With the growing demand for weight reduction,the application of joint lightweight structural materials is increasing.Magnesium alloys feature low density,high specific strength and good formability,offering significan...With the growing demand for weight reduction,the application of joint lightweight structural materials is increasing.Magnesium alloys feature low density,high specific strength and good formability,offering significant advantages for fuel efficiency and load capacity.Combined with Ti,a dissimilar Ti/Mg composite material provides great flexibility combining the properties of each material.However,because of the great differences in chemical and electrochemical properties between Mg and Ti,it is imperative to address the galvanic corrosion problem of such dissimilar Ti/Mg components.This work presents an investigation of the PEO processing of sintered Ti/Mg0.6Ca couples,aiming to improve the corrosion resistance of such dissimilar alloy combinations using a phosphate-aluminate electrolyte.The results show that uniform and continuous coatings can be formed on the dissimilar Ti/Mg0.6Ca couple.The coating mainly contains MgO and MgAl_(2)O_(4)on the Mg0.6Ca side,and Al_(2)TiO_(5)is the dominant phase on the Ti side.The work also took advantage of synchrotron X-ray computed tomography(CT)scanning to achieve 3D reconstruction of the coating morphology,which can be a fast method to assess the porosity and compactness of the coating and further predict the coating corrosion resistance.The coating effectively improved the corrosion resistance of the dissimilar Ti/Mg0.6Ca couple.展开更多
Background To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a fast initiation of cooling to a target temperature of 35℃by means of transnasal cooling in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion(LVO)undergoi...Background To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a fast initiation of cooling to a target temperature of 35℃by means of transnasal cooling in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion(LVO)undergoing endovascular thrombectomy(EVT).Methods Patients with an LVO onset of<24hour who had an indication for EVT were included in the study.Transnasal cooling(RhinoChill)was initiated immediately after the patient was intubated for EVT and continued until an oesophageal target temperature of 35℃was reached.Hypothermia was maintained with surface cooling for 6-hour postrecanalisation,followed by active rewarming(+0.2℃/hour).The primary outcome was defined as the time required to reach 35℃,while secondary outcomes comprised clinical,radiological and safety parameters.Results Twenty-two patients(median age,77 years)were included in the study(14 received additional thrombolysis,4 additional stenting of the proximal internal carotid artery).The median time intervals were 309min for last-seen-normal-to-groin,58min for door-to-cooling-initiation,65min for door-to-groin and 123min for door-to-recanalisation.The target temperature of 35℃was reached within 30min(range 13–78min),corresponding to a cooling rate of 2.6℃/hour.On recanalisation,86%of the patients had a body temperature of≤35℃.The median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale at admission was 15 and improved to 2 by day 7,and 68%of patients had a good outcome(modified Rankin Scale 0–2)at 3 months.Postprocedure complications included asymptomatic bradycardia(32%),pneumonia(18%)and asymptomatic haemorrhagic transformation(18%).Conclusion The combined application of hypothermia and thrombectomy was found to be feasible in sedated and ventilated patents.Adverse events were comparable to those previously described for EVT in the absence of hypothermia.The effect of this procedure will next be evaluated in the randomised COmbination of Targeted temperature management and Thrombectomy after acute Ischemic Stroke-2 trial.展开更多
基金We also thank DESY(Hamburg,Germany)for granting beamtime to the proposal I-20221296 and support of the PETRAⅢP05 end-station.
文摘With the growing demand for weight reduction,the application of joint lightweight structural materials is increasing.Magnesium alloys feature low density,high specific strength and good formability,offering significant advantages for fuel efficiency and load capacity.Combined with Ti,a dissimilar Ti/Mg composite material provides great flexibility combining the properties of each material.However,because of the great differences in chemical and electrochemical properties between Mg and Ti,it is imperative to address the galvanic corrosion problem of such dissimilar Ti/Mg components.This work presents an investigation of the PEO processing of sintered Ti/Mg0.6Ca couples,aiming to improve the corrosion resistance of such dissimilar alloy combinations using a phosphate-aluminate electrolyte.The results show that uniform and continuous coatings can be formed on the dissimilar Ti/Mg0.6Ca couple.The coating mainly contains MgO and MgAl_(2)O_(4)on the Mg0.6Ca side,and Al_(2)TiO_(5)is the dominant phase on the Ti side.The work also took advantage of synchrotron X-ray computed tomography(CT)scanning to achieve 3D reconstruction of the coating morphology,which can be a fast method to assess the porosity and compactness of the coating and further predict the coating corrosion resistance.The coating effectively improved the corrosion resistance of the dissimilar Ti/Mg0.6Ca couple.
基金JB got his salary paid in part through the EU project Horizon-2020,project Acronym CUCUMBERproject number 958809.
文摘Background To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a fast initiation of cooling to a target temperature of 35℃by means of transnasal cooling in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion(LVO)undergoing endovascular thrombectomy(EVT).Methods Patients with an LVO onset of<24hour who had an indication for EVT were included in the study.Transnasal cooling(RhinoChill)was initiated immediately after the patient was intubated for EVT and continued until an oesophageal target temperature of 35℃was reached.Hypothermia was maintained with surface cooling for 6-hour postrecanalisation,followed by active rewarming(+0.2℃/hour).The primary outcome was defined as the time required to reach 35℃,while secondary outcomes comprised clinical,radiological and safety parameters.Results Twenty-two patients(median age,77 years)were included in the study(14 received additional thrombolysis,4 additional stenting of the proximal internal carotid artery).The median time intervals were 309min for last-seen-normal-to-groin,58min for door-to-cooling-initiation,65min for door-to-groin and 123min for door-to-recanalisation.The target temperature of 35℃was reached within 30min(range 13–78min),corresponding to a cooling rate of 2.6℃/hour.On recanalisation,86%of the patients had a body temperature of≤35℃.The median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale at admission was 15 and improved to 2 by day 7,and 68%of patients had a good outcome(modified Rankin Scale 0–2)at 3 months.Postprocedure complications included asymptomatic bradycardia(32%),pneumonia(18%)and asymptomatic haemorrhagic transformation(18%).Conclusion The combined application of hypothermia and thrombectomy was found to be feasible in sedated and ventilated patents.Adverse events were comparable to those previously described for EVT in the absence of hypothermia.The effect of this procedure will next be evaluated in the randomised COmbination of Targeted temperature management and Thrombectomy after acute Ischemic Stroke-2 trial.
