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With the U-shaped leading edge made of aramid laminate as the focus of this study，we have developed models for both the curing temperature field and the curing deformation field，aiming to unravel the underlying mechanisms of its curing deformation. Our investigation delves into the various influence patterns of core materials，the sequence of the inner skin laying-up，and the structure of the leading edge on the overall curing deformation of the component. The findings reveal that rigid foam characterized by a high elastic modulus effectively supports the inner skin under curing pressure，thereby minimizing internal defects and curing deformation within the core material. Compared with the core material，the sequence of the inner skin laying-up and the design of the leading edge structure exert a more profound influence on the curing deformation of the component. Taking into account the post-curing neck-in and torsional deformation stemming from the component’s asymmetry，we have found that employing the [0/45/−45/0/0/0/45] laying-up sequence for the inner skin achieves minimal curing deformation.

Purposes Aiming at the problem that Granger Causality (GC) analysis in EEG emotion recognition does not consider the interaction between nodes when constructing brain network, a method of constructing brain network by combining fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) and GC analysis is proposed. Methods First, on the basis of the correspondence between the structure of FCM and GC brain network, the GC brain network is modeled and improved by using the causal attributes among FCM nodes, and the FCM-GC brain network is constructed, by taking into account the cooperative interaction among nodes. Furthermore, in order to deeply integrate FCM with GC brain network, the spatial position information of EEG electrode channel is added to FCM training, and a new IFCM-GC brain network is constructed. On the basis of DEAP emotional EEG database, the features of IFCM-GC brain network are extracted, and the support vec tor machine is used as the recognition model. The average recognition rates in valence dimension and incentive dimension are 97.10% and 97.00%, respectively, which are more than 8% higher than the existing research on GC improvement. Findings The GC brain network constructed by this method takes into account the cooperative interaction among multiple nodes, and effectively improves the performance of emotion recognition system.

BackgroundU3Si2 is regarded as one of the most promising accident-tolerant nuclear fuels for light water reactors and is expected to replace the UO2 nuclear fuel in the future. Currently, spark plasma sintering (SPS) is an advanced technique for preparing U3Si2 pellets; however, the influence of SPS parameters on the performance of the pellets is unclear.PurposeThis study aims to investigate the effects of different sintering parameters (temperature and pressure) on the mechanical and thermal properties of the U3Si2 pellets prepared using SPS technology.MethodsThe thermal diffusivity of U3Si2 pellets was measured using a laser flash apparatus, and the thermal conductivity of the pellets was calculated. The mechanical properties of the pellets, including hardness, Young's modulus, and fracture toughness, were measured using nanoindenter. Thereafter, the influence of different sintering temperatures in the range of 1 000~1 300 ℃ and pressures in the range of 30~90 MPa on the mechanical and thermal properties of U3Si2 pellets were carefully examined.ResultsThe measurement results show that the thermal conductivity of the as-synthesized pellets increases linearly with temperature in the range 27~700 ℃. Moreover, increasing the sintering temperature and pressure improves the thermal conductivity of the U3Si2 pellets. The hardness and Young's modulus of the pellets increase with an increase in sintering temperature. They also exhibit a trend of first increasing and then stabilizing with increasing pressure, and tend to fully stabilize at 60 MPa. Moreover, the fracture toughness of the pellets decreases with the increase of sintering temperature and increases with increasing pressure.ConclusionsBased on the above results, optimized SPS parameters for the U3Si2 pellets are proposed, and this study provides a reference for the preparation of high-performance U3Si2 pellets.

The C. oleifera oil processing industry generates large amounts of solid wastes, including C. oleifera shell (COS) and C. oleifera cake (COC). Distinct from generally acknowledged lignocellulosic biomass (corn stover, bamboo, birch, etc.), Camellia wastes contain diverse bioactive substances in addition to the abundant lignocellulosic components, and thus, the biorefinery utilization of C. oleifera processing byproducts involves complicated processing technologies. This review first summarizes various technologies for extracting and converting the main components in C. oleifera oil processing byproducts into value-added chemicals and biobased materials, as well as their potential applications. Microwave, ultrasound, and Soxhlet extractions are compared for the extraction of functional bioactive components (tannin, flavonoid, saponin, etc.), while solvothermal conversion and pyrolysis are discussed for the conversion of lignocellulosic components into value-added chemicals. The application areas of these chemicals according to their properties are introduced in detail, including utilizing antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of the bioactive substances for the specific application, as well as drop-in chemicals for the substitution of unrenewable fossil fuel-derived products. In addition to chemical production, biochar fabricated from COS and its applications in the fields of adsorption, supercapacitor, soil remediation and wood composites are comprehensively reviewed and discussed. Finally, based on the compositions and structural characteristics of C. oleifera byproducts, the development of full-component valorization strategies and the expansion of the application fields are proposed.

“Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines” have been important guidelines for the treatment of gastric cancer in Japan and worldwide. The English version “Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines 2021 (6th Edition)” published in January 2023 consists of two parts. The first part includes diagnostic and treatment methods, such as surgery, endoscopic resection, chemotherapy, follow-up. The second part addresses clinical issues, including recommendations and explanations for clinical hot topics. This article will provide a Chinese interpretation of the guidelines and briefly introduce our hospital's clinical practice in the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer.

Myocardial infarction–associated transcript (MIAT) is a long noncoding RNA that plays a critical role in a variety of diseases. Accordingly, this study probed into the possible interaction mechanism between MIAT and miR-378a-5p in breast cancer. Concretely, MIAT and miR-378a-5p expressions in breast cancer tissues and cells were measured. After transfection with siMIAT and miR-378a-5p inhibitor, the viability and proliferation of breast cancer cells were examined by cell counting kit-8 and colony formation assays. The expressions of apoptosis-related proteins were detected. According to the results, MIAT was highly expressed in breast cancer tissues and cells. MIAT silencing could decrease Bcl-2 expression, viability, and proliferation of breast cancer cells and increase the expressions of cleaved caspase-3 and Bax. MIAT and miR-378a-5p could directly bind to each other, and MIAT silencing promoted the expression of miR-378a-5p. miR-378a-5p expression was low in breast cancer tissues. The miR-378a-5p inhibitor enhanced the viability and proliferation of breast cancer cells and partially reversed the effects of MIAT silencing on the breast cancer cells. In conclusion, MIAT silencing inhibits the viability and proliferation of breast cancer cells by promoting miR-378a-5p, indicating the potential of MIAT as a new target for the treatment of breast cancer.

Canine circovirus (CanineCV) is a virus associated with respiratory and digestive diseases in dogs and often occurs in coinfections with other pathogens, thereby aggravating the symptoms of infected dogs. CanineCV was first reported in the United States in 2012. Subsequently, it was reported among dogs in Europe, Asia, and South America. To investigate the prevalence of CanineCV in dogs in China, 331 dog samples were collected in this study. The PCR results showed that 9.06% (30/331, 95% CI = 6.2% ~ 12.7%) of the dog samples were CanineCV positive. CanineCV has also been detected in some carnivorous wild animals, indicating the potential risk of cross-species transmission of this virus. And, cats are also one of the most common pets in our daily lives, who is close contact with dogs. Thus, this study first investigated the prevalence of CanineCV in cats. The PCR results showed that 3.42% (14/409, 95% CI = 1.9% ~ 5.7%) of the cat samples were CanineCV positive. Moreover, 14 canine-derived CanineCV whole genomes and the first cat-derived CanineCV whole genome were obtained in this study. Rep and Cap are the major nonstructural proteins and structural proteins of CanineCV, respectively. In nucleic acid homology analyses, these 15 CanineCV strains showed a high degree of variation in Rep (85.9 ~ 99%) and Cap (85.6 ~ 100%). In phylogenetic analyses, the 15 CanineCV strains clustered into 3 different genotypes (genotypes 1, 3, and 4). Among them, the first cat-derived CanineCV belonged to CanineCV-3. In addition, 4 genetic recombination events were predicted in these 15 CanineCV strains, occurring in multiple regions of the genome. In conclusion, this study is the first to provide evidence of CanineCV infection in cats and successfully obtained the first whole genome of cat-derived CanineCV. The complex circulation and high prevalence of CanineCV among dogs and cats emphasize the importance of continuous monitoring of this virus in various animal species.

Objective: Obesity in laboratory rodents is generally induced by feeding them a high fat diet (HFD). This model does not permit separation of the impact of the HFD from the resultant obesity on metabolic defects such as impaired glucose homeostasis. In Brandt's voles we have previously shown that exposure to long photoperiod (LD: 16L: 8D) induces obesity even when they are fed a low fat diet. We show here that these voles are largely resistant to HFD. This model therefore permits some separation of the effects of HFD and obesity on glucose homeostasis. The objective was therefore to use this model to assess if glucose homeostasis is more related to diet or obesity Methods: Male voles, which were 35 days old and born in LD, were exposed to SD and a low fat diet for 70 days. We then randomly separated the animals into 4 groups for another 63 days: SL (short day and low fat diet: n = 19) group; SH (short day and high-fat diet, n = 20) group; LL (long day and low-fat diet, n = 20) group; LH (long day and high-fat diet, n = 18) group. Glucose tolerance tests (GTT) were performed after treatment for 56 days, and body compositions of the voles were quantified at the end by dissection. Results: Consistent with our previous work LD voles were more obese than SD voles. Although total body weight was independent of dietary fat content, HFD did have an effect on fat storage. Photoperiod induced obesity had no effect on glucose homeostasis, and the fat content in both the liver and muscle. In contrast, HFD induced adiposity was linked with elevated fat deposition in muscle (but not in liver) and led to impaired glucose tolerance. Conclusions: The contrasting effects of diet and photoperiod were consistent with the predictions of the ‘lipotoxicity hypothesis’. This may contribute to our understanding of why some human individuals are able to be obese yet remain metabolically healthy.

Vital to magnetized plasma performance, the acceleration of nonthermal electrons significantly influences the current drive of radio frequency (RF) waves in plasma. In Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), we observed nonthermal electrons initially

In the EAST tokamak, we have developed an internal transport barrier (ITB) high-confinement mode (H-mode) scenario characterized by dominant electron heating and centrally peaked electron temperature profiles, facilitated primarily through the combustion of lower hybrid current drive and electron cyclotron radio heating (ECRH). Hard x-ray diagnostics reveal a marked increase in the population of fast electrons with energy from 30 keV to 80 keV, concurrent with augmented ECRH power during H-mode plasma operations. This surge in fast electron population precedes the formation of the electron temperature ITB (Te-ITB). Within the Te-ITB H-mode discharge, a mild and long-lived m / n = 1/1 mode (where m and n denote the toroidal and poloidal mode numbers, respectively) emerges proximal to the ITB region. This mode precipitates a redistribution of fast electrons, contributing to an increase in the safety factor near the magnetic axis and thereby promoting the stability of the Te-ITB. Furthermore, we explore the influence of fast electrons on plasma pressure and examine the effects of the profile of fast electrons on the central Te. Strategies to maintain the m / n = 1/1 mode at a moderate amplitude are also discussed, highlighting their significance in the sustained management of Te-ITB.

Measurement(s) Genome Technology Type(s) Whole Genome Sequencing Sample Characteristic - Organism Gymnocypris eckloni Sample Characteristic - Environment fresh water Sample Characteristic - Location Little Yellow River

The high-Z impurity accumulation in the plasma core could degrade the plasma performance and may affect sawtooth crash and trigger tearing modes (TMs) in experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST). Triggering of m/n = 3/2 TM (m and n are the poloidal and toroidal mode numbers, respectively) and m/n = 2/1 TM by a large sawtooth crash is observed and studied under the condition of high-Z impurity accumulation in core plasma in EAST tokamak. This work mainly focuses on the relationship among impurity, sawtooth crashes, and TMs. When there is a certain amount of impurity in the plasma core, sawtooth crash leads to impurity transport, resulting the changes in impurity concentration, and by inducing the density perturbation near the rational surface, TMs become destabilized. The experimental analyses indicate that the outward impurity transport after a sawtooth crash plays an important role in the destabilization of TMs.

BackgroundInert matrix fuel (IMF) can efficiently convert plutonium and long-lived minor actinides used for preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and improving spent fuel disposal, hence has been becoming a hot research topic in recent years. The sol-gel method has the advantage of uniform elemental distribution of the products and the wet operation process is less likely to produce radioactive dust, therefore, it has been used to prepare zirconium-based IMF in the research.PurposeThis study aims to prepare a colloidal solution with good dispersive properties and to obtain IMF microspheres with good sphericity, uniform size, and homogeneous elemental distribution.MethodsFirst of all, ThxZr1-xO2 inert matrix fuel was prepared by an external gelation process, and the sol-gel viscosity was used as the main gelation index. Then, the variation tendency of sol viscosity with c(NH4+)/c(NO3-) was investigated for different metal ions concentrations and different temperatures. Finally, the statistical distributions of colloidal particle sizes were obtained for different metal ions and reaction temperatures by laser particle sizing tests, and the X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to study the structure of IMF after heat treatment at different temperatures.ResultsThe results showed that the complex gelation parameters and properties can be categorized and quantified using gelation field diagrams. In addition, ThxZr1-xO2 IMF kernels with uniform element distribution, good sphericity, and integral appearance were obtained by optimizing the process parameters. Zirconia showed low solubility behavior in the thorium-oxide system, leading to the generation of a biphasic structure.ConclusionsThe results of this study indicate that zirconium-based spherical IMF microspheres with good performance can be prepared by external gelation method.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of esophagogastrostomy using seromuscular double-flap technique following laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy. Methods The clinical data of one patient with gastrointestinal stromal tumor at the gastric cardia who underwent laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy in September 2019 was retrospectively analyzed. We reviewed the literature about esophagogastrostomy using seromuscular double-flap technique following proximal gastrectomy and summarized the clinical data. Results This case was a 67-year-old male patient. The patient was diagnosed as gastrointestinal stromal tumor at the gastric cardia by both preoperative imaging and postoperative pathologic examination. Laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy and esophagogastrostomy using seromuscular double-flap technique was performed. The total operative time and anastomosis time were 280 min and 100 min, respectively. The intraoperative blood loss was 40 mL. The time to the first postoperative flatus was 3 d. The time to the liquid diet was 4 d. The duration of postoperative hospital stay was 8 d. No postoperative short-term complication was found. No reflux esophagitis was shown two months postoperatively with endoscopy. The literature review showed that the occurrence of anastomotic leakage, anastomotic bleeding, anastomotic stenosis, and reflux esophagitis of esophagogastrostomy using seromuscular double-flap technique were 0-4.2%, 0-0.7%, 4.0%-29.1%, and 0-8.3%, respectively. Conclusions Esophagogastrostomy using seromuscular double-flap technique following laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy was safe and effective in terms of preventing gastroesophageal reflux. It can be applied in highly selected patient with upper-third gastric tumor. High attention is still required to prevent and treat the postoperative anastomotic stenosis.

Recently, stationary plasma with a world-record pulse length of 1056 s was achieved on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). In this work, the core magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) events as well as mode coupling processes have been investigated in EAST long pulse operation with electron heating dominant and pure radio frequency wave heating low collisionality, by using several diagnostics and the nonlinear numerical code M3D together. A saturated m / n = 1/1 kink mode was observed in the core region, where a stable internal transport barrier was found in the electron temperature channel. The frequencies and 2D structures of these modes were studied by a combination of soft X-ray (SXR) imaging and electron cyclotron emission diagnostics. The frequency of the m / n = 1/1 mode exhibited a feature of chirping down with time, and this chirping rate corresponds to the rate of electron diamagnetic drift frequency change. A twisted pattern (‘Taichi structure in shape’) was reconstructed by SXR tomography of the m / n = 1/1 mode. The perturbations of electron temperature and density caused by m / n = 1/1 are different in size, the latter one being much smaller. The destabilization of m / n = 1/1 was due to the strong central heating combined with electron cyclotron resonance heating and lower hybrid current drive. In the presence of the m / n = 1/1 mode, a negative current was generated on the magnetic axis, which anomalously broadened the core current profile. A m / n = 3/2 tearing mode triggered by m / n = 1/1 mode was also observed. The m / n = 3/2 mode has a smaller frequency than the m / n = 1/1 mode, and carries an m / n = 3/2 island with detectable size. A novel 3D MHD model that separately evolves the plasma density and temperature is applied to the m / n = 3/2 triggered by m / n = 1/1. It is found that a toroidal current density at the q = 1.5 surface, caused by non-axisymmetric density perturbation during the m / n = 1/1 nonlinear growth phase, was generated and hence the destabilization of the m / n = 3/2 tearing mode. Both the modeled electron temperature and density perturbations agree well with experimental observations. In the last section of this paper, the interaction between the m / n = 1/1 mode and fast electrons as well as the active control of this mode are also presented.

Enjoying local food could be one of the motives for tourism, and local food and restaurant recommendation information would be important for tourists to decide their destination. Recommendation agents are the sorting and searching function to find the best local food and restaurant among the complexity of information, and they could also be helpful for the tourist to decide their destination. Online tourism websites (e.g., Ctrip.com ) started to provide restaurant recommendations containing food-related information and recommendation agents to attract tourists. However, few studies have investigated their impact on the destination visit intention of potential Chinese tourists. This study aims to empirically validate how restaurant recommendation information, including food-related information and recommendation agents, could impact online tourists’ reactions, such as satisfaction, continuous website usage, and destination visits. We developed our hypothesis based on the information system (IS) success model. We gathered 202 data points from potential tourists using quasi-experimental methods, and these data were analyzed by the PLS algorithm. The results indicate that restaurant recommendation information and recommendation agents significantly increase the perceived information quality and perceived system quality. Increased perceived information quality and system quality could significantly increase potential tourists’ satisfaction, website continuous usage intention, and destination visit intention. The results of this study could contribute to making tourism websites more attractive by using local food and restaurant information and recommendation agents.

Due to the tunability in mass transfer, solvation and solubility, gas-expanded liquids show advantages over traditional organic solvents in many characteristics. Ultrasonication is a commonly used method to promote heat and mass transfer. The introduction of ultrasonic technology into the gas-expanded liquid system can promote the polymerization of polymer monomers, enhance extraction efficiency, and control the growth size of nanocrystals, etc. Although acoustic cavitation has been extensively explored in aqueous solutions, there are still few studies on cavitation in organic liquids, especially in gas-expanded liquid systems. In this article, the development of cavitation bubble cloud structure in CO2-expanded N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) was observed by a high-speed camera, and the cavitation intensity was recorded using a spherical hydrophone. It was found that the magnitude of the transient cavitation energy was not only related to input power, but also closely related to CO2 content. The combination of ultrasound (causing a rapid alternation of gas solubility) and gas-expanded liquid system (causing a decrease in viscosity and surface tension of liquids) is expected to provide a perfect platform for high-speed mass transfer.

For an increasing implementation of the low-temperature transportation in oilfield, it is urgent priority initially to study the physical and chemical properties to provide the vital technical support for the low-temperature transport of the polymer flooding. In this paper, the rheological behavior of polymer-containing fluid produced from the Daqing polymer flood were first studied for an adaptation of transportation under the oil’s freezing point temperature. The experiments progressed with different temperature, shear rate, water content and polymer concentration which have great impacts on the viscosity of the fluids produced aiming to find the phase transportation point for the application of the low-temperature transportation. It was displayed that a significant discontinuity in the viscosity occurs at some range of water content. Before the phase transition point, presented in W/O (water-in-oil) emulsion, the viscosity was lifted with the increase of the water content while after the phase transition point, forming the O/W (oil-in-water) type emulsion, the viscosity was dropped with an increase of water content. The phase transition points strongly depend on the polymer concentration in the fluids Produced. It was demonstrated that the phase transition points of polymer-containing fluids were 65%, 70%, 50%, 50% and 50%, corresponding to the polymer concentrations of 315mg/L, 503mg/L, 708mg/L, 920mg/L and 1053mg/L, respectively. The characteristics are attributed to the viscous polymer. The fluidity of the fluid produced was decreased with the increase of polymer concentration.

BackgroundThe Uranium dioxide (UO2) is currently the most widely used nuclear fuel for commercial nuclear reactors. However, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster revealed the primary safety risks of this fuel in an accident, so various international programs were launched to develop accident tolerant fuel (ATF), a new generation of fuel system developed to enhance the capability of nuclear fuel assemblies in severe accidents.PurposeThis study aims to improve the thermal conductivity of fuel pellets by adding a second material to the UO2 matrix, an important research direction for ATF.MethodsFirst of all, large-grain UO2 particles were used as raw materials, and the high-density large grain UO2-SiC composite fuel pellets were obtained by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) sintering process at lower sintering temperature. Then, the properties, such as microstructure and chemical composition, of the composite fuel pellets were characterized by using metallographic microscope (MM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Finally, the high-temperature oxidation resistance in air environment was studied.ResultsThe results show that the UO2-SiC interfacial reaction can be avoided by the SPS sintering at lower temperature, and the density of the prepared pellets is more than 95% theoretical density (TD). Compared with traditional UO2 fuel pellets and SPS sintered UO2-SiC pellets using conventional UO2 powders, the thermal conductivity of large-grain composite fuel pellets is significantly improved. Oxidation tests results indicate that the oxidation weight gain of the composite fuel pellets is significantly weaker than that of traditional pellets when the temperature is lower than 350 ℃. However, when the temperature reaches 350 ℃, the oxidation of UO2 cannot be further prevented by SiC.ConclusionsThis study provides reference for improving the thermal conductivity of UO2 matrix by adding a second phase with high thermal conductivity.

Cs4PbBr6 crystals have been synthesized by an ultrasonication-assisted trace amount polar solvent method. The prepared green Cs4PbBr6 material was found to have high photoluminescence (PL) brightness and 10 ns PL lifetime. The prepared green light emitting device can achieve the maximum brightness of 3.8 × 109 cd/m2, which is nearly 100 times higher than a wick. The white light emitting device based on Cs4PbBr6 crystals has better performance than commercial products, which can cover 32.3% of the color gamut and achieves 107.3% coverage for International Commission on Illumination (CIE)1931 and 84.8% coverage for CIE1976.

In a reversed shear discharge in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), an internal transport barrier (ITB) was formed. For the first time, the turbulence in the plasma core before and after the formation of the ITB in EAST was investigated by microwave reflectometry. It was found that during the formation of the ITB, the turbulence inside the barrier was not completely suppressed. The density fluctuation level decreased in the early phase of ITB and significantly increased later. It was found that the density fluctuation level increased with the density gradient after the appearance of reversed shear Alfvén eigenmodes (RSAEs). The change in turbulence, measurable by the reflectometer, did not affect the rate of increase in core density. Through the measurement of RSAEs, it was found that the formation of this ITB may be related to the minimum q ( q _min ). q _min was close to 2.

Objective To investigate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of cancer appetite and symptom questionnaire(CASQ). Methods CASQ Chinese questionnaire was formed using translation and back-translation, and performed on 88 cancer patients. The entry distinction of the Chinese version of CASQ was tested. Simultaneously, PG-SGA was used to assess nutritional risks of the subjects; and it was compared with CASQ as well as the validity was tested. After the first measurement, the second measurement was made 7 days later; the reliability study of both CASQ was conducted. Results The correlation coefficient between each entry score of CASQ and the total score of the questionnaire was 0.242-0.653(P < 0.05). The result of re-test reliability coefficient showed the data were good, the result of half-reliability was 0.560, internal consistency reliability coefficient was 0.436, and the rs value of the Chinese version of CASQ total score and the PG-SGA total score was -0.475. Conclusion The Chinese version of CASQ is tested to be with good reliability and validity.

The decrease in the zinc volatilization rate is usually due to the liquid phase, which is typically generated in the rotary kiln. The response surface model was built to analyze and explore the effects of carbon content, basicity, and holding time on the zinc volatilization rate and residue state. Moreover, the model was used to optimize the experimental conditions. The results showed that the effect of basicity on zinc volatilization rate was statistically significant, whereas the effects of carbon content and holding time were relatively small. The optimized process conditions were as follows: carbon content of 32%, basicity of 3, and holding time of 30 min. Under this condition, the zinc volatilization rate was 99.65%, and the furnace residue was sintered, which proved to be beneficial to the subsequent step of iron extraction.

Objective To investigate nutritional status of patients with malignant tumor and explore whether there are differences in gender or age, as well as the value of patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) in the nutritional assessment of cancer patients. Methods PG-SGA was used to evaluate the nutritional status of 427 patients with malignant tumor, and the traditional nutritional indexes were also measured. Results There was a significant difference in the incidence of malnutrition among elderly and non-elderly patients but there was no statistical difference between the genders. BMI, TSF, MAC and other indexes in different grades of PG-SGA (A, B, C) were significiantly different. In addition, it was found that there was a significantly negative correlation between the quantitative evaluation of PG-SGA and each index. Gender stratification results showed that there was a significantly negative correlation between the PG-SGA score and each index in male. However, there was no correlation between the PG-SGA score and Hb, MAMC in female, respectively. Conclusion The incidence of malnutrition is different in patients with different ages. PG-SGA has a good correlation with most of the traditional nutritional indicators, but there is a gender difference.