. Firstly, a device for ultrasonic treatment was developed, ultrasonic vibration is applied to SU-8 film after post exposure baking in order to improve the interfacial adhesion strength. Compared with the traditional one, SU-8 photoresist mould treated by ultrasonic vibration can effectively improve the interfacial adhesion strength. After 90 min cavitation erosion test, SU-8 film treated by ultrasonic vibration remains 34.4% relative to nothing left of the SU-8 film without ultrasonic treatment. Besides, the mechanisms of ultrasonic treatment on improving interfacial adhesion strength are investigated. Finally, an inertial switch is successfully fabricated on metallic substrate with the ultrasonic treated SU-8 photoresist mould.
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- Liqun Du
- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Equipment Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Zhai K, Du L, Wen Y, Wang S, Cao Q, Zhang X, Liu J. Fabrication of micro pits based on megasonic assisted through-mask electrochemical micromachining. Ultrasonics 2020; 100:105990. [PMID: 31479968 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2019.105990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Through-mask electrochemical micromachining (TMEMM) is the primary method to fabricate micro pits with controlled size, location, and density. In order to improve the machining localization and deep etching capability in TMEMM process, a novel method which combined megasonic vibration to TMEMM process is presented in this paper. Firstly, the coupling relationship between sound field, gas-liquid two-phase flow field and electrolytic process was theoretically analyzed. Theoretical analysis results indicate that acoustic wave agitation can promote the electrolytic process by increasing the conductivity of the electrolyte. Based on this theory, a numerical simulation method was used to predict anodic profiles under different megasonic intensity. The simulation results show that the addition of megasonic agitation can obviously improve the machining localization and deep etching capability in TMEMM process. Etching depth of the micro pit increased from 48.22 μm to 77.98 μm with megasonic agitation compared to the without megasonic one. Depth-diameter ratio of the micro pit increased from 0.30 to 0.45. Meanwhile, the etching factor (EF) increased from 1.55 to 2.10. Then, a megasonic electrolyser at 1 MHz was set up, micro pits were etched under different megasionc intensity. The experiment results show that megasonic assisted through-mask electrochemical micromachining (MA-TMEMM) had best process performance when it worked with the increase of megasionc intensity. When the megasonic intensity was 8 W/cm2, micro pits with average diameter of 167.77 μm and 79.62 μm in depth were successfully fabricated. The average depth-diameter ratio of the micro pits was as high as 0.47, and the EF was as high as 2.35. The working mechanism of megasonic in MA-TMEMM process was analyzed too.
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- Ke Zhai
- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory for Precision and Non-traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory for Precision and Non-traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Cheng C, Zhao M, Lai M, Zhai K, Shi B, Wang S, Luo R, Zhang L, Wu Z. Synthesis of Aza-Heteroaromatic Dithiocarbamates via Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aza-Heteroaromatic Bromides with Tetraalkylthiuram Disulfides. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Chuance Cheng
- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Qingdao University of Science & Technology; 53, Zhengzhou Road 266042 Qingdao P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province; College of Tobacco Science; Henan Agricultural University; 95, Wenhua Road 450002 Zhengzhou P. R. China
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Zhai K, Lai M, Wu Z, Zhao M, Jing Y, Liu P. Synthesis and initial thermal behavior investigation of 2-alkenyl substituted pyrazine N-oxides. CATAL COMMUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2018.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Zhai K, Schindler T, Ottaviano A, Zhang H, Fallah D, Wells J, Parke E, Thompson MC. Thomson scattering systems on C-2W field-reversed configuration plasma experiment. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:10C118. [PMID: 30399708 DOI: 10.1063/1.5037327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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TAE Technologies' newly constructed C-2W experiment aims to improve the ion and electron temperatures in a sustained field-reversed configuration plasma. A suite of Thomson scattering systems has been designed and constructed for electron temperature and density profile measurements. The systems are designed for electron densities of 1 × 1012 cm-3 to 2 × 1014 cm-3 and temperature ranges from 10 eV to 2 keV. The central system will provide profile measurements of Te and ne at 16 radial locations from r = -9 cm to r = 64 cm with a temporal resolution of 20 kHz for 4 pulses or 1 kHz for 30 pulses. The jet system will provide profile measurements of Te and ne at 5 radial locations in the open field region from r = -5 cm to r = 15 cm with a temporal resolution of 100 Hz. The central system and its components have been characterized, calibrated, installed, and commissioned. A maximum-likelihood algorithm has been applied for data processing and analysis.
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- K Zhai
- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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Ottaviano A, Schindler TM, Zhai K, Parke E, Granstedt E, Thompson MC. Characterization and calibration of the Thomson scattering diagnostic suite for the C-2W field-reversed configuration experiment. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:10C120. [PMID: 30399673 DOI: 10.1063/1.5037101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The new C-2W Thomson scattering (TS) diagnostic consists of two individual subsystems for monitoring electron temperature (Te) and density (ne): one system in the central region is currently operational, and the second system is being commissioned to monitor the open field line region. Validating the performance of the TS's custom designed system components and unique calibration of the detection system and diagnostic as a whole is crucial to obtaining high precision Te and ne profiles of C-2W's plasma. The major components include a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser which produces 35 pulses at up to 20 kHz, uniquely designed collection lenses with a fast numerical aperture, and uniquely designed polychromators with filters sets to optimize a Te ranging from 10 eV to 2 keV. This paper describes the design principles and techniques used to characterize the main components of the TS diagnostic on C-2W, as well as the results of Rayleigh scattering calibrations performed for the whole system response.
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- A Ottaviano
- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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- TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, California 92610, USA
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Zhai K, Du L, Wang W, Zhu H, Zhao W, Zhao W. Research of megasonic electroforming equipment based on the uniformity of electroforming process. Ultrason Sonochem 2018; 42:368-375. [PMID: 29429681 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Megasonic has obvious advantages in overcoming the limitations of electroforming process based on its low cavitation effect, high sound intensity and acoustic streaming. In this paper, megasonic was employed to achieve uniform electroformed layer in electroforming process. Impedance values, resonant frequencies were measured in order to get a high-efficiency megasonic source. Considering the directions of acoustic radiation and combining with other functional modules, an integrated megasonic electroforming equipment was designed and set up. Then, nickel was electroformed on copper substrates without megasonic wave, with single directional megasonic wave and with bidirectional alternating megasonic wave, respectively. The planeness value (PV) of electroformed layer is 15.03 μm without megasonic agitation, and the PV of electroformed layer is 15.36 μm with single directional megasonic wave radiation. Bidirectional alternating megasonic wave assisted electroforming has an outstanding performance on the uniformity of electroformed layer, which achieves the lowest planeness value (PV = 10.91 μm) of all the electroforming experiments. Besides, the bidirectional megasonic wave assisted electroforming can achieve better surface quality than other conditions too.
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- Ke Zhai
- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory for Precision and Non-Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Lai M, Zhai K, Cheng C, Wu Z, Zhao M. Direct thiolation of aza-heteroaromatic N-oxides with disulfides via copper-catalyzed regioselective C–H bond activation. Org Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qo00840j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A novel and efficient thiolation reaction of aza-heteroaromatic N-oxides with disulfides via copper catalyzed C–H activation has been developed.
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- Miao Lai
- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province
- College of Tobacco Science
- Henan Agricultural University
- Zhengzhou 450002
- P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province
- College of Tobacco Science
- Henan Agricultural University
- Zhengzhou 450002
- P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province
- College of Tobacco Science
- Henan Agricultural University
- Zhengzhou 450002
- P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province
- College of Tobacco Science
- Henan Agricultural University
- Zhengzhou 450002
- P. R. China
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- Flavors and Fragrance Engineering & Technology Research Center of Henan Province
- College of Tobacco Science
- Henan Agricultural University
- Zhengzhou 450002
- P. R. China
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Zhai K, He Q, Li L, Ren Y. Study on chemical mechanical polishing of silicon wafer with megasonic vibration assisted. Ultrasonics 2017; 80:9-14. [PMID: 28494230 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is the primary method to realize the global planarization of silicon wafer. In order to improve this process, a novel method which combined megasonic vibration to assist chemical mechanical polishing (MA-CMP) is developed in this paper. A matching layer structure of polishing head was calculated and designed. Silicon wafers are polished by megasonic assisted chemical mechanical polishing and traditional chemical mechanical polishing respectively, both coarse polishing and precision polishing experiments were carried out. With the use of megasonic vibration, the surface roughness values Ra reduced from 22.260nm to 17.835nm in coarse polishing, and the material removal rate increased by approximately 15-25% for megasonic assisted chemical mechanical polishing relative to traditional chemical mechanical polishing. Average Surface roughness values Ra reduced from 0.509nm to 0.387nm in precision polishing. The results show that megasonic assisted chemical mechanical polishing is a feasible method to improve polishing efficiency and surface quality. The material removal and finishing mechanisms of megasonic vibration assisted polishing are investigated too.
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- Ke Zhai
- Institute of Vibration Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, China.
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- Institute of Vibration Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, China.
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- College of Science, Liaoning University of Technology, China.
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- Institute of Vibration Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, China.
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Anderson DT, Abdou A, Almagri AF, Anderson FSB, Canik JM, Guttenfelder W, Lechte C, Likin KM, Lu H, Oh S, Probert PH, Radder J, Sakaguchi V, Schmitt J, Talmadge JN, Zhai K, Brower DL, Deng C. Overview of Recent Results from HSX. Fusion Science and Technology 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst06-a1232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- D. T. Anderson
- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison HSX Plasma Laboratory, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Department 66-127J Engineering IV Building, Los Angeles, California 90095-1594
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering Department 66-127J Engineering IV Building, Los Angeles, California 90095-1594
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Gota H, Tuszewski M, Trask E, Garate E, Binderbauer MW, Tajima T, Schmitz L, Deng BH, Guo HY, Aefsky S, Allfrey I, Barnes D, Bolte N, Bui DQ, Ceccherini F, Clary R, Conroy KD, Cordero M, Dettrick SA, Douglass JD, Feng P, Granstedt E, Gupta D, Gupta S, Hooper C, Kinley JS, Knapp K, Korepanov S, Longman A, Magee R, Mendoza R, Mok Y, Necas A, Primavera S, Putvinski S, Onofri M, Osin D, Rath N, Roche T, Romero J, Rostoker N, Schroeder JH, Sevier L, Sibley A, Smirnov A, Song Y, Steinhauer LC, Thompson MC, Valentine T, Van Drie AD, Walters JK, Waggoner W, Yang X, Yushmanov P, Zhai K. Improved Confinement of C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas. Fusion Science and Technology 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst14-871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- H. Gota
- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
- University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688
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AIM To detect the expression of transketolase-like protein 1 (TKTL1) in gastric carcinoma and gastric precancerous lesions and to analyze its clinical significance.
METHODS Tissue samples of normal gastric mucosa (n = 56), gastric precancerous lesions (n = 79) and gastric carcinoma (n = 79; from patients who underwent curative resection for primary or metastatic gastric carcinoma) were collected from patients treated at the First Hospital of Zibo City from 2013 to 2015. The expression of TKTL1 in these specimens was detected by immunohistochemistry. The relationship between the expression of TKTL1 and clinical and pathological factors was analyzed.
RESULTS The positive expression of TKTL1 increased gradually from normal mucosa to gastric precancerous lesions and gastric carcinoma (P < 0.05). TKTL1 expression was not significantly related with primary site, tumor size, sex, or age (P > 0.05), but significantly correlated with TNM stage and invasive depth in gastric carcinoma (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION High expression of TKTL1 can be detected in gastric carcinoma and gastric precancerous lesions, and it may be related with the development and metastasis of gastric carcinoma.
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Zhai K, Schindler T, Kinley J, Deng B, Thompson MC. The upgrade of the Thomson scattering system for measurement on the C-2/C-2U devices. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:11D602. [PMID: 27910634 DOI: 10.1063/1.4955496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The C-2/C-2U Thomson scattering system has been substantially upgraded during the latter phase of C-2/C-2U program. A Rayleigh channel has been added to each of the three polychromators of the C-2/C-2U Thomson scattering system. Onsite spectral calibration has been applied to avoid the issue of different channel responses at different spots on the photomultiplier tube surface. With the added Rayleigh channel, the absolute intensity response of the system is calibrated with Rayleigh scattering in argon gas from 0.1 to 4 Torr, where the Rayleigh scattering signal is comparable to the Thomson scattering signal at electron densities from 1 × 1013 to 4 × 1014 cm-3. A new signal processing algorithm, using a maximum likelihood method and including detailed analysis of different noise contributions within the system, has been developed to obtain electron temperature and density profiles. The system setup, spectral and intensity calibration procedure and its outcome, data analysis, and the results of electron temperature/density profile measurements will be presented.
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- K Zhai
- Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA
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Qian WF, Yan WC, Wang TQ, Shao XD, Zhai K, Han LF, Lv CC. Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from domestic animals in central China. Trop Biomed 2015; 32:540-544. [PMID: 26695215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that has a remarkable ability to infect almost all warm-blooded animals, including humans. This study was aimed to determine the genetic characteristics of T. gondii isolates from domestic animals in Henan Province, central China. A total of 363 DNA samples, including 208 from hilar lymph nodes of pigs, 36 from blood samples of cats, 12 from tissues of aborted bovine fetuses and 107 from blood samples of dams with history of abortion in Henan Province, were examined for the presence of T. gondii by nested PCR based on B1 gene. The positive DNA samples were further genotyped by PCR-RFLP at 11 markers, including SAG1, (3'+ 5') SAG2, alt.SAG2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-2, L358, PK1, and Apico. DNA samples from 9 pigs, 5 cats, and 4 dairy cows were T. gondii B1 gene positive. Nine samples were successfully genotyped at all genetic loci, of which 5 samples from pigs, and 2 from cats were identified as ToxoDB genotype #9, and 2 samples from cows belonged to ToxoDB genotype #225. To our knowledge, the present study is the second report of genetic typing of T. gondii isolates from cattle in China, and the first report of T. gondii ToxoDB#225 from cattle.
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- W F Qian
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- PuLike Biological Engineering Co., Ltd, Luoyang, China
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Hubert F, Belacel-Ouari M, Manoury B, Zhai K, Domergue-Dupont V, Mateo P, Joubert F, Fischmeister R, Leblais V. Alteration of vascular reactivity in heart failure: role of phosphodiesterases 3 and 4. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 171:5361-75. [PMID: 25048877 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study examined the role of the main vascular cAMP-hydrolysing phosphodiesterases (cAMP-PDE) in the regulation of basal vascular tone and relaxation of rat aorta mediated by β-adrenoceptors, following heart failure (HF). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Twenty-two weeks after proximal aortic stenosis, to induce HF, or SHAM surgery in rats, we evaluated the expression, activity and function of cAMP-PDE in the descending thoracic aorta. KEY RESULTS HF rat aortas exhibited signs of endothelial dysfunction, with alterations of the NO pathway, and alteration of PDE3 and PDE4 subtype expression, without changing total aortic cAMP-hydrolytic activity and PDE1, PDE3 and PDE4 activities. Vascular reactivity experiments using PDE inhibitors showed that PDE3 and PDE4 controlled the level of PGF2α -stimulated contraction in SHAM aorta. PDE3 function was partially inhibited by endothelial NO, whereas PDE4 function required a functional endothelium and was under the negative control of PDE3. In HF, PDE3 function was preserved, but its regulation by endothelial NO was altered. PDE4 function was abolished and restored by PDE3 inhibition. In PGF2α -precontracted arteries, β-adrenoceptor stimulation-induced relaxation in SHAM aorta, which was abolished in the absence of functional endothelium, as well as in HF aortas, but restored after PDE3 inhibition in all unresponsive arteries. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our study underlines the key role of the endothelium in controlling the contribution of smooth muscle PDE to contractile function. In HF, endothelial dysfunction had a major effect on PDE3 function and PDE3 inhibition restored a functional relaxation to β-adrenoceptor stimulation.
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- F Hubert
- Faculté de Pharmacie, Inserm UMR-S 769, LabEx LERMIT-DHU TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France; Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud, Châtenay-Malabry, France; Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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Zhai K, Gao G, Cao W, Zhao L, Fang X, Duan H. Simultaneous HPLC determination of four active compounds in fengshiding capsules, a chinese medicine. Indian J Pharm Sci 2014; 76:445-9. [PMID: 25425759 PMCID: PMC4243262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A high performance liquid chromatography method was established for simultaneously determining four bioactive components, salicin, liquiritin, paeonolum, and imperatorin in Fengshiding capsule, a widely used traditional Chinese medicine for treating rheumatic disease. The chromatographic separation was performed on a Shimadzu Shim-pack Stable Bond C18 column using gradient elution with methanol and water. The analytical method was validated through precision, repeatability and stability, and the relative standard deviation values were less than 3%, respectively. The recoveries of the four investigated compounds ranged from 95.80 to 101.21% with relative standard deviation values less than 3.2%. Then this proposed method was successfully applied to determine six batches of Fengshiding commercial products of capsule dosage form from two pharmaceutical factories. This study might provide a basis for quality control for this traditional Chinese medicine preparation.
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- K. Zhai
- Department of Complex Prescrition of TCM, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing-210 038, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou-234 000, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou-234 000, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou-234 000, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou-234 000, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou-234 000, China,Address for correspondence E-mail:
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Gota H, Tuszewski M, Smirnov A, Korepanov S, Akhmetov T, Ivanov A, Voskoboynikov R, Binderbauer MW, Guo HY, Barnes D, Aefsky S, Brown R, Bui DQ, Clary R, Conroy KD, Deng BH, Dettrick SA, Douglass JD, Garate E, Glass FJ, Gupta D, Gupta S, Kinley JS, Knapp K, Hollins M, Longman A, Li XL, Luo Y, Mendoza R, Mok Y, Necas A, Primavera S, Osin D, Rostoker N, Ruskov E, Schmitz L, Schroeder JH, Sevier L, Sibley A, Song Y, Sun X, Tajima T, Thompson MC, Trask E, Van Drie AD, Walters JK, Wyman MD, Zhai K. A High Performance Field-Reversed Configuration Regime in the C-2 Device. Fusion Science and Technology 2013. [DOI: 10.13182/fst13-a16890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- H. Gota
- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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- Tri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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Chen LQ, Zhai K, Jin Y, Wu JS, Gao DJ, Sun XC, Huang ZM. [The expression of melatonin MT1 receptor in acute necrotizing pancreatitis rats and the protective effects of melatonin]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2010; 49:959-962. [PMID: 21211212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of melatonin MT1 receptor in rats with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) and the protective effects of melatonin (MT) pre-intervention for the pancreas. METHODS Fifty-four male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham-operation group, ANP group and MT-pretreated group. The models of ANP were induced by retrograde injection sodium taurocholate into the bili-pancreatic duct. MT group undergoing intraperitoneal injection 50 mg/kg 30 minutes before the establishment of ANP models. Four, 8 and 12 hours after the onset of operation, the levels of serum amylase and pathological changes of the pancreas were observed. The contents of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) in the pancreas were measured. The expression of MT1 protein and MT1 mRNA in pancreas were separately analyzed by immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR. RESULTS (1) Pancreatic pathological damage in ANP groups was progressive exacerbated. It was obviously ameliorated in MT group as compared with ANP group (P < 0.05); (2) Compared with SO group, the levels of serum amylase, MDA and TNFα in the pancreas were significantly increased in ANP group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). They were markedly decreased in MT group as compared with ANP group [12 h, (2348.00 ± 278.90) U/L vs (3194.83 ± 538.10) U/L, (2.255 ± 0.472) µmol/L vs (2.960 ± 0.722) µmol/L, (102.929 ± 29.399) ng/L vs (378.544 ± 183.454) ng/L, P < 0.05]. The level of SOD was decreased in ANP group compared with SO group (P < 0.05) and increased in MT group [12 h, (11.448 ± 1.594) U/L vs (8.427 ± 1.950) U/L, P < 0.05]; (3) Compared with SO group, the expression of MT1 protein and MT1 mRNA in ANP group were down-regulated as the severity of the disease increased (P < 0.05). They were significantly higher in MT group than ANP group. CONCLUSIONS Melatonin pre-intervention is able to increase SOD level and decrease MDA, TNFα levels, thereby reducing pancreatic injury. The MT1 might play an important role in the pathogenesis of ANP. MT might exert protective effects for the pancreas in ANP rats through increase the expression of MT1.
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- Li-qian Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Canik JM, Anderson DT, Anderson FSB, Likin KM, Talmadge JN, Zhai K. Experimental demonstration of improved neoclassical transport with quasihelical symmetry. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 98:085002. [PMID: 17359105 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.085002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Differences in the electron particle and thermal transport are reported between plasmas produced in a quasihelically symmetric (QHS) magnetic field and a configuration with the symmetry broken. The thermal diffusivity is reduced in the QHS configuration, resulting in higher electron temperatures than in the nonsymmetric configuration for a fixed power input. The density profile in QHS plasmas is centrally peaked, and in the nonsymmetric configuration the core density profile is hollow. The hollow profile is due to neoclassical thermodiffusion, which is reduced in the QHS configuration.
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- J M Canik
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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