简介:Thepedagogyoflanguageteachinghasmovedfromoneextreme-GrammarTranslationMethodtotheother-CommunicativeLanguageTeaching.TodayFormFocusedInstruction(FFI)hasemerged,intendingtobringlanguageformsinstructionbacktothecommunicativelanguageclassroom.Despiteoftheapprovalofthisnewapproach,thereisahotdisputeonitstwotypesofapplication:FocusonFormorFocusonFormS.ThisarticlebrieflyanalyzesFFIinrecentresearchstudieswithfocusonthechoicebetweenthetwotypesofapplication.ThetentativeconclusionisFFIdoesshowsomeexplicitandreliableeffectsonaccuracyanderroreliminationinlanguageteaching;however,theinvestigationintoitsapplicationisnotsimplyeitherFocusonFormorFocusonFormS,butfocusesontheoptimalcombinationofthetwointeaching.
简介:Objective:Toevaluatethesafetyandefficacyofexternalhigh-intensityfocusedultrasound(HIFU)castrationforbreastcancerouspatientsaftermastectomyiftheyareatahighriskofrecurrence.Methods:Werecruited52consecutivepatientswithprimaryoperablebreastcancerwhoweretreatedwithmastectomywithexcisionofregionallymphnodes.PatientswerepositiveforERandPRimmuno-cytochemicalstaining,node-positive,un-menopause,over40yearsoldandweredividedintotwogroupsrandomly.Forcastration,26patientsreceivedoneortwotimesofHIFUtreatmentwithinfivedays,andtheotherpatientsreceivedradiotherapywithDT18Gy/9f/11days.Duringandafterthetreatment,localchangesandsystemicresponseofthepatientswereobserved.Results:After1monthtreatment,levelsofserumE1andE2weresignificantlydecreasedcomparedtobeforetreatmentinHIFUgroups(P<0.01andP<0.001).Thesamechangeswereoccurredinradiotherapy(RT)groups(P<0.05andP<0.01).ThelevelsofserumE1orE2inRTgroupswerehigherthaninHIFUgroups(P<0.05).Thesymptomdistributionof'climactericsyndrome'ofHIFUgroupsweresignificantlydifferentfromRTgroups(P<0.01).Thefollow-uptimewas4months.Theincidenceofamenorrheawas100%inallpatients.Noseriouscomplicationswereseen.Thetemperature,pulse,bloodpressure,andrespiratoryrateofthepatientswerealmostnormal.Conclusion:WehaveshownthattheuseofHIFUinthecastratingofpatientswithbreastcancerisfeasible,safeandeffective.ThistechnologymayprovidearapidnoninvasivealterativetoconventionalbilateraloophorectomyorRTcastration.
简介:Low-intensityfocusedultrasoundstimulation(FUS),whichpossesseshighspatialresolutionandpenetrationdepth,hasbeendevelopingrapidlyfornoninvasivebrainneuromodulationinrecentyears.Inthisletter,alow-intensityFUSsystemwasdevelopedfornoninvasivebrainneuromodulationinvivo.Theradiusofultrasonicfocalspotwasquantitativelycalculatedintheorytoevaluatethespatialresolution.Thelocalfieldpotential(LFP)ofrathippocompuswererecordedbeforeandafterFUS.TheeffectofFUSonLFPpowerspectrumwasinvestigatedbycomputingtheLFPmeanabsolutepowerandrelativepowerwithWelchalgorithm.TheexperimentresultsshowthatnoninvasiveFUScanenhanceLFPmeanabsolutepowerandaltertheLFPrelativepoweratdifferentfrequencybands.TheresultsindicatethatFUScanmodulatebrainrhythmsandhassignificantpotentialinthemodulationofneuronalandpsychiatricdiseases.
简介:AIM:Toinvestigatethedamagingeffectofhigh-intensityfocusedultrasound(HIFU)oncancercellsandtheinhibitoryeffectontumorgrowth.METHODS:MurineH22hepaticcancercellsweretreatedwithHIFUatthesameintensityfordifferentlengthsoftimeandatdifferentintensitiesforthesamelengthoftimeinvitro,thedeadcancercellsweredeterminedbytrypanbluestaining.TwogroupsofcancercellstreatedwithHIFUatthelowestandhighestintensitywereinoculatedintomice.Tumormasseswereremovedandweighedafter2wk,tumorgrowthineachgroupwasconfirmedpathologically.RESULTS:ThedeathrateofcancercellstreatedwithHIFUat1000W/cm2for0.5,1,2,4,8,and12swas3.11±1.21%,13.37±2.56%,38.84±3.68%,47.22±5.76%,87.55±7.32%,and94.33±8.11%,respectively.ApositiverelationshipbetweenthedeathratesofcancerceilsandthelengthofHIFUtreatmenttimewasfound(r=0.96,P<0.01).ThedeathrateofcancercellstreatedwithHIFUattheintensityof100,200,400,600,800,and1000W/cm2for8swas26.31±3.26%,31.00±3.87%,41.97±5.86%,72.23±8.12%,94.90±8.67%,and99.30±9.18%,respectively.ApositiverelationshipbetweenthedeathratesofcancercellsandtheintensitiesofHIFUtreatmentwasconfirmed(r=0.98,P<0.01).ThecancercellstreatedwithHIFUat1000W/cm2for8swereinoculatedintomiceexvivo.Thetumorinhibitoryratewas90.35%comparedtothecontrol(P<0.01).IntheexperimentalgroupinoculatedwiththecancercellstreatedwithHIFUat1000W/cm2for0.5s,thetumorinhibitoryratewas22.9%(P<0.01).Bypathologicalexamination,tumorgrowthwasconfirmedin8outof14mice(57.14%,8/14)inoculatedwiththecancercellstreatedwithHIFUat1000W/cm2for8s,whichwassignificantlylowerthanthatinthecontrol(100%,15/15,P<0.05).CONCLUSION:HIFUiseffectiveonkillingordamageofH22hepaticcancercellsinvitroandoninhibitingtumorgrowthinmiceexvivo.
简介:Theredistributionoftheenergyflowoftightlyfocusedellipticity-variantvectoropticalfieldsispresented.Wetheoreticallydesignandexperimentallygeneratethiskindofellipticity-variantvectoropticalfield,andfurtherexploretheredistributionoftheenergyflowinthefocalplanebydesigningdifferentphasemasksincludingfanlikephasemasksandvortexphasemasksonthem.Theflexiblycontrolledtransverseenergyflowringsofthetightlyfocusedellipticity-variantvectoropticalfieldswithandwithoutphasemaskscanbeusedtotransportmultipleabsorptiveparticlesalongcertainpaths,whichmaybewidelyappliedinopticaltrappingandmanipulation.
简介:Inthisstudy,wenumericallyinvestigatedthenonlinearfocusedwavegroupactiononatruncatedsurface-piercingstructure,anddevelopedatwo-dimensionalfullynonlinearnumericaltankusingthehigher-orderboundaryelementmethod.WedeterminedtheamplitudeofthewavecomponentsofthefocusedwavegroupbasedontheJONSWAPwavespectrum.Wediscusstheeffectsofthepresenceofasurface-piercingstructureonthecharacteristicsofthefocusedwavegroupandfindthatthelocationofthestructuredoesnotevidentlychangethefocallocationorfocaltimeofthefocusedwavegroup.Thelargestamplitudesoftherun-upandhorizontalforceonthestructureoccurwhenthefrontsurfaceofthestructureisatthefocallocation.Thecriticaldraughtandbreadthofthestructureoccurwhenthewaverun-upreachesitsmaximumalongthestructure.
简介:Inthispaper,wederivetheanalyticalexpressionforthemultipoleexpansioncoefficientsofscatteringandinteriorfieldsofagraphene-coateddielectricparticleundertheilluminationofanarbitraryopticalbeam.Byusingthisarbitrarybeamtheory,wesystematicallyinvestigatetheopticalforcesexertedonthegraphene-coatedparticlebyafocusedGaussianbeam.Viatuningthechemicalpotentialofthegraphene,theopticalforcespectracouldbemodulatedaccordinglyatresonantexcitation.Thehybridizedwhisperinggallerymodeoftheelectromagneticfieldinsidethegraphene-coatedpolystyreneparticleismoreintensivelylocalizedthanthepurepolystyreneparticle,whichleadstoaweakenedmorphology-dependentresonanceintheopticalforces.Theseinvestigationscouldopennewperspectivesfordynamicengineeringofopticalmanipulationsinopticaltweezersapplications.
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简介:Byinvestigatingthecross-spectraldensityofpartiallycoherentmulti-rotatingellipticalGaussianbeams(REGBs)thatpropagatethroughafocusingopticalsystem,weobtaintheradiationforceonaRayleighparticle.Theradiationforcedistributionisstudiedunderdifferentbeamindexes,coherencewidths,andellipticalratiosofthepartiallycoherentmultiREGBs.Thetransverseandthelongitudinaltrappingrangescanincreaseatthefocalplanebyincreasingthebeamindexordecreasingthecoherencewidth.Therangeofthetrappedparticleradiiincreasesastheellipticalratioincreases.Furthermore,weanalyzethetrappingstability.
简介:Systemictoxicityandinsufficientdrugaccumulationatthetumours让earemainbarriersinchemotherapy.Thermosens让iveliposomes(TSL)combinedwithhighintensityfocusedultrasound(HIFU)hasemergedasapotentialsolutiontoovercomethesebarriersthroughtargeteddrugdeliveryandlocalisedrelease.Owingtothemultiplephysicalandbiochemicalprocessesinvolvedinthiscombinationtherapy,mathematicalmodellingbecomesanindispensabletoolfordetailedanalysisofthetransportprocessesandpredictionoftumourdruguptake.Tothisend,amultiphysicsmodelhasbeendevelopedtosimulatethetransportofchemotherapydrugsdeliveredthroughacombinedHIFU-TSLsystem.Allkeydeliveryprocessesareconsideredinthemodel;theseineludeinterstitialfluidflow,HIFUacoustics,bioheattransfer;drugreleaseandtransport,aswellastumourdruguptake.Thecapabilityofthemodelisdemonstratedthroughitsapplicationtoa2-Dprostatetumourmodelreconstructedfrommagneticresonanceimages.Ourresultsnotonlydemonstratethefeasibilityofthemodeltosimulatethiscombinationtherapy,butalsoconfirmtheadvantageofHIFU-TSLdrugdeliverysystemwithenhancementofdrugaccumulationintumourregionsandreductionofdrugavailabilityinnormaltissue.ThismultiphysicsmodellingframeworkcanserveasausefultooltoassistinthedesignofHIFU-TSLdrugdeliverysystemsandtreatmentregimenforimprovedanticancerefficacy.
简介:摘要:本文首先基于用同一个模板产生的动态网页其内容往往是属于同一个主题的且其URL是非常相似的这个规律,提出了一个在Linux系统上实现的Focused Crawler Knowledge Graph(聚焦爬虫知识图谱),再根据基于URL规则的聚焦爬虫(URL Rule Based Focused Crawl,简称UBFC)的算法,即从严格限定主题相关网页范围、排除关键字、域名范围限定出发产生的BNF表达式,并用这些正则表达式来指导聚焦爬虫的抓取的理论,对此爬虫进行改进,使其在领域类收获率、召回率上获得较大改进。
简介:Despitewidespreadawarenessanduseofscientificallyprovenlife-prolongingmedicalanddevice-basedtherapiesoverthelasttwodecades,heartfailureremainsaleadingcauseofmorbidity,mortality,andhealthcareexpenditureintheUnitedStates.Mechanicalcirculatorysupportwithacontinuous-flowleftventricularassistdevice(CF-LVAD),eitherasabridgetohearttransplantationorasdestinationtherapy,isanincreasinglyusedtreatmentmodalityforpatientswithadvancedheartfailuresyndromesthatworsendespitetheirreceivingstandardtherapies.CF-LVADsupportcreatesuniquehemodynamicalterationsthatmustbeunderstoodtoprovideappropriatecareforthesepatientsbeforeandafterimplantation.EchocardiographyisessentialintheevaluationofpatientswhoarebeingconsideredfororaremechanicallysupportedbyCF-LVADs.Hereweprovideafocusedclinicalreviewontheuseofechocardiographyintwomainaspectsoftheevaluationofthesepatients:(a)optimalpatientselectionforCF-LVADsupportand(b)followupassessmentofoptimalpumpfunction.