Sensitivity to mechanical stimuli and the role of general sensory and perceptual processes in heartbeat detection

Sensitivity to heartbeat sensations is commonly assessed using tasks that require individuals to judge the simultaneity of heartbeats and tones. In two experiments, we investigated the suitability of this paradigm for examining cardioception. In the first experiment, participants judged the simultaneity of near–threshold vibrations and suprathreshold tones. Precision in judging vibration–tone simultaneity was directly related to the detectability of the mechanical stimuli, thereby supporting use of the simultaneity paradigm to assess heartbeat detection. In the second experiment, we examined the influences of sensitivity to mechanical stimuli and the ability to make intermodality simultaneity judgments on the precision of heartbeat detection. We measured participants' vibrotactile thresholds, precision in judging light–tone simultaneity, and precision in judging heartbeat–tone simultaneity. The ability to judge the simultaneity of lights and tones accounted for 24.3% of the variance in precision of heartbeat detection, and mechanical sensitivity accounted for a further 8.5%.     

Energy cost and mechanical efficiency of riding a four-wheeled, human-powered, recumbent vehicle

Oxygen consumption at steady state (V˙O ₂, l · min⁻¹) and mechanical power (W˙, W) were measured in five subjects riding a human-powered vehicle (HPV, the Karbyk, a four-wheeled recumbent cycle) on a flat concrete road at constant sub-maximal speeds. The external mechanical work spent per unit of distance (W, J · m⁻¹), as calculated from the ratio of W˙ to the speed (v, m · s⁻¹), was found to increase with the square of v: W˙=8.12+(0.262 ·v ²) (r=0.986, n=31), where the first term represents the mechanical energy wasted, over a unit of distance, against frictional forces (rolling resistance, R_r), and the second term (k · v ²) is the work performed, per unit distance, to overcome the air drag. The rolling coefficient (C_r, obtained dividing R_r by m · g, where m is the overall mass and g is the acceleration of gravity) amounted to [mean (SD)] 0.0084 (0.0008), that is about 60% higher than that of a racing bicycle. The drag coefficient was calculated from the measured values of k, air density (ρ) and frontal area (A) [C_x=k · (0.5 · A · ρ)⁻¹], and amounted to 1.067 (0.029), that is about 20% higher than that of a racing bicycle. The energy cost of riding the HPV (C_k, J · m⁻¹) was measured from the ratio of metabolic power above rest (net V˙O ₂, expressed in J · s⁻¹) to the speed (v, m · s⁻¹); the value of this parameter increased with the square of v, as described by: C_k=61.45 + (0.675 · v ²) (r=0.711, n=23). The net mechanical efficiency (η) was calculated from the ratio of W to C_k: over the investigated speed range this turned out to be 0.22 (0.021). Best performance times (BPTs) of a “typical”élite athlete riding the Karbyk were calculated over the distances of 1, 5 and 10 km: these were about 8% longer than the BPTs calculated, on the same subjects, when riding a conventional racing bicycle. Accepted: 7 August 2000     

Kappa Delta Award paper. Osteoregulatory nature of mechanical stimuli: function as a determinant for adaptive remodeling in bone

The capacity for functional adaptation within the skeleton was studied using the functionally isolated turkey ulna preparation. The results of this study would suggest that adaptive bone remodeling is extremely sensitive to alterations in both the magnitude and distribution of the strain generated within the bone tissue. At present, it appears that a loading regime can only influence bone remodeling when it is dynamic in nature. The full osteogenic potential of its influence is then achieved after only an extremely short exposure to this stimulus. The potency of the stimulus appears to be proportional to the magnitude of the strain engendered. As strain levels that are acceptable in one location induce adaptive remodeling in others, it would appear that each region of each bone is "genetically programmed" to accept a particular amount and pattern of intermittent strain as "normal." Deviation from this "optimal strain environment" will stimulate changes in the bone's remodeling balance, resulting in adaptive increases or decreases in its mass.     

机械通气下应用肺表面活性物质治疗新生儿肺炎合并呼吸衰竭的疗效

目的：探讨新生儿肺炎合并呼吸衰竭治疗中机械通气下应用肺表面活性物质的疗效。方法：回顾性选取2017年2月至2022年2月无锡市儿童医院新生儿科收治的新生儿肺炎合并呼吸衰竭患儿80例,依据治疗方法分为机械通气下应用肺表面活性物质治疗组(观察组)、机械通气治疗组(对照组)两组,各40例。分析两组患儿血气指标、平均动脉压(MAP)和呼吸力学指标、机械通气时间、总吸氧时间、住院时间、并发症发生情况之间的差异。结果：治疗前,两组患儿的动脉血氧分压(PaO₂)、氧合指数(PaO₂/FiO₂)、动脉血二氧化碳分压(PaCO₂)、氢离子浓度指数(pH)、MAP、呼气末正压(PEEP)、平台压(Pplat)、气道峰压(PIP)之间比较,差异均无统计学意义(P> 0.05);治疗后,两组患儿的PaO₂、PaO₂/FiO₂均高于治疗前,PaCO₂、MAP、PEEP均低于治疗前,差异均具有统计学意义(P <0.05),但治疗...     

多发伤病人机械通气时营养支持

目的 :探讨营养支持在治疗并发有重度肺功能障碍的多发伤病人过程中的作用。方法 :2 5例多发伤病人在实施机械通气过程中予以营养支持 ,并检测营养支持前后的营养指标 ,其中 19例早期采用全胃肠外营养 ( TPN)支持 ,6例采用肠内营养 ( EN)。结果 :痊愈 16例 ,4例转手术科室 ,3例死亡 ,2例持续植物状态。 16例痊愈者营养支持前后血红蛋白、白蛋白、血清总蛋白、转铁蛋白、氮平衡均有显著提高 ( P<0 .0 5)。结论 :合理的营养支持有助于控制多发伤病人因高代谢状态导致的营养和免疫衰竭 ,合并严重肺功能障碍而实施机械通气者平稳脱机 ,并降低死亡率及致残率。     

肠外营养对机械通气患者撤机的意义研究

目的：探讨肠外营养（PN）支持对ICU内机械通气危重患者脱机的意义。方法：268例因各种病因致呼吸衰竭的危重患者,在机械通气撤机期间给予胃肠外营养支持治疗,并与124例撤机训练期间未行肠外营养支持治疗的机械通气患者进行比较。结果：与对照组相比,肠外营养支持组营养支持后有关营养状况的指标明显改善,负氮平衡减轻（P＜0．05）。撤离呼吸机的呼吸力学指标明显改善,呼吸机参数条件降低（P＜0．05）,该组脱机平均所需时间明显短于对照组,一次性脱机成功率显著高于对照组（P＜0．05）。结论：肠外营养支持有助于增强呼吸肌的质量和功能,有利于早期脱机。     

双门经颅多普勒检测机械心瓣膜患者微栓子信号的研究

目的 :研究脑动脉微栓子信号 (MES)的基本特征。方法 :采用双门深经颅多普勒 (TCD)检测了 2 1例机械心瓣膜患者的脑动脉 MES。结果 :MES阳性发现率为 80 .95 % (17/ 2 1) ,MES出现频率为 0～ 40 4(中位数 40 )个 /小时 ,MES相对强度为11～ 38(2 3.6 3± 5 .13) d B。84.89%的 MES在二个取样深度依次显示 ,时间延迟为 0 .4～ 2 8.4(中位数 6 .0 ) m s,15 .11% MES仅见于近端通道 ,而在远端通道未能显示。结论 :双门深 TCD是研究 MES基本特征的有效方法     

电阻抗断层成像技术用于呼气末正压滴定的研究进展

适当的呼气末正压（PEEP）是保护性肺通气策略的重要组成部分,PEEP可以保持肺泡开放,减少肺萎陷伤。尽管个体化PEEP已被越来越多的临床医师认可,但最佳的PEEP滴定方法尚存争议。电阻抗断层成像（EIT）是一种无创、无辐射的成像技术,可在床边实时动态评估肺功能,将肺通气过程中的阻抗变化以动态图像呈现,能够反映PEEP调整前后肺内通气及气体分布变化,因此,EIT可用于滴定个体化PEEP。本文简要概括EIT的基本原理及监测指标,阐述临床应用EIT指导下的PEEP（PEEPEIT）滴定方法,旨在加强对EIT的优点和局限性的理解,为优化个体化PEEP的设置提供参考。     

A physicomathematical approach to the structure of the mandible

Summary Classical methods of anatomical study and experimentation have reached an endpoint with respect to the advancement of our knowledge of certain aspects of bone, i.e. its mechanical properties, investigation of the constraints acting on bone and the organization of bone allowing resistance to such mechanical stress. Indeed, current knowledge is rather limited regarding bone as a material. Furthermore, bone from the cadaver cannot be considered a reliable source of study material since its physicochemical composition and mechanical properties are highly different from those of living bone. The types of experimentation used to date, although allowing to study the phenomena occuring on the surface of the bone, do not allow to evaluate those that occur within the bone without modification of its mechanical features. Finally, the number and complexity of the parameters to be taken into account in this respect largely supersede the possibilities of classical study techniques.Accordingly, new types of methodology are required to evaluate the many parameters involved, to perform the corresponding computations and resolve the great number of unknown variables. Such methodology must allow experimentation to be performed without modifying the object of study and to determine the phenomena occuring within the bone itself, i.e. the mandible.A method of computer assisted simulation of a physicomathematical model was used to analyse the structural properties of the mandible. This method was based on that used for the computation and elaboration of large metal structures (offshore drilling platforms), structures submitted to special stress (resistance to force 7 earthquake of the new extension to the radioactive waste disposal factory at the Hague) or aeronautical structures composed of composite material.

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Approche physico-mathématique structurale de la mandibule

Résumé L'étude des propriétés mécaniques de l'os, celle des contraintes qu'il subit, la manière dont il est organisé pour résister à ces contraintes s'avèrent déboucher sur une impasse si l'on se contente des méthodes classiques d'études et d'expérimentations.En effet, nous n'avons actuellement qu'une connaissance très limitée de l'os en qualité de matériau. Le matériau d'expérimentation, l'os de cadavre ne peut être considéré comme fiable, sa constitution physico-chimique et ses propriétés étant par trop différentes de celles de l'os vivant. Le type même des expérimentations utilisées, s'il permet bien d'étudier ce qui se passe à la surface de l'os ne permet pas de prendre en compte ce qui se passe à l'intérieur de celui-ci sans en modifier les caractéristiques mécaniques. Enfin, le nombre et la complexité des paramètres à prendre en compte dépassent largment les possibilités des techniques classiques. C'est pourquoi, il est nécessaire de faire appel à des méthodologies nouvelles capables de prendre en compte un nombre très élevé de paramètres, de les calculer et de résoudre un nombre très important d'inconnues. Ces méthodologies doivent permettre l'expérimentation sans modifier l'objet de l'expérience et de calculer ce qui se passe à l'intérieur même de la mandibule.Cette méthode de simulation sur modèle physico-mathématique par informatique utilisée pour le calcul et l'élaboration des grandes structures métalliques (plate-forme off shore), celui de structures placées dans des conditions de contraintes particulières (prise en compte des tremblements de terre de magnitude 7 pour l'extension de l'usine de La Hague) ou bien celui des structures aéronautiques à matériaux composites a été ici appliquée à l'étude structurale de la mandibule.

     

胞元结构形式、材料性质对松质骨力学性能的影响

将均匀化理论与有限元方法相结合 ,讨论了骨小梁的弹性模量、泊松比和构成松质骨微结构的形式对松质骨力学性质的影响。结果表明微结构的形式和固体体分比确定时 ,松质骨的弹性模量与骨小梁弹性模量之间存在着确定的数量关系 ;当微结构的固体体分比较小时 ,骨小梁的泊松比对松质骨的弹性模量几乎没有影响。讨论了微结构形式对松质骨弹性模量的影响。