Publications by authors named "YongBing Wen"
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- Many patients with tibial plateau fractures face significant challenges due to soft tissue damage and other complications, making treatment difficult in clinical settings.
- This study investigates the impact of surgical treatment using a three-column classification method on knee function and postoperative outcomes in patients with these fractures, comparing two different surgical approaches.
- Results indicate that the three-column classification method leads to better perioperative results, higher knee function scores, lower complication rates, and overall improved treatment efficacy, suggesting its value in clinical practice.
Background: Some patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) show pain, stiffness and limited flexion and extension at the back of the knee, leading to dysfunction and affecting life. This may be related to changes in the biomechanical properties of skeletal muscles. Shear wave elastography (SWE) can detect these changes by measuring muscle shear modulus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmall intestine-targeted drug delivery by oral administration has aroused the growing interest of researchers. In this work, the child-parent microrobot (CPM) as a vehicle protects the child microrobots (CMs) under a gastric acid environment and releases them in the small intestinal environment. The intelligent hydrogel-based CPMs with sphere, mushroom, red blood cell, and teardrop shapes are fabricated by an extrusion-dripping method.
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- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is crucial for imaging and analyzing materials on a micro and nanoscale, but fully mapping 3D samples at all angles remains a challenge.
- A new robotic technique is introduced to achieve 360° mapping and 3D reconstruction of sample properties, using a high-precision rotating stage for better accuracy.
- The effectiveness of this method is validated through mapping a human hair, showcasing its ability to deliver comprehensive results on topography and other nanomechanical properties.
An efficient and adaptive boundary tracking method is developed to confine area of interest for high-efficiency local scanning. By using a boundary point determination criterion, the scanning tip is steered with a sinusoidal waveform while estimating azimuth angle and radius ratio of each boundary point to accurately track the boundary of targets. A local scan region and path are subsequently planned based on the prior knowledge of boundary tracking to reduce the scan time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To elucidate the effects and potential mechanisms of hypericin-photodynamic therapy (HYP-PDT) for treating the human rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocyte (FLS) MH7A cell-line.
Materials And Methods: MH7A cells were subjected to HYP-PDT intervention and apoptosis was evaluated via MTT, nuclear staining, and flowcytometry analyses. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured with the fluorescent probe 2'7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA).
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- Sidewall roughness measurement is vital for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectronics, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a promising technique for this task due to its high resolution and accuracy.
- A new AFM imaging method utilizes a quartz tuning fork (QTF) force sensor, which allows for self-sensing and acts as a force detector when combined with a lightweight AFM cantilever, enhancing sensitivity and lateral resolution.
- Experiments demonstrate this method's effectiveness in scanning sidewalls of MEMS structures and measuring sidewall roughness, line edge roughness, and sidewall angles.