Determination of the in situ forces and force distribution within the human anterior cruciate ligament

The in situ forces and their distribution within the human anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) can clarify this ligament's role in the knee and help to resolve controversies regarding surgical treatment of ACL deficiency. We used a universal force-moment sensor (UFS) to determine the magnitude, direction, and point of application of the in situ forces in the ACL in intact human cadaveric knees. Unlike previous studies, this approach does not require surgical intervention, the attachment of mechanical devices to or near the ACL, or a priori assumptions about the direction of in situ force. Anterior tibial loads were applied to intact knees, which were limited to 1 degree of freedom at 30 degrees flexion. The in situ forces developed in the ACL were lower than the applied force for loads under 80 N, but larger for applied loads of more than 80 N. The direction of the force vector corresponded to that of the anteromedial (AM) portion of the ACL insertion on the tibial plateau. The point of force application was located in the posterior section of the anteromedial portion of the tibial insertion site. The anterior and posterior aspects of the anteromedial portion of the ACL supported 25% and 70% of the in situ force, respectively, with the remainder carried by the posterolateral portion. We believe that the data obtained with this new UFS methodology improves our understanding of the role of the ACL in knee function, and that this methodology can be easily extended to study the function of other ligaments.     

网络对抗训练混合虚拟化平台设计研究

讨论了虚拟化技术实现原理及其在网络对抗教学中的应用上,分析了各类虚拟化技术的优缺点和构建网络对抗训练环境存在的问题。提出了一种混合虚拟化平台设计,该平台利用Libvirt虚拟化的应用程序编程接口（API）调用两种虚拟化技术同时运行在同一物理主机上。并详细叙述了混合虚拟化平台的实现过程和方法,并在多个虚拟机内同时运行测试基准,分析其可扩展性。多种虚拟化技术在同一物理机上的混合,实现了复杂实验环境的创建,对构建大规模的网络实验平台具有一定的参考价值。     

玻纤增强聚苯硫醚复合材料的增韧研究

针对玻纤增强聚苯硫醚材料韧性差的问题，对聚苯硫醚傲璃纤维复合体系的增韧进行了研究，考察了玻纤、改性聚合物、有机超细粒子对复合材料力学性能的影响。采用基体增韧（预增韧）与有机超细粒子增韧技术，在保持复合材料拉伸强度和模量的同时，较大地提高了冲击强度，获得了综合力学性能优异的纤维增强聚苯硫醚材料。     

一种新型混沌扩频卫星隐蔽通信算法

针对Logistic及改进型混沌映射只存在唯一满映射点的缺陷,设计了一种新型混沌映射函数,拓宽了满映射参数的取值范围,进而提高了混沌序列遍历性,并基于相干混沌移位键控技术,构建了新型混沌扩频卫星隐蔽通信系统。分别对新型混沌序列的随机性、相关性和平衡性,以及隐蔽通信系统的误码率进行了仿真分析,结果表明:新型混沌映射比已有映射遍历性更好,平衡性更高。原业务信号与扩频调制信号的功率比值大于20dB时,原业务接收机接收误码率基本不受影响。扩频因子为80、信道信噪比大于6dB时,隐蔽接收机误码率小于10-3,能满足一定的隐蔽通信要求。     

四氢萘催化裂化研究进展

加氢处理油中含有一定量的环烷基单环芳烃,研究四氢萘催化裂化有利于加强对更多环数环烷基单环芳烃催化裂化的认识。综述了四氢萘催化裂化过程的反应机理,认为四氢萘主要遵循单分子裂化机理;从反应活化能、扩散、吸附等动力学角度对四氢萘裂解行为进行了解释;催化剂适宜的孔径和BrØnsted酸强度有利于四氢萘开环;随着反应温度升高、剂/油质量比增大、质量空速减小,四氢萘反应活性增强,同时氢转移反应愈发明显。适宜的催化剂孔径和Brnsted酸强度、反应温度、剂/油质量比以及质量空速有利于四氢萘裂化生成低碳烯烃。     

基于EZW的水下作战环境应用产品压缩研究

如何有效利用海军数据链系统传输战术水声环境产品是海军作战环境保障的关键问题之一.然而,战术水声环境数据具有较强的时空变化性,其数据量相对来说较为庞大,且在实际作战环境中,传输信道存在着各种干扰,特别是在海洋战场环境中,通信传输条件较差,传输时间紧迫,致使图像信息的传输容易受到外部因素的非正常干扰甚至中断,从而影响用户端对图像信息的接收.因此.寻求一种不依赖于通信时间和其它外部情况限制町随时结束编码实现数据压缩与渐进传输的编码方法是作战环境信息处理的一项必不可少的工作.运用目前较为先进的嵌入式小波零树编码算法对战术水声环境数据进行压缩,取得了较好的压缩效果,并在此基础上实现了图像的渐进传输,能够较好的适应复杂海洋战场的需求.     

Bithalamic hyperintensity on T2-weighted MR: vascular causes and evaluation with MR angiography

PURPOSE: To determine whether MR angiography can be used to differentiate between the two vascular causes of bithalamic hyperintensity on T2-weighted MR images: "top of the basilar" artery occlusion and deep cerebral vein thrombosis. METHODS: A retrospective review identified six patients with bithalamic T2 hyperintensity of vascular causes. MR angiography was performed in four patients, MR angiography and conventional angiography in one patient, and conventional angiography in one patient. Data pertaining to clinical presentation and hospital course were collected. MR angiographic techniques were multislab overlapping three-dimensional time-of-flight, 2-D time-of-flight, and 2-D phase-contrast. RESULTS: Three cases of top of the basilar artery occlusion and three cases of deep cerebral vein thrombosis were recognized. In all cases, T2 hyperintensity in a vascular distribution suggested cerebral occlusive disease. Infarction involving the thalami and basal ganglia was present in two cases of deep cerebral vein thrombosis. Infarction of the thalami, mesodiencephalic region, and cerebellar hemispheres was present in two cases of basilar artery occlusion. Bithalamic infarction alone was seen in one case of deep cerebral vein thrombosis and one case of basilar artery occlusion. In the five cases in which MR angiography was used, this technique accurately distinguished the vessels involved (arterial or venous). CONCLUSION: MR angiography is a useful adjunct to MR imaging in the evaluation of bithalamic T2 hyperintensity. It does help distinguish between the two vascular causes: top of basilar artery occlusion and deep cerebral vein thrombosis.     

Medical specialists prefer to withdraw familiar technologies when discontinuing life support

OBJECTIVE: To assess how members of different specialties vary in their decisions about which form of life support to withdraw. The hypothesis was that each specialty would be more comfortable withdrawing its "own" form of life support relative to other forms and other specialties. DESIGN: Mail survey. SETTING: 24 medical centers. PARTICIPANTS: 225 specialists in six specialties and 225 comparison physicians randomly matched according to percentage of time devoted to clinical practice. MEASUREMENTS: The six specialties were linked with six life-sustaining technologies related to their special expertise: 1) pulmonologists with mechanical ventilation, 2) nephrologists with hemodialysis, 3) gastroenterologists with tube feedings, 4) hematologists with blood products, 5) cardiologists with intravenous vasopressors, and 6) infectious disease specialists with antibiotics. The subjects ranked different forms of life support in the order in which they would prefer to withdraw them. They also expressed their preferences in response to hypothetical clinical vignettes. RESULTS: In five of the six specialties, the specialists had a relative preference for withdrawing their "own" form of life support, compared with the preferences of the comparison physicians. Overall, the physicians tended to prefer withdrawing a form of life support closely linked with their own specialty. CONCLUSIONS: Just as some specialist physicians tend to reach for different technologies first in treating patients, they also tend to reach for different technologies first when ceasing treatment. Specialists' preferences for different ways to withdraw life support not only may reflect a special understanding of the limits of certain technologies, but also may reveal how ingrained are physicians' patterns of practice.     

Effect of contrast concentration on abdominal enhancement in the rabbit: spiral computed tomography evaluation

BACKGROUND: Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an uncommon, poorly understood granulomatous disease, characterized by the idiopathic proliferation of Langerhan's cells or their marrow precursors. In 1985, the Philadelphia Work-shop adopted the term "Langerhans' cell histiocytosis" (LCH) to differentiate it from reactive and neoplastic causes of histiocytosis. METHODS: This study includes 73 pediatric patients diagnosed with this condition in Dublin, Ireland, and Nottingham, England, during a 34-year period (1959 to 1993). These patients are reviewed with respect to clinical presentation, difficulty with making a histological diagnosis, their management, and outcome. RESULTS: A total of 49 patients (67%) had head and neck involvement. Bony involvement was the most frequent sign, most frequently located in the skull. There were 11 deaths (15%) in this series, all associated with multisystem disease, and nine of these deaths were in children younger than 2 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: The role of otolaryngologists is important in the early and accurate evaluation, staging, and diagnosis of LCH. It may mimic more common diseases, such as otitis externa, acute mastoiditis, skin rash, gingivitis, or cervical lymphadenopathy. Patients with multisystem disease may be so ill at presentation that the head and neck lesions may be overlooked. The current management of LCH has become increasingly conservative, and in the 1990s, fewer cases are given chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The prognosis is very good for single-system disease and poor for multisystem disseminated disease with early onset.     

高性能混凝土结构在热带海洋环境下的服役寿命

近些年,高性能混凝土以其高强度,高抗渗性、抗冻融性、耐腐蚀性的特点得到了越来越广泛的应用。本文通过实验所得数据,简要分析了高性能混凝土在南海热带海洋环境下对混凝土结构服役寿命的影响。结果表明:运用高性能混凝土能大幅度延长混凝土结构的使用寿命。对于港口、防波堤等结构,在热带海洋环境下按照现行规范《水运工程混凝土施工规范》(JTS 202-2011)中规定的最小保护层厚度(65mm)进行设计,不能达到50年的寿命要求,必须增加保护层的厚度至75mm,或者施加附加防护措施,才能满足寿命要求。