Parametric study of the electrical to thermal power conversion in an inductively coupledrf plasma torch

An inductively coupled (ic) radio-frequency (rf) stabilized argon plasma was generated in a quartz tube using a 7 MHzrf generator. The electrical and thermal powers were measured and the efficiency of energy conversion was computed. The results indicate that for a constant power input, there is an optimum argon flow rate for which maximum energy conversion efficiency occurs.     

海水中VLF传播特性分析

本文以电磁波反射定律与折射定律为基础,建立了电磁波在两种介质分界面处的传播模型,研究了甚低频电磁波在导电媒质中的传播特性,推导了甚低频波在海面及海水中传播的电场表达式,分析了导电媒质对不同频率的电磁波所产生的影响,分析结果表明,甚低频电磁波在海水中的穿透深度较大,能够满足水下通信要求。     

激光焊接对接拼缝测量的微景深方法

对于复杂微细、错边量小的激光焊接拼缝测量,现有的视觉传感器方法不能稳定、可靠地提取出拼缝的中心位置、拼缝宽度等信息。为此,提出了基于微景深的激光焊接对接拼缝测量方法,该方法采用高倍光学放大镜头、工业CCD(Charge Coupled Device)/CMOS(Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Transistor)相机和LED(Light-Emitting Diode)外部照明装置,以光学成像光轴与被测表面法矢呈45°的方式,组成的对接拼缝的非接触测量系统,既解决了显微放大时景深很小、测量范围小的问题,又解决了狭窄拼缝高光学放大倍数拼缝检测的难题。实验结果表明,该系统可快速准确地提取出拼缝中心坐标、拼缝宽度以及拼缝局部表面法矢。拼缝宽度测量精度优于5 μm,拼缝中心测量精度优于6 μm,可识别的最小拼缝宽度为0.02 mm,完全满足激光焊接对接狭窄拼缝的检测与自动跟踪的要求。     

基于单幅图像景深和大气散射模型的去雾方法

为恢复雾天图像对比度和颜色,更好地提取图像中的信息,根据海上开阔海域的特点,利用3维到2维透视投影模型,推导了海上图像任意像素点景深的计算公式,并结合暗原色先验知识,有效解决基准景深点的选取和天空亮度的选取问题,最后基于相对景深模型和大气散射模型,对单幅雾天图像进行清晰化处理。通过大量雾天降质图像的实验验证,该算法的去雾效果优于基于暗原色先验统计方法的效果。     

基于视觉的多特征手势识别

手势是一种自然直观的交互方式,基于视觉的手势识别是实现新一代人机交互的关键技术。本文在已有的手势识别技术基础上,从手势分割及手势表示两方面着手,提出了一种单目视觉下的手势识别方法。利用颜色特征检测肤色区域,成功分割出人手;利用人手的轮廓及凸缺陷检测指尖,再利用指尖的数目和方位来表示一个手势,进而结合轮廓长度和面积等几何特征完成手势识别。传统的指尖检测方法需要遍历并扫描手掌外轮廓,计算量大,本文通过凸缺陷检测指尖,减少了计算量,提高了指尖检测的速度。实验结果表明,本文的方法具有很好的鲁棒性及实时性,能适应环境的变化。     

铍材应力常数的X射线法测试

在X2001应力分析仪上采用悬臂梁加载法测试了可以用于铍的X射线应力测试的5个衍射晶面的应力常数。结果表明,铍的5个衍射晶面的应力常数差异较大，在进行X射线应力分析时．应采用相应衍射晶面的应力常数，才能获得准确的应力分析结果。由于X射线对铍有较大的穿透深度，必须考虑X射线穿透深度对应力常数标定的影响。     

Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Skin Regeneration and Rejuvenation

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells derived from adult stem cells. Primary MSCs can be obtained from diverse sources, including bone marrow, adipose tissue, and umbilical cord blood. Recently, MSCs have been recognized as therapeutic agents for skin regeneration and rejuvenation. The skin can be damaged by wounds, caused by cutting or breaking of the tissue, and burns. Moreover, skin aging is a process that occurs naturally but can be worsened by environmental pollution, exposure to ultraviolet radiation, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, and undernourishment. MSCs have healing capacities that can be applied in damaged and aged skin. In skin regeneration, MSCs increase cell proliferation and neovascularization, and decrease inflammation in skin injury lesions. In skin rejuvenation, MSCs lead to production of collagen and elastic fibers, inhibition of metalloproteinase activation, and promote protection from ultraviolet radiation-induced senescence. In this review, we focus on how MSCs and MSC-derived molecules improve diseased and aged skin. Additionally, we emphasize that induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived MSCs are potentially advanced MSCs, which are suitable for cell therapy.     

The Complex and Critical Role of Glycine 12 (G12) in Beta-Connexins of Human Skin

Glycine is an amino acid with unique properties because its side chain is composed of a single hydrogen atom. It confers conformational flexibility to proteins and conserved glycines are often indicative of protein domains involving tight turns or bends. All six beta-type connexins expressed in human epidermis (Cx26, Cx30, Cx30.3, Cx31, Cx31.1 and Cx32) contain a glycine at position 12 (G12). G12 is located about halfway through the cytoplasmic amino terminus and substitutions alter connexin function in a variety of ways, in some cases altering protein interactions and leading to cell death. There is also evidence that alteration of G12 changes the structure of the amino terminus in connexin- and amino acid- specific ways. This review integrates structural, functional and physiological information about the role of G12 in connexins, focusing on beta-connexins expressed in human epidermis. The importance of G12 substitutions in these beta-connexins is revealed in two hereditary skin disorders, keratitis ichthyosis and erythrokeratodermia variabilis, both of which result from missense mutations affecting G12.     

Melanin Distribution in Human Skin: Influence of Cytoskeletal,Polarity, and Centrosome-Related Machinery of Stratum basale Keratinocytes

Melanin granules cluster within supra-nuclear caps in basal keratinocytes (KCs) of the human epidermis, where they protect KC genomic DNA against ultraviolet radiation (UVR) damage. While much is known about melanogenesis in melanocytes (MCs) and a moderate amount about melanin transfer from MC to KC, we know little about the fate of melanin once inside KCs. We recently reported that melanin fate in progenitor KCs is regulated by rare asymmetric organelle movement during mitosis. Here, we explore the role of actin, microtubules, and centrosome-associated machinery in distributing melanin within KCs. Short-term cultures of human skin explants were treated with cytochalasin-B and nocodazole to target actin filaments and microtubules, respectively. Treatment effects on melanin distribution were assessed by the Warthin–Starry stain, on centrosome-associated proteins by immunofluorescence microscopy, and on co-localisation with melanin granules by brightfield microscopy. Cytochalasin-B treatment disassembled supra-nuclear melanin caps, while nocodazole treatment moved melanin from the apical to basal KC domain. Centrosome and centriolar satellite-associated proteins showed a high degree of co-localisation with melanin. Thus, once melanin granules are transferred to KCs, their preferred apical distribution appears to be facilitated by coordinated movement of centrosomes and centriolar satellites. This mechanism may control melanin’s strategic position within UVR-exposed KCs.     

RE型活化剂对氮碳共渗渗层性能的影响

研究了RE 型活化剂对45#、40Cr钢氮碳共渗的渗层硬度及深度的影响。结果表明:RE 型活化剂使渗层硬度和深度都得到了很大提高。