Opposite-channel-based charge injection in SOI MOSFET's under hotcarrier stress

By operating one channel of a typical SOI MOSFET in avalanche while keeping the opposite channel accumulated, charge injection into the opposite gate takes place. Three independent experiments are described that demonstrate the occurrence of this opposite-channel based charge injection. The experimental results are in agreement with PISCES numerical simulations     

Widespread posttraumatic spinal subdural hematoma--imaging findings with spontaneous resolution: case report

A 63-year-old man developed paraparesis and signs of meningeal irritation 4 days after a fall which caused a minor contusion of the cervical spine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an extensive spinal subdural hematoma. The usefulness of MRI for diagnosis and successful conservative treatment is discussed.     

提高矿井通风系统的安全和可靠性

分析了矿井通风系统存在的问题 ,针对性地提出了一些提高矿井通风系统安全及可靠性的措施     

组态软件在应用中的功能扩展

在DDE动态数据交换基础上,采用本地以太网UDP用户数据报协议,解决了组态王不支持网络变量从本机输出的问题,完善了系统功能。     

Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: Unvalidated assumptions, anomalies, and suggestions for future research.

Questions several assumptions about the rationale for pharmacological therapies for smoking cessation, including whether (1) future smokers will be those more dependent on nicotine and thus in greater need of nicotine replacement or other pharmacotherapy, (2) transdermal nicotine and nicotine gum work by reducing withdrawal symptoms, and (3) clonidine works by decreasing sympathetic arousal. After describing currently available pharmacotherapies, the article also describes several unexpected findings that need to be taken into consideration by clinicians: (1) Transdermal nicotine is effective when given without psychological therapy, (2) transdermal nicotine and nicotine gum do not consistently decrease postcessation weight gain, (3) high level of nicotine dependence does not consistently predict better response to transdermal nicotine, and (4) clonidine is effective in women but not in men. The article poses other questions for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

光纤光栅最佳切趾函数的研究

采用耦合模理论，给出了用传输矩阵法计算光纤Bragg光栅（FBG）特性的方法，进而得到了在不同切趾函数形式下的FBG反射谱的数值解。通过理论分析，给出了最佳切趾函数反射谱和群时延特性曲线。     

Pain drawings in the assessment of nerve root compression: a comparative study with lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective comparative study of pain drawings with findings on lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging. OBJECTIVES: To assess the ability of the pain drawing to predict the presence of nerve root compression. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Most research work has concentrated on the ability of the pain drawing to act as a screening method for psychological distress with less work directed at the influence the anatomic abnormality has on the pain drawing. METHODS: One hundred thirty-four consecutive outpatients attending for lumbar magnetic resonance imaging in the investigation of back and leg pain completed pain drawings and psychological testing immediately before the examination. The pain drawing was analyzed by previously reported criteria, and the magnetic resonance imaging was assessed independently for the presence of nerve compression by three radiologists. Multivariate stepwise discriminant analysis was used to identify patients with nerve compression on the basis of their pain drawing. RESULTS: Nerve compression was predicted by numbness in the anterolateral aspect of the foot. There was considerable overlap in the appearances of the pain drawings between patients with and without nerve compression, and the pain drawing correctly classified only 58% of patients with nerve compression. CONCLUSIONS: The pain drawing is not a good predictor of nerve compression on magnetic resonance imaging in a group of patients investigated for back and leg pain. It should be interpreted with caution and in light of the full clinical picture.     

Investigation of I1-imidazoline receptors using microphysiometry and molecular modelling

A truncated form of SAG1, the immunodominant surface antigen of Toxoplasma gondii, has been produced in the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris. By construction, the recombinant protein lacks C-terminal residues 308-336 which, in native SAG1, encompass the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchorage site. Secretion of anchor-less SAG1 proceeded via the yeast prepro alpha-mating factor signal peptide and yielded two immunoreactive protein species having apparent molecular masses of 31.5 and 34.5 kDa, respectively, and differing only by N-glycosylation of the single Asn-X-Ser site present in the molecule. Purification of the anchor-less SAG1 was achieved by a combination of ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatographies. N-terminal amino acid sequencing of the products indicated the presence of additional residues glutamic acid--alanine at the N-terminal end of the products. Despite incomplete processing and unnatural glycosylation, anchor-less SAG1 proteins apparently adopted a suitable conformation recognized by monoclonal and human serum-derived antibodies, specific for the native SAG1. In addition, the recombinant anchor-less SAG1 proved competent for inducing proliferation, in vitro, of mononuclear cells from seropositive individuals. Finally, properly adjuvanted anchor-less SAG1 was able to induce protection of mice against a lethal challenge with T. gondii tachyzoites.