Incompressible flow calculations with a consistent physical interpolation finite volume approach

The computation of incompressible three-dimensional viscous flow is discussed. A new physically consistent method is presented for the reconstruction for velocity fluxes which arise from the mass and momentum balance discrete equations. This closure method for fluxes allows the use of a cell-centered grid in which velocity and pressure unknowns share the same location, while circumventing the occurrence of spurious pressure modes. The method is validated on several benchmark problems which include steady laminar flow predictions on a two-dimensional cartesian (lid driven 2D cavity) or curvilinear grid (circular cylinder problem at Re = 40), unsteady three-dimensional laminar flow predictions on a cartesian grid (parallelopipedic lid driven cavity) and unsteady two-dimensional turbulent flow predictions on a curvilinear grid (vortex shedding past a square cylinder at Re = 22,000).     

Immunohistochemical localization of estradiol and progesterone receptors in human uterus throughout pregnancy: expression in endometrial blood vessels

Although progesterone and estrogens are essential to maintain human pregnancy after implantation, the localization of their specific receptors in different uterine cell types during pregnancy has not been investigated. We studied uteri (n = 40) obtained during the first 3 months of pregnancy (n = 21) and in late pregnancy (n = 9) as well as from women 5-14 weeks pregnant (n = 10) who had received the antiprogestagen RU 38486 (Roussel-UCLAF) to induce cervical dilation. Frozen tissues were processed for indirect immunocytochemical staining with specific monoclonal antibodies against estrogen receptors (ER; Abbott Laboratories) and progesterone receptors (PR; Li 417). Specific staining for steroid receptors was only detected in the nucleus. In the endometrium, PR staining remained fairly constant throughout pregnancy, whereas ER staining was initially weak and then undetectable. PR was widely expressed in stromal cells and in spiral arterial wall cells, whereas ER was expressed in scattered stromal cells and arterial cells. Both PR and ER were absent from glandular epithelium, contrasting with the secretory activity during the first trimester. Spiral arteries of the endometrium and myometrial smooth muscle cells showed intense PR and moderate ER staining in early pregnancy. The progesterone antagonist RU 38486 (mifepristone), given in early pregnancy at a dose of 200 mg, caused a marked increase in ER staining and a smaller increase in PR staining in stromal cells, whereas the glandular epithelium remained negative for both ER and PR (except for one and two specimens, respectively). We conclude the following. 1) Stromal cells retain PR despite the high progesterone levels during pregnancy, in keeping with the role of progesterone in stromal decidualization. The absence of PR from the secretory glandular epithelium suggests a paracrine link between decidualized stromal cells and epithelial cells. 2) Significant PR down-regulation by progesterone during pregnancy occurs only in epithelial cells of the endometrium. 3) In contrast, the absence or low level of ER staining in the various cell types of the endometrium during gestation concurs with the known effect (down-regulation) of steroid hormones on ER mRNA or protein levels. The increase in ER in human decidua after RU 38486 treatment indicates that the main cause of the low ER levels is progesterone secretion. 4) The intense PR staining in smooth muscle cells of spiral arteries during early pregnancy suggests that progesterone is essential for modulating blood flow during pregnancy.     

Ray-cast volume rendering accelerated by incremental trilinear interpolation and cell templates

Two related ideas for improving the speed of ray-cast volume rendering are studied in this paper. The first is an incremental algorithm for trilinear interpolation, a method commonly used in ray-cast volume rendering to calculate sample values. The incremental algorithm can expedite trilinear interpolation when many samples along a ray are located in one cell. The second is an efficient hybrid volume rendering restricted to parallel projection. In the preprocessing stage, acell template is created to store the information used by the incremental trilinear interpolation. When a cell is parallel projected, the information is retrieved from the template to compute the cell contribution. Because the algorithm with only one template may cause aliasing, an antialiasing technique exploiting multiple cell templates is proposed. With our method, ray-cast volume rendering can be accelerated considerably.     

CTLA4 mediates antigen-specific apoptosis of human T cells

The regulation of T cell-mediated immune responses requires a balance between amplification and generation of effector function and subsequent selective termination by clonal deletion. Although apoptosis of previously activated T cells can be induced by signaling of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family, these molecules do not appear to regulate T-cell clonal deletion in an antigen-specific fashion. We demonstrate that cross-linking of the inducible T-cell surface molecule CTLA4 can mediate apoptosis of previously activated human T lymphocytes. This function appears to be antigen-restricted, since a concomitant signal T-cell receptor signal is required. Regulation of this pathway may provide a novel therapeutic strategy to delete antigen-specific activated T cells.     

PD275kg／m全长热处理钢轨研制

以高碳低锰碳素热轧钢轨为热处理原料轨，采用双频电感应加热、压缩空气欠速淬火热处理技术研制的ＰＤ２７５ｋｇ／ｍ热处理钢轨，硬化层深度≥１５ｍｍ、组织为细珠光体；力学性能：σ０．２８１５￣９８０ＭＰａ、σｂ１１８５￣１３４０ＭＰａ、δ５１０％￣１５％，常温冲击韧性ａＫ１４￣３３Ｊ／ｃｍ＾２，断裂韧性ＫＩｃ平均值４５．５ＭＰａ·ｍ＾１／２。具有强度高，塑韧性好的综合性能。使用性能优良，寿命比同曲线的Ｕ７     

Synthesis and characterization of block copolymers from D,L-lactide and poly(tetramethylene ether glycol)

The copolymer from D ,L -lactide and poly(tetramethyene ether glycol) (PTMG) was prepared in bulk with an isotributyl aluminum–water–phosphoric acid complex catalyst as the initiator and characterized by H-NMR, GPC, and DSC. The effects of the temperature and the amount of PTMG on the polymerization rate and the molecular weight of copolymers were studied. The behavior of the degradation and delivery rate of Levonorgestrel microspheres in vitro was observed. The results show that the degradation and the delivery rate can be controlled by adjusting the molar rate of hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments of the copolymer © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

钨带灯的稳定性判据试验

我们通过对国产ＢＷ—１４００型真空钨带灯的稳定性判据进行研究，发现通过钨带灯的电流达到稳定的时间很短（小于５分钟），而钨带灯的灯电阻需要经过２０分钟后才能达到稳定，因此，用电流稳定性作为钨带灯的热平衡判据是不够的，更可靠的判据还应看灯电阻是否达到平衡。     

温度,压力对漂移室气体增益的影响

研究了温度及气体压力对漂移室（工作于正比区）气体放大倍数的影响，温度和气体压力的变化范围分别是５￣４０℃及９０￣１０５ｋＰａ。用实验数据拟合得到了函数关系并测量了几种饱和度下函数中的参数值。     

pH传感器温度补偿模型研究

水质pH值在线监测对提高水产品健康养殖至关重要,本文将无线传感器网络与pH值传感器相集成,设计了pH值监测的无线传感器网络系统。为克服pH值测量过程中温度对测量结果的影响,提出了一种pH传感器温度补偿模型,该模型通过pH传感器和PT100铂电阻温度传感器分别测量溶液的pH值和温度,利用最小二乘法对pH值和电压进行线性分析,建立pH传感器的温度补偿模型。实验结果表明,该补偿模型测量精度高,能够实现较精确的pH值在线监测。