Nocardia is an aerobic,gram-positive,and opportunistic bacillus widely distributed in the environment.Nocardia cyriacigeorgica(N.cyriacigeorgica) was first isolated in 2001 from a chronic bronchitis patient,[1] and...Nocardia is an aerobic,gram-positive,and opportunistic bacillus widely distributed in the environment.Nocardia cyriacigeorgica(N.cyriacigeorgica) was first isolated in 2001 from a chronic bronchitis patient,[1] and has since been reported as an emerging clinically relevant pathogen worldwide.The diagnosis of nocardial infections remains challenging due to nonspecific symptoms and low culture sensitivity,resulting in high mortality.[2] Herein,we report a case of N.cyriacigeorgica brain abscess in an immunosuppressed patient who was successfully treated with antibiotics and surgery.展开更多
Carbohydrate partitioning from source to sink tissues is essential for plant growth and development.However,in maize(Zea mays L.),the molecular mechanisms by which callose synthase genes regulate this process remain l...Carbohydrate partitioning from source to sink tissues is essential for plant growth and development.However,in maize(Zea mays L.),the molecular mechanisms by which callose synthase genes regulate this process remain largely unexplored.This study demonstrates that mutation of maize callose synthase12(Zm Cals12)results in increased carbohydrate accumulation in photosynthetic leaves but decreased carbohydrate content in sink tissues,leading to plant dwarfing and male sterility.Histochemical β-glucuronidase(GUS)activity assay and m RNA in situ hybridization(ISH)revealed that Zm Cals12 expression mainly occurs in the vascular transport system.Zm Cals12 loss-of-function decreased callose synthase activity and callose deposition in plasmodesmatas(PDs)and surrounding phloem cells(PCs)of the vascular bundle.The drop-and-see(DANS)assay indicated reduced PD permeability in photosynthetic cells and diminished transport competence of leaf veins in Zmcals12 mutants,resulting in decreased symplastic transport.Paraffin section analysis revealed that less-developed vascular cells(VCs)in Zmcals12 mutants likely disrupted sugar transport,contributing to the pleiotropic phenotype.Furthermore,impaired sugar transport inhibited internode development by suppressing auxin(IAA)biosynthesis and signaling in Zmcals12 mutant.These findings elucidate the mechanism by which Zm Cals12-mediated callose deposition and symplastic transport regulate maize growth and development.展开更多
Although the Late Cretaceous marine incursion events(MI)significantly boosted organic carbon(OC)accumulation in the Songliao Basin,their net effects and accumulation mechanisms have long been debated.By integrating hi...Although the Late Cretaceous marine incursion events(MI)significantly boosted organic carbon(OC)accumulation in the Songliao Basin,their net effects and accumulation mechanisms have long been debated.By integrating high-resolution geological data,multi-proxy paleoenvironmental analysis,and a machine learning-based approach for TOC prediction in Member 1 of the Qingshankou Formation,we reveal that total OC sediment accumulation rates(OCSAR)during high-intensity MI(HMI)increased by 28.8%compared to low-intensity MI(LMI)intervals,with the areal OCSAR of the study area rising from 0.43×10-2 to 0.55×10-2 GtC/(Myr·km2).The OC accumulation models during HMI and LMI are established:driven by the interplay of seawater influxes,basin morphology,and terrigenous inputs,which collectively modulated the bacterial sulfate reduction,redox conditions,and nutrient availability in the water column,the growth rate of areal OCSAR exhibited pronounced spatial heterogeneity,defining four distinct zones(Ⅰ–Ⅳ).The validation case from the Nenjiang Formation demonstrates the robustness of the models.These findings establish MI as a global amplifier of OC burial in megapaleolake systems and redefine resource development frameworks for lacustrine shales within MI sequences.展开更多
Photocatalytic water oxidation is considered as the bottleneck step for overall artificial photosynthesis,due to the slow photocarrier transfer kinetics and climbing thermodynamics.Developing the electronic structure ...Photocatalytic water oxidation is considered as the bottleneck step for overall artificial photosynthesis,due to the slow photocarrier transfer kinetics and climbing thermodynamics.Developing the electronic structure of catalytic with more dynamic-thermodynamic advantages is crucial to deal with the above dilemma and realize the photocatalytic water oxidation.This work successfully explores an S-induced modification strategy to induce electronic delocalization and non-equilibrium states for unique Bi active sites.The introduction of V4+species leads to asymmetric coordination of Bi atoms in the S-Bi-V4+structure to provide more nonlocalized electrons,which initiates a concerted electron transfer in the system.The fine regulation on the local electron density and energy level structure of the Bi active site optimizes the reaction energy barriers to construct thermodynamically more favourable active centers for water oxidation.The optimized 2% S-BVO catalyst achieves outstanding water oxidation rate of 70.25μmol/h(40 mg catalyst)triggering up to 11.06% apparent quantum efficiency at 420 nm.This work elucidates the influence of synergistic electron interaction of asymmetric coordination structure on both photocarrier transfer kinetics and reaction thermodynamic.展开更多
Dose calculation is the foundation of boron neutron capture therapy(BNCT).MagicDose,a dose calculation program for the BNCT treatment planning system,is developed based on the Monte Carlo method.First,the voxel phanto...Dose calculation is the foundation of boron neutron capture therapy(BNCT).MagicDose,a dose calculation program for the BNCT treatment planning system,is developed based on the Monte Carlo method.First,the voxel phantom of the modified Snyder head with 16 and 8 mm is constructed,and the results from MagicDose and MCNP are presented as two-dimensional coordinate points(Xn,Yn),comparing their relationship relative to the y=x linear function,while analyzing their respective calculation time.A modified Snyder head phantom with a tumor at three different spatial resolutions of 16,8,and 1 mm was constructed,and the depth-dose rate curves and spatial distribution maps are analyzed.Finally,the patients’head CT data were used for the application.The results indicate that the calculations from MagicDose and MCNP exhibit high consistency and demonstrate that MagicDose offers superior computational efficiency compared to MCNP,with improvements of approximately 31.24%and 28.65%at spatial resolutions of 16 and 8 mm,respectively.As the spatial resolution increased,the variability in the dose rate results decreased.The voxel size and number of threads are both inversely proportional to the calculation time.For the CT model,a voxel phantom with a spatial resolution of 1 mm×1 mm×1 mm is successfully constructed.The calculation results showed that the boron dose rate contribution significantly exceeds that of the other dose components,with the spatial distribution of the total relative biological effect dose rate clearly delineating the boundaries between the high-and low-dose rate regions.The above results verify the correctness of MagicDose,which also provides a reference for optimizing the design of voxel phantoms for clinical treatment.展开更多
Fine-grained sedimentology is crucial to understanding paleoclimatology and unconventional oil and gassedimentology.However,the controllingfactors andevolutionary patterns ofsedimentarystructuresin shale-the most fund...Fine-grained sedimentology is crucial to understanding paleoclimatology and unconventional oil and gassedimentology.However,the controllingfactors andevolutionary patterns ofsedimentarystructuresin shale-the most fundamental andwidespread featuresof fine-grained sediments-remain enigmatic.In this study,five types of organic-rich lacustrine shale sedimentary structures were identified in the lower Qingshankou Formation in Well C41-70 in the Songliao Basin:massive structures,layered structures,weakly laminated structures,laminated structures,and event sediment structures.Furthermore,Milankovitch cycles were identified using the gamma-ray logging curve of Well C41-70,and an astronomical time scale(ATs)was established.The frequencyand combinationpatterns of different types of sedimentary structures,referred to as"sedimentary structure evolution sets(SSESs)",exhibit covariations at multiple scales with changes in lake levels,short eccentricity,and precession.This suggests that lake levels and orbital cycles are the multi-order controls on SSESs variations.Crosswell correlations of geochemical proxies based on the ATSs further indicate that shifts in SSESs coincide with changes in the lacustrine sedimentary environment.Notably,marine incursion events appear to have induced significant variations in both the sedimentary environment and the SSESs.These findings implythat SSESs may preserve more information on paleoclimatic-paleoenvironmental changes and geological events,which challenges the conventional wisdom of strong heterogeneity and weak distribution patterns in sedimentary structures withinshale reservoirs.Furthermore,SSESs not only provide critical references for optimizing fracturing process parameters in lacustrine shale development,but also help reveal the dilution of organic matter during deposition and elucidate the genesis of TOC heterogeneity.This demonstrates the significant value of depiction and analysis of sedimentary structures for shale oil and gas exploration and development.展开更多
Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation(PIH)is a common skin disorder characterized by brown or black macules.It can be categorized as transient,typically resolving within 6–12 months,or permanent,persisting for years.Wh...Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation(PIH)is a common skin disorder characterized by brown or black macules.It can be categorized as transient,typically resolving within 6–12 months,or permanent,persisting for years.While the pathogenesis of PIH is commonly linked to localized melanocyte overactivation,the precise cellular and molecular basis for this dysregulation,as well as its physiological significance,remains poorly defined.Using an acetic acid-induced zebrafish model,we identify melanocyte migration as a critical driver of hyperpigmentation.This process is independent of immune cells but driven by fibroblasts,which secrete Cxcl12a to recruit melanocytes via the Cxcl12a–Cxcr4a axis.Fibroblast ablation irreversibly disrupts melanocyte patterning,indicating that aberrant fibroblast activity dictates the permanence of PIH.The recruited melanocytes form a dual protective barrier against both UV-induced DNA damage and microbial intrusion.The translational relevance of this mechanism is underscored by upregulated CXCL12 expression in fibroblasts from human PIH-related conditions such as keloids,acne,and atopic dermatitis.Therapeutically,the FDA-approved CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100(Plerixafor)effectively prevents and attenuates PIH in our model.Our findings elucidate a fibroblast-mediated mechanism of melanocyte recruitment in PIH,uncover previously unappreciated barrier functions of melanocytes in skin repair,and propose a promising repurposed treatment strategy.展开更多
The interaction between granular materials and highly flexible membranes involves complex micromechanical contact and severe localized deformations,posing significant challenges for numerical modeling.Traditional pure...The interaction between granular materials and highly flexible membranes involves complex micromechanical contact and severe localized deformations,posing significant challenges for numerical modeling.Traditional pure discrete element method(DEM)approaches that employ bonded particle model(BPM)fail to capture the dynamic changes in surface roughness arising from membrane penetration into granular voids.This paper presents a GPU-parallelized explicit dynamic framework that couples DEM and the finite element method(FEM)to address this limitation.A total Lagrangian membrane element is implemented to capture geometric nonlinearity and follower loads,and is coupled with DEM through a penalty-based contact algorithm.The accuracy and robustness of the DEM–FEM coupling framework are validated against classical benchmarks for membrane inflation,penetration,and particle–membrane interaction.Finally,a 3D soil–geomembrane interface direct shear test,comprising over 170,000 particles at true physical scale,is simulated without artificial upscaling.The results successfully reproduce macroscopic strain-softening behavior and capture the underlying micromechanical interface mechanisms.By enabling the membrane topography to dynamically adapt to varying normal stresses,the proposed framework overcomes the static roughness limitations of BPM,providing a highly efficient computational tool for large-scale particle–membrane interaction problems.展开更多
As a metastable carbon allotrope,hexagonal diamond(HD)exhibits potentially superior mechanical properties to cubic diamond(CD).However,its synthesis faces significant thermodynamic and kinetic challenges.This review s...As a metastable carbon allotrope,hexagonal diamond(HD)exhibits potentially superior mechanical properties to cubic diamond(CD).However,its synthesis faces significant thermodynamic and kinetic challenges.This review summarizes the critical role of computational simulations in the synthesis of HD,covering both static calculations and molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.Static calculations reveal that graphite tends to transform into CD under interface-free conditions,whereas the presence of an interface results in a lower energy barrier for the HD phase transition.With regard to MD simulations,while early shock compression simulations failed to observe HD formation,recent studies based on neural network potentials have confirmed a shock-velocity-dependent transformation pathway and have successfully obtained HD,consistent with in situ experimental results.Hydrostatic pressure simulations emphasize the importance of controlling interlayer sliding,demonstrating that strategies such as quasi-uniaxial compression can promote the preferential formation of HD.In the future,the integration of high-precision simulations with experimental approaches is expected to enable the controllable synthesis of HD,thereby advancing its applications in ultrahard materials,power electronics,aerospace,and other fields.展开更多
In physics,our expectations for system behavior are often guided by intuitive arithmetic.For systems composed of identical units,we anticipate synergy of the contributions from these units,where 1+1=2.Conversely,for s...In physics,our expectations for system behavior are often guided by intuitive arithmetic.For systems composed of identical units,we anticipate synergy of the contributions from these units,where 1+1=2.Conversely,for systems built from opposing units,we expect cancellation of their contributions,where 1-1=0.This intuitive arithmetic has long underpinned our understanding of physical properties of materials,from electronic transport to optical responses.However,scientific breakthroughs often occur when nature reveals ways to circumvent these seemingly fundamental rules,opening new possibilities that challenge our deepest assumptions about material behavior.展开更多
Pyogenic liver abscess(PLA)is a life-threatening infection characterized by hepatic parenchymal suppurative necrosis,with biliary diseases(55%),hematogenous spread(12%),and cryptogenic origins(25.7%)as the main etiolo...Pyogenic liver abscess(PLA)is a life-threatening infection characterized by hepatic parenchymal suppurative necrosis,with biliary diseases(55%),hematogenous spread(12%),and cryptogenic origins(25.7%)as the main etiologies.[1,2]Odontogenic liver abscess(OLA)is an extremely rare subtype of PLA.We present a case of OLA diagnosed by metagenomic nextgeneration sequencing(mNGS)and successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and targeted antibiotics.展开更多
In space-based gravitational wave detection missions and other space experiments utilizing the ultra-static and ultra-stable space-craft,the drag-free control system(DFCS)plays a key role in maintaining the free-falli...In space-based gravitational wave detection missions and other space experiments utilizing the ultra-static and ultra-stable space-craft,the drag-free control system(DFCS)plays a key role in maintaining the free-falling motion of the test masses(TMs).However,high-precision ground-based verification of DFCS faces a great challenge in suppressing and evaluating multiple dis-turbances and noises accurately.To this end,this article first proposes an active disturbance rejection controller for TM with a two-stage torsion pendulum.The dual-loop scheme with robust control approach is introduced for this underactuated pendulum system,which significantly reduces the impact of seismic noise on TM.Subsequently,on the basis of suspended TM and the controlled Stewart platform,the closed-loop dynamics of a ground-based DFCS validation system is conducted.The emulat-ing capability of this system for in-orbit flight dynamics is analyzed.Furthermore,complex propagation mechanism models of multiple disturbances and noises are built,and residual acceleration and tracking performance are precisely evaluated.?Finally,numerical simulations are performed to validate the theoretical work.The presented work provides a design and analysis method-ology for ground-based verification of DFCS.展开更多
The spontaneous conversion of muonium to antimuonium is an interesting charged lepton flavor violation phenomenon that offers a sensitive probe for potential new physics and serves as a tool to constrain the parameter...The spontaneous conversion of muonium to antimuonium is an interesting charged lepton flavor violation phenomenon that offers a sensitive probe for potential new physics and serves as a tool to constrain the parameter space beyond the Standard Model.The Muonium-to-Antimuonium Conversion Experiment(MACE)was designed to utilize a high-intensity muon beam,a Michel electron magnetic spectrometer,a positron transport system,and a positron detection system to either discover or constrain this rare process with a conversion probability of O(10-13).This article presents an overview of the theoretical framework and a detailed description of the experimental design for muonium-to-antimuonium conversion.展开更多
The interaction and feedback between 3D neutronics and thermal hydraulics are of great significance in reactor safety analyses,particularly for the TRIGA reactor.Owing to the TRIGA reactor’s pulse-transient operation...The interaction and feedback between 3D neutronics and thermal hydraulics are of great significance in reactor safety analyses,particularly for the TRIGA reactor.Owing to the TRIGA reactor’s pulse-transient operation status,the power changes by six to eight orders of magnitude within an extremely short duration;this operation is significantly different from PWRs and imposes some challenges for conventional neutronics methods.To describe the transient status of rod insertion or withdrawal,a novel time-dependent particle transport algorithm based on the combined and moving geometry methods is developed and integrated into the neutronics code MagicMC,which is a Monte Carlo particle transport code developed by the Nuclear Energy and Application Laboratory.Combined with the subchannel model,this work presents neutronics and thermal-hydraulics coupling methods for high-fidelity simulation of the TRIGA reactor.First,a steady-state coupling method is established based on over-relaxation iteration,and the number of neutrons in the Monte Carlo simulation is adaptively controlled according to convergence.Subsequently,a transient coupling method is proposed based on the semi-implicit coupling strategy,and a dynamically changing time-step strategy is designed for the coupling iterative process to achieve reasonable convergence.The parameter mapping strategy between neutronics and thermal hydraulics was constructed using one-to-one mapping and volume weight methods.To verify the reliability of the methods,a JSI TRIGA Mark Ⅱ reactor was selected as the validation benchmark.The coupling results were in good agreement with the experimental data of the JSI TRIGA Mark Ⅱ reactor,and the coupling methods achieved a high-fidelity numerical simulation of TRIGA reactor.Therefore,the coupling methods proposed in this paper can provide technical support for reactor experiments and the safe operation of the TRIGA reactor.展开更多
In this paper,we study truncated Toeplitz operators and little truncated Hankel operators on Np,q-type quotient modules over the bidisk.We find a necessary and sufficient condition for a truncated Toeplitz operator to...In this paper,we study truncated Toeplitz operators and little truncated Hankel operators on Np,q-type quotient modules over the bidisk.We find a necessary and sufficient condition for a truncated Toeplitz operator to be zero,as a result,we find a characterization equation for bounded truncated Toeplitz operators.We also find a necessary and sufficient condition for a little truncated Hankel operator to be zero operator.This paper also studies the spectra,joint spectra and the essential spectra of truncated Toeplitz operators with some special symbols.展开更多
Peony root bark extract as was used the research object,and used a series of biochemical and cellular experiments to investigate its whitening,anti-inflammatory,oil control,acne,and inhibition of the growth of Malasse...Peony root bark extract as was used the research object,and used a series of biochemical and cellular experiments to investigate its whitening,anti-inflammatory,oil control,acne,and inhibition of the growth of Malassezia.The results showed that the inhibition rate of melanin synthesis was significantly increased to 86.43%at a concentration of 2.0%;the secretion of inflammatory factors IL-1αand IL-6 by macrophages(RAW264.7)was significantly reduced to 4.94 pg/mL and 6.42 pg/mL,respectively;the fluorescence signal of Nile red in sebaceous gland cells(SZ95)was significantly reduced to 57.5%;the inhibition rate of Propionibacterium acnes was 37.7%for 20 min of action;and the average inhibition rate of Malassezia marcescens was 78.1%for 20 min of action.Thus,it can be seen that the peony root bark extract has multiple skin-care effects and is a natural and healthy cosmetic plant raw material,which provides a solid theoretical basis for its application in cosmetics.展开更多
基金funded by grants from Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2025A1515011901)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2024A1515012228)。
摘要Nocardia is an aerobic,gram-positive,and opportunistic bacillus widely distributed in the environment.Nocardia cyriacigeorgica(N.cyriacigeorgica) was first isolated in 2001 from a chronic bronchitis patient,[1] and has since been reported as an emerging clinically relevant pathogen worldwide.The diagnosis of nocardial infections remains challenging due to nonspecific symptoms and low culture sensitivity,resulting in high mortality.[2] Herein,we report a case of N.cyriacigeorgica brain abscess in an immunosuppressed patient who was successfully treated with antibiotics and surgery.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31771876)the Biological Breeding Program of State Key Laboratory of Sichuan Agricultural University,China(SKL-ZY202234)the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Program,China(2021YFYZ0011 and 2021YFYZ0017)。
摘要Carbohydrate partitioning from source to sink tissues is essential for plant growth and development.However,in maize(Zea mays L.),the molecular mechanisms by which callose synthase genes regulate this process remain largely unexplored.This study demonstrates that mutation of maize callose synthase12(Zm Cals12)results in increased carbohydrate accumulation in photosynthetic leaves but decreased carbohydrate content in sink tissues,leading to plant dwarfing and male sterility.Histochemical β-glucuronidase(GUS)activity assay and m RNA in situ hybridization(ISH)revealed that Zm Cals12 expression mainly occurs in the vascular transport system.Zm Cals12 loss-of-function decreased callose synthase activity and callose deposition in plasmodesmatas(PDs)and surrounding phloem cells(PCs)of the vascular bundle.The drop-and-see(DANS)assay indicated reduced PD permeability in photosynthetic cells and diminished transport competence of leaf veins in Zmcals12 mutants,resulting in decreased symplastic transport.Paraffin section analysis revealed that less-developed vascular cells(VCs)in Zmcals12 mutants likely disrupted sugar transport,contributing to the pleiotropic phenotype.Furthermore,impaired sugar transport inhibited internode development by suppressing auxin(IAA)biosynthesis and signaling in Zmcals12 mutant.These findings elucidate the mechanism by which Zm Cals12-mediated callose deposition and symplastic transport regulate maize growth and development.
基金supported by the Heilongjiang Provincial Key Research and Development Program(No.JD24C001)。
摘要Although the Late Cretaceous marine incursion events(MI)significantly boosted organic carbon(OC)accumulation in the Songliao Basin,their net effects and accumulation mechanisms have long been debated.By integrating high-resolution geological data,multi-proxy paleoenvironmental analysis,and a machine learning-based approach for TOC prediction in Member 1 of the Qingshankou Formation,we reveal that total OC sediment accumulation rates(OCSAR)during high-intensity MI(HMI)increased by 28.8%compared to low-intensity MI(LMI)intervals,with the areal OCSAR of the study area rising from 0.43×10-2 to 0.55×10-2 GtC/(Myr·km2).The OC accumulation models during HMI and LMI are established:driven by the interplay of seawater influxes,basin morphology,and terrigenous inputs,which collectively modulated the bacterial sulfate reduction,redox conditions,and nutrient availability in the water column,the growth rate of areal OCSAR exhibited pronounced spatial heterogeneity,defining four distinct zones(Ⅰ–Ⅳ).The validation case from the Nenjiang Formation demonstrates the robustness of the models.These findings establish MI as a global amplifier of OC burial in megapaleolake systems and redefine resource development frameworks for lacustrine shales within MI sequences.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22372116 and 22309204)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA1500704)。
摘要Photocatalytic water oxidation is considered as the bottleneck step for overall artificial photosynthesis,due to the slow photocarrier transfer kinetics and climbing thermodynamics.Developing the electronic structure of catalytic with more dynamic-thermodynamic advantages is crucial to deal with the above dilemma and realize the photocatalytic water oxidation.This work successfully explores an S-induced modification strategy to induce electronic delocalization and non-equilibrium states for unique Bi active sites.The introduction of V4+species leads to asymmetric coordination of Bi atoms in the S-Bi-V4+structure to provide more nonlocalized electrons,which initiates a concerted electron transfer in the system.The fine regulation on the local electron density and energy level structure of the Bi active site optimizes the reaction energy barriers to construct thermodynamically more favourable active centers for water oxidation.The optimized 2% S-BVO catalyst achieves outstanding water oxidation rate of 70.25μmol/h(40 mg catalyst)triggering up to 11.06% apparent quantum efficiency at 420 nm.This work elucidates the influence of synergistic electron interaction of asymmetric coordination structure on both photocarrier transfer kinetics and reaction thermodynamic.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12475174 and U2267207)the YueLuShan Center Industrial Innovation(No.2024YCII0108)+2 种基金the Project of State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection,Soochow University(No.GZK12023031)the Science and Technology Innovation Project of Hengyang(No.202250045336)the Graduate Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province(No.QL20230228).
摘要Dose calculation is the foundation of boron neutron capture therapy(BNCT).MagicDose,a dose calculation program for the BNCT treatment planning system,is developed based on the Monte Carlo method.First,the voxel phantom of the modified Snyder head with 16 and 8 mm is constructed,and the results from MagicDose and MCNP are presented as two-dimensional coordinate points(Xn,Yn),comparing their relationship relative to the y=x linear function,while analyzing their respective calculation time.A modified Snyder head phantom with a tumor at three different spatial resolutions of 16,8,and 1 mm was constructed,and the depth-dose rate curves and spatial distribution maps are analyzed.Finally,the patients’head CT data were used for the application.The results indicate that the calculations from MagicDose and MCNP exhibit high consistency and demonstrate that MagicDose offers superior computational efficiency compared to MCNP,with improvements of approximately 31.24%and 28.65%at spatial resolutions of 16 and 8 mm,respectively.As the spatial resolution increased,the variability in the dose rate results decreased.The voxel size and number of threads are both inversely proportional to the calculation time.For the CT model,a voxel phantom with a spatial resolution of 1 mm×1 mm×1 mm is successfully constructed.The calculation results showed that the boron dose rate contribution significantly exceeds that of the other dose components,with the spatial distribution of the total relative biological effect dose rate clearly delineating the boundaries between the high-and low-dose rate regions.The above results verify the correctness of MagicDose,which also provides a reference for optimizing the design of voxel phantoms for clinical treatment.
基金supported by the Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(ZD2023D002).
摘要Fine-grained sedimentology is crucial to understanding paleoclimatology and unconventional oil and gassedimentology.However,the controllingfactors andevolutionary patterns ofsedimentarystructuresin shale-the most fundamental andwidespread featuresof fine-grained sediments-remain enigmatic.In this study,five types of organic-rich lacustrine shale sedimentary structures were identified in the lower Qingshankou Formation in Well C41-70 in the Songliao Basin:massive structures,layered structures,weakly laminated structures,laminated structures,and event sediment structures.Furthermore,Milankovitch cycles were identified using the gamma-ray logging curve of Well C41-70,and an astronomical time scale(ATs)was established.The frequencyand combinationpatterns of different types of sedimentary structures,referred to as"sedimentary structure evolution sets(SSESs)",exhibit covariations at multiple scales with changes in lake levels,short eccentricity,and precession.This suggests that lake levels and orbital cycles are the multi-order controls on SSESs variations.Crosswell correlations of geochemical proxies based on the ATSs further indicate that shifts in SSESs coincide with changes in the lacustrine sedimentary environment.Notably,marine incursion events appear to have induced significant variations in both the sedimentary environment and the SSESs.These findings implythat SSESs may preserve more information on paleoclimatic-paleoenvironmental changes and geological events,which challenges the conventional wisdom of strong heterogeneity and weak distribution patterns in sedimentary structures withinshale reservoirs.Furthermore,SSESs not only provide critical references for optimizing fracturing process parameters in lacustrine shale development,but also help reveal the dilution of organic matter during deposition and elucidate the genesis of TOC heterogeneity.This demonstrates the significant value of depiction and analysis of sedimentary structures for shale oil and gas exploration and development.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32300696,32430030)Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation in Basic Research Fund(JCYJ20250604190941056)+2 种基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFA1800100)Shenzhen Medical Research Fund(B2302034)Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students'Scientific and Technological Innovation("Climbing Program"Special Funds,pdjh2025c21701).
摘要Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation(PIH)is a common skin disorder characterized by brown or black macules.It can be categorized as transient,typically resolving within 6–12 months,or permanent,persisting for years.While the pathogenesis of PIH is commonly linked to localized melanocyte overactivation,the precise cellular and molecular basis for this dysregulation,as well as its physiological significance,remains poorly defined.Using an acetic acid-induced zebrafish model,we identify melanocyte migration as a critical driver of hyperpigmentation.This process is independent of immune cells but driven by fibroblasts,which secrete Cxcl12a to recruit melanocytes via the Cxcl12a–Cxcr4a axis.Fibroblast ablation irreversibly disrupts melanocyte patterning,indicating that aberrant fibroblast activity dictates the permanence of PIH.The recruited melanocytes form a dual protective barrier against both UV-induced DNA damage and microbial intrusion.The translational relevance of this mechanism is underscored by upregulated CXCL12 expression in fibroblasts from human PIH-related conditions such as keloids,acne,and atopic dermatitis.Therapeutically,the FDA-approved CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100(Plerixafor)effectively prevents and attenuates PIH in our model.Our findings elucidate a fibroblast-mediated mechanism of melanocyte recruitment in PIH,uncover previously unappreciated barrier functions of melanocytes in skin repair,and propose a promising repurposed treatment strategy.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2023YFC3081500)the Hong Kong Research Grants Council(General Research Fund No.16215823 and Theme-based Research Scheme No.T22-606/23-R)+1 种基金State Key Laboratory of Climate Resilience for Coastal Cities at HKUST(Grant No.ITC-SKLCRCC26EGP1)which are gratefully acknowledged.
摘要The interaction between granular materials and highly flexible membranes involves complex micromechanical contact and severe localized deformations,posing significant challenges for numerical modeling.Traditional pure discrete element method(DEM)approaches that employ bonded particle model(BPM)fail to capture the dynamic changes in surface roughness arising from membrane penetration into granular voids.This paper presents a GPU-parallelized explicit dynamic framework that couples DEM and the finite element method(FEM)to address this limitation.A total Lagrangian membrane element is implemented to capture geometric nonlinearity and follower loads,and is coupled with DEM through a penalty-based contact algorithm.The accuracy and robustness of the DEM–FEM coupling framework are validated against classical benchmarks for membrane inflation,penetration,and particle–membrane interaction.Finally,a 3D soil–geomembrane interface direct shear test,comprising over 170,000 particles at true physical scale,is simulated without artificial upscaling.The results successfully reproduce macroscopic strain-softening behavior and capture the underlying micromechanical interface mechanisms.By enabling the membrane topography to dynamically adapt to varying normal stresses,the proposed framework overcomes the static roughness limitations of BPM,providing a highly efficient computational tool for large-scale particle–membrane interaction problems.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.T2522041 and 22573121)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant Nos.2025A1515012119 and 2026A1515011660).
摘要As a metastable carbon allotrope,hexagonal diamond(HD)exhibits potentially superior mechanical properties to cubic diamond(CD).However,its synthesis faces significant thermodynamic and kinetic challenges.This review summarizes the critical role of computational simulations in the synthesis of HD,covering both static calculations and molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.Static calculations reveal that graphite tends to transform into CD under interface-free conditions,whereas the presence of an interface results in a lower energy barrier for the HD phase transition.With regard to MD simulations,while early shock compression simulations failed to observe HD formation,recent studies based on neural network potentials have confirmed a shock-velocity-dependent transformation pathway and have successfully obtained HD,consistent with in situ experimental results.Hydrostatic pressure simulations emphasize the importance of controlling interlayer sliding,demonstrating that strategies such as quasi-uniaxial compression can promote the preferential formation of HD.In the future,the integration of high-precision simulations with experimental approaches is expected to enable the controllable synthesis of HD,thereby advancing its applications in ultrahard materials,power electronics,aerospace,and other fields.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.12374109)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2023YFA1406600)。
摘要In physics,our expectations for system behavior are often guided by intuitive arithmetic.For systems composed of identical units,we anticipate synergy of the contributions from these units,where 1+1=2.Conversely,for systems built from opposing units,we expect cancellation of their contributions,where 1-1=0.This intuitive arithmetic has long underpinned our understanding of physical properties of materials,from electronic transport to optical responses.However,scientific breakthroughs often occur when nature reveals ways to circumvent these seemingly fundamental rules,opening new possibilities that challenge our deepest assumptions about material behavior.
摘要Pyogenic liver abscess(PLA)is a life-threatening infection characterized by hepatic parenchymal suppurative necrosis,with biliary diseases(55%),hematogenous spread(12%),and cryptogenic origins(25.7%)as the main etiologies.[1,2]Odontogenic liver abscess(OLA)is an extremely rare subtype of PLA.We present a case of OLA diagnosed by metagenomic nextgeneration sequencing(mNGS)and successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and targeted antibiotics.
基金supported by the China National Key Research and Development Program(Grant Nos.2020YFC2200602 and 2021YFC2202602).
摘要In space-based gravitational wave detection missions and other space experiments utilizing the ultra-static and ultra-stable space-craft,the drag-free control system(DFCS)plays a key role in maintaining the free-falling motion of the test masses(TMs).However,high-precision ground-based verification of DFCS faces a great challenge in suppressing and evaluating multiple dis-turbances and noises accurately.To this end,this article first proposes an active disturbance rejection controller for TM with a two-stage torsion pendulum.The dual-loop scheme with robust control approach is introduced for this underactuated pendulum system,which significantly reduces the impact of seismic noise on TM.Subsequently,on the basis of suspended TM and the controlled Stewart platform,the closed-loop dynamics of a ground-based DFCS validation system is conducted.The emulat-ing capability of this system for in-orbit flight dynamics is analyzed.Furthermore,complex propagation mechanism models of multiple disturbances and noises are built,and residual acceleration and tracking performance are precisely evaluated.?Finally,numerical simulations are performed to validate the theoretical work.The presented work provides a design and analysis method-ology for ground-based verification of DFCS.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12075326,11535014,11975017,12475191,11905092,12105132 and 12175039)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2025A1515010669)+7 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Guangzhou(No.2024A04J6243)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(23xkjc017)in Sun Yat-sen UniversityBasic Research Conditions and Major Scientific Instrument and Equipment Research and Development Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology(No.2022YFF0705602)the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics(SKLPDE-ZZ-202412)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.2023HWYQ-010)the“Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”at Southeast Universitythe National Development and Reform Commission of China(Large Research Infrastructures of 12th Five-Year Plan:China initiative Accelerator Driven System)(No.2017-000052-75-01-000590)Innovation Training Program for bachelor students in Sun Yat-sen University。
摘要The spontaneous conversion of muonium to antimuonium is an interesting charged lepton flavor violation phenomenon that offers a sensitive probe for potential new physics and serves as a tool to constrain the parameter space beyond the Standard Model.The Muonium-to-Antimuonium Conversion Experiment(MACE)was designed to utilize a high-intensity muon beam,a Michel electron magnetic spectrometer,a positron transport system,and a positron detection system to either discover or constrain this rare process with a conversion probability of O(10-13).This article presents an overview of the theoretical framework and a detailed description of the experimental design for muonium-to-antimuonium conversion.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12475174 and 12542055)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Nos.2022JJ40345 and 2021JJ40445).
摘要The interaction and feedback between 3D neutronics and thermal hydraulics are of great significance in reactor safety analyses,particularly for the TRIGA reactor.Owing to the TRIGA reactor’s pulse-transient operation status,the power changes by six to eight orders of magnitude within an extremely short duration;this operation is significantly different from PWRs and imposes some challenges for conventional neutronics methods.To describe the transient status of rod insertion or withdrawal,a novel time-dependent particle transport algorithm based on the combined and moving geometry methods is developed and integrated into the neutronics code MagicMC,which is a Monte Carlo particle transport code developed by the Nuclear Energy and Application Laboratory.Combined with the subchannel model,this work presents neutronics and thermal-hydraulics coupling methods for high-fidelity simulation of the TRIGA reactor.First,a steady-state coupling method is established based on over-relaxation iteration,and the number of neutrons in the Monte Carlo simulation is adaptively controlled according to convergence.Subsequently,a transient coupling method is proposed based on the semi-implicit coupling strategy,and a dynamically changing time-step strategy is designed for the coupling iterative process to achieve reasonable convergence.The parameter mapping strategy between neutronics and thermal hydraulics was constructed using one-to-one mapping and volume weight methods.To verify the reliability of the methods,a JSI TRIGA Mark Ⅱ reactor was selected as the validation benchmark.The coupling results were in good agreement with the experimental data of the JSI TRIGA Mark Ⅱ reactor,and the coupling methods achieved a high-fidelity numerical simulation of TRIGA reactor.Therefore,the coupling methods proposed in this paper can provide technical support for reactor experiments and the safe operation of the TRIGA reactor.
基金supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Departmentsupported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12571132)。
摘要In this paper,we study truncated Toeplitz operators and little truncated Hankel operators on Np,q-type quotient modules over the bidisk.We find a necessary and sufficient condition for a truncated Toeplitz operator to be zero,as a result,we find a characterization equation for bounded truncated Toeplitz operators.We also find a necessary and sufficient condition for a little truncated Hankel operator to be zero operator.This paper also studies the spectra,joint spectra and the essential spectra of truncated Toeplitz operators with some special symbols.
摘要Peony root bark extract as was used the research object,and used a series of biochemical and cellular experiments to investigate its whitening,anti-inflammatory,oil control,acne,and inhibition of the growth of Malassezia.The results showed that the inhibition rate of melanin synthesis was significantly increased to 86.43%at a concentration of 2.0%;the secretion of inflammatory factors IL-1αand IL-6 by macrophages(RAW264.7)was significantly reduced to 4.94 pg/mL and 6.42 pg/mL,respectively;the fluorescence signal of Nile red in sebaceous gland cells(SZ95)was significantly reduced to 57.5%;the inhibition rate of Propionibacterium acnes was 37.7%for 20 min of action;and the average inhibition rate of Malassezia marcescens was 78.1%for 20 min of action.Thus,it can be seen that the peony root bark extract has multiple skin-care effects and is a natural and healthy cosmetic plant raw material,which provides a solid theoretical basis for its application in cosmetics.