Objective To compare the efficacy differences between acupuncture and western medicine in treating osteoarthritis of knee joints.Methods One hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and...Objective To compare the efficacy differences between acupuncture and western medicine in treating osteoarthritis of knee joints.Methods One hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a western medication group with 60 cases in each group.In the acupuncture group,acupuncture was applied mainly at Nèixīyǎn(内膝眼 EX-LE 4),Dúbí(犊鼻 ST 35),Yīnlíngquán(阴陵泉 SP 9) and Yánglíngquán(阳陵泉 GB 34) plus other acupoints selected according to syndrome differentiation.In the medication group,Glucosamine Hydrochloride capsules were orally given 3 times daily with 2 capsules each time.Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC),Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey(SF-36,Chinese version) were used to assess therapeutic effects before treatment,after 4 weeks treatment and 9 weeks after treatment,respectively.Results After 4 weeks of treatment,the total effective rates were 86.7%(52/60) and 88.3%(53/60) in the acupuncture group and the western medication group,respectively,without significant difference(P〈0.05).In 9 weeks after treatment,the total effective rates were 83.3%(50/60) and 61.7%(37/60) in the acupuncture group and the western medication group,respectively,with significant difference between the two groups(P〈0.05).According to WOMAC and SF-36,the scores were all improved in both groups(P〈0.05,P〈0.01),with significant difference in follow-up visit of 9 weeks after treatment between the two groups(P〈0.05,P〈0.01),but not after 4 weeks of treatments(both P〈0.05).Conclusion Short-term of therapeutic effects of acupuncture and oral administration of Glucosamine Hydrochloride on osteoarthritis of knee joints are similar,but long-term efficacy in the acupuncture group is better than that in the western medication group.展开更多
1 Introduction Reservoir architecture analysis of distributary channel of Daqing oilfield has drawn consistent interest among development geologists and petroleum engineers over the last decade(Lv et al.,1999;Zhou et ...1 Introduction Reservoir architecture analysis of distributary channel of Daqing oilfield has drawn consistent interest among development geologists and petroleum engineers over the last decade(Lv et al.,1999;Zhou et al.,2008;Zhang et展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Sancaijiangtang powders on plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1 levels. We sought to identify the common pathological link and mechanism of action for Traditional Chinese medicine i...OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Sancaijiangtang powders on plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1 levels. We sought to identify the common pathological link and mechanism of action for Traditional Chinese medicine in type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular dementia,and to explicate the material basis for treating the different diseases with the same method in Traditional Chinese Medicine.METHODS: In total,168 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular dementia were enrolled in the study,and randomly divided into two groups by simple randomization. Patients in the treatment group received oral Sancaijiangtang powders with pioglitazone hydrochloride three times daily,while patients in the control group received pioglitazone hydrochloride alone. The treatment course was for12 weeks. Mini-mental state examinations(Chinese version) and Montreal Cognitive Assessments(Beijing version) were performed,and fasting plasma glucose,fasting insulin,hemoglobin A1 c,homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance,plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1 levels were measured before and after the treatment.RESULTS: The post-treatment levels for all measurements in both groups were better than pre-treatment levels(P < 0.05). The post-treatment levels for all measurements in the treatment group were better than the levels measured in the control group(P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular dementia have common pathological mechanisms for insulin resistance and endothelium dysfunction. Sancaijiangtang powders could improve the release of nitric oxide and inhibit the secretion of endothelin-1. Therefore,the material basis exists for treating the different diseases with the same method in Traditional Chinese Medicine.展开更多
We present the best bounds on the distance between 3-direction quartic box spline surface patch and its control net by means of analysis and computing for the basis functions of 3-direction quartic box spline surface....We present the best bounds on the distance between 3-direction quartic box spline surface patch and its control net by means of analysis and computing for the basis functions of 3-direction quartic box spline surface.Both the local bounds and the global bounds are given by the maximum norm of the first differences or second differences or mixed differences of the control points of the surface patch.展开更多
Heat stress seriously affects wheat production in many regions of the world. At present, heat tolerance research remains one of the least understood fields in wheat genetics and breeding and there is a lack of effecti...Heat stress seriously affects wheat production in many regions of the world. At present, heat tolerance research remains one of the least understood fields in wheat genetics and breeding and there is a lack of effective methods to quantify heat stress and heat tolerance in different wheat cultivars. The objective of this study was to use various wheat cultivars to evaluate stress intensity(δ) and a new method for quantification of heat tolerance and compare this technique with three other currently utilized methods. This new parameter for heat tolerance quantification is referred to as the heat tolerance index(HTI) and is an indicator of both yield potential and yield stability. Heat treatments were applied in a controlled setting when anthesis had been reached for 80% of the wheat. The stress intensity evaluation indicated heat shock was the main factor associated with kernel weight reduction while grain yield reduction was mainly associated with chronic high temperature. The methods evaluation showed that a temperature difference of 5°C from natural temperatures was a suitable heat treatment to compare to the untreated controls. HTI was positively correlated with yield under heat stress(r=0.8657, δ=0.15, in 2009–2010; r=0.8418, δ=0.20, in 2010–2011; P<0.01), and negatively correlated with yield reduction rate(r=–0.8344, in 2009–2010; r=–0.7158, in 2010–2011; P<0.01). The results of this study validated the use of HTI and temperature difference control for quantifying wheat heat tolerance that included the yield potential and the stability of different wheat cultivars under heat stress. Additionally, 10 wheat cultivars showed high HTI and should be further tested for their heat confirming characteristics for use in wheat heat tolerance breeding.展开更多
The mass and thermal coupling makes the control of the reactive double dividing-wall distillation column(R-DDWDC) an especially challenging issue with a highly interactive nature. With reference to the separation of a...The mass and thermal coupling makes the control of the reactive double dividing-wall distillation column(R-DDWDC) an especially challenging issue with a highly interactive nature. With reference to the separation of an ideal endothermic quaternary reversible reaction with the most unfavorable ranking of relative volatilities(A + B ■ C + D with α_(A)>α_(C)>α_(D)>α_(B)), the operation rationality of the R-DDWDC is studied in this contribution. The four-point single temperature control system leads to great steady-state discrepancies in the compositions of products C and D and the reason stems essentially from the failure in keeping strictly the stoichiometric ratio between reactants A and B. A temperature plus temperature cascade control scheme is then employed to reinforce the stoichiometric ratio control and helps to secure a substantial abatement in the steady-state discrepancies. A temperature difference plus temperature cascade control scheme is finally synthesized and leads even to better performance than the most effective double temperature difference control scheme. These outcomes reveal not only the operation feasibility of the R-DDWDC but also the general significance of the proposed temperature difference plus temperature cascade control scheme to the inferential control of any other complicated distillation columns.展开更多
Combining oven controlled technique,digital compensation,high-resolution frequency difference measurement and self-calibration technique,a new design method of precise oven controlled crystal oscillator(OCXO) is pro...Combining oven controlled technique,digital compensation,high-resolution frequency difference measurement and self-calibration technique,a new design method of precise oven controlled crystal oscillator(OCXO) is proposed.Fine compensation is made in the vicinity of the crystal temperature inflection point by using the non-real-time temperature compensation strategy,and self-calibration system is integrated in the crystal.The method improves the digital compensated phase noise,simplifies the traditional OCXO development system,reduces the cost and shortens the developing cycle.Experiment results show that with a standard reference signal and self-calibration updated data,the oscillator can work stable and achieve its best performence.The performance index of crystal oscillator had an improvement with one to two orders of magnitude on the basis of original technical index.The method is widely used in the improvement of high-end crystal oscillator and atomic clock.展开更多
Since Tian Jun proposed the difference expansion embedding technique,based on which,many reversible watermarking techniques were proposed.However,these methods do not perform well when the payload is high.In this pape...Since Tian Jun proposed the difference expansion embedding technique,based on which,many reversible watermarking techniques were proposed.However,these methods do not perform well when the payload is high.In this paper,we proposed an expandable difference threshold controlled scheme for these three methods.Experiments show that our scheme improves the performance of these three methods for heavy payload.展开更多
This paper describes an analytical investigation into synchrophasing,a vibration control strategy on a machinery installation in which two rotational machines are attached to a beam-like raft by discrete resilient iso...This paper describes an analytical investigation into synchrophasing,a vibration control strategy on a machinery installation in which two rotational machines are attached to a beam-like raft by discrete resilient isolators.Forces and moments introduced by sources are considered,which effectively represent a practical engineering system.Adjusting the relative phase angle between the machines has been theoretically demonstrated to greatly reduce the cost function,which is defined as the sum of velocity squares of attaching points on the raft at each frequency of interest.The effect of the position of the machine is also investigated.Results show that altering the position of the secondary source may cause a slight change to the mode shape of the composite system and therefore change the optimum phase between the two machines.Although the analysis is based on a one-dimensional Euler– Bernoulli beam and each machine is considered as a rigid-body,a key principle can be derived from the results.However,the factors that can influence the synchrophasing control performance would become coupled and highly complicated.This condition has to be considered in practice.展开更多
Accurate control of slab temperature and heating rate is an important significance to improve product performance and reduce carbon emissions for steel rolling reheating furnace(SRRF).Firstly,a spatial temporal distri...Accurate control of slab temperature and heating rate is an important significance to improve product performance and reduce carbon emissions for steel rolling reheating furnace(SRRF).Firstly,a spatial temporal distributed-nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous inputs correlation model(STD-NARXCM)to spatial temporal distributed-autoregressive with exogenous inputs correlation model(STD-ARXCM)in working point is established.Secondly,a new coordinated time-sharing control architecture in different time periods is proposed,which is along the length of the SRRF to improve the control performance.Thirdly,a hybrid control algorithm of expert-fuzzy is proposed to improve the dynamic of the temperature and the heating rate during time period 0 to t_(1).A hybrid control algorithm of expert-fuzzy-PID is proposed to enhance the control accuracy and the heating rate during time period t_(1) to t_(2).A hybrid control algorithm of expert-active disturbance rejection control(ADRC)is proposed to boost the anti-interference and the heating rate during time period t_(2) to t_(3).Finally,the experimental results show that the coordinated time-sharing algorithm can meet the process requirements,the maximum deviation of temperature value is 8-13.5℃.展开更多
In this paper the Hamming distance is used to contr ol individual difference in the process of creating an original population, and a peak-depot is established to preserve information of different peak-points. So me n...In this paper the Hamming distance is used to contr ol individual difference in the process of creating an original population, and a peak-depot is established to preserve information of different peak-points. So me new methods are also put forward to improve optimization performance of genet ic algorithm, such as point-cast method and neighborhood search strategy around peak-points. The methods are used to deal with genetic operation besides of cr ossover and mutation, in order to obtain a global optimum solution and avoid GA ’s premature convergence. By means of many control rules and a peak-depot, the new algorithm carries out optimum search surrounding several peak-points. Alon g with evolution of individuals of population, the fitness of peak-points of pe ak-depot increases continually, and a global optimum solution can be obtained. The new algorithm searches around several peak-points, which increases the prob ability to obtain the global optimum solution to the best. By using some example s to test the modified genetic algorithm, the results indicate what we have done makes the modified genetic algorithm effectively to solve both of linear optimi zation problems and nonlinear optimization problems with restrictive functions.展开更多
In this paper, combined with the "Enterprise Accounting Standards No. eighteenth issued -- income tax" and "Enterprise Accounting Standards No. twentieth" -- the merger of enterprises and the State Administration ...In this paper, combined with the "Enterprise Accounting Standards No. eighteenth issued -- income tax" and "Enterprise Accounting Standards No. twentieth" -- the merger of enterprises and the State Administration of Taxation on enterprise merger business related income tax provisions of the problem of enterprise income tax, from the perspective that enterprise merger accounting is divided into the same control and the different control corresponds to the general tax treatment and special tax treatment, I compare the process of enterprises under different circumstances of income tax with an example.展开更多
文摘Objective To compare the efficacy differences between acupuncture and western medicine in treating osteoarthritis of knee joints.Methods One hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a western medication group with 60 cases in each group.In the acupuncture group,acupuncture was applied mainly at Nèixīyǎn(内膝眼 EX-LE 4),Dúbí(犊鼻 ST 35),Yīnlíngquán(阴陵泉 SP 9) and Yánglíngquán(阳陵泉 GB 34) plus other acupoints selected according to syndrome differentiation.In the medication group,Glucosamine Hydrochloride capsules were orally given 3 times daily with 2 capsules each time.Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC),Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey(SF-36,Chinese version) were used to assess therapeutic effects before treatment,after 4 weeks treatment and 9 weeks after treatment,respectively.Results After 4 weeks of treatment,the total effective rates were 86.7%(52/60) and 88.3%(53/60) in the acupuncture group and the western medication group,respectively,without significant difference(P〈0.05).In 9 weeks after treatment,the total effective rates were 83.3%(50/60) and 61.7%(37/60) in the acupuncture group and the western medication group,respectively,with significant difference between the two groups(P〈0.05).According to WOMAC and SF-36,the scores were all improved in both groups(P〈0.05,P〈0.01),with significant difference in follow-up visit of 9 weeks after treatment between the two groups(P〈0.05,P〈0.01),but not after 4 weeks of treatments(both P〈0.05).Conclusion Short-term of therapeutic effects of acupuncture and oral administration of Glucosamine Hydrochloride on osteoarthritis of knee joints are similar,but long-term efficacy in the acupuncture group is better than that in the western medication group.
基金funding support of this project from National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2011ZX05010-002-005)
文摘1 Introduction Reservoir architecture analysis of distributary channel of Daqing oilfield has drawn consistent interest among development geologists and petroleum engineers over the last decade(Lv et al.,1999;Zhou et al.,2008;Zhang et
基金Supported by Research Project for Practice Development of National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Bases(No.JDZX2012128)
文摘OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Sancaijiangtang powders on plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1 levels. We sought to identify the common pathological link and mechanism of action for Traditional Chinese medicine in type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular dementia,and to explicate the material basis for treating the different diseases with the same method in Traditional Chinese Medicine.METHODS: In total,168 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular dementia were enrolled in the study,and randomly divided into two groups by simple randomization. Patients in the treatment group received oral Sancaijiangtang powders with pioglitazone hydrochloride three times daily,while patients in the control group received pioglitazone hydrochloride alone. The treatment course was for12 weeks. Mini-mental state examinations(Chinese version) and Montreal Cognitive Assessments(Beijing version) were performed,and fasting plasma glucose,fasting insulin,hemoglobin A1 c,homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance,plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1 levels were measured before and after the treatment.RESULTS: The post-treatment levels for all measurements in both groups were better than pre-treatment levels(P < 0.05). The post-treatment levels for all measurements in the treatment group were better than the levels measured in the control group(P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular dementia have common pathological mechanisms for insulin resistance and endothelium dysfunction. Sancaijiangtang powders could improve the release of nitric oxide and inhibit the secretion of endothelin-1. Therefore,the material basis exists for treating the different diseases with the same method in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61170324 and 61100105)
文摘We present the best bounds on the distance between 3-direction quartic box spline surface patch and its control net by means of analysis and computing for the basis functions of 3-direction quartic box spline surface.Both the local bounds and the global bounds are given by the maximum norm of the first differences or second differences or mixed differences of the control points of the surface patch.
基金partially supported by the Generation Challenge Program,CIMMYT(International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)(GCP,G7010.02.01)the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System(CARS-3-2-3)the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(2016YFD0100502,2016YFD0300407)
文摘Heat stress seriously affects wheat production in many regions of the world. At present, heat tolerance research remains one of the least understood fields in wheat genetics and breeding and there is a lack of effective methods to quantify heat stress and heat tolerance in different wheat cultivars. The objective of this study was to use various wheat cultivars to evaluate stress intensity(δ) and a new method for quantification of heat tolerance and compare this technique with three other currently utilized methods. This new parameter for heat tolerance quantification is referred to as the heat tolerance index(HTI) and is an indicator of both yield potential and yield stability. Heat treatments were applied in a controlled setting when anthesis had been reached for 80% of the wheat. The stress intensity evaluation indicated heat shock was the main factor associated with kernel weight reduction while grain yield reduction was mainly associated with chronic high temperature. The methods evaluation showed that a temperature difference of 5°C from natural temperatures was a suitable heat treatment to compare to the untreated controls. HTI was positively correlated with yield under heat stress(r=0.8657, δ=0.15, in 2009–2010; r=0.8418, δ=0.20, in 2010–2011; P<0.01), and negatively correlated with yield reduction rate(r=–0.8344, in 2009–2010; r=–0.7158, in 2010–2011; P<0.01). The results of this study validated the use of HTI and temperature difference control for quantifying wheat heat tolerance that included the yield potential and the stability of different wheat cultivars under heat stress. Additionally, 10 wheat cultivars showed high HTI and should be further tested for their heat confirming characteristics for use in wheat heat tolerance breeding.
基金the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (21878011)。
文摘The mass and thermal coupling makes the control of the reactive double dividing-wall distillation column(R-DDWDC) an especially challenging issue with a highly interactive nature. With reference to the separation of an ideal endothermic quaternary reversible reaction with the most unfavorable ranking of relative volatilities(A + B ■ C + D with α_(A)>α_(C)>α_(D)>α_(B)), the operation rationality of the R-DDWDC is studied in this contribution. The four-point single temperature control system leads to great steady-state discrepancies in the compositions of products C and D and the reason stems essentially from the failure in keeping strictly the stoichiometric ratio between reactants A and B. A temperature plus temperature cascade control scheme is then employed to reinforce the stoichiometric ratio control and helps to secure a substantial abatement in the steady-state discrepancies. A temperature difference plus temperature cascade control scheme is finally synthesized and leads even to better performance than the most effective double temperature difference control scheme. These outcomes reveal not only the operation feasibility of the R-DDWDC but also the general significance of the proposed temperature difference plus temperature cascade control scheme to the inferential control of any other complicated distillation columns.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10978017)the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards (CAS)+2 种基金the Postdoctoral Grant of China (94469)the Basic and Advanced Technology Research Foundation of Hennan Province (122300410169)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘Combining oven controlled technique,digital compensation,high-resolution frequency difference measurement and self-calibration technique,a new design method of precise oven controlled crystal oscillator(OCXO) is proposed.Fine compensation is made in the vicinity of the crystal temperature inflection point by using the non-real-time temperature compensation strategy,and self-calibration system is integrated in the crystal.The method improves the digital compensated phase noise,simplifies the traditional OCXO development system,reduces the cost and shortens the developing cycle.Experiment results show that with a standard reference signal and self-calibration updated data,the oscillator can work stable and achieve its best performence.The performance index of crystal oscillator had an improvement with one to two orders of magnitude on the basis of original technical index.The method is widely used in the improvement of high-end crystal oscillator and atomic clock.
基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863) of China (No.2007AA02Z452) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.30570511 and 30770589)
文摘Since Tian Jun proposed the difference expansion embedding technique,based on which,many reversible watermarking techniques were proposed.However,these methods do not perform well when the payload is high.In this paper,we proposed an expandable difference threshold controlled scheme for these three methods.Experiments show that our scheme improves the performance of these three methods for heavy payload.
文摘This paper describes an analytical investigation into synchrophasing,a vibration control strategy on a machinery installation in which two rotational machines are attached to a beam-like raft by discrete resilient isolators.Forces and moments introduced by sources are considered,which effectively represent a practical engineering system.Adjusting the relative phase angle between the machines has been theoretically demonstrated to greatly reduce the cost function,which is defined as the sum of velocity squares of attaching points on the raft at each frequency of interest.The effect of the position of the machine is also investigated.Results show that altering the position of the secondary source may cause a slight change to the mode shape of the composite system and therefore change the optimum phase between the two machines.Although the analysis is based on a one-dimensional Euler– Bernoulli beam and each machine is considered as a rigid-body,a key principle can be derived from the results.However,the factors that can influence the synchrophasing control performance would become coupled and highly complicated.This condition has to be considered in practice.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62173032 and 62003038).
文摘Accurate control of slab temperature and heating rate is an important significance to improve product performance and reduce carbon emissions for steel rolling reheating furnace(SRRF).Firstly,a spatial temporal distributed-nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous inputs correlation model(STD-NARXCM)to spatial temporal distributed-autoregressive with exogenous inputs correlation model(STD-ARXCM)in working point is established.Secondly,a new coordinated time-sharing control architecture in different time periods is proposed,which is along the length of the SRRF to improve the control performance.Thirdly,a hybrid control algorithm of expert-fuzzy is proposed to improve the dynamic of the temperature and the heating rate during time period 0 to t_(1).A hybrid control algorithm of expert-fuzzy-PID is proposed to enhance the control accuracy and the heating rate during time period t_(1) to t_(2).A hybrid control algorithm of expert-active disturbance rejection control(ADRC)is proposed to boost the anti-interference and the heating rate during time period t_(2) to t_(3).Finally,the experimental results show that the coordinated time-sharing algorithm can meet the process requirements,the maximum deviation of temperature value is 8-13.5℃.
文摘In this paper the Hamming distance is used to contr ol individual difference in the process of creating an original population, and a peak-depot is established to preserve information of different peak-points. So me new methods are also put forward to improve optimization performance of genet ic algorithm, such as point-cast method and neighborhood search strategy around peak-points. The methods are used to deal with genetic operation besides of cr ossover and mutation, in order to obtain a global optimum solution and avoid GA ’s premature convergence. By means of many control rules and a peak-depot, the new algorithm carries out optimum search surrounding several peak-points. Alon g with evolution of individuals of population, the fitness of peak-points of pe ak-depot increases continually, and a global optimum solution can be obtained. The new algorithm searches around several peak-points, which increases the prob ability to obtain the global optimum solution to the best. By using some example s to test the modified genetic algorithm, the results indicate what we have done makes the modified genetic algorithm effectively to solve both of linear optimi zation problems and nonlinear optimization problems with restrictive functions.
文摘In this paper, combined with the "Enterprise Accounting Standards No. eighteenth issued -- income tax" and "Enterprise Accounting Standards No. twentieth" -- the merger of enterprises and the State Administration of Taxation on enterprise merger business related income tax provisions of the problem of enterprise income tax, from the perspective that enterprise merger accounting is divided into the same control and the different control corresponds to the general tax treatment and special tax treatment, I compare the process of enterprises under different circumstances of income tax with an example.