Intracranial Infection After EVD Successfully Treated with Intravenous Plus Intraventricular Tigecycline: A Case Report.

Intracranial infections are the most serious and common postoperative complications with significant mortality and morbidity. , a Gram-negative environmental species and an opportunistic microorganism, predominantly infects immunocompromised individuals. Limited clinical experiences and documented multidrug resistance have resulted in a scarcity of data on the treatment of infections.

Stacked bilayer phosphorene: strain-induced quantum spin Hall state and optical measurement.

Bilayer phosphorene attracted considerable interest, giving a potential application in nanoelectronics owing to its natural bandgap and high carrier mobility. However, very little is known regarding the possible usefulness in spintronics as a quantum spin Hall (QSH) state of material characterized by a bulk energy gap and gapless spin-filtered edge states. Here, we report a strain-induced topological phase transition from normal to QSH state in bilayer phosphorene, accompanied by band-inversion that changes number from 0 to 1, which is highly dependent on interlayer stacking.

Role of initial system-bath correlation on coherence trapping.

We study the coherence trapping of a qubit correlated initially with a non-Markovian bath in a pure dephasing channel. By considering the initial qubit-bath correlation and the bath spectral density, we find that the initial qubit-bath correlation can lead to a more efficient coherence trapping than that of the initially separable qubit-bath state. The stationary coherence in the long time limit can be maximized by optimizing the parameters of the initially correlated qubit-bath state and the bath spectral density.

Two-dimensional liquid crystalline growth within a phase-field-crystal model.

By using a two-dimensional phase-field-crystal (PFC) model, the liquid crystalline growth of the plastic triangular phase is simulated with emphasis on crystal shape and topological defect formation. The equilibrium shape of a plastic triangular crystal (PTC) grown from an isotropic phase is compared with that grown from a columnar or smectic-A (CSA) phase. While the shape of a PTC nucleus in the isotropic phase is almost identical to that of the classical PFC model, the shape of a PTC nucleus in CSA is affected by the orientation of stripes in the CSA phase, and irregular hexagonal, elliptical, octagonal, and rectangular shapes are obtained.

Relativistic configuration interaction calculation on the ground and excited states of iridium monoxide.

We present the fully relativistic multi-reference configuration interaction calculations of the ground and low-lying excited electronic states of IrO for individual spin-orbit component. The lowest-lying state is calculated for Ω = 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, and 7/2 in order to clarify the ground state of IrO. Our calculation suggests that the ground state is of Ω = 1/2, which is highly mixed with (4)Σ(-) and (2)Π states in Λ - S notation.

Phase-field-crystal simulation of nonequilibrium crystal growth.

By using the phase field crystal model, we simulate the morphological transition of the crystal growth of equilibrium crystal shape, dendrite, and spherical crystal shape. The relationship among growth morphology, velocity, and density distribution is investigated. The competition between interface energy anisotropy and interface kinetic anisotropy gives rise to the pattern selection of dendritic growth in the diffusion controlled regime under low-crystal-growth velocities.

Effect of prebiotic konjac mannanoligosaccharide on growth performances, intestinal microflora, and digestive enzyme activities in yellow catfish, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco.

In the present study, konjac mannanoligosaccharide (KMOS) was evaluated as a prebiotic in yellow catfish. The fish were fed with diets containing KMOS in four concentrations: 0 g kg(-1) (C), 1.0 g kg(-1) (KM1), 2.

Effect of Coriolus versicolor polysaccharides on the hematological and biochemical parameters and protection against Aeromonas hydrophila in allogynogenetic crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio).

The effect of dietary intake of Coriolus versicolor Polysaccharides (CVP) on the hematological and biochemical indices of Allogynogenetic crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) was investigated. Fish were fed CVP supplemented diets (0, 0.25, 0.

Phase-field simulation of stripe arrays on metal bcc(110) surfaces.

By using a phase-field model, we simulate formation and growth of stripe arrays starting with anisotropic growth of islands under the Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier on metal bcc(110) surfaces. The anisotropy is incorporated in terms of attachment kinetics that is locally limited at the island edge aligned to the y axis (or 100 ) and instantaneous at the island edge aligned to the x axis (or 110 ). By reproducing the stripe arrays under various anisotropy magnitudes, we investigate dynamics of formation and growth of the stripe arrays.

[Association of HLA-A, B and DRB1 alleles with leukemia in Han population in Hunan Province].

Objective: To investigate the association of HLA-A, B, and DRB1 alleles with leukemia in the Han population in Hunan Province.

Methods: HLA-A, B, and DRB1 alleles were genotyped in 105 patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia, 25 with acute lymphocytic leukaemia, and 48 with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primer (PCR-SSP). The hemopoietic stem cells from 3,664 unrelated normal individuals of Han nationality in Hunan were used as the control group.

Phase-field model of island growth in epitaxy.

Nucleation and growth of islands in epitaxy is simulated using a continuum phase-field model. In addition to local density of adatoms, a local phase-field variable, varying in the real space, is introduced to describe the epitaxial islands. Evolution of this phase field is determined by a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau-like equation coupled to a diffusive transport equation of adatoms.