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Photonics Research 2024年第1期12卷 141-153页

作者： YUAN WANG PEDRO TOVAR JUNTONG YANG LIANG CHEN XIAOYI BAO Nexus for Quantum Technologies University of OttawaOttawaOntario K1N 6N5Canada

A Brillouin dynamic grating(BDG) can be used for distributed birefringence measurement in optical fibers,offering high sensitivity and spatial resolution for sensing ***,it is quite a challenge to simultaneously achieve dynamic measurements with both high accuracy and high spatial *** this work,we propose a sensing mechanism to achieve distributed phase-matching measurement using a chirped pulse as a probe *** BDG reflection,the peak reflection corresponds to the highest four-wave mixing(FWM) conversion efficiency,and it requires the Brillouin frequency in the fast and slow axes to be equal,which is called the phase-matching *** condition changes at different fiber positions,which requires a range of frequency injection for the probe *** proposed method uses a chirped pulse as a probe wave to cover this frequency range associated with distributed birefringence *** allows us to detect distributed phase matching for birefringence changes that are introduced by temperature and strain *** to the single shot and direct time delay measurement capability,the acquisition rate in our system is only limited by the fiber ***,unlike conventional BDG spectrum recovery-based systems,the spatial resolution here is determined by both the frequency chirping rate of the probe pulse and the birefringence profile of the *** the experiments,an acquisition rate of 1 k Hz(up to fiber length limits) and a spatial resolution of 10 cm using a 20 ns probe pulse width are *** minimum detectable temperature and strain variation are 5.6 mK and 0.37 με along a 2 km long polarization-maintaining fiber(PMF).

关键词： fiber scattering polarization

Bayesian inference-based wear prediction method for plain bearings under stationary mixed-friction conditions

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Friction 2024年第6期12卷 1272-1282页

作者： Florian KÖNIG Florian WIRSING Georg JACOBS Rui HE Zhigang TIAN Ming J.ZUO Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen 52062Germany Department of Mechanical Engineering University of AlbertaEdmonton T6G1H9Canada Qingdao International Academician Park Research Institute Qingdao 266000China

This study introduces a method to predict the remaining useful life(RUL)of plain bearings operating under stationary,wear-critical *** this method,the transient wear data of a coupled elastohydrodynamic lubrication(mixed-EHL)and wear simulation approach is used to parametrize a statistical,linear degradation *** method incorporates Bayesian inference to update the linear degradation model throughout the runtime and thereby consider the transient,system-dependent wear progression within the RUL prediction.A case study is used to show the suitability of the proposed *** results show that the method can be applied to three distinct types of post-wearing-in behavior:wearing-in with subsequent hydrodynamic,stationary wear,and progressive wear *** hydrodynamic operation leads to an infinite lifetime,the method is successfully applied to predict RUL in cases with stationary and progressive wear.

关键词： plain bearings wear modeling remaining useful life prediction Bayesian inference

Photocontrolled polymer adhesives facilitate the assembly of hydrogels for soft robotics

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Science China Chemistry 2024年第10期67卷 3184-3186页

作者： Diling Yang Hao Zhang Hongbo Zeng School of Materials and Environmental Engineering Hunan University of HumanitiesScience and TechnologyLoudi 417000China Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of AlbertaEdmontonAlberta T6G 1H9Canada

Both Sun Wukong in eastern mythology and Transformers in western science fiction animation have profoundly inspired the design of deformable materials and modern *** application scope of intelligent materials,also known as smart materials,which are capable of responding to external stimuli to achieve shape changes,structural reorganization,and functional reconfiguration,is wide-ranging,and it covers areas such as soft robotics and flexible electronics[1–3],4D printing[4,5],biomedical equipment[6,7],sensing devices[8],and energy harvesting systems[9].

关键词： printing harvesting smart

Improved State-space Modelling for Microgrids Without Virtual Resistances

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Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 2024年第2期12卷 584-596页

作者： Paranagamage S.A.Peiris Shaahin Filizadeh Dharshana Muthumuni Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of ManitobaWinnipegMBR3T 5V6Canada Manitoba HVDC Research Center 211 Commerce DriveWinnipegMBR3P 1A3Canada IEEE

Power converters and their interfacing networks are often treated as modular state-space blocks for small-signal stability studies in microgrids;they are interconnected by matching the input and output states of the network and *** resistors have been widely used in existing models to generate a voltage for state-space models of the network that require voltage *** paper accurately quantifies the adverse impacts of adding the virtual resistance and proposes an alternative method for network modelling that eliminates the requirement of the virtual resistor when interfacing converters with *** proposed nonlinear method allows initialization,time-domain simulations of the nonlinear model,and linearization and eigenvalue generation.A numerically linearized small-signal model is used to generate eigenvalues and is compared with the eigenvalues generated using the existing modelling method with virtual *** of the existing method and improvements offered by the proposed modelling method are clearly *** transient(EMT)simulations using detailed switching models are used for validation of the proposed modelling method.

关键词： Low-voltage converter state-space modelling dynamic phasor time-domain simulation eigenvalue analysis

Advances and applications of CRISPR/Cas-mediated interference in Escherichia coli

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Engineering Microbiology 2024年第1期4卷 55-65页

作者： Xiaohui Lim Congqiang Zhang Xixian Chen Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation(SIFBI) Agency for Science Technology and Research(A∗STAR)31 Biopolis WayLevel 6Nanos BuildingSingapore 138669Singapore

The bacterium Escherichia coli(***)is one of the most widely used chassis microbes employed for the biosynthesis of numerous valuable chemical *** the past decade,the metabolic engineering of *** has undergone significant advances,although further productivity improvements will require extensive genome modification,multi-dimensional regulation,and multiple metabolic-pathway *** this context,clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR),along with CRISPR-associated protein(Cas)and its inactive variant(dCas),have emerged as notable recombination and transcriptional regulation tools that are particularly useful for multiplex metabolic engineering in *** this review,we briefly describe the CRISPR/Cas9 technology in ***,and then summarize the recent advances in CRISPR/dCas9 interference(CRISPRi)systems in ***,particularly the strategies designed to effectively regulate gene repression and overcome retroactivity during ***,we discuss recent applications of the CRISPRi system for enhancing metabolite production in ***,and finally highlight the major challenges and future perspectives of this technology.

关键词： CRISPRi Multiplex Metabolic engineering CRISPR/dCas9 Retroactivity

Current remarks and future directions on the interactions between metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and COVID-19

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World Journal of Gastroenterology 2024年第11期30卷 1480-1487页

作者： Leonidas Brilakis Eirini Theofilogiannakou Panagis M Lykoudis School of Medicine National&Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens 11527Greece Division of Surgery&Interventional Science University College LondonLondon WC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom

During the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,particular interest rose regarding the interaction between metabolic dysfunctionassociated fatty liver disease(MAFLD)and the COVID-19 *** studies highlighted the fact that individuals with MAFLD had higher probability of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and more severe adverse clinical *** of the proposed mechanisms is the inflammatory response pathway,especially the one involving cytokines,such as interleukin 6,which appeared particularly elevated in those patients and was deemed responsible for additional insult to the already damaged *** should increase our vigilance in terms of early detection,close follow up and early treatment for individuals with MAFLD and COVID-19 *** the direction of early diagnosis,biomarkers such as cytokeratin-18 and scoring systems such as Fibrosis-4 index score are ***-19 is a newly described entity,expected to be of concern for the years to come,and MAFLD is a condition with an ever-increasing *** the interaction between these two entities should be brought into the focus of *** morbidity and mortality of patients with COVID-19 and MAFLD should be the ultimate objective,and the optimal way to achieve this is by designing evidence-based prevention and treatment policies.

关键词： Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease COVID-19 Liver fibrosis Cytokine storm Drug induced liver injury

Modelling the viscoplastic behaviour of Callovo-Oxfordian claystone with consideration of damage effect

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Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2024年第1期16卷 303-316页

作者： Hao Wang Yu-Jun Cui Minh Ngoc Vu Jean Talandier Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Laboratoire Navier/CERMES6 et 8 avenue Blaise PascalMarne La Vallée cedex 277455France Andra R&D DepartmentChâtenay-Malabry92290France

In order to evaluate the performance of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste,an underground research laboratory(URL)was constructed by Andra in the Callovo-Oxfordian(COx)claystone formation at the Meuse/Haute-Marne(MHM).The construction of URL induced the excavation damage of host formations,and the ventilation in the galleries desaturated the host formation close to the gallery ***,it is expected that the mechanical behaviour of COx claystone is *** study presents a constitutive model developed to describe the viscoplastic behaviour of unsaturated and damaged COx *** this model,the unsaturation effect is considered by adopting the Bishop effective stress and the van Genuchten(VG)water retention *** terms of the viscoplastic behaviour,the nonstationary flow surface(NSFS)theory for unsaturated soils is used with consideration of the coupled effects of strain rate and suction on the yield stress.A progressive hardening law is ***,a non-associated flow rule is used,which is similar to that in Barcelona basic model(BBM).In addition,to describe the damage effect induced by suction change and viscoplastic loading,a damage function is defined based on the crack volume *** damage function contains two variables:unsaturated effective stress and viscoplastic volumetric strain,with the related parameters determined based on the mercury intrusion porosimetry(MIP)*** the model validation,different tests on COx claystone under different loading paths are *** between experimental and simulated results indicated that the present model is able to well describe the viscoplastic behaviour of damaged COx claystone,including swelling/shrinkage,triaxial extension and compression,and triaxial creep.

关键词： Callovo-Oxfordian(COx)claystone Excavation damage Time-dependent behaviour Suction Viscoplastic model

Commentary on “Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits”

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Journal of Sport and Health Science 2024年第4期13卷 451-452页

作者： Ting Wang Jinghua Chen Robert Schinke Liye Zou Body-Brain-Mind Laboratory School of PsychologyShenzhen UniversityShenzhen 518060China School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences Laurentian UniversitySudburyON P3E 2C6Canada

Maltagliati et al.1 recently highlighted the vital role of affective experiences in promoting physical activity(PA).The authors suggested that positive affective experiences,rather than health benefits,can tip the balance in favor of PA over sedentary *** authors proposed a new formal decision model between PA and sedentary alternatives and reported that when health benefits are the unique reason to action,the costs of PA(e.g.,effort)and the subjective value(SV)of sedentary alternatives(V_(sed))are the main drivers of decision-making processes.

关键词： benefits formal decision

Effectiveness of ivermectin mass drug administration in the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections in endemic populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2024年第1期13卷 1-15页

作者： Brandon Le Naomi E.Clarke Nicolas Legrand Susana Vaz Nery The Kirby Institute University of New South WalesLevel 6Wallace Wurth BuildingSydneyNSW2052Australia

Background Current soil-transmitted helminth(STH)control guidelines endorse the use of albendazole or meben-dazole for school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy(PC),yet their reduced efficacy against Strongyloides sterc-oralis and Trichuris trichiura presents significant *** evidence indicates that community-wide PC[or mass drug administration(MDA)]using ivermectin,commonly used in other neglected tropical disease(NTD)control programs,may play an important role in controlling these *** conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of ivermectin PC in reducing STH prevalence in endemic *** We searched Pubmed,EMBASE,and Web of Science on February 14,2023,for studies that investigated the effectiveness of ivermectin PC,either alone or in combination with other anthelmintic drugs,on STH infec-tions,and provided a measure of STH prevalence before and after *** calculated pooled prevalence reductions for each STH using random-effects *** protocol is available on PROSPERO(registration number CRD42023401219).Results A total of 21 were eligible for the systematic review,of which 15 were eligible for *** studies delivered ivermectin through *** pooled prevalence reduction of *** following MDA with ivermec-tin alone was 84.49%(95%CI:54.96-94.66)across five studies and 81.37%(95% CI:61.62-90.96)across seven studies with or without *** prevalence reduction of *** was 49.93%(95%CI:18.23-69.34)across five studies with ivermectin alone,and 89.40%(95%CI:73.66-95.73)across three studies with the addition of *** was high heterogeneity for all syntheses(I^(2)>65%).Conclusions This study underscores the key role of ivermectin-based MDA in addressing limitations in current global STH guidelines in terms of limited efficacy against *** and *** on these findings,revising inter-national STH guidelines to include i

关键词： Soil-transmitted helminths Ivermectin Albendazole Mass drug administration Preventive chemotherapy

Oral administration of egg white ovotransferrin prevents osteoporosis in ovariectomized rats

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Food Science and Human Wellness 2024年第5期13卷 2562-2572页

作者： Nan Shang Xiaoyu Bao Michael Doschak Jianping Wu Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional ScienceUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton T6G 2P5Canada College of Engineering China Agricultural UniversityBeijing 100083China Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality Department of Nutrition and HealthyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijing 100193China Faculty of Pharmacy&Pharmaceutical Sciences University of AlbertaEdmonton T6G 2H5Canada

Ovotransferrin,an iron-binding glycoprotein,accounting for approximately 12%of egg white protein,is a member of transferrin fam *** previous studies showed that ovotransferrin stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts,while inhibits osteoclastogenesis and resorption *** work aims to study the efficacy of orally administered ovotransferrin on the prevention of osteoporosis using ovariectomized(OVX)Sprague-Dawley *** administration of ovotransferrin showed no negative effect on body weight,food intake and organ *** 12-week treatment,feeding ovotransferrin at a dose of 1%(1 g ovotransferrin/100 g diet)prevented OVX-induced bone loss and maintained relatively high bone mineral density and integrated bone *** serum concentration of biomarkers indicating bone formation was increased in ovotransferrin administration groups,while the bone resorption biomarkers were *** feeding also decreased the production of serum cytokine TNF-αand IL-6,which are two stimulators for osteoclast *** addition to its direct regulatory role on bone turnover,ovotransferrin supplementation might benefit osteoporosis prevention by inhibiting adipogenesis,and regulating immune *** results suggested the potential application of ovotransferrin as a functional food ingredient on the prevention of osteoporosis.

关键词： Ovotransferrin Ovariectomized(OVX)rats Bone mineral density Bone microarchitecture Bone resorption Inflammation