Enclosing all solutions of two-point boundary value problems for ODEs

The two-point boundary value problem (TPBVP) occurs in a wide variety of problems in engineering and science, including the modeling of chemical reactions, heat transfer, and diffusion, and the solution of optimal control problems. A TPBVP may have no solution, a single solution, or multiple solutions. A new strategy is presented for reliably locating all solutions of a TPBVP. The method determines narrow enclosures of all solutions that occur within a specified search interval. Key features of the method are the use of a new solver for parametric ODEs, which is used to produce guaranteed bounds on the solutions of nonlinear dynamic systems with interval-valued parameters and initial states, and the use of a constraint propagation strategy on the Taylor models used to represent the solutions of the dynamic system. Numerical experiments demonstrate the use and computational efficiency of the method.     

基于网格的知识资源挖掘研究

为满足网络上不同用户群体对个性化资源的要求,文章从网格与服务网格的概念出发,引入知识挖掘技术,提出了网格环境下的个性化知识资源挖掘实现框架,并对其实现功能与应用加以分析.     

小纸层析法快速测定^99mTc—HMPAO放射化学纯度

采用小纸层析系统１：１的氯仿／四氢呋喃展开剂分析＾９９ｍＴｃ－ＨＭＰＡＯ的放射化学纯度，并与两个薄层析系统和一个纸层析系统的方法作比较。配对ｔ检验结果表明两种方法测定的放射化学纯度无显著差异；放射化学纯度在７４．２％－９６．４％，小纸层析法与薄层／纸层析法紧密相关，回归公式ｙ＝１．００６ｘ－０．３２３。     

甲状腺素T4免疫传感器的研究

报道以甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯与甲基丙烯酸甲酯的共聚物为载体膜材料，研制成非酶标记的Ｔ４免疫传感器，并对载体膜材料的共聚方法及共聚物共聚比与传感器灵敏度的关系进行了探讨。     

飞行人员骨密度与内分泌调节关系的探讨

对37名骨密度(BD)低下的飞行员(实验组)和BD正常的48名飞行员、100名地面人员(正常对照组)进行了BD和血清TT_3、TT_4、TSH IRMA、CT、PTH、E_2和T放射免疫测定。结果显示,实验组BD均值明显低于对照组(p<0.01),血清TT_3、TT_4、CT、E_2(女性)和T(男性)均值与对照组比较,大多数年龄存在着显著或非常显著差异(p<0.05或p<0.01)。同时对飞行人员BD与几种内分泌激素关系进行了探讨。     

The pattern of inflammation in rat sepsis due to enterotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison with ischemia-reperfusion injury

Sepsis and trauma have similarities in their immunopathologic profiles. Both conditions can result in multi-system organ failure which is sometimes associated with cytokine generation and inflammatory cell activation. Furthermore, decreases in peripheral blood monocyte expression of HLA-DR have been noted in both human sepsis and trauma. However, the magnitude, onset, and time course of such stimuli are often difficult to ascertain in human studies. Thus, to study a more detailed in vivo immunologic profile in these conditions, rat models were employed. Our aim was to describe and analyze cytokine and peripheral blood immunophenotype patterns in bacterially induced rat sepsis and to compare this to rat ischemia-reperfusion injury. Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either bacterial injection with enterotoxin producing Staphylococcus aureus or hind limb ischemia/ reperfusion. Two bacterial doses which were either lethal or sublethal at 24-48 hours were utilized. Peripheral blood neutrophils and B-lymphocytes were studied for expression of beta-integrins (CD11b and CD11b/c) and I-A, respectively, using flow cytometry. Corresponding plasma levels of TNF alpha and interferon gamma were measured by ELISA. At 24 hr, a lethal bacterial lethal bacterial dose injection resulted in significantly higher levels of neutrophil CD11b/c expression (p < 0.005) compared with ischemia-reperfusion treatment. B-cell I-A expression was also higher in lethal sepsis. Gamma interferon levels were significantly higher in lethal sepsis compared with ischemia-reperfusion (p = 0.005). Studies over time showed that CD11b expression and interferon gamma were both more marked at 6 hr than at 24 hr in lethal sepsis. This pattern was not observed in sublethal sepsis or in ischemia-reperfusion. CD11b/c expression on the other hand remained elevated at comparable levels at 6 and 24 hr in lethal sepsis. B-cell I-A expression in ischemia-reperfusion and sublethal sepsis decreased at 24 hr compared with baseline. Lethal sepsis in rats injected with enterotoxin producing staphylococcus results in phasic alterations in neutrophil CD11b and plasma interferon levels prior to death. In analogy to the findings of monocyte decreases in DR expression observed in human trauma and sepsis, rat B-cell I-A expression showed decreases in sublethal sepsis as well as in ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, this was not observed in lethal sepsis. These findings have implications in understanding the immunologic/inflammatory changes observed in human sepsis and trauma.     

采用奇异值分解设计广义系统的最优滤波器

本文讨论广义离散随机线性系统的状态估计问题，通过矩阵奇值分解，本文给出了一种设计降阶最优滤波器的实用方法，该方法同时还得到了动态系统和量测系统的干扰噪声的估计。     

Sociodemographic factors of Pap smear screening in Taiwan

We report the differences between using either EDTA plasma or serum in a turbidimetric assay for quantitation of C-reactive protein (CRP). A systematic discrepancy was found for these two sample materials. This was most pronounced in the low concentration range (below 20 mg1(-1)) at which lower values were found in serum than in EDTA plasma. Conversely, in the high concentration range, serum showed slightly higher values. Addition of K3-EDTA to the reaction buffer improved the kinetics for sera with low concentrations of CRP, thus increasing the sensitivity of the assay. We found an overall constant discrepancy of approximately 8% lower values in plasma than in serum (equally for low and high levels of CRP) after the addition of K3-EDTA. The most probable explanation for this effect seems to be the differing water content of serum and EDTA plasma. We discuss the role and function of EDTA in the CRP assay and suggest some hypothetical mechanisms.