Background: The “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” is based on the assumption that a minute deviation from the orthovergence position (fixation disparity)-indicates a difficulty to overcome a ...Background: The “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” is based on the assumption that a minute deviation from the orthovergence position (fixation disparity)-indicates a difficulty to overcome a larger “ vergence angle of rest” . Objective recordings have,however,revealed that the subjective tests applied in the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” can mislead to the assumption of a fixation disparity,although both eyes are aligned exactly to the fixation point. Question: How do patients with an inconspicuosly small,yet objectively verified strabismus react to the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology by H.-J. Haase” ? Methods: Eight patients with amicroesotropia between 0.5 and 3° were subjected to the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” . Results: In all 8 patients,the prisms determined with the Cross-,Pointer-and Rectangle Tests increased the angle of squint,without reaching a full correction: the original angle prevailed. In the Stereobalance Test,prisms did not reduce the 100% preponderance of the non-squinting eye. The stereoscopic threshold was between 36 and 1170 arcsec in 7 out of the 8 subjects,and above 4000 arcsec in 1 subject. Conclusions: (1) In all 8 patients,prisms determined with the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology by H.-J. Haase” increased the angle of strabismus,without reaching bifoveal vision. This uniform result suggests that primary microesotropia cannot be corrected with the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” (2) A lacking contribution of the strabismic eye to the recognition of a lateral off-set between stereo objects,as determined with the Stereobalance Test,does not imply a lack of binocular stereopsis.展开更多
We report the epitaxial growth of high-quality Al_(0.8)Ga_(0.2)Sb/InAs/Al_(0.8)Ga_(0.2)Sb quantum well films characterized by high carrier mobility and strong spin-orbit coupling.By appropriately optimizing the Al-to-...We report the epitaxial growth of high-quality Al_(0.8)Ga_(0.2)Sb/InAs/Al_(0.8)Ga_(0.2)Sb quantum well films characterized by high carrier mobility and strong spin-orbit coupling.By appropriately optimizing the Al-to-Ga ratio in the AlGaSb barrier layer,the quantum confinement of the heterostructure is significantly enhanced.Alongside a giant magnetoresistance ratio of 3.65×10^(5)%,the two-carrier transport model from Hall measurements reveals an ultra-high electron mobility of 7.18×10^(5)cm^(2)·V^(-1)·s^(-1)at low temperatures.Meanwhile,pronounced Shubnikov-de Haas(SdH)quantum oscillations persist up to 30 K,and their single-frequency feature indicates a well-defined Fermi surface without subband mixing in the two-dimensional electron gas channel.Moreover,the large effective g-factor and tilted-field-induced orbital effect lead to the observation of split SdH peaks at large magnetic fields.Our results validate that AlGaSb/InAs quantum well heterostructures are suitable candidates for constructing energy-efficient topological spintronic devices.展开更多
Disinfection of swimming pool water is critical to ensure the safety of the recreational activity for swimmers.However,swimming pools have a constant loading of organic matter from input water and anthropogenic contam...Disinfection of swimming pool water is critical to ensure the safety of the recreational activity for swimmers.However,swimming pools have a constant loading of organic matter from input water and anthropogenic contamination,leading to elevated levels of disinfection byproducts(DBPs).Epidemiological studies have associated increased risks of adverse health effects with frequent exposure to DBPs in swimming pools.Zhang et al.(2023b)investigated the occurrence of trihalomethanes(THMs),haloacetic acids(HAAs),haloacetonitriles(HANs),and haloacetaldehydes(HALs)in eight swimming pools and the corresponding input water in a city in Eastern China.The concentrations of THMs,HAAs,HANs,and HALs in swimming poolswere 1–2 orders of magnitude higher than those detected in the input water.The total lifetime cancer and non-cancer health risks of swimmers through oral,dermal,inhalation,buccal,and aural exposure pathways were assessed using the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s(USEPA)standard model and Swimmer Exposure Assessment Model(SWIMODEL).The results showed that dermal and inhalation pathways were the most significant for the associated cancer and non-cancer risks.This article provides an overview and perspectives of DBPs in swimming pools,the benefits of swimming,the need to improve the monitoring of DBPs,and the importance of swimmers’hygiene practices to keep swimming pools clean.The benefits of swimming outweigh the risks from DBP exposure for the promotion of public health.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the degradation efficiencies of free and entrapped bacterial consortia(Staphylococcus capitis CP053957.1 and Achromobacter marplatensis MT078618.1)to different pol...The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the degradation efficiencies of free and entrapped bacterial consortia(Staphylococcus capitis CP053957.1 and Achromobacter marplatensis MT078618.1)to different polymers such as Sodium Alginate(SA),Sodium Alginate/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)(SA/PVA),and Bushnell Haas Agar(BHA).In addition to SA and SA/PVA,which are cost-effective,non-toxic and have different functional groups,BHA,which is frequently encountered in laboratory-scale studies but has not been used as an entrapment material until now.Based on these,the polymers with different surface morphologies and chemical compositions were analyzed by SEM and FT-IR.While the petroleum removal efficiency was higher with the entrapped bacterial consortia than with the free one,BHA-entrapped bacterial consortium enhanced the petroleum removal more than SA and SA/PVA.Accordingly,the degradation rate of bacterial consortia entrapped with BHA was 2.039 day^(-1),SA/PVA was 1.560,SA was 0.993,the half-life period of BHA-entrapped bacterial consortia is quite low(t_(1/2)=0.339)compared with SA(t_(1/2)=0.444)and SA/PVA(t_(1/2)=0.697).The effects of the four main factors such as:amount of BHA(0.5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3 g),disc size(4,5,6,7,8 mm),inoculum concentration(1,2.5,5,7.5,10 mL),and incubation period on petroleum removal were also investigated.The maximum petroleum removal(94.5%)was obtained at≥2.5 mL of bacterial consortium entrapped in 2 g BHA with a 7 mm disc size at 168 h and the results were also confirmed by statistical analysis.Although a decrease was observed during the reuse of bacterial consortium entrapped in BHA,the petroleum removal was still above 50%at 10th cycle.Based on GC-MS analysis,the removal capacity of BHA-entrapped consortium was over 90%for short-chain n-alkanes and 80%for medium-chain n-alkanes.Overall,the obtained data are expected to provide a potential guideline in cleaning up the large-scale oil pollution in the future.Since there has been no similar study investigating petroleum removal with the bacterial consortia entrapped with BHA,this novel entrapment material can potentially be used in the treatment of petroleum pollution in advanced remediation studies.展开更多
文摘Background: The “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” is based on the assumption that a minute deviation from the orthovergence position (fixation disparity)-indicates a difficulty to overcome a larger “ vergence angle of rest” . Objective recordings have,however,revealed that the subjective tests applied in the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” can mislead to the assumption of a fixation disparity,although both eyes are aligned exactly to the fixation point. Question: How do patients with an inconspicuosly small,yet objectively verified strabismus react to the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology by H.-J. Haase” ? Methods: Eight patients with amicroesotropia between 0.5 and 3° were subjected to the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” . Results: In all 8 patients,the prisms determined with the Cross-,Pointer-and Rectangle Tests increased the angle of squint,without reaching a full correction: the original angle prevailed. In the Stereobalance Test,prisms did not reduce the 100% preponderance of the non-squinting eye. The stereoscopic threshold was between 36 and 1170 arcsec in 7 out of the 8 subjects,and above 4000 arcsec in 1 subject. Conclusions: (1) In all 8 patients,prisms determined with the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology by H.-J. Haase” increased the angle of strabismus,without reaching bifoveal vision. This uniform result suggests that primary microesotropia cannot be corrected with the “ Measuring and Correcting Methodology after H.-J. Haase” (2) A lacking contribution of the strabismic eye to the recognition of a lateral off-set between stereo objects,as determined with the Stereobalance Test,does not imply a lack of binocular stereopsis.
基金supported by R&D the National Key Program of China(Grant No.2021YFA0715503)the Major Project ofShanghai Municipal Science and Technology(Grant No.2018SHZDZX02)the ShanghaiTech Mate rial Device and Soft Matter Nano-fabrication Labs(No.SMN180827).
文摘We report the epitaxial growth of high-quality Al_(0.8)Ga_(0.2)Sb/InAs/Al_(0.8)Ga_(0.2)Sb quantum well films characterized by high carrier mobility and strong spin-orbit coupling.By appropriately optimizing the Al-to-Ga ratio in the AlGaSb barrier layer,the quantum confinement of the heterostructure is significantly enhanced.Alongside a giant magnetoresistance ratio of 3.65×10^(5)%,the two-carrier transport model from Hall measurements reveals an ultra-high electron mobility of 7.18×10^(5)cm^(2)·V^(-1)·s^(-1)at low temperatures.Meanwhile,pronounced Shubnikov-de Haas(SdH)quantum oscillations persist up to 30 K,and their single-frequency feature indicates a well-defined Fermi surface without subband mixing in the two-dimensional electron gas channel.Moreover,the large effective g-factor and tilted-field-induced orbital effect lead to the observation of split SdH peaks at large magnetic fields.Our results validate that AlGaSb/InAs quantum well heterostructures are suitable candidates for constructing energy-efficient topological spintronic devices.
文摘Disinfection of swimming pool water is critical to ensure the safety of the recreational activity for swimmers.However,swimming pools have a constant loading of organic matter from input water and anthropogenic contamination,leading to elevated levels of disinfection byproducts(DBPs).Epidemiological studies have associated increased risks of adverse health effects with frequent exposure to DBPs in swimming pools.Zhang et al.(2023b)investigated the occurrence of trihalomethanes(THMs),haloacetic acids(HAAs),haloacetonitriles(HANs),and haloacetaldehydes(HALs)in eight swimming pools and the corresponding input water in a city in Eastern China.The concentrations of THMs,HAAs,HANs,and HALs in swimming poolswere 1–2 orders of magnitude higher than those detected in the input water.The total lifetime cancer and non-cancer health risks of swimmers through oral,dermal,inhalation,buccal,and aural exposure pathways were assessed using the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s(USEPA)standard model and Swimmer Exposure Assessment Model(SWIMODEL).The results showed that dermal and inhalation pathways were the most significant for the associated cancer and non-cancer risks.This article provides an overview and perspectives of DBPs in swimming pools,the benefits of swimming,the need to improve the monitoring of DBPs,and the importance of swimmers’hygiene practices to keep swimming pools clean.The benefits of swimming outweigh the risks from DBP exposure for the promotion of public health.
文摘The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the degradation efficiencies of free and entrapped bacterial consortia(Staphylococcus capitis CP053957.1 and Achromobacter marplatensis MT078618.1)to different polymers such as Sodium Alginate(SA),Sodium Alginate/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)(SA/PVA),and Bushnell Haas Agar(BHA).In addition to SA and SA/PVA,which are cost-effective,non-toxic and have different functional groups,BHA,which is frequently encountered in laboratory-scale studies but has not been used as an entrapment material until now.Based on these,the polymers with different surface morphologies and chemical compositions were analyzed by SEM and FT-IR.While the petroleum removal efficiency was higher with the entrapped bacterial consortia than with the free one,BHA-entrapped bacterial consortium enhanced the petroleum removal more than SA and SA/PVA.Accordingly,the degradation rate of bacterial consortia entrapped with BHA was 2.039 day^(-1),SA/PVA was 1.560,SA was 0.993,the half-life period of BHA-entrapped bacterial consortia is quite low(t_(1/2)=0.339)compared with SA(t_(1/2)=0.444)and SA/PVA(t_(1/2)=0.697).The effects of the four main factors such as:amount of BHA(0.5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3 g),disc size(4,5,6,7,8 mm),inoculum concentration(1,2.5,5,7.5,10 mL),and incubation period on petroleum removal were also investigated.The maximum petroleum removal(94.5%)was obtained at≥2.5 mL of bacterial consortium entrapped in 2 g BHA with a 7 mm disc size at 168 h and the results were also confirmed by statistical analysis.Although a decrease was observed during the reuse of bacterial consortium entrapped in BHA,the petroleum removal was still above 50%at 10th cycle.Based on GC-MS analysis,the removal capacity of BHA-entrapped consortium was over 90%for short-chain n-alkanes and 80%for medium-chain n-alkanes.Overall,the obtained data are expected to provide a potential guideline in cleaning up the large-scale oil pollution in the future.Since there has been no similar study investigating petroleum removal with the bacterial consortia entrapped with BHA,this novel entrapment material can potentially be used in the treatment of petroleum pollution in advanced remediation studies.
