Manual small incision cataract surgery for subluxated cataract with lens coloboma

Introduction

The lens coloboma results from a segmental defective or absent development of the zonules. It is usually unilateral and bilateral cases are rare. These eyes are at greater risk of complications during cataract surgery due to ocular malformations. In addition the capsular bag requires stabilization using modified capsule tension ring, capsular tension segment or capsular anchor.

Methods

Lens extraction is indicated for cataract or subluxation if visual function is sufficiently compromised. We report our surgical experience in a patient with bilateral isolated lens coloboma by performing manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) in left eye and phacoemulsification in right eye.

Results

The nuclear rotation was hampered because of the lack of zonules and presence of lens coloboma. MSICS was converted to the intracapsular technique in left eye, though breaking the nucleus into pieces during phacoemulsification in right eye enabled its mobilization and successful completion with implantation of modified capsule tension ring.

Conclusions

A patient with lens subluxation and lens coloboma is better managed by phacoemulsification as compared to the MSICS.     

Silver front electrode grids for ITO-free all printed polymer solar cells with embedded and raised topographies, prepared by thermal imprint, flexographic and inkjet roll-to-roll processes

Semitransparent front electrodes for polymer solar cells, that are printable and roll-to-roll processable under ambient conditions using different approaches, are explored in this report. The excellent smoothness of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) electrodes has traditionally been believed to be difficult to achieve using printed front grids, as surface topographies accumulate when processing subsequent layers, leading to shunts between the top and bottom printed metallic electrodes. Here we demonstrate how aqueous nanoparticle based silver inks can be employed as printed front electrodes using several different roll-to-roll techniques. We thus compare hexagonal silver grids prepared using either roll-to-roll inkjet or roll-to-roll flexographic printing. Both inkjet and flexo grids present a raised topography and were found to perform differently due to only the conductivity of the obtained silver grid. The raised topographies were compared with a roll-to-roll thermally imprinted grid that was filled with silver in a roll-to-roll process, thus presenting an embedded topography. The embedded grid and the flexo grid were found to perform equally well, with the flexographic technique currently presenting the fastest processing and the lowest silver use, whereas the embedded grid presents the maximally achievable optical transparency and conductivity. Polymer solar cells were prepared in the same step, using roll-to-roll slot-die coating of zinc oxide as the electron transport layer, poly-3-hexylthiophene:phenyl-C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) as the active layer and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) as the top electrode, along with a flat bed screen printed silver grid. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) obtained for large area devices (6 cm(2)) was 1.84%, 0.79% and 1.72%, respectively, for thermally imprinted, inkjet and flexographic silver grids, tested outside under the real sun. Central to all three approaches was that they employed environmentally friendly solvents, i.e. water based nanoparticle silver inks.     

Low‐cost upscaling compatibility of five different ITO‐free architectures for polymer solar cells

Five different indium‐tin‐oxide free (ITO‐free) polymer solar cell architectures provided by four participating research institutions that all presented a laboratory cell performance sufficient for use in mobile and information and communication technology (ICT) were evaluated based on photovoltaic performance and lifetime tests according to the ISOS protocols. The comparison of the different device architectures was performed using the same active material (P3HT: PCBM) and tested against an ITO‐based reference device. The active area was 1 cm² and rigid glass or flexible polyester substrates were employed. The performance results were corroborated by use of a round robin methodology between the four participating laboratories (DTU/DK, ECN/NL, Frauenhofer ISE/DE, and the Holst Centre/NL), while the lifetime testing experiments were carried out in only one location (DTU). Five different lifetime testing experiments were carried out for a minimum of 1000 h: (1) shelf life (according to ISOS‐D‐1); (2–3) stability under continuous 1 sun illumination (1000 Wm^?2, AM1.5G) at low (37 ± 3°C) and high (80 ± 5°C) temperatures (according to ISOS‐L‐1 and ISOS‐L‐2); (4) stability under continuous low‐light conditions at 0.1 sun (100 Wm^?2, AM1.5G, 32°C) (according to ISOS‐LL); (5) continuous illumination (670 Wm^?2, AM1.5G) at high temperature (65°C) and high humidity (50% RH) (according to ISOS‐L‐3). Finally, the upscaling compatibility of these device architectures based on the device photovoltaic behavior, stability and scalability were identified and we confirm that an architecture that presents a high score in only one aspect of the solar cell performance is not sufficient to justify an investment in upscaling. Many will require further technical development. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 130: 944‐954, 2013     

金针菇富硒薜荔汁复合饮料的研制

用金针菇Fr19菌丝体液体培养富硒，硒浓度为10μg／ml时富集率最高，用试验确定了复合饮料最佳配方，金针菇菌丝提取液、薜荔汁液、白砂糖、柠檬酸为20％、15％、2％、0．2％。该饮料具有人体吸收率高的生物硒，对人体安全无害，同时具有金针菇菌体蛋白、多糖体、薜荔汁等丰富的营养成份，为研制功能型复合保健饮料提供了实验模型。     

Scalability and stability of very thin,roll-to-roll processed,large area,indium-tin-oxide free polymer solar cell modules

Polymer solar cell modules were prepared directly on thin flexible barrier polyethylene terephthalate foil. The performance of the modules was found to be scalable from a single cell with an area of 6 cm² to modules with a total area of up to 186 cm². The substrate thickness was also explored and the performance was found to be independent of thickness in the range of 20–130 μm. The thinner substrates were found to present some challenge regarding handling but were not limited in performance. Large area modules on a substrate thickness of 45 μm were finally prepared by full roll-to-roll processing employing P3HT:PCBM as the active material and were found to exhibit a total area efficiency of >1% (1000 W/m^?2; AM1.5G) with a typical active-area efficiency in the 1.5–1.6% for total module area of >110 cm² due to high fill factors in excess of 50%. The modules were also found to have an active-area efficiency of >1% under low light levels (～100 W m^?2). The modules were then subjected to extensive stability testing for a minimum of 1000 h employing several ISOS protocols. The modules presented higher than 80% of the initial performance (T80) in the dark (ISOS-D-1), in dark under elevated temperature of 65 °C (ISOS-D-2), under low light (ISOS-LL), under full sunlight (ISOS-L-2), and under outdoor testing (ISOS-O), which was conducted in two locations in India and Denmark. We estimate maximum T80 for those tests to be 2800, 5000, 1300, 1000, and 3500 h respectively. The modules showed significant sensitivity to high humidity and had low values for T80 for dark storage tests at 50 °C/85%RH (ISOS-D-3) and accelerated operation conditions with 0.7 sun/65 oC/50%RH (ISOS-L-3). We found the modules to be particularly suited for information and communications technology (ICT) and mobile applications where low humidity (<50%) and lower temperatures (<65 °C) can be anticipated and we estimate operational lifetimes in excess of 1 year.     

Combination of medical and surgical therapy for pleuropneumonia in a horse

Medical management was unable to prevent the development of an extrapulmonary abscess in a 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding with anaerobic pleuropneumonia. Intercostal thoracostomy achieved drainage of the abscess. Resolution of the abscess and subsequent bronchopleural fistulas was monitored by ultrasonography and video-endoscopy. The horse returned to training 4 mo after discharge.     

文南油田生产系统腐蚀因素分析与防腐治理

本文介绍了油田生产系统的腐蚀特征、腐蚀因素，并提出了治理腐蚀的措施及对策。