RE-READING SINGAPORE’S “BLACK AND WHITE” ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE: THE AESTHETIC AFFECTS AND AFFECTATIONS OF ADAPTIVE REUSE

Colonial-period military estates in Singapore are being gentrified for adaptive reuse producing high-end hospitality and retail venues for expatriate and tourist consumption. These include the feted “Black and White” residential enclaves synonymous with Singapore’s tropical aesthetic. But underlying this reinvention is a disturbing history of wartime repurposing under the Japanese Imperial Army, which temporarily destabilised the meanings and representations of these buildings. The seemingly undisturbed architectural typologies of barracks, bungalows and timber huts were backdrops to war, military occupation and captivity. This paper explores how the aesthetic affects and affectations that accompany adaptive reuse may conceal or disclose unsettling histories. It contrasts contemporary celebration of these revitalised historical neighbourhoods with their very different representation by wartime captives.     

粉煤灰-酒糟混合基质的植物生长试验研究

利用粉煤灰和酒糟的理化特性,将二者按照一定比例配成混合基质,通过白花三叶草的盆栽试验,分析种植前后混合基质的理化特性及三叶草的生长情况,并检测基质和植株中的重金属含量.结果表明:当粉煤灰与酒糟的质量比为4:1时,基质最适合三叶草的生长,而且基质和植株体内的重金属含量均未超出国家标准.因此,可以将该基质作为矿区塌陷地的复垦基质.     

利用高岭土制取聚合氯化铝和白炭黑的试验研究

本文较为系统地研究了利用高岭土制取聚合氯化铝和白炭黑的工艺流程。通过正交试验，成功地找到了制取聚合氯化铝较优的工艺条件，为我国高岭土的开发应用提供了一条新途径。     

湄潭白茶多糖对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌活性及其稳定性

目的:研究湄潭白茶多糖对金黄色葡萄球菌的体外抑菌活性及其稳定性.方法:采用牛津杯法和微量肉汤稀释法测定湄潭白茶多糖对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌活性及最小抑菌浓度(Minimum inhibitory concentration,MIC),并进一步探讨温度、pH、紫外线照射和金属离子对其抑菌活性稳定性的影响.结果:湄潭白茶多糖...     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定儿童奶酪中的三聚氰胺

基于QuEChERS快速前处理方法,建立了一种由高效液相色谱-串联质谱法准确测定儿童奶酪中三聚氰胺的快速检测方法.试验结果表明,用该方法检测三聚氰胺,在20 ng/mL～200 ng/mL范围内,三聚氰胺质量浓度与峰面积有良好的线性关系,相关系数R2为0.999 1,方法定量限为20μg/kg.添加水平为100μg/k...     

采用激光扫描建模的筒子纱卷绕密度测量方法

为适应智能高质量染色需求,解决当前筒子纱卷绕密度测量精度差、效率低和数字化管控不理想等问题,提出了基于激光位移传感器快速扫描获取数据建立数学模型的筒子纱卷绕密度测量方法.通过控制采样距离和扫描路径及范围,得到充分反映筒子纱形状特征的原始点集.根据不同噪声点的特征和统计学理论,对原始点集加入约束条件实现预处理,通过最小二...     

提高分形图像编码质量与速度的方案

分形图像编码十余年来在图像处理尤其是图像压缩领域引起了人们的极大兴趣。众所周知,编码时间长是这项技术的主要缺点,许多改进方案因此被提出以加快编码过程。然而,在这些加快方案中,大多数仅仅是在解码图像质量或多或少有所下降的条件下减少编码时间的。该文提出进一步提高解码图像质量和编码速度的方案：一是预先在待编码图像中添加高斯白噪声以进一步减少不满足对比度因子约束的domain块的数目;二是对小方差range块直接用其均值块代替以进一步加快编码速度。实验结果显示,对于三幅复杂性不同的标准测试图像,本方案确实能够从解码质量和编码速度方面改进传统分形图像编码。     

Environmentally friendly CsPbBr3 QDs multicomponent glass with super-stability for optoelectronic devices and up-converted lasing

Ultra-stable CsPbBr₃ perovskite quantum dots (QDs) multicomponent glass with high transmittance was prepared by melt-quenching heat treatment. The average diameter of the CsPbBr₃ QDs was ∼1.96 nm. The resulting glass displayed a high exciton binding energy of 362 ± 18 meV. Notably, these glass-encapsulated materials exhibited excellent resistance to heat, light, and water, superior to that of previously reported perovskite-based materials, and underwent an extremely low rate of Pb leaching during water immersion. Based on the glass, a high-performance white light-emitting diode (WLED) device was fabricated with Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.3156, 0.3326) and color gamut of ∼113 % National Television Standards Committee (NTSC). The CsPbBr₃ QDs glass without rare earth elements further acted as an optical gain medium, realizing up-conversion lasing with 980-nm laser excitation for the first time. The reversible linear fluorescence response indicates that the glass could be a potential candidate for temperature sensors.     

Relative expression and regulation by short-term fasting of lysophosphatidic acid receptors and autotaxin in white and brown adipose tissue depots

Lysophosphatidic acid (lysoPtdOH) levels have previously been reported to decrease in rodents with short-term fasting. We investigated whether a 16 h fast would change expression of autotaxin, the predominant phospholipase D responsible for adipose-derived lysoPtdOH synthesis, or any of the lysophosphatidic acid receptors (1–6) in four white adipose tissue (WAT) depots and interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) in male C57Bl/6J mice fed ad libitum, or fasted for 16 h. Aside from small inductions of Lpar1 in epididymal WAT and Lpar2 in epididymal and inguinal WAT, no significant changes were observed in expression of the Lpar family members, or autotaxin in perirenal, retroperitoneal, epididymal, or inguinal WAT or BAT with fasting. Comparison of the relative expression of Lpar1-6 in various depots showed that Lpar6 was the predominant Lpar in both WAT and BAT, and suggests that further work on the adipose-specific role of Lpar6 is warranted.