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Objective To report 4 cases of intracranial arterial stenosis stenting via radial artery approach and summarize the experience of treatment. Methods and Results The clinical data and treatment process of 4 patients with ischemic stroke treated by intracranial arterial stenosis stenting via radial artery approach in The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University were reviewed in 2022. The stenoses were located in the initial segment of left internal carotid artery (ICA), the initial segment of right vertebral artery (VA), the V4 segment of left VA, and the junction of V4 segment of left VA and the basilar artery, respectively. All the 4 patients underwent transradial approach stenting for ICA stenosis. The surgery was successful and the stenoses were recanalized. No adverse reactions were observed during and after the surgery. Conclusions Intracranial arterial stenosis stenting via radial artery approach is safe and effective in the treatment of ischemic stroke.

Given the limitations of manufacturing precision, manufacturing cost, and other factors, contact clearance is always inevitable at the contact interface of components. The contact clearance leads to the reduction of heat flux during the heat transfer process. The effect of thermal contact resistance is significant, particularly in the fields of aerospace, microelectrical technology, and cryogenic superconductor that are closely related to the operating temperature. The thermal contact resistance is affected by many factors, such as size, shape, space of asperity, mechanical properties of the material, external pressure, and temperature. Moreover, these factors usually interact with each other and need to be coupled. Thus, how to describe the thermal contact resistance accurately and build the appropriate prediction model are the key problems that should be resolved during engineering calculations. On the basis of the research results of domestic and international scholars, the current research state of thermal contact resistance during theoretical calculations and engineering applications were presented. The theoretical calculation, experimental measurement, and digital simulation methods used to analyze macroscopic thermal contact resistance were summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods were indicated. The effects of different factors on macroscopic thermal contact resistance were briefly discussed. On the basis of the combined cooling experiments of low-temperature superconducting magnet coils of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor, the effects of heat flow direction, temperature, and pressure on the thermal contact resistance of superconducting magnet components, such as stainless-steel jacket, dielectric insulation material, and quench protection material, were analyzed. Moreover, the reason why the effects of temperature and external pressure result in the change of thermal contact resistance was investigated from the perspective of thermal mechanics. Finally, given the accuracy and convenience requirements for the calculation of thermal contact resistance during engineering practice, the future research direction was indicated.

BACKGROUND: Since the 1990s, drylands have been extensively converted to rice paddy fields on the former wetlands in the Sanjiang Plain of northeast China. However, the influence of this successiveland‐use change from native wetlands to drylands to rice paddy fields on soil organic carbon (C) dynamics remains unexplored. Here, we compared the difference in soil organic C stock among native wetlands, drylands, and paddy fields, and then used a two‐step acid hydrolysis approach to examine the effect of this land‐use change on labile C I (LPI‐C), labile C II (LPII‐C), and recalcitrant C (RP‐C) fractions at depths of 0–15 cm, 15–30 cm, and 30–50 cm. RESULTS: Soil organic C stock at a depth of 0–50 cm was reduced by 79% after the conversion of wetlands to drylands but increased by 24% when drylands were converted to paddy fields. Compared with wetlands, paddy fields had 74% lower soil organic C stock at a depth of 0–50 cm. The conversion of wetlands to drylands reduced the concentrations of LPI‐C, LPII‐C, and RP‐C fractions at each soil depth. However, land‐use change from drylands to paddy fields only increased the concentrations of LPI‐C and LPII‐C fractions at the 0–15 cm and 30–50 cm depths. CONCLUSION: The conversion of drylands to paddy lands on former wetlands enhances the soil organic C stock by promoting labile C fraction accumulation, and labile C fractions are more sensitive to this successive land‐use change than recalcitrant C fractions in the Sanjiang Plain of northeast China. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]