Background: It is said that after ICU discharge, 40% of patients suffer from acute stress symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, caused by “distorted memories” (memory loss and delusions) due to various treatment...Background: It is said that after ICU discharge, 40% of patients suffer from acute stress symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, caused by “distorted memories” (memory loss and delusions) due to various treatments in the ICU. This study focused on the quantitative and qualitative effects of ICU diaries on distorted memories that patients encountered during their time in the ICU. Aim: To assess improving distorted memories by providing information during ICU admission to patients to relieve the acute stress symptoms after ICU discharge. Design and Methods: This nonrandomized controlled trial included patients aged ≥20 years who had received treatment for ≥3 days in the ICU. Using ICU memory tool, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) approximately 1 week after ICU discharge, then HADS and ASDS prior to hospital discharge, the change in mean values were compared between two groups (control and intervention) using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The intervention group was surveyed prior to hospital discharge using semi-structured interviews, and descriptions were analyzed by the content analysis method of Krippendorff. Results: Twenty-three participants were included in the control group, and 17 in the intervention group. When comparing subjects with distorted memories between the groups, we found reduced values for HADS anxiety (7.1 ± 3.8 to 5.7 ± 2.7, p = 0.011), HADS depression (8.6 ± 5.0 to 7.2 ± 4.3, p = 0.003), and ASDS (46.9 ± 13.8 to 43.8 ± 11.4, p = 0.012) in the intervention group. Based on the narrations, patients wanted to investigate facts in the ICU diary while having someone help them to remember these events. Conclusion: Improving distorted memories during ICU admissions may relieve acute stress symptoms. In addition, these patients needed someone to investigate facts from the ICU admission.展开更多
Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDCs)have layered structures with excellent tribological properties.Since the energy difference between hexagonal-molybdenum ditelluride(2H-MoTe_(2))and distorted o...Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDCs)have layered structures with excellent tribological properties.Since the energy difference between hexagonal-molybdenum ditelluride(2H-MoTe_(2))and distorted octahedral-molybdenum ditelluride(1T′-MoTe_(2))is very small among the transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDCs),MoTe_(2) becomes one of the most promising candidates for phase engineering.In our experiment,we found that the friction force and friction coefficient(COF)of 2H-MoTe_(2) were an order of magnitude smaller than those of 1T′-MoTe_(2) by the atomic force microscope(AFM)experiments.The friction difference between 1T′-MoTe_(2) and 2H-MoTe_(2) was further verified in molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.The density functional theory(DFT)calculations suggest that the friction contrast is related to the difference in sliding energy barrier of the potential energy surface(PES)for a tip sliding across the surface.The PES obtained from the DFT calculation indicates that the maximum energy barrier and the minimum energy path(MEP)energy barrier of 2H-MoTe_(2) are both smaller than those of 1T′-MoTe_(2),which means that less energy needs to be dissipated during the sliding process.The difference in energy barrier of the PES could be ascribed to its larger interlayer spacing and weaker Mo–Te interatomic interactions within the layers of 2H-MoTe_(2) than those of 1T′-MoTe_(2).The obvious friction difference between 1T′-MoTe_(2) and 2H-MoTe_(2) not only provides a new non-destructive means to detect the phase transition by the AFM,but also provides a possibility to tune friction by controlling the phase transition,which has the potential to be applied in extreme environments such as space lubrication.展开更多
An enhanced numerical model for simulating two-dimensional incompressible viscous flow with distorted free surface is reported. The numerical simulation is carried out through the CIP （Constrained Interpolation Prof...An enhanced numerical model for simulating two-dimensional incompressible viscous flow with distorted free surface is reported. The numerical simulation is carried out through the CIP （Constrained Interpolation Profile）-based method, which is described in the paper. A more accurate interface capturing scheme, the VOF/WLIC scheme （VOF：Volume-of-Fluid;WLIC：weighed line interface calculation）, is adopted as the interface capturing method. To assess the developed algorithm and its versatility, a selection of test problems are examined, i.e. the square wave propagation, the Zalesak’s rigid body rotation, dam breaking problem with and without obstacles, wave sloshing in an excited wave tank and interaction between extreme waves and a floating body. Excellent agreements are obtained when numerical results are compared with available analytical, experimental, and other numerical results. These examples demonstrate that the use of the VOF/WLIC scheme in the free surface capturing makes better results and also the proposed CIP-based model is capable of predicting the freak wave-related phenomena.展开更多
WT5”BZ]In this study, by considering the scale ratio related to the specific gravity of the submerged bed material, and introducing a degree of distortion, n the similarity laws for a distorted river model with a mov...WT5”BZ]In this study, by considering the scale ratio related to the specific gravity of the submerged bed material, and introducing a degree of distortion, n the similarity laws for a distorted river model with a movable bed were derived under the conditions that the values of dual dimensionless parameters in a regime-criterion diagram for the bars are the same in a model as they are in a prototype, and that a resistance law such as the Manning-Strickler-type formula is to be valid for a model and a prototype. The usefulness of the similarity laws derived in this study was verified by comparing the bed forms from the distroted model experiments with the bed forms from the 1/50-scale undistorted model experiments, which were performed by the Hokkaido Development Bureau (H. D. B.), Japan, to examine the tentative plan for the improvement of a low-flow channel in the Chubetsu River, which is a tributary of the Ishikari River. It is considered that the distorted model experiments to be valid with either sand or lightweight bed material. [WT5”HZ]展开更多
Quantum spin Hall （QSH） insulators with a large topologically nontrivial bulk gap are crucial for future applications of the QSH effect. Among these, group III-V monolayers and their halides, which have a chair stru...Quantum spin Hall （QSH） insulators with a large topologically nontrivial bulk gap are crucial for future applications of the QSH effect. Among these, group III-V monolayers and their halides, which have a chair structure （regular hexagonal framework）, have been widely studied. Using first-principles calculations, we formulate a new structure model for the functionalized group III-V monolayers, which consist of rectangular GaBi-X2 （X = I, Br, C1） monolayers with a distorted hexagonal framework （DHF）. These structures have a far lower energy than the GaBi-X2 monolayers with a chair structure. Remarkably, the DHF GaBi-X2 monolayers are all QSH insulators, which exhibit sizeable nontrivial band gaps ranging from 0.17 to 0.39 eV. The band gaps can be widely tuned by applying different spin-orbit coupling strengths, resulting in a distorted Dirac cone.展开更多
Newton's general similarity criterion was applied to the distorted model. Theresults for the similarities of gravity force, drag force and pressure force are identical withthose derived from relevant differential ...Newton's general similarity criterion was applied to the distorted model. Theresults for the similarities of gravity force, drag force and pressure force are identical withthose derived from relevant differential equations of fluid flow. And the selected limits of thedistorted ratio were studied and the simulation of roughness coefficient of distorted model wasconducted by means of hydraulic test.展开更多
In this paper,we construct a new cell-centered nonlinear finite volume scheme that preserves the extremum principle for heterogeneous anisotropic diffusion equation on distorted meshes.We introduce a new nonlinear app...In this paper,we construct a new cell-centered nonlinear finite volume scheme that preserves the extremum principle for heterogeneous anisotropic diffusion equation on distorted meshes.We introduce a new nonlinear approach to construct the conservative flux,that is,a linear second order flux is firstly given and a nonlinear conservative flux is then constructed by using an adaptive method and a nonlinear weighted method.Our new scheme does not need to use the convex combination of the cell-center unknowns to approximate the auxiliary unknowns,so it can deal with the problem with general discontinuous coefficients.Numerical results show that our new scheme performs more robust than some existing schemes on highly distorted meshes.展开更多
A real-time wavefront sensing method for arbitrary targets is proposed,which provides an effective way for diversified wavefront sensing application scenarios.By using a distorted grating,the positive and negative def...A real-time wavefront sensing method for arbitrary targets is proposed,which provides an effective way for diversified wavefront sensing application scenarios.By using a distorted grating,the positive and negative defocus images are simultaneously acquired on a single detector.A fine feature,which is independent of the target itself but corresponding to the wavefront aberration,is defined.A lightweight and efficient network combined with an attention mechanism[AM-EffNet]is proposed to establish an accurate mapping between the features and the incident wavefronts.Comparison results show that the proposed method has superior performance compared to other methods and can achieve high-accuracy wavefront sensing in varied target scenes only by using the point target dataset to train the network well.展开更多
Distortion of planar aromatics occurs in the fused rings conjugated with bulky substituents,which generates racemic enantiomers with high transformation energy barriers.However,direct synthesis of homochiral distorted...Distortion of planar aromatics occurs in the fused rings conjugated with bulky substituents,which generates racemic enantiomers with high transformation energy barriers.However,direct synthesis of homochiral distorted aryl compounds is a very challenging task.Here,we presented a molecular folding strategy to control distorted aryl homochirality.Amino acids and their derivatives conjugated on the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including benzenes,naphthalenes and triphenylenes,which formed parallelβ-sheet arrays through intramolecular hydrogen bonds.The folding behavior enabled distorted or twisted geometry of aromatics,of which the handedness was associated with the absolute chirality of amino acids.X-ray crystallography,theoretical calculations and circular dichroism spectroscopy verified the distorted homochirality in the solid and solution phase.The relatively small rotational barrier between the enantiomers made the molecule sensitive to the environment and thus realized the solvent-controlled chiral inversion.Theβ-sheet folding strategy can be widely used in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with various functions,which provided a promising strategy to control inherent chirality of aromatics with adaptive chiroptical responses.展开更多
In this article, we have derived a new and more general formulation of Love waves in arbitrarily irregular multi-layered media by using the global generalized reflection/transmission (abbreviated to R/T thereafter) ma...In this article, we have derived a new and more general formulation of Love waves in arbitrarily irregular multi-layered media by using the global generalized reflection/transmission (abbreviated to R/T thereafter) matrices method developed earlier by Chen [17~20]. From the basic principle that the modal solutions are the non-trivial solutions of the free elastodynamic equation under appropriate boundary conditions, we naturally derived the characteristic frequencies and the corresponding distorted modes of Love wave in irregular multi-layered media. Moreover, we have derived the corresponding excitation formulation of Love waves in such laterally heterogeneous media by using the general solution of elastodynamic equation [17~20]. Similar to the result for laterally homogeneous layered structure, the Love waves radiated from a point source in irregular multi-layered media can be expressed as a superposition of distorted modes. Since the structure model used here is quite arbitrary, it can be used for展开更多
A new Zn（Ⅱ） complex [Zn（Phen）2（C（12）H6O4N2）（H2O）]·3H2O with 2,2-bipyridine-3,3-dicarboxylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline（Phen） as ligands was synthesized, and the crystal data are as follows： monocl...A new Zn（Ⅱ） complex [Zn（Phen）2（C（12）H6O4N2）（H2O）]·3H2O with 2,2-bipyridine-3,3-dicarboxylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline（Phen） as ligands was synthesized, and the crystal data are as follows： monoclinic, space group P2（1/n）, a=12.5581（11）, b=17.3382（17）, c=15.6687（14） , β=110.579（2）o, Mr=731.02, V=3193.9（5） 3, Dc=1.520 g/cm3, Z=4, μ（Mo Kα）=0.833 mm（-1）, F（000）=1508, the final R=0.0431 and w R=0.0936. In the title complex, the central Zn（Ⅱ） ion is located in a distorted octahedral coordination environment. The electrochemical and fluorescent properties were studied. The title complex possesses irreversible electron transfer in the electrode reaction, and it has a strong emission peak in the range of 470505 nm, with the excitation wavelength being 488 nm.展开更多
文摘Background: It is said that after ICU discharge, 40% of patients suffer from acute stress symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, caused by “distorted memories” (memory loss and delusions) due to various treatments in the ICU. This study focused on the quantitative and qualitative effects of ICU diaries on distorted memories that patients encountered during their time in the ICU. Aim: To assess improving distorted memories by providing information during ICU admission to patients to relieve the acute stress symptoms after ICU discharge. Design and Methods: This nonrandomized controlled trial included patients aged ≥20 years who had received treatment for ≥3 days in the ICU. Using ICU memory tool, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) approximately 1 week after ICU discharge, then HADS and ASDS prior to hospital discharge, the change in mean values were compared between two groups (control and intervention) using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The intervention group was surveyed prior to hospital discharge using semi-structured interviews, and descriptions were analyzed by the content analysis method of Krippendorff. Results: Twenty-three participants were included in the control group, and 17 in the intervention group. When comparing subjects with distorted memories between the groups, we found reduced values for HADS anxiety (7.1 ± 3.8 to 5.7 ± 2.7, p = 0.011), HADS depression (8.6 ± 5.0 to 7.2 ± 4.3, p = 0.003), and ASDS (46.9 ± 13.8 to 43.8 ± 11.4, p = 0.012) in the intervention group. Based on the narrations, patients wanted to investigate facts in the ICU diary while having someone help them to remember these events. Conclusion: Improving distorted memories during ICU admissions may relieve acute stress symptoms. In addition, these patients needed someone to investigate facts from the ICU admission.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52175175)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDC04000000).
文摘Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDCs)have layered structures with excellent tribological properties.Since the energy difference between hexagonal-molybdenum ditelluride(2H-MoTe_(2))and distorted octahedral-molybdenum ditelluride(1T′-MoTe_(2))is very small among the transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDCs),MoTe_(2) becomes one of the most promising candidates for phase engineering.In our experiment,we found that the friction force and friction coefficient(COF)of 2H-MoTe_(2) were an order of magnitude smaller than those of 1T′-MoTe_(2) by the atomic force microscope(AFM)experiments.The friction difference between 1T′-MoTe_(2) and 2H-MoTe_(2) was further verified in molecular dynamics(MD)simulations.The density functional theory(DFT)calculations suggest that the friction contrast is related to the difference in sliding energy barrier of the potential energy surface(PES)for a tip sliding across the surface.The PES obtained from the DFT calculation indicates that the maximum energy barrier and the minimum energy path(MEP)energy barrier of 2H-MoTe_(2) are both smaller than those of 1T′-MoTe_(2),which means that less energy needs to be dissipated during the sliding process.The difference in energy barrier of the PES could be ascribed to its larger interlayer spacing and weaker Mo–Te interatomic interactions within the layers of 2H-MoTe_(2) than those of 1T′-MoTe_(2).The obvious friction difference between 1T′-MoTe_(2) and 2H-MoTe_(2) not only provides a new non-destructive means to detect the phase transition by the AFM,but also provides a possibility to tune friction by controlling the phase transition,which has the potential to be applied in extreme environments such as space lubrication.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51209184)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2012QNA4020)+1 种基金the Zhejiang Open Foundation of the Most Important Subjects,the Key Laboratory of Water-Sediment Sciences and Water Disaster Prevention of Hunan Province(Grant No.2013SS03)the Educational Commission of Zhejiang Province of China(Grant No.Y201225713)
文摘An enhanced numerical model for simulating two-dimensional incompressible viscous flow with distorted free surface is reported. The numerical simulation is carried out through the CIP （Constrained Interpolation Profile）-based method, which is described in the paper. A more accurate interface capturing scheme, the VOF/WLIC scheme （VOF：Volume-of-Fluid;WLIC：weighed line interface calculation）, is adopted as the interface capturing method. To assess the developed algorithm and its versatility, a selection of test problems are examined, i.e. the square wave propagation, the Zalesak’s rigid body rotation, dam breaking problem with and without obstacles, wave sloshing in an excited wave tank and interaction between extreme waves and a floating body. Excellent agreements are obtained when numerical results are compared with available analytical, experimental, and other numerical results. These examples demonstrate that the use of the VOF/WLIC scheme in the free surface capturing makes better results and also the proposed CIP-based model is capable of predicting the freak wave-related phenomena.
文摘WT5”BZ]In this study, by considering the scale ratio related to the specific gravity of the submerged bed material, and introducing a degree of distortion, n the similarity laws for a distorted river model with a movable bed were derived under the conditions that the values of dual dimensionless parameters in a regime-criterion diagram for the bars are the same in a model as they are in a prototype, and that a resistance law such as the Manning-Strickler-type formula is to be valid for a model and a prototype. The usefulness of the similarity laws derived in this study was verified by comparing the bed forms from the distroted model experiments with the bed forms from the 1/50-scale undistorted model experiments, which were performed by the Hokkaido Development Bureau (H. D. B.), Japan, to examine the tentative plan for the improvement of a low-flow channel in the Chubetsu River, which is a tributary of the Ishikari River. It is considered that the distorted model experiments to be valid with either sand or lightweight bed material. [WT5”HZ]
文摘Quantum spin Hall （QSH） insulators with a large topologically nontrivial bulk gap are crucial for future applications of the QSH effect. Among these, group III-V monolayers and their halides, which have a chair structure （regular hexagonal framework）, have been widely studied. Using first-principles calculations, we formulate a new structure model for the functionalized group III-V monolayers, which consist of rectangular GaBi-X2 （X = I, Br, C1） monolayers with a distorted hexagonal framework （DHF）. These structures have a far lower energy than the GaBi-X2 monolayers with a chair structure. Remarkably, the DHF GaBi-X2 monolayers are all QSH insulators, which exhibit sizeable nontrivial band gaps ranging from 0.17 to 0.39 eV. The band gaps can be widely tuned by applying different spin-orbit coupling strengths, resulting in a distorted Dirac cone.
文摘Newton's general similarity criterion was applied to the distorted model. Theresults for the similarities of gravity force, drag force and pressure force are identical withthose derived from relevant differential equations of fluid flow. And the selected limits of thedistorted ratio were studied and the simulation of roughness coefficient of distorted model wasconducted by means of hydraulic test.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11971069,12071045)the Scientific Research Foundation of NUAA No.YAH21109.
文摘In this paper,we construct a new cell-centered nonlinear finite volume scheme that preserves the extremum principle for heterogeneous anisotropic diffusion equation on distorted meshes.We introduce a new nonlinear approach to construct the conservative flux,that is,a linear second order flux is firstly given and a nonlinear conservative flux is then constructed by using an adaptive method and a nonlinear weighted method.Our new scheme does not need to use the convex combination of the cell-center unknowns to approximate the auxiliary unknowns,so it can deal with the problem with general discontinuous coefficients.Numerical results show that our new scheme performs more robust than some existing schemes on highly distorted meshes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62105336)Sichuan Science and Technology Program(No.2022JDRC0095)。
文摘A real-time wavefront sensing method for arbitrary targets is proposed,which provides an effective way for diversified wavefront sensing application scenarios.By using a distorted grating,the positive and negative defocus images are simultaneously acquired on a single detector.A fine feature,which is independent of the target itself but corresponding to the wavefront aberration,is defined.A lightweight and efficient network combined with an attention mechanism[AM-EffNet]is proposed to establish an accurate mapping between the features and the incident wavefronts.Comparison results show that the proposed method has superior performance compared to other methods and can achieve high-accuracy wavefront sensing in varied target scenes only by using the point target dataset to train the network well.
基金supported by Joint Large Scale Scientific Facility Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)and Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(U1932110,NSFC(11805059,11805012,11675051,12322502),and 12335002)Fundamental Research Funds for the central Universities+3 种基金supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)(TRR110)NSFC through funds provided to the Sino-German CRC 110“Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD”(11621131001)supported in part by VolkswagenStiftung(93562)by the CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(PIFI)(2018DM0034)。
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFB1505802)the Ministry of Science and Technology(2017YFA0208200)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22025108,U21A20327,and 22121001)Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(2021B1515020081)the start-up support from Xiamen University and Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices(20195010002)。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21901145,22171165)the financial support from Youth cross-scientific innovation group of Shandong University(No.2020QNQT003).
文摘Distortion of planar aromatics occurs in the fused rings conjugated with bulky substituents,which generates racemic enantiomers with high transformation energy barriers.However,direct synthesis of homochiral distorted aryl compounds is a very challenging task.Here,we presented a molecular folding strategy to control distorted aryl homochirality.Amino acids and their derivatives conjugated on the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including benzenes,naphthalenes and triphenylenes,which formed parallelβ-sheet arrays through intramolecular hydrogen bonds.The folding behavior enabled distorted or twisted geometry of aromatics,of which the handedness was associated with the absolute chirality of amino acids.X-ray crystallography,theoretical calculations and circular dichroism spectroscopy verified the distorted homochirality in the solid and solution phase.The relatively small rotational barrier between the enantiomers made the molecule sensitive to the environment and thus realized the solvent-controlled chiral inversion.Theβ-sheet folding strategy can be widely used in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with various functions,which provided a promising strategy to control inherent chirality of aromatics with adaptive chiroptical responses.
文摘In this article, we have derived a new and more general formulation of Love waves in arbitrarily irregular multi-layered media by using the global generalized reflection/transmission (abbreviated to R/T thereafter) matrices method developed earlier by Chen [17~20]. From the basic principle that the modal solutions are the non-trivial solutions of the free elastodynamic equation under appropriate boundary conditions, we naturally derived the characteristic frequencies and the corresponding distorted modes of Love wave in irregular multi-layered media. Moreover, we have derived the corresponding excitation formulation of Love waves in such laterally heterogeneous media by using the general solution of elastodynamic equation [17~20]. Similar to the result for laterally homogeneous layered structure, the Love waves radiated from a point source in irregular multi-layered media can be expressed as a superposition of distorted modes. Since the structure model used here is quite arbitrary, it can be used for
基金Supported by the Open Fund Project of Key Laboratory of Functional Organometallic Materials of Hengyang Normal University(GN15K02)the Science Foundation of Hengyang Normal University(16D06)
文摘A new Zn（Ⅱ） complex [Zn（Phen）2（C（12）H6O4N2）（H2O）]·3H2O with 2,2-bipyridine-3,3-dicarboxylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline（Phen） as ligands was synthesized, and the crystal data are as follows： monoclinic, space group P2（1/n）, a=12.5581（11）, b=17.3382（17）, c=15.6687（14） , β=110.579（2）o, Mr=731.02, V=3193.9（5） 3, Dc=1.520 g/cm3, Z=4, μ（Mo Kα）=0.833 mm（-1）, F（000）=1508, the final R=0.0431 and w R=0.0936. In the title complex, the central Zn（Ⅱ） ion is located in a distorted octahedral coordination environment. The electrochemical and fluorescent properties were studied. The title complex possesses irreversible electron transfer in the electrode reaction, and it has a strong emission peak in the range of 470505 nm, with the excitation wavelength being 488 nm.
