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Data for The colloidal nature of complex fluids enhances bacterial motility
No full textThe archived data are the post-processed final data corresponding to figures in the manuscript as well as codes used for generating key plots.IPRIME at University at Minnesota. US National Science Foundation CBET-1702352 and 2028652Kamdar, Shashank; Shin, Seunghwan; Leishangthem, Premkumar; Francis, Lorraine F; Xu, XinLiang; Cheng, Xiang. (2022). Data for The colloidal nature of complex fluids enhances bacterial motility. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/nfr5-te36
Validity of the Novel Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging and Correlation of Cheng Lymphedema Grading for Unilateral Extremity Lymphedema
No full textOBJECTIVE: The aim was to validate the new Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging, correlate it with Cheng Lymphedema Grading (CLG) and evaluate the treatment outcomes of unilateral extremity lymphedema. BACKGROUND: No consensus has been reached for diagnosis and staging for patients with lymphedema among medical specialties. METHODS: We included 285 patients with unilateral extremity lymphedema using lymphoscintigraphy. Lymphoscintigraphy was correlated to clinical symptoms and signs, and classified into normal lymphatic drainage, partial obstruction, and total obstruction. Inter- and intraobserver reliability of Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging, correlation between Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging and clinical findings were conducted. Patients were categorized in "surgical" (n = 154) or "nonsurgical" (n = 131) groups for outcome evaluation. RESULTS: Lymphoscintigraphy found 11 patients (3.9%) with normal lymphatic drainage, 128 (44.9%) with partial obstruction, and 146 (51.2%) with total obstruction. Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging showed high interobserver agreement [intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.89 (95% confidence interval, 0.82-0.94)], and significantly correlated to computed tomography volumetric difference (r = 0.66, P < 0.001) and CLG [intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.79 (95% confidence interval 0.72-0.84)]. At a mean follow-up of 31.2 ± 2.9 months, significant improvement in the circumferential difference (from 23.9% ± 17.6% to 14.6% ± 11.1%; P = 0.03) with a mean circumferential reduction rate of 40.4% ± 4.5% was found in surgical group. At a mean follow-up of 26.6 ± 8.7 months, the nonsurgical group had increase of mean circumferential difference from 24.0% ± 17.2% to 25.3% ± 19.0% (P = 0.09), with a mean circumferential reduction rate was -1.9% ± 13.0%. CONCLUSIONS: The Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging is a reliable diagnostic tool, correlated with clinical findings and CLG, aiding in the selection of the appropriate treatment to achieve favorable long-term outcomes in unilateral extremity lymphedema
Assisi. Un incontro inaspettato. Con il Cantico delle creature di san Francesco
No full textChi d’esso loco fa parole, / non dica Ascesi, ché direbbe corto, / ma Orïente, se proprio dir vuole. I versi del Paradiso dantesco che nominano Assisi, in cui nacque al mondo un sole chiamato Francesco, suonano come un pronostico, se letti nel contesto del libretto amorosissimo di Cheng. Qui Oriente e Occidente, tradizione taoista e cristianità scoprono la loro comunione grazie all’universalità del santo più venerato. A testimoniarla, in una scrittura tersa che ha la chiarità delle estati umbre, è un migrante giunto in Francia dalla Cina. Adesso è una gloria letteraria nella terra che l’ha accolto, ma quando vide per la prima volta Assisi, nel 1961, non era che un giovane esule in preda allo spaesamento. Di quell’incontro inaspettatamente abbagliante con i luoghi francescani volle serbare per sempre memoria iscrivendolo nel suo stesso nome: all’atto della naturalizzazione francese, dieci anni dopo, scelse François al posto del cinese Chi-hsien, celebrante la saggezza. Origini e approdi si pongono così per lui sotto il segno di una segreta alleanza, di cui Francesco diventa l’emblema. Se ne cercherebbe invano, in queste pagine, l’immagine agiografica tutta mansuetudine e candore. «Il Grande Vivente», lo chiama Cheng, e ne avverte la presenza di «eterno contemporaneo» soprattutto tra le rocce incorruttibili che gli fecero da giaciglio. All’intellettuale cinese istruito nella geomantica del Tao, l’antica arte di decifrare l’energia dei paesaggi, la topografia della santità – l’Eremo delle Carceri, la Porziuncola, San Damiano – manifesta subito il proprio corpo vivo e pulsante. Ecco il luogo, il mio luogo! È qui che il mio esilio avrà fine
A figure of chinese French-speaking world : f. Cheng "pilgrim between the Orient and the Occident"
No full textNotre recherche a voulu cerner l'acte d'écriture de F. Cheng tant au niveau de sa réalisation que de sa visée. Nous nous sommes interrogés sur les particularités des textes, leur complexité dans leur élaboration et leur compréhension. En évoquant son parcours de vie nous avons tenté de mettre en relief quels liens effectifs reliaient la Chine et la France dans cet imaginaire asiatique exprimé en langue française. Si l'analyse de l'oeuvre montre comment l'auteur a diversifié ses choix scripturaux, elle évoque aussi le problème de l'achèvement ou de l'inachèvement face à la récurrence d'écrits. Notre étude a voulu aborder l'évolution de sa création littéraire à travers "l'objet-livre", mais aussi avec un regard diachronique permettant de mieux appréhender son rapport au temps. L'analyse de la "poétique" scripturale de F. Cheng, fondée sur l'interculturalité et l'intertextualité, a voulu comprendre l'objectif littéraire de celui qui désire être "passeur" entre l'Orient et l'OccidentOur wish is this research is to define the act of writing of F. Cheng both at the level of his realization and at his design. We wondered about the features of texts, their complexity in their elaboration and their comprehension. By recalling his course of life we tried to put into relief the real links which linked up China to France in this Asiatic imagination expressed in French language. If the analysis of the works shows how the author diversified his writing choices, it also recalls the problem of achievement or incompleteness faced to the recurrence of writings. Our study has approached the evolution of its literary creation across "the object-book" as well as an allowing diachronic look to which enables a better being within time. The analysis of writing "poetics" of F. Cheng, based on the interculturality and the intertextuality, wanted to understand the literary objective of those who wish to be "conductor" between, the Orient and the Occiden
El vestido habla: Alice Munro y Kai Cheng Thong
No full textEl objetivo del presente artículo es estudiar los diversos códigos atribuidos a la indumentaria en el corpus literario seleccionado a tal efecto y analizar cómo las identidades de los personajes son rediseñadas a través de ellos. Examinaremos cómo los sujetos de las obras de las autoras canadienses Alice Munro y Kai Cheng Thom hacen uso de la indumentaria como herramienta a través de la cual se ajustan a las normas impuestas o, por el contrario, subvierten los discursos hegemónicos
Desiforda Zhang, Qiao & Cheng
No full textDesiforda Zhang, Qiao & Cheng, in Zhang 1999 = Pemphigus Hartig 1839 Type material of Desiforda echinochloaphaga was examined and found to be a typical Pemphigus.Published as part of Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1089 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27334
Characterization of Dissipated Energy Demand
No full textPerformance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE) aims at designing structures that are able to satisfy multiple target performance levels at different ground motion intensities. The performance levels can be introduced into the overall design process through energy concepts. It is acknowledged that the design of structures protected by control systems such as base isolation or energy dissipation devices can be efficiently optimized by using an energy-based approach. The energy-based design approach incorporated within the probabilistic framework of the performance-based design is a promising design method. In its development, three important energy-based dissipation parameters are critically needed to evaluate, which are the ratio of hysteretic energy to input energy EH/EI, normalized cumulative damage η, as well as the equivalent number of cycles neq. Therefore, this study has taken a comprehensive investigation of these parameters for four hysteretic systems of structures with the vibration period of 0.05s–4s for 7 damping ratios, that is 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5, and 6 ductility factors, that is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8. Empirical formulas of predicting the mean values and standard deviations of the energy-based dissipation parameters are proposed as a function of vibration period, damping ratio, and ductility factors. The proposed predictive models can be easily and conveniently used to evaluate the energy-based dissipation parameters in a deterministic and probabilistic manner in the energy-based design in the framework of PBEE
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