The rheological properties of 0.5 to 2.0% carboxymethycellulose (CMC) solutions were measured at 30–90°C with a computer controlled rotational viscometer in a linearly increasing and decreasing three-cycle shearing sequence. CMC solutions showed power-law flow behaviour and rheological properties were significantly ( P < 0.01) influenced by both temperature and concentration. an empirical model was developed to relate the power-law parameters to both concentration and temperature. 相似文献
Techniques for understanding video object motion activity are becoming increasingly important with the widespread adoption of CCTV surveillance systems. Motion trajectories provide rich spatiotemporal information about an object's activity. This paper presents a novel technique for clustering of object trajectory-based video motion clips using basis function approximations. Motion cues can be extracted using a tracking algorithm on video streams from video cameras. In the proposed system, trajectories are treated as time series and modelled using orthogonal basis function representation. Various function approximations have been compared including least squares polynomial, Chebyshev polynomials, piecewise aggregate approximation, discrete Fourier transform (DFT), and modified DFT (DFT-MOD). A novel framework, namely iterative hierarchical semi-agglomerative clustering using learning vector quantization (Iterative HSACT-LVQ), is proposed for learning of patterns in the presence of significant number of anomalies in training data. In this context, anomalies are defined as atypical behavior patterns that are not represented by sufficient samples in training data and are infrequently occurring or unusual. The proposed algorithm does not require any prior knowledge about the number of patterns hidden in unclassified dataset. Experiments using complex real-life trajectory datasets demonstrate the superiority of our proposed Iterative HSACT-LVQ-based motion learning technique compared to other recent approaches. 相似文献
In this study, nanohydroxyapatite (NHA) was synthesized using calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and diammonium hydrogen phosphate via the precipitation method assisted with ultrasonication. Three independent process parameters: temperature (T) (70, 80 and 90°C), ultrasonication time (t) (20, 25 and 30 min), and amplitude (A) (60, 65 and 70%) were studied and optimized using response surface methodology based on 3 factors and 5 level central composite design. The responses of the model were analysed with the help of the particle size measured from field-emission scanning electron microscopy and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET). The surface area of particle was measured with BET and the thermal stability of the powder was measured using thermogravimetric analysis. Finally, with the optimized process parameters obtained from the model, the NHA powder was synthesised and validated against the predicted value. The results show a good agreement with an average error 8% between the actual and predicted values. Moreover, the thermal stability and porosity of synthesized NHA was further improved after calcination. This improvement could be due to the removal of impurities from the NHA powder after calcination as indicated by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. 相似文献
里奥-德雷(Rio del Rey)盆地位于喀麦隆境内、尼日尔三角洲(Niger Delta)东北缘,油气资源十分丰富,已有30余年油气勘探开发历史。古新世以来发生的长期海退和三角洲沉积作用,形成了现今的里奥-德雷被动大陆边缘盆地,其主要发育3个地层单元,自下而上分别为阿卡塔(Akata)组、阿格巴达(Agbada)组和贝宁(Benin)组。在三角洲进积推进过程中,由于大陆边缘的重力作用和三角洲泥岩的塑性推覆作用,由陆向海、自北向南形成了3个构造区,即伸展构造区、泥岩底辟构造区和逆冲推覆构造区。其中,在泥岩底辟构造区形成了许多与泥岩底辟或泥岩脊相关的辟顶背斜、断背斜构造圈闭或辟边岩性遮挡圈闭,现今已发现的大型油气田主要与这些圈闭有关。同时,泥岩底辟的活动也形成了储集和运移方面的优势条件,促使油气在泥岩底辟构造区富集高产。因此,未来泥岩底辟构造区以及与泥岩底辟相关的圈闭仍然是里奥-德雷盆地进一步寻找勘探潜力的主要地区。 相似文献
Tuberculosis (TB) disease has become one of the major public health concerns globally, especially in developing countries. Numerous research studies have already been carried out for TB, but we are still struggling for a complete and quick cure for it. The progress of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains resistant to existing drugs makes its cure and control very complicated. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to search for newer and effective drugs that can inhibit an increasing number of putative drug targets. We applied the drug repurposing concept to identify promising FDA-approved drugs against five key-regulatory genes (FurB, IdeR, KstR, MosR, and RegX3) of the MTB. The FDA drugs were virtually screened using a structure-based approach by GOLD versions 5.2, and subjected to rigid docking followed by an induced-fit docking algorithm to enhance the accuracy and prioritize drugs for repurposing. We found 11 candidate drugs (including ZINC03871613, ZINC03871614, ZINC03871615 as top scorer candidate drugs) that were frequently present within the top 20 GoldScore ranks and showed promising results. Furthermore, molecular dynamics simulation was performed to monitor the effect of the top scorer drugs on the structural stability of all the five targets, indicating that inhibitors preferentially bind to the active site of the targets. This work suggests that these known FDA-approved drugs open new application domains in the form of anti-tuberculosis agents.