Prosocial rule breaking on health information security at healthcare organisations in South Korea

Regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), establish standards to protect patients' medical records from security breaches. Insiders' prosocial misbehaviour within healthcare organisations can cause significant damage to relevant stakeholders. Such behaviour without malicious intention needs to be better understood and carefully managed from the perspective of prosocial behaviour. For this study, a research model was developed that includes the factors influencing student nurses' intention to disclose patient health information. The model was empirically tested with nursing students in South Korea with a scenario-based experiment. We find that both altruistic (impact on others) and egoistic (impact on the self) motivations are significantly important in raising situational empathy. On the other hand, an egoistic motivation (impact on the self) significantly affects people's perception of their responsibility, which mediates the relationship between situational empathy and prosocial intention to disclose. The implications of our findings are discussed.     

A clustering-based review on project portfolio optimization methods

Project portfolio management and optimization constitutes a critical activity for organizations in different industrial sectors and business. The scientific literature in this subject is extremely vast, which makes it difficult to understand the connections among the existing approaches and perspectives. This paper provides a clustering map of the existing work on the subject, thus identifying the main trends and approaches from different scientific communities. After analyzing each of the identified clusters, the paper provides insights and emerging trends that can be useful both for researchers and practitioners in the area.     

基于源质的煤基中间相小球体生成与可控演化

煤全组分族分离所得的密中质组是中间相小球体生成的来源物质（即源质）。以该源质为原料，制备煤基碳质中间相。考察了炭化过程中温度、恒温时间、氮气流速、原料进样方式和添加剂等因素对中间相小球体生成过程的影响，探讨了中间相小球体演化过程的可控性。结果表明：温度、恒温时间、进样方式是影响中间相小球体生成的主要因素，能够控制生成中间相小球体粒径大小；温度升高或恒温时间延长均会加剧原料分子的热反应，促进中间相小球体的生成和融并；大面积的融并将使粒度迅速增加，部分球体解体，球体数目下降，最终形成体中间相；进样方式主要通过影响小球体演化过程中挥发性气体的逸出及原料颗粒间热传递效率影响小球体的生成和发展；氮气流速起到辅助调控作用；添加剂的加入促进了原料成核，加速了小球体的生成。     

使用邮件合并实现多条记录自动分类分页输出

该文介绍了如何利用EXCEL的基本操作和WORD的域和规则来实现邮件合并中多条记录的自动分类分页输出。     

基于可编程逻辑控制器的电镀工艺参数自动化监控

以可编程逻辑控制器(PLC)为控制核心,辅助相关执行元器件,对电镀过程中涉及的部分关键工艺参数实施自动化监控。分模块阐述了监控原理,并结合实验进行效果验证和评定。结果表明:应用PLC控制系统,可实现工艺参数自动化、实时、准确监控,并且可获得较理想的电镀质量。     

Optimal maintenance scheduling of a gas engine power plant using generalized disjunctive programming

A new continuous‐time model for long‐term scheduling of a gas engine power plant with parallel units is presented. Gas engines are shut down according to a regular maintenance plan that limits the number of hours spent online. To minimize salary expenditure with skilled labor, a single maintenance team is considered which is unavailable during certain periods of time. Other challenging constraints involve constant minimum and variable maximum power demands. The objective is to maximize the revenue from electricity sales assuming seasonal variations in electricity pricing by reducing idle times and shutdowns in high‐tariff periods. By first developing a generalized disjunctive programming model and then applying both big‐M and hull reformulation techniques, we reduce the burden of finding the appropriate set of mixed‐integer linear constraints. Through the solution of a real‐life problem, we show that the proposed formulations are very efficient computationally, while gaining valuable insights about the system. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 60: 2083–2097, 2014     

Catalytic Molecular Logic Devices by DNAzyme Displacement

Chemical reactions catalyzed by DNAzymes offer a route to programmable modification of biomolecules for therapeutic purposes. To this end, we have developed a new type of catalytic DNA‐based logic gates in which DNAzyme catalysis is controlled via toehold‐mediated strand displacement reactions. We refer to these as DNAzyme displacement gates. The use of toeholds to guide input binding provides a favorable pathway for input recognition, and the innate catalytic activity of DNAzymes allows amplification of nanomolar input concentrations. We demonstrate detection of arbitrary input sequences by rational introduction of mismatched bases into inhibitor strands. Furthermore, we illustrate the applicability of DNAzyme displacement to compute logic functions involving multiple logic gates. This work will enable sophisticated logical control of a range of biochemical modifications, with applications in pathogen detection and autonomous theranostics.     

Fuzzy‐sliding mode control of nonlinear smart base‐isolated building under earthquake excitation

In this paper, the effectiveness of the fuzzy sliding mode control strategy on three‐dimensional benchmark building with smart base isolation under seismic excitation has been examined. One of the appropriate control theories for such this nonlinear system is the sliding mode control theory; discontinuous sliding mode theory has weakness such as chattering phenomena. In this paper, we used a combination of fuzzy logic and sliding mode theory for the deletion of this defect. The proposed control theory has been scrutinized by applying on lately developed nonlinear three‐dimensional base‐isolated benchmark building. This building because of the three‐dimensional nature, coalescing of lateral and torsional responses, continuity of responses of the superstructure, and base is modeled with three degrees of freedom on every floor. In this building eight actuators assigned only at the base level and in the two directions (x, y). In other words, 16 actuators are located underneath the structure. Furthermore, the base isolation system has been modeled by considering lateral coupled equations for a better examination of the performance of the system. The results indicate that reduction of control performance is remarkable. Also, utilizing proposed control theory can decrease the responses of building in two main directions and, particularly, in the rotational degree of freedom.     

多电机机器人低成本神经脉冲PID控制研究

针对传统连续PID控制器并行使用导致资源访问阻塞,在单一设备内并行运行难以实现实时控制的问题,提出了一种基于神经脉冲的PID控制器,并实现了多电机的控制。该控制器将驱动和传感器信息作为脉冲,通过专门电路实时处理脉冲,实现了大规模的并行信息处理。实验结果证明了实现基于尖峰的控制器的可行性,且硬件要求较低,允许在大量并行控制器中复制该控制器,从而实现机器人实时控制。