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Zhang Y, Han X, Ren YJ, Sun HP, Xie SF, Chu XQ, Chen GF, Liu C, Xu SH. [Microwave ablation versus radiofrequency ablation for solid or predominantly solid benign thyroid nodules: a randomized controlled clinical trial]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2024; 63:74-80. [PMID: 38186121 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20231024-00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Objective: To compare the short-term efficacy and the safety of microwave ablation (MWA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules (BTNs). Methods: This prospective randomized controlled trial, performed from December 2019 to September 2021, included 36 patients with solid or predominantly solid BTNs who met the eligibility criteria and provided written informed consent at the Nanjing sub-center (Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine). Patients were assigned to either the MWA group or the RFA group (18 patients in each group) at a ratio of 1∶1 using a block randomization design and allocation concealment using sealed envelope randomization. The independent-sample t-test and χ2 test were used to compare the volume reduction rates (VRRs), effective rates (VRRs≥50%), cosmetic scores, and complication rates at 1, 3, and 6 months after treatment between the two groups. Results: The clinical characteristics of the two groups of patients were comparable. After ablation, the nodule volume was significantly reduced in both groups. At 1, 3, and 6 months, there was no significant difference in the volume between the two groups (all P>0.05). At 3 months, the RFA group had a larger VRRs than that in the MWA group (62.08%±12.46% vs. 46.90%±23.16%, t=-2.45, P=0.021). However, at 1 and 6 months, no statistical significance was observed (both P>0.05). No significant difference was observed in the effective rates at the last follow-up (14/18 vs. 18/18, P=0.104). However, the RFA group had a lower cosmetic score than that in the MWA group (1.78±0.43 vs. 2.17±0.51, t=-2.47, P=0.019). There was no statistically significant difference in the complication rates between the two groups (all P>0.05). Conclusions: Both MWA and RFA were effective and safe treatments for BTNs, with no significant differences in short-term efficacy and safety. In addition, the RFA group showed slightly more favorable outcomes than the MWA group in terms of cosmetic improvement.
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- Y Zhang
- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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Shen JY, Shi CY, Pan ZM, Ju LL, Dong MD, Chen GF, Zhang YC, Yuan JK, Wu CJ, Xie YW, Wu J. Reentrance of interface superconductivity in a high-T c cuprate heterostructure. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7290. [PMID: 37949854 PMCID: PMC10638369 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42903-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Increasing the carrier density in a Mott insulator by chemical doping gives rise to a generic superconducting dome in high temperature superconductors. An intriguing question is whether a second superconducting dome may exist at higher dopings. Here we heavily overdope La2-xSrxCuO4 (0.45 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) and discover an unprecedented reentrance of interface superconductivity in La2-xSrxCuO4 /La2CuO4 heterostructures. As x increases, the superconductivity is weakened and completely fades away at x = 0.8; but it revives at higher doping and fully recovers at x = 1.0. This is shown to be correlated with the suppression of the interfacial charge transfer around x = 0.8 and the weak-to-strong localization crossover in the La2-xSrxCuO4 layer. We further construct a theoretical model to account for the sophisticated relation between charge localization and interfacial charge transfer. Our work advances both the search for and control of new superconducting heterostructures.
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- J Y Shen
- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, 310024, Hangzhou, China
- Institute for Theoretical Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
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Chen HS, Yang Y, Ni J, Chen GF, Ji Y, Yi F, Zhang ZB, Wu J, Cai XL, Shao B, Wang JF, Liu YF, Geng DQ, Qu XH, Li XH, Wei Y, Han SG, Zhu RX, Ding JP, Lyu H, Huang YN, Huang YH, Xiao B, Gong T, Yu XF, Cui LY. [Effects of cinepazide maleate injection on blood pressure in patients with acute ischemic stroke and hypertension]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:916-920. [PMID: 35922216 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20210822-00574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the blood pressure change in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and hypertension treated with cinepazide maleate injection. Methods: This was a subgroup analysis of post-marketing clinical confirmation study of cinepazide maleate injection for acute ischemic stroke: a randomized, double-blinded, multicenter, placebo-parallel controlled trial, which conducted in China from August 2016 to February 2019. Eligible patients fulfilled the inclusive criteria of acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores of 7-25. The primary endpoints were mean blood pressure of AIS patients treated with cinepazide maleate or control, which were assessed during the treatment period (14 days), and the proportion of the patients with normal blood pressure was analyzed after the treatment period. Furthermore, a subgroup analysis was performed to investigate a possible effect of the history of hypertension on outcomes. Results: This analysis included 809 patients with hypertension. There was no significant difference in patients blood pressure and the proportion of patients with normal blood pressure (60.5% vs. 59.0%,P>0.05) between cinepazide maleate group and control group. Conclusion: Administration of cinepazide maleate injection does not affect the management of clinical blood pressure in patients with AIS.
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- H S Chen
- Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou 221009, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Neurology, JiangXi PingXiang People's Hospital, Pingxiang 337055, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- Department of Neurology, Lishui Municipal Central Hospital, Lishui 323000, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Neurology, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian 116033, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huangshi Central Hospital, Huangshi 435000, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinan Central Hospital, Jinan 250013, China
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- Department of Neurology, Hengshui People's Hospital (Harrison International Peace Hospital), Hengshui 053000, China
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- Department of Neurology, Meihekou City Central Hospital, Meihekou 135014, China
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- Department of Neurology, Inner Mongolia People's Hospital, Hohhot 010017, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an 710068, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Seventh Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Liu ZY, Dong QX, Yang PT, Shan PF, Wang BS, Sun JP, Dun ZL, Uwatoko Y, Chen GF, Dong XL, Zhao ZX, Cheng JG. Pressure-Induced Superconductivity up to 9 K in the Quasi-One-Dimensional KMn_{6}Bi_{5}. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:187001. [PMID: 35594110 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.187001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The Mn-based superconductor is rare owing to the strong magnetic pair-breaking effect. Here we report on the discovery of pressure-induced superconductivity in KMn_{6}Bi_{5}, which becomes the first ternary Mn-based superconductor. At ambient pressure, the quasi-one-dimensional KMn_{6}Bi_{5} is an antiferromagnetic metal with T_{N}≈75 K. By measuring resistance and ac magnetic susceptibility under hydrostatic pressures up to 14.2 GPa in a cubic anvil cell apparatus, we find that its antiferromagnetic transition can be suppressed completely at a critical pressure of P_{c}≈13 GPa, around which bulk superconductivity emerges and displays a superconducting dome with the maximal T_{c}^{onset}=9.3 K achieved at about 14 GPa. The close proximity of superconductivity to a magnetic instability in the temperature-pressure phase diagram of KMn_{6}Bi_{5} and an unusually large μ_{0}H_{c2}(0) exceeding the Pauli paramagnetic limit suggests an unconventional magnetism-mediated paring mechanism. In contrast to the binary MnP, the flexibility of the crystal structure and chemical compositions in the ternary AMn_{6}Bi_{5} (A=alkali metal) can open a new avenue for finding more Mn-based superconductors.
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- Z Y Liu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Lee MC, Sirica N, Teitelbaum SW, Maznev A, Pezeril T, Tutchton R, Krapivin V, de la Pena GA, Huang Y, Zhao LX, Chen GF, Xu B, Yang R, Shi J, Zhu JX, Yarotski DA, Qiu XG, Nelson KA, Trigo M, Reis DA, Prasankumar RP. Direct Observation of Coherent Longitudinal and Shear Acoustic Phonons in TaAs Using Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:155301. [PMID: 35499894 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.155301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Using femtosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction, we investigated optically excited coherent acoustic phonons in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. The low symmetry of the (112) surface probed in our experiment enables the simultaneous excitation of longitudinal and shear acoustic modes, whose dispersion closely matches our simulations. We observed an asymmetry in the spectral line shape of the longitudinal mode that is notably absent from the shear mode, suggesting a time-dependent frequency chirp that is likely driven by photoinduced carrier diffusion. We argue on the basis of symmetry that these acoustic deformations can transiently alter the electronic structure near the Weyl points and support this with model calculations. Our study underscores the benefit of using off-axis crystal orientations when optically exciting acoustic deformations in topological semimetals, allowing one to transiently change their crystal and electronic structures.
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- Min-Cheol Lee
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 500 Technology Square, NE47-598, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6251, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 500 Technology Square, NE47-598, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Department of Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Sirica N, Orth PP, Scheurer MS, Dai YM, Lee MC, Padmanabhan P, Mix LT, Teitelbaum SW, Trigo M, Zhao LX, Chen GF, Xu B, Yang R, Shen B, Hu C, Lee CC, Lin H, Cochran TA, Trugman SA, Zhu JX, Hasan MZ, Ni N, Qiu XG, Taylor AJ, Yarotski DA, Prasankumar RP. Photocurrent-driven transient symmetry breaking in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. Nat Mater 2022; 21:62-66. [PMID: 34750539 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01126-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Symmetry plays a central role in conventional and topological phases of matter, making the ability to optically drive symmetry changes a critical step in developing future technologies that rely on such control. Topological materials, like topological semimetals, are particularly sensitive to a breaking or restoring of time-reversal and crystalline symmetries, which affect both bulk and surface electronic states. While previous studies have focused on controlling symmetry via coupling to the crystal lattice, we demonstrate here an all-electronic mechanism based on photocurrent generation. Using second harmonic generation spectroscopy as a sensitive probe of symmetry changes, we observe an ultrafast breaking of time-reversal and spatial symmetries following femtosecond optical excitation in the prototypical type-I Weyl semimetal TaAs. Our results show that optically driven photocurrents can be tailored to explicitly break electronic symmetry in a generic fashion, opening up the possibility of driving phase transitions between symmetry-protected states on ultrafast timescales.
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- N Sirica
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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- Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
- Center for Superconducting Physics and Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State Univeristy, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Beus CXFEL Labs, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State Univeristy, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Advanced Spectroscopy (B7), Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Advanced Spectroscopy (B7), Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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Ni WJ, Chu XQ, Lu CY, Chen GF, Han X, Xu Y, Wu XP, Wang JH, Liu C, Xu SH. [Effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism in 12 patients with parathyroid adenoma]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2021; 60:904-907. [PMID: 34551480 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20201111-00935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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To investigate the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) in treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). A total of 12 PHPT patients with parathyroid adenoma were treated with MWA in Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine from May 2019 to February 2021. The patients were followed up once every 3 months for 3-12 months. Levels of serum parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcium and phosphorus were detected before and 20 min, 4h and 1day after ablation, and during follow-up period. The volume and volume reduction rate of parathyroid lesion were compared before the treatment and at the end of follow-up. The technical and clinical success of MWA were assessed as well. At the end of follow-up, median serum PTH [66.60 (42.21,80.03) ng/L vs.169.90 (89.01,396.50) ng/L] and calcium [2.39 (2.32,2.49) mmol/L vs. 2.75 (2.57,2.96) mmol/L] levels in 12 patients decreased significantly (all P<0.05). A complete response in terms of PTH and calcium levels was achieved in 6 of the 12 patients, while 4 of the patients had slightly elevated PTH levels just above the upper limit of normal reference range, and 2 of the patients remained abnormal PTH and calcium levels. The clinical cure rate was 50%. The volumes of all lesion after ablation were significantly decreased (P<0.05), with the technical success rate reaching 92.3%. No serious complications were observed. Ultrasound-guided MWA, thus, is safe and effective in the treatment of PHPT.
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- W J Ni
- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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Mao C, Chen GF, Pan YJ, Peng TL, Lyu JC. [Trend analysis and prediction of colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality of residents in urban areas of Guangzhou from 1972 to 2015]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 55:640-645. [PMID: 34034405 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200828-01164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the trend of mortality and incidence of colorectal cancer among urban residents in Guangzhou from 1972 to 2015 and to predict the mortality of colorectal cancer from 2016 to 2025. Methods: The mortality data of colorectal cancer among urban residents in Guangzhou were collected from the death registration of malignant tumors of Guangzhou Health Statistics Bureau (1972-1979), Guangzhou Health Statistics (1980-2001), Guangzhou Cancer Registration Annual Report (2002-2009) and China Cancer Registration Annual Report (2010-2015). The incidence of colorectal cancer was collected from Guangzhou Cancer Registration Annual Report (2002-2009) and China Cancer Registration Annual Report (2010-2015). The incidence and mortality data of colorectal cancer coded as C18-C21 in 10th Edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) were obtained from the above data, and the demographic data were from the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics. Joinpoint model was used to calculate the annual change percentage (APC) and average annual change percentage (AAPC) of colorectal cancer mortality and incidence among urban residents in Guangzhou from 1972 to 2015 and from 2002 to 2015. ARIMA model was used to predict colorectal cancer mortality from 2016 to 2025. Results: There were 19 309 colorectal cancer deaths among urban residents in Guangzhou from 1972 to 2015. The crude mortality rate of colorectal cancer increased from 4.33/100 000 to 24.89/100 000 (AAPC=4.2%, P<0.001). A total of 24 033 new cases of colorectal cancer were reported in Guangzhou from 2002 to 2015. The crude incidence rate of colorectal cancer increased from 22.95/100 000 to 52.81/100 000 (AAPC=6.6%, P<0.001). The mortality rate of colorectal cancer among urban residents of Guangzhou would continuously increase from 2016 to 2025 and reach 29.53/100 000 in 2025. Conclusion: The mortality rate of colorectal cancer among urban residents of Guangzhou from 1972 to 2015 and the incidence rate of colorectal cancer from 2002 to 2015 both show an upward trend. The mortality rate will increase from 2016 to 2025.
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- C Mao
- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan 511518, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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Galeski S, Zhao X, Wawrzyńczak R, Meng T, Förster T, Lozano PM, Honnali S, Lamba N, Ehmcke T, Markou A, Li Q, Gu G, Zhu W, Wosnitza J, Felser C, Chen GF, Gooth J. Unconventional Hall response in the quantum limit of HfTe 5. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5926. [PMID: 33230118 PMCID: PMC7683529 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19773-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Interacting electrons confined to their lowest Landau level in a high magnetic field can form a variety of correlated states, some of which manifest themselves in a Hall effect. Although such states have been predicted to occur in three-dimensional semimetals, a corresponding Hall response has not yet been experimentally observed. Here, we report the observation of an unconventional Hall response in the quantum limit of the bulk semimetal HfTe5, adjacent to the three-dimensional quantum Hall effect of a single electron band at low magnetic fields. The additional plateau-like feature in the Hall conductivity of the lowest Landau level is accompanied by a Shubnikov-de Haas minimum in the longitudinal electrical resistivity and its magnitude relates as 3/5 to the height of the last plateau of the three-dimensional quantum Hall effect. Our findings are consistent with strong electron-electron interactions, stabilizing an unconventional variant of the Hall effect in a three-dimensional material in the quantum limit.
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- S Galeski
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, 523808, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
- School of Physics Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-3800, USA
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-3800, USA
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- School of Physics Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL) and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328, Dresden, Germany
- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, 523808, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
- School of Physics Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany.
- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany.
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Sirica N, Tobey RI, Zhao LX, Chen GF, Xu B, Yang R, Shen B, Yarotski DA, Bowlan P, Trugman SA, Zhu JX, Dai YM, Azad AK, Ni N, Qiu XG, Taylor AJ, Prasankumar RP. Tracking Ultrafast Photocurrents in the Weyl Semimetal TaAs Using THz Emission Spectroscopy. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:197401. [PMID: 31144919 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.197401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We investigate polarization-dependent ultrafast photocurrents in the Weyl semimetal TaAs using terahertz (THz) emission spectroscopy. Our results reveal that highly directional, transient photocurrents are generated along the noncentrosymmetric c axis regardless of incident light polarization, while helicity-dependent photocurrents are excited within the ab plane. This is consistent with earlier static photocurrent experiments, and demonstrates on the basis of both the physical constraints imposed by symmetry and the temporal dynamics intrinsic to current generation and decay that optically induced photocurrents in TaAs are inherent to the underlying crystal symmetry of the transition metal monopnictide family of Weyl semimetals.
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- N Sirica
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747AG, Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Sun YM, Zhou JL, Wang L, Wu XN, Chen YP, Piao HX, Lu LG, Jiang W, Xu YQ, Feng B, Nan YM, Xie W, Chen GF, Zheng HW, Li H, Ding HG, Liu H, Lyu FD, Shao C, Wang TL, Ou XJ, Wang BQ, Chen SY, You H, Jia JD. [Qualitative pathological assessment of liver fibrosis regression after antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2019; 25:819-826. [PMID: 29325275 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the methods for qualitative pathological assessment of dynamic changes in liver fibrosis/cirrhosis after antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), since antiviral therapy can partially reverse liver fibrosis and cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B and semi-quantitative, rather than qualitative, pathological assessment is often used for the research on liver fibrosis regression. Methods: Previously untreated CHB patients with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis were enrolled, and liver biopsy was performed before treatment and at 78 weeks after the antiviral therapy based on entecavir. The follow-up assessment was performed once every half a year. Based on the proportion of different types of fibrous septum, we put forward the new qualitative criteria called P-I-R classification (predominantly progressive, predominantly regressive, and indeterminate) for evaluating dynamic changes in liver fibrosis. This classification or Ishak fibrosis stage was used to evaluate the change in liver fibrosis after treatment and Ishak liver inflammation score was used to evaluate the change in liver inflammation after treatment. Results: A total of 112 CHB patients who underwent liver biopsy before and after treatment were enrolled, and among these patients, 71 with an Ishak stage of ≥3 and qualified results of live biopsy were included in the final analysis. Based on the P-I-R classification, 58% (41/71) were classified as predominantly progressive, 29% (21/71) were classified as indeterminate, and 13% (9/71) were classified as predominantly regressive; there were no significant differences between the three groups in alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, albumin, HBeAg positive rate, HBV DNA, and liver stiffness (P < 0.05). After treatment, the proportion of predominantly progressive, indeterminate, or predominantly regressive patients changed to 11% (8/71), 11% (8/71), and 78% (55/71), respectively. Among the 35 patients who had no change in Ishak stage after treatment, 72% (25/35) were classified as predominantly regressive and had certain reductions in the Laennec score, percentage of collagen area, and liver stiffness. Conclusion: This new P-I-R classification can be used to assess the dynamic changes in liver fibrosis after antiviral therapy in CHB patients.
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- Y M Sun
- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Infectious Department, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200080, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Digestive System, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Hepatology Institute, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Traditional and Western Medical Hepatology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
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- Second Liver Cirrhosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, the Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang City, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Splenic Medicine, Affiliated Hospital, Logistics University of People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin 300161, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Pathology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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Xu B, Zhao LX, Marsik P, Sheveleva E, Lyzwa F, Dai YM, Chen GF, Qiu XG, Bernhard C. Temperature-Driven Topological Phase Transition and Intermediate Dirac Semimetal Phase in ZrTe_{5}. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:187401. [PMID: 30444418 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.187401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present an infrared spectroscopy study of ZrTe_{5}, which confirms a recent theoretical proposal that this material exhibits a temperature-driven topological quantum phase transition from a weak to a strong topological insulating state with an intermediate Dirac semimetal state around T_{p}≃138 K. Our study details the temperature evolution of the energy gap in the bulk electronic structure. We found that the energy gap closes around T_{p}, where the optical response exhibits characteristic signatures of a Dirac semimetal state, i.e., a linear frequency-dependent optical conductivity extrapolating to the origin (after subtracting a weak Drude response). This finding allows us to reconcile previous diverging reports about the topological nature of ZrTe_{5} in terms of a variation of T_{p} that depends on the crystal growth condition.
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- B Xu
- Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Center for Superconducting Physics and Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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Ma QL, Wang B, Chen GF, Huang JL, Li Y, Cao DZ, Liu RT. [Association between SCN1A rs3812718 polymorphism and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2018; 20:130-133. [PMID: 29429462 PMCID: PMC7389242 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between SCN1A rs3812718 polymorphism and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+), and to provide potential molecular targets for the diagnosis and treatment of GEFS+. METHODS The iPLEX technique in the MassARRAY system was used to determine SCN1A rs3812718 polymorphism, genotype frequency, and allele frequency in 50 patients with GEFS+ and 50 healthy controls. RESULTS As for the frequencies of CC, CT, and TT genotypes in SCN1A rs3812718, there was a significant difference in the frequency of TT genotype between the GEFS+ group and the control group (P<0.05). There was also a significant difference in the frequency of T allele between the two groups (P<0.05). Compared with those carrying CC genotype or C allele, the individuals with CT genotype , TT genotype or T allele had a higher risk of developing GEFS+ (CT/CC: OR=4.05, 95%CI: 1.04-15.69; TT/CC: OR=30.60, 95%CI: 6.46-144.85; T/C: OR=4.64, 95%CI: 2.54-8.48). CONCLUSIONS SCN1A rs3812718 polymorphism is a risk factor for GEFS+, and the population carrying T allele may have an increased risk of GEFS.
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- Qi-Ling Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518035, China.
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Chen GF, Ping J, Gu HT, Zhao ZM, Zhou Y, Xing F, Tao YY, Mu YP, Liu P, Liu CH. [Correlation of liver stiffness measured by FibroTouch and FibroScan with Ishak fibrosis score in patients with chronic hepatitis B]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2017; 25:145-150. [PMID: 28297803 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2017.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the correlation of liver stiffness measured by FibroTouch (FT) and FibroScan (FS) with Ishak fibrosis score in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods: A total of 313 patients with chronic hepatitis B who visited Department of Liver Cirrhosis in Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from November 2014 to May 2016 were enrolled. All the patients underwent liver biopsy, and FT and FS were used to determine liver stiffness measurement (LSM). Serum biochemical parameters were measured, and the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) in a multi-parameter model of liver fibrosis and fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index were calculated. The consistency between the results of four noninvasive examinations and Ishak fibrosis score was compared. The t-test was used for comparison of LSM determined by FT and FS. Pearson correlation analysis was used investigate the correlation between LSM determined by FT and FS; Spearman correlation analysis was used to investigate the correlation of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels and Knodell score with LSM determined by FT and FS; the correlation between LSM determined by FT and FS and fibrosis stage was analyzed by partial correlation analysis adjusted by Knodell score for liver inflammatory activity; Spearman correlation analysis was used for APRI, FIB-4, and fibrosis stage. Based on the Ishak fibrosis score, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the values of four noninvasive methods in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis. Results: There was no significant difference in LSM measured by FT and FS in all patients (15.75±9.42 kPa vs 15.42±10.52 kPa, P > 0.05) and Pearson correlation analysis indicated a significant positive correlation between them (r = 0.858, P < 0.01); serum ALT and AST levels and liver inflammatory activity were correlated with LSM determined by FT and FS. There was a significant positive correlation between LSM determined by FT and FS and fibrosis stage (r = 0.501 and 0.526, both P < 0.001), and APRI and FIB-4 were also positively correlated with fibrosis stage (r = 0.236 and 0.218, both P < 0.001). Based on the Ishak fibrosis score, in the diagnosis of fibrosis stages F3, F4, F5, and F6, the areas under the ROC curve were 0.915/0.856/0.839/0.816 for FT, 0.933/0.883/0.849/0.856 for FS, 0.618/0.630/0.608/0.638 for APRI, and 0.614/0.624/0.595/0.649 for FIB-4, and FT and FS had a significantly larger areas under the ROC curve than APRI and FIB-4. Conclusion: LSM determined by FT or FS has a good correlation with the Ishak fibrosis score, so FT and FS have a significantly better diagnostic performance for liver fibrosis than APRI and FIB-4.
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- G F Chen
- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Liver Cirrhosis Department, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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Mu YP, Zhang X, Fan WW, Li XW, Chen GF, Chen JM, Zhang H, Liu P. [Mechanism of Astragaloside prevents cholestatic liver fibrosis through inhibition of Notch signaling activation]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2017; 25:575-582. [PMID: 29056006 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: The Notch signaling pathway is closely related to biliary fibrosis. Previous studies have shown that Astragaloside (AS) can prevent the progression of cholestatic liver fibrosis. The purpose of this study is to observe the effect of AS on the regulation of Notch signaling pathway in biliary fibrosis. Methods: Cholestatic liver fibrosis was established by common bile duct ligation (BDL) in rats. Two weeks after BDL, the rats were randomly divided into a model group (i.e., BDL), an Astragalosides group (AS), and a sorafenib (SORA) positive control group and treated for 3 weeks. Bile duct proliferation and liver fibrosis were determined by tissue staining. Protein and gene expression were determined by immunostaining, immunoblotting and RT-PCR, respectively. Activation of the Notch signaling pathway was evaluated by analyzing expressions of Notch-1, -2, -3, -4, Jagged (JAG)1, Delta like (DLL)-1, -3, -4, Hes1, Numb and RBP-Jκ. Statistical analysis of variance analysis, q test, P < 0.05 showed that the difference was statistically significant. Results: (1) AS significantly reduced the deposition of collagen and the Hyp content of liver tissue (500.15 ± 86.10 vs. 625.72 ± 105.62, P = 0.031), and inhibited the activation of hepatic stellate cells. (2) AS significantly decreased the protein and mRNA expressions of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 (1.02±0.15 vs. 1.89±0.36, P = 0.007; 1.17±0.18 vs. 1.68±0.29, P = 0.013, respectively) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA, 0.41±0.11 vs. 0.72±0.16, P = 0.003; 1.71±0.57 vs. 2.68±0.46, P = 0.008, respectively) compared with BDL group. In contrast, AS significantly enhanced expression of the Smad 7 protein compared with the BDL group (0.72±0.008 vs. 0.33±0.001, P = 0.005). AS also reduced biliary epithelial cell proliferation. AS reduced the mRNA levels of CK7, CK8 and CK18 (1.31±0.39 vs. 2.63±0.82, P = 0.009; 0.71±0.09 vs. 0.87±0.08, P = 0.031; 2.56±0.32 vs. 3.41±0.39, P = 0.010, respectively) and reduced the positive areas of CK19 and OV6 (62 337.17±21 873.38 vs. 22 5472.67±26 933.63, P = 0.000; 92 237.43±15 894.11 vs. 171 298.13±61 761.37, P = 0.000, respectively). (3) The mRNA expression of Notch-2, -3, -4 and JAG1 were significantly reduced in the AS group compared to the BDL group (1.07±0.19 vs. 1.51±0.28, P = 0.044; 0.99±0.24 vs. 1.18±0.10, P = 0.043; 1.36±0.42 vs. 3.40±0.44, P = 0.048; 2.62±0.43 vs. 3.73±0.83, P = 0.046, respectively). In contrast, the mRNA level of Numb was clearly enhanced after AS treatment (0.90±0.05 vs. 0.75±0.11, P = 0.019). In addition, consistent with the mRNA levels, the protein expressions of Notch-2, -3, -4 and JAG1 were reduced significantly (1.27±0.18 vs. 1.71±0.26, P = 0.004; 0.99±0.11 vs. 4.38±0.60, P = 0.001; 1.76±0.32 vs. 4.01±0.74, P = 0.002; 1.62±0.33 vs. 2.74±0.63, P = 0.002) and the Numb protein level was increased significantly (1.50±0.15 vs. 0.85±0.11, P = 0.001) in AS group compared with BDL group. Conclusion: AS may prevent cholestatic liver fibrosis via inhibition of the Notch signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting the abnormal proliferation of biliary epithelial cells. Results indicate that AS may be a potential treatment for cholestatic liver disease.
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- Y P Mu
- Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Institute of Liver Diseases, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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Chen D, Zhang S, Yang HX, Li JQ, Chen GF. Magnetic and transport properties of a layered compound Ce 2Te 5. J Phys Condens Matter 2017; 29:265803. [PMID: 28440786 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa6f49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ce2Te5 single crystals were successfully grown using RbCl/LiCl flux method. The structure of Ce2Te5 can be viewed as a combination of CeTe2 and CeTe3. The experimental results of magnetic susceptibility [Formula: see text], isothermal magnetization M(H), electrical resistivity [Formula: see text], and heat capacity C(T) show two clear anomalies at 5.1 and 2.3 K, which correspond to a ferrimagnetic and a possible antiferromagnetic transition, respectively. Both of [Formula: see text] and C(T) confirm a third transition at 0.9 K. The resistivity shows a huge anisotropy with the current applied in [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] directions. Our experimental results prefer the scenario that the three consecutive transitions in Ce2Te5 are attributed to two different kinds of origin, which are independent and responsible for the magnetic orders observed in CeTe2 and CeTe3.
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- D Chen
- Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, People's Republic of China. Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Xu B, Dai YM, Zhao LX, Wang K, Yang R, Zhang W, Liu JY, Xiao H, Chen GF, Trugman SA, Zhu JX, Taylor AJ, Yarotski DA, Prasankumar RP, Qiu XG. Temperature-tunable Fano resonance induced by strong coupling between Weyl fermions and phonons in TaAs. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14933. [PMID: 28358027 PMCID: PMC5379101 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Strong coupling between discrete phonon and continuous electron–hole pair excitations can induce a pronounced asymmetry in the phonon line shape, known as the Fano resonance. This effect has been observed in various systems. Here we reveal explicit evidence for strong coupling between an infrared-active phonon and electronic transitions near the Weyl points through the observation of a Fano resonance in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. The resulting asymmetry in the phonon line shape, conspicuous at low temperatures, diminishes continuously with increasing temperature. This behaviour originates from the suppression of electronic transitions near the Weyl points due to the decreasing occupation of electronic states below the Fermi level (EF) with increasing temperature, as well as Pauli blocking caused by thermally excited electrons above EF. Our findings not only elucidate the mechanism governing the tunable Fano resonance but also open a route for exploring exotic physical phenomena through phonon properties in Weyl semimetals. The study of lattice vibrations coupled to electronic excitations may provide an avenue for exploring exotic physical phenomena. Here, Xu et al. observe a Fano resonance in the Weyl semimetal TaAs, revealing evidence for a strong coupling between phonons and Weyl fermions.
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- B Xu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China.,Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing 100094, China
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing 100094, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.,Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.,Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Associate Directorate for Chemistry, Life and Earth Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China
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Liu Y, Long YJ, Zhao LX, Nie SM, Zhang SJ, Weng YX, Jin ML, Li WM, Liu QQ, Long YW, Yu RC, Gu CZ, Sun F, Yang WG, Mao HK, Feng XL, Li Q, Zheng WT, Weng HM, Dai X, Fang Z, Chen GF, Jin CQ. Superconductivity in HfTe 5 across weak to strong topological insulator transition induced via pressures. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44367. [PMID: 28300156 PMCID: PMC5353664 DOI: 10.1038/srep44367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Recently, theoretical studies show that layered HfTe5 is at the boundary of weak & strong topological insulator (TI) and might crossover to a Dirac semimetal state by changing lattice parameters. The topological properties of 3D stacked HfTe5 are expected hence to be sensitive to pressures tuning. Here, we report pressure induced phase evolution in both electronic & crystal structures for HfTe5 with a culmination of pressure induced superconductivity. Our experiments indicated that the temperature for anomaly resistance peak (Tp) due to Lifshitz transition decreases first before climbs up to a maximum with pressure while the Tp minimum corresponds to the transition from a weak TI to strong TI. The HfTe5 crystal becomes superconductive above ~5.5 GPa where the Tp reaches maximum. The highest superconducting transition temperature (Tc) around 5 K was achieved at 20 GPa. Crystal structure studies indicate that HfTe5 transforms from a Cmcm phase across a monoclinic C2/m phase then to a P-1 phase with increasing pressure. Based on transport, structure studies a comprehensive phase diagram of HfTe5 is constructed as function of pressure. The work provides valuable experimental insights into the evolution on how to proceed from a weak TI precursor across a strong TI to superconductors.
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- Y Liu
- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science &Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science &Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics &School of Physics of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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Wu F, Wu LL, Chen GF, Huang YC. [Retrospective study on the efficacy of different chemotherapy regimens concurrently combined with intensity modulated radiation therapyin treatment of Ⅲ-Ⅳa stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma]. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2016; 30:1536-1539. [PMID: 29871135 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2016.19.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Objective:To compare the near and long term efficacy and safety of paclitaxel(TAX) plus cisplatin(DDP) (TP regimen) and DDP plus 5-FU(PF regimen) concurrently combined with IMRT in treatment of patients with advanced NPC.Method: A retrospective analysis on 108 advanced NPC cases from January 2010 to December 2012 was conducted. The patients were divided into TP group(57 cases) and PF group(51 cases) according to therapy regimen. TP group received IMRT combined with TP therapy, and PF group received IMRT combined with PF regimen, two groups were both used 4 cycles of chemotherapy, toxicity reactions during concurrent radiochemotherapy were noted. Two months after treatment, near clinical efficacies of the two groups were determined, and then, a three years followingup was conducted, during which recurrence ratio, metastasis ratio, local control ratio and survival rate were analyzed. Result: Two months after treatment, the total effective ratio of TP group(84.2% vs.76.5%) was higher than PF group,however, the difference was not statistically significant(P>0.05). Gastrointestinal reaction(70.2% vs.66.7%), marrow inhibition(75.4% vs.82.4%), liver function damage(12.3% vs.13.7%), radioactive oral and pharyngeal injury(91.2% vs.98.0%), hearing damage(15.8% vs.15.7%) in the two groups during chemoradiotherapy had no significant differences(P>0.05). During followingup, the recurrence and metastasis ratio in TP group(33.3% vs.47.1%) was lower than PF group(χ²=2.116,P=0.146). TP group with The local control rate(73.7% vs.68.5%) and survival rate(84.2% vs.78.4%) after three years treatment in TP group were higher than PF group(χ²=0.336,P=0.562;χ²=0.596,P=0.440). Conclusion: IMRT concurrently combined with TP and PF respectively are both effective methods for treatment of advanced NPC. In this study, IMPT plus TP concurrent chemoradiotherapy has a certain superiority in near and long term clinical treatment efficacy and safety.
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- F Wu
- Department of Otolaryngology,the Second Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Science and Technology,Xianning,437100,China
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- Department of Otolaryngology,the Second Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Science and Technology,Xianning,437100,China
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- Department of Medical Institute of Technology, Taizhou Polytechnic College
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- Five senses Medical College,Hubei Science and Technology College
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Chen GF, Li HT, Huang JJ, Wang ZX, Li Y, Yang CZ, Wu BQ, Liu WL, Liu LH, Kong Q, Liu RT. [Relationship between serum erythropoietin levels and brain injury in preterm infants]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:947-952. [PMID: 27751209 PMCID: PMC7389545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between the levels of erythropoietin (EPO) in serum and brain injury in preterm infants. METHODS Three hundred and four preterm infants (gestational age: 28-34 weeks) born between October 2014 and September 2015 were enrolled in this study. Brain injury was diagnosed using cerebral ultrasound and MRI. The levels of EPO, S100 protein, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and myelin basic protein (MBP) in serum were detected using ELISA. To compare the incidence of brain injury in different serum EPO levels in preterm infants, and the relationship between brain injury and serum EPO levels was analyzed. RESULTS The incidence rate of brain injury in preterm infants was 41.1% (125/304). The incidence rate of brain injury in the low EPO level group was significantly higher than that in the middle-high EPO level groups (P<0.01). The serum levels of S100 protein, NSE, and MBP in the brain injury groups were significantly higher than in the control group (P<0.01). The serum EPO levels were negatively correlated with serum S100 protein concentration and NSE levels (P<0.05). According to the multiple logistic regression analysis, low gestational age, low birth weight, asphyxia, prolonged mechanical ventilation, anemia and low serum EPO levels were the risk factor for brain injury in preterm infants. CONCLUSIONS There is a higher incidence rate of brain injury in preterm infants with lower serum EPO levels. The serum EPO levels may be correlated with brain injury in preterm infants.
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- Guang-Fu Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518035, China.
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Chen GF, Li HT, Huang JJ, Wang ZX, Li Y, Yang CZ, Wu BQ, Liu WL, Liu LH, Kong Q, Liu RT. [Relationship between serum erythropoietin levels and brain injury in preterm infants]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 18:947-952. [PMID: 27751209 PMCID: PMC7389545 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between the levels of erythropoietin (EPO) in serum and brain injury in preterm infants. METHODS Three hundred and four preterm infants (gestational age: 28-34 weeks) born between October 2014 and September 2015 were enrolled in this study. Brain injury was diagnosed using cerebral ultrasound and MRI. The levels of EPO, S100 protein, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and myelin basic protein (MBP) in serum were detected using ELISA. To compare the incidence of brain injury in different serum EPO levels in preterm infants, and the relationship between brain injury and serum EPO levels was analyzed. RESULTS The incidence rate of brain injury in preterm infants was 41.1% (125/304). The incidence rate of brain injury in the low EPO level group was significantly higher than that in the middle-high EPO level groups (P<0.01). The serum levels of S100 protein, NSE, and MBP in the brain injury groups were significantly higher than in the control group (P<0.01). The serum EPO levels were negatively correlated with serum S100 protein concentration and NSE levels (P<0.05). According to the multiple logistic regression analysis, low gestational age, low birth weight, asphyxia, prolonged mechanical ventilation, anemia and low serum EPO levels were the risk factor for brain injury in preterm infants. CONCLUSIONS There is a higher incidence rate of brain injury in preterm infants with lower serum EPO levels. The serum EPO levels may be correlated with brain injury in preterm infants.
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- Guang-Fu Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518035, China.
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Lv BQ, Muff S, Qian T, Song ZD, Nie SM, Xu N, Richard P, Matt CE, Plumb NC, Zhao LX, Chen GF, Fang Z, Dai X, Dil JH, Mesot J, Shi M, Weng HM, Ding H. Observation of Fermi-Arc Spin Texture in TaAs. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:217601. [PMID: 26636872 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.217601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We have investigated the spin texture of surface Fermi arcs in the recently discovered Weyl semimetal TaAs using spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The experimental results demonstrate that the Fermi arcs are spin polarized. The measured spin texture fulfills the requirement of mirror and time-reversal symmetries and is well reproduced by our first-principles calculations, which gives strong evidence for the topologically nontrivial Weyl semimetal state in TaAs. The consistency between the experimental and calculated results further confirms the distribution of chirality of the Weyl nodes determined by first-principles calculations.
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- B Q Lv
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
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Ma X, Xue M, Li F, Chen J, Chen D, Wang X, Pan F, Chen GF. Gradual-order enhanced stability: a frozen section of electrospun nanofibers for energy storage. Nanoscale 2015; 7:8715-8719. [PMID: 25916943 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr01502b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A combination of electrospinning and a frozen section has been used to gradually lower the scale of the active materials, thus effectively avoiding nano-reunion, to a certain extent, during electrode fabrication. The as-fabricated electrode-based supercapacitor possesses high electrochemical capacitance and good stability. Our results demonstrate a universal top-down route for the controllable fabrication of homodisperse nanoparticle electrodes for use in high performance electrochemical devices.
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- Xinlei Ma
- Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China
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Chen GF, Shi TP, Wang BJ, Wang XY, Zang Q. EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT RESECTIONS ON NON-MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER AND ANALYSIS OF THE OPTIMAL SURGICAL METHOD. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2015; 29:465-470. [PMID: 26122238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study aimed to analyze the clinical efficacy of different resections in treating non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), including partial cystectomy, transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and holmium laser resection of bladder tumor. Two hundred and sixteen patients were recruited with NMIBC who were available for follow-up visits in hospital, including 62 cases treated with partial cystectomy, 90 cases treated with TURBT and 64 cases with holmium laser resection. Analysis was made on the cases with tumor relapse in the two years, on operation time, blood loss, time for indwelling urinary catheter, hospital stay and complications after operation. Results were compared to the clinical efficacy of these operation patterns. It was found that the two-year relapse rate for TURBT group, partial cystectomy group and Holmium laser resection group was 41%, 31%, and 33% respectively, and the difference had no statistical significance (p>0.05). Both the TURBT group and holmium laser resection group had shorter operation time, hospital stay and time for indwelling urinary catheter as well as much less blood loss when compared with the partial cystectomy group; the difference had statistical significance (p<0.001). In terms of complications, the TURBT group was likely to induce obturator nerve reflex and bladder perforation while the partial cystectomy group was likely to induce bladder spasm. Therefore, this study presumes that holmium laser resection and TURBT are much safer and quicker for recovery and obviously superior to the partial cystectomy.
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- G F Chen
- Department of Urology, the General Hospital of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, the General Hospital of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, the General Hospital of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, the General Hospital of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, Haidian, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, the General Hospital of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, Haidian, Beijing, China
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This article aimed to investigate the value of α-fetoprotein (AFP) for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to evaluate the relationship between AFP and various clinical variables of HCC comprehensively. A retrospective study of postoperative patients diagnosed with liver neoplasm from two Chinese centers was enrolled in our study.A total of 3050 patients were included. The best cut-off point of AFP for the diagnosis of HCC was 20ng/ml with ideal sensitivity (69.74%), specificity (91.18%), LR (4.12) and YI (0.61). Non-HBV infection patients showed the highest specificity (94.44%) but lowest sensitivity (60.13%). In HBV infection. Patients, HBsAg, HBeAb, and HBcAb positive patients had the highest sensitivity (79.55%) and specificity (58.49%). AFP levels increased significantly in symptomatic patients (p=0.011). Those patients with tumor sizes ≥10cm had much higher serum AFP level compared with smaller tumors ones (p=0.014). AFP levels increased remarkably in patients with vascular invasion (p=0.015). Stepwise logistic regression showed tumor size (≥10cm) was an independent predictor of elevated AFP (OR=2.743, 95%CI: 1.167-6.447, P=0.021). The best discriminating AFP value for the diagnosis of HCC is 20ng/ml; HBsAg, HBeAb and HBcAb positive patients have the optimal sensitivity and specificity; tumor size ≥ 10cm is an independent predictor of elevated AFP.
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Chen GF, Zhang YF, Chen MQ, Wang XL, Long Q, Kong Q, Mao H. [Early multi-disciplinary intervention reduces neurological disability in premature infants]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2014; 16:35-39. [PMID: 24461175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary treatment approaches in reducing neurological disabilities in premature infants. METHODS A total of 117 infants who were born premature in our hospital between March 2008 and February 2010 but had no congenital malformations and no severe neonatal complications, were enrolled in this study. They were randomly allocated to a multi-disciplinary treatment group (n=63) and a control group (n=54). While patients in the control group underwent an early conventional treatment, those in the multi-disciplinary treatment group were subjected to regular development monitoring, neurological examination and screening for brain injury, neuro-nutrition and neurodevelopment therapies, and rehabilitation training. RESULTS The incidence rates of abnormalities in posture, reflex, sleep, muscle tone and EEG were significantly lower in the multi-disciplinary treatment group than in the control froup (P<0.05) at corrected postnatal ages of 6-12 months. At corrected postnatal ages of 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, both mental development index (MDI) and psychomotor development index (PDI) scores were significantly higher in the multi-disciplinary treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). At corrected postnatal age of 3 years, incidence rates of cerebral palsy, language barrier, abnormal muscle tone and hearing impairment were significantly lower in the multi-disciplinary treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Early multi-disciplinary intervention approaches may significantly improve mental and motor developments and reduce the incidence of cerebral palsy-associated neurological disabilities in premature infants.
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- Guang-Fu Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guandong 518035, China.
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Cai W, Li HZ, Zhang X, Song Y, Ma X, Dong J, Chen W, Chen GF, Xu Y, Lu JS, Wang BJ, Shi TP. Medial arcuate ligament: a new anatomic landmark facilitates the location of the renal artery in retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery. J Endourol 2013; 27:64-7. [PMID: 22849755 DOI: 10.1089/end.2012.0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to introduce a new method for locating the renal artery during retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS The medial arcuate ligament (MAL) is a tendinous arch in the fascia under the diaphragm that arches across the psoas major muscle and is attached medially to the side of the first or the second lumbar vertebra. The renal artery arises at the level of the intervertebral disc between the L1 and L2 vertebrae. We evaluate the role of the MAL that serves as an anatomic landmark for locating the renal artery during retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery. RESULTS There is a reproducible consistent anatomic relationship between MAL and the renal artery in 210 cases of retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery. Two main types of the MAL, the "narrow arch" and the "fascial band" types, can be observed. CONCLUSION MAL can serve as an accurate and reproducible anatomic landmark for the identification of the renal artery during retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal surgery.
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- Wei Cai
- Department of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Zhu GY, Chen GF, Li JT, Shi ZL, Lin Y, Ding T, Xu XY, Dai J, Xu CX. Fabrication and characterization of n-ZnO nanonails array/p(+)-GaN heterojunction diode. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:7950-7953. [PMID: 23421162 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A novel heterojunctional structure of n-ZnO nanonails array/p(+)-GaN light-emitting diode was fabricated by Chemical Vapor Deposition method. A broad electroluminescence spectrum shows two peaks centered at 435 nm and 478 nm at room temperature, respectively. By comparing the photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectra, together with analyzing the energy band structure of heterojunction light emitting diode, it suggested that the electroluminescence peak located at 435 nm originates from Mg acceptor level of p(+)-GaN layer, whereas the electroluminescence peak located at 478 nm originates from the defects of n-ZnO nanonails array.
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- G Y Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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Wang NL, Hu WZ, Chen ZG, Yuan RH, Li G, Chen GF, Xiang T. High energy pseudogap and its evolution with doping in Fe-based superconductors as revealed by optical spectroscopy. J Phys Condens Matter 2012; 24:294202. [PMID: 22773312 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/29/294202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report optical spectroscopic measurements on electron- and hole-doped BaFe2As2. We show that the compounds in the normal state are not simple metals. The optical conductivity spectra contain, in addition to the free carrier response at low frequency, a temperature-dependent gap-like suppression at fairly high energy scale near 0.6 eV. This suppression evolves with the As–Fe–As bond angle induced by electron or hole doping. Furthermore, the feature becomes much weaker in the Fe-chalcogenide compounds. We elaborate that the feature is mainly caused by the strong Hund's rule coupling effect between the itinerant electrons and localized electron moment arising from the multiple Fe 3d orbitals. The coupling strength changes with the environment of the Fe atom. Our experiments demonstrate the coexistence of itinerant and localized electrons in iron-based compounds, which would then lead to a more comprehensive picture of the metallic magnetism in the materials.
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- N L Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy ofSciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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Zheng T, Zhang X, Ma X, Li HZ, Gao JP, Cai W, Chen GF, Dong J, Wang BJ, Shi TP. Oncological and functional results of extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Oncol Lett 2012; 4:351-357. [PMID: 22844382 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The oncological and functional results of 329 cases in a population treated with extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (ELRP) were evaluated retrospectively. A total of 329 inconsecutive patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who underwent ELRP were retrospectively analyzed. The median initial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was 17.35 ng/ml. The median biopsy Gleason score was 7.77. Patients with a T2 or T3a clinical stage had received preoperative neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (NHT) for 3 to 9 months prior to ELRP. No conversion or re-intervention were observed. The median time for anastomosis, surgery time and postoperative catheterization time were 13.0 min, 90.0 min and 6 days, respectively. The median estimated blood loss was 75 ml. There were 12 temporary urinary leakages requiring prolonged catheterization to 14 days. There was 1 case of deep vein thrombosis, 1 case of alimentary tract hemorrhage and 7 cases of anterior urethral stricture. The median follow-up time was 27 months. A total of 17 patients were lost during the follow-up period. No rectal injury, lymphocele, incision hernia, postoperative persistent urinary leak or anastomotic stricture occurred. Younger patients (≤67 years of age) had a more rapid recovery of continence and a better postoperative potency. The overall positive surgical margin rate was 16.7%, which correlated with the pathological stage and Gleason score, respectively (both P<0.001). A total of 89 (28.6%) patients were diagnosed with biochemical recurrence. The initial PSA value, PSM, pathological stage and Gleason score were identified as independent prognostic factors for biochemical recurrence-free survival using multivariate analysis. Our results demonstrated that preoperative NHT had significant effects on the pathological Gleason score (P<0.001) and surgical margin (P=0.027), but no significant impact on biochemical recurrence (P=0.202). The reproducibility of ELRP has been proven as a reliable curative treatment in Western countries during the last 15 years. Due to the increase in PCa patients, the results of our study may aid surgeons who use ELRP for the first time.
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- Tao Zheng
- Department of Urology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Military Postgraduate Medical College, Haidian, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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Xue M, Cao T, Wang D, Wu Y, Yang H, Dong X, He J, Li F, Chen GF. Superconductivity above 30 K in alkali-metal-doped hydrocarbon. Sci Rep 2012; 2:389. [PMID: 22548129 PMCID: PMC3339435 DOI: 10.1038/srep00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The recent discovery of superconductivity with a transition temperature (T(c)) at 18 K in K(x)picene has extended the possibility of high-T(c) superconductors in organic materials. Previous experience based on similar hydrocarbons, like alkali-metal doped phenanthrene, suggested that even higher transition temperatures might be achieved in alkali-metals or alkali-earth-metals doped such polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons (PAHs), a large family of molecules composed of fused benzene rings. Here we report the discovery of high-T(c) superconductivity at 33 K in K-doped 1,2:8,9-dibenzopentacene (C(30)H(18)). To our best knowledge, it is higher than any T(c) reported previously for an organic superconductor under ambient pressure. This finding provides an indication that superconductivity at much higher temperature may be possible in such PAHs system and is worthy of further exploration.
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Chen GF, Zhang YF, Long Q, Wen W, Xu MQ, Yang YL. [Effects of environmental enrichment on the repair and proliferation of neurons in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2012; 14:139-143. [PMID: 22357475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of environmental enrichment on neuron proliferation, learning and memory ability and motor ability in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD). METHODS One hundred and eight 7-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham operation (CON group), HIBD and intervention group. HIBD model was prepared according to the classic Rice-Vannucci method. Environmental enrichment was administered for the rats in the intervention group after HIBD inducement. Behavioral tests (Water maze test, Suspension test and Slope test) were performed and the number of neural cells in the left hippocampus was examined 7, 14 and 28 days after intervention. RESULTS The pyramid cells in the hippocampus CA1 area in the HIBD group were significantly less than in the CON group at 7, 14 and 28 days (P<0.05). The number of pyramid cells in the hippocampus CA1 area in the intervention group was significantly higher than in the HIBD group (P<0.01) at 7, 14 and 28 days. The hidden platform escape latency period (EL) in the Water maze test was significantly more prolonged and the cross-platform number within 2 minutes was significantly less in the HIBD and the intervention groups than in the CON group at all observed time points (P<0.01). The EL was significantly shorter and the cross-platform number within 2 minutes was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the HIBD group at all observed time points (P<0.01). The maintain time and score in the Suspension test were significantly lower and the time in the Slope test was significantly more prolonged in the HIBD and intervention groups than in the CON group at 7, 14 and 28 days (P<0.01). An increased maintain time and score and a decreased time in the Slope test were found in the intervention group compared with the HIBD group at 14 and 28 days (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Environmental enrichment can improve motor function, learning and memory ability, and promote the repair and proliferation of neurons in neonatal rats with HIBD.
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- Guang-Fu Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Oka T, Li Z, Kawasaki S, Chen GF, Wang NL, Zheng GQ. Antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations above the dome-shaped and full-gap superconducting states of LaFeAsO1-xFx revealed by (75)As-nuclear quadrupole resonance. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:047001. [PMID: 22400880 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.047001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 07/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report a systematic study by (75)As nuclear-quadrupole resonance in LaFeAsO(1-x)F(x). The antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation found above the magnetic ordering temperature T(N) = 58 K for x = 0.03 persists in the regime 0.04 ≤ x ≤ 0.08, where superconductivity sets in. A dome-shaped x dependence of the superconducting transition temperature T(c) is found, with the highest T(c) = 27 K at x = 0.06, which is realized under significant antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation. With increasing x further, the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation decreases, and so does T(c). These features resemble closely the cuprates La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4). In x = 0.06, the spin-lattice relaxation rate (1/T(1)) below T(c) decreases exponentially down to 0.13T(c), which unambiguously indicates that the energy gaps are fully opened. The temperature variation of 1/T(1) below T(c) is rendered nonexponential for other x by impurity scattering.
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Umezawa K, Li Y, Miao H, Nakayama K, Liu ZH, Richard P, Sato T, He JB, Wang DM, Chen GF, Ding H, Takahashi T, Wang SC. Unconventional anisotropic s-wave superconducting gaps of the LiFeAs iron-pnictide superconductor. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:037002. [PMID: 22400776 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.037002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on Fe-based superconductor LiFeAs (T(c)=18 K). We reveal multiple nodeless superconducting (SC) gaps with 2Δ/k(B)T(c) ratios varying from 2.8 to 6.4, depending on the Fermi surface (FS). We also succeeded in directly observing a gap anisotropy along the FS with magnitude up to ~30%. The anisotropy is fourfold symmetric with an antiphase between the hole and electron FSs, suggesting complex anisotropic interactions for the SC pairing. The observed momentum dependence of the SC gap offers an excellent opportunity to investigate the underlying pairing mechanism.
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- K Umezawa
- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Ma QL, Wang B, Fu GH, Chen GF, Chen ZY. [Heart rate variability in children with beta-thalassemia major]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2011; 13:654-656. [PMID: 21849117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the diagnostic value of heart rate variability (HRV) in heart dysfunction in children with beta-thalassemia major (β-TM)by examining the changes of HRV in β-TM children. METHODS A 24 hours Holter monitoring electrocardiogram (Holter) was performed in 21 children with β-TM and 15 healthy children (control group). The time domain and frequency domain indexes of HRV in the two groups were compared. The correlation between serum ferritin levels and HRV was evaluated. RESULTS The time domain indexes SDNN, rMSSD and PNN50 and the frequency domain indexes very low frequency (VLF), low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) in the β-TM group were significantly lower than in the control group (P<0.05). There was no correlation between serum ferritin level and HRV in children with β-TM. CONCLUSIONS The autonomic nerve dysfunction exists in children with β-TM. HRV analysis is useful in the prediction of early cardiac dysfunction in children with β-TM.
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- Qi-Ling Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518035, China
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Gao HY, Li Q, Chen JJ, Chen GF, Li CG. [Curative effects and safety of deferasirox in treatment of iron overload in children with β-thalassemia major]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2011; 13:531-534. [PMID: 21752315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effectiveness and safety of deferasirox (DFX) in the treatment of iron overload in children with β-thalassemia major. METHODS Twenty-four β-thalassemia major children with iron overload who received regular blood transfusion were randomly enrolled. The serum feritin (SF) levels were measured in the patients after different doses of DFX treatment. The DFX treatment-related adverse events were observed. The values of cardiac MRI T2* and liver MRI T2* were compared between the patients receiving DFX treatment for 5 years and the patients treated with deferoxamine and deferiprone. RESULTS The patients with iron overload did not respond to DFX at the initial dose of 20-30 mg/kg•d. However, the SF level decreased significantly after the dose of DFX increased to 30-40 mg/kg•d (U=58, P<0.01). Serum liver transaminase elevation was the most common adverse effect, followed by non-progressive elevation in serum creatinine level. The mean SF level was significantly lower (1748±481 ng/mL vs 3462±1744 ng/mL; P<0.05), in contrast, the liver MRI T2* value was significantly higher (8.5±2.9 ms vs 2.7±1.9 ms; P<0.01) in patients receiving DFX treatment for 5 years than in the controls. There were no significant differences in the cardiac MRI T2* value between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS DFX can reduce SF levels in a dose-dependent manner in children with β-thalassemia major. It can significantly lower liver iron overload but not cardiac overload. Serum liver transaminase elevation and non-progressive elevation in serum creatinine level are major adverse effects in DFX treatment.
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- Hong-Ying Gao
- Department of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518035, China
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Yu W, Ma L, He JB, Wang DM, Xia TL, Chen GF, Bao W. 77Se NMR study of the pairing symmetry and the spin dynamics in K(y)Fe(2-x)Se2. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:197001. [PMID: 21668191 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.197001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We present a 77Se NMR study of the newly discovered iron selenide superconductor K(y)Fe(2-x)Se2, in which T(c) = 32 K. Below T(c), the Knight shift 77K drops sharply with temperature, providing strong evidence for singlet pairing. Above T(c), Korringa-type relaxation indicates Fermi-liquid behavior. Our experimental results set strict constraints on the nature of possible theories for the mechanism of high-T(c) superconductivity in this iron selenide system.
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- Weiqiang Yu
- Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
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Ding H, Nakayama K, Richard P, Souma S, Sato T, Takahashi T, Neupane M, Xu YM, Pan ZH, Fedorov AV, Wang Z, Dai X, Fang Z, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL. Electronic structure of optimally doped pnictide Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2: a comprehensive angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy investigation. J Phys Condens Matter 2011; 23:135701. [PMID: 21415479 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/13/135701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The electronic structure of the Fe-based superconductor Ba(0.6)K(0.4)Fe(2)As(2) is studied by means of angle-resolved photoemission. We identify dispersive bands crossing the Fermi level forming hole-like (electron-like) Fermi surfaces (FSs) around Γ (M) with nearly nested FS pockets connected by the antiferromagnetic wavevector. Compared to band structure calculation findings, the overall bandwidth is reduced by a factor of 2 and the low energy dispersions display even stronger mass renormalization. Using an effective tight banding model, we fitted the band structure and the FSs to obtain band parameters reliable for theoretical modeling and calculation of physical quantities.
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- H Ding
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Yuan HQ, Jiao L, Singleton J, Balakirev FF, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL. The magnetoresistance and Hall effect in CeFeAsO: a high magnetic field study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/273/1/012110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lipscombe OJ, Chen GF, Fang C, Perring TG, Abernathy DL, Christianson AD, Egami T, Wang N, Hu J, Dai P. Spin waves in the (π,0) magnetically ordered iron chalcogenide Fe1.05Te. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:057004. [PMID: 21405424 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.057004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We use neutron scattering to show that spin waves in the iron chalcogenide Fe(1.05)Te display novel dispersion clearly different from both the first principles density functional calculations and recent observations in the related iron pnictide CaFe(2)As(2). By fitting to a Heisenberg Hamiltonian, we find that although the nearest-neighbor exchange couplings in the two systems are quite different, their next-nearest-neighbor (NNN) couplings are similar. This suggests that superconductivity in the pnictides and chalcogenides share a common magnetic origin that is intimately associated with the NNN magnetic coupling between the irons.
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- O J Lipscombe
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
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Li HZ, Ma X, Zhang J, Zhang X, Wang BJ, Shi TP, Chen GF, Dong J, Ai X, Yan YJ, Wu Z, Hu DL. Retroperitoneal laparoscopic upper-pole nephroureterectomy for duplex kidney anomalies in adult patients. Urology 2011; 77:1122-5. [PMID: 21256545 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.07.495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/23/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To present our surgical techniques and experience with retroperitoneal laparoscopic upper pole nephroureterectomy for a duplex kidney in adult patients without vesicoureteral reflux. METHODS A total of 32 adult patients with a duplex kidney underwent laparoscopic upper pole nephroureterectomy. A 3-port, finger- and balloon-dissecting, retroperitoneal approach was used. The upper pole renal parenchyma was divided circumferentially between the upper and lower poles using a harmonic scalpel, maintaining a margin around the upper pole parenchyma to avoid any possible injury to the lower pole functioning moiety. The urothelium of the remnant upper pole parenchyma was stripped off, and the edges of the remnant upper pole parenchyma were approximated with figure-of-8 stitches. The distal upper pole ureter was mobilized and transected at the point at which the ureter crossed anterior to the iliac vessels. Intravenous urography and renal ultrasonography were performed at 3 and 6 months postoperatively. RESULTS All laparoscopic operations were performed successfully without conversion to open surgery. The mean operative time was 83 minutes. The mean blood loss was 18 mL. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 7 days. No intraoperative or major postoperative complications occurred. The intravenous urography and renal ultrasound findings 3 and 6 months postoperatively demonstrated normal pyelography findings and renal function of the preserved lower pole in all patients. CONCLUSIONS Retroperitoneal laparoscopic upper pole nephroureterectomy is a safe and effective procedure and an excellent minimally invasive treatment option for the adult patient with a duplex kidney.
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- Hong-Zhao Li
- Department of Urology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Nakayama K, Sato T, Richard P, Kawahara T, Sekiba Y, Qian T, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL, Ding H, Takahashi T. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the iron-chalcogenide superconductor Fe1.03Te0.7Se0.3: strong coupling behavior and the universality of interband scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:197001. [PMID: 21231191 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.197001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2009] [Revised: 03/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the iron-chalcogenide superconductor Fe1.03Te0.7Se0.3 to investigate the electronic structure relevant to superconductivity. We observed a holelike Fermi surface (FS) and an electronlike FS at the Brillouin zone center and corner, respectively, which are nearly nested by the Q∼(π,π) wave vector. We do not find evidence for the nesting instability with Q∼(π+δ,0) reminiscent of the antiferromagnetic order in the parent compound Fe1+yTe. We have observed an isotropic superconducting (SC) gap along the holelike FS with the gap size Δ of ∼4 meV (2Δ/kBTc ∼ 7), demonstrating the strong-coupling superconductivity. The observed similarity of low-energy electronic excitations between iron-chalcogenides and iron-arsenides strongly suggests that common interactions which involve Q∼(π,π) scattering are responsible for the SC pairing.
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- K Nakayama
- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Liu H, Chen GF, Zhang W, Zhao L, Liu G, Xia TL, Jia X, Mu D, Liu S, He S, Peng Y, He J, Chen Z, Dong X, Zhang J, Wang G, Zhu Y, Xu Z, Chen C, Zhou XJ. Unusual electronic structure and observation of dispersion kink in CeFeAsO parent compound of FeAs-based superconductors. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:027001. [PMID: 20867728 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.027001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report the first comprehensive high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements on CeFeAsO, a parent compound of FeAs-based high temperature superconductors with a magnetic-structural transition at ∼150 K. In the magnetic-ordering state, four holelike Fermi surface sheets are observed near Γ(0,0), and the Fermi surface near M(±π,±π) shows a tiny electronlike pocket at M surrounded by four strong spots. The unusual Fermi surface topology deviates strongly from the band structure calculations. The electronic signature of the magnetic-structural transition shows up in the dramatic change of the quasiparticle scattering rate. A dispersion kink at ∼25 meV is observed for the first time in the parent compound of Fe-based superconductors.
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- Haiyun Liu
- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Torchinsky DH, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL, Gedik N. Band-dependent quasiparticle dynamics in single crystals of the Ba(0.6)K(0.4)Fe2As2 superconductor revealed by pump-probe spectroscopy. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:027005. [PMID: 20867732 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.027005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Revised: 02/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report on band-dependent quasiparticle dynamics in Ba(0.6)K(0.4)Fe2As2 (Tc=37 K) measured using ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy. In the superconducting state, we observe two distinct relaxation processes: a fast component whose decay rate increases linearly with excitation density and a slow component with an excitation density independent decay rate. We argue that these two components reflect the recombination of quasiparticles in the two hole bands through intraband and interband processes. We also find that the thermal recombination rate of quasiparticles increases quadratically with temperature. The temperature and excitation density dependence of the decays indicates fully gapped hole bands and nodal or very anisotropic electron bands.
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- Darius H Torchinsky
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Richard P, Nakayama K, Sato T, Neupane M, Xu YM, Bowen JH, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL, Dai X, Fang Z, Ding H, Takahashi T. Observation of Dirac cone electronic dispersion in BaFe2As2. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 104:137001. [PMID: 20481905 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.137001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We performed an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of BaFe2As2, which is the parent compound of the so-called 122 phase of the iron-pnictide high-temperature superconductors. We reveal the existence of a Dirac cone in the electronic structure of this material below the spin-density-wave temperature, which is responsible for small spots of high photoemission intensity at the Fermi level. Our analysis suggests that the cone is slightly anisotropic and its apex is located very near the Fermi level, leading to tiny Fermi surface pockets. The bands forming the cone show an anisotropic leading edge gap away from the cone that suggests a nodal spin-density-wave description.
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- P Richard
- WPI Research Center, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
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Chia EEM, Talbayev D, Zhu JX, Yuan HQ, Park T, Thompson JD, Panagopoulos C, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL, Taylor AJ. Ultrafast pump-probe study of phase separation and competing orders in the underdoped (Ba,K)Fe2As2 superconductor. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 104:027003. [PMID: 20366619 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.027003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report measurements of quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in the high-temperature superconductor (Ba,K)Fe2As2 in optimally doped, underdoped, and undoped regimes. In the underdoped sample, spin-density wave (SDW) order forms at approximately 85 K, followed by superconductivity at approximately 28 K. We find the emergence of a normal-state order that suppresses SDW at a temperature T{*} approximately 60 K and argue that this normal-state order is a precursor to superconductivity.
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- Elbert E M Chia
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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de la Cruz C, Hu WZ, Li S, Huang Q, Lynn JW, Green MA, Chen GF, Wang NL, Mook HA, Si Q, Dai P. Lattice distortion and magnetic quantum phase transition in CeFeAs(1-x)P(x)O. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 104:017204. [PMID: 20366390 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.017204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We use neutron diffraction to study the structural and magnetic phase diagram of CeFeAs(1-x)P(x)O. We find that replacing the larger arsenic with smaller phosphorus in CeFeAs(1-x)P(x)O simultaneously suppresses the AFM order and orthorhombic distortion near x=0.4, thus suggesting the presence of a magnetic quantum critical point. Our detailed structural analysis reveals that the pnictogen height is an important controlling parameter for their electronic and magnetic properties, and may play an important role in electron pairing and superconductivity of these materials.
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- Clarina de la Cruz
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
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Sato T, Nakayama K, Sekiba Y, Richard P, Xu YM, Souma S, Takahashi T, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL, Ding H. Band structure and fermi surface of an extremely overdoped iron-based superconductor KFe2As2. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 103:047002. [PMID: 19659391 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.047002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on heavily overdoped KFe_{2}As_{2} (transition temperature T_{c} = 3 K). We observed several renormalized bands near the Fermi level with a renormalization factor of 2-4. While the Fermi surface around the Brillouin-zone center is qualitatively similar to that of optimally doped Ba_{1-x}K_{x}Fe_{2}As_{2} (x = 0.4; T_{c} = 37 K), the Fermi surface topology around the zone corner (M point) is markedly different: the two electron Fermi surface pockets are completely absent due to an excess of hole doping. This result indicates that the electronic states around the M point play an important role in the high-T_{c} superconductivity of Ba_{1-x}K_{x}Fe_{2}As_{2} and suggests that the interband scattering via the antiferromagnetic wave vector essentially controls the T_{c} value in the overdoped region.
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- T Sato
- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan and TRiP, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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Xia Y, Qian D, Wray L, Hsieh D, Chen GF, Luo JL, Wang NL, Hasan MZ. Fermi surface topology and low-lying quasiparticle dynamics of parent Fe1+xTe/Se superconductor. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 103:037002. [PMID: 19659308 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.037002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We report the first photoemission study of Fe1+xTe-the host compound of the newly discovered iron-chalcogenide superconductors (maximum Tc approximately 27 K). Our results reveal a pair of nearly electron-hole compensated Fermi pockets, strong Fermi velocity renormalization, and an absence of a spin-density-wave gap. A shadow hole pocket is observed at the "X" point of the Brillouin zone which is consistent with a long-range ordered magnetostructural ground state. No signature of Fermi surface nesting instability associated with Q=(pi/2,pi/2) is observed. Our results collectively reveal that the Fe1+xTe series is different from the undoped phases of the high Tc pnictides and likely harbor an unusual mechanism for superconductivity and magnetic order.
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- Y Xia
- Joseph Henry Laboratories of Physics, Department of Physics, Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Specific heat, resistivity, susceptibility, and Hall coefficient measurements were performed on high-quality single-crystalline Na_{1-delta}FeAs. This compound is found to undergo three successive phase transitions at around 52, 41, and 23 K, which correspond to structural, magnetic, and superconducting transitions, respectively. The Hall effect result indicates the development of energy gap at low temperature due to the occurrence of spin-density-wave instability. Our results provide direct experimental evidence of the magnetic ordering in the nearly stoichiometric NaFeAs.
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- G F Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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