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Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) suffer from anxiety, depression and sleep disorders due to isolation treatment, among other reasons. Whether non-drug interventions can be alternative therapies for COVID-19 patients with anxiety, depression and sleep disorders is controversial. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis and systematic review to evaluate the effects of non-drug interventions on anxiety, depression and sleep in patients with COVID-19 to provide guidance for clinical application.We searched the following databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from December 2019 to July 2020: China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP), Wanfang, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, MEDLINE and Embase. Two investigators independently screened the literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data and evaluated the risk of bias in the included studies. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan5.3 software.A total of 5 articles with 768 subjects were included. Meta-analysis results indicated that non-drug interventions can reduce anxiety [SMD=-1.40, 95% CI (-1.62, -1.17), p0.00001] and depression [SMD=-1.22, 95% CI (-2.01, -0.43), p=0.002] scores in patients with COVID-19. Descriptive analysis indicated that non-drug interventions can improve the sleep status of COVID-19 patients. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the meta-analysis results were stable. Egger's test and Begg's test showed no publication bias.This meta-analysis found that non-drug interventions can reduce the anxiety and depression scores of patients with COVID-19. Due to the limitations of this study, more high-quality studies are needed to verify the findings, especially the effect of non-drug interventions on improving the sleep status of COVID-19 patients.

In the spring of 2014, a survey of viral diseases on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was carried out in Hebei Province, China. The samples with virus-like symptoms of dwarfing and flag leaf yellowing were collected in Zhaoxian, Quyang, Anxin, and Luannan. To reproduce the viral symptoms and confirm whether the unknown virus was transmitted by insect vectors, the nymphs of aviruliferous planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus Fallen, Homoptera: Delphacidae) were transferred onto diseased wheat from the field for a 3-day acquisition access period and a 10-day incubation on fresh wheat seedlings, and then were exposed to 2- to 3-leaf stage wheat seedlings of wheat variety Shixin828 for a 3-day inoculation access period. The infected wheat plants developed mosaic symptoms on the young leaves at 7 days post inoculation (dpi), and followed with severe symptoms including stunting, chlorotic spots, and striation along the veins of leaves at around 14 dpi. The infection symptoms were same as in the field but distinct from wheat infected with Rice black streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) or Northern cereal mosaic virus (NCMV). For further confirmation, total RNA was extracted from the symptomatic wheat leaves, and NCMV specific primers, NCMV-PF/NCMV-PR (5′-ATGGATAAGAAAGCAAGTGGA-3′/5′-TTAAAAGTCGGCATACGGGTC-3′) and RBSDV specific primers, S10-F/S10-R (5′-TTACCCAACATCACGCAACT-3′/5′-GAGCAGGAACTTCACGACAAC-3′) were used for amplification of sequences of phosphoprotein and coat protein genes, respectively. Neither RBSDV nor NCMV were present in the symptomatic tissue according to the RT-PCR assay (4). Tissues derived from symptomatic wheat leaves were fixed and embedded in Spurr's resin and used for ultra-thin sectioning and transmission electron microscopy observations, revealing large amounts of Rhabdovirus-like particles in the cytoplasm. The identified particles were about 315 to 353 × 46 to 57 nm, similar in size to Barley yellow striate mosaic virus (BYSMV), a member of the genus Cytorhabdovirus reported from Italy (2). The specific primer pair (5′-ACTAAGGGGGTACTCCGACC-3′ and 5′-CTGATCTGCTTTGAGGGGCA-3′) was designed based on the reported polymerase (L) gene sequence of BYSMV isolate Zanjan-1 (GenBank Accession No. FJ665628) (1), and used for the BYSMV detection by RT-PCR. A single bright band of the expected size (~500 bp) was obtained from total RNA extracted from the plants exhibiting symptoms in the greenhouse. No such band was amplified from asymptomatic plants, while 15 out of 23 field samples also produced the same 500-bp products in RT-PCR. PCR products from three virus-positive field samples were sequenced directly and the sequences were submitted to GenBank (KM052176, KM052177, and KM052178). BLAST search showed that the sequences shared 96 to 97% nucleotide identity with the polymerase L gene sequence of BYSMV isolate Zanjan-1, whereas only 73 to 75% identity with NCMV (AB030277 and GU985153) (1,3,5). To our knowledge, this is the first report of BYSMV occurrence on wheat in China. References: (1) R. Almasi et al. J. Phytopathol. 158:351, 2010. (2) A. Appiano et al. Cytol. 6:105, 1974. (3) H. C. Chen et al. Sci. Agric. Sinica 3:64, 1980. (4) X. F. Duan et al. Acta Phytopathol. Sinica 40:337, 2010. (5) F. Tanno et al. Arch. Virol. 145:1373, 2000.

In order to study the blast damage effect of kinetic energy warhead. It is concerned with use the hydro code AUTODYN for the simulation of explosive loading interactions to multilayer runway. A study is presented including an investigation of the effect of blasting depth, layer of runway, boundary of target. Comparisons and analysis are made with crater size, crunch area radius, damage area and the peak pressure. Based on this analysis Based on the theoretical analysis and numerical simulation results, Preliminary rule between explosive effect and influence parameter is obtained. The simulated results have reference value for the design of the penetrator and damage evaluation.

The organic solvents and other exogenous compounds of metabolic enzymes genetic variation may affect the risk of the toxic effect of organic solvents exposure. Therefore, this research we observed the glutathione transferase M1 and T1 (GSTM1, GSTT1) deletion mutation genotype, two kinds of microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEPHX) genetic polymorphism, organic solvents exposure and smoking effection in chronic cases of toxic encephalopathy (CTE) correlation.The object was 115 patients who had a long history of organic solvents exposure, were divieded into two groups: CTE (n=83) , no CET (n=32) according to clinical diagnosis. DNA was isolated from patients in white blood cells through the multiple-polymerase chain reaction to determine the loss of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotype. two kinds of mEPHX polymorphism were analysised through the PCR-RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism).The relative risk has obviously improved when lack of GSTM1 genotypes to CTE (RR=2.35, 95% CI 2.35 0.96). in according to the patient's Smoking condition and classify genotype, patients lack of GSTM1 genotypes had a significantly higher risk CTE than GSTM1+genotype patients (RR=3.13, 95% CI 3.13 1.2) , both mEPHX polymorphisms had nothing to do with an increased risk of CTE.The GSTM1 genotypes played an important role in the organic solvent induced the CTE of susceptibility.it was Influenced by the interaction between smoking at the same time.

The fabrication of n-type diamond is essential for the realization of electronic components for extreme environments. We report on the growth of a 66 μm thick homoepitaxial phosphorus-doped diamond on a (110)-oriented diamond substrate, grown at a very high deposition rate of 33 μm/h. A pristine diamond lattice is observed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy, which indicates the growth of high quality diamond. About 2.9 × 10^16 cm−3 phosphorus atoms are electrically active as substitutional donors, which is 60% of all incorporated dopant atoms. These results indicate that P-doped (110)-oriented diamond films deposited at high growth rates are promising candidates for future use in high-power electronic applications. This work was financially supported by the EU through the FP7 Collaborative Project “DIAMANT,” the “H2020 Research and Innovation Action Project” “GreenDiamond” (No. 640947), and the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) (Nos. G.0C02.15N and VS.024.16N). J.V. acknowledges funding from the “Geconcentreerde Onderzoekacties” (GOA) project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. The TEM instrument was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. We particularly thank Dr. J. E. Butler (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) for the sample preparation by laser slicing for TEM analysis, Dr. J. Pernot (Universite Grenoble Alpes/CNRS-Institut Neel, France) for helpful discussions, Ms. C. Vilar (Universite de Versailles St. Quentin en Yvelines, France) for technical help on SEMCL experiments, and Dr. S. S. Nicley (Hasselt University, Belgium) for improving the language of the text. P.P. and S.T. are Postdoctoral Fellows of the Research FoundationFlanders (FWO).

A high-gain wideband antenna, using the electromagnetic resonances of double Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavities, is proposed. The two cavities are excited by a patch antenna placed in the cavities on top of the ground plane. One of the double F-P cavities is formed by a ground plane and a single metallic strips array, and the other consists of the patch and the metallic strips array. The two F-P cavities have different resonance points which yield the frequency bandwidth of 7% between 13.0 and 14 GHz with S11 ≤ 10 dB, meanwhile, in this frequency region high gain is also obtained. Moreover, the center frequency and bandwidth could be adjusted by changing the cavity length. The high-gain wideband antenna was manufactured and measured. The measured VSWR is less than 2 from 13.3 GHz to 15.2 GHz, the measured gain is 13.5 dB at 13.5 GHz. In addition to that, a considerable improvement of 7 dB in terms of gain is obtained when compared to the same antenna without metallic strips.

A novel optical cable fault location method, which is based on Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer (BOTDR) and cable localized heating, is proposed and demonstrated. In the method, a BOTDR apparatus is used to measure the optical loss and strain distribution along the fiber in an optical cable, and a heating device is used to heat the cable at its certain local site. Actual experimental results make it clear that the proposed method works effectively without complicated calculation. By means of the new method, we have successfully located the optical cable fault in the 60 km optical fiber composite power cable from Shanghai to Shengshi, Zhejiang. A fault location accuracy of 1 meter was achieved. The fault location uncertainty of the new optical cable fault location method is at least one order of magnitude smaller than that of the traditional OTDR method.

A new minimum L0-norm two-dimensional phase unwrapping algorithm, based on the derivative variance correlation map, is proposed. In the algorithm, the novel derivative variance correlation map can truly reflect wrapped phase quality, ensuring a more reliable unwrapped result. After the definition of the derivative variance correlation map and the principle of the proposed algorithm are present, the performance of the new algorithm has been tested by use of wrapped phase data from an interferometric synthetic aperture radar experiment. Experimental result has verified that the proposed algorithm can cope well with the intractable noisy wrapped data.

An atomic force microscope (AFM) scanning moire technique has been developed and verified in preparation for the measurement of deformations of single point diamond-turned surfaces. It is a non-destructive measurement method without introducing external reference and specimen gratings. This technique has also been successfully applied to measure thermal deformations of electronics packages without introducing an external reference grating. The principle of the formation of an AFM scanning moire and strain measurement using this technique is explained in detail. Several important issues in its applications such as the measuring errors, scanning directions and selection of the number of scan lines are also discussed.

Single-point diamond turning of suitable materials (copper, aluminum, and electroless-plated nickel, etc.) can generate high precision mirrors and aspherical optics rapidly and repeatedly. We have examined the diamond-turned copper mirrors that exhibit a high-frequency periodic feature with an atomic force microscope on various scales. Like other super-smooth surfaces, such as super-ground surfaces, single-point-diamond-turned surfaces may also be identified as a self-affine fractal in the stochastic sense with its correlation length. The exponent for root-mean-square roughness was obtained to be 0.28 for a feed rate of 1.4 μm/rev. With this value, we can predict the roughness value of the single-point-diamond-turned copper mirrors at any scale length, if the scale is within the correlation length, and provided that one such value of a scale is known. The roughness exponent is a very useful parameter, knowledge of which helps to improve the quality of the mirror surface and evaluate its performance in opt...

In this study, super-smooth surfaces of oxygen-free high-conductivity copper mirrors obtained by single point diamond turning were characterized with an atomic force microscope from the three-dimensional (3D) point of view. The machining conditions were also studied. A program developed in this study for a unified approach to 3D surface finish assessment proposed by the Commission of European Community was used to obtain the 3D parameters. In two experiments, the feed rate was changed from 0.2 to 2.0 μm per revolution and 0.3 to 3.0 μm per revolution, respectively. By 3D roughness characterization of these surfaces, the optimal feed rate was found to be 1.4 μm per revolution when the cutting depth was 1 μm or 0.9–1.2 μm per revolution at a cutting depth of 2 μm, where an S q of 2.6 and 2.3 nm could be obtained, respectively. The suggested 3D roughness characterization parameters may include S q, S sk, S ku, S tr, S al, S Δq , and one functional parameter, such as S bi.

In this work, Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thin films were deposited using dual reactive magnetron sputtering. By varying the deposition conditions, the film morphology and texture of the thin films are tuned and biaxial alignment is obtained. Studying the crystallographic and microstructural properties of the YSZ thin films, a tilted columnar growth was identified. This tilt is shown to be dependent on the compositional gradient of the sample. The variation of composition within a single YSZ column measured via STEM-EDX is demonstrated to be equal to the macroscopic variation on a full YSZ sample when deposited under the same deposition parameters. A simple stress model was developed to predict the tilt of the growing columns. The results indicate that this model not only determines the column bending of the growing film but also confirms that a macroscopic approach is sufficient to determine the compositional gradient in a single column of the YSZ thin films. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

In this article, the feasibility of atomic force microscope (AFM) scanning moire on a cross-line diffraction grating has been studied. The AFM scanning moire technique has been applied to measure the thermal deformation of electronic packages successfully. This technique is convenient to perform the mismatch method, also it could obtain a higher resolution than any other moire method.

Nanocrystalline ZnO doped with Ag-nanoclusters has been synthesized by a salt solid state reaction. Three overlapping broad emission bands due to the Ag nanoclusters have been detected at about 570, 750 and 900 nm. These emission bands are excited by an energy transfer from the exciton state of the ZnO host when pumped in the wavelength range from 250 to 400 nm. The 900 nm emission band shows characteristic orbital splitting into three components pointing out that the anisotropic crystalline wurtzite host of ZnO is responsible for this feature. Heat-treatment and temperature dependence studies confirm the origin of these emission bands. An energy level diagram for the emission process and a model for Ag nanoclusters sites are suggested. The emission of nanocrystalline ZnO doped with Ag nanoclusters may be applied for white light generation, displays driven by UV light, down-convertors for solar cells and luminescent lamps.

The weak coupling limit of a ‘‘system+reservoir’’ model with nonlinear (quadratic) interaction is discussed. In a previous paper [Accardi and Lu, Stoch. Process. Phys. Geom., 1–26], it has been shown that, if the matrix elements of the van Hove rescaled evolution are taken with respect to the same collective vectors used for linear interactions, then the limiting evolution is not unitary. In the present paper, we choose a new type of collective vectors and obtain, in the weak coupling limit, a unitary evolution satisfying a quantum stochastic differential equation. A remarkable feature of the limiting process is that the quadratic nature of the interaction shows up in a nontrivial choice of the Hilbert space where the limiting quantum noise takes its values, which is qualitatively new with respect to all the models considered up to now.

The low density limit in the Boson Fock case has been investigated in [1] where also the physical meaning and their motivations have been explained (cf. also [0]). From these papers one knows how the number processes can be obtained from a quantum Hamiltonian model via a certain limit procedure.

We study a nonrelativistic quantum system coupled, via a quadratic interaction [cf. formula (1.10) below], to a free Boson gas in the Fock state. We prove that, in the low density limit (z2=fugacity→0), the matrix elements of the wave operator of the system at timet/z2 in the collective coherent vectors converge to the matrix elements, in suitable coherent vectors of the quantum Brownian motion process, of a unitary Markovian cocycle satisfying a quantum stochastic differential equation driven by some pure number process (i.e. no quantum diffusion part and only the quantum analogue of the purely discontinuous, or jump, processes). This proves that the number (or quantum Poisson) processes, introduced by Hudson and Parthasarathy and studied by Frigerio and Maassen, arise effectively as conjectured by the latter two authors as low density limits of Hamiltonian models.

A continuous version of De Finetti's theorem is proved in which the role of the homogeneous product states is played by the independent increment stationary processes on the real line. The proof is based on a conditional, finite De Finetti's theorem (i.e., a result involving only a finite number of random variables and exchangeable conditional expectations rather than exchangeable probabilities). Our technique of proof improves and simplifies a result of Freedman and includes a generalization of the quantum De Finetti's theorem as well as some more recent variants of it. The last section of the paper is an attempt to answer a question of Diaconis and Freedman.

After having recalled some definitions concerning quantum stochastic processes and, in particular, quantum Brownian motions, a general scheme is introduced which allows a unified approach to the weak coupling and singular coupling limits. The analogies and differences between the two are discussed. The main difference consists of the fact that, in the singular coupling limit, the use of a Hamiltonian unbounded below seems to be unavoidable, while this is not the case for the weak coupling limit.

The quantum Brownian motions (QBM) were introduced in quantum-optics in the early 1960’s as good approximations of the electro-magnetic (EM) field in certain limiting situations such as the singular coupling, the van Hove limit (weak coupling limit), the low density limit,… (cf. Haken [16], Lax [18], von Waldenfels [22] and also [8a] for a survey). The goal of these approximations was to explain dissipation in quantum theory.

The present paper concludes a research programme developed, in the past three years, by various authors in Several papers. The basic idea of this programme is to expiain the irreversible behaviour of quantum systems as a limiting case (in a sense to be made precise) of usual quantum dynamics. One starts with a system interacling with a reservoir and, in the first attempts to deal with this problem, only limits of observables of the system and deduced master equations were considered. In our approach we study the limits of quantities related to the whole compound syrtem. As a corollary we obtain an explanation of the physical origins of the quantum Brownian motion. In the present paper we study state at invene temperature p and fugacity r, through an interaction of the scattering type, i.e. one which preserves the total number of particles of the reservoir. We obtain a macroscopic equation, far the limit of the compound system, which is a quantum stochastic differential equation of the Poisson type, in the Frigerio and Maassen sense, whose coefficients are uniquely determined by the one-particle scattering operator of the original Hamiltonian system and whose driving noises are the Creation annihilation and number (or gauge) processes living in the space of a Fock quantum Brownian motion over the space L'(R, dt, where KO,, is an Hilbert space depending on the inverse temperature p, the one-particle reservoir dynamics, the free-system dynamics and the interaction. :he )ny&-si!g limit of2 system co-p!ed q-asi.f:ee bnsnn reje~~oi: 1" the eq:i!ibri:m

It will be shown that, in the weak coupling limit, the matrix elements in the collective number vectors of the evolution in the interacting picture of a quantum system coupled to a quasifree Fermion bath with a laser type interaction, converge to the matrix elements in some number vectors, of a unitary quantum stochastic process satisfying a quantum stochastic differential equation driven by a Fermion Brownian motion with covariance uniquely determined by the initial Fermion bath.