Bearing performance degradation assessment based on lifting wavelet packet decomposition and fuzzy c-means

Bearing performance degradation assessment is crucial to realize condition-based maintenance. In this paper, a new method for it is proposed based on lifting wavelet packet decomposition and fuzzy c-means. Feature vectors are composed of the node energies of lifting wavelet packet decomposition. Normal and final failure data are used as training samples to build assessment model utilizing fuzzy c-means, and the subjection of tested data to normal state is defined as the degradation indicator, which has intuitionistics explanation related to degradation degree. Results of its application to accelerated bearing life test show that this indicator can reflect effectively performance degradation of bearing. And after discussing the influence of outliers in training set, a robust strategy is proposed.     

消火栓按钮的设置和接线

通过分析试验和检查用消火栓的功能要求,指出该处消火栓设置按钮的必要性,从防雷电电磁脉冲角度提出了试验和检查用消火栓按钮的设置原则;通过对设计上常用的消火栓按钮接线方式的分析,提出了消火栓按钮接线的最佳方案。     

Biochemical characteristics and thermal inhibition kinetics of polyphenol oxidase extracted from Thompson seedless grape

Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) was isolated from Thompson seedless grape (Vitis vinifera ‘Thompson Seedless’), and its biochemical characteristics were studied. The PPO showed activity to catechol and D, L-DOPA, but not towards monophenol l-Tyrosine, diphenols guaiacol and caffeic acid, and triphenols pyrogallic acid and gallic acid. Apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (K _m) and maximum velocity of the reaction (V _max) values were 45.0 ± 0.05 mM and 500.0 ± 15.3 OD_400 nm/min for catechol, and 34.6 ± 0.03 mM and 384.6 ± 11.7 OD_478 nm/min for D, L-DOPA, respectively. The obtained similar specificity values of V _max/K _m ratio of catechol and D, L-DOPA indicated their similar affinity to Thompson seedless PPO. The most effective inhibitor was l-cysteine, followed in decreasing order by ascorbic acid, sodium metabisulfite, EDTA, NaCl, and citric acid. It was discovered that metal ions of Mg²⁺ and Cu²⁺ increased, while Zn²⁺ and K⁺ reduced the PPO activity. Sugars showed inhibition on the PPO activity, with higher effect by sucrose and lower effect by fructose and glucose. Optimum pH and temperature for grape PPO activity were 6.0 and 25 °C with 10 mM catechol as substrate. The enzyme was heat stable between 10 and 25 °C, but showed significant activity loss at temperatures higher than 40 °C and completely inactivation at 70 °C for 10 min. Thermal inactivation of PPO showed a first-order kinetic with an activation energy (E _a) of 146.1 ± 10.8 kJ/mol at pH 6.0.     

The p53-, Bax- and p21-dependent inhibition of colon cancer cell growth by 5-hydroxy polymethoxyflavones

Scope: Previously, we reported that 5‐hydroxy polymethoxyflavones (5OH‐PMFs) isolated from orange, namely 5‐hydroxy‐6,7,8,3′,4′‐pentamethoxyflavone, 5‐hydroxy‐3,6,7,8,3′,4′‐hexamethoxyflavone (5HHMF) and 5‐hydroxy‐6,7,8,4′‐tetramethoxyflavone (5HTMF), potently induced apoptosis and cell‐cycle arrest in multiple human colon cancer cells. Herein, using isogenic variants of HCT116 human colon cancer cells, we investigated the effects of p53, Bax and p21 on the apoptosis and cell‐cycle arrest induced by different 5OH‐PMFs. Methods and results: Annexin V/PI co‐staining assay demonstrated that 5HHMF and 5HTMF significantly induced apoptosis in HCT116 (p53^+/+) cells but not in HCT116 (p53^?/?) cells. Furthermore, 5HHMF and 5HTMF significantly induced apoptosis in HCT116 (Bax^+/?) cells, whereas their pro‐apoptotic effects on HCT116 (Bax^?/?) cells were marginal. All three 5OH‐PMFs increased G0/G1 cell population of HCT116 (p53^+/+) cells, and these effects were abolished in HCT116 (p53^?/?) and HCT116 (p21^?/?) cells. Immunoblotting analysis showed that 5HHMF and 5HTMF increased the levels of cleaved caspase‐3, cleaved PARP in both HCT116 (p53^+/+) and HCT116 (Bax^+/?) cells and these effects were much weaker in HCT116 (p53^?/?) and HCT116 (Bax^?/?) cells. Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that 5OH‐PMFs, especially 5HHMF and 5HTMF, induce apoptosis and cell‐cycle arrest by p53‐, Bax‐ and p21‐dependent mechanism.     

Effects of explosion puffing on the nutritional composition and digestibility of grains

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of explosion puffing on the nutritional composition, physical properties, and digestibility of grains including millet, barley, black rice, rice, glutinous rice, and wheat. Explosion puffing of grains resulted in the nutritional composition with higher total sugar content and lower moisture, starch and fat contents. Although the protein content scarcely changed comparing with the untreated grains, the solubility declined significantly. Moreover, explosion puffing could significantly improve the physical properties including the water absorption index, water solubility index and gelatinization degree. The in vitro digestion experiment was employed to investigate the influences of explosion puffing on the starch hydrolysis rate and free amino acid content, and it was indicated that the digestibility of the starch and protein in grains was highly improved. The results demonstrated that explosion puffing is a suitable technique to improve the physical properties and digestibility of grains, which provided the theoretic foundation for the use of explosion puffing technology in coarse cereal processing.     

食品相变蓄冷剂的配方优化及应用

对KCl溶液、NaCl溶液作为食品相变蓄冷剂的配方进行优化,通过添加人工晶核改善蓄冷剂的过冷性能,并筛选合适的蓄冷载体.结果显示:1％ SiO2和0.1％ CuS能够较好地减少KCl溶液的过冷现象,3％四硼酸钠(Na2B4O7)能较好地改善NaCl溶液的过冷现象,它们都可以用作相变蓄冷剂的人工晶核.SAP(超吸水性树脂...     

Antimicrobial activity of nobiletin and tangeretin against Pseudomonas

The inhibitory activities of two polymethoxylated flavone (PMFs) monomers (nobiletin and tangeretin) have been investigated against Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas aeruginosain vitro. The effects on cell morphology, the release of cell constituents, the synthesis of proteins and the activities of key dehydrogenase were examined to elucidate their antibacterial mechanism. The concentration of transaminase and reducing sugar in bacterial solutions increased significantly when treated with nobiletin and tangeretin. Electron microscopy showed that the structure of the bacterial cells was destroyed and accompanied with induced cells plasmolysis. Nobiletin and tangeretin also inhibited the activities of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH), and reduced proteins synthesis in bacterial cells. It is proposed that nobiletin and tangeretin destroyed the permeability of the cell membrane, with release of the cell constituents, leading to metabolic dysfunction, inhibition of protein synthesis, and eventually to cell pyknosis and death.     

高压气淬设备与工艺

简要介绍了气体淬火介质及ECM气体淬火设备的特性,同时介绍了ECM气体分级淬火工艺的原理,并结合实际生产案例,论述了分级气淬工艺较普通气淬工艺的优越性。     

几种过渡金属穴合物的合成及其表征

报道了8种新型双核穴合物的合成,通过1HNMR、ES-MS、IR以及元素分析对其结构进行了确证.结果证明,[Cu2L](ClO4)2·MeCN具有螺旋结构,其他双核穴合物中SCN-或OH-离子与金属离子配位.     

植物甾醇酯的绿色合成技术研究

研究了植物甾醇与脂肪酸直接酯化合成植物甾醇酯的绿色化学合成工艺.试验筛选得到了安全、绿色、高效的催化剂ZnO.脂肪酸选择性试验表明ZnO对大多脂肪酸没有明显的选择性,但优先作用亚油酸,而对硬脂酸活性不高.较优的工艺条件为:ZnO用量为0.5%,油酸与甾醇的摩尔比为2:1.反应温度170℃,氮气保护,反应时间8 h,此条件下反应酯化率为95.2%,反式脂肪酸的生成也得到了明显的抑制.