Kinetics of and catalyst decay accompanying the gas phase rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime over a hy ultrastable zeolite

The kinetics of the rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime has been studied in a fixed bed, glass tubular reactor at atmospheric pressure and temperatures of 240, 270, 300 and 335°C, using ultrastable HY zeolite catalyst. Several kinetic models, including the Langmuir-Hinshelwood type, have been derived and the best statistical fit has been obtained with a pseudo-first order kinetic equation. The rate constants and activation energies for the formation of the products caprolactam, cyclohexanone and 5-cyanopent-l-ene have been calculated. Based on the evolution of the selectivity with temperature, and the I.R. spectra of the poisoned catalyst, different decay models have been deduced and discussed.     

Soy protein combined with copper and boron compounds for providing effective wood preservation

Chromated copper arsenate (CCA), an arsenicbased wood preservative, is toxic to human health and the environment. Although CCA is stable in seasoned wood, there are potential dangers during CCA manufacture, lumber treatment, and waste disposal. This research was conducted to study the effectiveness of soy products to replace toxic chromium and arsenic compounds in wood preservative formulations. Three soy product (Arpro 2100, HM 90, and Supro 760) were used as fixative agents in preservative solutions containing anhydrous CuSO₄ and Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O. The decay resistance of treated wood blocks was measured by a soil-block culture method. Despite the large molecular sizes of copper-protein and copper-boron-protein complexes, southern pine sapwood was treatable with these preservative formulations. Wood samples treated with >6 kg°m⁻³ CuSO₄ and 7.5 kg·m⁻³ soy product, and subsequently leached for 3 d and exposed to the decay fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum (Fr.) Mur., sustained only 0.5% weight loss over 12 wk. Wood samples needed 40 kg·m⁻³ CuSO₄ and 50 kg·m⁻³ soy protein to resist the copper-tolerant decay fungus Postia placenta (Fr.) M. Lars. & Lomb. These results suggest that soy-based wood preservatives can prevent wood products from fungal attack and can replace CCA.     

Flow and Flow Decay of Refractory Castables

Installation of refractory castables depend not only on flow,but also on how soon the flow is lost because of setting.The loss of flow(flow decay)has always been one of the main problems of refractory castable manufacturers,a problem that has not been too well described in literature.The flow decay has been studied for a castable system based on alumina,pointing out some general trends.The flow decay was found very temperature sensitive,being strongly accelerated by temperature increases.To compensate for excessive flow loss,a retarder like citric acid may be used.Thus flow decay was measured as a function of citric acid(retarder) addition at 35℃.     

Maxwell-Cattaneo方程组的非标准问题的衰减界

主要研究当温度和热量流满足非标准初始条件时的Maxwell-Cattaneo方程组.通过一些微分不等式,在参数的适当的范围上,结合非标准的初始条件,证明了温度和热量流的指数衰减界可由数据项确定.同时我们也推出了一个特例的解的指数衰减界.     

基于镜像源方法的室内声场脉冲响应仿真

针对基于室内声场脉冲响应描述声场音质特性时其精确度不高的问题,以经典镜像源方法为核心,讨论了基于变换频域和反射系数的改进算法.以矩形空间为具体实例,给定接收点和声源位置,并利用计算机仿真室内声场脉冲响应.在不同参数条件下,对各个算法进行了分析,估计了能量衰减曲线和房间混响时间.结果表明,基于变换频域和反射系数的改进算法具有更高的准确性和可靠性.     

钢筋混凝土桥梁抗力模型的建立及应用

对在役钢筋混凝土桥梁进行可靠度评估和寿命预测中,抗力是可靠度计算的重要因素,建立抗力模型至关重要。针对建立在役钢筋混凝土桥梁抗力模型的这一问题,分析了混凝土强度变化、钢筋锈蚀、混凝土与钢筋的粘结能力变化3大因素及其时变规律。考虑了锈蚀引起的钢筋力学性能降低,引入了基于纤维模型的计算模式不定性参数,采用数学方法建立了钢筋混凝土桥梁抗力随时间衰减模型。引入某钢筋混凝土简支T梁桥进行了抗力模型的计算,验证了模型的可靠性。抗力衰减模型的建立为结构可靠性评估打下了基础。     

Trust fraud: A crucial challenge for China’s e-commerce market

Currently, China’s e-commerce market is growing at an unprecedented pace, however, it is faced with many challenges, among which the trust fraud problem is the biggest issue. In this article, we use Taobao as an example and conduct a thorough investigation of the trust fraud phenomenon in China’s e-commerce market. We present the development history of trust fraud, summarize its unique characteristics, and explore the reasons why so many sellers commit fraud. We further propose a dynamic time decay trust model that aims to deter trust fraud by raising its cost and promote the growth of small and medium-sized sellers. The model utilizes detailed seller ratings as the data source, and incorporates a transaction amount weight, a time decay coefficient, and three trust factors in the calculation of trust. We test the model on real transaction data from Taobao, and the experimental results verify its effectiveness. Our proposed trust model yields a practical approach to online trust management not only in the Taobao market but also for other e-commerce platforms.     

基于结构诱导人工表面等离激元的宽带低耦合电路北大核心CSCD

实现超宽带传输和超高集成度设计是微波和太赫兹电路发展的终极目标。针对以上目标,本文提出了结构诱导人工表面等离激元的概念。基于此设计并验证了具有超高局附性和超小传输常数的结构诱导人工表面等离激元电路结构,打破了传统人工表面等离激元电路对传输常数和衰减常数的限制。理论分析和数值验证表明,相较于经典人工表面等离激元,具备优异的场局附性和传输特性的结构诱导人工表面等离激元具有明显的弱色散和低耦合特性,在电路设计中可以有效减少宽带信号传输的色散失真,同时提高布线密度。     

Commentary on Krishnaswamy et al. - Quantifying and mapping biodiversity and ecosystem services: Utility of a multi-season NDVI based Mahalanobis distance surrogate

Remote sensing is a powerful tool for characterizing, estimating or modelling species diversity. Differences in environmental properties of different habitats should lead to differences of spectral responses, which can be detected by satellite imagery. Hence, spectral distance may be related to species diversity. Based on previous studies, Krishnaswamy et al. [Krishnaswamy, J., Bawa, K. S., Ganeshaiah, K. N., & Kiran, M. C. (2009). Quantifying and mapping biodiversity and ecosystem services: Utility of a multi-season NDVI based Mahalanobis distance surrogate. Remote Sensing of Environment.] used spectral distance to estimate species diversity. Since a noisy scatterplot of species versus spectral diversity is expected, the commonly used Ordinary Least Square regression may fail to detect trends which occur across other quantiles than the mean.Krishnaswamy et al. [Krishnaswamy, J., Bawa, K. S., Ganeshaiah, K. N., & Kiran, M. C. (2009). Quantifying and mapping biodiversity and ecosystem services: Utility of a multi-season NDVI based Mahalanobis distance surrogate. Remote Sensing of Environment.] proposed a quantile-quantile plot method as an alternative to conventional regression based approaches which are inappropriate for dependent pair-wise dissimilarity or similarity data. By this commentary I demonstrate the utility of a quantile regression technique to complement the Krishnaswamy et al. [Krishnaswamy, J., Bawa, K. S., Ganeshaiah, K. N., & Kiran, M. C. (2009). Quantifying and mapping biodiversity and ecosystem services: Utility of a multi-season NDVI based Mahalanobis distance surrogate. Remote Sensing of Environment.] graphical approach in terms of a predictive model.     

高速公路不同养护策略的对比分析

以某高速公路长期养护为例,从结合预防性养护规划和单纯矫正性养护规划两个方面出发,建立两种长期的养护计划方案,得到两种养护方案下各路面性能指数的变化趋势.最后在高速公路的使用寿命、经济效益和路用性能三个方面,说明预防性养护在高速公路养护中的优越性,并倡导在高速公路养护中积极运用预防性养护.