Geometric conservation laws for cells or vesicles with membrane nanotubes or singular points

On the basis of the integral theorems about the mean curvature and Gauss curvature, geometric conservation laws for cells or vesicles are proved. These conservation laws may depict various special bionano structures discovered in experiments, such as the membrane nanotubes and singular points grown from the surfaces of cells or vesicles. Potential applications of the conservation laws to lipid nanotube junctions that interconnect cells or vesicles are discussed

Functional analysis of the micro/nanostructures of dragonfly wing veins

This article studies the internal micro/nanostructures and reveals the relations between the structures and functions of dragonfly wing veins. Through SEM, we take the microscopic photos of the cross-sections of dragonfly wing veins. From these photos, we obtain the following results: (a) The micro/nanostructures vary along the axis of the vein, i.e., different cross-sections have different micro/nanostructures. (b) For a given cross-section, the micro/nanostructures are of multilevels and multiscales. (c) At large scale, the structures of the veins are of diversities and disorders. The larger is the size scale. The more complicated are the structures, and the higher are the diversities and disorders. At small scale, the structures of the veins are of unifications and orders. The smaller is the size scale, the simpler is the structures, and the higher are the unifications and orders. (d) At the micro scale, we may induce unified assembling mode for the vein’s structures, i.e., “nanofibers/nanolayers (or nanobunches)”. (e) Both the mechanical functions and biological functions of the micro/nanostructures of the veins are optimized synthetically

Relationship between IL-10 gene -819C/T polymorphism and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease: A meta-analysis

Background: The -819C/T polymorphism in interleukin 10 (IL-10) gene has been reported to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ,but the previous results are conflicting.Materials and methods: The present study aimed at investigating the association between this polymorphism and risk of IBD using a meta-analysis.PubMed,Web of Science,EMBASE,google scholar and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases were systematically searched to identify relevant publications from their inception to April 2016.Pooled odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated using fixed- or random-effects models.Results: A total of 7 case-control studies containing 1890 patients and 2929 controls were enrolled into this meta-analysis, and our results showed no association between IL-10 gene -819C/T polymorphism and IBD risk(TT vs. CC:OR=0.81,95%CI 0.64- 1.04;CT vs. CC:OR=0.92,95%CI 0.81-1.05; Dominant model: OR=0.90,95%CI 0.80-1.02; Recessive model: OR=0.84,95%CI 0.66-1.06). In a subgroup analysis by nationality, the -819C/T polymorphism was not associated with IBD in both Asians and Caucasians. In the subgroup analysis stratified by IBD type, significant association was found in Crohn’s disease(CD)(CT vs. CC:OR=0.68,95%CI 0.48-0.97).Conclusion: In summary, the present meta-analysis suggests that the IL-10 gene -819C/T polymorphism may be associated with CD risk.Keywords: Interleukin 10, -819C/T polymorphism, inflammatory bowel diseaseDue to errors in the previous PDF especially in the 'Cite as' authors names, the PDF fulltext has been reloaded. This information is now correct

BASIC STUDY FOR COAL MOISTURE CONTROL INTEGRATING PNEUMATIC CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE

A technique of coal moisture control integrating pneumatic classification with flue gas as heating medium was put forward. With this technique, refined coal moisture control can be realized accompanying classification in one process, and considerable high-quality energy can be saved in coking and milling procedure. In this paper, coal classification and moisture control behaviors was investigated at different conditions. Based on experimental results, the basic parameters for the technique were worked out accordingly

Physical detection of misbehavior in relay systems with unreliable channel state information

We study the detection 1 of misbehavior in a Gaussian relay system, where the source transmits information to the destination with the assistance of an amplify-and-forward relay node subject to unreliable channel state information (CSI). The relay node may be potentially malicious and corrupt the network by forwarding garbled information. In this situation, misleading feedback may take place, since reliable CSI is unavailable at the source and/or the destination. By classifying the action of the relay as detectable or undetectable, we propose a novel approach that is capable of coping with any malicious attack detected and continuing to work effectively in the presence of unreliable CSI. We demonstrate that the detectable class of attacks can be successfully detected with a high probability. Meanwhile, the undetectable class of attacks does not affect the performance improvements that are achievable by cooperative diversity, even though such an attack may fool the proposed detection approach. We also extend the method to deal with the case in which there is no direct link between the source and the destination. The effectiveness of the proposed approach has been validated by numerical results