To many people,especially women at the Mzuzu Central Hospital(MCH)in the Northern Region of Malawi,Du Shumin is a familiar and respected name.This is because of her expertise in cervical cancer treatment and the many ...To many people,especially women at the Mzuzu Central Hospital(MCH)in the Northern Region of Malawi,Du Shumin is a familiar and respected name.This is because of her expertise in cervical cancer treatment and the many women,some of whom never dreamed of living a normal life again,that Du has helped.展开更多
The artificial total synthesis of crystalline bovine insulin is a milestone achievement of Chinese scientists in the field of life sciences since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.The article briefly rev...The artificial total synthesis of crystalline bovine insulin is a milestone achievement of Chinese scientists in the field of life sciences since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.The article briefly reviews several historical events of the artificial total synthesis of bovine insulin,with the intentions of summarizing the historical experience of dedication,cooperation and innovation embedded in this achievement,and inspiring contemporary Chinese scientists.展开更多
TEAM3D热情、奉献与纪律：Team3D的美国梦Desire Dedication Discipline:The American Dream of Team3D Team 3D的故事,是一个美国梦的故事。至少Team 3D的历程,符合无数青年人的梦想。在一种具有包容性的文化下成长起来的年轻人,多元...TEAM3D热情、奉献与纪律：Team3D的美国梦Desire Dedication Discipline:The American Dream of Team3D Team 3D的故事,是一个美国梦的故事。至少Team 3D的历程,符合无数青年人的梦想。在一种具有包容性的文化下成长起来的年轻人,多元化的生活方式的理念已经深入人心,在这样的背景下,成功的外延被无限的放大。从Volcanno登上华盛顿邮报开始,标志着Team3D代表的独立自主的思想被西方主流社会所认知。展开更多
On January 16,2023,at 14:01,our beloved and esteemed Mr.Mao Shisong passed away at the age of 87,leaving us with great sorrow.In the days following Mr.Mao’s departure,our sorrow for his absence has become increasingl...On January 16,2023,at 14:01,our beloved and esteemed Mr.Mao Shisong passed away at the age of 87,leaving us with great sorrow.In the days following Mr.Mao’s departure,our sorrow for his absence has become increasingly profound,and our remembrance of him is ever more vivid.As we publish this special commemorative issue in Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics for the first anniversary of Mr.Mao’s death,we honor his life of ceaseless endeavor,his dedication to fairness and capability,and his pioneering spirit of innovation.展开更多
Even when kids dont realize it,teachers listen with their ears and their hearts.So many teachers dedi-cate their lives to education and helping us raise good kids.Some of them go so far above and beyond the call of du...Even when kids dont realize it,teachers listen with their ears and their hearts.So many teachers dedi-cate their lives to education and helping us raise good kids.Some of them go so far above and beyond the call of duty that it makes you wonder if they are really angels in disguise.Stacy Caldwell is one of those teachers.展开更多
Zhang Tian,President of the World Peace Charity Foundation,was born in Shandong Province’s Zoucheng,the hometown of ancient Chinese philoso- pher Mengcius.
BACKGROUND Depression is a common psychological disorder often associated with genetic,neurobiological,and psychosocial factors.This condition is characterized by low mood and decreased conscious activity and can lead...BACKGROUND Depression is a common psychological disorder often associated with genetic,neurobiological,and psychosocial factors.This condition is characterized by low mood and decreased conscious activity and can lead to severe consequences such as suicidal thoughts.Respiratory failure,a disorder of pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange,is frequently complicated by depression,aggravating the condition and creating complications in treatment.Patients with both conditions tend to exhibit poor compliance with medical advice,resulting in adverse outcomes such as sleep disorders,arrhythmias,and electrolyte imbalances.Therefore,effective nursing interventions are crucial for improving patient outcomes.While routine nursing care can provide basic support,dedicated nursing,which involves specialized and personalized care by highly trained professionals,may offer additional benefits.AIM To examine the effect of dedicated nursing intervention on medical advice compliance and adverse event incidence in patients with depression complicated by respiratory failure.METHODS A total of 160 patients with depression complicated by respiratory failure admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from January to December 2024 were randomly categorized into a control group(n=80)receiving routine nursing care and observation group(n=80)receiving routine nursing combined with dedicated nursing care.The establishment of a specialized nursing team;the development of a personalized nursing plan;and the implementation of comprehensive care strategies targeting emotional support,sleep improvement,pulmonary function enhancement,and adherence to medical advice were included in the dedicated nursing intervention.Emotional state[evaluated using the Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS)],sleep quality[assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)],hope level[measured using the Herth Hope Scale(HHS)],pulmonary function[comprising forced vital capacity(FVC)and forced expiratory volume in the first second(FEV1)],exercise endurance[6-minute walk distance test(6MWD)],compliance with medical advice,and incidence of adverse events were compared between the two groups.RESULTS No significant differences were observed in SDS,PSQI,HHS,FVC,FEV1,6MWD,or compliance with medical advice between the two groups(P>0.05)before the intervention.However,after the intervention,the control group exhibited significantly lower SDS and PSQI scores;higher HHS scores;greater improvements in FVC,FEV1,and 6MWD;and higher compliance with medical advice compared with the control group(P<0.05).In addition,the incidence of adverse events was significantly lower in the control group(P<0.05).CONCLUSION Dedicated nursing intervention significantly improves emotional state,sleep quality,hope level,pulmonary function,exercise endurance,and compliance with medical advice while reducing adverse events in patients with depression complicated by respiratory failure.Therefore,dedicated nursing appears to be an effective approach to enhance patient outcomes in this population.展开更多
Dear Editor,We aimed to describe the management of the intraoperative injury of the right external iliac artery that occurred during robot-assisted right nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision.Surgery was sched...Dear Editor,We aimed to describe the management of the intraoperative injury of the right external iliac artery that occurred during robot-assisted right nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision.Surgery was scheduled for suspected urothelial carcinoma of the distal ureter in a 60-year-old woman.The patient involved in the present research signed a dedicated form to consent to the publication of images and/or information about her.Past medical history included Brugada syndrome diagnosed in 2015,and hypercholesterolemia.Past surgical history included one cesarean section only.Family history included ovarian cancer(sister),colorectal cancer(mother),and kidney cancer(father).展开更多
BACKGROUND Total neoadjuvant therapy(TNT)has been proposed as an advancement over standard long-course chemoradiotherapy(LCCRT)for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC).It has been suggested that TNT e...BACKGROUND Total neoadjuvant therapy(TNT)has been proposed as an advancement over standard long-course chemoradiotherapy(LCCRT)for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC).It has been suggested that TNT enhances resect-ability,improves treatment compliance,increases the rate of pathological comp-lete response,and reduces the risk of systemic recurrence.However,concerns have been raised that the prolonged interval to surgery associated with TNT,particularly in regimens such as the Rectal Cancer and Preoperative Induction Therapy Followed by Dedicated Operation(RAPIDO)protocol,may exacerbate fibrosis,leading to more technically challenging resections and poorer surgical outcomes.RAPIDO vs LCCRT.METHODS A single-center,retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients with LARC treated with TNT-RAPIDO or standard LCCRT followed by surgical resection between 2014 and 2024.A total of 99 patients with LARC were analyzed,inclu-ding 29 treated with TNT-RAPIDO and 70 treated with standard LCCRT.Demo-graphics,clinicopathological characteristics and early post-operative outcomes were compared between both groups.RESULTS Both groups were comparable in terms of demographics and clinicopathological characteristics.The median interval from initiation of neoadjuvant therapy to Core Tip:Rectal cancer and preoperative induction therapy followed by dedicated operation has emerged as a total neoadjuvant therapy strategy with improved oncological and functional outcomes.The impact of total neoadjuvant therapy on operative difficulty and short-term surgical outcomes,compared with long-course chemoradiotherapy,remains an area of ongoing debate.This cohort study of 99 patients demonstrated that the Rectal Cancer and Preoperative Induction Therapy Followed by Dedicated Operation(RAPIDO)protocol does not increase surgical difficulty or compromise early surgical outcomes compared with long-course chemoradiotherapy.It may also confer a shorter total stoma duration and a lower permanent stoma rate.randomized controlled trials in the future are warranted to more accurately assess the differences between TNT-RAPIDO and LCCRT in relation to oncological outcomes.展开更多
This special issue of China PARTICUOLOGY is dedicated to Professors Yong Jin and Zhiqing Yu of Tsinghua University, China, to celebrate over five decades of their careers in chemical engineering research and education...This special issue of China PARTICUOLOGY is dedicated to Professors Yong Jin and Zhiqing Yu of Tsinghua University, China, to celebrate over five decades of their careers in chemical engineering research and education. Prof. Jin graduated in 1959 from Ural Polytechnic College in Svivdelovsk in the former USSR and then completed his post-graduate studies in Tianjin University in China in 1960. Thereafter, he taught at the Chinese University of Science and Technology for 13 years before joining Tsinghua University in 1973. Prof. Yu graduated in 1956 from Tianjin University in China and joined Tsinghua University thereafter. Between 1957 and 1959, Prof. Yu undertook more studies in Moscow Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology in the former USSR. During the 1970s, Professors Jin and Yu jointly created the Reaction Engineering Program in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, which later became one of the largest fluidization research groups in the world, known as FLOTU - Fluidization Laboratory of Tsinghua University.展开更多
Aceremony was held at the Flying Tiger Guilin Heritage Park on March 25,2017 for the donation of a World War II-era aircraft—a Douglas C-47.CPAFFC Vice-President Xie Yuan read a message from Chinese Vice-Premier Liu ...Aceremony was held at the Flying Tiger Guilin Heritage Park on March 25,2017 for the donation of a World War II-era aircraft—a Douglas C-47.CPAFFC Vice-President Xie Yuan read a message from Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong,in which she extended her sincere welcome and best wishes to the family of General Claire Lee Chennault,veterans of the Flying Tigers and their families。展开更多
车载网VANET是一种应用于智能交通系统的新型无线移动自组织网络(mobile ad hoc network,MANET).随着车辆以及移动ad hoc网络技术的发展,车载网已经成为一个新兴的研究领域.针对VANET中车辆行驶的特征,提出一种拓扑相对稳定的车辆分簇算...车载网VANET是一种应用于智能交通系统的新型无线移动自组织网络(mobile ad hoc network,MANET).随着车辆以及移动ad hoc网络技术的发展,车载网已经成为一个新兴的研究领域.针对VANET中车辆行驶的特征,提出一种拓扑相对稳定的车辆分簇算法.在此算法基础上,根据专用短程通信(dedicated short range communication,DSRC)标准中控制信道(control channel,CCH)和服务信道(service channel,SCH)的分配,考虑车辆间的无线通信干扰和不同应用的QoS需求,提出一种基于分簇的多信道混合型MAC协议,簇内通信采用非竞争的TDMA机制,簇间通信采用基于竞争的CSMA?CA机制,相邻簇采用不同的服务信道.模拟实验表明,提出的MAC协议在同时满足实时应用的延迟需求和非实时应用的吞吐量方面,优于现有协议.展开更多
Objective: This study aimed to explore the 100-year changes in regulations for the Florence Nightingale Medal.Methods: We used the announcements of the Florence Nightingale Medal awards as the research object to analy...Objective: This study aimed to explore the 100-year changes in regulations for the Florence Nightingale Medal.Methods: We used the announcements of the Florence Nightingale Medal awards as the research object to analyze-via historical and inductive methods-the regulations for receiving the Florence Nightingale Medal.Results: In the award years, the greatest number of winners per award year was 71 and the lowest was 12. The medal was initially exclusively awarded to living people but evolved to include both living and deceased people. The recipients were balanced among all countries. The gender of the winners showed a changing trend from being limited to only females to including both males and females.There was also a shift from emphasis on only dedication of the recipient to equal emphasis on both dedication and innovation.Conclusions: The selection criteria for recipients of the Florence Nightingale Medal evolved from consideration of those showing only dedication to equal consideration of both dedication and innovation.展开更多
Abstract:Dedication: The research of the US Transuranium and Uranium Registries relies heavily upon postmortem autopsy findings and radiochemical analysis of tissues. The enormous debt owed to those now-deceased regis...Abstract:Dedication: The research of the US Transuranium and Uranium Registries relies heavily upon postmortem autopsy findings and radiochemical analysis of tissues. The enormous debt owed to those now-deceased registrants who unselfishly voluntarily participated in the US Transuranium and Uranium Registries program through postmortem donation of their tissues and to those stillliving registrants who have volunteered to be future postmortem tissue donors is hereby acknowledged with gratitude. The scientific findings derived from postmortem analysis of these tissues have been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the actinide elements in humans and have led to refinement, validation, and confidence in safety standards for those who work with these elements as well as for the general public. To these generous and anonymous persons who made this ultimate contribution, this paper is dedicated with great thanks and admiration.展开更多
This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the recent research progress on human herpesviruses(HHVs).Human herpesviruses are distributed worldwide,and more than 90%of adults are infected by one or multiple HHVs...This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the recent research progress on human herpesviruses(HHVs).Human herpesviruses are distributed worldwide,and more than 90%of adults are infected by one or multiple HHVs.The HHV family contains three sub-families:the alpha sub-family[herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1),HSV-2,展开更多
This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the important topic of oncogenic viruses and cancer.It contains seven review articles covering all known oncogenic viruses except for human T-lymphotropic virus type1(...This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the important topic of oncogenic viruses and cancer.It contains seven review articles covering all known oncogenic viruses except for human T-lymphotropic virus type1(HTLV-1).These review articles are contributed by experts on specific viruses and their associated human cancers.Viruses account for about 20%of total human cancer cases.Although many viruses can cause various tumors in animals,only seven of them展开更多
In this paper,we aim to unlock the potential of intelligent reflecting surfaces(IRSs)in cognitive internet of things(loT).Considering that the secondary IoT devices send messages to the secondary access point(SAP)by s...In this paper,we aim to unlock the potential of intelligent reflecting surfaces(IRSs)in cognitive internet of things(loT).Considering that the secondary IoT devices send messages to the secondary access point(SAP)by sharing the spectrum with the primary network,the interference is introduced by the IoT devices to the primary access point(PAP)which profits from the IoT devices by pricing the interference power charged by them.A practical path loss model is adopted such that the IRSs deployed between the IoT devices and SAP serve as diffuse scatterers,but each reflected signal can be aligned with its own desired direction.Moreover,two transmission policies of the secondary network are investigated without/with a successive interference cancellation(SIC)technique.The signal-to-interference plus noise ratio(SINR)balancing is considered to overcome the nearfar effect of the IoT devices so as to allocate the resource fairly among them.We propose a Stackelberg game strategy to characterize the interaction between primary and secondary networks.For the proposed game,the Stackelberg equilibrium is analytically derived to optimally obtain the closed-form solution of the power allocation and interference pricing.Numerical results are demonstrated to validate the performance of the theoretical derivations.展开更多
The study proposes an improved Harris hawks optimization(IHHO) algorithm by integrating the standard Harris hawks optimization(HHO) algorithm and mutation-based search mechanism for developing a high-performance machi...The study proposes an improved Harris hawks optimization(IHHO) algorithm by integrating the standard Harris hawks optimization(HHO) algorithm and mutation-based search mechanism for developing a high-performance machine learning solution for predicting soil compression index. HHO is a newly introduced meta-heuristic optimization algorithm(MOA) used to solve continuous search problems.Compared to the original HHO, the proposed IHHO can evade trapping in local optima, which in turn raises the search capabilities and enhances the search mechanism relying on mutation. Subsequently, a novel meta-heuristic-based soft computing technique called ELM-IHHO was established by integrating IHHO and extreme learning machine(ELM) to estimate soil compression index. A sum of 688 consolidation test data was collected for this purpose from an ongoing dedicated freight corridor railway project. To evaluate the generalization capability of the proposed ELM-IHHO model, a detailed comparison between ELM-IHHO and other well-established MOAs, such as particle swarm optimization,genetic algorithm, and biogeography-based optimization integrated with ELM, was performed. Based on the outcomes, the ELM-IHHO model exhibits superior performance over the other MOAs in predicting soil compression index.展开更多
Recently,the importance of vehicle safety supporting system has been highlighted as autonomous driving and platooning has attracted the researchers.To ensure driving safety,each vehicle must broadcast a basic safety m...Recently,the importance of vehicle safety supporting system has been highlighted as autonomous driving and platooning has attracted the researchers.To ensure driving safety,each vehicle must broadcast a basic safety message(BSM)every 100 ms.However,stable BSM exchange is difficult because of the changing environment and limited bandwidth of vehicular wireless communication.The increasing number of vehicles on the road increases the competition to access wireless networks for BSM exchange;this increases the packet collision rate.An increased packet collision rate impairs the transmission and reception of BSM information,which can easily cause a traffic accident.We propose a solution,the vehicular safety support system(V3S),which exchanges BSMs reliably even when many vehicles are on the road.The V3S uses a clustering scheme to decrease network traffic by reducing the amount of data exchanged between a vehicle and the roadside unit(RSU).In addition,the V3S reduces the collision rate of wireless network packets by broadcasting the vehicle’s BSM in an allocated timeslot using the time division multiple access(TDMA)MAC protocol.The V3S also deals with insufficient bandwidth for dedicated short-range communications(DSRC)by changing DSRC channels according to traffic flow.In evaluating the packet error rate for stable BSM packet delivery,the V3S demonstrates an excellent packet error rate of less than 1%,compared to the 802.11p with its packet error rate of 82%.展开更多
文摘To many people,especially women at the Mzuzu Central Hospital(MCH)in the Northern Region of Malawi,Du Shumin is a familiar and respected name.This is because of her expertise in cervical cancer treatment and the many women,some of whom never dreamed of living a normal life again,that Du has helped.
文摘The artificial total synthesis of crystalline bovine insulin is a milestone achievement of Chinese scientists in the field of life sciences since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.The article briefly reviews several historical events of the artificial total synthesis of bovine insulin,with the intentions of summarizing the historical experience of dedication,cooperation and innovation embedded in this achievement,and inspiring contemporary Chinese scientists.
文摘TEAM3D热情、奉献与纪律：Team3D的美国梦Desire Dedication Discipline:The American Dream of Team3D Team 3D的故事,是一个美国梦的故事。至少Team 3D的历程,符合无数青年人的梦想。在一种具有包容性的文化下成长起来的年轻人,多元化的生活方式的理念已经深入人心,在这样的背景下,成功的外延被无限的放大。从Volcanno登上华盛顿邮报开始,标志着Team3D代表的独立自主的思想被西方主流社会所认知。
文摘On January 16,2023,at 14:01,our beloved and esteemed Mr.Mao Shisong passed away at the age of 87,leaving us with great sorrow.In the days following Mr.Mao’s departure,our sorrow for his absence has become increasingly profound,and our remembrance of him is ever more vivid.As we publish this special commemorative issue in Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics for the first anniversary of Mr.Mao’s death,we honor his life of ceaseless endeavor,his dedication to fairness and capability,and his pioneering spirit of innovation.
文摘Even when kids dont realize it,teachers listen with their ears and their hearts.So many teachers dedi-cate their lives to education and helping us raise good kids.Some of them go so far above and beyond the call of duty that it makes you wonder if they are really angels in disguise.Stacy Caldwell is one of those teachers.
文摘Zhang Tian,President of the World Peace Charity Foundation,was born in Shandong Province’s Zoucheng,the hometown of ancient Chinese philoso- pher Mengcius.
基金Supported by the Second Nursing Research Project of the Humanities Nursing Professional Committee,No.RW2024PY03the Open Project of Suzhou Key Laboratory of Elderly Smart Nursing and Health Care in 2024.
文摘BACKGROUND Depression is a common psychological disorder often associated with genetic,neurobiological,and psychosocial factors.This condition is characterized by low mood and decreased conscious activity and can lead to severe consequences such as suicidal thoughts.Respiratory failure,a disorder of pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange,is frequently complicated by depression,aggravating the condition and creating complications in treatment.Patients with both conditions tend to exhibit poor compliance with medical advice,resulting in adverse outcomes such as sleep disorders,arrhythmias,and electrolyte imbalances.Therefore,effective nursing interventions are crucial for improving patient outcomes.While routine nursing care can provide basic support,dedicated nursing,which involves specialized and personalized care by highly trained professionals,may offer additional benefits.AIM To examine the effect of dedicated nursing intervention on medical advice compliance and adverse event incidence in patients with depression complicated by respiratory failure.METHODS A total of 160 patients with depression complicated by respiratory failure admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from January to December 2024 were randomly categorized into a control group(n=80)receiving routine nursing care and observation group(n=80)receiving routine nursing combined with dedicated nursing care.The establishment of a specialized nursing team;the development of a personalized nursing plan;and the implementation of comprehensive care strategies targeting emotional support,sleep improvement,pulmonary function enhancement,and adherence to medical advice were included in the dedicated nursing intervention.Emotional state[evaluated using the Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS)],sleep quality[assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)],hope level[measured using the Herth Hope Scale(HHS)],pulmonary function[comprising forced vital capacity(FVC)and forced expiratory volume in the first second(FEV1)],exercise endurance[6-minute walk distance test(6MWD)],compliance with medical advice,and incidence of adverse events were compared between the two groups.RESULTS No significant differences were observed in SDS,PSQI,HHS,FVC,FEV1,6MWD,or compliance with medical advice between the two groups(P>0.05)before the intervention.However,after the intervention,the control group exhibited significantly lower SDS and PSQI scores;higher HHS scores;greater improvements in FVC,FEV1,and 6MWD;and higher compliance with medical advice compared with the control group(P<0.05).In addition,the incidence of adverse events was significantly lower in the control group(P<0.05).CONCLUSION Dedicated nursing intervention significantly improves emotional state,sleep quality,hope level,pulmonary function,exercise endurance,and compliance with medical advice while reducing adverse events in patients with depression complicated by respiratory failure.Therefore,dedicated nursing appears to be an effective approach to enhance patient outcomes in this population.
文摘Dear Editor,We aimed to describe the management of the intraoperative injury of the right external iliac artery that occurred during robot-assisted right nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision.Surgery was scheduled for suspected urothelial carcinoma of the distal ureter in a 60-year-old woman.The patient involved in the present research signed a dedicated form to consent to the publication of images and/or information about her.Past medical history included Brugada syndrome diagnosed in 2015,and hypercholesterolemia.Past surgical history included one cesarean section only.Family history included ovarian cancer(sister),colorectal cancer(mother),and kidney cancer(father).
文摘BACKGROUND Total neoadjuvant therapy(TNT)has been proposed as an advancement over standard long-course chemoradiotherapy(LCCRT)for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC).It has been suggested that TNT enhances resect-ability,improves treatment compliance,increases the rate of pathological comp-lete response,and reduces the risk of systemic recurrence.However,concerns have been raised that the prolonged interval to surgery associated with TNT,particularly in regimens such as the Rectal Cancer and Preoperative Induction Therapy Followed by Dedicated Operation(RAPIDO)protocol,may exacerbate fibrosis,leading to more technically challenging resections and poorer surgical outcomes.RAPIDO vs LCCRT.METHODS A single-center,retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients with LARC treated with TNT-RAPIDO or standard LCCRT followed by surgical resection between 2014 and 2024.A total of 99 patients with LARC were analyzed,inclu-ding 29 treated with TNT-RAPIDO and 70 treated with standard LCCRT.Demo-graphics,clinicopathological characteristics and early post-operative outcomes were compared between both groups.RESULTS Both groups were comparable in terms of demographics and clinicopathological characteristics.The median interval from initiation of neoadjuvant therapy to Core Tip:Rectal cancer and preoperative induction therapy followed by dedicated operation has emerged as a total neoadjuvant therapy strategy with improved oncological and functional outcomes.The impact of total neoadjuvant therapy on operative difficulty and short-term surgical outcomes,compared with long-course chemoradiotherapy,remains an area of ongoing debate.This cohort study of 99 patients demonstrated that the Rectal Cancer and Preoperative Induction Therapy Followed by Dedicated Operation(RAPIDO)protocol does not increase surgical difficulty or compromise early surgical outcomes compared with long-course chemoradiotherapy.It may also confer a shorter total stoma duration and a lower permanent stoma rate.randomized controlled trials in the future are warranted to more accurately assess the differences between TNT-RAPIDO and LCCRT in relation to oncological outcomes.
文摘This special issue of China PARTICUOLOGY is dedicated to Professors Yong Jin and Zhiqing Yu of Tsinghua University, China, to celebrate over five decades of their careers in chemical engineering research and education. Prof. Jin graduated in 1959 from Ural Polytechnic College in Svivdelovsk in the former USSR and then completed his post-graduate studies in Tianjin University in China in 1960. Thereafter, he taught at the Chinese University of Science and Technology for 13 years before joining Tsinghua University in 1973. Prof. Yu graduated in 1956 from Tianjin University in China and joined Tsinghua University thereafter. Between 1957 and 1959, Prof. Yu undertook more studies in Moscow Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology in the former USSR. During the 1970s, Professors Jin and Yu jointly created the Reaction Engineering Program in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, which later became one of the largest fluidization research groups in the world, known as FLOTU - Fluidization Laboratory of Tsinghua University.
文摘Aceremony was held at the Flying Tiger Guilin Heritage Park on March 25,2017 for the donation of a World War II-era aircraft—a Douglas C-47.CPAFFC Vice-President Xie Yuan read a message from Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong,in which she extended her sincere welcome and best wishes to the family of General Claire Lee Chennault,veterans of the Flying Tigers and their families。
文摘车载网VANET是一种应用于智能交通系统的新型无线移动自组织网络(mobile ad hoc network,MANET).随着车辆以及移动ad hoc网络技术的发展,车载网已经成为一个新兴的研究领域.针对VANET中车辆行驶的特征,提出一种拓扑相对稳定的车辆分簇算法.在此算法基础上,根据专用短程通信(dedicated short range communication,DSRC)标准中控制信道(control channel,CCH)和服务信道(service channel,SCH)的分配,考虑车辆间的无线通信干扰和不同应用的QoS需求,提出一种基于分簇的多信道混合型MAC协议,簇内通信采用非竞争的TDMA机制,簇间通信采用基于竞争的CSMA?CA机制,相邻簇采用不同的服务信道.模拟实验表明,提出的MAC协议在同时满足实时应用的延迟需求和非实时应用的吞吐量方面,优于现有协议.
基金supported by the Special Fund of Key Discipline Construction(the characteristic subject of Nursing course)of Shanxi Province in China
文摘Objective: This study aimed to explore the 100-year changes in regulations for the Florence Nightingale Medal.Methods: We used the announcements of the Florence Nightingale Medal awards as the research object to analyze-via historical and inductive methods-the regulations for receiving the Florence Nightingale Medal.Results: In the award years, the greatest number of winners per award year was 71 and the lowest was 12. The medal was initially exclusively awarded to living people but evolved to include both living and deceased people. The recipients were balanced among all countries. The gender of the winners showed a changing trend from being limited to only females to including both males and females.There was also a shift from emphasis on only dedication of the recipient to equal emphasis on both dedication and innovation.Conclusions: The selection criteria for recipients of the Florence Nightingale Medal evolved from consideration of those showing only dedication to equal consideration of both dedication and innovation.
文摘Abstract:Dedication: The research of the US Transuranium and Uranium Registries relies heavily upon postmortem autopsy findings and radiochemical analysis of tissues. The enormous debt owed to those now-deceased registrants who unselfishly voluntarily participated in the US Transuranium and Uranium Registries program through postmortem donation of their tissues and to those stillliving registrants who have volunteered to be future postmortem tissue donors is hereby acknowledged with gratitude. The scientific findings derived from postmortem analysis of these tissues have been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the actinide elements in humans and have led to refinement, validation, and confidence in safety standards for those who work with these elements as well as for the general public. To these generous and anonymous persons who made this ultimate contribution, this paper is dedicated with great thanks and admiration.
基金supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (81425017)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFA0502100)+2 种基金the Key Project of the Natural Science Foundation of China (81230037)the National Institutes of Health (1R01AI116442) to KLthe Natural Science Foundation of China (81620108021) to MHL
文摘This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the recent research progress on human herpesviruses(HHVs).Human herpesviruses are distributed worldwide,and more than 90%of adults are infected by one or multiple HHVs.The HHV family contains three sub-families:the alpha sub-family[herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1),HSV-2,
基金supported by Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC 81130082)NIH grants AI097318 and AI091953supported by NIH grants DK094652,DK100257 and CA177337
文摘This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the important topic of oncogenic viruses and cancer.It contains seven review articles covering all known oncogenic viruses except for human T-lymphotropic virus type1(HTLV-1).These review articles are contributed by experts on specific viruses and their associated human cancers.Viruses account for about 20%of total human cancer cases.Although many viruses can cause various tumors in animals,only seven of them
基金This work was supported by the U.K.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under Grants EP/P008402/2 and EP/R001588/1.
文摘In this paper,we aim to unlock the potential of intelligent reflecting surfaces(IRSs)in cognitive internet of things(loT).Considering that the secondary IoT devices send messages to the secondary access point(SAP)by sharing the spectrum with the primary network,the interference is introduced by the IoT devices to the primary access point(PAP)which profits from the IoT devices by pricing the interference power charged by them.A practical path loss model is adopted such that the IRSs deployed between the IoT devices and SAP serve as diffuse scatterers,but each reflected signal can be aligned with its own desired direction.Moreover,two transmission policies of the secondary network are investigated without/with a successive interference cancellation(SIC)technique.The signal-to-interference plus noise ratio(SINR)balancing is considered to overcome the nearfar effect of the IoT devices so as to allocate the resource fairly among them.We propose a Stackelberg game strategy to characterize the interaction between primary and secondary networks.For the proposed game,the Stackelberg equilibrium is analytically derived to optimally obtain the closed-form solution of the power allocation and interference pricing.Numerical results are demonstrated to validate the performance of the theoretical derivations.
文摘The study proposes an improved Harris hawks optimization(IHHO) algorithm by integrating the standard Harris hawks optimization(HHO) algorithm and mutation-based search mechanism for developing a high-performance machine learning solution for predicting soil compression index. HHO is a newly introduced meta-heuristic optimization algorithm(MOA) used to solve continuous search problems.Compared to the original HHO, the proposed IHHO can evade trapping in local optima, which in turn raises the search capabilities and enhances the search mechanism relying on mutation. Subsequently, a novel meta-heuristic-based soft computing technique called ELM-IHHO was established by integrating IHHO and extreme learning machine(ELM) to estimate soil compression index. A sum of 688 consolidation test data was collected for this purpose from an ongoing dedicated freight corridor railway project. To evaluate the generalization capability of the proposed ELM-IHHO model, a detailed comparison between ELM-IHHO and other well-established MOAs, such as particle swarm optimization,genetic algorithm, and biogeography-based optimization integrated with ELM, was performed. Based on the outcomes, the ELM-IHHO model exhibits superior performance over the other MOAs in predicting soil compression index.
基金This work was supported in part by the Chung-Ang University Research Grants in 2019,and in part by R&D Program for Forest Science Technology(Project No.“2021338C10-2123-CD02)provided by Korea Forest Service(Korea Forestry Promotion Institute).
文摘Recently,the importance of vehicle safety supporting system has been highlighted as autonomous driving and platooning has attracted the researchers.To ensure driving safety,each vehicle must broadcast a basic safety message(BSM)every 100 ms.However,stable BSM exchange is difficult because of the changing environment and limited bandwidth of vehicular wireless communication.The increasing number of vehicles on the road increases the competition to access wireless networks for BSM exchange;this increases the packet collision rate.An increased packet collision rate impairs the transmission and reception of BSM information,which can easily cause a traffic accident.We propose a solution,the vehicular safety support system(V3S),which exchanges BSMs reliably even when many vehicles are on the road.The V3S uses a clustering scheme to decrease network traffic by reducing the amount of data exchanged between a vehicle and the roadside unit(RSU).In addition,the V3S reduces the collision rate of wireless network packets by broadcasting the vehicle’s BSM in an allocated timeslot using the time division multiple access(TDMA)MAC protocol.The V3S also deals with insufficient bandwidth for dedicated short-range communications(DSRC)by changing DSRC channels according to traffic flow.In evaluating the packet error rate for stable BSM packet delivery,the V3S demonstrates an excellent packet error rate of less than 1%,compared to the 802.11p with its packet error rate of 82%.
