New types of dielectric-loaded horn antennas

This paper presents low-loss dielectric loading techniques for improving some of the radiation characteristics of H-plane horn antennas. Specifically, the paper reports experimental results over new horns loaded with dielectric in the transverse and longitudinal planes with and without air gaps between the dielectric layers or between the dielectric and metallic walls. Sample results are presented showing improvements in the beam width, axial gain, input voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) at the expense of new or increased side lobe level at some frequencies within the passband. Results are also presented to show that the main beam of a novel dielectric-loaded horn can almost be scanned from one wall of the horn to the other in synchronism with frequency sweep within the passband. Finally, a line-of-sight portable communication device employing the characteristics of dielectric-loaded horn antennas is proposed for further research and development.     

Fast generation of the gamma and digamma functions of complex argument

Using standard recurrence relations for the gamma and digamma functions, the real part is stepped up by integers until it is sufficiently large to permit the use of standard asymptotic expansions. It is shown that the technique is extremely simple and accurate and requires few milliseconds on a modern digital computer.     

表面涂覆含氟羟基磷灰石和缺钙羟基磷灰石的镁合金体外降解行为(英文)

通过电化学沉积方法,在生物降解镁合金表面覆盖含氟羟基磷灰石(FHA)涂层和缺钙羟基磷灰石(CDHA)涂层。采用X射线衍射、傅立叶变换红外光谱、透射电子显微镜、扫描电子显微镜和能量色散X射线光谱研究涂层特性。结果表明:涂覆纳米FHA涂层的样品具有垂直于样品表面的纳米针状结构,比涂覆CDHA涂层样品的结构更致密和更均匀。纳米FHA涂层比纳米CDHA涂层具有更小的晶粒尺寸,分别为65 nm和95 nm。然而,CDHA涂层比FHA涂层更厚,厚度分别为19μm和15μm。通过极化、浸泡和析氢实验研究的腐蚀行为表明:纳米FHA涂层和纳米CDHA涂层显著降低腐蚀速率并引起钝化。纳米FHA和纳米CDHA涂层可以加速骨状磷灰石层的形成,相比未覆盖的镁合金可以显著减少溶出速率。纳米FHA涂层能对镁合金提供有效的防护并具有更高的腐蚀性能。因此,覆盖纳米FHA涂层的镁合金在整形外科领域具有良好的应用前景。     

ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT, HISTOLOGICAL IMPACT AND OXIDATIVE STRESS STUDIES FROM LAURUS NOBILIS EXTRACT

Laurus nobilis is one of the most broadly used spices in Moroccan gastronomy. Its antimicrobial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial species was demonstrated. Likewise, its toxicity was investigated on Swiss albinos' mice . Daily, mice were treated orally with 0.003 and 0.3 mg during 7 days. Plasmatic markers and enzymatic systems were assessed and histological alterations were evaluated. A significant increase in creatine phosphokinase level was observed. The microscopic evaluation showed that L. nobilis induces morphological perturbation in mice's liver. The results also showed an inhibitory effect of glyceraldehydes 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and an important increase in the level of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and succinate dehydrogenase and no change in catalase activities. The results showed that L. nobilis induces toxicity at 0.3 mg/g mouse and affects energy metabolism and oxidative stress.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

The aim of the present study is to determine the antimicrobial effect of Laurus nobilis on pathogens for potential application as herbal medicine in infusion or oral preparation. The effect of the spice extract was investigated on the metabolic markers, stress biomarkers and clinical parameters. This study was completed with histological coupes. To our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate the laurel effect on energy metabolism and oxidative stress.     

Influence of starter culture type and incubation temperatures on rheology and microstructure of low fat set yoghurt

The effects of different cultures and incubation temperatures on the physical properties of low fat yoghurts were investigated. The samples were incubated with exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing and non-EPS-producing cultures at 37, 42 and 45°C. All measured parameters except firmness were influenced by culture type and incubation temperature. Firmness, G' and G were maximised at 42°C for both cultures. Increased incubation temperature and EPS culture led to a higher water-holding capacity but lower syneresis, G' and G. The EPS treatment incubated at 37°C showed even lower syneresis than non-EPS treatments incubated at higher temperatures.     

减少离散大系统两级镇定控制的保守性

The aim of this paper is to propose a new algorithm for multilevel stabilization of large scale systems. In two-level stabilization method, a set of local stabilizers for the individual subsystems in a completely decentralized environment is designed. The solution of the control problem involves designing of a global controller on a higher hierarchical level that provides corrective signals to account for interconnections effect. The principle feature of this paper is to reduce conservativeness in global controller design. Here, the key point is to reduce the effect of interactions instead of neutralizing them. In fact, unlike prior methods, our idea does not ignore the possible beneficial aspects of the interactions and does not try to neutralize them.