Optimising clarification of carrot juice by bacterial crude pectinase

This study was undertaken to search for potential use of crude bacterial pectinase enzyme produced from Bacillus subtilis grown on hazelnut shell hydrolysate in clarification of carrot juice and to optimize the enzyme load, pH and time using the Box–Behnken response surface methodology (RSM). The carrot juice was treated with the crude pectinase enzyme (5.60 U mL^?1) at different concentrations (0.1–0.5%), pH (4–7), and time (2–6 h). The obtained enzyme was also compared with commercial fungal pectinase at identical conditions. RSM provided optimal clarification conditions of 0.5% (w/v) enzyme load, 7.0 pH, and 6 h of time estimating 100% clarity, whose experimental counterpart was 94.47 ± 0.01%. High values of coefficient of determination (R² = 0.9631), predicted R² (0.8989) and insignificant lack‐of‐fit (0.12) also showed that the model was successful in predicting % clarity for various combinations. This study also indicated that crude bacterial pectinase providing about 95% clarity is superior to commercial fungal pectinase, which gave 78% clarity under tested conditions, in terms of clarification ability for carrot juice.     

清洁压裂液在煤层气井压裂中的应用

清洁压裂液自1997年首次被斯伦贝谢公司研制出以来，已经在国内外油气井的压裂改造中取得了良好的效果。由于清洁压裂液易于彻底破胶、流变性好、携砂能力强，可以提高压裂规模且对地层伤害较小，中联煤层气有限责任公司在陕西省韩城地区选用清洁压裂液对煤层进行了压裂试验，共压裂3口井、8层煤层，施工成功率100%，并取得了良好的压裂效果，压完后的火把高度2～4 m，平均砂比均在30%以上，最高单层加砂68 m³，压后放喷液显示完全破胶（未添加任何破胶剂），放喷初期黏度一般低于10 mPa·s，放喷4 ｈ后黏度均低于5 mPa·s。此次清洁压裂液成功应用于煤层压裂改造在国内外尚属首次，为大规模改造煤层同时尽量降低煤层伤害提供了一条新的途径，文章对清洁压裂液及煤层特点所做的室内研究情况及现场应用情况进行了详细的介绍。     

基于阈值的脑白质纤维概率跟踪算法

概率跟踪算法仅对行走概率最大的方向进行跟踪,忽略了纤维走向概率较大的方向,且运算速度较慢。为此,提出一种基于阈值的快速概率跟踪算法。设定纤维走向的概率阈值,以找到更多交叉和分叉的纤维,在不影响纤维跟踪效果的情况下,对计算参数进行简化,从而提高运算速度。实验结果表明,与概率跟踪算法相比,该算法能更好地反映脑白质内神经纤维的分布情况,且缩短运算时间。     

基于交换式以太网的网络并行计算系统中通信性能的分析与测试

网络通信性能是影响网络并行计算的重要原因，而交换式网络的出现有助于改变这状况。本文定量地分析了基于交换式以太网的网络并行计算系统中的端到端通信和多目的发送两种通信方式的通信性能，并对一个典型的并行计算实例──并行距阵乘法进行了性能评测。通过与基于共享式以太网的网络并行计算系统中测试结果的对比，我们可以看出交换式以太网对改进网络并行计算性能的重要作用。     

Two approaches for solving the buffer allocation problem in unreliable production lines

This paper presents an integrated approach to solve the buffer allocation problem in unreliable production lines so as to maximize the throughput rate of the line with minimum total buffer size. The proposed integrated approach has two control loops; the inner loop and the outer loop. While the inner loop control includes an adaptive tabu search algorithm proposed by Demir et al. [8], binary search and tabu search are proposed for the outer loop. These nested loops aim at minimizing the total buffer size to achieve the desired throughput level. To improve the efficiency of the proposed tabu search, alternative neighborhood generation mechanisms are developed. The performances of the proposed algorithms are evaluated by extensive computational experimentation, and the results are reported.     

一种在扩散加权图像降噪中的算法

扩散加权图像中的噪声为莱斯噪声并且图像本身含有丰富的边界信息,因而要求对DWI图像有效降噪的同时,能够较好地保留图像的边界信息。由于BEMD算法可将图像分解为细节图像及余项图像,其所分解的细节图像包括DWI图像的边界信息以及主噪声,而余项图像则描述图像的趋势信息。因此,提出一种将二维经验模态分解算法与改进的维纳滤波器相结合的降噪算法,并将该算法应用于DWI图像的降噪中。通过实验,将所提出的算法与其他算法应用于DWI图像的降噪处理,并通过对结果的分析比较证明所提出的算法能够更有效地对DWI图像进行降噪处理。