Zhachong Shisanwei pill drug-containing serum protects HO-Induced PC12 cells injury by suppressing apoptosis, oxidative stress via regulating the MAPK signaling pathway.

Introduction: Zhachong Shisanwei Pill (ZSP) is a classical Mongolian formula that combines 13 types of Chinese medicinal materials and has been used for treating ischemic stroke (IS) for centuries. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms have yet to be fully elucidated. The aim of this study is to explore potential mechanism of ZSP on nerve cells in cerebral ischemic injury.

Order scheduling optimization in manufacturing enterprises based on MDP and dynamic programming.

In the era of Industry 4.0, order scheduling is a crucial link in the production of manufacturing enterprises. In view of order scheduling in manufacturing enterprises, a finite horizon Markov decision process model is proposed in this work based on two sets of equipment and three types of orders with different production lead times to maximize the revenue in manufacturing production systems.

Strongly suppressed diffuse scattering in periodic graphene metamaterials.

As an emerging two-dimensional material, graphene offers an alternative material platform for exploring new metamaterial phenomena and device functionalities. In this work, we examine diffuse scattering properties in graphene metamaterials. We take periodic graphene nanoribbons as a representative example and show that diffuse reflection in graphene metamaterials as dominated by diffraction orders is restricted to wavelengths less than that of first-order Rayleigh anomaly, and is enhanced by plasmonic resonances in graphene nanoribbons, as similar to metamaterials made of noble metals.

Guided-mode resonance with reduced bandwidth in mid-infrared absorption and thermal emission.

Narrowband resonance plays an important role in many optical applications, especially for the development of wavelength-selective properties and enhanced light-matter interaction. In this paper, we demonstrate metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide gratings, which exhibit guided-mode resonance (GMR) with reduced bandwidth in mid-infrared absorption and thermal emission. Our fabricated MIM waveguide grating consists of a copper substrate, a lossless ZnSe film, and a top gold stripe grating.

Diffuse reflection in periodic arrayed disk metasurfaces.

Metamaterials of metal-insulator-metal structures represent effective ways in manipulating light absorbance for photodetection, sensing, and energy harvesting etc. Most of the time, specular reflection has been used in characterizing resonances of metamaterials without considering diffuse scattering from their periodic subwavelength units. In this paper, we investigate diffuse reflection in metasurfaces made of periodic metallic disks in the mid-infrared region.