Pulsed Eddy Current Imaging of Partially Missing Solder in Brazing Joints of Stainless Steel Core Plates.

Stainless steel core plates (SSCPs) show great potential for modular construction due to their superiority of excellent mechanical properties, light weight, and low cost over traditional concrete and honeycomb structures. During the brazing process of SSCP joints which connect the skin panel and core tubes, it is difficult to keep an even heat flow of inert gas in the vast furnace, which can lead to partially missing solder defects in brazing joints. Pulsed eddy current imaging (PECI) has demonstrated feasibility for detecting missing solder defects, but various factors including lift-off variation and image blurring can deteriorate the quality of C-scan images, resulting in inaccurate evaluation of the actual state of the brazed joints.

Engineering superstable islets-laden chitosan microgels with carboxymethyl cellulose coating for long-term blood glucose regulation in vivo.

Islet transplantation to restore endogenous insulin secretion is a promising therapy for type 1 diabetes in clinic. However, host immune rejection seriously limits the survival of transplanted islets. Despite of the various encapsulation strategies and materials developed so far to provide immune isolation for transplanted islets, long-term blood glucose regulation is still difficult due to the inherent defects of the encapsulation materials.

The exciting encounter between lncRNAs and radiosensitivity in IR-induced DNA damage events.

Radiation therapy is a commonly used tool in cancer management due to its ability to destroy malignant tumors. Mechanically, the efficacy of radiotherapy mainly depends on the inherent radiosensitivity of cancer cells and surrounding normal tissues, which mostly accounts for molecular dynamics associated with radiation-induced DNA damage. However, the relationship between radiosensitivity and DNA damage mechanism deserves to be further probed.

D-galactose protects the intestine from ionizing radiation-induced injury by altering the gut microbiome.

This article aims to investigate the protection of the intestine from ionizing radiation-induced injury by using D-galactose (D-gal) to alter the gut microbiome. In addition, this observation opens up further lines of research to further increase therapeutic potentials. Male C57BL/6 mice were exposed to 7.

Nondestructive Testing of Local Incomplete Brazing Defect in Stainless Steel Core Panel Using Pulsed Eddy Current.

Stainless steel core panel is a novel structure for fast modular building, but its brazing foils are susceptible to defects due to the difficulty of precisely controlling the brazing process. An automated, nondestructive testing technique is highly desirable for quick inspection of the brazing defects buried in the stainless-steel core panel. In this paper, pulsed eddy current testing (PECT) was employed to inspect local incomplete brazing defects.

Increased activation of cGAS-STING pathway enhances radiosensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer cells.

Background: Radiotherapy is an effective therapeutic approach widely used clinically in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but radioresistance remains a major challenge. New and effective radiosensitizing approaches are thus urgently needed. The activation of DNA-sensing cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway has become an attractive therapeutic target, but the relationship between activation of cGAS-STING pathway and radiosensitization of NSCLC cells remains unknown.

Elevated BTG2 improves the radiosensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through apoptosis.

Background: To identify radio-responsive genes and explore the biological function of encoded proteins in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: Radio-responsive genes in irradiated H460 cells were screened from microarray data deposited in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. A quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction assay was used to detect the expression of candidate radio-responsive genes in irradiated cells.

[Prokaryotic expression, purification and characterization of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2].

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) inhibits tumor migration and invasion. Obtaining TIMP-2 protein is conducive to a comprehensive and in-depth study of its function and mechanism in tumorigenesis and development. We collected human TIMP-2 protein through prokaryotic expression in vitro.

Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Associated With Irradiation in Breast Cancer Tissue and Breast Cancer Cell Lines.

Radiotherapy is mainly a traditional treatment for breast cancer; however, the key genes and pathways in breast cancer associated with irradiation are not clear. In this study, we aimed to explore the messenger RNA expression changes between preradiation and postradiation breast cancer. The gene expression data set (GSE59733) was downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus database.

Gut Microbiota Metabolite Fights Against Dietary Polysorbate 80-Aggravated Radiation Enteritis.

Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of modern management methods for malignancies but is accompanied by diverse side effects. In the present study, we showed that food additives such as polysorbate 80 (P80) exacerbate irradiation-induced gastrointestinal (GI) tract toxicity. A 16S ribosomal RNA high-throughput sequencing analysis indicated that P80 consumption altered the abundance and composition of the gut microbiota, leading to severe radiation-induced GI tract injury.

Gut microbiota-derived indole 3-propionic acid protects against radiation toxicity via retaining acyl-CoA-binding protein.

Background: We have proved fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an efficacious remedy to mitigate acute radiation syndrome (ARS); however, the mechanisms remain incompletely characterized. Here, we aimed to tease apart the gut microbiota-produced metabolites, underpin the therapeutic effects of FMT to radiation injuries, and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms.

Results: FMT elevated the level of microbial-derived indole 3-propionic acid (IPA) in fecal pellets from irradiated mice.

LncRNA HOTAIR enhances breast cancer radioresistance through facilitating HSPA1A expression via sequestering miR-449b-5p.

Background: Breast cancer (BRCA) is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Pre- and postoperative radiotherapy play a pivotal role in BRCA treatment but its efficacy remains limited and plagued by the emergence of radiation resistance, which aggravates patient prognosis. The long noncoding RNA (lncRNA)-implicated mechanisms underlying radiation resistance are rarely reported.

Sexual Dimorphism of Gut Microbiota Dictates Therapeutics Efficacy of Radiation Injuries.

Accidental or iatrogenic ionizing radiation exposure precipitates acute and chronic radiation injuries. The traditional paradigm of mitigating radiotherapy-associated adverse side effects has ignored the gender-specific dimorphism of patients' divergent responses. Here, the effects of sexual dimorphism on curative efficiencies of therapeutic agents is examined in murine models of irradiation injury.

Cordycepin sensitizes breast cancer cells toward irradiation through elevating ROS production involving Nrf2.

Radiation therapy toward malignancies is often ineffective owing to radioresistance of cancer cells. On the basis of anti-tumor properties of cordycepin, we examined the effects of cordycepin on sensitizing breast cancer cells toward radiotherapy. Cordycepin administration promoted G2/M arrest and apoptosis of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells resulting in restraining the proliferation of the cells in vitro and in vivo following irradiation.

Amelioration of whole abdominal irradiation-induced intestinal injury in mice with 3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM).

Ionizing radiation-induced intestinal injury is a catastrophic disease with limited effective therapies. 3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM), a potent antioxidant agent, has previously been shown to ameliorate hematopoietic injury in a murine model of total body radiation injury, but its effects on ionizing radiation-induced intestinal damage are not clear. Here, we demonstrate that administration of DIM not only protects mice against whole abdominal irradiation (WAI)-induced lethality and weight loss but also ameliorates crypt-villus structural and functional injury of the small intestine.

Low dose irradiation facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma genesis involving HULC.

Irradiation exposure positive correlates with tumor formation, such as breast cancer and lung cancer. However, whether low dose irradiation induces hepatocarcinogenesis and the underlying mechanism remain poorly defined. In the present study, we reported that low dose irradiation facilitated the proliferation of hepatocyte through up-regulating HULC in vitro and in vivo.

Research on two-port network of wavelet transform processor using surface acoustic wavelet devices and its application.

The goal of this research is to study two-port network of wavelet transform processor (WTP) using surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices and its application. The motive was prompted by the inconvenience of the long research and design cycle and the huge research funding involved with traditional method in this field, which were caused by the lack of the simulation and emulation method of WTP using SAW devices. For this reason, we introduce the two-port network analysis tool, which has been widely used in the design and analysis of SAW devices with uniform interdigital transducers (IDTs).

Temperature compensation of the SAW yarn tension sensor.

The objective of this research was to investigate the possibility of the temperature compensation for the surface acoustic wave (SAW) yarn tension sensor. The motivation for this work was prompted by the oscillation frequency of the SAW yarn tension sensor varying with the temperature. In this paper, we deduce the functional relationship between the temperature variation and the oscillation frequency shift caused by the temperature.

A novel optimal sensitivity design scheme for yarn tension sensor using surface acoustic wave device.

In this paper, we propose a novel optimal sensitivity design scheme for the yarn tension sensor using surface acoustic wave (SAW) device. In order to obtain the best sensitivity, the regression model between the size of the SAW yarn tension sensor substrate and the sensitivity of the SAW yarn tension sensor was established using the least square method. The model was validated too.

Implementing wavelet inverse-transform processor with surface acoustic wave device.

The objective of this research was to investigate the implementation schemes of the wavelet inverse-transform processor using surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, the length function of defining the electrodes, and the possibility of solving the load resistance and the internal resistance for the wavelet inverse-transform processor using SAW device. In this paper, we investigate the implementation schemes of the wavelet inverse-transform processor using SAW device. In the implementation scheme that the input interdigital transducer (IDT) and output IDT stand in a line, because the electrode-overlap envelope of the input IDT is identical with the one of the output IDT (i.

A novel compensation method of insertion losses for wavelet inverse-transform processors using surface acoustic wave devices.

The objective of this research was to investigate the possibility of compensating for the insertion losses of the wavelet inverse-transform processors using SAW devices. The motivation for this work was prompted by the processors which are of large insertion losses. In this paper, the insertion losses are the key problem of the wavelet inverse-transform processors using SAW devices.

Solution to the influence of the MSSW propagating velocity on the bandwidths of the single-scale wavelet-transform processor using MSSW device.

The objective of this research was to investigate the possibility of solving the influence of the magnetostatic surface wave (MSSW) propagating velocity on the bandwidths of the single-scale wavelet transform processor using MSSW device. The motivation for this work was prompted by the processor that -3dB bandwidth varies as the propagating velocity of MSSW changes. In this paper, we present the influence of the magnetostatic surface wave (MSSW) propagating velocity on the bandwidths as the key problem of the single-scale wavelet transform processor using MSSW device.

[Method of infrared spectrum on-line pattern recognition of mixed gas distribution based on SVM].

In order to solve the difficulties that the spectrum training data samples of the massive mixed gas cannot be actually obtained, the analysis precision is low and it is not real time online analysis in the analysis of mixed gas component concentration, the support vector machine, a new information processing method, was used in the mixed gas infrared spectrum analysis, and the concept of mixed gas distribution pattern was proposed in the present paper. Based on the thought that the mixed gas distribution pattern recognition is carried out first, and then the analysis work of mixed gas component concentration is done, sixty kinds of mixed gas distribution pattern were determined after investigation and study, and 6000 mixed gas spectrum data samples were used for model training and testing. Sequential minimal optimization algorithm was applied to realize the decrement and the increase of online learning, and finally the model of infrared spectrum online pattern recognition of mixed gas distribution based on SVM was established.

[Quantitative analysis of multi-component gas mixture based on KPCA and SVR].

In the present paper, the authors present a new quantitative analysis method of mid-infrared spectrum. The method combines the kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) technique with support vector regress machine (SVR) to createa quantitative analysis model of multi-component gas mixtures. Firstly, the spectra of multi-component gas mixtures samples were mapped nonlinearly into a high-dimensional feature space through the use of Gaussian kernels.

Improving the emission characteristics of a carbon nanotube cathode in an aging process.

Aging of the field emission performance of the printed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) cathode is studied. A continuous increase of the field emission current as well as the density of field emission sites under a constant voltage is observed. It is revealed that the resistant heating may play an important role in the activation of the potential emitters during the aging process.