Color preferences for different topics in connection to personal characteristics

Studies on color preferences are dependent on the topic and the relationships with personal characteristics, particularly personality, but these are seldom studied in one population. Therefore a questionnaire was collected from 1095 Dutch people asking for color preferences about different topics and relating them to personal characteristics. Color preferences regarding different topics show different patterns and significant differences were found between gender, age, education and personality such as being technical, being emotional or being a team player. Also, different colors were mentioned when asked for colors that stimulate to be quiet, energetic, and able to focus or creative. Probably, due to unconsciousness of contexts, many people had no color preference, a result that in the literature seldom is mentioned. Blue was the overall favorite color; however, most males chose for blue (25%) while most females had no color preference (18%). Black was the overall favorite color for clothing, mainly chosen by females (40%), while males primarily chose blue (27%). For building interiors subjects preferred white. For moods, subjects preferred white for being quiet or being able to focus, red for being energetic and had no color preference for being creative. It is concluded that color preferences are dependent upon the topic, and personal characteristics. The findings are important for architects, interior designers, fashion designers and product designers to have a basic idea of preferred colors for different objects by different types of people. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 40, 62–71, 2015     

Recent-onset ecstasy use: Association with deviant behaviors and psychiatric comorbidity.

Background: Despite increases in ecstasy (MDMA) use in the United States, little is known about characteristics linked with recent-onset ecstasy use, especially psychiatric symptoms and deviant behaviors. Aims: To test whether individuals with high levels of other drug use are more likely to be recent-onset ecstasy users; to test whether psychiatric symptoms in adults are associated with recent-onset ecstasy use; to explore the association between recent-onset ecstasy use and concomitant deviant behaviors in adolescents and adults. Methods: Data from the 2001 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Findings: Recent-onset ecstasy use was significantly more likely to occur among adolescents and adults (18-34 years old) who engaged in deviant behaviors during the past year as compared with those who did not engage in deviant behaviors during the past year. Higher levels of deviancy indicated a higher likelihood of being a recent-onset ecstasy user, and associations were strongest with nonviolent deviant behaviors such as selling illegal drugs and stealing. Associations between deviant behaviors and recent-onset ecstasy use were similar in strength to associations between deviant behaviors and recent-onset cocaine and marijuana use, respectively. Adults who had past-year psychiatric symptoms (both depressive and panic symptoms) were twice as likely to be recent-onset ecstasy users as compared with those without past-year psychiatric symptoms. Greater levels of drug involvement increased the odds of being a recent-onset ecstasy user. Conclusion: Recent-onset ecstasy use seems to be associated with a range of other behavioral problems and may reflect one aspect of a larger problem behavior syndrome. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Effect of Strain Rate on Discontinuous Flow and Mechanical Characteristics of High-Nitrogenous Steel

Experimental study on the effect of strain rate on discontinuous flow and mechanical characteristics of the high-nitrogenous steel Kh23AG19F has been performed. Within the range of strain rates from 4.62 · 10^-5 to 1.85 · 10 ^-4 s^-1, discontinuous flow, reflected by serration on the tensile diagram, is chiefly determined by intergranular deformation mechanisms. Under strain rates over 1.85 · 10^-2 s^-1, combined deformation modes prevail, which cause a change in the character of discontinuous flow and transform a serrated tensile diagram into a wavy graph, with the yield stress of steel increased significantly.     

催化裂化装置沉降器内结焦物的基本特性分析及其形成过程的探讨

采用扫描电镜（SEM）和X射线能谱分析仪对催化裂化装置（FCCU）沉降器内结焦物的微观组织结构和成分进行了分析，将结焦物划分为软焦和硬焦。焦的硬度与油气液滴和催化剂颗粒的沉积过程有关，尤其是结焦部位的油气流动方式和催化剂颗粒的运动状态，决定着未汽化的重质油组分液滴和催化剂颗粒的沉积形式和沉积物的构成，从而影响着焦的软硬程度。软焦是催化剂颗粒或油气在油气静止空间以自由沉降和扩散方式堆积在器壁表面而产生的结焦，形成的焦块松散，易粉碎，含催化剂比较多，颗粒粒径比较大，是一种堆积型结焦；而硬焦是油气液滴和细小催化剂颗粒在油气流动状态下，在器壁表面的附面层内以沉积方式粘附在器壁表面形成的结焦，焦块质地坚硬，含催化剂比较少。颗粒粒径细小，足沉积型结焦。还有相当一部分结焦物介于软焦和硬焦之间。     

迷宫螺旋泵和密封工作特性研究

介绍了一种实测迷宫螺旋泵和密封工作特性的实验方法,通过该方法可以测得迷宫螺旋泵的泵送特性曲线、迷宫螺旋端面组合密封的最大密封压力以及端面开启的开始转速,具有一定的实用价值。     

大型弧形闸门静力特性有限元分析

以某水电站溢洪道弧形闸门为例,建立了大型弧形闸门的有限元分析模型,应用ANSYS软件对其在各种工况下的支铰反力、闸门应力、位移挠度以及屈曲失稳等静力特性进行了计算分析,为完善闸门结构的设计提供了依据,对同类闸门结构的设计计算有参考意义。     

基于新理念的杀毒软件

论文通过对病毒及反病毒技术的发展分析,总结了现有一些较优秀的杀毒软件的优缺点,提出了基于新理念的攻防查杀型杀毒软件的实现模型。     

从RC5到RC6

论文详细描述并分析了从RC5到RC6的演化设计过程,在详细研究了RC6性能的同时,指出了应该如何从一个旧的密码设计出好的新密码。最后对RC6和Rijndael作了一些比较,指出各自在性能上的优缺点。     

新型槽栅nMOSFET热载流子效应的模拟研究

应用二维器件仿真程序 PISCES- ,对槽栅结构和平面结构器件的特性进行了模拟比较 ,讨论了槽栅结构 MOSFET的沟道电场特征及其对热载流子效应的影响。槽栅结构对抑制短沟道效应和抗热载流子效应是十分有利的 ,而此种结构对热载流子的敏感 ,使器件的亚阈值特性、输出特性变化较大     

烟机结垢的成因分析及防范措施

通过对烟机垢物的元素和晶体组成进行表征，分析其形成条件，计算验证并探讨垢物的形成过程，并提出应对防范措施。烟机结垢过程为：极少数原料油滴在反应汽化段内未完全汽化，未汽化油黏附在催化剂细粉表面并缩合生焦；部分焦炭颗粒未在再生器内烧尽，进入烟道后继续燃烧达到细粉的熔融温度，转化为液相黏性物质；携带微量高温熔融粉尘的烟气在三级旋风分离器下料口、烟机叶片等部位受高速离心作用，黏附到易结垢部位，形成无定形垢物。可通过提升原料油喷嘴雾化效果，调整合适的剂油比和系统细粉含量来减少烟机结垢。