コットン汎関数と3次元共形幾何学

要約のみTohoku University板東重稔課

Association of Pain History and Current Pain With Sagittal Spinal Alignment and Muscle Stiffness and Muscle Mass of the Back Muscles in Middle-aged and Elderly Women

[Study Design] A cross-sectional study. [Objective] To investigate the association of low back pain history (LBPH) and LBP with sagittal spinal alignment, stiffness assessed using ultrasonic shear wave elastography, and mass of the back muscle in community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly women. [Summary of Background Data] The association of LBPH and LBP with sagittal spinal alignment, stiffness, and mass of the back muscles remains unclear in middle-aged and elderly women. [Participants and Methods] The study comprised 19 asymptomatic middle-aged and elderly women [control (CTR) group], 16 middle-aged and elderly women with LBPH (LBPH group), and 23 middle-aged and elderly women with LBP (LBP group). Sagittal spinal alignment in the standing and prone positions (kyphosis angle in the thoracic spine, lordosis angle in the lumbar spine, and anterior inclination angle in the sacrum) was measured using a Spinal Mouse. The stiffness of the back muscles (lumbar erector spinae and multifidus) in the prone position was measured using ultrasonic shear wave elastography. The mass of the back muscles (thoracic and lumbar erector spinae, lumbar multifidus, and quadratus lumborum) was also measured. [Results] Multiple logistic regression analysis with a forward selection method showed that the stiffness of the lumbar multifidus muscle was a significant and independent factor of LBPH. The stiffness of the lumbar multifidus muscle was significantly higher in the LBPH group than in the CTR group. Multiple logistic regression analysis also indicated that lumbar lordosis angle in the standing position was a significant and independent factor of LBP. The lumbar lordosis angle was significantly smaller in the LBP group than in the CTR group. [Conclusions] Our results suggest that LBPH is associated with increased stiffness of the lumbar multifidus muscle in the prone position, and that LBP is associated with the decreased lumbar lordosis in the standing position in community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly women

Selective recovery of indium from the etching waste solution of the flat-panel display fabrication process

The waste byproducts from the indium-consuming fabrication processes are considered as the viable resource for indium due to the unique preference to the element in designing optoelectronic devices. The present work introduces a new technique for the selective recovery of indium from the etching waste, which produced during the patterning of indium tin oxide (ITO) layer on the flat-panel displays. The process includes the application of a solid phase extraction (SPE) assembly, known as molecular recognition technology (MRT) gel, consisting of a metal-selective ligand immobilized to silica gel or polymer substrates. The samples were the real solution of etching waste from the liquid-crystal display fabrication process, and the simulated waste solution prepared using the commercially available etching solution composition containing ethanedioic acid. The retention and the corresponding indium recovery rate (%) were the key characteristics for the appraisal of MRT-SPE types: AnaLig TE 02 (TE 02), AnaLig TE 03, AnaLig TE 07, AnaLig TE 13 and AnaLig PM 02. The other conclusive factors were the influence of ion intensity in solution and the interfering effects from tin, the co-content element in the ITO-formulation. The TE 02 MRT-SPE came across all the requisite aspects for the selective recovery of indium from the etching effluent. The indium retention or recovery with TE 02 MRT-SPE from the real etching waste solution was in the range of 97 to 99% with the relative standard deviation of <4.4%. The separation of the ITO co-element tin from the waste mixture was successively selective, and thereby minimizes the possibility of interference. A three-step elution with 0.3molL-1 HNO3, 6molL-1 HCl and 1molL-1 HCl/10mmolL-1 EDTA was required to accomplish the sequential selectivity in the process. The indium retention capacity of the TE 02 MRT-SPE was 0.147mmolg-1. © 2013 Elsevier B.V

A silica gel-bound macrocycle system for the selective separation of toxic cadmium from metal-affluent aqueous matrix

Selective separation of cadmium(II) on a macrocycle immobilized solid phase extraction (SPE) system namely AnaLig Cd-01, and commonly known as molecular recognition technology (MRT) gel, have been examined. The MRT-SPE able to retain the cadmium from the metal-affluent aqueous matrix at the pH range of 2 to 8, and the captured species can be recovered via elution with 1 and 6 M HNO3. Besides the effects of solution pH and eluent concentration, the impacts of sample loading flow rates and coexisting matrix ions were also investigated and optimized. The Cd(II) retention capacity of the MRT-SPE was 0.26 mmol g-1, and it can be reused for more than 100 loading and elution cycles. The Cd(II) recovery attained from the metal-spiked natural waters was satisfactory (95.3-98.1%). However, the Cd(II) retention ability of the MRT-SPE was significantly decreased when excess of chelant remain in the aqueous waste matrix. © 2012 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien