Advancing controlled release packaging through smart blending

Researchers from Rutgers University and Clemson University have collaborated to develop a concept of using smart blending to generate functional packaging films for the controlled release of active compounds such as antimicrobials, antioxidants and flavour compounds to extend the shelf‐life of food. In this paper, literature results are reviewed to justify the significance of controlled release packaging (CRP) and the research gaps for further development are identified. A major research gap is the lack of packaging materials that can provide the release of active compounds at rates suitable for a wide range of food packaging applications. Smart blending is a promising technology for bridging this research gap. To fully realize the potentials of smart blending, a systematic approach for developing CRP using smart blending is also presented. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

磷石膏的微量组分及其对水泥凝结、水化和硬化的影响

借助差热分析、热失重、X射线衍射和扫描电镜等测试手段,分析了磷石膏的微量组分,研究了磷石膏对硅酸盐水泥物理性能及水化过程和水化产物的影响,进而探讨了磷石膏对水泥单矿物的水化作用机理。     

认识隐患预防事故

事故隐患是客观存在的，不论你是否承认，是否意识到，它都存在于企业的生产全过程，而且对员工的人身安全，国家的财产安全和企业的生存、发展都直接构成威胁。正确认识隐患的特征，对熟悉和掌握隐患产生的原因，及时研究并落实防范对策是十分重要的。下面就这方面的问题，谈一点粗浅认识。     

双阳煤在PKM气化炉试烧总结

介绍了在PKM气化炉中弱粘结性双阳煤的试烧情况,并给出了主要工艺参数控制范围。试烧结果表明:依兰煤中配入50%双阳煤,汽氧比6.0:1时,气化炉工况良好。     

Robust finite-time boundedness of multi-agent systems subject to parametric uncertainties and disturbances

In this paper, we consider finite-time control problems for linear multi-agent systems subject to exogenous constant disturbances and impulses. Some sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure the finite-time boundedness of the multi-agent systems, which could be then reduced to a feasibility problem involving linear matrix inequalities. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the results.     

减税如何影响企业高质量创新?——基于中国上市公司的实证研究

以高质量创新促进中国经济高质量发展是贯彻新发展理念的重要途径,企业是市场的主体也应当成为技术创新的主体。近年来的减税政策是否推动企业高质量创新成为值得关注的议题。基于2011-2019年沪深A股上市公司面板数据,采用渐进式双重差分模型,以固定资产加速折旧政策为例,探究了减税对企业高质量创新产生的影响。研究表明：(1)减税显著推动了企业高质量创新的发展,该结论经过一系列稳健性检验后依旧成立;(2)减税主要通过“外延扩张”推动企业高质量创新,政策实施后新增的创新产出数量是推动企业创新质量提升的主要机制,但该政策未能“纵向深化”原有创新的质量,平均专利质量并未提升;(3)减税对企业高质量创新的影响存在异质性效果,其对非制造、规模较大以及存续时间较长企业的激励效果更佳。鉴于此,政府应继续实施减税政策,同时为了发挥更为广泛的激励效应,也应做出诸如增强减税普惠性、分层次有针对性地优惠以及注重政策组合效应等调整。     

目标与机会平衡规划法

提出一种目标与机会平衡规划法．基于待决策问题的有效决策前沿曲线形状的全局信息,通过权衡决策目标收益和实现机会两个因素的数值关系以及二者沿有效决策前沿曲线变化速度的对比关系,最大限度地提高决策效用．该方法能以更合理、更全面、更灵活的方式分析处理随机优化问题,有效解决期望值模型、机会约束规划法和相关机会规划法之间的矛盾．最后通过算例表明了所提出方法的主要特点和有效性．     

Roles of AGD2a in Plant Development and Microbial Interactions of Lotus japonicus

Arabidopsis AGD2 (Aberrant Growth and Death2) and its close homolog ALD1 (AGD2-like defense response protein 1) have divergent roles in plant defense. We previously reported that modulation of salicylic acid (SA) contents by ALD1 affects numbers of nodules produced by Lotus japonicus, but AGD2′s role in leguminous plants remains unclear. A combination of enzymatic analysis and biological characterization of genetic materials was used to study the function of AGD2 (LjAGD2a and LjAGD2b) in L. japonicus. Both LjAGD2a and LjAGD2b could complement dapD and dapE mutants of Escherichia coli and had aminotransferase activity in vitro. ljagd2 plants, with insertional mutations of LjAGD2, had delayed flowering times and reduced seed weights. In contrast, overexpression of LjAGD2a in L. japonicus induced early flowering, with increases in seed and flower sizes, but reductions in pollen fertility and seed setting rates. Additionally, ljagd2a mutation resulted in increased expression of nodulin genes and corresponding increases in infection threads and nodule numbers following inoculation with Rhizobium. Changes in expression of LjAGD2a in L. japonicus also affected endogenous SA contents and hence resistance to pathogens. Our results indicate that LjAGD2a functions as an LL-DAP aminotransferase and plays important roles in plant development. Moreover, LjAGD2a activates defense signaling via the Lys synthesis pathway, thereby participating in legume–microbe interaction.