Objective To evaluate the effects of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy(3D-CRT) on the patients with esophageal carcinoma.Methods From October 2001 to October 2004,68 patients with esophageal carcinoma,the diagnosis of whom was finally confirmed by pathological examination,received coplanarity or noncoplanarity multifield 3D-CRT with Varian 1800C liner accelerator,using three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy planning system.Conventional fractionated dose was 2Gy per fraction,5 fractions per week,with a total dose of 60-70Gy in 6-7 weeks.Clinical target volume(CTV) and planning target volume(PTV) were enlarged outwards on the basis of gross tumor volume(GTV) which included primary tumors and regional lymph nodes.Results One-year and 3-year local tumor control rates were 80.9% and 47.1%,respectively,as the result of 3D-CRT.One-year and 3-year survival rates were 76.4% and 44.1% respectively.Grade 2 acute esophagitis occurred in 20 cases and grade 3 in 2 cases,grade 1 radiation pneumonia was found in 8 cases and grade 1 esophageal stenosis in 4 cases.Conclusions With tolerable reactions and after effects,the technique of 3D-CRT could effectively elevate the local tumor control rate and survival rate for the patients with esophageal carcinoma.

The massive water and steam are consumed in the production of cellulose ethanol, which correspondingly results in the significant increase of energy cost, waster water discharge and production cost as well. In this study, the process strategy under extremely low water usage and high solids loading of corn stover was investigated experimentally and computationally. The novel pretreatment technology with zero waste water discharge was developed; in which a unique biodetoxification method using a kerosene fungus strain Amorphotheca resinae ZN1 to degrade the lignocellulose derived inhibitors was applied. With high solids loading of pretreated corn stover, high ethanol titer was achieved in the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process, and the scale-up principles were studied. Furthermore, the flowsheet simulation of the whole process was carried out with the Aspen plus based physical database, and the integrated process developed was tested in the biorefinery mini-plant. Finally, the core technologies were applied in the cellulose ethanol demonstration plant, which paved a way for the establishment of an energy saving and environment friendly technology of lignocellulose biotransformation with industry application potential.
Bioelectric Energy Sources ; economics ; Biofuels ; analysis ; Biotransformation ; Ethanol ; analysis ; metabolism ; Fungi ; metabolism ; Industrial Microbiology ; methods ; Lignin ; metabolism ; Steam ; Water ; analysis

With the advent of social aging, the development of intelligent multifunctional nursing beds that are suitable for hospitals, nursing homes, homes and the like has a wide range of applications, this paper presents an intelligent nursing bed design based on Internet of Things technology. The design uses STM32F103 as the central processor. The design is divided into nursing bed module based on tri-fold structure, central control module based on data processing, weight scale module based on weight detection, power supply module based on system power supply and host computer module based on user operation. The design uses a closed control mode, greatly improving the bed control accuracy. Experimental tests showed that under the action of the intelligent control bed control system, the error rate of bed position information driven bedboard can be less than 2%, which has high accuracy and stability.
Beds ; Equipment Design ; Hospitals ; Internet ; Monitoring, Physiologic ; Nursing Homes ; Technology