猪活动区域多孔介质模型及其阻力系数的CFD模拟

旨在尝试将躺卧姿势下的猪体简化成不同几何形状以求取其阻力系数,并分析它们的差异性。本研究采用校核过的CFD模型,模拟探究了简化猪模型、半椭球模型、椭球模型和半圆柱模型4种不同躺卧猪模型对猪群区域在X、Y和Z3个垂直方向上阻力系数的影响,分析了4种模型对猪栏内气流以及压力分布的影响。结果表明,椭球模型的惯性阻力系数相比半椭球模型与半圆柱模型更加接近简化猪模型,其在X、Z和Y方向上的惯性阻力系数与简化猪模型之间的相对误差分别为-4.0%、-12.2%和14.7%,并且气流与压力分布基本一致。因此,采用椭球模型代替简化猪模型进行建模计算不仅能保证准确度还能有效提高计算效率。     

沙柳多元醇液化产物流变性能的研究

沙柳木粉在液化剂和催化剂的作用下制成的液化产物可生产制作聚氨酯、环氧树脂、胶黏剂等。研究沙柳液化产物的流变性能,可探索宏观流变性质与液体微观内部反应机理之间的关系,优化设备结构和加工工艺条件,对其高效利用有着重大意义。本试验将沙柳木粉在浓硫酸催化条件下进行多元醇液化,通过改变液化处理条件(反应时间、反应温度和催化剂用量)制备具有不同流变性能的沙柳液化产物。利用旋转型流变仪对所制备的沙柳液化产物进行流变性能测试和分析。沙柳木粉液化条件的单因素试验和正交试验分析结果表明:影响沙柳液化产物黏度的主要因素是反应时间,其次是反应温度和催化剂用量,最佳工艺条件为反应时间70 min、反应温度170℃、催化剂用量5%。在最佳工艺条件下,剪切速率为78.87 s-1时,黏度为0.26 Pa·s。红外光谱(FT-IR)分析得出,液化物中纤维素被大量降解,半纤维素和木质素部分降解,羟基增加,生成更多的反应活性官能团,此条件下液化反应更加充分,流体黏度较大。流变性能测试结果显示:稳态扫描测试时,黏度随剪切速率的增加逐渐减小,表现出剪切变稀的现象;剪切应力随着剪切速率的增加逐渐升高,表现出假塑性流体的性质。通过动态频率扫描曲线变化规律分析,储能模量和损耗模量随着角频率的升高而逐渐增加,复数黏度却随之减小。     

水泵水轮机泵工况轴向力特性分析与改善

水泵水轮机是抽水蓄能电站的核心部件,水泵水轮机的轴向力特性对其运行稳定性与安全性具有主要影响。作为一种典型的立式机组,为防止抬机事故的发生,机组转轮部分需要具有向下的轴向力,但在泵工况下,该轴向力容易过大,并可能引起机组下沉。采用计算流体动力学方法,研究分析抽水蓄能水泵水轮机泵工况不同流量与活动导叶开度下的轴向力特性。研究结果表明,在泵小流量、小导叶开度、高扬程的工况下,向下的轴向力较大;采用对称布置的均压管路连接转轮上冠腔体与尾水管,轴向力变为轻微向上,扬程与水力效率无显著变化,有效解决了机组泵工况向下轴向力较大的问题,机组运行的安全性与稳定性得到了显著提高。     

What is your diagnosis? Particulate material in peritoneal fluid from a dog

9-year-old castrated male Greyhound dog was presented for evaluation of vomiting and lethargy of 1-week duration. On physical examination, the dog was febrile and dehydrated with a tense abdomen and petechial hemorrhages. Clinicopathologic abnormalities included relative polycythemia, mild lymphopenia with reactive lymphocytes, hypoalbuminemia, hypocholesterolemia, hyperbilirubinemia, increased ALP, mild hypokalemia, hyperamylasemia, hyperlipasemia, increased D-dimer concentration, and hyperfibrinogenemia. Cytologic evaluation of peritoneal fluid revealed marked suppurative inflammation with intracellular barium sulfate particles. The day before presentation, the referring veterinarian had administered oral barium sulfate in an upper gastrointestinal contrast study. Radiographs revealed free contrast material in the peritoneal cavity, consistent with gastrointestinal perforation, and leakage of contrast material. Abdominal exploratory surgery revealed a mid-jejunal perforation and a hepatic nodule. Histopathologic diagnosis of the jejunal and liver lesions was T-cell lymphoma. The patient recovered well postoperatively and received chemotherapy for treatment of lymphoma. Most commercial barium sulfate preparations contain relatively uniform, weakly birefringent, pale yellow particles <1 microm in diameter. Because barium sulfate is found occasionally in clinical specimens, cytopathologists should be familiar with its cytologic appearance.     

What is your diagnosis? Peritoneal fluid from an Arabian horse after colic surgery

A 16-year-old castrated male Arabian horse was presented to the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital with a 4-hour history of colic. Initial examinations provided strong evidence for small intestinal obstruction. Abdominal surgery revealed a strangulating lipoma, and 25 feet of small intestine were resected. Postoperatively, the horse developed obstructive ileus due to adhesion formation, which required a second laparotomy. During and after surgery, the abdomen was lavaged with sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). One week after the second surgery, evaluation of peritoneal fluid revealed an inflammatory exudate, with many macrophages containing amorphous to granular, pink to magenta phagocytosed material. Extracellular aggregates of the material were also observed. The material was consistent with CMC. To our knowledge, this report is the first to demonstrate the phagocytosis of CMC by peritoneal fluid macrophages.     

Evaluation of biomarkers of kidney injury following 4% succinylated gelatin and 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 administration in a canine hemorrhagic shock model

Objective : To investigate the association between synthetic colloids and biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) in dogs with hemorrhagic shock. Design : Experimental interventional study. Setting : University. Animals : Twenty‐four healthy ex‐racing Greyhounds. Interventions : Anesthetized Greyhounds subjected to hemorrhage for 60 min were resuscitated with 20 mL/kg of fresh whole blood (FWB), 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4, 4% succinylated gelatin (GELO), or 80 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid (CRYST) over 20 min (n = 6 per treatment). Concentrations of biomarkers of AKI were measured at baseline, end of hemorrhage, and at 40 (T60), 100 (T120), and 160 (T180) min after fluid bolus. Biomarkers included neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin in urine and serum (uNGAL; sNGAL), and urine cystatin C (uCYSC), kidney injury molecule‐1 (uKIM), clusterin (uCLUST), osteopontin, gamma‐glutamyl transferase, monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1 (uMCP), interleukin‐6, interleukin‐8, protein (uPROT), hyaluronan, and F₂‐isoprostanes. Renal histology was scored for tubular injury and microvesiculation. Biomarker fold‐change from baseline was compared between groups using mixed effects models (Bonferroni–Holm corrected P<0.05). Frequencies of histology scores were compared by Fisher's exact test. Measurements and main results : In dogs treated with GELO, uNGAL fold‐change was markedly greater compared with all other groups at T60, T120, and T180 (all P<0.001), and uCYSC was greater at T60 compared with CRYST (P<0.001), and at T120 and T180 compared with all other groups (all P<0.001). Smaller, albeit significant, between‐group differences in uKIM, uCLUST, uMCP, and urine protein concentration were observed across the FWB, GELO, and HES groups, compared with CRYST. The GELO group more frequently had marked tubular microvesiculation than the other groups (P = 0.015) although tubular injury scores were comparable. Conclusion : In dogs with hemorrhagic shock, GELO was associated with greater magnitude increases in urine biomarkers of AKI and more frequent marked tubular microvesiculation, compared with FWB, CRYST, and HES.     

不同酿酒酵母体外模拟胃肠道内环境适应性研究

本研究旨在考察不同酿酒酵母菌株在体外模拟胃肠道内环境的适应性,为饲用酿酒酵母的科学使用提供理论依据。试验选择4株酿酒酵母菌株Sc1、Sc2、Sc3、Sc4分别开展:(1)37℃生长试验;(2)酸性酵母膏胨葡萄糖(YPD)肉汤中适应性生长试验;(3)人工胃液耐受性试验;(4)人工肠液耐受性试验。结果显示:Sc2在37℃具有较好的生长适应性,Sc4能够达到最大活菌数;pH3.0和pH4.0的YPD肉汤中4株酿酒酵母都能正常增殖,酿酒酵母Sc2、Sc3、Sc4酸耐受性优于Sc1;各菌株的商品化活性干酵母在人工胃液和人工肠液中2h存活率均高于50%,4h存活率高于45%,Sc4在模拟人工胃液中的耐受性最好,Sc3在模拟人工肠液中的耐受性最好。综上所述,不同酿酒酵母在体外模拟胃肠道内环境的适应性不同,酿酒酵母Sc2、Sc3、Sc4比酿酒酵母Sc1具有更好的胃肠道环境耐受性。