Microscale Electro‐Hydrodynamic Cell Printing with High Viability

Cell printing has gained extensive attentions for the controlled fabrication of living cellular constructs in vitro. Various cell printing techniques are now being explored and developed for improved cell viability and printing resolution. Here an electro‐hydrodynamic cell printing strategy is developed with microscale resolution (<100 µm) and high cellular viability (>95%). Unlike the existing electro‐hydrodynamic cell jetting or printing explorations, insulating substrate is used to replace conventional semiconductive substrate as the collecting surface which significantly reduces the electrical current in the electro‐hydrodynamic printing process from milliamperes (>0.5 mA) to microamperes (<10 µA). Additionally, the nozzle‐to‐collector distance is fixed as small as 100 µm for better control over filament deposition. These features ensure high cellular viability and normal postproliferative capability of the electro‐hydrodynamically printed cells. The smallest width of the electro‐hydrodynamically printed hydrogel filament is 82.4 ± 14.3 µm by optimizing process parameters. Multiple hydrogels or multilayer cell‐laden constructs can be flexibly printed under cell‐friendly conditions. The printed cells in multilayer hydrogels kept alive and gradually spread during 7‐days culture in vitro. This exploration offers a novel and promising cell printing strategy which might benefit future biomedical innovations such as microscale tissue engineering, organ‐on‐a‐chip systems, and nanomedicine.     

Anisotropic Materials for Skeletal‐Muscle‐Tissue Engineering

Repair of damaged skeletal‐muscle tissue is limited by the regenerative capacity of the native tissue. Current clinical approaches are not optimal for the treatment of large volumetric skeletal‐muscle loss. As an alternative, tissue engineering represents a promising approach for the functional restoration of damaged muscle tissue. A typical tissue‐engineering process involves the design and fabrication of a scaffold that closely mimics the native skeletal‐muscle extracellular matrix (ECM), allowing organization of cells into a physiologically relevant 3D architecture. In particular, anisotropic materials that mimic the morphology of the native skeletal‐muscle ECM, can be fabricated using various biocompatible materials to guide cell alignment, elongation, proliferation, and differentiation into myotubes. Here, an overview of fundamental concepts associated with muscle‐tissue engineering and the current status of muscle‐tissue‐engineering approaches is provided. Recent advances in the development of anisotropic scaffolds with micro‐ or nanoscale features are reviewed, and how scaffold topographical, mechanical, and biochemical cues correlate to observed cellular function and phenotype development is examined. Finally, some recent developments in both the design and utility of anisotropic materials in skeletal‐muscle‐tissue engineering are highlighted, along with their potential impact on future research and clinical applications.     

关于CJJ/T135-2009标准中胶凝材料用量确定方法的对比讨论

文章讨论了《透水水泥混凝土路面技术规程》(CJJ/T135-2009)标准中配合比设计部分关于胶凝材料用量确定方法与其他两种胶凝材料用量确定方法的准确性、便捷性、应变性和可操作性.通过对实验结果的分析发现,CJJ/T135-2009中的胶凝材料用量确定方法误将水胶比理解成每立方米混凝土用水量与所有胶凝材料用量的体积之比,从而导致计算结果偏差.而采用实际测定浆体密度再确定胶凝材料用量的方法更符合工程应用的实际情况,且可操作性更强.     

Spatial Micropatterning of Growth Factors in 3D Hydrogels for Location‐Specific Regulation of Cellular Behaviors

Growth factors are potent stimuli for regulating cell function in tissue engineering strategies, but spatially patterning their presentation in 3D in a facile manner using a single material is challenging. Micropatterning is an attractive tool to modulate the cellular microenvironment with various biochemical and physical cues and study their effects on stem cell behaviors. Implementing heparin's ability to immobilize growth factors, dual‐crosslinkable alginate hydrogels are micropatterned in 3D with photocrosslinkable heparin substrates with various geometries and micropattern sizes, and their capability to establish 3D micropatterns of growth factors within the hydrogels is confirmed. This 3D micropatterning method could be applied to various heparin binding growth factors, such as fibroblast growth factor‐2, vascular endothelial growth factor, transforming growth factor‐betas and bone morphogenetic proteins while retaining the hydrogel's natural degradability and cytocompability. Stem cells encapsulated within these micropatterned hydrogels have exhibited spatially localized growth and differentiation responses corresponding to various growth factor patterns, demonstrating the versatility of the approach in controlling stem cell behavior for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.     

超声背散射信息熵成像评价脂肪肝的新方法

提出超声背散射Tsallis信息熵成像评价脂肪肝的新方法。利用滑动窗口法,估算窗口内局部背散射包络信号的Tsallis信息熵参数值,对信息熵参数值矩阵进行扫描变换、颜色映射及感兴趣区域设置,叠加到超声B模式图像,实现Tsallis信息熵成像。分析72名肝脏捐献者和204名患者的超声背散射信号,参考标准分别为磁共振波谱测得的肝脏脂肪分数(Hepatic Fat Fraction, HFF)和肝活检组织学检查测得的脂肪肝程度。对于72名肝脏捐献者,Tsallis信息熵与lg(HFF)的相关系数r=0.67(P<0.000 1)。对于204名患者,受试者工作特征曲线下面积分别为0.82、0.88、0.89(≥轻度、≥中度、≥重度),而超声背散射零差K成像分别为0.76、0.82、0.82。超声背散射Tsallis信息熵成像可以直观定征并定量评价脂肪肝的严重程度,其诊断性能优于超声背散射零差K成像,可作为一种超声评价脂肪肝的新方法。     

基于强化学习的多策略选择遗传算法

为解决传统遗传算法早熟收敛和收敛速度慢的问题,提出一种基于强化学习的多策略选择遗传算法MPSGA。通过使用不同的选择策略将整个种群划分为3个子种群并分别进化,能提高种群的多样性,有效避免遗传算法的早熟收敛问题。将种群的多样性和算法的运行机制相结合,根据种群多样性的变化运用强化学习算法动态地优化各子种群间的比例参数,从而将种群多样性保持在合适的范围,一定程度上解决了收敛速度和全局收敛性之间的矛盾。实验结果表明,该算法在收敛精度和搜索效率上都表现出较好的性能。     

基于线性规划和遗传–粒子群算法的烧结配料多目标综合优化方法

针对钢铁企业二次配料工艺,本文采用将硫含量折算为可比成本,兼顾节能减排目标和配料成本,建立了二次配料多目标优化模型;提出了一种基于线性规划和遗传–粒子群算法（GA–PSO）的钢铁烧结配料优化方法.首先采用线性规划算法进行求解,若线性规划方法无法求得最优解,则采用GA–PSO算法进行搜索.该方法应用于某钢铁企业360m2生产线的＂配料优化与决策支持系统＂中,实际运行结果表明,该算法在保证烧结矿质量的前提下,能够有效地减少二氧化硫排放,降低配料成本.     

基于计算机图形处理与有限元仿真的前列腺穿刺变形模拟

摘 要：前列腺癌近距离放射治疗是有效治疗前列腺癌的一种微创治疗方法。然而在手术针向前列腺内部植入放射性粒子的过程中,前列腺和周围软组织器官的变形会导致粒子植入偏差。本文运用计算机图像处理与有限元仿真技术,使用患者术前的核磁图像,结合盆腔解剖学知识和三维重建技术,建立前列腺器官群有限元模型,并对粒子植入手术过程进行术前的有限元模拟计算,从而得到目标位置的变形量。有限元计算中的输入量均由实验数据结合有限元软件反求获得。结果表明：模型的穿刺变形量符合术中前列腺变形情况,周边组织器官均能提供有效约束。文章方法可以应用于术前穿刺轨迹规划、剂量规划和手术模拟训练机。