Maximum likelihood-based adaptive differential evolution identification algorithm for multivariable systems in the state-space form

Parameter estimation plays an important role in the field of system control. This article is concerned with the parameter estimation methods for multivariable systems in the state-space form. For the sake of solving the identification complexity caused by a large number of parameters in multivariable systems, we decompose the original multivariable system into some subsystems containing fewer parameters and study identification algorithms to estimate the parameters of each subsystem. By taking the maximum likelihood criterion function as the fitness function of the differential evolution algorithm, we present a maximum likelihood-based differential evolution (ML-DE) algorithm for parameter estimation. To improve the parameter estimation accuracy, we introduce the adaptive mutation factor and the adaptive crossover factor into the ML-DE algorithm and propose a maximum likelihood-based adaptive differential evolution algorithm. The simulation study indicates the efficiency of the proposed algorithms.     

Nanomaterials for radiotherapeutics-based multimodal synergistic cancer therapy

Over the past decade, numerous studies have attempted to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy (external beam radiotherapy and internal radioisotope therapy) for cancer treatment. However, the low radiation absorption coefficient and radiation resistance of tumors remain major critical challenges for radiotherapy in the clinic. With the development of nanomedicine, nanomaterials in combination with radiotherapy offer the possibility to improve the efficiency of radiotherapy in tumors. Nanomaterials act not only as radiosensitizers to enhance radiation energy, but also as nanocarriers to deliver therapeutic units in combating radiation resistance. In this review, we discuss opportunities for a synergistic cancer therapy by combining radiotherapy based on nanomaterials designed for chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, gas therapy, genetic therapy, and immunotherapy. We highlight how nanomaterials can be utilized to amplify antitumor radiation responses and describe cooperative enhancement interactions among these synergistic therapies. Moreover, the potential challenges and future prospects of radio-based nanomedicine to maximize their synergistic efficiency for cancer treatment are identified.

     

Cerebral microbleeds and cognitive decline in a hemodialysis patient: Case report and review of literature

Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are small hemosiderin deposits indicative of prior cerebral microscopic hemorrhage and previously thought to be clinically silent. Recent population‐based cross‐sectional studies and prospective longitudinal cohort studies have revealed association between CMB and cognitive dysfunction. In the general population, CMBs are associated with age, hypertension, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. In the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population, diminished estimated glomerular filtration rate has been found to be an independent risk factor for CMB, raising the possibility that a uremic milieu may predispose to microbleeds. In the end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) population on hemodialysis, the incidence of microbleeds is significantly higher compared with a control group without history of CKD or stroke. We present an ESRD patient on chronic hemodialysis with a history of gradual cognitive decline and progressive CMBs. Through this case and literature review, we illustrate the need to develop detection and prediction models to treat this frequent development in ESRD patients.     

分布式交互技术在虚拟培训中的研究与应用

生活中大量虚拟培训系统仅适用于单人培训使用,难以满足那些需要人与人之间进行协调完成的工作的培训要求,文中提出一种适用于虚拟培训的分布式交互技术应用方法,对互操作性,分布性以及时空一致性等问题进行分析比较,目的是为了满足多人在同一虚拟场景中进行模拟培训操作的要求。最后以传统模拟驾驶器为试验对象,建立一个可供异地多用户同时参与实时交互、协同工作的分布式虚拟环境。实验结果表明,分布式交互技术应用于虚拟培训中,能够弥补传统虚拟培训系统的不足,提高人们协同工作的能力。     

NC Assembly在模具型腔加工中的应用

在模具加工刀路编制时,很多用户会将C reo设计模型导入M aster C A M、C im atron等软件中进行加工刀路编制,往往引起很多数据转换的问题。文中采用C reo软件的一个加工模块N C A ssem bly进行无缝衔接,完成刀路编制。并结合一个实例进行了工艺分析,进而实现粗加工和精加工。     

羽绒棉纤维的性能测试及其静态热性能研究

测试了羽绒棉纤维(细旦涤纶)的直径、纤度、强力,分析了纤维的应力松弛和蠕变性能对时间的依赖性及定伸长变形性,比较了其与木棉纤维的静态热性能,结果表明:羽绒棉纤维纤度平均值为0.8 dtex;60 s内应力松弛和蠕变率增加,对时间依赖性强;羽绒棉纤维的塑性变形率高;与木棉纤维相比,羽绒棉纤维在较高温度区域的导热性比木棉纤维的好,而降温速率明显低于木棉纤维。