壁面厚度对一体化小腿假肢应力分布的影响

一体化假肢是以聚合物为材料从接受腔到假腿一体成型的新型下肢假肢 ,它比传统型假肢更经济、美观、轻便 ,具有较大的应用前景。如同传统假肢 ,应力分析对于一体化假肢的构型设计和优化具有重要的意义。由于假肢中的应力大小及分布与其所用材料的力学特性密切相关。本文的工作是基于一实验用内骨架一体化小腿假肢的真实几何构型 ,考虑残端软组织和骨 ,建立一体化小腿假肢的三维有限元模型 ;在保持假肢的几何形状不变的前提下 ,建立三个不同壁面厚度的一体化小腿假肢的三维模型 ,应用有限元分析方法 ,计算这些模型在模拟 Heel Off步态时相的载荷作用下的应力分布 ,分析壁面厚度对一体化小腿假肢应力分布的影响 ,为一体化小腿假肢壁面厚度的设计标准提供参考。结果表明 ,可以通过适当增加壁面厚度来减小一体化假肢的应力及软组织表面的压力。     

小腿假肢接受腔计算机三维模型的构建

背景:假肢接受腔作为截肢患者肢体残端和假肢之间载荷传递的惟一通道,是影响假肢适配性的重要部件。假肢接受腔的三维建模是接受腔实用性的关键,可以在测量时得到更准确的数据。目的:建立假肢接受腔计算机三维模型,为接受腔有限元分析提供数据基础,为加工制造接受腔提供可靠的参数。方法:选择1例32岁右侧小腿截肢的男性患者,髋关节各肌力正常,髋18°屈曲挛缩,其他关节活动度正常。根据患者CT和核磁共振扫描图像,采用Mimics10.0软件处理数据,构建假肢接受腔计算机三维模型,准确模拟残肢和接受腔的结构。结果与结论:建立的小腿残肢和接受腔计算机三维模型比较准确地反映了接受腔和残肢的几何特征和外部轮廓。假肢接受腔三维模型的建立有助于提高制作的成功率,从根本上改变传统依靠手工设计、测量、取型、修型等落后的生产模式。     

假肢接受腔设计及界面应力的有限元分析

文题释义： Mimics 10.0软件：作为专业的三维图像处理软件,能将CT图像转化为残肢的三维模型,计算机生成的三维模型与患者的实际尺寸基本无差别。 有限元分析：是利用数学近似的方法对真实物理系统(几何和载荷工况)进行模拟的方法。 背景：残肢-接受腔界面生物力学特性不仅对假肢的适配性有着直接影响,而且也是对接受腔结构进行优化设计的基础。将数字化设计技术与康复工程结合在一起,将有效地提髙假肢接受腔的制作效率和质量。 目的：采用逆正向结合的建模方法,对小腿截肢患者进行定制式的接受腔模型设计,评估残肢与接受腔的界面应力,对接受腔进行迭代设计,优化后的模型采用3D打印制作,以改善传统手工制作接受腔方法。 方法：选择2例内蒙古自治区荣誉军人肢残康复中心的小腿截肢志愿者,根据患者残肢的CT扫描图像,采用Mimics进行图像处理,然后经过Geomagic和UG逆向得到残肢的几何模型。通过使用计算机辅助设计软件Fusion360,根据残肢各个部位的组织结构不同的承受能力作为修型原理对接受腔进行正向建模设计。选用Mooney-Revlin超弹性模型定义软组织的材料特性,对残肢-接受腔界面应力进行有限元分析,并根据结果反馈指导对接受腔进行迭代设计,对再次修型后的接受腔模型进行评估。3D打印制作出接受腔,并进行实验测量。 结果与结论：①对迭代设计后的接受腔与残肢界面的应力进行分析,得到残肢各区域的应力值均低于疼痛阈值,符合设计标准,能较好实现功能传递性和安全舒适性;②此2例患者穿戴3D打印制作的接受腔适配性、稳定性良好,步行对称性相比手工制作接受腔均有显著改善,满足残肢生物力学要求;③试验建立了完整的假肢接受腔的设计、评估及制造系统。 ORCID: 0000-0002-8570-9689(王晓辉) 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱;骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程     

小腿残肢与接受腔的非线性有限元分析

目的研究残肢与接受腔生机界面力学特性及残端应力情况,为设计和优化小腿接受腔结构、提高其佩戴舒适性提供理论依据。方法针对释压稳定(compression-release stabilization,CRS)接受腔,采用有限元软件ABAQUS分析残肢与CRS接受腔界面应力分布情况,软组织采用非线性超弹性材料Mooney-Rivlin本构模型,得到静止站立中期残肢与CRS接受腔接触界面正应力和剪切应力分布情况,并相应建立髌韧带承重(patellar tendon bearing,PTB)小腿接受腔三维有限元模型,将两者结果进行比较。结果残肢与CRS接受腔界面应力主要分布在胫骨内侧、胫骨外侧和后肌群等承重区,与PTB接受腔模型主要受力区域相似,CRS接受腔残肢末端平均界面应力较PTB接受腔高19 kPa。结论 CRS接受腔具有较好的透气性且应力分布较合理,接受腔形状的不同可改变残肢与接受腔生机界面应力分布,优化其设计有助于提高假肢穿戴舒适性。     

内骨架一体化小腿假肢的生物力学研究

一体化假肢是以聚合物为材料从接受腔到假腿一体成型的新型下肢假肢，它比传统型假肢更经济、美观、轻便，具有较大的应用前景。目前的相关研究主要集中在设计与制作及少量的临床研究方面。由于一体化假肢与传统型假肢在结构上的差异，有必要对其进行应力分析。本研究的目的是开展内骨架一体化假肢的生物力学研究，本研究基于内骨架一体化小腿假肢的真实几何构型，建立三维有限元模型，计算该模型在模拟Heel OH步态时相的载荷作用下的应力分布；在保持该模型的几何形状不变的情况下，建立了三个不同壁面厚度的一体化小腿假肢的有限元模型，分析壁面厚度对一体化小腿假肢应力分布的影响；通过分别赋予模型四种不同高分子聚合物的材料力学特性值，分析不同材料的一体化假肢的应力分布特点；分别对模型施加与正常步态的五个典型时相对应的载荷，分析一体化小腿假肢在各步态时相的应力分布特点。本研究结果对一体化假肢设计有指导价值。     

一体化小腿假肢的三维有限元应力分析

建立一体化小腿假肢和残肢的三维模型，应用有限元分析方法，计算此模型在模拟Mid—Stance步态时相的载荷作用下各节点的应力，从而得到此模型内外表面的应力分布，为一体化假肢设计的CAD＼CAM系统提供理论依据。计算结果表明，接受腔的应力值较小，假腿的应力值较大，高应力区出现在假腿下端及接受腔与假腿的交界区域。     

髋离断假肢接受腔-残肢站立期静态有限元分析

目的 利用有限元分析方法研究髋残肢在支撑阶段与髋离断假肢接受腔生机界面的力学特性,为优化、设计髋接受腔结构提供理论依据,为评估髋接受腔舒适度提供研究基础。方法 根据患者残肢CT扫描模型,采用逆向建模的方式,三维重建骨骼、软组织以及接受腔模型。利用有限元方法 研究站立状态下残肢-髋接受腔界面正应力及剪切应力的分布情况,并通过设计压力采集模块系统进行验证。结果 残肢与髋接受腔界面应力主要分布在腰部和残肢底部,位于残肢其余区域的界面应力则分布较为均匀。有限元计算结果和压力采集模块系统测量结果 有较好的符合。结论 为能较好实现髋接受腔功能传递性和安全舒适性,需要充分考虑残肢腰部和底部的受力以及残肢与接受腔的配合度。     

大腿假肢支撑期有限元分析

目的分析大腿截肢患者的硅胶套材料属性,对支撑期残肢与接受腔之间接触面的力学分布的影响,为大腿假肢适配方案中硅胶套的选取提供参考。方法利用计算机断层扫描技术获取大腿截肢患者残端与接受腔的断层图像,通过影像学信息和工程学方法,分别获取接受腔、硅胶套、残肢、骨骼等结构的三维模型;根据角度变化调整模型,获得初始接触期、负荷反应期、站立中期、站立末期、摆动前期5个时相的组装模型;根据三维动作捕捉系统Motion和Kistler三维测力平台测得的地面反作用力及髋关节角度变化的结果,对5个时相下大腿假肢模型分别进行有限元非线性接触分析;在此基础上,模拟分析了硅胶套不同弹性模量的变化对残肢表面等效应力以及剪切应力分布的影响。结果穿戴不同弹性模量的硅胶套时,残肢所受最大等效应力以及最大剪切应力在初始接触期、负荷反应期、站立中期、站立末期时相时出现在残肢内侧和接受腔口型边缘对应的残肢位置,在摆动前期时相时则出现在残肢内侧、接受腔口型边缘对应的残肢位置和坐骨周围等位置。当硅胶套弹性模量在0.98~2.70 MPa范围内变化时,在摆动前期残肢所受等效应力变化范围为13.85~23.55 k Pa,最大剪切应力变化范围为7.82~13.46 k Pa,而其他时相基本一致。结论硅胶套的力学特性影响大腿假肢残肢与接受腔之间接触面的受力分布,摆动前期残肢所受最大等效应力与最大剪切应力随硅胶套弹性模量变化大,在实际适配过程中需注意。     

小腿假肢接受腔的三维有限元分析

通过建立三维非线性有限元模型来分析小腿假肢接受腔与残肢之间的载荷分布。此模型基于残肢,骨头,软套和接受腔的三维几何形状,考虑界面摩擦滑动条件和软组织的大变形等非线性因素。模型可以预测不同外载下残肢和接受腔之间的压力,剪切力和相对滑动情况。并分析了不同的接受腔形状对载荷分布的影响。     

基于生物力学信息数字化机器人辅助手术系统

目的 建立一套数字化机器人辅助手术系统再现真实手术过程,并通过仿真系统与外部力反馈设备的结合实现对虚拟环境中机器人的控制和力觉反馈。方法 系统的设计包括：基于生物力学理论的人体组织建模、基于有限元方法人体组织生物力学模型的计算、外部力反馈设备的设计、控制算法设计等。通过多层次模型、系统集成等方法,实现基于生物力学信息并具有交互特性的虚拟机器人辅助骨折牵引复位手术平台。结果 当主手控制系统和虚拟环境生成机通过局域网连接成功后,该系统完成了闭环信息传递过程。结论 该系统可以实现对虚拟环境中手术机器人的主从控制、视觉反馈和力觉反馈。该项研究为数字化模拟外科手术相关技术的发展起到推进作用,模拟手术在提高手术成功率、新医生的培训方面具有很强的优势。     

Renal dysplasia and asplenia in two sibs

A family is reported in which two sibs, one male and the other female, both died within 24 hours of birth with enlarged polycystic kidneys. Postmortem histology in the second child showed gross renal dysplasia. In both children the pancreas was enlarged, nodular and cystic but the liver appeared macroscopically normal. In the second child, histological examination confirmed pancreatic fibrosis with cystic dilation of ducts, but showed portal fibrosis with bile duct proliferation in the liver.
This combination of findings is very reminiscent of those in a girl and her brother reported by Ivemark et al. (1959). The children reported here also showed absence or hypoplasia of the spleen, cardiac anomalies and other features of the Ivemark syndrome (Ivemark 1955), a quite different, usually sporadic, congenital disorder. It is suggested that the children described here have a distinct lethal congenital disorder, probably inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

What will studies of Fulani individuals naturally exposed to malaria teach us about protective immunity to malaria?

There are an estimated over 200 million yearly cases of malaria worldwide. Despite concerted international effort to combat the disease, it still causes approximately half a million deaths every year, the majority of which are young children with Plasmodium falciparum infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Successes are largely attributed to malaria prevention strategies, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor spraying, as well as improved access to existing treatments. One important hurdle to new approaches for the treatment and prevention of malaria is our limited understanding of the biology of Plasmodium infection and its complex interaction with the immune system of its human host. Therefore, the elimination of malaria in Africa not only relies on existing tools to reduce malaria burden, but also requires fundamental research to develop innovative approaches. Here, we summarize our discoveries from investigations of ethnic groups of West Africa who have different susceptibility to malaria.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

The universal muscular chain reaction,muscle spasm,Torsions, ruptures and extravasations. Chameleons of pathology and some manifestations of simple muscular disorders

Most bodily functions require the coordinated actions of complementary and supplementary paired muscle groups. Where this essential muscular cooperation is lacking, hollow organs may burst and others become literally screwed up, giving rise to many similar spastic diseases such as Torticollis, Twisted ovarian cyst, Torsion of the Testis, Volvulus of the intestines, Varicose Veins, Megacolon, Aortamegaly, Scoliosis, Erb's Palsy, Peyronie's Disease, Main-en-Griffe, Undescended Foot (Pes Cavus), Talipes, Strabismus. Spasm is “panenepidemic” and unclassified examples of Torsion Dystonia and Dyskinesia really are as common as debt and taxes.     

Class II HLA in Georgia Caucasus Tbilisi Georgians and their Mediterranean ancestry: The Usko Mediterranean languages

Georgia (or Sakartvelo in its own language) is a South Caucasus Mts. country with its easternmost part is enigmatically named Iberia, like the Iberian Peninsula, which may refer to rivers “Kura” and “Ebro” or their valleys respectively. Most of their inhabitants speak Georgian which is included within Dene-Caucasian group and Usko-Mediterranean subgroup of languages. The latter includes Basque, Berber, ancient Iberian-Tartessian, Etruscan, Hittite, Minoan Lineal A and others. In the present paper, HLA class II -DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles has been studied and extended haplotypes calculated. Most frequent haplotypes are also of Mediterranean origin (i. e.: (A*02-B*51)-DRB1*11:01-DQB1*03:01, (A*02-B*51)-DRB1*13:01-DQB1*06:03, or (A*24-B*35)-DRB1*01:01-DQB1*05:01) and DA genetic distances show that closest world populations to Georgians are Mediterraneans. Georgians also show common extended haplotypes ((A*02-B*51)-DRB1*11:01-DQB1*03:01, (A*02-B*13)-DRB1*07:01-DQB1*02:01 and (A*03-B*35)-DRB1*11:01-DQB1*03:01) with Svan people, a secluded population in North Georgia mountains. We can conclude that Georgians belong to a very old Mediterranean substratum according to both linguistics (Usko Mediterranean languages) and HLA genetics.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.