We perform for the first time an amplitude analysis of the decay D^{+}→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}η and report the observation of the decay D^{+}→K_{S}^{0}a_{0}(980)^{+} using 2.93 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} ...collision data taken at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector. As the only W-annihilation-free decay among D to a_{0}(980) pseudoscalar, D^{+}→K_{S}^{0}a_{0}(980)^{+} is the ideal decay in extracting the contributions of the W-emission amplitudes involving a_{0}(980) and to study the final-state interactions. The absolute branching fraction of D^{+}→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}η is measured to be (1.27±0.04_{stat}±0.03_{syst})%. The branching fractions of intermediate processes D^{+}→K_{S}^{0}a_{0}(980)^{+} with a_{0}(980)^{+}→π^{+}η and D^{+}→π^{+}Kover ¯_{0}^{*}(1430)^{0} with Kover ¯_{0}^{*}(1430)^{0}→K_{S}^{0}η are measured to be (1.33±0.05_{stat}±0.04_{syst})% and (0.14±0.03_{stat}±0.01_{syst})%, respectively.
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•Prussian green ECD was prepared by one-step hydrothermal method.•ECDs can show three color conversions with a single layer electrochromic material.•More active sites and shorter K+ diffusion ...distance improve the performance of ECDs.•The evolution of Fe in the process of discoloration has been systematically studied.•The color of the film depends on the ratio of Fe3+/Fe2+ in the PB structure.
Prussian green (PG) film was directly grown on FTO glass by one-step hydrothermal process for excellent electrochromic performance. The electrochromic devices (ECDs) based on as-grown PG film can show reversible color changes between green, blue and colorless states. The existence state of iron elemental in PG film at different color states was studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Compared with the traditional Prussian blue ECDs, PG ECDs achieve a higher optical modulation range (42.7%) and a shorter switching time (tc/tb=1.0/7.4 s). This study provides a novel method for preparing high-performance three-color ECDs by a simple hydrothermal method, and clearly shows the evolution of Fe ions during the discoloration process.
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▶ Six GWZ1032K alloys are prepared at different condition. ▶ Morphology and microstructure in alloys are observed by XRD, SEM and TEM. ▶ (Mg,Zn)3RE phase decreases and 14H-LPSO structure increases ...gradually with the cooling rate slowing down. ▶ The orientation relationship between (Mg,Zn)3RE phase and 14H-LPSO phase is confirmed.
Mg–10Gd–3Y–1.8Zn–0.5Zr (wt.%) (GWZ1032K) alloys are prepared by permanent mold casting at cooling rate of 5K/s, or further prepared by melt spinning at cooling rate of 104K/s, or by slow solidification at different cooling rates (0.5K/s, 0.1K/s, 0.01K/s and 0.005K/s). (Mg,Zn)3RE phase and 14H-LPSO structure in alloys under different conditions are measured by XRD and observed under electron microscope. It shows there is no LPSO structure in the alloy prepared by melt spinning at cooling rate of 104K/s. In the alloy prepared by permanent mold casting at cooling rate of 5K/s, fine lamellar 14H-LPSO structure appears in the matrix nearby grain boundaries. With the cooling rates slowing down from 0.5K/s to 0.005K/s, (Mg,Zn)3RE phase is gradually replaced by 14H-LPSO phase at grain boundaries, and lamellar 14H-LPSO structure also propagates in α-Mg matrix. Both (Mg,Zn)3RE phase and 14H-LPSO phase are present at grain boundaries in the alloys solidified at cooling rates of 0.5K/s and 0.1K/s. When the cooling rate is very slow (0.005K/s), lamellar 14H-LPSO structure penetrates throughout the matrix grain. It suggests the cooling rate is an important factor for the formation of 14H-LPSO structure in as-cast GWZ1032K alloys. The orientation relationship between (Mg,Zn)3RE phase and 14H-LPSO phase is determined by the composite SAED patterns, which is expressed as (110)(Mg,Zn)3RE//(0014)14H-LPSO phase, 3¯ 3 2(Mg,Zn)3RE//1 1 014H-LPSO phase and 1¯ 1 2(Mg,Zn)3RE//2 1 014H-LPSO phase.
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Sixty Duroc × Large White × Landrace pigs with an average initial BW of 77.1 ± 1.3 kg were used to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with arginine and glutamic acid on growth ...performance, carcass traits, and meat quality in growing-finishing pigs. The animals were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 treatment groups (12 pigs/group, male:female ratio 1:1). The pigs in the control group were fed a basal diet (basal diet group), and those in the experimental groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 2.05% -alanine (isonitrogenous group), 1.0% -arginine (Arg group), 1% glutamic acid + 1.44% -alanine (Glu group), or 1.0% -arginine + 1.0% glutamic acid (Arg+Glu group). After a 60-d period of supplementation, growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality were evaluated. The results showed no significant differences ( > 0.05) in growth performance and carcass traits of the pigs in the Arg group relative to the basal diet group; however, the longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle and back fat showed a decrease ( < 0.05) in the percentage of SFA. In the Glu group, the final BW, phase 1 (d 1 to 30) and phase 2 (d 31 to 60) ADFI, and average back fat thickness of the pigs decreased ( < 0.05) by 7.14%, 23.43%, 8.03%, and 33.88%, respectively, when compared with the basal diet group. Dietary Arg+Glu supplementation had no effect ( > 0.05) on the final BW, phase 2 ADFI, and average daily weight gain in pigs but decreased ( < 0.05) their phase 1 ADFI, average back fat thickness, and percentage of SFA in the LD muscle and back fat, and increased ( < 0.05) the i.m. fat (IMF) content of the LD and biceps femoris muscles when compared with the basal diet group. Furthermore, a 16% decrease in yellowness (b* value; < 0.05) was observed in the Arg+Glu group pigs when compared with the isonitrogenous group. These findings suggest that dietary supplementation with both Arg and Glu beneficially increases the IMF deposition and improves the meat color and fatty acid composition without affecting growth performance and s.c. fat in pigs, providing a novel strategy to enhance meat quality in growing-finishing pigs.
Summary
Background Vitamin D and its metabolites play an important role in calcium homeostasis, bone remodelling, hormone secretion, cell proliferation and differentiation. Recent studies also ...suggest a beneficial role of vitamin D in slowing the progression of tissue fibrosis. However, their effects on dermal fibrosis and keloids are unknown.
Objectives To investigate the effect of 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis by keloid fibroblasts (KFs).
Methods KFs were cultured and exposed to different concentrations of 1,25D in the presence or absence of transforming growth factor (TGF)‐β1. KF phenotypes and protein production were analysed by real‐time reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction, Western blot, immunofluorescence and multiplex enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay techniques. Collagen synthesis was evaluated by measuring 3H‐proline incorporation. The effect of 1,25D on cell proliferation and viability was evaluated by Formazan assay, proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression and the colorimetric conversion of 3‐4, 5‐dimethylthiazol‐2‐yl‐2, 5‐diphenyltetrazolium bromide.
Results We confirmed the presence of vitamin D receptors (VDRs) in cultured keloid fibroblasts. Fibroblasts transfected with a vitamin D response element reporter construct and exposed to the active vitamin D metabolite 1,25D showed increased promoter activity indicating VDR functionality in these cells. Incubation of KFs with 1,25D suppressed TGF‐β1‐induced collagen type I, fibronectin and α‐smooth muscle actin expression. 1,25D also modulated plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 and matrix metalloproteinase‐9 expression induced by TGF‐β1. Interestingly, 1,25D induced hepatocyte growth factor mRNA expression and protein secretion in keloid fibroblasts.
Conclusions This study highlights key mechanistic pathways through which vitamin D decreases fibrosis, and provides a rationale for studies to test vitamin D supplementation as a preventive and/or early treatment strategy for keloid and related fibrotic disorders.
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Transversely-polarized beams are heuristic to the mechanism of CP violation and explore new physics. Besides, the transverse-polarization monitoring is a key point for the beam energy ...calibration by the resonant depolarization technique. In the article, the transverse polarization measurement of a high-energy electron beam is performed by Monte Carlo simulation on the circular electron-positron collider. The principle based on the Compton back-scattering combining a deflection magnetic field is discussed in detail. The physical presentation of the analyzing power is used to fit the asymmetric distribution of scattered electrons, which is proportional to the transverse polarization. Furthermore, we develop an efficient algorithm that obtain this analyzing power function and use different strategies to measure the transverse polarization for cross-check. Our measurement method is theoretically suitable with a statistical error 1% within few tens of seconds in Z pole on the circular electron-positron collider. The total systematic uncertainties are controlled to be about 0.6% related to the magnetic field, the drift distance, the laser polarization, the beam energy spread and the related uncertainties of a position sensitive detector.
Using a sample of 4.3×10^{5} η^{'}→ηπ^{0}π^{0} events selected from the ten billion J/ψ event dataset collected with the BESIII detector, we study the decay η^{'}→ηπ^{0}π^{0} within the framework of ...nonrelativistic effective field theory. Evidence for a structure at π^{+}π^{-} mass threshold is observed in the invariant mass spectrum of π^{0}π^{0} with a statistical significance of around 3.5σ, which is consistent with the cusp effect as predicted by the nonrelativistic effective field theory. After introducing the amplitude for describing the cusp effect, the ππ scattering length combination a_{0}-a_{2} is determined to be 0.226±0.060_{stat}±0.013_{syst}, which is in good agreement with theoretical calculation of 0.2644±0.0051.
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Using (1.0087±0.0044)×10^{10} J/ψ events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring, the process Ξ^{0}n→Ξ^{-}p is studied, where the Ξ^{0} baryon is produced in the process ...J/ψ→Ξ^{0}Ξover ¯^{0} and the neutron is a component of the ^{9}Be, ^{12}C, and ^{197}Au nuclei in the beam pipe. A clear signal is observed with a statistical significance of 7.1σ. The cross section of the reaction Ξ^{0}+^{9}Be→Ξ^{-}+p+^{8}Be is determined to be σ(Ξ^{0}+^{9}Be→Ξ^{-}+p+^{8}Be)=(22.1±5.3_{stat}±4.5_{sys}) mb at the Ξ^{0} momentum of 0.818 GeV/c, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. No significant H-dibaryon signal is observed in the Ξ^{-}p final state. This is the first study of hyperon-nucleon interactions in electron-positron collisions and opens up a new direction for such research.
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We report the first observation of a_{0}^{0}(980)-f_{0}(980) mixing in the decays of J/ψ→ϕf_{0}(980)→ϕa_{0}^{0}(980)→ϕηπ^{0} and χ_{c1}→a_{0}^{0}(980)π^{0}→f_{0}(980)π^{0}→π^{+}π^{-}π^{0}, using data ...samples of 1.31×10^{9} J/ψ events and 4.48×10^{8} ψ(3686) events accumulated with the BESIII detector. The signals of f_{0}(980)→a_{0}^{0}(980) and a_{0}^{0}(980)→f_{0}(980) mixing are observed at levels of statistical significance of 7.4σ and 5.5σ, respectively. The corresponding branching fractions and mixing intensities are measured and the constraint regions on the coupling constants, g_{a_{0}K^{+}K^{-}} and g_{f_{0}K^{+}K^{-}}, are estimated. The results improve the understanding of the nature of a_{0}^{0}(980) and f_{0}(980).
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Abstract Muon imaging technology has developed rapidly over the past decades with extensive applications. In many cases, plastic scintillator detectors are preferred because of their high cost ...performance, ease of processing and robustness in harsh environments. To reduce imaging time and improve imaging quality, detectors tend to have large areas and high position resolutions. The challenge to the electronics for such detectors is to maintain the scale of electronics acceptable while improving the high position resolution of the detector. In this paper, the basic detector unit is a triangular strip of plastic scintillator, each embedded with two wavelength-shifting (WLS) fibers read out by the silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). Since the hit position of muon on the detector is determined by the splitting ratio of the scintillation light on two adjacent scintillator strips, it is necessary the readout electronics has high linearity and low noise. The possibility of the electronics channel multiplexing on the same detector plane is fully explored so that four WLS fibers can be read out by one SiPM realizing 2:1 readout channel compression. Furthermore, since multiple electronics modules are connected by a daisy chain structure, the electronics system is very scalable with its data acquisition system (DAQ) independent of detector size. In addition to detailing the position encoding readout scheme, the design of electronics module and the DAQ system, the electronics system has been implemented and applied to a prototype detector for performance evaluation. Using scintillator strips with 11 mm pitch size, the position resolution of the detector reaches 1.49 mm, which demonstrates that the designed electronics is suitable for the new detector structure, and the combination of the two has a good application prospect in muon imaging.
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