Spectral and complexity analysis of scalp EEG characteristics for mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease

Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) often is an early stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). MCI is characterized by cognitive decline departing from normal cognitive aging but that does not significantly interfere with daily activities. This study explores the potential of scalp EEG for early detection of alterations from cognitively normal status of older adults signifying MCI and AD. Resting 32-channel EEG records from 48 age-matched participants (mean age 75.7 years)—15 normal controls (NC), 16 early MCI, and 17 early stage AD—are examined. Regional spectral and complexity features are computed and used in a support vector machine model to discriminate between groups. Analyses based on three-way classifications demonstrate overall discrimination accuracies of 83.3%, 85.4%, and 79.2% for resting eyes open, counting eyes closed, and resting eyes closed protocols, respectively. These results demonstrate the great promise for scalp EEG spectral and complexity features as noninvasive biomarkers for detection of MCI and early AD.     

Catalytic activities and properties of mesoporous sulfated Al2O3–ZrO2

Mesoporous sulfated Al₂O₃–ZrO₂ (MSAZ) catalysts with large surface areas and pore volumes after calcination at high temperature (650 °C) and with higher Al₂O₃ content than 20wt% were successfully prepared from a template of block copolymer (P84). The MSAZ catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N₂ adsorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ²⁷Al magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR), thermogravimetric analysis (TG–DTG), temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH₃-TPD) and infrared spectra (IR) of adsorbed pyridine. It is shown that the resulting mesostructured sulfated Al₂O₃–ZrO₂ samples have a well-developed textural mesoporosity. The number of acid sites present on MSAZ catalysts is higher than that on conventional sulfated zirconia, and the former catalysts are more active than the latter one for various acid-catalyzed reactions.     

调整熟料中的C3A含量增加水泥对外加剂的适应性

我厂是以电石渣为主要原料（采用湿法工艺）生产水泥的企业，属三废治理项目。由于电石渣中Al2O3的含量与石灰右相比高出1％～2％，生料成分的调整受到很大的限制，也使得熟料中Al2O3的含量基本上保持在6．5％左右的范围。从搅拌站反馈的信息：我厂生产的水泥对外加剂的适应性变差，主要体现在坍落度损失大。我们经过现场观察、取样试验，并对生产水泥的各种原燃材料（包括半成品）的化学成分进行分析，发现熟料中Al2O3的含量高，致使矿物组成中C3A的含量增加，是影响混凝土和易性差的确定因素。我们对生料配料方案和烟煤（燃料）分别进行调整，都收到了良好的效果。     

阻垢缓蚀剂对不锈钢管缓蚀效果的评定方法

用点蚀电位法和失重法评价了七种阻垢缓蚀剂在不同冷却水样中对不锈钢的缓蚀效果。用腐蚀失重法评价阻垢缓蚀剂对不锈钢的缓蚀效果，既不合理也很难测准。点蚀电位法是评价阻垢缓蚀剂对不锈钢缓蚀效果的有效方法，但要选择合适的空白水样。     

基于CY7C68013A的USB2.0高速接口设计

为了充分利用USB2.0的带宽,解决数据传输时存在的速度瓶颈问题,提出了一种基于CY7C68013A的USB2.0高速接口设计方法。采用CY7C68013A的SLAVE FIFO工作模式,芯片内部CPU不参与数据传输,FPGA设计的外部控制电路直接读写芯片内部FIFO,有效避免了内部CPU参与数据传输时带来的时间开销,从而提高了传输速度。     

Simulating the Evolution of Market Shares: The Effects of Customer Learning and Local Network Externalities

This paper develops a simulation model to investigate competitive technology diffusion, and focuses on examining the influence of customer learning on the evolution of market share when both technologies exhibit local network externalities. Results show that: (1) the equilibrium market share of the new technology is determined by two key factors: the characteristics of customer learning behavior and the strength of local network externalities; (2) moderate network externalities can be beneficial for new technology to dominate the entire market when customers adopt belief-based learning rule; (3) moderate learning rate would facilitate the diffusion of new technology when customers make their decisions based on reinforcement learning; (4) the decay of customer learning and the proportions of imitators in market would help the old technology establish advantage by maintaining demand inertia of customer. The joint effects of psychology of customer behavior and local interactions of customers offer a new mechanism to explain the diffusion of technology in a competitive market with network externalities.     

过氧乙酸的合成与杀生作用研究

以乙酸和过氧化氢为原料合成了新型水处理杀生剂——过氧乙酸．并考察了过氧乙酸的贮存稳定性及稳定剂8-羟基喹啉的影响。通过细菌测试瓶法测细菌总数，研究了过氧乙酸杀生效果与投加浓度、pH值和作用时间之间的关系。结果表明：过氧乙酸作为水处理剂具有杀生速度快、杀生效果好的特点，是一种具有良好应用前景的水处理杀生剂。     

Investigation of allyl‐capped carbosilane dendrimers used as crosslinker for silicone rubber

High‐temperature vulcanized silicone rubber was prepared by using allyl‐capped carbosilane dendrimers, in which the core molecules were Si(CH₂CH?CH₂)₄ and Ph₂Si(CH₂CH?CH₂)₂ as crosslinker and nanoscale reinforcing filler, respectively. Allyl‐capped carbosilane dendrimers improved the mechanical properties of silicone rubber. The optimum tensile strength and tear strength were 9.6 MPa and 31.0 kN/m, respectively, when using SiG_n(allyl)m as the crosslinker and 10.1 MPa and 32.0 kN/m, respectively, when using Ph₂SiG_n(allyl)m as the crosslinker. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 1772–1775, 2006     

氧化物对3CaO·3Al2O3·CaSO4形成的影响

借助XRD测试手段研究了Al2O3、SiO2、Fe2O3以及MgO几种生料中常见氧化物对高温固硫物相3CaO·3Al2O3·CaSO4形成的影响.结果表明,改变Al2O3的含量,不会对3CaO·3Al2O3·CaSO4的形成产生明显影响;Fe2O3及MgO的存在能降低3CaO·3Al2O3·CaSO4的形成温度,但也使其分解温度提前;SiO2的大量存在则会抑制3CaO·3Al2O3·CaSO4的形成.