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The Role of Hydrostatic Pressure in Severe Plastic Deformation

Abstract: The contribution presents several experimental examples which show that the presence of an enhanced hydrostatic pressure—as compared to conventional large deformation modes—is one of the main features of severe plastic deformation (SPD). At the example of systematic high pressure torsion experiments with Cu at room temperature, strength measurements after deformation showed that the onset strains of deformation stages III, IV, and V are not affected by the pressure applied; however, the related onset flow stresses increase by at least 10 % of the values of low pressure torsion, per GPa of pressure increase. During deformation, increases of flow stresses by at least 40 % of the values of low pressure torsion, per GPa of pressure increase, have been found. From comparisons with tests on Ni, the increases appear to grow with the materials melting temperature. For a theoretical explanation of flow stress increases the pressure induced changes of i) the elastic moduli, and ii) the formation energy of lattice defects. While contribution i) is almost negligible, contribution ii) accounts for an increase of flow stress during deformation by about 15 % per GPa of pressure increase. The difference left to experiment has to be attributed to a third contribution, i.e., the pressure specific evolution of the structure. For this contribution, a modification of the model of Zehetbauer and Les[1–3] is introduced which is based on the pressure caused decrease of lattice diffusion. The latter is thought to restrict the diffusion controlled annihilation of dislocations, thus leading to a higher density of vacancies, dislocations and/or grain boundaries causing the higher stress level observed.

A CPW-fed dual-frequency monopole antenna

Abstract: A new dual-frequency design of coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed monopole antenna is proposed and experimentally studied. The proposed antenna utilizes the advantages of the CPW line to simplify the structure of the antenna into a single metallic level, thereby making easier the integration with the microwave integrated circuits. The two operating modes of the proposed antenna are associated with various lengths of two monopoles, in which the longer monopole works for the first resonant mode and the shorter monopole works for the second mode. Moreover, by increasing the width of the longer monopole, a broadband dual-frequency operation is demonstrated. Experimental results show that the impedance bandwidth, determined from 10-dB return loss, of the two operating frequencies can both be greater than 14%. Details of the experimental results are presented and discussed.

The open abdomen in trauma and non-trauma patients: WSES guidelines

Abstract: Damage control resuscitation may lead to postoperative intra-abdominal hypertension or abdominal compartment syndrome. These conditions may result in a vicious, self-perpetuating cycle leading to severe physiologic derangements and multiorgan failure unless interrupted by abdominal (surgical or other) decompression. Further, in some clinical situations, the abdomen cannot be closed due to the visceral edema, the inability to control the compelling source of infection or the necessity to re-explore (as a “planned second-look” laparotomy) or complete previously initiated damage control procedures or in cases of abdominal wall disruption. The open abdomen in trauma and non-trauma patients has been proposed to be effective in preventing or treating deranged physiology in patients with severe injuries or critical illness when no other perceived options exist. Its use, however, remains controversial as it is resource consuming and represents a non-anatomic situation with the potential for severe adverse effects. Its use, therefore, should only be considered in patients who would most benefit from it. Abdominal fascia-to-fascia closure should be done as soon as the patient can physiologically tolerate it. All precautions to minimize complications should be implemented.

Effect of pioglitazone compared with metformin on glycemic control and indicators of insulin sensitivity in recently diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes.

Abstract: Pioglitazone, a thiazolidinedione, improves glycemic control primarily by increasing peripheral insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes, whereas metformin, a biguanide, exerts its effect primarily by decreasing hepatic glucose output. In the first head-to-head, double-blind clinical trial comparing these two oral antihyperglycemic medications (OAMs), we studied the effect of 32-wk monotherapy on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity in 205 patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes who were naive to OAM therapy. Subjects were randomized to either 30 mg pioglitazone or 850 mg metformin daily with titrations upward to 45 mg (77% of pioglitazone patients) and 2550 mg (73% of metformin patients), as indicated, to achieve fasting plasma glucose levels of less than 7.0 mmol/liter (126 mg/dl). Pioglitazone was comparable to metformin in improving glycemic control as measured by hemoglobin A1C and fasting plasma glucose. At endpoint, pioglitazone was significantly more effective than metformin in improving indicators of insulin sensitivity, as determined by reduction of fasting serum insulin (P = 0.003) and by analysis of homeostasis model assessment for insulin sensitivity (HOMA-S; P = 0.002). Both OAM therapies were well tolerated. Therefore, pioglitazone and metformin are equally efficacious in regard to glycemic control, but they exert significantly different effects on insulin sensitivity due to differing mechanisms of action. The more pronounced improvement in indicators of insulin sensitivity by pioglitazone, as compared with metformin monotherapy in patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who are OAM-naive, may be of interest for further clinical evaluation.

Application of eXtreme gradient boosting trees in the construction of credit risk assessment models for financial institutions

Abstract: The majority of the studies on credit risk assessment models for financial institutions during recent years focus on the improvement of imbalanced data or on the enhancement of classification accuracy with multistage modeling. Whilst multistage modeling and data pre-processing can boost accuracy somewhat, the heterogeneous nature of data may affects the classification accuracy of classifiers. This paper intends to use the classifier, eXtreme gradient boosting tree (XGBoost), to construct a credit risk assessment model for financial institutions. Cluster-based under-sampling is deployed to process imbalanced data. Finally, the area under the receiver operative curve and the accuracy of classifications are the assessment indicators, in the comparison with other frequently used single-stage classifiers such as logistic regression, self-organizing algorithms and support vector machine. The results indicate that the XGBoost classifier used by this paper achieve better results than the other three and can serve as a superior tool for the development of credit risk models for financial institutions.