Gerontechnology acceptance by elderly Hong Kong Chinese: a senior technology acceptance model (STAM)

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a senior technology acceptance model (STAM) aimed at understanding the acceptance of gerontechnology by older Hong Kong Chinese people. The proposed STAM extended previous technology acceptance models and theories by adding age-related health and ability characteristics of older people. The proposed STAM was empirically tested using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with a sample of 1012 seniors aged 55 and over in Hong Kong. The result showed that STAM was strongly supported and could explain 68% of the variance in the use of gerontechnology. For older Hong Kong Chinese, individual attributes, which include age, gender, education, gerontechnology self-efficacy and anxiety, and health and ability characteristics, as well as facilitating conditions explicitly and directly affected technology acceptance. These were better predictors of gerontechnology usage behaviour (UB) than the conventionally used attitudinal factors (usefulness and ease of use).

Practitioner Summary: Previous studies have not given much consideration to age-related health and associated abilities when examining acceptance of technology by the ageing population. By encompassing conventional technology acceptance constructs together with age-related health and ability characteristics, the present study was able to identify more factors affecting gerontechnology acceptance by older Hong Kong Chinese.     

(CO2 + 2‐propanol) mixture as a foaming agent for polystyrene: A simple thermodynamic model for the high pressure VLE‐phase diagrams taking into account the foam vitrification

The equation of state model developed by Lacombe and Sanchez (J Phys Chem 1976, 80, 2352) is used in the form proposed later by Sanchez and Stone (Polymer Blends, Vol. 1: Formulation, 2000; Chapter 2) to correlate experimental vapor‐liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for the three binaries and the ternary systems. Experimental data from the binary systems carbon dioxide‐isopropyl alcohol (CO₂‐IPrOH), isopropyl alcohol‐polystyrene (IPrOH‐PS), and carbon dioxide‐polystyrene (CO₂‐PS) are used to calculate VLE properties for the ternary system CO₂‐IPrOH‐PS. Two‐dimensional VLE‐phase diagrams were calculated and used to describe from a thermodynamic point of view the pressure, volume, and temperature values that characterize a thermoplastic foam evolution process, from the extruder to the foaming die. For different initial mixture CO₂ + IPrOH concentrations, pressure reduction produces liquid foaming until the vitrification curve arrests the final foam volume expansion. The dependence of the vitreous transition with the system CO₂ + IPrOH concentration while foaming is represented by the Chow (Macromolecules 1980, 13, 362) equation. The calculation procedure is proposed as a design tool to reduce the amount of experimental data usually needed as a requirement previous to the design stage. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 2663–2671, 2007     

纳米TiO_2改性苯丙乳液内墙涂料的研究

采用物理掺和法,在苯丙乳液中加入锐钛型纳米TiO2,制成内墙涂料,进行抑菌试验和甲醛降解实验研究,分析了纳米TiO2的光催化原理和抗菌机理。结果表明,随着TiO2含量增加,甲醛降解能力和抗菌性能增强,当TiO2含量为4%时效果最好。     

多层复合丝网过滤效率的研究

用于液—固分离的滤材,其过滤速率是影响过滤设备生产效率的一项重要指标,在实际生产中,要提高设备的过滤效率就要研究如何降低滤材对滤液的阻力。对不同过滤精度的烧结网进行了透水和透油试验,从中发现过滤精度与流体阻力之间的关系。丝网滤材透液率和分离液体的粘度和滤材表面浸润性能及两侧的压差有关。     

高分子和盐对3-十二烷氧基-2-羟丙基三甲基溴化铵泡沫性能的影响

测定了3-十二烷氧基-2-羟丙基三甲基溴化铵(C12TAB)在PVP、PEG和溴化钠存在下的泡沫性能。结果表明：含量相同时，C12TAB／NaBr混合体系的起泡性能高于C12TAB／高分子体系，而稳泡性能低于后者。含量相同的C12TAB／高分子体系，PVP对C12TAB的影响好于PEG。     

硬质PVC挤出发泡材料的塑化性能研究

采用Haake转矩流变仪测定了挤出发泡PVC混合料的恒温、升温熔融塑化性能，结果表明：随着PVC树脂聚合度增加，塑化时间和加工转矩增加；随着ACR加工助剂用量和分子质量的增加，塑化时间缩短，转矩增加；ACR抗冲改性剂具有类似ACR加工助剂的塑化改良行为；添加填充剂碳酸钙促进PVC熔融塑化；ADC发泡剂可延缓PVC混合料的塑化速率、提高熔体粘度，添加发泡剂NaHCO3将大大延缓混合料的塑化速率。     

空间资源索引与top-k查询研究

以空间资源索引结构R-tree为基础, 考虑人们对空间资源能力指标的要求, 利用道路网络模型进行空间距离的计算, 提出了一种包含能力维度信息的空间资源索引结构和top-k查询算法, 并与传统遍历算法进行对比实验, 验证了查询算法的有效性。     

可聚合聚氨酯型表面活性剂的制备及其性能

以甲苯二异氰酸酯(TD I)、马来酸酐(MA)、聚乙二醇(PEG400和PEG1000)和三乙胺为主要原料,合成了两种兼有非离子和阴离子性能的可聚合聚氨酯型表面活性剂Ⅰ和Ⅱ,用FT-IR以及1HNMR对产物的分子结构进行了表征,同时对其CMC值、流变特征、浊点和乳化能力等性能进行了测定。结果表明,I的临界胶束浓度为8.3×10-3mol/L,此时的表面张力为38.67 mN/m,Ⅱ的临界胶束浓度为2.11×10-2mol/L,此时的表面张力为31.29 mN/m,溶液表现为牛顿型流体,其乳化能力明显优于常用乳化剂OP-10。     

耐候聚丙烯的微观结构分析

使用电子显微镜、偏光显微镜对耐候聚丙烯在加入不同添加剂后的微观结构进行了研究分析，并同日产耐候聚丙烯PPBC3B的结构作了对比。     

低密度修井液的室内研究

本实验主要研究密度低于0.8g/cm3的泡沫修井液体系。该体系用SDS(十二烷基硫酸钠)与QHP的复配物(最佳配比是4∶1,最佳加量1.5%)作为起泡剂,用0.08%的十二醇、1.2%的CM C和HEC混合物(比例为3∶2)以及0.2%的明胶作为稳泡剂。制备出的泡沫稳定性好,具有好的抗盐性,抗油性,抗水性,可用作低压油井修井液。