国产便携式血糖仪功能改进及低功耗设计

便携式血糖仪在糖尿病诊治中的应用范围越来越广,用户对其功能要求也越来越高。本文在某使用广泛的国产便携式血糖仪系统基础上,改进其设计,实现大容量血糖数据长期存储功能、血糖值曲线直观显示功能以及与PC机便捷连接、进行数据传输存储、维护管理功能,并对系统软硬件进行优化,降低功耗,使现有便携式血糖仪产品具有长期和离线工作能力,满足患者及医务人员的需求。     

Role of LIBS in Elemental Analysis of Psidium guajava Responsible for Glycemic Potential

Abstract

The present study deals with the detection of elements responsible for glycemic potential of ripe and unripe fruit peel aqueous extracts of Psidium guajava (P. guajava). Treatment with the aqueous extract of unripe fruit peel showed a significant fall of 17.5% (p<0.001) in blood glucose levels (BGLs) of normal rats during fasting blood glucose (FBG) test with a dose of 400 mg/kg bw. In sub‐diabetic rats, a fall of 19.8% (p<0.001) was observed with the same dose during a glucose tolerance test (GTT). The significant fall observed in FBG, post prandial glucose (PPG) and urine sugar levels of severely diabetic rats was 20.7%, 17.5% (p<0.05), and 66.6% (p<0.01), respectively. On the contrary, the effect of ripe fruit peel aqueous extract showed a regular rise of 24.4% (p<0.01) in BGL of normal rats and of 90.0% (p<0.001) in sub‐diabetic rats. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) has been used for the identification of elements responsible for the glycemic potential of fruit peel aqueous extracts of P. guajava. Concentration of Mg was found higher in unripe fruit peel aqueous extract than in the ripe fruit peel aqueous extract whereas the concentration of K was found lower in the extract of unripe fruit peel than in the extract of ripe fruit peel. Thus, the LIBS results help in defining the role of Mg and K in diabetes management. However, the concentrations of other minerals, like Na, N, O, and C, are nearly the same in both of the extracts.     

A new computer-assisted three-dimensional reconstruction method provides accurate measurement of glomerular mesangial volume

Many glomerulopathies are characterized by progressive mesangial (interstitial) expansion which can be quantitated by morphometric analysis. The purpose of this study was to analyze mesangial and glomerular volumes using a new computer-assisted reconstruction (CAR) method. CAR was compared to two standard planar methods, point-counting and linear integration, for accuracy and time efficiency. In Phase I of the study, a computer-based model of the mesangial space was created by placing spherical and ellipsoidal objects of known volume into an enclosing volume mimicking the glomerulus. The simulated mesangium occupied approximately 10 percent of the glomerular volume. The model glomerulus was sectioned serially into ten sections of equal thickness and the three morphometric methods applied to determine the mesangial/glomerular volume. The complexity of the mesangial model was varied by increasing the number of mesangial regions from one to ten to 100. The CAR method estimated the model mesangial volume more accurately (1–9 percent error) through each level of complexity compared to point-counting (3–17 percent error) and linear integration (3–18 percent error). The point-counting method consistently overestimated (P < 0.05) the fractional mesangial volume for the ten- and 100-region mesangium models. In Phase II of the study, a normal rat glomerulus was sectioned serially (215 sections) and a transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of every fifth section (n = 43) was obtained. Each TEM image (2% of glomerular surface) was digitized for analysis by CAR. Point-counting and linear integration were also performed on the whole glomerular TEMs (n = 10, randomly chosen). The estimated relative mesangial/glomerular volume was 6.6 ± 0.1 percent by CAR (x? ± SD), 9.7 ± 1.5 by linear integration, and 14.9 ± 3.4 by point-counting. The point-counting method was most efficient, requiring 40 ± 8 sec/section, followed by CAR at 85 ± 24 sec/section. Linear integration was least efficient (93 ± 23 sec/section). We conclude that CAR is the most accurate morphometric method of the three compared for estimating mesangial and glomerular methods, although it is more time consuming than the point-counting method and requires more complex instrumentation. CAR is the only method that will analyze the shape and three-dimensional complexity of glomerular structures using TEMs.     

Challenges for measurement science and measurement practice: the collection and interpretation of home-monitored blood glucose data

In insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, home monitoring of blood glucose was a major breakthrough in the empowerment of patients and for the first time provided raw data of sufficient accuracy from which to infer insulin therapy adjustments. Typically recorded on paper, such data are often illegible, lack details of measurement times and insulin doses and omit contextual information on diet, behaviour and general health. Home meter technology is offering improved access to patient data and allowing a more flexible range of variables to be recorded. Psychometric questionnaires give a broader view of individual and patient group perceptions of the disease and its treatment. This paper reports on early studies of home data collection using the Accutrend DM meter and the Diabetes Quality of Life and Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaires. It also describes a prototype computer system for interpreting data collected with such meters and advising on insulin dosage adjustment, based primarily on principles of time series analysis together with mathematical models of insulin profiles and search algorithms.     

三绕组变压器的双绕组等效建模及在Matpower中的应用

针对实际电网存在着大量的三绕组变压器,但国际上一些著名商业软件,如BPA仿真软件、Matpower这一权威潮流计算开源软件,均只提供双绕组变压器模型,限制了其在具有三绕组变压器的电力系统中的应用的问题,潮流计算是自主开发的电力系统各种应用软件的核心模块,因此依托国际权威开源程序进行二次开发,是一种较好的选择。对Matpower要求的数据格式进行了归纳,对变压器的一般的等值电路及带理想变压器的等值电路和带标幺值的等值电路进行了分析研究,提出了三绕组变压器转换为双绕组等效模型的建模方法,使得原先只适应双绕组变压器的潮流计算软件可以适用于三绕组变压器电网的潮流计算;最后以Matpower软件为例进行了案例计算,并用PSASP仿真软件进行对比验证。研究结果证明,所提出的建模方法是有效的。     

On the Relation of Load to Average Gap in the Contact Between Surfaces with Longitudinal Roughness

A computer simulation model for the contact between longitudinally-oriented rough surfaces has been formulated. This model closely duplicates the actual surf ace contact deformation behavior by taking into account the elastic interactions between the asperities. There were no assumptions made about the shapes, or any deformation behavior of the asperities, except for their obeying the laws of elasticity. The plastic deformations on the high asperity peaks were taken into account by setting a ceiling on their contact pressures at the material hardness value. The simulations used real surface profiles which were digitized from unworn circumferentially ground steel surfaces. Each pair of these profiles was mathematically combined to form an equivalent rough profile pressing against an infinitely rigid flat and having the appropriately adjusted elastic modulus. A total of 28 different pairs of profiles were used in the simulations. Each contacting pair was subjected to 30 different load levels and the local contact pressures and deformations were calculated. The contact simulations yielded some important mathematical relationships between parameters, such as the real area of contact, average gap, and average asperity load through statistical curve fitting. Two analytical functions were generated to relate the average load to average gap and the real area of contact to load.     

电站锅炉模糊风险评价方法研究与应用

针对电站锅炉风险等级评价问题,将模糊综合评价技术应用到电站锅炉风险等级评价中。开展了电站锅炉失效影响因素及模糊评价因素的重要程度分析,建立了一套科学合理适于在线评价的电站锅炉风险评价体系,提出了模糊综合评价技术与改进的模糊层次分析法相结合的模糊风险评价方法,利用改进的模糊层次分析法计算了指标体系中各层指标权重。对某一台电站锅炉的实际运行工况影响子因素进行了模糊风险评价,采用模糊合成算子进行模糊综合运算得到电了站锅炉运行工况影响子因素的评价向量。研究结果表明:电站锅炉的运行工况影响子因素的风险评价等级为第6级,失效可能性等级为小,该电站锅炉运行工况良好。     

Fifth International Summer School on Screw-Theory Based Methods in Robotics

正3-11 September,2014University of Bologna,Bologna,Italy www.summerscrews.org summerscrews2014.ing.unibo.it SUMMER 20SCREWS 14In 2014,our screw-theory school comes to the world's oldest university.In early September,Summer Screws'14 will gather six experts in the application of screw theory in robotics and up to 40 participants at the University of Bologna,Bologna,Italy.The school will teach attendees how to apply existing methods and empower them to develop new ones in their own research.The basic theoretical notions will be introduced in a rigorous manner,emphasizing examples,applications,and exercises.Scholarships are available.