Retrofit of RC hollow piers with CFRP sheets

Hollow bridge piers, particularly those built before the seventies, often have insufficient shear capacity due to inadequate transverse reinforcement details. Therefore, special attention must be given to this very important aspect when reinforced concrete (RC) piers with hollow sections are analysed and retrofitted. This paper covers the experimental analysis of retrofit solutions using CFRP sheets along the piers’ entire height to prevent shear failure. Experimental cyclic tests were carried out to evaluate the shear retrofit strategy efficiency on a set of RC piers with square hollow sections. This work also covers the study of design procedures for CFRP shear retrofitting and the evaluation of the associated ductility capacity improvement. The various transverse reinforcement detailing scenarios were assessed to determine their shear-failure prevention efficiency. The corresponding cyclic response behavior was also evaluated. The most relevant experimental information is presented in the paper, such as the evolution of the outer damage pattern. Finally, shear retrofit solutions, with a 40% increase over the maximum flexural force, show that this strategy is adequate to allow satisfactory ductility behavior.     

A hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive based on styrene–butadiene–styrene rubber. The effect of adhesive composition on the properties

Hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesives based on styrene-butadiene block copolymers with aliphatic and aromatic tackifying resins and plastifying oils have been analyzed. The importance of the resin structure in the compatibility with the block copolymer and the influence of the different paraffinic-naphthenic character of the oil in PSA performance have been shown. Ternary systems with a fixed polymer content (30%) and with variable resin and oil contents show a good miscibility over the whole range of compositions, and only one glass transition temperature was found in each composition. The relationship between chemical composition and bulk performance are expressed in terms of the visco-elastic behavior of the adhesives, measured by DMTA. It has been shown that at a given resin content there is a minimum on tan δ peak vs. temperature, the melt viscosities present a plateau region and the tack strength shows a maximum. An important conclusion is that phase separation is not a requirement for maximum tack; some restricted miscibility is enough, present in a few microdomains of the blend. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Histamine H4 Receptor Agonism Induces Antitumor Effects in Human T-Cell Lymphoma

The discovery of the human histamine H4 receptor (H4R) has contributed to our understanding of the role of histamine in numerous physiological and pathological conditions, including tumor development and progression. The lymph nodes of patients with malignant lymphomas have shown to contain high levels of histamine, however, less is known regarding the expression and function of the H4R in T-cell lymphoma (TCL). In this work we demonstrate the expression of H4R isoforms (mRNA and protein) in three human aggressive TCL (OCI-Ly12, Karpas 299, and HuT78). Histamine and specific H4R agonists (VUF8430 and JNJ28610244) significantly reduced cell viability in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.05). The combined treatment with the H4R antagonist (JNJ7777120, 10 µM) reversed the effects of the H4R ligands. Importantly, we screened a drug repurposing library of 433 FDA-approved compounds (1 μM) in combination with histamine (10 μM) in Hut78 cells. Histamine produced a favorable antitumor effect with 18 of these compounds, including the histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat. Apoptosis, proliferation, and oxidative stress studies confirmed the antitumoral effects of the combination. We conclude that the H4R is expressed in TCL, and it is involved in histamine-mediated responses.     

碳/碳复合材料切削表面粗糙度的评定方法及评定参数研究

通过对航空航天领域应用的碳,碳（C／C）复合材料和硬铝材料切削表面进行三维表面粗糙度测量实验,研究了C／C复合材料切削表面粗糙度的二维评定与三维评定方法、幅度表征参数及分形表征。结果表明：对于C／C一类的复合材料需选用三维评定参数才能准确表达其切削表面粗糙度的真实特征;表面均方根偏差比表面算术平均偏差更适合作为C／C复合材料切削表面粗糙度的幅度评定参数,表面粗糙度的三维标准应优先选用表面均方根偏差作为评定参数;表面分形维数可作为C／C复合材料切削表面粗糙度的表征参数之一。     

基于模糊控制技术的分布式入侵检测系统

模糊控制技术在工业控制等众多领域已得到了广泛的应用,其理论和技术已经较为成熟。为进一步提高网络系统的安全性,将模糊控制理论应用于分布式入侵检测系（distributed intrusion detection system,DIDS）中,并设计出具体的应用数据模型。通过模糊控制技术的引入,可有效提高分布式入侵检测系统的预报可信度和系统的辅助决篆能力。     

对地-空光通信中大气折射影响的研究

在对大气层采用球面分层的基础上,利用折射定律,阐述了球面分层大气折射模型的建立过程,得到了光束折射的光路方程.由此得出光束偏移与卫星高度和地面发射角间的关系,给出了光束偏移随卫星高度变化的计算公式,为地-空光通信链路的修正提供了重要的理论参考.     

Flour of hard bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the preparation of bread]

In order to utilize hardened beans, we proposed to find the method most indicated for the preparation of bean flour to determine their nutritional value, and to make bread of high industrial, nutritional quality, and good sensory characteristics, using blends of bean and wheat flours. Two types of flour were prepared, testing four soaking temperatures (22, 30, 40 and 50 degrees C) and two methods to remove the testa (under moist and dry conditions). At laboratory level, the dry testa removal method gave the best flour yields (mean = 85.8%) and the highest protein content (mean = 23.7%). Comparison between soaking temperature at 30 and 50 degrees C was not significant (alpha = 0.05). At pilot plant level, with soaking at 50 degrees C the flour yields were 58.0% for moist testa removal (H1) and 74.0% for dry removal (H2), with a protein content of 22.6% for H1 and 23.0% for H2. The H1 and H2 flours were added to wheat flour at 5, 10 and 15% for bread making. The addition of 5.0% gave breads with similar protein content and sensory characteristics to those of the control, wheat. A diet based on bean-flour bread resulted in greater weight gains than that with casein for gold hamsters. The study also demonstrated the importance of heat-treating of the bean flours, because when flour without previous heat treatment was administered, the animals lost weight and died. This effect was overcome by the process of baking the flours at 140 degrees C for four hours.     

（TAGH）ClO4的结构、热力学及感度性能

以三氨基胍和高氯酸为原料,合成了三胺基胍高氯酸盐(TAGH)ClO_4).利用X-射线单晶衍射仪测定了其晶体结构.结果表明,晶体属于单斜晶系,空间群为P2(1)/c,晶胞参数为a=1.021 3(11)nm,b=1.486 9(15)nm,c=1.093 6(11) nm,β=102.91(2)°.该化合物的分子式为CH_9ClN_6O_4是由三胺基胍离子和高氯酸根结合形成的离子化合物,分子中含有大量的氢键.利用元素分析、红外光谱、DSC、TG-DTG等方法对标题化合物的组成和热力学行为进行了表征,结果表明,在10 ℃/min线性升温速率下标题化合物在457.03℃时质量损失达到99.7%.感度实验结果表明,标题化合物具有较低的摩擦感度,在撞击和火焰作用下均不发火.     

地层承压能力的影响因素分析

对于低压易漏井,或多套压系统下的地层,常常因地层承压能力差而发生井漏事故。本文详细总结了地层承压能力的影响因素,并对其进行了深入研究和探讨,对提高地层承压能力的室内试验及现场研究提供了重要的参考。     

ZnO-Al_2O_3-B_2O_3-SiO_2系微晶玻璃与可伐合金的润湿性能

研制了一种新型的与可伐熔封的ZnO-Al_2O_3-B_2O_3-SiO_2系微晶玻璃,研究了不同工艺条件下微晶玻璃与可伐合金间的润湿角大小,结果表明,熔封气氛和熔封温度对润湿性能影响很大,熔封时间影响最小.采用最佳的工艺条件,其润湿性能与现有的其它玻璃润湿性能相似.同时发现玻璃与可伐合金间的润湿角保持在10°～30°之间能得到质量良好的熔封产品.在基本不改变传统工艺制度的条件下,可完成锌铝硼硅系微晶玻璃与可伐合金的熔封,即利用排蜡过程同时完成微晶玻璃的形核,熔封后在稍低温度保温或减慢冷却速度可以完成微晶玻璃的结晶过程.锌铝硼硅系微晶玻璃与预氧化可伐合金的封接依靠玻璃中的SiO_2与FeO或Fe_3O4发生界面反应形成牢固的结合.