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Laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection (LPND) is limited by complex neurovascular bundles in the narrow pelvic sidewall and various post-operative complications. Indocyanine green (ICG) has been applied to increase the number of harvested lymph nodes and reduce the injury of irrelevant vessels in patients with rectal cancer. However, few studies on the recurrence rate of ICG fluorescence imaging-guided laparoscopic LPND were reported. This retrospective study enrolled 50 middle- low rectal cancer patients who were treated by LPND. After propensity score matching, 20 patients were matched in each of the indocyanine green (ICG) guided imaging group (ICG group) and non-ICG guided imaging group (non-ICG group). The average follow-up time was 13.5 months (12–15 months). Our results showed that the total number of harvested lymph nodes in the ICG group was significantly higher than that in the non-ICG group (P < 0.05), and intraoperative blood loss and post-operative hospital stay times in the ICG group were less than those in the non-ICG group (P < 0.05). After 12 months of follow-up, no residual lymph node and local tumor recurrence were found for patients in the ICG group. Four patients in the non-ICG group detected residual lymph nodes at the 3-month visit. Our findings highlighted the importance of ICG fluorescence-guided imaging in LPND because it has unique advantages in improving the number of lymph node dissections, surgical accuracy, and decreasing the residual lymph nodes and local tumor recurrence. In addition, ICG fluorescence guidance technology can effectively shorten the operation time, and it is simple to operate, which is worth popularizing.

Taking stress wave propagation into account, the governing equations of composite bar with the clamped-fixed boundary conditions considering FSDT (first order shear deformation theory) are derived on the basis of Reddy’ theory and solved by the variable-separated method. The analytic expression of the critical buckling load is obtained basing on the characteristics of homogeneous linear equations having nonzero-solution. The results of the theoretical study and the numerical calculation indicate that FSDT has influence on dynamic buckling of composite bar, and the critical buckling load is small when FSDT is considered. They also show that the magnitude of effect taken by FSDT is small when the layer angle is big.

Taking into account the effects of stress wave and the moment of inertia, the governing equations of composite laminated plate under the axial step load are derived by using Hamilton principle. Based on Variable Separation Method, the analytical expression of the critical dynamic buckling load for symmetry composite laminated plates with one edge fixed and three edges simply-supported can be deduced by considering the characteristics of the buckling solution, and the buckling mode is also acquired. Using MATLAB software, the relationship between the critical load and length can be obtained. The influences of different layer parameters and the order of the mode on the dynamic buckling are discussed.

Considering the effect of stress wave, the dynamic buckling of circular cylindrical shells under an axial step load is discussed using the classical shell theories and the state-space technique in the paper. Based on the Hamilton’s principle, the dynamic buckling governing equations of shells are derived and solved with the Rayleigh-Ritz method. If the linear homogeneous equations have a non-trivial solution, the determinant of the coefficient matrix must be equal to zero, so the expression of the critical load on the dynamic buckling is got. The relationship between the critical load and length is obtained by using MATLAB software. The influences of boundary conditions, thickness, the number of circumferential waves and the number of axial waves on the dynamic buckling loads are discussed based on numerical computation.

A recognition method based on Wavelet Packet Decomposition - Common Spatial Patterns (WPD-CSP) and Kernel Fisher Support Vector Machine (KF-SVM) is developed and used for EEG recognition in motor imagery brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). The WPD-CSP is used for feature extraction and KF-SVM is used for classification. The presented recognition method includes the following steps: (1) some important EEG channels are selected. The 'haar' wavelet basis is used to take wavelet packet decomposition. And some decomposed sub-bands related with motor imagery for each EEG channel are reconstructed to obtain the relevant frequency information. (2) A six-dimensional feature vector is obtained by the CSP feature extraction to the reconstructed signal. And then the within-class scatter is calculated based on the feature vector. (3) The scatter is added into the radical basis function to construct a new kernel function. The obtained new kernel is integrated into the SVM to act as its kernel function. To evaluate effectiveness of the proposed WPD-CSP + KF-SVM method, the data from the 2008 international BCI competition are processed. A preliminary result shows that the proposed classification algorithm can well recognize EEG data and improve the EEG recognition accuracy in motor imagery BCIs.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with complex genetic factors. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SLC22A4 gene have been previously reported to be associated with RA in Japanese but not European populations. This study further investigated the association of SLC22A4 polymorphisms, in particular slc2F1/slc2F2, with RA in the Chinese population, the largest Asian population. A total of 160 human subjects with 95 RA patients and 65 healthy controls were genotyped for slc2F1-G/A and slc2F2-C/T polymorphisms. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the genotype distribution of these two polymorphisms between the two groups. In addition, the presence of slc2F1 A allele and slc2F2 T allele carries a 1.93-fold and 2.14-fold increased risk for anticyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) positivity, respectively. Overall, this study provided evidence that SLC22A4 gene polymorphisms played important roles in the etiology of RA in the largest Asian population, the Chinese population.

The dynamic response of fluid-filled hemispherical shell in mass impact is studied by experiment using DHR9401. Combining the time history of impact force with experimental observation of the deformation process, it can be seen that the dynamic response can be divided into four stages: the flattening around the impact point, the forming and expanding outward of shell plastic hinge, the plastic edge region flatten by the punch, and elastic recovery. The experimental results show that: Because the shell filled with liquid, the local impact load that the shell suffered is translated into area load and loads on the inner shell uniformly, so that it has a high carrying capacity. Numerical simulation is used to study the time history of energy absorption of different shell structures. The result shows that the crashworthiness of sandwich fluid-filled shell is improved greatly. Under the certain impact energy, deformation of its inner shell is very small, which can provide effective security space.

Computer simulation of cylindrical shell subject to lateral impact by rigid projectile is carried out. The effects of three kinds of typical rigid projectiles, geometric parameters of cylindrical shell and constraint conditions on critical speed are analyzed. The results indicate that the shape of projectile and size of cylindrical shell have a great influence on penetration, and the tapered projectile has a minimum critical speed. The influence of constraint conditions on penetration has a great relationship with thickness of cylindrical shells; energy distribution varies with different thickness of cylindrical shells.

With the Drucker-Prager yield criterion, the ANSYS software is used to analyze the long-short-pile composite foundation by using three-dimensional nonlinear finite element method. The influences of load on axial stress and maximal axial stress of head of pile with cushion or not have been investigated by simulating composite foundation through nine long piles and sixteen short piles. The result indicates the cushion can reduce the stress concentration in head of pile effectively with increase of load. This conclusion has a certain value for engineering.

The buckling of no-way double-layer portal frame that column is fixed is simulated by using ANSYS. Through analyzing the portal frame subjected to different loads on the roof of the structure that are uniform load, trapezoidal load and triangular load, the critical buckling load of the double-layer portal frame and buckling mode are obtained. The regular between the critical buckling load and the form of the load on the roof can be acquired by the analysis of the results, which can be used as a reference for engineering application.

The dynamic buckling of composite bars subject to axial rigid body impact are simulated using the finite-element software ABAQUS6.8. The critical velocity and the bifurcate time are obtained by stain-time curve and effects of fiber angle and impact velocity on dynamic buckling behavior of composite bars are also investigated. The results indicate that the ply angle and impact velocity have an influence on dynamic buckling of composite bars.

Chaotic motion of symmetric laminated composite arch with two hinge supports under transverse periodic excitation was investigated. The nonlinear dynamic equations of the arch are changed into the square-order and cubic nonlinear differential dynamic system by Galerkin method, and its homoclinic orbit parameter equations are also acquired. The critical conditions of horseshoe-type chaos are obtained by using Melnikov function. The influence of loading frequency on chaotic region are analysed by numerical calculation. The motion behaviors of system are described through the bifurcation diagrams, the time-history curve, phase portrait and Poincaré map. The results are given as follows. The influence of loading frequency on chaotic region are significant. When the height of arch reach some value, the system can occur horseshoe-type chaos. The system of symmetric laminated composite arch under transverse periodic excitation may occur steady motion and chaotic motion.

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A wide range of aromatic and heteroaromatic chlorides and some bromides, including hindered, activated and deactivated ones, are applied in the Suzuki—Miyaura cross-coupling reaction in water to afford the products with moderate to high yields.