An approach to integrating shape and biomedical attributes in vascular models

Computational models have been used widely in tissue engineering research and have proven to be powerful tools for bio-mechanical analysis (i.e., blood flow, growth models, drug delivery, etc). This paper focuses on developing higher-fidelity models for vascular structures and blood vessels that integrate computational shape representations with biomedical properties and features. Previous work in computer-aided vascular modeling comes from two communities. For those in biomedical imaging, the goal of past research has been to develop image understanding techniques for the interpretation of x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or other radiological data. These representations are predominantly discrete shape models that are not tied to physiological properties. The other corpus of existing work comes from those interested in developing physiological models for vascular growth and behavior based on bio-medical attributes. These models usually either have a highly simplified shape representation, or lack one entirely. Further, neither of these representations are suitable for the kind of interactive modeling required by tissue engineering applications.This paper aims to bridge these two approaches and develop a set of mathematical tools and algorithms for feature-based representation and computer-aided modeling of vascular trees for use in computer-aided tissue engineering applications. The paper offers a multi-scale representation based on swept volumes and a feature-based representation that can attribute the geometric representation with information about blood flow, pressure, and other biomedical properties. The paper shows how the resulting representation can be used as part of an overall approach for designing and visualizing vascular scaffolds. As a real-world example, we show how this computational model can be used to develop a tissue scaffold for liver tissue engineering. Such scaffolds may prove useful in a number of biomedical applications, including the growth of replacement tissue grafts and in vitro study of the pharmacological affects of new drugs on tissue cultures.     

A comparable study of image approximations to the reaction field

The recently developed high-order accurate multiple image approximation to the reaction field for a charge inside a dielectric sphere [J. Comput. Phys. 223 (2007) 846-864] is compared favorably to other commonly employed reaction field schemes. These methods are of particular interest because they are useful in the study of biological macromolecules by the Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics methods.     

The Transformation of Carbides during Austenization and Its Effect on the Wear Resistance of High Speed Steel Rolls

The transformation of carbides with austenization time of a high speed steel (HSS) roll material, manufactured by a centrifugal casting method, has been studied. The correlation between wear resistance and the type, morphology, volume fraction, and distribution of the carbides has also been investigated. Microstructural observations, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, hardness measurements, and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) have been used to characterize the carbides. The type and volume fraction of carbides were found to change with austenizing time. During austenization, the transformation of the M₃C carbides can be postulated as M₃C + γ-Fe → M₂C, with much finer nodular and rodlike MC carbides also forming through a solid-state transformation. The M₂C carbide decomposes as M₂C + γ-Fe → MC + M₇C₃ + M₆C. The decomposed carbide substantially maintains a platelike shape until the end of decomposition. The most important finding of this study is that austenization results in changes in the type, morphology, volume fraction, and distribution of carbides and that it can be controlled to produced a homogeneous distribution of hard carbides, resulting in an improvement in the wear resistance of HSS rolls. This finding may be of great use for the industrial production of HSS rolls.     

聚酯纺粘土工布和GCL在垃圾填埋场中的应用

主要介绍了土工布和膨润土防水毯（GCL）在垃圾卫生填埋场应用中的特点和作用，阐述了在卫生填埋场设计中选择土工布和GCL应注意的一些问题。     

卷取机前侧导板的设计结构分析

卷取机前侧导板的作用是把带钢对准轧制中心线送入夹送辊,并在进入夹送辊时导板夹持带钢以减少钢卷的塔形。     

2005年日本爱知世界博览会的规划和展馆建筑

会期半年的2005年世界博览会已于3月25日在日本爱知县开幕。本文紧扣本届世博会“自然的睿智”这一主题，从世博会历史和本届世博会背景入手，通过对会场整体规划和一些有代表性的国家展馆进行分析和点评，阐明“减少环境负荷与可持续发展”的思想在建筑及规划上的具体体现，力求同读者共同探讨和领会世搏会场传递出的21世纪建筑的新思想、新方向。     

滤失控制与变粘酸深穿透酸压工艺技术的应用

酸滤失是制约酸蚀缝长延伸的重要因素之一,滤失控制是深穿透酸压工艺成功与否的关键所在。概述了酸滤失的特征及其控制技术的发展过程,着重介绍了90年代末引进国内投入现场应用的变粘酸技术。国内外实践表明变粘酸比目前普遍使用的胶凝酸体系液体效率更高,增产效果更理想,该技术的引进和国产化必将促进国内油气田深穿透酸压工艺技术水平跃上一个新台阶。     

三峡左岸电站主变差动保护误动的分析

三峡左岸电站的继电保护选择了性能先进、可靠性高的成熟产品。自2003年7月至今,三峡电站已经运行了两年多时间。在这两年多时间里,电厂的继电保护设备经受了多次考验。文章对其中一次主变差动保护的误动进行了详细而深入的分析。     

微波辐射下无溶剂合成苯并咪唑-2-酮

以多聚磷酸(PPA)为催化剂,邻苯二胺和脲为原料,在微波辐射下无溶剂合成了苯并咪唑-2-酮,反应时间由2～3 h缩短到6～10 min,产率为62．81％;正交实验所得影响因素顺序为:微波功率>照射时间>原料配比>催化剂用量。最优化合成工艺条件为:n(邻苯二胺):n(脲)为1:2;微波功率为126 W;反应时间为7 min;数字熔点仪、红外光谱(IR)与核磁共振谱(1H NMR)等测试结果表明产物为苯并咪唑-2-酮。