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  1. Article ; Online: Topological corner state localized bound states in continuum in photonic crystals.

    Zhang, Zhenbin / Ruan, Banxian / Gao, Enduo / Liu, Chao / Li, Hongjian

    Optics letters

    2024  Volume 49, Issue 7, Page(s) 1782–1785

    Abstract: In the field of optics, bound states in the continuum (BICs) are of significant practical importance as they can trap electromagnetic waves spatially, even though their frequency lies within the continuous spectrum. Previous research, however, has shown ... ...

    Abstract In the field of optics, bound states in the continuum (BICs) are of significant practical importance as they can trap electromagnetic waves spatially, even though their frequency lies within the continuous spectrum. Previous research, however, has shown that BICs localized in optical cavities are highly sensitive to geometric and environmental changes. This sensitivity implies that slight variations can lead to the loss of BICs, necessitating extreme precision in manufacturing, which poses a challenge for practical implementation. To overcome this issue, this study employs topological photonic crystals (PhCs) to engineer topological corner states (TCS) within PhCs. By doing so, it establishes a method for creating topological BICs that are inherently robust against disturbances, thereby enhancing their suitability for real-world applications.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1539-4794
    ISSN (online) 1539-4794
    DOI 10.1364/OL.517816
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  2. Article: Alteration Trend and Overlap Analysis of Positive Features in Different-Sized Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules: Based on Chinese Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System.

    Qu, Chen / Li, Hong-Jian / Gao, Qi / Zhang, Jun-Chao / Li, Wei-Min

    International journal of general medicine

    2024  Volume 17, Page(s) 1887–1895

    Abstract: Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the alteration trends and overlaps of positive features in benign and malignant thyroid nodules of different sizes based on the Chinese Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (C-TIRADS).: Patients and ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the alteration trends and overlaps of positive features in benign and malignant thyroid nodules of different sizes based on the Chinese Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (C-TIRADS).
    Patients and methods: 1337 patients with 1558 thyroid nodules were retrospectively recruited from November 2021 to December 2023. These nodules were divided into three groups according to maximum diameter: A (≤10 mm), B (10-20 mm), and C (≥20 mm). C-TIRADS positive features were compared between benign and malignant thyroid nodules of different sizes. In addition, the trends of positive features with changes in nodule size among malignant thyroid nodules were analyzed.
    Results: The incidence of positive features in malignant thyroid nodules was higher than that in benign. As benign nodules grow, the incidence of all positive features showed a linear decreasing trend (Z values were 72.103, 101.081, 17.344, 33.909, and 129.304, P values < 0.001). With the size of malignant thyroid nodules increased, vertical orientation, solid, marked hypoechogenicity, and ill-defined/irregular margins/extrathyroidal extension showed a linear decreasing trend (Z = 148.854, 135.378, 8.590, and 69.239, respectively; P values < 0.05), while suspicious microcalcifications showed a linear increasing trend (Z = 34.699, P<0.001). In terms of overlapping characteristics, group A had a significantly higher overlapping rate than the other two groups, and the overlapping rate of solid indicators remained the highest among all three groups (P < 0.05).
    Conclusion: Differences in positive features were observed between thyroid nodules of different sizes. Except for suspicious microcalcifications, the incidence of other four positive features decreased with increasing nodule size. In addition, a negative correlation was observed between the overlap rate and nodule size. These results may provide a basis for sonographers to upgrade or downgrade thyroid nodules based on their own experience.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-05-06
    Publishing country New Zealand
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2452220-X
    ISSN 1178-7074
    ISSN 1178-7074
    DOI 10.2147/IJGM.S461076
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  3. Article ; Online: Temperature and moisture sensitivities of soil respiration vary along elevation gradients: An analysis from long-term field observations.

    Yan, Junxia / Tong, Min / Liu, Ju / Li, Junjian / Li, Hongjian

    The Science of the total environment

    2023  Volume 912, Page(s) 169150

    Abstract: Based on long-term field observation data over 11 years at 23 sites in two mountainous areas (TS1 and TS2) at elevations from 829 to 2700 m, where the dominant vegetation type of TS1 and TS2 was temperate mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest and cold ... ...

    Abstract Based on long-term field observation data over 11 years at 23 sites in two mountainous areas (TS1 and TS2) at elevations from 829 to 2700 m, where the dominant vegetation type of TS1 and TS2 was temperate mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest and cold temperate coniferous forest, respectively, we analyzed the correlations between soil respiration (R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-06
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 121506-1
    ISSN 1879-1026 ; 0048-9697
    ISSN (online) 1879-1026
    ISSN 0048-9697
    DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169150
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  4. Article ; Online: Three-dimensional spine reconstruction from biplane radiographs using convolutional neural networks.

    Li, Bo / Zhang, Junhua / Wang, Qian / Li, Hongjian / Wang, Qiyang

    Medical engineering & physics

    2023  Volume 123, Page(s) 104088

    Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a deep learning network for three-dimensional reconstruction of the spine from biplanar radiographs.: Methods: The proposed approach focused on extracting similar features and multiscale ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a deep learning network for three-dimensional reconstruction of the spine from biplanar radiographs.
    Methods: The proposed approach focused on extracting similar features and multiscale features of bone tissue in biplanar radiographs. Bone tissue features were reconstructed for feature representation across dimensions to generate three-dimensional volumes. The number of feature mappings was gradually reduced in the reconstruction to transform the high-dimensional features into the three-dimensional image domain. We produced and made eight public datasets to train and test the proposed network. Two evaluation metrics were proposed and combined with four classical evaluation metrics to measure the performance of the method.
    Results: In comparative experiments, the reconstruction results of this method achieved a Hausdorff distance of 1.85 mm, a surface overlap of 0.2 mm, a volume overlap of 0.9664, and an offset distance of only 0.21 mm from the vertebral body centroid. The results of this study indicate that the proposed method is reliable.
    MeSH term(s) Neural Networks, Computer ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods ; Spine/diagnostic imaging ; Plastic Surgery Procedures ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1181080-4
    ISSN 1873-4030 ; 1350-4533
    ISSN (online) 1873-4030
    ISSN 1350-4533
    DOI 10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104088
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  5. Article ; Online: Portfolio Model Based on Scenario Tree

    Xuan Haiyan / Yao Cunliu / Li Hongjian / Chang Xiaoke

    E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 251, p

    2021  Volume 01114

    Abstract: The uncertainty of return rate will affect the investment decision. In this paper, the ARMA-GARCH model is used to describe the data characteristics of stock returns, and the Monte Carlo method is used to construct a scenario tree containing the stock ... ...

    Abstract The uncertainty of return rate will affect the investment decision. In this paper, the ARMA-GARCH model is used to describe the data characteristics of stock returns, and the Monte Carlo method is used to construct a scenario tree containing the stock return rate and node probability. The decision rules are used to determine the nodes on the scene tree, and two mean-variance models are established based on the scene tree. Finally, four stock data are selected to optimize the portfolio of the constructed model, the results show that the scenario tree has good advantages in describing the uncertainty problem, and the constructed model is effective and feasible; the difference between the two models is analyzed and compared, which provides a reference for different investors.
    Keywords Environmental sciences ; GE1-350
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher EDP Sciences
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article ; Online: FM-Net: Deep Learning Network for the Fundamental Matrix Estimation from Biplanar Radiographs.

    Li, Bo / Zhang, Junhua / Yang, Ruiqi / Li, Hongjian

    Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

    2022  Volume 220, Page(s) 106782

    Abstract: Background and objective: The fundamental matrix estimation is a classic problem in computer vision. The traditional algorithms require high-precision correspondences. However, correspondences in biplanar radiographs are difficult to match accurately.!## ...

    Abstract Background and objective: The fundamental matrix estimation is a classic problem in computer vision. The traditional algorithms require high-precision correspondences. However, correspondences in biplanar radiographs are difficult to match accurately.
    Methods: We propose an end-to-end network to estimate the F-Matrix directly from BR, which includes feature extraction and regression prediction. There is no publicly available dataset of biplanar radiographs. We produce the dataset in this paper to train and test the proposed network. Four metrics, Mean Square Error, Calculating R-squared, Square Value of Extreme Constraint, and Absolute Value of Extreme Constraint are used to measure the performance of the approaches.
    Results: The best Square Value of Extreme Constraint and Absolute Value of Extreme Constraint values we obtained on the datasets were 0.20 and 0.43, respectively. Compared with other methods, the estimation accuracy of FM-Net is improved by more than 53.53%.
    Conclusions: The results of experiments demonstrate that the proposed network can estimate the fundamental matrix successfully. It outperforms the classical algorithms and other deep learning-based methods.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Deep Learning ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods ; Radiography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-06
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632564-6
    ISSN 1872-7565 ; 0169-2607
    ISSN (online) 1872-7565
    ISSN 0169-2607
    DOI 10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106782
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  7. Article ; Online: A Novel Porous Butyryl Chitin-Animal Derived Hydroxyapatite Composite Scaffold for Cranial Bone Defect Repair.

    Zhang, Wei / Jiang, Zhiwen / Chi, Jinhua / Sun, Huanchao / Li, Hongjian / Liu, Wanshun / Han, Baoqin

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 10

    Abstract: Bone defects, a common orthopedic problem in clinical practice, are a serious threat to human health. As alternative materials to autologous bone grafts, synthetic cell-free functionalized scaffolds have been the focus of recent research in designing ... ...

    Abstract Bone defects, a common orthopedic problem in clinical practice, are a serious threat to human health. As alternative materials to autologous bone grafts, synthetic cell-free functionalized scaffolds have been the focus of recent research in designing scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Butyryl chitin (BC) is a derivative of chitin (CT) with improved solubility. It has good biocompatibility, but few studies have investigated its use in bone repair. In this study, BC was successfully synthesized with a degree of substitution of 2.1. BC films were prepared using the cast film method and showed strong tensile strength (47.8 ± 4.54 N) and hydrophobicity (86.4 ± 2.46°), which was favorable for mineral deposition. An in vitro cytological assay confirmed the excellent cell attachment and cytocompatibility of the BC film; meanwhile, in vivo degradation indicated the good biocompatibility of BC. Hydroxyapatite (HA), extracted from bovine cancellous bone, had good cytocompatibility and osteogenic induction activity for the mouse osteoblast cell line MC3T3-E1. With the aim of combining the advantages of BC and HA, a BC-HA composite scaffold, with a good pore structure and mechanical strength, was prepared by physical mixing. Administered into skull defects of rats, the scaffolds showed perfect bone-binding performance and effective structural support, and significantly promoted the regeneration of new bone. These results prove that the BC-HA porous scaffold is a successful bone tissue engineering scaffold and has strong potential to be further developed as a substitute for bone transplantation.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Cattle ; Rats ; Humans ; Durapatite/chemistry ; Chitin/pharmacology ; Porosity ; Bone Regeneration ; Tissue Scaffolds/chemistry ; Osteogenesis ; Tissue Engineering/methods ; Skull
    Chemical Substances Durapatite (91D9GV0Z28) ; Chitin (1398-61-4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms24108519
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  8. Article: Mawangdui-Guidance Qigong Exercise for patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

    Zhang, Guilong / Gao, Liang / Zhang, Di / Li, Hongjian / Shen, Yuquan / Zhang, Zhengsong / Huang, Yong

    Frontiers in neuroscience

    2023  Volume 17, Page(s) 1090138

    Abstract: Introduction: Worldwide, there is a high frequency of chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP), which is a significant public health concern. The etiology is complicated and diverse, and it includes a number of risk factors such as diminished ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Worldwide, there is a high frequency of chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP), which is a significant public health concern. The etiology is complicated and diverse, and it includes a number of risk factors such as diminished stability and weak core muscles. Mawangdui-Guidance Qigong has been employed extensively to bolster the body in China for countless years. However, the effectiveness of treating CNLBP has not been assessed by a randomized controlled trial (RCT). In order to verify the results of the Mawangdui-Guidance Qigong Exercise and examine its biomechanical mechanism, we intend to perform a randomized controlled trial.
    Methods and analysis: Over the course of 4 weeks, 84 individuals with CNLBP will be randomly assigned to receive either Mawangdui-Guidance Qigong Exercise, motor control exercise, or medication (celecoxib). Electromyographic data, including muscle activation time, iEMGs, root mean square value (RMS) and median frequency (MF), will be the main outcomes. The Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) Score, the Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), beta-endorphin, and substance P are examples of secondary outcomes. At the start of treatment and 4 weeks later, all outcomes will be evaluated. SPSS version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) will be used for all of the analysis.
    Discussion: The prospective findings are anticipated to offer an alternative treatment for CNLBP and provide a possible explanation of the mechanism of Mawangdui-Guidance Qigong Exercise on CNLBP.
    Ethics and dissemination: The Sichuan Regional Ethics Review Committee on Traditional Chinese Medicine has given the study approval (Approval No. 2020KL-067). It has also registered at the website of China Clinical Trial Center Registration. The application adheres to the Declaration of Helsinki's tenets (Version Edinburgh 2000). Peer-reviewed papers will be used to publicize the trial's findings.
    Trial registration number: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier ChiCTR2000041080.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2411902-7
    ISSN 1662-453X ; 1662-4548
    ISSN (online) 1662-453X
    ISSN 1662-4548
    DOI 10.3389/fnins.2023.1090138
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  9. Article ; Online: Defense Strategies of Rice in Response to the Attack of the Herbivorous Insect,

    Xiang, Xing / Liu, Shuhua / Li, Hongjian / Danso Ofori, Andrews / Yi, Xiaoqun / Zheng, Aiping

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 18

    Abstract: ... Chilo ... ...

    Abstract Chilo suppressalis
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Oryza/metabolism ; Moths/genetics ; Plant Growth Regulators/metabolism ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Insecticides/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Plant Growth Regulators ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.11.24) ; Insecticides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-21
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms241814361
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  10. Article ; Online: Generation of symmetry-protected bound states in the continuum in a graphene plasmonic waveguide system for optical switching.

    Li, Min / Ruan, Banxian / Zhang, Baihui / Gao, Enduo / Zhang, Zhenbin / Chang, Xia / Li, Hongjian

    Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

    2023  Volume 25, Issue 20, Page(s) 14552–14557

    Abstract: A graphene-involved plasmonic lossy system that allows coupling between surface plasmon polaritons and waveguide modes is proposed. The physical mechanism behind the hybrid resonance modes is investigated carefully through finite element method (FEM) ... ...

    Abstract A graphene-involved plasmonic lossy system that allows coupling between surface plasmon polaritons and waveguide modes is proposed. The physical mechanism behind the hybrid resonance modes is investigated carefully through finite element method (FEM) simulations and rigorous coupled wave theory (RCWA). We demonstrate that by introducing an incident angle to break the symmetry of the structure, the bound states in the continuum (BIC) evolve to an observable quasi-BIC with new resonance dips, and the generated signals possess a very high
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1476244-4
    ISSN 1463-9084 ; 1463-9076
    ISSN (online) 1463-9084
    ISSN 1463-9076
    DOI 10.1039/d3cp00572k
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