Summary: To study the effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on denervated skeletal muscle atrophy and to find a new approach to ameliorate atrophy of denervated muscle, a model was established by cutting the r...Summary: To study the effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on denervated skeletal muscle atrophy and to find a new approach to ameliorate atrophy of denervated muscle, a model was established by cutting the right sciatic nerve in 36 Wistar mice, with the left side serving as control. Then they were divided into two groups randomly. CNTF (1 U/ml) 0.1 ml was injected into the right tibial muscle every day in experimental group, and saline was used into another group for comparison. The muscle wet weight, muscle total protein, Ca 2+, physiological response and morphology were analyzed on the 7th, 14th and 28th day after operation. Our results showed that compared to control group, there was a significant increase in muscle wet weight, total protein, Ca 2+, muscle fiber cross-section area in CNTF group (P<0.05). CNTF could ameliorate the decrease of tetanic tension (PO), post-tetanic twitch potentiation (PTP), and the prolonged muscle relaxation time (RT) caused by denervation (P<0.05). The motor end-plate areas 7 days and 14 days after denervation was similar (P>0.05), but significantly larger 28 days after the denervation (P<0.05). Our results suggest that CNTF exerts myotrophic effects by attenuating the morphological and functional changes associated with denervation of rat muscles and has protective effects on denervated muscle and motor end plate.展开更多
This paper intends to introduce the active vision system with autonomous robot competition in the background. It presents some characteristics of the human oculomotor system in active ma-chine vision svstem: smooth pu...This paper intends to introduce the active vision system with autonomous robot competition in the background. It presents some characteristics of the human oculomotor system in active ma-chine vision svstem: smooth pursuit and saccade. Besides, zoom tracking is used to continuous ad-justment of a camera's focal length to keep a constant sized image of an object moving along the camera's optical axis. Experiments indicate the technology to be efficient for tracking the bail in the robot competition.展开更多
Nonlinear modeling of a flexible beam with large deformation was investigated. Absolute nodal cooridnate formulation is employed to describe the motion, and Lagrange equations of motion of a flexible beam are derived ...Nonlinear modeling of a flexible beam with large deformation was investigated. Absolute nodal cooridnate formulation is employed to describe the motion, and Lagrange equations of motion of a flexible beam are derived based on the geometric nonlinear theory. Different from the previous nonlinear formulation with Euler-Bernoulli assumption, the shear strain and transverse normal strain are taken into account. Computational example of a flexible pendulum with a tip mass is given to show the effects of the shear strain and transverse normal strain. The constant total energy verifies the correctness of the present formulation.展开更多
The reverse atom transfer radical polymerization(RATRP) of (-)-menthyl methacrylate ((-)-MnMA) with AIBN(AIBN/CuCl2/bipyridine(bipy) or (-)sparteine((-)Sp) =1/2/4) initiating system in THF has been studied. The depen...The reverse atom transfer radical polymerization(RATRP) of (-)-menthyl methacrylate ((-)-MnMA) with AIBN(AIBN/CuCl2/bipyridine(bipy) or (-)sparteine((-)Sp) =1/2/4) initiating system in THF has been studied. The dependence of the specific rotation on molecular weight was investigated.展开更多
The atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) of (-)-menthyl methacrylate((-)-MnMA) mediated by CuCl/bipyridine and ethyl 2-bromopropionate or 1-phenylethyl bromide in THF system has been studied. The dependence of ...The atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) of (-)-menthyl methacrylate((-)-MnMA) mediated by CuCl/bipyridine and ethyl 2-bromopropionate or 1-phenylethyl bromide in THF system has been studied. The dependence of the specific rotation on molecular weight and the CD of Poly((-)-MnMA) thus obtained was investigated.展开更多
Objective: To studied the effect of Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) on the antitumor activity of adriamycin (ADM) nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion. Methods: The SD rats bearing liver carcinoma were divided into six groups ...Objective: To studied the effect of Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) on the antitumor activity of adriamycin (ADM) nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion. Methods: The SD rats bearing liver carcinoma were divided into six groups and treated by saline, adriamycin, adriamycin nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion, adriamycin liposome-lipiodol emulsion, DDC plus adriamycin nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion, DDC plus adriamycin liposome-lipiodol emulsion respectively. The volume of the tumors, tumor growth rate (G%) and life prolonging rate PL% in six groups were determined. Results: The values of the IC50 (μg/ml) of adriamycin were reduced from 18.40 to 0.74 for the resistant cells SGC7901/CVR, and from 4.00 to 0.32 for the sensitive cells SGC7901/WT by pretreating the tumor cells with DDC. The tumor growth rate (G%) and life prolonging rate PL% increased significantly (P<0.05) in the DDC pretreated groups than adriamycin nanoparticle-lipiodol or adriamycin liposome-lipiodol emulsion groups. Conclusion: The antitumor effect of adriamycin can be enhanced by inhibiting the superoxide dismutase (SOD) in tumor cells by DDC.展开更多
文摘Summary: To study the effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on denervated skeletal muscle atrophy and to find a new approach to ameliorate atrophy of denervated muscle, a model was established by cutting the right sciatic nerve in 36 Wistar mice, with the left side serving as control. Then they were divided into two groups randomly. CNTF (1 U/ml) 0.1 ml was injected into the right tibial muscle every day in experimental group, and saline was used into another group for comparison. The muscle wet weight, muscle total protein, Ca 2+, physiological response and morphology were analyzed on the 7th, 14th and 28th day after operation. Our results showed that compared to control group, there was a significant increase in muscle wet weight, total protein, Ca 2+, muscle fiber cross-section area in CNTF group (P<0.05). CNTF could ameliorate the decrease of tetanic tension (PO), post-tetanic twitch potentiation (PTP), and the prolonged muscle relaxation time (RT) caused by denervation (P<0.05). The motor end-plate areas 7 days and 14 days after denervation was similar (P>0.05), but significantly larger 28 days after the denervation (P<0.05). Our results suggest that CNTF exerts myotrophic effects by attenuating the morphological and functional changes associated with denervation of rat muscles and has protective effects on denervated muscle and motor end plate.
基金the High Technology Research and Development Program of China
文摘This paper intends to introduce the active vision system with autonomous robot competition in the background. It presents some characteristics of the human oculomotor system in active ma-chine vision svstem: smooth pursuit and saccade. Besides, zoom tracking is used to continuous ad-justment of a camera's focal length to keep a constant sized image of an object moving along the camera's optical axis. Experiments indicate the technology to be efficient for tracking the bail in the robot competition.
基金National Natural Science Foundation ofChina (No.10472066,10372057)
文摘Nonlinear modeling of a flexible beam with large deformation was investigated. Absolute nodal cooridnate formulation is employed to describe the motion, and Lagrange equations of motion of a flexible beam are derived based on the geometric nonlinear theory. Different from the previous nonlinear formulation with Euler-Bernoulli assumption, the shear strain and transverse normal strain are taken into account. Computational example of a flexible pendulum with a tip mass is given to show the effects of the shear strain and transverse normal strain. The constant total energy verifies the correctness of the present formulation.
文摘The reverse atom transfer radical polymerization(RATRP) of (-)-menthyl methacrylate ((-)-MnMA) with AIBN(AIBN/CuCl2/bipyridine(bipy) or (-)sparteine((-)Sp) =1/2/4) initiating system in THF has been studied. The dependence of the specific rotation on molecular weight was investigated.
文摘The atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) of (-)-menthyl methacrylate((-)-MnMA) mediated by CuCl/bipyridine and ethyl 2-bromopropionate or 1-phenylethyl bromide in THF system has been studied. The dependence of the specific rotation on molecular weight and the CD of Poly((-)-MnMA) thus obtained was investigated.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 39390191 No. 30170271)
文摘Objective: To studied the effect of Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) on the antitumor activity of adriamycin (ADM) nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion. Methods: The SD rats bearing liver carcinoma were divided into six groups and treated by saline, adriamycin, adriamycin nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion, adriamycin liposome-lipiodol emulsion, DDC plus adriamycin nanoparticle-lipiodol emulsion, DDC plus adriamycin liposome-lipiodol emulsion respectively. The volume of the tumors, tumor growth rate (G%) and life prolonging rate PL% in six groups were determined. Results: The values of the IC50 (μg/ml) of adriamycin were reduced from 18.40 to 0.74 for the resistant cells SGC7901/CVR, and from 4.00 to 0.32 for the sensitive cells SGC7901/WT by pretreating the tumor cells with DDC. The tumor growth rate (G%) and life prolonging rate PL% increased significantly (P<0.05) in the DDC pretreated groups than adriamycin nanoparticle-lipiodol or adriamycin liposome-lipiodol emulsion groups. Conclusion: The antitumor effect of adriamycin can be enhanced by inhibiting the superoxide dismutase (SOD) in tumor cells by DDC.
