Structure–Function Relationship of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Multiple Sclerosis

The retinal ganglion cells (RGC) may be considered an easily accessible pathophysiological site of degenerative processes in neurological diseases, such as the RGC damage detectable in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with (HON) and without a history of optic neuritis (NON). We aimed to assess and interrelate RGC functional and structural damage in different retinal layers and retinal sites. We included 12 NON patients, 11 HON patients and 14 healthy controls for cross-sectional multifocal pattern electroretinography (mfPERG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements. Amplitude and peak times of the mfPERG were assessed. Macula and disc OCT scans were acquired to determine macular retinal layer and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thickness. In both HON and NON patients the foveal N2 amplitude of the mfPERG was reduced compared to controls. The parafoveal P1 peak time was significantly reduced in HON only. For OCT, parafoveal (pfGCL) and perifoveal (pGCL) ganglion cell layer thicknesses were decreased in HON vs. controls, while pRNFL in the papillomacular bundle sector (PMB) showed reductions in both NON and HON. As the mfPERG derived N2 originates from RGC axons, these findings suggest foveal axonal dysfunction not only in HON, but also in NON patients.     

新型卡板式外径千分表的设计应用

针对机车牵引电机转轴磨削测量中,对转轴轴承位尺寸超差的原因进行分析,设计制作机车牵引电机转轴新型卡板式外径千分表(实用新型:ZL201420477030.7)。实际应用表明,新型卡板式外径千分表保证了牵引电机转轴轴承位的磨削尺寸,避免了转轴轴承位尺寸超差现象,解决了机车牵引电机转轴轴承位磨削测量的工艺、质量问题。     

低比转速压气机轮毂轮缘型线多目标优化设计

对电动增压器用低比转速离心压气机轮毂轮缘进行优化设计。采用NUMECA/FINE Design 3D对压气机进行几何参数化,生成数据库样本,利用人工神经网络和遗传算法对轮毂轮缘型线进行优化,并进行流场分析。仿真结果表明,在设计转速为40000 r/min时,优化后设计点压比和效率分别提高6.59%和3.73%。     

浅析火力发电厂汽水系统中内径管与外径管的设计选择

按照管道加工工艺的不同,管道可分为内径控制管和外径控制管。通过热轧工艺生产的外径控制无缝钢管,可满足火力发电厂汽水系统中绝大部分管道的使用要求。对于超(超)临界机组的主蒸汽和高温再热蒸汽管道采用的P91/P92材质的大口径厚壁无缝钢管,由于对材料性能和加工工艺有特殊要求,因此宜采用内径控制管。     

基于机器视觉的机车齿轮毂全自动双轴拧紧机的设计和应用

设计了基于机器视觉的机车齿轮毂全自动双轴拧紧机,根据拧紧工艺和扭矩控制原理实现对螺栓拧紧力矩的控制;通过丝杠变径机构,实现不同规格齿轮毂螺栓拧紧;利用机器视觉实现螺栓位置的识别以及初始位置的确定;讨论了自动拧紧机控制系统的硬件组成和软件系统配置,并介绍了防错、防漏功能的设计流程。螺栓自动拧紧机可提高装配精度和操作效率,降低工人的劳动强度。     

Risk-constrained probabilistic optimal scheduling of FCPP-CHP based energy hub considering demand-side resources

Renewable energy sources (RES) with sharing a large percentage of future energy generation capacities play an essential role in the decarbonization of the future electricity and thermal networks as well as transportation sectors. However, the uncertainties in their outputs make some difficulties in making operational decisions. Hydrogen energy plays a considerable role in this concept. Besides, energy hubs (EHs) provide an efficient and reliable framework for gathering multi-type energy carriers.This paper optimally schedules the operating of the EH and decreases the emission cost, considering the electrical and thermal demand response (DR) program in a probabilistic environment. Besides plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and a complete model of hydrogen-based renewable energy sources are presented in the EH. Taking into account uncertainties of electrical/thermal energy markets real-time prices, customers' energy demand, and energy production of RESs into account, various scenarios are generated using the Monte Carlo simulation technique. Next, an efficient method is used to reduce the number of the scenario to make the optimization problem computable and fast. In order to reduce the risk of encountering high operating costs, the conditional value at risk (CVaR) technique is used to manage the associated risk. Simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed method in decreasing the operational cost and managing the risk of encountering unfavorable states.     

水下连接器毂座加工工艺研究

针对水下连接器典型工件毂座的加工难点,通过研究其结构特点与材料特性,制定了工艺路线,并通过工艺试验,研究了抑制颤振和自适应插补在复杂型面数控加工中实现技术,确定了关键工序的工艺参数,满足了水下连接器毂座的加工精度和使用性能要求,也为类似结构加工制造提供借鉴。     

附加外场力对锌锅表层锌液流动和锌渣分布的影响

实测了热镀锌锌锅表层锌液的流速,并分析了锌锅浮渣的分布特点,提出了一种在锌锅锌液上方主动加载外场力作用以驱动锌液流动进而改变锌渣分布的新方法,称为锌渣流动管理方法(DFMS-Dross Flowing Management System)。通过源力加载的方式修正了流体动量守恒方程,建立了锌液流场数值计算模型,模拟了不同外场力加载布局下锌锅表层锌液的流场。结果表明,附加外场力作用可有效促进锌锅表层锌液的切向流动,最大切向流速可达0.8 m/s;表层锌液的切向流动可拖动锌渣跟随流动,进而改变锌渣分布,促进锌锅排渣,证实了DFMS的有效性。模拟结果还表明,锌锅表层锌液的切向流速受外场力加载时间的影响较小,而随加载外场力的增大而增大,但加载外场力的大小对100~200 mm深锌液的流速影响较小。最后,通过定义锌锅表层锌液的排渣时间因子讨论了不同外场力加载方式的排渣效率。     

In vivo Kinetic Biodistribution of Nano‐Sized Outer Membrane Vesicles Derived from Bacteria

Evaluation of kinetic distribution and behaviors of nanoparticles in vivo provides crucial clues into their roles in living organisms. Extracellular vesicles are evolutionary conserved nanoparticles, known to play important biological functions in intercellular, inter‐species, and inter‐kingdom communication. In this study, the first kinetic analysis of the biodistribution of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs)—bacterial extracellular vesicles—with immune‐modulatory functions is performed. OMVs, injected intraperitoneally, spread to the whole mouse body and accumulate in the liver, lung, spleen, and kidney within 3 h of administration. As an early systemic inflammation response, increased levels of TNF‐α and IL‐6 are observed in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. In addition, the number of leukocytes and platelets in the blood is decreased. OMVs and cytokine concentrations, as well as body temperature are gradually decreased 6 h after OMV injection, in concomitance with the formation of eye exudates, and of an increase in ICAM‐1 levels in the lung. Following OMV elimination, most of the inflammatory signs are reverted, 12 h post‐injection. However, leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are increased as a late reaction. Taken together, these results suggest that OMVs are effective mediators of long distance communication in vivo.