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Research on the Effect of Light and Heat Sensing along Meridian of Chinese Medicine
INTRODUCTION: Photonics refers to the technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. Photonic technology in the meridian and acupoints research has shown the unique advantages, by which the microcosmic material basis and macroscopic phenomena research can be integrated to interpret the occurrence of propagated sensation along meridian (PSM) and its underlying mechanism. This study seeks to investigate light and heat sensing action along meridian.METHODS: From the modern research of meridian point of view, PSM is the break point to research the essentiality of meridian. The bio-photonic feature of meridian is the most promising research direction to investigate the PSM phenomena for its contribution to prove the existence of meridian objectively and spontaneously. Therefore, the bio-photonic features of meridian under physiological, pathological, therapeutic, and mechanical conditions were analyzed. Firstly, the four aspects of light sensing action were discussed, i.e. light sensing effect along meridian, blocking effect, laser induced effect and underlying mechanism of light sensing action along meridian. Secondly, the four items of heat sensing action were discussed as well, i.e. thermo-effects, heat perception ability, laser induced heat effect, underlying mechanism on heat sensing effect along meridian.RESULTS: The authors point out that photonic technology, e.g. ultra-weak luminescence, photonic imaging, infrared imaging and infrared spectrum analysis, biological photons detection and laser Doppler application, can achieve purposes of in vivo, dynamic, multiple comparable studies. Thereby, the effect of light and heat sensing along meridian can be detected and illustrated by the use of natural science. The effect of light sensing and heat sensing along meridians with the help of advantages of photonics is expected to interpret and quantify the meridian doctrine, to provide an important experimental basis for meridians and acupoint properties of light and heat, to find a kind of non-invasive diagnostic technique, and to promote the integration and development of meridians and modern medicine.CONCLUSION: Light and heat information can be investigated to analyze the relationship between zang-fu organs and meridians, and the functional characteristics of the meridian. Hence, the effect of light and heat sensing along meridian is the break point of the research of photonics in meridian, which is beneficial to further study the meridian optics
Object-aware Inversion and Reassembly for Image Editing
By comparing the original and target prompts in editing task, we can obtain
numerous editing pairs, each comprising an object and its corresponding editing
target. To allow editability while maintaining fidelity to the input image,
existing editing methods typically involve a fixed number of inversion steps
that project the whole input image to its noisier latent representation,
followed by a denoising process guided by the target prompt. However, we find
that the optimal number of inversion steps for achieving ideal editing results
varies significantly among different editing pairs, owing to varying editing
difficulties. Therefore, the current literature, which relies on a fixed number
of inversion steps, produces sub-optimal generation quality, especially when
handling multiple editing pairs in a natural image. To this end, we propose a
new image editing paradigm, dubbed Object-aware Inversion and Reassembly (OIR),
to enable object-level fine-grained editing. Specifically, we design a new
search metric, which determines the optimal inversion steps for each editing
pair, by jointly considering the editability of the target and the fidelity of
the non-editing region. We use our search metric to find the optimal inversion
step for each editing pair when editing an image. We then edit these editing
pairs separately to avoid concept mismatch. Subsequently, we propose an
additional reassembly step to seamlessly integrate the respective editing
results and the non-editing region to obtain the final edited image. To
systematically evaluate the effectiveness of our method, we collect two
datasets for benchmarking single- and multi-object editing, respectively.
Experiments demonstrate that our method achieves superior performance in
editing object shapes, colors, materials, categories, etc., especially in
multi-object editing scenarios.Comment: Project Page: https://aim-uofa.github.io/OIR-Diffusion
(E)-N′-[(E)-3-Phenylallylidene]benzohydrazide
In the title molecule, C16H14N2O, the dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 23.5 (6)°. In the crystal, N—H—O hydrogen bonds link molecules into chains running along the a axis
N-Methyl-3,5-dinitrobenzamide
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C8H7N3O5, contains two independent molecules in which the amide plane is oriented at dihedral angles of 29.82 (2) and 31.17 (2)° with respect to the benzene ring. In the crystal, molecules are connected via intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming chains running along the b axis
A \gamma-ray emitting NLS1 galaxy SDSS J095909.51+460014.3 identified by multiwavelength contemporaneous brightening
We report on an identification of a new gamma-ray emitting narrow-line
Seyfert 1 galaxy (gamma-NLS1), SDSS J095909.51+460014.3 (z = 0.399), by
establishing an association with a gamma-ray source 4FGL 0959.6+4606, although
its low-energy counterpart was suggested to be a radio galaxy 2MASX
J09591976+4603515. WISE long-term light curves of these two sources reveal
diverse infrared variability patterns. Brightenings of 2.5 mag are detected for
the former source, while flux decays of 0.5 mag are found for the other one.
More importantly, the time that the infrared flux of the NLS1 rises, is
coincident with the time of flux increase of 4FGL 0959.6+4606. At the same
time, no infrared activity of the radio galaxy has been observed. A specific
analysis of 15-month Fermi-LAT data, aiming at the high gamma-ray flux state,
yields a significant source (TS =43). The corresponding gamma-ray localization
analysis suggests that only the NLS1 falls into the uncertainty area, further
supporting the updated association relationship. A broadband spectral energy
distribution of SDSS J095909.51+460014.3 has been drawn and well described by
the classic single-zone homogeneous leptonic jet model. Its jet properties are
investigated and found to be comparable with the known gamma-NLS1s.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures,2 tables, A&A in pres
Enhancement of polar phases in PVDF by forming PVDF/SiC nanowire composite
Different contents of silicon carbide (SiC) nanowires were mixed with Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) to facilitate the polar phase crystallization. It was shown that the annealing temperature and SiC content affected on the phase and crystalline structures of PVDF/SiC samples. Furthermore, the addition of SiC nanowire enhanced the transformation of non-polar α phase to polar phases and increased the relative fraction of β phase in PVDF. Due to the nucleating agent mechanism of SiC nanowires, the ion-dipole interaction between the negatively charged surface of SiC nanowires and the positive CH2 groups in PVDF facilitated the formation of polar phases in PVDF
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