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Long-distance relationships aren't exactly an easy thing to depict. This isn't to say certain filmmakers haven't tried, but the results -- like Going the Distance and Like Crazy -- have been of middling quality, at best. But 10.000KM understands exactly how distance plays a factor in the way some relationships work.
Kicking off with a gorgeous 22-minute scene that unfolds in one take, 10.000KM introduces the audience to its couple, Alex (Natalia Tena) and Sergi (David Verdaguer), who just happen to be the only characters in the film. They're living in Barcelona together, they're sexually fulfilled and completely in tune, as both the script and the lack of editing in this opening sequence show. But when Alex gets a grant to move to L.A. to work on her photography career, and she takes it, things get choppy for the couple, both figuratively and literally.
Just like that, they're across the world from each other and the film falls into a style that feels almost unnatural, even though it's exactly the kind of thing one sees in cinema regularly. That's one of 10.000KM's most impressive features: technical aspects that complement its narrative perfectly. As their relationship falls out of sync, so does the seamless way that the first scene unfolded. Their days away from each other are marked on screen, DAY XX flashing between each individual moment the audience is shown. But that's not the only thing that interrupts the typical live-action scenes.
One of the biggest complaints against long-distance relationship films is that there would have to be an abundance of Skype calls to situate the plot, and that nobody wants to watch a relationship unfold through texts or video chatting. Carlos Marques-Marcet proves that notion wrong in no time at all, showing that the scenes between Alex and Sergi -- be they text messages, Google Maps inserts, or video calls -- are just as compelling as any romance where the people are together in person. The video looks as fuzzy as a real video call would be, giving it an authenticity that's much appreciated. And even though we watch a character slow dance while holding their likely cold laptop, the scene feels warm and natural; the film nails the feeling of being with the one you love through thick and thin.
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I have a simple flow problem with constant flow velocity at the inlet and static pressure (I use 0) at the outlet. However, when I monitor results in CFX-post, the pressure at the outlet is far from 0. It ranges from -30Pa to +1MPa. The average or area-average pressure is not 0 either. Does anyone knows why? One thing I notice is CFX imposed a wall boundary condition on 60% of the outlet to prevent inwards flow. Does this cause the incorrect pressure condition?
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Can you clarify more. I assume you are doing a laminar flow through a parallel plate (2Dduct flow). If so I may put my 5cent or I simply suggest play with the bc, since I was facing a similar problem when I do a plate flow problem. My main problem was that I tried to use the bc terminologies I normally use from fluent to cfx. Need to understand how cfx interprets bc.
Thanks taw. When I specified a pressure BC at the inlet instead of a flow rate, the outlet pressure behaved much better, i.e., the result is closer to the pressure value I specified at the outlet. Don't understand why outlet pressure had such a huge variation when I used inlet flow rate. I don't think CFX document gives a clear explanation on "static pressure BC" either. By the way I have a wider inlet, narrower flow channel, and an outlet the same size as the inlet.
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Does anyone know of any free intranet solutions. I found one that was based online however I would prefer it be internal. My only alternative would be to start coding.
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Oct 31, 2008 at 12:31 UTC
Man I was going to be a wiseguy and say PHP. But since you want to avoid that I will suggest a combo of WordPress, Wiki and Joomla. Just install what you need. Joomla can be your start, customize the modules to your liking and move forward as requests come in.
Oct 31, 2008 at 12:49 UTC
Sharepoint is going to be the easiest. It is free.
Oct 31, 2008 at 12:59 UTC
Since when was sharepoint free? Last time I checked the pricetag was about 10K unless you had a MSDN Gold subscription, even then MS licensing is so hokey I dont know if you can use sharepoint under that lisence.
Oct 31, 2008 at 1:08 UTC
Microsoft Sharpoint Services 3.0 is included with Windows Server 2003 as a server role, and as far as i know requires no special licensing for internal use
Oct 31, 2008 at 1:18 UTC
Interesting. Thanks for the update!
Oct 31, 2008 at 1:28 UTC
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Depending on what you want it to do, we use Twiki (which I believe is available as a VMWare applicance and runs on Debian, all of which are free options).
You can signup for a free account on Twiki's web page and then you can try out some of their options using their sandbox without having to set it up in your own environment to determine if it might be a good fit.
Oct 31, 2008 at 2:19 UTC
Yes, Sharpoint Services is free and we use it for our intranet. We've tricked it out about as far as it can go. I demo'ed Sharepoint and didn't find enough features that my user's would beenfit from to justify the price tag.
There's some pretty cool things you can do in Sharepoint Services. We've added some RSS feeds, we post slideshows of office parties/community action events, etc.
We set up every department with their own page and allow the manager to post documents, helpful website links, time cards, etc.
Nov 3, 2008 at 2:21 UTC
KS Services is an IT service provider.
I created a quick and simple one using Wordpress, but am developing a new one using Drupal, which integrates with Active Directory very nicely.
Nov 3, 2008 at 3:28 UTC
I use Joomla! for our internal website, it runs on Apache or IIS (I'm using it on IIS) with PHP and mySQL. It's easy to customise the pages based on the information you want to present via a backend administrative interface and there's loads of free templates available. You can also create your own templates to give the site your own corporate feel however a reasonably good understanding of HTML and CSS is required.
Nov 3, 2008 at 3:28 UTC
I'm using DotNetNuke (http://www.dotnetnuke.com). I don't know much about web development at all, but I think the boss was quite impressed with what I cooked up with it.
Once the framework is in palce there are a host of free modules to do just about anything you'd want, and if it's not covered by the free modules, you can bet it's available as a premier one from SnowCovered.
Nov 3, 2008 at 5:46 UTC
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Hi Rasheen,
I would recommend Windows SharePoint Services as well. We have been running it for almost 1 year now and have done customisation on the basic templates. Its quick to set-up and modify.
Nov 3, 2008 at 6:28 UTC
For a WIKI solution, MindTouch Deki is great - it's cross-platform inclucing a VMWare image for installing into a VMX Server.
Nov 3, 2008 at 6:56 UTC
I think Adam was referring to MOSS or Sharepoint Portal Server. Neither of those are free nor do they come with any flavor of Windows Server. I have MOSS 2007 Enterprise and I love it.
Back to the question -- I would also recommend Joomla as a good start. I used it in smaller environment (40 users) to track changes and work in rental properties as well as a document repository, chat, IM, etc. It would be an easy solution that would suit the needs of a small environment which is short on cha-ching.
Nov 3, 2008 at 7:11 UTC
Nov 3, 2008 at 7:31 UTC
I have to say DotNetNuke is a really good option is what I use for our intranet it lets you use Active directory so every time a user connects it's automatically login. Also it lets you use your security groups from Active Directory, it comes with some modules that you will need for an intranet. The community is huge and it's pretty stable. You can skin it also, and you will be able to find free skins. It comes with a Repository module which is really useful to share files with everybody, also it has a calendar module, it has forums, news, etc. It's also really easy to grand access to specific users to modify specific parts of the website or intranet. Definitely I would recommend it
It's the forum module that really attracted me to it. once the DNN framework is in place, you've got some very powerful tools at your disposal.
Nov 3, 2008 at 8:05 UTC
I am placing a very firm vote for Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0). It is a free download from Microsoft, all you need is a machine running at least Server 2003 (I have it running on 08), no other licensing required.
In my experience, unless you have some good css/html and templating skills, DotNetNuke (DNN) is going to look like garbage. WSS looks very professional and is a breeze. I demo'd it a week ago to our Web Committee as the next version of our intranet and all were amazed at what I was able to cook up in such short time. I've helped setup 2 websites using joomla!, worked with DNN for a few months last year, and tried a couple of other wiki solutions, none compare to WSS 3.0 imho. Check out all of the free add-on application templates that you can implement for WSS 3.0, you can have a fully featured site up within an hour.
My boss asked (amazed), "how did you do all of that?" I said it was called WSS and was super easy. His response, "wow, I can't believe you did all of that"...
Nov 3, 2008 at 8:40 UTC
can you please tell me what comes out of the box with the WSS without spending one cent?
Nov 3, 2008 at 8:50 UTC
Oooh! SharePoint does look shiny!
3.0 Does seem a bit of the baited hook though, as it doesn't include support for Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms or Business Intelligence (http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/prodinfo/what.mspx).
That being said, I'll definately be having a look at this...
Nov 4, 2008 at 8:08 UTC
The first Intranet I made it was on Joomla!, I had a hard time to configure it (Database,PHP etc etc). I decided to look for a tool to make my life easy, and I did find it!
Nov 4, 2008 at 8:29 UTC
I also use SharePoint Services 3.0 for our Intranet. But before that I was using e107 ( http://e107.org ) which you can run on Linux w/ Apache & PHP for free.
Nov 4, 2008 at 8:32 UTC
Oooh! SharePoint does look shiny!
3.0 Does seem a bit of the baited hook though, as it doesn't include support for Portals, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms or Business Intelligence (http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/prodinfo/what.mspx).
That being said, I'll definately be having a look at this...
I agree. With the SQL express database limits and the limits built into WSS 3.0 it is surely a baited hook. However we are using it at this time. We are going to be migrating out servers to the new Microsoft EBS Premium product so we will have an SQL server so the database issue will go away. At some point we may spring for SharePoint Server but it will probably be quite a few years before that happens.
I guess we bit the hook?
Nov 4, 2008 at 8:46 UTC
I now love this thread. I have been looking for a viable solution for a company intranet page. I am personally interested in the VMware appliances.
Nov 4, 2008 at 9:47 UTC
I don't think I'd call WSS 3.0 a baited hook. It is there for SMBs that don't need to spend thousands on MOSS. We don't have a whole team of Sharepoint developers, we don't have millions of documents that need indexed, and we don't need to run our business on our intranet. We have about 100 users and a lowly SysAdmin (me) and a need for a central location where we can collaborate, store documents, post updates, etc. WSS 3.0 works perfectly and I have no plans on even looking into MOSS.
You can demo a Sharepoint site here if you'd like. I've never done the demo so I'm not sure how much it lets you do. In addition to all the templates that I posted about before (e.g. IT asset tracking, help desk ticket system, bud database, knowledge base - which are all free, super easy to install), out of the box WSS 3.0 has announcements, calendars, document libraries, discussion boards, blog pages, picture libraries, etc. The thing that sold me on WSS was that everything is searchable. This is big for us because we have a lot of office forms, a lot of policies, etc. that staff need to be able to find. All I do is upload the doc (or pdf) and WSS indexes it and it shows up in a search box in less than 5 minutes.
Man, I'm starting to sound like a MS fanboy... For the record, I've got groundwork running on Ubuntu and squid-cache running on CentOS ;)
Nov 4, 2008 at 10:25 UTC
For those of you who used Joomla 1.2 and had trouble with it. Joomla 1.5 is very slick and easy to get running, they fixed a lot of issues and smoothed it out. It is really nice for an intranet when you cant afford sharepoint.
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The day has finally arrived. Its Amanda's birthday party today. I feel kinda weird really since this would be our first kiddie party in a long time. Ever since Allea turned 7 we didn't have much birthdays to celebrate. Last kiddie party I remember was Amanda's 3rd birthday at McDonalds. I know its just 3 years but we used to have a party one after the other before, and every year! It just goes to show we are running out of children to throw birthday parties for, huh?
So, mom was treating this kiddie party like a debut. She had 2 outfits for Amanda to wear and she had all our outfits coordinated, too (Well, mom does the second one for all occasions so that isn't new. She would always have us wear the same color when we a have big occasion to attend to and for this event, we all wore white so the birthday girl would stand out.)
|The birthday girl's dresses and shoes
Also, mom had cupcakes made instead of the usual birthday cake. Its convenient that my dad's office mate makes cupcakes so mom didn't have a hard time looking for someone to bake them. Dad's officemate even lent the cupcake tower for us to decorate and display the cupcakes in. Of course, I was in charge of getting that done and I think I did a pretty good job at it, don't you think? (Mom was the one who bought the furry violet and pink things on the side and I just placed them on each of the layers of the tower)
|The birthday girl and her "cake"
|I was assigned to assemble the tower and I was so eager to do so that I started right away while the staff were still cleaning the place from the party before us.
|My creation. Pretty neat, eh?
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|It took about 30 minutes for Amanda to start nagging mommy to change her clothes so mom had to grant the birthday girl's wish. Too bad the late guests didn't see her first outfit.
|My grandmother, Nene led the prayer before we started the program
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Bottom: (3) Allea and Bellai who are so grown up already! (4) Mom, Dad and Amanda for her I'm-an-only-child moment
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Bottom: (3) Me & cousin Jinin (4) Dad and his visiting friend from the US, Tito Mendo
|Tito Tofee (Mom's former officemate) and his kids
|Tito Mendo's family with Dad & Amanda. I just love how this shot is so candid!
Team Napilitan (Girls) vs. Team Boys (Amanda)
But surprise, surprise, it turns out that the Maximum to Minimum game was just a warm up! This is the typical kiddie party gag that every host seems to enjoy using. Anyway, we ended up having to play a relay game where you'd have to pass the balloon over your head until it reaches the end of the line then pass it back up front in between your legs. When the balloon reaches the first person in line, that person runs with the ball between her/his legs while doing a chicken dance towards a chair placed about 10 feet away. The person has to run back to the team and pass it to the next member then the drill repeats itself.
The girls won because the boys got disqualified. They pushed our balloon away from us causing us to lose a few seconds which in relay time means hours. Haha! It was a good thing they lost since the losers had to dance in front everyone. But since the boys were hesitant to dance, the age old punishment was what they were asked to do instead- spell a word with their butts!
A few more games were played before the food was served. And by few, I mean 2. One was the longest Happy birthday game which only 3 kids joined. It was followed by a bring me game which, at least, a lot more kids and adults participated. The last bring me which was coins were thrown into the air for all the kids to catch.
What transpired later of course was a series of photo ops. It appears that our family is already getting ready for the next generation (and mom surprisingly mentioned in her speech that they are slowly losing kids in the house but she could feel that there will soon be kids in the family again anyway.... hmmmm. Is she hinting me on something? HAHAHA!).
|I took the Minimum to Maximum game really seriously as you can see.
|The losers! Haha
|Diego was a sport and did the dance for everyone but seeing that the audience was dissatisfied with Diego's martyrdom, the host had the rest of the boys spell Amanda with their butts. Fair enough.
|Kid games
|Allea led the grace before meals
|Ready to eat!
|I took this shot of mom and dad because they look like a young family with those two kids on their laps! Oh how I and my brother used to be those little kids on our parents laps!
|Of course, Jollibee had to grace the event with his presence. He did a little dance number and took photos with the guests
|Amanda and Jollibee. BTW, this is our first time to celebrate in Jollibee. Our kid celebrations would always revolve around Mcdonalds or Shakeys.
After Jollibee's dance number came the blowing of the candles. I forgot to put candles on the cupcake so I hurried to find the candles mom bought and put it in the plastic base thing that came with it and then place all the candles on the cupcakes. The plastic base is so that you don't poke the candles directly to the cake or cupcake rather just the thin plastic thing.
|Hurrying to prepare the candles
|We distributed all the cupcakes to the guests after the candle blowing and Wacky here has the icing all over!
|Enzo, Allea, Me, Jollibee, Amanda, Mom & Dad
|Its a Rivera trait to have big eyes so you could guess what inspired this photo! Look at my dad and Amanda, big eyes with no effort at all! Haha
|I'm proud that my parents are still together after all these years. Even if they don't get along all the time, they still manage to keep this family together and happy.
|I will always have to have a photo with daddy-o.
|Oh, gone are the days when I was an only child but its always nice to pretend once in a while. Haha!
|Of course, the celebrant has to have everyone's attention, especially mom and dad's which she seems to have more competition of than I did. So, there you go dear! HAHA :)
After mom got everyone settled in the car, she left with my Tita to go to another party happening at Paranaque. When we got home we did all that Mom asked us to do (give the excess chicken packs to this and that, put the cupcakes there, give her medicine, fix the clothes and shoes, etc) and proceeded with the opening of gifts. Amanda was so excited to open the gifts that we had to control her before she tore the wrapper into pieces while I wasn't done setting the place up. I wanted to record her opening of gifts (which I did and is going to be a very funny home video to watch in 5 years) and take pictures as well which mom always did during my birthdays. In fact, we still have the VHS of all my kiddie birthdays at home! Now, its my turn to capture these moments for her. I won't upload the video anymore but let me just say that she is very happy with all the presents she got.
Thank you to everyone who made my sister's day special. It means a lot to me as much as I know it would mean to her if she understood what was happening and not running around all the time. Haha! For one last time today, Happy Birthday Amanda! We love you! :)
AS USUAL, Andy Rivera UP & ABOUT AT 12/30/2011 02:05:00 AM TOPICS: celebration, family, photography 1 comment:
STORY: Baby No More
There will always be one member of your family that you get along best with. In my family, its my youngest sister, Amanda. We are 13 years apart but that doesn't seem to matter. In the past 3 years, the image of myself seems to become more and more evident in her. From the way she talks and moves to the way she thinks. And the best part is that it isn't the type of similarity that makes the two of us ward off from each other (you know, that negative attracts thing and positive repels), its the kind that makes you understand each other and know where the other is coming from. I know, I know, you're thinking "Is she really talking about a 6 year old?" Well, the answer to that is yes. I think she really is wiser beyond her years and the things that she says and does surprise us every time. Actually, come to think of it, she is similar to my present self not my self when I was her age. I was very shy and quiet when I was her age which makes me assume that when she gets to my age, she'll be a whole lot more of a handful (Thank God my parents will have gotten rid of the me and my brother by that time or else I couldn't see them surviving raising that kind of kid. I mean, they barely are surviving me! Haha)
|Amanda with my Dad who I believer we both take after.
|With our sister Allea who I believe influences the girly side of Amanda.
|This was taken two years ago and it appears that my other siblings have grown up all too fast as well. My brother has lost the braces and Allea has become a young lady already.
Anyways, today is her 7th birthday (but we'll be throwing a party for her tomorrow). And as embarrassing as it may sound, it makes me sad... so sad that for her 6th birthday last year I recorded myself talking to a web cam crying over how I'm losing my baby sister! No one but me has seen that video and I don't plan to show anyone anytime soon. Let's just say that the crying was pretty loud and uncontrollable. I'm a little calmer about her birthday this year since I've prepared myself slowly throughout the entire year. Although I keep kidding her (half joke of course, half true) the entire year by asking her if she is willing to skip celebrating her birthday so she can remain 6 for another year. Of course the thought of skipping presents, cake and all the attention is just nightmare for her so she would answer a big fat no each time I'd ask. There were a few times that she almost gave in though. She would bargain with me and say that she'd agree to skip next year's birthday so that she'd stay 7 for 2 years but I would tell her that once you reach 7 years old, you are no longer a baby. You become a big kid already and once you are a big kid, there is no turning back. So she'd go back to her original answer - no.
This year I don't plan to restage my dramatic melt down. I plan to just blog about it. I plan to share with you all the little girl I'm going to be missing for a long, long time. She hasn't even been a 7 year old a day and I miss my baby already. :( Because the truth is, when all the cuteness and innocence (if she really is innocent 'coz I have my doubts about that. I think she was born a quarter adult) goes away, she's just going to be me - a bossy know it all... and I don't want another me! I want Amanda!
|We share this weird bond where I tease all the time to the point that she calls me "Wicked Sister" but at the end of the day, we love each other all the same.
But I guess this is just one of the many in things in life I just have to learn to understand, let go and live with. So I guess Amanda growing up is also a growing up moment for me. Maybe that's why our birthdays are just 2 months apart (I'm on October and she December)! God gave me 2 months lead time to prepare... to let me get accustomed to another year of wisdom before I face a love one who is also growing and finding her own path. Maybe God allows me to grow up myself first... so I'll always be able to cope up with her... forever.
|Me & Amanda
Although it makes Ate very sad that you will be a baby no more, I will still wish you the happiest of days and I will be smiling as you celebrate your special day. Because as much as I want to keep you by my side forever, asking your questions and nagging me to play with you, I wouldn't want to rob the world of the wonderful person I know you will become. I'm going to miss you dearly but give me some time and I know I'll get over it. But don't count on me getting over being your big sister because I will love you forever... until your birthday after that. But lets slow down a bit and just focus on now, shall we? Happy Birthday Amanda! Hope you like the standee I made for your cupcake tower! (I can't decide which of the two I'm going to print out yet... well, just wait for your birthday party and see!)
AS USUAL, Andy Rivera UP & ABOUT AT 12/29/2011 04:03:00 AM TOPICS: family 1 comment:
STORY: Modern Wonder
So I have put my The Wonder Years marathon to a temporary halt so I could finally get back on track with Modern Family. And I've got to say that Modern Family seems to be a modern version of TWY. Isn't that an amazing coincidence? My two favorite shows are actually different versions of the same thing. They are both about family and are both filled many quotable quotes that leave you a bit teary eyed after every episode. But of course TWY is more drama and Modern Family is more comedy but still, they are both amazing shows which I love staying up late for. Its because of these shows that I have decided that my new life long dream is to write for a TV show that is of similar format. Maybe a Filipino Modern Family, eh? ;)
P.S. My favorite character in TWY is Kevin Arnold hands down but with Modern Family I'm having a real hard time picking among Manny, Gloria, Phil and Cam. These characters (and the rest of the other characters) are just so colorful and different that its so hard to compare them to each other. It amazes me how the writers manage to fit these outrageous characters together where they fight all the time yet as a viewer still believe that they love each other all the same. Its amazing... amazing!
P.S. My favorite character in TWY is Kevin Arnold hands down but with Modern Family I'm having a real hard time picking among Manny, Gloria, Phil and Cam. These characters (and the rest of the other characters) are just so colorful and different that its so hard to compare them to each other. It amazes me how the writers manage to fit these outrageous characters together where they fight all the time yet as a viewer still believe that they love each other all the same. Its amazing... amazing!
AS USUAL, Andy Rivera UP & ABOUT AT 12/28/2011 01:58:00 AM TOPICS: Quick Thoughts No comments:
THEORY: New Year's Resolutions
I have never written a New Year's Resolution in my life. Actually I have never even given it much thought. Usually at the end of the year I just reminisce on the year that has been and think of how I'm going to go about the new one. Now that I think of it, I do make resolutions but not at the end of the year rather during the start of the school year (around June here in the Philippines). That seems to make much more sense to me actually. I mean, what's the point of listing things you'd like to do differently when come January you'd still be surrounded by the same people, same classes, same environment and basically the same life? But when a new school year begins, you truly can start fresh. Make all the things right from the last school year since you have a clean slate to begin with.
Then again, maybe this is just a student thing. Once you are working there is no school year, you just have "a year." Since I'm assuming that by this time next year I won't have a school year to wait for, its best I get comfortable with working on my resolutions at the end of the year, like everyone else does.
Before I proceed, another reason I am not fond of resolutions is because it just sets a bar that you have to meet, which technically is something you just made up. Now you end up with "failures" if you don't attain what you set out to do when you could have just lived another year just being the best you can be. No measuring, no list to follow, just living your life the best way you know how. Now isn't that nice?
But again, resolutions do give direction. And for those of us who have awaken from the dream that we will always have another year to get it right, resolutions are very helpful. When you are at your 20s you realize that there is no more life ahead because this is life already. You better start getting things done, moving and right. So here we go.
Then again, maybe this is just a student thing. Once you are working there is no school year, you just have "a year." Since I'm assuming that by this time next year I won't have a school year to wait for, its best I get comfortable with working on my resolutions at the end of the year, like everyone else does.
Before I proceed, another reason I am not fond of resolutions is because it just sets a bar that you have to meet, which technically is something you just made up. Now you end up with "failures" if you don't attain what you set out to do when you could have just lived another year just being the best you can be. No measuring, no list to follow, just living your life the best way you know how. Now isn't that nice?
But again, resolutions do give direction. And for those of us who have awaken from the dream that we will always have another year to get it right, resolutions are very helpful. When you are at your 20s you realize that there is no more life ahead because this is life already. You better start getting things done, moving and right. So here we go.
- Be more patient. I am not the best at controlling my temper. I snap at the pettiest things and say the meanest comments that I regret as soon as my head cools down. Its a blessing that the people around me have gotten used to this terrible attitude of mine but that is still no excuse. And now that I'm going to be widening my social circle, I think being calm and nice is a very important factor to make friends.
- Explore food. I always say I'm not a picky eater because I eat basically everything... well, everything I expose myself to. I shy away from dishes I am not familiar with so my taste palette is very naive. Goodness, I'm 20 and I think I've eaten my entire lifetime's limit on burgers, fries and steaks. Oh, I think I'm about to reach my limit on Chinese food as well.
- Learn an instrument. I have been putting this thing off for way too long. Now its just pretty embarrassing to pursue since I'm going be the oldest person when I take lessons but that won't be stopping me. I think its a great thing to know how to play an instrument. I am not a music junkie but I appreciate how music speaks for us when words won't suffice. I have my heart set out on piano so fingers crossed that my fingers get a hold of those black and white keys soon.
- Fix my closet. I'd like to have a wardrobe that I won't have to stare at for an hour every morning and end up saying that I have nothing wear. I want to get rid of all the clothes (and shoes) that I keep just so I feel that I have a lot of clothes (and shoes). Some of the clothes I have outgrown already, figuratively. When I see those clothes I think to myself, "What was I thinking when I wore this?" and yet those clothes are still in my closet! Its a good thing I'll be starting work some time next year which will give me a good excuse to overhaul my entire wardrobe.
- Be humble. I admit, I am not the most humble of people. I try to say sorry but its harder than you think. I want to, but its my body that won't cooperate. My tongue just rolls back and becomes shorter than it already is. I know I'm in the wrong and I admit that... to myself, in my head. Now I have to learn how to say it out loud especially to the person/s I've done wrong to. I think people have brushed off my mistakes too many times already and my making up for it by being super nice or giving gifts isn't going to save me anymore... and with that I mean save me from myself. I demand myself to say the S word personally, not through text, email or phone, but face to face. (God, did I just set myself for suicide just there?)
- Buy an appliance for the family. Yup, you heard that right. Since I am assuming that I'd be a working gal next year, I want to be able to make one big purchase for the family - be it a television set, a computer, a gas range, whatever. Just something big and for the family. It's like my tribute to them for living with me and living by me all these years so that I may get this (that) far.
- Exercise. The days when I brush all health concerns under my bed has finally come to an end. The nights of staying up until 5 am and waking up at noon, eating a bunch of greasy fast food and jumping into bed right after, and finding all means of avoiding running or walking is finally over. I better get myself into shape and into the habit of anything healthy because I have seen way too many people who regret all those fries and milkshakes when they are in their 40s and all they can eat are mushy green peas or bland steamed fish. This is going to be very difficult for me but I believe this will help me in the long run and there is no better time to start but now (well, let's start after graduation, okay? Give me the last 4-5 months of unhealthy living, okay?)
- Smile and let loose. I need to just be happy more often and smile. More than just it making me age faster, it makes me ward off potential friends for life. This may seem like the easiest on the list but for someone whose happy face comes off as a sad face all the time, this may be the most difficult. Wish me luck on this one.
Whew. These are just the things on the top of my head now, I might add some later on (hopefully not) but until then let's just hope I get started on those on the list and make them all happen in the new year. What are your new year resolutions? :)
AS USUAL, Andy Rivera UP & ABOUT AT 12/27/2011 09:17:00 PM TOPICS: Inside My Head No comments:
STORY: Midnight Snack-ing
I have always been a night person. For as long as I can remember I have been spending most of the daytime in bed and most of my night time in front on the television or computer. When I was younger the only thing stopping me from greeting the sun shining wide awake was my bed time which I remember clearly was at 9:00 p.m. Mom would check on me and my brother to see if we were already sleeping by that time but the truth is, I was just faking my sleep. As soon as I know she has fallen asleep, I turn on the TV and put the volume on low. But that didn't help me much since the glowing of the TV with pretty much no sound just made me tired and sleepy.
Fast forward to my teen years when I shook off the bedtime, I would stay up until around 5am. Actually just these past couple of days, I have been breaking my record each time. So far, the latest I've gone is 6a.m. Don't ask me what I'm doing because I don't know either! One minute I'm watching a TV show online and the next thing you know the sun is shining through my window!
Anyways, when you stay up late, you get hungry. And food don't prepare themselves. That is the biggest downside of being a night person. You have to get up in the middle of the night, creep down the stairs, try to find the switch, stick your nose in the refrigerator until you find something easy to prepare, put it in a bowl or add hot water (depends on what you found), then scurry back to your room without waking anyone up. That takes skill you know! There are times I even find myself frying an egg in the middle of the night with matching rice! All along I thought I have gotten away with my midnight adventures but apparently my mom knows about it all along. She just doesn't say anything about it anymore though (just the staying up late part, the eating she doesn't mind). She used to lecture me all the time about the importance of sleep then I'd explain that I could always sleep in the daytime then she'd answer back that its not the same and there is so much more I could accomplish if I slept at the right time then I'd explain again and it would just keep going! She eventually gave up and I understand why (and kinda glad she did. Haha!)
So, allow me to share some of the stuff I've managed to gobble in the darkness of the night (and take a photo of. Of course, I don't take photos every night but it would be nice if did, noh? Hihi)
|Of course, cereal is a staple. Right now I'm finishing up my Fitnesse box while my sisters munch on Cookie Crisp (which I hate!)
|On super lazy days, you just grab a bag of chips and you're good to go! This time I snagged my mom's Cheetos! Hahaha. ;) She'd be surprised to wake up to a half empty bag. :D
AS USUAL, Andy Rivera UP & ABOUT AT 12/27/2011 02:45:00 AM TOPICS: Experiences, family, Food 1 comment:
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Heartburning — Heart burn ing, n. 1. (Med.) Same as {Heartburn}. [1913 Webster] 2. Discontent; secret enmity. Swift. [1913 Webster] The transaction did not fail to leave heartburnings. Palfrey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heartburning — noun intense resentment his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals • Hypernyms: ↑resentment, ↑bitterness, ↑gall, ↑rancor, ↑rancour * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment … Useful english dictionary
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OCT4 increases BIRC5 and CCND1 expression and promotes cancer progression in hepatocellular carcinoma
Cell and molecular biology
OCT4 and BIRC5 are preferentially expressed in human cancer cells and mediate cancer cell survival and tumor maintenance. However, the molecular mechanism that regulates OCT4 and BIRC5 expression is not well characterized.
By manipulating OCT4 and BIRC5 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines, the regulatory mechanism of OCT4 on BIRC5 and CCND1 were investigated.
Increasing or decreasing OCT4 expression could enhance or suppress BIRC5 expression, respectively, by regulating the activity of BIRC5 promoter. Because there is no binding site for OCT4 within BIRC5 promoter, the effect of OCT4 on BIRC5 promoter is indirect. An octamer motif for OCT4 in the CCND1 promoter has directly and partly participated in the regulation of CCND1 promoter activity, suggesting that OCT4 also could upregulated the expression of CCND1. Co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 induced cancer cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest, thereby efficiently inhibiting the proliferative activity of cancer cells and suppressing the growth of HCC xenogrfts in nude mice.
OCT4 can upregulate BIRC5 and CCND1 expression by increasing their promoter activity. These factors collusively promotes HCC cell proliferation, and co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 is potentially beneficial for HCC treatment.
Recurrence and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) depend on the persistent proliferative activity of cancer cells. BIRC5, also called Survivin, has been shown to play a pivotal role in cancers by influencing cell division and proliferation and by inhibiting apoptosis
OCT4, a member of the POU-domain transcription factor family, plays a pivotal role in the regulation and maintenance of the cellular pluripotent state
In this study, we investigated the regulatory mechanism and significance of OCT4 on BIRC5 and CCND1 expression in HCC. Although the roles for BIRC5 and OCT4 in cancers are well-recognized in a number of previous studies, we gave the first evidence that OCT4 indirectly manipulates the expression and function of BIRC5, and also directly upregulates the expression of CCND1. These factors collude to promote cancer cell proliferation and resist cancer cell apoptosis. This innovative finding provides new insight into the regulation of OCT4 on CCND1 expression through a previously unidentified mechanism and indicates a variety of novel biological and prognostic markers, as well as potential therapeutic targets, for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Vectors and adenoviruses
Vectors expressing the specific small hairpin RNA (shRNA), including BIRC5-shRNA, OCT4-shRNA and Dual-shRNA, were synthesized by and purchased from Wuhan Genesil Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Wuhan, China). The 19-nt sense DNA of BIRC5-shRNA (5′-GAAAGTGCGCCGTGCCATC-3′) targets base pairs 436–454 of the BIRC5 gene (HSU75285), and the 19-nt sense DNA of OCT4-shRNA (5′-CCCTCACTTCACTGCACTG-3′) targets base pairs 1233–1253 of the OCT4 gene (DQ486513.1). Both gene elements were controlled by the U6 promoter. A mock control shRNA vector (Ctrl-shRNA, 5′-GACTTCATAAGGCGCATGC-3′) was concomitantly constructed.
Full-length OCT4 cDNA was cloned into pDC315 (Microbix Biosystems, Ontario, Canada) at the
Promoter-regulated reporter gene vectors
The luciferase plasmid pSRVN-Luc, in which luciferase expression was under the control of the BIRC5 promoter (nucleotides 1824–2800, GenBank U75285), was kindly provided by Himanshu Garg (Center of Excellence for Infectious Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, TX). The BIRC5 promoter was amplified with the indicated primers (P1: 5′-cgGCTAGCcatagaaccagag-3′; P2: 5′-gaAGATCTgccgccgccgccacct-3′) and inserted into an EGFP plasmid at the
The wild type CCND1 promoter (wPro; nucleotides 2501–3178, GenBank Z29078.1) was amplified from HepG2 genomic DNA with the indicated primers (P3: 5′-cgGGATCCagattctttggccgtctgtc-3′; P4: 5′-cgGAATTCAAGCTTggctggggctcttc ctg-3′) and then inserted into the luciferase plasmid at the
Animal experiments
Hep3B cells were subcutaneously injected into the right flanks of BALB/c (nu/nu) mice (107 cells per mouse) (Shanghai Experimental Animal Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China) to establish xenograft tumors. Ten weeks later, mice were separated randomly into 4 groups (Dual-shRNA, BIRC5-shRNA, OCT4-shRNA and blank control groups) with 5 mice per group. Mice in the virus-treated groups were given 5 viral intratumoral injections once every other day for a total dosage of 109 pfu virus per mouse. Mice in the control group were given the same volume of viral preservation solution (10 mmol/L Tris–HCl pH 8.0, 2 mmol/L MgCl2, 4% sucrose). Tumor size was measured regularly, and the tumor volume was estimated with the formula "
Statistical analysis
The experimental data were statistically analyzed using the student's
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Materials and methods.
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BIRC5 expression was associated with OCT4 in HCC cells
To verify the regulation of OCT4 and BIRC5 expression in HCC cells, a plasmid vector expressing BIRC5-specific small hairpin RNA (BIRC5-shRNA) or OCT4-specific small hairpin RNA (OCT4-shRNA) and an adenovirus vector expressing OCT4 (Ad5-OCT4) were constructed and used to manipulate the expression of BIRC5 and OCT4 in HCC cells. Based on Western blotting results, the parental HCC cells, including Hep3B, HepG2, PLC/PRF5, SMMC-7721, BEL-7402, SK-Hep-1 and BEL-7404, were all positive for BIRC5, although the expression levels were lower in SMMC-7721, BEL-7402 and BEL-7404 cells than in Hep3B, HepG2, PLC/PRF5 and SK-Hep-1 cells. Regarding OCT4 expression, Hep3B, HepG2, PLC/PRF5 and SK-Hep-1 cells were positive and BEL-7402 and BEL-7404 cells were negative (Figure
Figure 1
BIRC5 and OCT4 expression in HCC cell lines
BIRC5 and OCT4 expression in HCC cell lines. (A) Cell lines were cultured in 6-well plates at a density of 105 cells/well for 48 h, and then harvested for measuring expression of BIRC5 and OCT4 by Western blotting. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used as the loading control, and densitometry analysis was performed to show BIRC5 and OCT4 expression levels normalized with GAPDH density. (B) Cells were harvested, the CD133-positive cells were quantified by flow cytometry and showed in percentages of total cells counted; *,
Because Hep3B cells expressed both BIRC5 and OCT4, and BEL-7404 cells expressed BIRC5 but not OCT4, both cell lines were transfected with BIRC5-shRNA and OCT4-shRNA vectors, and BEL-7404 cells were infected with Ad5-OCT4. After transfection with BIRC5-shRNA, BIRC5 expression was considerably down-regulated in Hep3B and BEL-7404 cells, whereas OCT4 expression was not affected. However, after transfection with OCT4-shRNA, OCT4 expression was inhibited; BIRC5 was also clearly down-regulated even in the OCT4-negative BEL-7404 cells. To further validate this observation, BEL-7404 cells were infected with Ad5-OCT4, and the results demonstrated that adenovirus-mediated overexpression of OCT4
The dynamic localization and expression levels of BIRC5 and OCT4 were analyzed in HCC cells by immunofluorescent labeling. BIRC5 expression was observed in the cytoplasm of Hep3B parental cells and was inhibited after transfection with BIRC5-shRNA. OCT4 expression was detected in the nuclei of Hep3B parental cells and was inhibited after transfection with OCT4-shRNA. OCT4-shRNA transfection consequently resulted in the down-regulation of BIRC5 and also induced cell apoptosis, as indicated by the occurrence of nuclear condensation and apoptotic bodies (Figure
OCT4 upregulated BIRC5 expression by activating the BIRC5 promoter
The expression of BIRC5 varied with changes in the expression of OCT4, suggesting that BIRC5 is under the control of OCT4. To explore the superior-subordinate relationship between BIRC5 and OCT4, the BIRC5 proximal promoter was amplified (Figure
Figure 2
BIRC5 promoter activity in HCC cells
BIRC5 promoter activity in HCC cells. (A) Scheme of binding sites for transcription factors in the BIRC5 proximal promoter region. (B) Cell lines, including the indicated parental, adenovirus-infected and shRNA-transfected cells, were seeded on 24-well plates at a density of 5 × 104 cells/well and transfected with the BIRC5 promoter-driven luciferase plasmid pSRVN-Luc (200 ng/well). The relative activity of BIRC5 promoter in HCC cells was measured and shown in histograms; *,
OCT4 upregulated CCND1 expression by activating the CCND1 promoter
OCT4 can control cell cycle by up-regulating target genes associated with cell cycle
Figure 3
CCND1 promoter activity in HCC cells
CCND1 promoter activity in HCC cells. (A) The wild type CCND1 promoter (wPro) containing the transcription factor binding sites was cloned from HepG2 DNA genome. From the wPro, the motif-mutated promoter (mPro) and motif-enhanced promoter (ePro) within −252 to −245 were amplified and used to construct the CCND1 promoter-driven luciferase plasmids, pGL3wPro-Luc, pGL3mPro-Luc and pGL3ePro-Luc. (B) CCND1 and OCT4 expression was detected by Western blotting in HCC cells. GAPDH was used as the loading control, and densitometry analysis was performed to show CCND1 and OCT4 expression levels normalized with GAPDH density; **,
Both Hep3B and BEL-7404 cells were positive for CCND1 expression. Silencing of OCT4 expression by OCT4-shRNA resulted in the down-regulation of CCND1 expression in Hep3B cells, whereas enhanced OCT4 expression by Ad5-OCT4 infection led to an up-regulation of CCND1 expression in BEL-7404 cells (Figure
Co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 inhibits Hep3B cell growth and induces cell apoptosis
To further explore the functions of OCT4 and BIRC5 in cancer cell proliferation, a dual-target shRNA vector (Dual-shRNA) that targeted OCT4 and BIRC5 was constructed, and its inhibitory effect on HCC cells was compared to that of the mono-target shRNA vectors. After transfection with the shRNA vectors, cancer cell viability was slightly lower with each of the vectors (Figure
Figure 4
Cell growth inhibition and cell apoptosis induced by co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 in HCC cells
Cell growth inhibition and cell apoptosis induced by co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 in HCC cells. (A) The parental and indicated shRNA-transfected Hep3B cells were cultured in 96-well plates at a density of 5 × 103 cells/well for 48 and 72 h. Cell viability was measured by MTT assay at a wavelength of 570 nm with a reference wavelength of 655 nm and shown in histograms; *,
Co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 induces Hep3B cell cycle arrest
The parental and shRNA-transfected Hep3B cells were then examined by flow cytometry using propidium iodide (PI) staining to identify phases of cell cycle arrest. Compared with the parental cells, OCT4-shRNA transfection resulted in a G1-phase arrest (
Figure 5
Cell cycle arrest induced by co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 in HCC cells
Cell cycle arrest induced by co-suppression of OCT4 and BIRC5 in HCC cells. The parental, adenovirus-infected and shRNA-transfected Hep3B cells at 106 cells/ml were stained with PI, and analyzed by flow cytometry. Data of cell cycle were shown in histograms; *,
Simultaneously silencing of OCT4 and BIRC5 exhibits strong antitumor potency against HCC xenograft tumors in nude mice
Hep3B xenograft tumors were established in nude mice and infected with adenoviruses carrying OCT4-shRNA or/and BIRC5-shRNA. Compared with the control group, adenovirus with Dual-shRNA exerted the strongest inhibitory effect on tumor growth because the tumor inhibitory rate was 67.59% (
Figure 6
Antitumour efficacy of OCT4 and BIRC5 co-suppression in mouse xenograft models
Antitumour efficacy of OCT4 and BIRC5 co-suppression in mouse xenograft models. (A) Hep3B cells were injected into BALB/c (nu/nu) mice for establishing xenograft tumours. Adenoviruses carrying Dual-shRNA, BIRC5-shRNA, OCT4-shRNA were used to treat tumours by intratumoural injections with a total dosage of 109 pfu viruses per mouse, and the tumour volume was measured every week. (B) Observation was ended (day 39 after treatment) when the tumours were over 2,500 mm3. Mice were killed, tumours were removed and weighed; *,
Paraffin-embedded tumor sections were examined by immunohistochemistry and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL). In the blank control group, cancer cells were positive for OCT4 and BIRC5 expression, and few tumor cells were positive for TUNEL staining. However, in the BIRC5-shRNA group, BIRC5 expression was down-regulated and the apoptotic cell percentage was increased. When OCT4 expression was down-regulated by OCT4-shRNA in tumor cells, BIRC5 expression was also suppressed accompanied by an increase in the percentage of apoptotic cells. The Dual-shRNA simultaneously silenced OCT4 and BIRC5 expression and resulted in a significant increase in apoptotic cells in Hep3B xenograft tumors (Figure
As a member of the inhibitors of apoptosis protein (IAPs) family, BIRC5 is preferentially expressed in human cancer cells and has multiple functions, including the inhibition of cell apoptosis
BIRC5 expression is precisely regulated at transcriptional and post-translational levels. The signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat-3), β-catenin-activated T-cell factor (TCF) transcription factor, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) and Sp1 transcription factor promote BIRC5 expression by increasing BIRC5 promoter activity
OCT4 belongs to the family of POU-domain transcription factors, which are involved in the regulation of cell growth and differentiation in a variety of tissues
To clarify the relationship between OCT4 and BIRC5 in HCC, we first analyzed the OCT4 and BIRC5 expression levels in HCC cell lines, including Hep3B, HepG2, PLC/PRF5, SMMC-7721, BEL-7402 and BEL-7404. All cell lines were positive for BIRC5 expression, although only the Hep3B, HepG2 and PLC/PRF5 cells were positive for OCT4 expression; SMMC-7721 cells were weakly positive for OCT4 expression. OCT4 and BIRC5 expression was also investigated by immunohistochemistry in 49 pairs of cancer and liver tissues taken from HCC patients. They were overexpressed in HCC compared with the corresponding liver tissues (Additional file
Additional file 2: Table S1
OCT4 and BIRC5 expression related to HCC clinicopathological features.
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OCT4 and BIRC5 overexpression in clinical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specimens. (A) Forty-nine pairs of cancer tissues and liver tissues were taken from clinical HCC patients. All patients underwent hepatectomy at the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital (Shanghai, China) between September 25, 2007, and September 30, 2009. The study patients were confirmed to have no distant metastases, detectable ascites, or chemotherapy and radiotherapy before surgery. The resected lesions were diagnosed pathologically as HCC after surgery. Paraffin-embedded consecutive sections were subjected to immunohistochemical examination for BIRC5 and OCT4 expression using the UltraSensitive Streptavidin Proxidase Kit (Fuzhou Maixin Biotechnology Development Co., Fuzhou, China), original magnification 200×. (B) OCT4 and BIRC5 expression levels were scored according to the percentages of positive cells counted within 5 high-power fields, positive cell percentages from <10% to <100% were defined as score 1 to 9, all cells that were negative were scored as zero. Patient with 2 or more than score 2 was qualified as positive case. The clinical study was performed after obtaining the informed consent from every patient and did not show the patients' names.
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We found that the expression levels of OCT4 in HCC cell lines were
Functional binding sites for the transcription factors SP1, KLF5, HIF-1α, Rb/E2F, TCF4 and Egr1 have been found in the BIRC5 gene promoter, suggesting that these factors regulate BIRC5 gene expression
In the
Additional file 4: Figure S2
Correlation of OCT4 and BIRC5 to prognosis of HCC patients. (A) Follow-up for HCC patients started on the operation date and ended on August 1, 2010. The median duration of follow-up was 12.67 months (ranging from 1.6 to 34.2 months). During the follow-up period, patients were monitored for tumor recurrence by examination of serum AFP, abdominal ultrasound, chest radiography, computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging; finally patients were also subjected to imaging diagnosis to find recurrent tumors. The disease-free survival (DFS) was defined as the time period from the follow-up start date to the date of tumor recurrence (for the patients with tumor recurrence) or the follow-up end date (for the patients without tumor recurrence), and the overall survival (OS) was defined as the time period from the start date of follow-up to the date of death or the end date of follow-up. Survival curves were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the significant difference among the three groups was compared using log-rank test. (B) Every two groups were compared and shown in Kaplan-Meier curves.
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This study demonstrated that OCT4 is an upstream gene that indirectly upregulates BIRC5 expression, and directly upregulates CCND1 expression. These factors collude to promote the proliferation of cancer cells and contribute to the poor prognosis of HCC patients. The innovative finding provides new insight into the regulation of OCT4-BIRC5 or OCT4-CCND1 signaling in HCC, which may be helpful for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein;DAPI: 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride;DFS: Disease-free survival;EGFP: Enhanced green fluorescent protein;HBV: Hepatitis B virus;HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma;MOI: Multiplicities of infection;MTT: Methyl Thiazolyl Tetrazolium;OCT4: Octamer-binding transcription factor 4;OS: Overall survival;TUNEL: Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling
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Authors' contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CS; Performed the experiments: LC, CL, YY, DW, LF, HQ, JW and ZL; Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools and analyzed the data: LC, CL, XJ, MW, JZ and CS; Wrote the paper: LC, CL, LF, JW and CS. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors sincerely thank Jianzhong Gu and Wei Qü, Shanghai SLAC Experimental Animal Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for his help with animal studies. This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (81071866 to CS, 81172019 to XJ, 30973469 to ZL).
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Li G.,State Key Laboratory of Deep Rock Mechanics and Underground Engineering |
Li G.,China University of Mining and Technology |
Tao Z.,State Key Laboratory of Deep Rock Mechanics and Underground Engineering |
Tao Z.,China University of Mining and Technology |
And 6 more authors.
Mining Science and Technology | Year: 2010
The deterioration of a deep shaft insert at the Xing'an Coal Mine was analyzed by studying the physical and mechanical properties of the rock located at key positions relative to the shaft. Factors that influence shaft stability were obtained. The numerical simulation program FLAC3D was used to simulate the destruction of the deep shaft insert. Two different support methods were analyzed by simulation. The simulations demonstrate that a single stiffness support is inappropriate for this shaft insert. The appropriate support method is an integrated coupling method of rigid and flexible supports. The flexible support is applied first and then the rigid support is second. Engineering practice in the Xing'an Coal Mine shows that this technology can effectively control deep-shaft insert deterioration. This support approach provides an important direction for future project design and construction, as well. © 2010 China University of Mining and Technology.