简介:Medicaltherapyfortype2diabetesmellitusisineffectiveinthelongtermduetotheprogressivenatureofthedisease,whichrequiresincreasingmedicationdosesandpolypharmacy.Conversely,bariatricsurgeryhasemergedasacost-effectivestrategyforobesediabeticindividuals;ithaslowcomplicationratesandresultsindurableweightloss,glycemiccontrolandimprovementsinthequalityoflife,obesity-relatedco-morbidityandoverallsurvival.Thefindingthatglucosehomeostasiscanbeachievedwithaweightloss-independentmechanismimmediatelyafterbariatricsurgery,especiallygastricbypass,hasledtotheparadigmofmetabolicsurgery.However,theprimaryfocusofmetabolicsurgeryisthealterationofthephysio-anatomyofthegastrointestinaltracttoachieveglycemiccontrol,metaboliccontrolandcardio-metabolicriskreduction.Todate,metabolicsurgeryisstillnotwelldefined,asitisusedmostfrequentlyforlessobesepatientswithpoorlycontrolleddiabetes.Themechanismofglycemiccontrolisstillincompletelyunderstood.Publishedresearchfindingsonmetabolicsurgeryarepromising,butmanyaspectsstillneedtobedefined.Thispaperexaminestheproposedmechanismofdiabetesremission,theefficacyofdifferenttypesofmetabolicprocedures,thedurabilityofglucosecontrol,andtherisksandcomplicationsassociatedwiththisprocedure.Weproposeatailoredapproachfortheselectionoftheidealmetabolicprocedurefordifferentgroupsofpatients,consideringtheindicationsandprognosticfactorsfordiabetesremission.
简介:HistoricaldataregardingZhangHeng'sseismoscopeisnotsingularproof.Actually,thefourearliesthistoricaldocuments,i.e.,ContinuationofHistoriographyofHanDynasty,HistoriographyoftheLaterHan,BookoftheLaterHanandDingRecordallhaverelevantrecordsofitsstructure,size,principle,responsetoearthquakeandactualapplications.Thesefiveaspectsaresupportedbyarchaeologicalresearch,unearthedculturalrelics,historicalearthquakesandmodernseismologicalstudy.Thesehistoricalmaterialscontainagreatdealofspecificinformationaboutthisancientseismoscope.Inconclusion,theauthenticityandreliabilityofZhangHeng'sseismoscopeareverified.
简介:Thispaperproposesanewtechniquethatisusedtoembeddepthmapsintocorresponding2-dimensional(2D)images.Sincea2Dimageanditsdepthmapareintegratedintoonetypeofimageformat,theycanbetreatedasiftheywereone2Dimage.Thereby,itcanreducetheamountofdatain3Dimagesbyhalfandsimplifytheprocessesforsendingthemthroughnetworksbecausethesynchronizationbetweenimagesfortheleftandrighteyesbecomesunnecessary.Weembeddepthmapsinthequantizeddiscretecosinetransform(DCT)dataof2Dimages.Thekeytothistechniqueiswhetherthedepthmapscouldbeembeddedinto2Dimageswithoutperceivablydeterioratingtheirquality.Wetrytoreducetheirdeteriorationbycompressingthedepthmapdatabyusingthedifferencesfromthenextpixeltotheleft.Weassumethatthereisonlyonenon-zeropixelatmostononehorizontallineintheDCTblockbecausethedepthmapvalueschangeabruptly.Weconductanexperimenttoevaluatethequalityofthe2Dimagesembeddedwithdepthmapsandfindthatsatisfactoryqualitycouldbeachieved.
简介:通过介绍全球及我国近年来CO2的排放状况,首先指出了CO2回收的迫切性及资源化利用的优势,并以CCS(碳捕集与封存)和CCU(碳捕集与利用)为例,分别介绍了诸如地质封存、海洋封存、化学转化和生物转化等规模化回收利用技术,阐述了这些技术的回收原理、工艺路线、安全环保性、技术优势和工业化案例。通过分析CCS各技术的封存能力、封存效果、技术瓶颈及其工业化推广的进度和潜力,指出CCS技术的全球化应用目前还存在一定的风险和制约:通过对比CCU各技术研究重点、转化瓶颈以及工业化进度等,指出化学转化法是目前最有效的CO2规模化回收利用技术:还介绍了其它几种具有规模化潜力的CO2利用新技术。