Association of size‐fractionated indoor particulate matter and black carbon with heart rate variability in healthy elderly women in Beijing

Associations between size‐fractionated indoor particulate matter (PM) and black carbon (BC) and heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate (HR) in elderly women remain unclear. Twenty‐nine healthy elderly women were measured for 24‐hour HRV/HR indices. Real‐time size‐fractionated indoor PM and BC were monitored on the same day and on the preceding day. Mixed‐effects models were applied to investigate the associations between pollutants and HRV/HR indices. Increases in size‐fractionated indoor PM were significantly associated with declines in power in the high‐frequency band (HF), power in the low‐frequency band (LF), and standard deviation of all NN intervals (SDNN). The largest decline in HF was 19% at 5‐minute moving average for an interquartile range (IQR) increase (24 μg/m³) in PM_0.5. The results showed that smaller particles could lead to greater reductions in HRV indices. The reported associations were modified by body mass index (BMI): Declines in HF at 5‐minute average for an IQR increase in PM_0.5 were 34.5% and 1.0% for overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m²) and normal‐weight (BMI <25 kg/m²) participants, respectively. Moreover, negative associations between BC and HRV indices were found to be significant in overweight participants. Increases in size‐fractionated indoor PM and BC were associated with compromised cardiac autonomic function in healthy elderly women, especially overweight ones.     

Asynchronous Switching Control of Discrete-time Linear System Based on Mode-dependent Average Dwell Time

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - In this paper, we investigate the problem of asynchronous switching control for discrete-time linear systems with mode-dependent average...     

Revealing Electrical-Poling-Induced Polarization Potential in Hybrid Perovskite Photodetectors

Despite recent rapid advances in metal halide perovskites for use in optoelectronics, the fundamental understanding of the electrical-poling-induced ion migration, accounting for many unusual attributes and thus performance in perovskite-based devices, remain comparatively elusive. Herein, the electrical-poling-promoted polarization potential is reported for rendering hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite photodetectors with high photocurrent and fast response time, displaying a tenfold enhancement in the photocurrent and a twofold decrease in the response time after an external electric field poling. First, a robust meniscus-assisted solution-printing strategy is employed to facilitate the oriented perovskite crystals over a large area. Subsequently, the electrical poling invokes the ion migration within perovskite crystals, thus inducing a polarization potential, as substantiated by the surface potential change assessed by Kelvin probe force microscopy. Such electrical-poling-induced polarization potential is responsible for the markedly enhanced photocurrent and largely shortened response time. This work presents new insights into the electrical-poling-triggered ion migration and, in turn, polarization potential as well as into the implication of the latter for optoelectronic devices with greater performance. As such, the utilization of ion-migration-produced polarization potential may represent an important endeavor toward a wide range of high-performance perovskite-based photodetectors, solar cells, transistors, scintillators, etc.     

Preparation and characterization of multilayer Gd2O2S:Tb phosphor screen for X-ray detection application

Gd2O2S:Tb (GOS) phosphor screen, generally with a multilayer structure, has been widely used in digital X-ray imaging. GOS phosphor screen is fabricated via a slip casting route, which is an effective method to obtain multilayer composites with good strength. The GOS slurry was prepared using the menhaden oil, polyvinyl butyral and PEG-400 as dispersant, binder and plasticizer, respectively, and slip casted on a support layer. After the GOS scintillation layer is formed, a transparent polyethylene terephthalate film is covered on it as a protective layer. The X-ray excited emission spectra of the obtained GOS phosphor screen is well match to the spectral response of a-Si:H photodiode, and the spatial resolution was close to 3.7 LP/mm, which could meet the request of the commercial application.     

螺纹量规的数字化检测方法

螺纹量规是判定螺纹紧固件合格与否的重要量具,其几何参数的精确测量具有重要意义。利用螺纹综合测量仪完成了螺纹量规的数字化测量试验,分析得出该方法的测量结果准确,精度可靠。同时对螺纹综合测量仪测量中径的不确定度进行了评定,为螺纹量规的测量质量提供了参考依据。     

植物浸取剂原地浸出离子型稀土矿中试模拟

分别以“散样重装”和保持矿体原样的离子型稀土矿为原料，开展植物浸取剂浸出稀土的小试和“原地浸出”中试模拟试验。探讨了试验动力学，探索了植物浸取剂浓度和用量对浸出的影响，并它的渗透性和浸取性能与硫酸铵为浸出剂时的进行了对比。结果表明，植物浸取剂浸出稀土过程的动力学符合“收缩未反应核模型”；128.2 kg浓度为2%植物浸取剂浸出451 kg稀土矿是合适的；保持矿体原样的稀土矿渗透性较差，植物浸取剂的水平平均渗透速度、垂直平均渗透速度、浸出率分别为0.141 cm/min、0.213 cm/min、94.40%，均好于硫酸铵的。     

Influence of Negative Pressure Gradient on Pressure Distribution and Gas-Solid Flow Pattern of Solid Feed Systems

A series of experiments on a solid feed system was performed to investigate the effect of negative pressure gradient on the gas-solid flow pattern and hydrodynamic characteristics.Based on the non-fluidized gas-solid two phase flow and particulate mechanics in the standpipe,a method for predicting the pressure of the air passing through the recycle chamber and the pressure drop through the loop seal slit in these systems is also presented.The predicted pressure profile along the negative pressure gradient from the proposed model exhibits a good agreement with the experimental data.The experimental data show that the gas flow in the standpipe is always upward in the negative pressure gradients,while the direction ofthe superficial gas velocity through the recycle chamber of the loop seal does not affect the pressure drop in standpipe.It increases with an increasing negative pressure gradient.     

Strengthening mechanisms in magnesium alloys containing ternary Ⅰ,W and LPSO phases

This study was aimed at identifying underlying strengthening mechanisms and predicting the yield strength of as-extruded Mg-Zn-Y alloys with varying amounts of yttrium(Y) element. The addition of Y resulted in the formation of ternary I(Mg_3 YZn_6), W(Mg_3 Y_2 Zn_3) and LPSO(Mg_(12) YZn) phases which subsequently reinforced alloys ZM31 + 0.3 Y, ZM31 + 3.2 Y and ZM31 + 6 Y, where the value denoted the amount of Y element(in wt%). Yield strength of the alloys was determined via uniaxial compression testing, and grain size and second-phase particles were characterized using OM and SEM. In-situ high-temperature XRD was performed to determine the coefficient of thermal expansion(CTE), which was derived to be 1.38 × 10~(-5 K~(-1) and 2.35 × 10~(-5) K~(-1) for W and LPSO phases, respectively. The individual strengthening effects in each material were quantified for the first time, including grain refinement, Orowan looping, thermal mismatch, dislocation density, load-bearing, and particle shearing contributions. Grain refinement was one of the major strengthening mechanisms and it was present in all the alloys studied,irrespective of the second-phase particles. Orowan looping and CTE mismatch were the predominant strengthening mechanisms in the ZM31 + 0.3 Y and ZM31 + 3.2 Y alloys containing I and W phases, respectively, while load-bearing and second-phase shearing were the salient mechanisms contributing largely to the superior yield strength of the LPSO-reinforced ZM31 + 6 Y alloy.