钢包底吹氩均混时间及临界流量水模型实验

针对钢包底吹氩工艺,通过改变透气砖数量、单透气砖吹气位置、双透气砖夹角、喷吹气体流量、渣厚等参数,对钢包的均混时间进行了水模型实验研究.提出临界流量的概念,发现吹气量超过临界流量后均混时间明显减小.结果表明:单透气砖喷吹时,相同吹气量下偏心喷吹时的均混时间比中心喷吹时短,临界流量小;双透气砖喷吹时,透气砖夹角越大,均混时间越短,临界流量越小.     

Beta-amyloid accumulation in aged canine brain: a model of early plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease

We characterized eight aged beagles (maintained from birth in a laboratory colony) and one black Labrador using Bielschowsky's, thioflavine S, and Congo red staining, and antibodies to the beta-amyloid peptide, dystrophic neurites, and other plaque components. All plaques within these canine brains were of the diffuse subtype and were neither thioflavine S- nor Congo red-positive. The majority of plaques in the entorhinal cortex contained numerous neurons within them while plaques in the dentate gyrus did not. beta-Amyloid immunoreactivity was also present within select neurons and neuronal processes and was detected as a diffuse linear zone corresponding to the terminal fields of the perforant path. There was no significant correlation between extent of beta-amyloid accumulation and neuron number in entorhinal cortex. Neither tau-1, PHF-1, nor SMI-31-immunostaining revealed dystrophic fibers, confirming the classification of these plaques as diffuse. Canine plaques did not appear to contain bFGF- or HS-positive immunostaining. This may explain why neuritic involvement was not detected within these canine plaques. It is possible that the beta-amyloid within the canine brain has a unique primary structure or may not be in an assembly state that adversely affects neurons.     

CAM-FGF receptor interactions: a model for axonal growth

A number of experimental paradigms have been used to demonstrate that NCAM, N-cadherin, and L1 stimulate axonal growth. The molecular basis of this response has been extensively studied and a range of agents that inhibit neurite outgrowth stimulated by the above CAMs, but not integrins, have now been identified. These studies pointed to the activation of a tyrosine kinase-PLCgamma cascade as being important for the neurite outgrowth responses stimulated by all three CAMs, and this was substantiated by the identification of agents that could activate the cascade and mimic the growth response. In this review we will suggest that the neurite growth response stimulated by these CAMs is mediated by activation of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) in neurons and that this results in the recruitment and activation of PLCgamma via interactions of its SH2 domain with the activated receptor. In this context the key events downstream from activation of PLCgamma required for neurite growth appear to be the conversion of diacylglycerol (DAG) to arachidonic acid (AA) via DAG lipase activity, followed by an increased influx of calcium into the neurons. The evolutionary conservation of putative binding motifs between the above CAMs and the FGFR suggests that activation of the FGFR-PLCgamma cascade by the CAMs might involve a direct CAM-FGFR interaction. The identification of the binding motifs also allows for predictions to be made concerning whether other CAMs might directly interact with the FGFR.     

Heat flow model of glass formation and crystallization on rapid quenching

The theoretical model of glass formation and partial crystallization during rapid solidification of a metallic melt describes the homogeneous nucleation within the undercooled melt as well as the heat transfer into the metallic chill substrate. The calculated maximum thicknesses of amorphous foils at quenching onto a copper substrate increase in the order of alloys FeC, FeB, NiSiB and PdSi. Reducing the foil-substrate heat transfer coefficient, increasing the casting temperature and utilizing a steel substrate cause the attainable amorphous foil thickness to decrease. In foils with a large volume fraction crystallized the cooling process is not monotonous. The minimum density of quenched-in nuclei is situated at the substrate-side surface in amorphous foils and at the surface away from the substrate in crystalline foils.     

An integrated model for dendritic and planar interface growth and morphological transition in rapid solidification

Rapid solidification can be achieved by quenching a thin layer of molten metal on a cold substrate, such as in melt spinning and thermal spray deposition. An integrated model is developed to predict microstructure formation in rapidly solidified materials through melt substrate quenching. The model solves heat and mass diffusion equations together with a moving interface that may either be a real solid/liquid interface or an artificial dendrite tip/melt interface. For the latter case, a dendrite growth theory is introduced at the interface. The model can also predict the transition of solidification morphology, e.g., from dendritic to planar growth. Microstructure development of Al-Cu alloy splats quenched on a copper substrate is investigated using the model. Oscillatory planar solidification is predicted under a critical range of interfacial heat-transfer coefficient between the splat and the substrate. Such oscillatory planar solidification leads to a banded solute structure, which agrees with the linear stability analysis. Finally, a microstructure selection map is proposed for the melt quenching process based on the melt undercooling and thermal contact conditions between the splat and the substrate.     

Falcine sinus and occipital encephalocele: a magnetic resonance venography study

OBJECT: Occipital encephaloceles are relatively frequently encountered. Many investigators have addressed the embryogenesis of these formations, but the dural system has never before been studied. In this retrospective analysis the authors sought to gain a better understanding of the origins of these defects. METHODS: The charts and radiological examinations, especially the magnetic resonance venography studies, were reviewed in seven patients. In six patients the straight sinus was absent. Drainage of the galenic system took place through a sinus within the falx, also known as a falcine sinus. The tentorium was not seen in five patients. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of an absent straight sinus and dysplastic tentorium is no coincidence: both develop within the same mesenchyme in the mesencephalic flexure. Distortion of the mesenchyme by a neural tube defect, causing an occipital encephalocele, will lead not only to disorders of the tentorium but also of the straight sinus.     

State-coordinated services for traumatic brain injury survivors: toward a model delivery system

Since 1985, the state of Minnesota, through a variety of advocacy, legislative, and interagency efforts, has made incremental gains in public policy and service development for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This article reviews the roles and functions of select state programs and departments in coordinating TBI services. Key initiatives, as well as the current model of public policy and services, are outlined. Current and future service development and initiatives are discussed. Finally, specific implementation recommendations are proposed.     

Recognition memory for briefly presented pictures: The time course of rapid forgetting.

When viewing a rapid sequence of pictures, observes momentarily understand the gist of each scene but have poor recognition memory for most of them (M. C. Potter, 1976). Is forgetting immediate, or does some information persist briefly? Sequences of 5 scenes were presented for 173 ms/picture; when yes-no testing began immediately, recognition was initially high but declined markedly during the 10-item test. With testing delays of 2 or 6 s, the decline over testing was less steep. When 10 or 20 pictures were presented, there was again a marked initial decline during testing. A 2-alternative forced-choice recognition test produced similar results. Both the passage of time and test interference (but not presentation interference) led to forgetting. The brief persistence of information may assist in building a coherent representation over several fixations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Memory in the chick: Multiple cues, distinct brain locations.

Training chicks on a 1-trial passive avoidance task results in memory-dependent synaptic remodeling in the intermediate medial hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV) and lobus parolfactorius (LPO). Because pretraining IMHV lesions are amnestic and posttraining IMHV lesions are not, the functional significance of this remodeling requires explanation. Chicks use various cues to classify and remember objects. If the IMHV were concerned with memory for only one such cue, then posttraining IMHV lesions would not lead to "amnesia" because animals would still avoid the aversive bead using other contextual cues. This hypothesis was tested using a color discrimination task. IMHV lesions, but not LPO lesions, impair color discrimination, suggesting that the IMHV may be involved in classifying and remembering the bitter bead on the basis of color. Thus, even simple associations are stored in the brain in the form of multiple, dispersed representations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A model of the formation of illusory conjunctions in the time domain.

The authors present a model to account for the miscombination of features when stimuli are presented using the rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) technique (illusory conjunctions in the time domain). It explains the distributions of responses through a mixture of trial outcomes. In some trials, attention is successfully focused on the target, whereas in others, the responses are based on partial information. Two experiments are presented that manipulated the mean processing time of the target-defining dimension and of the to-be-reported dimension, respectively. As predicted, the average origin of the responses is delayed when lengthening the target-defining dimension, whereas it is earlier when lengthening the to-be-reported dimension; in the first case the number of correct responses is dramatically reduced, whereas in the second it does not change. The results, a review of other research, and simulations carried out with a formal version of the model are all in close accordance with the predictions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)