Background and foreground interaction: Influence of complementary colors on the search task

Labels are indispensable visual (communication) elements that completely deliver the geospatial message of maps. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of complementary colors between the map's background and text on the readability of cartographic texts and thus on the efficiency of the map user's search task. This is compared with the use of the “traditional” black labels on the corresponding colored backgrounds. Furthermore, a number of user characteristics, such as gender and expertise, are taken into account as well. The users' eye movements were registered to study their attentive behavior during the visual search task. In addition to the complement of the color's hue, the analyses were based on the difference in luminance, which could also affect the labels' readability. The difference between the black and colored label design was significantly different versus the eye‐tracking metrics. A correlation was found between the color difference and reaction time measurement and between the luminance difference and fixation duration. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 40, 437–445, 2015     

Novel Flexible Electrochemical Microreactor and its Validation by Three Model Electrosyntheses

A novel flexible electrochemical microreactor has been developed. Flexibility is reached by a modular design, suitability for a broad process parameter range including high pressure operation, and accessibility of production scale. Selected reactor aspects have been validated by applying the reactor to three different electrosyntheses: synthesis of tailor-made mixtures of paraffins by Kolbe electrolysis, cation flow method, and synthesis of peroxodicarbonate. High conversion rates, yields, selectivities, and Faraday efficiency levels have been observed, showing precise process control.     

Terminal Mannose Residues in Seminal Plasma Glycoproteins of Infertile Men Compared to Fertile Donors

The impact of seminal plasma components on the fertilization outcomes in humans is still under question. The increasing number of couples facing problems with conception raises the need for predictive biomarkers. Detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms accompanying fertilization remains another challenge. Carbohydrate–protein recognition may be of key importance in this complex field. In this study, we analyzed the unique glycosylation pattern of seminal plasma proteins, the display of high-mannose and hybrid-type oligosaccharides, by means of their reactivity with mannose-specific Galanthus nivalis lectin. Normozoospermic infertile subjects presented decreased amounts of lectin-reactive glycoepitopes compared to fertile donors and infertile patients with abnormal semen parameters. Glycoproteins containing unveiled mannose were isolated in affinity chromatography, and 17 glycoproteins were identified in liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization. The N-glycome of the isolated glycoproteins was examined in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. Eleven out of 27 identified oligosaccharides expressed terminal mannose residues, responsible for lectin binding. We suggest that lowered content of high-mannose and hybrid type glycans in normozoospermic infertile patients may be associated with impaired sperm protection from preterm capacitation and should be considered in the search for new infertility markers.     

极薄带轧制过程的晶体塑性有限元分析

极薄带轧制过程中,当轧件厚度降低到与晶粒尺寸同一量级时,其变形在很大程度上受到晶粒形态和取向等内部组织状态的影响,传统塑性理论不能直接用于微观塑性成形的分析。介绍了采用晶体塑性有限元方法对极薄带轧制过程所做的研究,如轧件厚度和晶粒尺寸对轧制变形的影响、塑性变形时滑移系的激活和运动等。     

SEM and EDS investigation of a pyrolytic carbon covered C/C composite maxillofacial implant retrieved from the human body after 8 years

The long term effect of the human body on a pyrolytic carbon covered C/C composite maxillofacial implant (CarBulat^Tm) was investigated by comparing the structure, the surface morphology and composition of an implant retrieved after 8 years to a sterilized, but not implanted one. Although the thickness of the carbon fibres constituting the implants did not change during the 8 year period, the surface of the implant retrieved was covered with a thin surface layer not present on the unimplanted implant. The composition of this layer is identical to the composition of the underlying carbon fibres. Calcium can only be detected on the surface as a trace element implying that the new layer is not formed by bone tissue. Residual soft tissue penetrating the bulk material between the carbon fibre bunches was found on the retrieved implant indicating the importance of the surface morphology in tissue growth and adhering to implants.     

Thermomechanical material parameters characterization of the superalloy PN 3601669-7 under low-velocity impacts

This work concerns the characterization of the thermodynamic behavior of the superalloy Airsist 215 (PN 3601669-7) containing cobalt. Such superalloys are used in aeronautical construction, in the hot parts of the turbine. They are frequently used for the production of the paddles. The parts in service are subjected to dynamic solicitations and thermal fluctuations over the course of time. They are responsible for modification and degradation of material properties. This can lead to the appearance of cracks and, in the long term, to the rupture of these parts. In this paper, a preliminary physical study is made on the appearance of the cracks, followed by experiments using shocks at ambient temperature and under a heating situation which simulates combustion. It is found that these dynamic loads have a significant impact on the development of the cracks that appear on the segments of the turbine nozzle. The study is devoted to the elastic shock of Hertz-Boussinesq extended to viscoelastic bodies by direct convolution of Riemann-Stielges. The interest resides in the local convolution and the distribution of stresses in the contact zone. The shock excitation method includes a deduced force in the load and disload phases. This force is an impulse which approaches a Dirac function. The sample can be modeled approximately by a system of one degree of freedom for natural frequency, damping and transfer function. The spectral response of the specified shock allows calculation of the damping. Every point of this spectrum gives the response for the linear system of the transfer function. Then, viscoelastic shock parameters are deduced.     

脉冲电沉积法制备Al基Pb—WC—Ce02复合惰性阳极

为了制备性能优良的Al基Pb—WC—CeO：惰性阳极材料,考察了WC、CeO：颗粒浓度对阴极极化的影响,正向脉冲参数、温度和搅拌对沉积速率以及复合镀层表面形貌的影响,并研究了其在锌电解液中的耐蚀性能,确定了脉冲电沉积制备Al基Pb-WC-C02复合镀层的最佳工艺条件：基础镀铅液中添加40g／LWC（粒径1斗m）,30g...     

45钢外加直流电场粉末法铝硅共渗工艺及渗层性能

为了节能、快速共渗铝硅,以45钢为基材,在介质与试样间施加一定强度直流电场,进行固体粉末铝硅共渗,并对处理试样的高温抗氧化性和耐蚀性进行研究。采用金相显微镜和XRD分析了铝硅共渗层的组织特点在800℃下,研究了渗层的抗氧化性能;于10％H2SO4中研究了渗层的耐蚀性。结果表明：直流电场可降低铝硅共渗加热温度,提高渗速;...     

基于弯曲板波的延迟线振荡器的ANSYS仿真

针对复合板结构中弯曲板波谐振频率计算相对复杂的问题,建立并分析了基于弯曲板波延迟线振荡器的理论模型,计算得到A0(0阶反对称)模式板波的谐振频率为41 MHz;为了验证理论分析的结果,利用有限元软件ANSYS建立了基于弯曲板波的延迟线振荡器的3D有限元模型,并对其进行了谐响应分析以及瞬态动力学分析。谐响应分析得到A0模式的谐振频率为37.2 MHz,与理论计算结果的相对误差为9.3%;瞬态动力学分析得到A0模式的谐振频率为39.1 MHz,与理论计算结果的相对误差为4.6%。计算和仿真为基于弯曲板波的延迟线振荡器的结构设计提供了重要的依据。