Twin screw granulation – review of current progress

Twin screw granulation (TSG) is a new process of interest to the pharmaceutical community that can continuously wet granulate powders, doing so at lower liquid concentrations and with better product consistency than found by a high shear batch mixer. A considerable body of research has evolved over the short time since this process was introduced but generally with little comparison of results. A certain degree of confidence has been developed through these studies related to how process variables and many attributes of machinery configuration will affect granulation but some major challenges still lay ahead related to scalability, variations in the processing regimes related to degree of channel fill and the impact of wetting and granulation of complex powder formulations. This review examines the current literature for wet granulation processes studied in twin screw extrusion machinery, summarizing the influences of operational and system parameters affecting granule properties as well as strives to provide some practical observations to newly interested users of the technique.     

Inverted pendulum stabilization: Characterization of codimension-three triple zero bifurcation via multiple delayed proportional gains

The paper considers the problem of stabilization of systems possessing a multiple zero eigenvalue at the origin. The controller that we propose, uses multiple delayed measurements instead of derivative terms. Doing so, we increase the performances of the closed loop in presence of system uncertainties and/or noisy measurements. The problem formulation and the analysis is presented through a classical engineering problem which is the stabilization of an inverted pendulum on a cart moving horizontally. On one hand, we perform a nonlinear analysis of the center dynamics described by a three dimensional system of ordinary differential equations with a codimension-three triple zero bifurcation. On the other hand, we present the complementary stability analysis of the corresponding linear time invariant system with two delays describing the behavior around the equilibrium. The aim of this analysis is to characterize the possible local bifurcations. Finally, the proposed control scheme is numerically illustrated and discussed.     

The factorial structure of the Dutch translation of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems: A test of the long and short versions.

In this article, the authors study the factorial structure of 2 versions (64 items and 32 items) of the Dutch translation of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP; L. M. Horowitz, L. E. Alden, J. S. Wiggins, & A. L. Pincus, 2000) in both a clinical sample (n = 382) and a student sample (n = 287). First, the authors test whether both inventories are constituted by correlated uni-dimensional subscales, and they conclude that this is true only for the short version. Second, the authors study whether the correlations between the subscales follow a circumplex pattern. This proves to be true for both versions. Coefficients alpha and correlations between the IIP-64 and IIP-32 subscales are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

铁路电力试验车软件的设计与实现

介绍了铁路电力试验车软件的设计思想、框架结构及其总体控制策略 ,并就其中的测试程序、数据库管理系统、串口通讯程序、复杂式样报表生成和系统安装程序的设计策略作了叙述。     

Least-squares integration of one-dimensional codistributions with application to approximate feedback linearization

We study the problem of approximating one-dimensional nonintegrable codistributions by integrable ones and apply the resulting approximations to approximate feedback linearization of single-input systems. The approach derived in this paper allows a linearizable nonlinear system to be found that is close to the given system in a least-squares (L ₂) sense. A linearly controllable single-input affine nonlinear system is feedback linearizable if and only if its characteristic distribution is involutive (hence integrable) or, equivalently, any characteristic one-form (a one-form that annihilates the characteristic distribution) is integrable. We study the problem of finding (least-squares approximate) integrating factors that make a fixed characteristic one-form close to being exact in anL ₂ sense. A given one-form can be decomposed into exact and inexact parts using the Hodge decomposition. We derive an upper bound on the size of the inexact part of a scaled characteristic one-form and show that a least-squares integrating factor provides the minimum value for this upper bound. We also consider higher-order approximate integrating factors that scale a nonintegrable one-form in a way that the scaled form is closer to being integrable inL ₂ together with some derivatives and derive similar bounds for the inexact part. This allows a linearizable nonlinear system that is close to the given system in a least-squares (L ₂) sense together with some derivatives to be found. The Sobolev embedding techniques allow us to obtain an upper bound on the uniform (L _∞) distance between the nonlinear system and its linearizable approximation. This research was supported in part by NSF under Grant PYI ECS-9396296, by AFOSR under Grant AFOSR F49620-94-1-0183, and by a grant from the Hughes Aircraft Company.     

Electronic data acquisition forms in construction management

Effective management of construction projects depends on good access to and control of data, especially data pertaining to cost and schedule control functions. However, the proper design and development of automated mechanisms have not had the facility to acquire and store quality data in a timely manner. The purpose of this paper, then, is to discuss a prototype, automated data acquisition system that was developed to support an integrated project management system. The data acquisition system is composed of an integrated set of electronic forms used in conjunction with a bar coding data-entry tool.     

论Oxymoron 及其翻译法

英语的Oxymoron和Paradox都属于矛盾修辞的范畴,两者与汉语的反衬辞格颇为相似.通过大量的实例对英语语言中矛盾修辞的结构形式、语用功能分析与探讨后,揭示了矛盾修辞手段所表现的字面上似乎矛盾、互相排斥、互相对立的概念,发现其实际中所蕴含着令人深省的深刻哲理的一些语言现象,并对这一辞格的翻译方法进行了探讨.     

实施施工阶段建设监理的全过程管理

为使工程建设监理纳入规范化和程序化的管理，通过工程建设监理实践，我们归纳出了监理工作中的几点具体作法，可供从事工程建设监理方面的有关人员参考。     

On formalism and stability of switched systems

In this paper,we formulate a uniform mathematical framework for studying switched systems with piecewise linear partitioned state space and state dependent switching.Based on known results from the the...     

1900～1939年间服装设计与现代艺术的同构现象及其对当下服装设计的启示

文章试图还原西方社会在1900～1939年这一特殊阶段的历史真实,分析当时的服装设计与现代艺术的相互关系及其所反映的文化内涵,提出服装设计师在设计实践中,应关注社会思潮、艺术等方方面面,从时代的艺术中获得灵感,最大可能地发挥想象力及创造力。