Incorporating Actor-Critic in Monte Carlo tree search for symbolic regression

Neural Computing and Applications - Most traditional genetic programming methods that handle symbolic regression are random algorithms without memory and direction. They repeatedly search for the...     

Improved stability conditions for systems with interval time-varying delay

The paper is concerned with the stability of linear systems with interval time-varying delay. Through constructing a new augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) which contains some quadruple-integral terms and estimating the time derivative of the LKF less conservatively, new stability criteria are derived without introducing any free matrices. Moreover, by proving the positive definiteness of the LKF with some integral inequalities, the constraints on some functional parameters are relaxed and the conservatism of the obtained results are further reduced. Numerical examples are also given to demonstrate the effectiveness and reduced conservatism of the obtained results.     

电子和β射线两用外推电离室的研制

本文研制了一台测量电子束和β射线吸收剂量的外推电离室,其空腔室壁材料可拆换并分别与空气、组织和硅等效,收集电极名义直径为1.5、3、10和30mm,空气空腔可变范围为0.2～15mm。该外推电离室具有在空腔内部测温,自动改变窗口上方材料厚度及采用微型计算机控制等特点。适用于测10 MeV能量以下,剂量率为10~5～10~(-3)Gy/h的电子或β射线吸收剂量。整个外推电离室自动测剂量系统在测~(204)TLβ放射源表面剂量率的不确定度为2.3％。测1.5 MeV电子束在硅和哈密瓜深部剂量率时,不确定度分别为4.0％和2.8％。     

TiO2/MOFs的制备及污染物降解现状

TiO2是较为成熟的半导体光催化材料,但因TiO2分散性差、量子利用率低、比表面积小、难回收等问题难以工业化.多孔金属有机框架(MOFs)的引入可增强TiO2/MOFs复合材料的光吸收性能,提高电子-空穴对分离效率和提高回收率.基于TiO2/MOFs制备时前驱体添加顺序不同,综述了TiO2/MOFs的3种制备方法(即Ship-in-a-bottle法、Bottle-around-ship法、One-pot法)及TiO2/MOFs光催化机理与性能影响因素,并探讨不同MOFs与TiO2结合的作用机理.最后,对TiO2/MOFs存在的问题提出建议.     

大型薄壁铝铸件表面沟槽缺陷的产生及消除

针对大型薄壁铝铸件内腔表面出现的沟槽缺陷,从差压铸造、树脂砂、铸件结构等工艺条件方面探讨了产生的机理,并通过试验和对比研究,确定排气不畅是该缺陷的首要引发因素,找到了消除该缺陷的工艺方法,提出了相关预防措施,避免了因此产生的废品损失.     

NIT-Ph-p-BEN氮氧自由基的制备及催化降解性

以对醛基苯甲酸为原料，通过醛酸与2,3-二甲基-2,3-二羟胺基丁烷缩合，再经NaIO4氧化最终制得4-(4,4,5,5-四甲基-1,3-二氧化物)咪唑基-1-苯甲酸（NIT-Ph-p-BEN氮氧自由基）。采用FTIR、UV、ERP（电子顺磁共振波谱仪）和元素分析等对其结构进行表征；通过催化降解废水中有机染料甲基橙、甲基蓝和罗丹明B对其催化活性进行了评估。结果表明，当甲基橙、甲基蓝和罗丹明B浓度为15 mg/L，NIT-Ph-p-BEN质量浓度为0.15 g/L，H2O2浓度为30 mmol/L时，NIT-Ph-p-BEN对甲基橙有更好的催化降解性，仅在1 h内甲基橙的降解率达到94.26%。此外，反应机理表明，H2O2有助于实现NIT-Ph-p-BEN自由基的再生和循环利用。     

Synthesis and characterization of maltose fatty acid monoesters as biosurfactants

Maltose long-chain fatty acid esters (MFAE), esterified at the 6 and 6′ position, were synthesized with stearic, palmitic, myristic, and oleic groups. Synthesis yields were 15–20% based on initial maltose present, and structural confirmation was obtained using plasma desorption mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These surfactants have surface tensions in the range of 34–36 dyn/cm at their critical micelle concentrations (CMC) of approximately 10⁻⁵–10⁻⁶ mol/L. The increased chain lengths have a marked effect, reducing CMC values for MFAE by approximately three orders of magnitude over similar carbohydrate-based dodecyl chain sources. Within chain lengths between 14 and 18 carbons, the rate of change in CMC is significant and decreases with increasing chain length for MFAE. The melting points of MFAE are approximately 40°C, and the heat capacities range from 1.6 to 1.9 J/g·K. These numbers are comparable to those of sucrose esters, indicating their applicability in similar uses. However, because MFAE, unlike sucrose, possess an anomeric carbohydrate carbon position, these surfactants maintain their reducing nature and are susceptible to further derivatization. They are also synthesized from renewable, economical carbohydrates and lipids and may provide an excellent alternative to pertrochemical-derived products.     

A helical drive in-pipe robot based on compound planetary gearing

The modern society is fuelled by very comprehensive grids of gas and liquid pipelines. In recent years, various in-pipe robots have been developed for inspection and maintenance tasks inside such pipes. In this paper, a novel in-pipe robot is proposed and developed for gas/oil well interventions at thousands of meters downhole. Due to the nature of such intervention, in-pipe robot design must be capable of carrying a very large payload, as large as 2500?N inside a pipe with diameter as small as 54?mm. The proposed design concept is based on a compound planetary gearing system. One of the major novelties of this design is the use of pipe wall as a ring gear for one stage of the compound planetary gear system; the other novelty is the generation of helical angle when the planetary gears are expanded to press on the pipe wall. The proposed concept is compact, efficient, and has never been reported before. In this paper, the helical angle, the velocity, and load capability of the proposed system will be analyzed. The load transportation capability of the proposed robot is also measured based on an experiment. Initial data have shown great potential in carrying large payloads.     

Synthesis and self-assembly of hyperbranched polyester peripherally modified by touluene-4-sulfonyl groups

In this paper, hyperbranched polyesters (HPs) were synthesized in the molten state from 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl) propionic acid (bis-MPA) and 2-ethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol (TMP) using acid catalysis. The modified hyperbranched polyesters were obtained through the chemical modification of the hyperbranched polyester cores by substituting a controlled fraction of the terminal hydroxyl groups with touluene-4-sulfonyl chloride using triethylamine (TEA) as an acceptor of HCl. The resultant polyesters were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FT-IR, UV and GPC and their self-assembly behaviors were investigated. The results revealed that self-assembled structures could be formed in selected solvents (trichloromethane/acetone or trichloromethane/n-hexane).     

聚乙烯/石墨阻燃复合材料的研究

研究了石墨、可膨胀石墨、膨胀石墨 /聚乙烯复合材料的阻燃性能。结果表明 ,石墨具有一定的阻燃作用 ,可膨胀石墨具有良好的阻燃效果。但可膨胀石墨填充的复合材料力学性能较差