A heuristic approach to selecting views for materialization

XML data warehouses are becoming more popular as data is harvested from the web or as output from web services. As these warehouses tend to grow significantly over time, various techniques for expediting queries have been developed. One such technique is to materialize some or all of the queries in advance of query processing. These views are then subject to change either when underlying data changes or view definitions themselves are modified by users. The work in this paper focuses on changes to view definitions or view adaptation as it is known. Our approach is to segment the materialized view into fragments to minimize the effect of view changes. One crucial aspect to this approach is how to select the best fragments for materialization. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to selecting fragments based on heuristics derived from costs associated with the view graph. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

离子自拆分法合成D-(一)-对羟基苯甘氨酸

研究了用离子自拆分方法拆分外消旋对羟基苯甘氨酸(DL-HPG)而合成D-(—)-对羟基苯甘氨酸(D-HPG)。采用正交试验确定了最佳反应条件:在丙酮和水的混合溶剂中,等物质的量的DL-HPG和硫酸在60℃下加入D-HPG,搅拌反应15min左右,降温过滤得到D-HPG的硫酸盐,水解即可得到D-HPG(光学纯度99％),一次性总收率达到20％。适于工业生产。     

A formal representation for context-aware business processes

A business process is a set of activities performed in a coordinated manner within an organizational and technical environment that is aimed toward a business goal. The flexibility of a process is related to an understanding of the unexpected events that occur when people, systems and resources interact and require adjustments. Thus, business processes must be designed to respond to information about different events and their specificity. This information defines what the literature calls “context”. To broaden the perception of context in the case of a business process, this work proposes an approach to characterize the context of a business process activity in a given domain through conceptual models structured in layers. A case study was conducted to evaluate the proposal, which provided evidence of the applicability of the model.     

Continuous Self‐Collision Detection for Deformable Surfaces Interacting with Solid Models

In this paper, we propose a new continuous self‐collision detection (CSCD) method for a deformable surface that interacts with a simple solid model. The method is developed based on the radial‐view‐based culling method. Our method is suitable for the deformable surface that has large contact region with the solid model. The deformable surface may consist of small round‐shaped holes. At the pre‐processing stage, the holes of the deformable surface are filled with ghost triangles so as to make the mesh of the deformable surface watertight. An observer primitive (i.e. a point or a line segment) is computed so that it lies inside the solid model. At the runtime stage, the orientations of triangles with respect to the observer primitive are evaluated. The collision status of the deformable surface is then determined. We evaluated our method for several animations including virtual garments. Experimental results show that our method improves the process of CSCD.     

氯化胆碱合成工艺的研究

在氯化胆碱的作用下,三甲胺与氯乙醇反应合成氯化胆碱。讨论了影响产品收率及纯度的主要因素。实验发现氯化胆碱有自催化作用,在优化工艺条件下,氯化胆碱的收率达到95.8%,纯度达到98.0%。该工艺具有操作简单、易分离、易干燥、收率高、纯度高、成本低、易推广等优点。     

Hot compaction of woven nylon 6,6 multifilaments

We describe a study of the hot compaction of woven nylon 6,6 multifilaments produced by a patented procedure, developed at the University of Leeds, for creating novel single‐polymer composites. In this process, an assembly of oriented elements, often in the form of a woven cloth, is held under pressure and taken to a critical temperature so that a small fraction of the surface of each oriented element is melted, which on cooling recrystallizes to form the matrix of the single‐polymer composite. This process is therefore a way of producing novel high‐volume‐fraction polymer/polymer composites in which the two phases are chemically the same material. Nylon is an obvious candidate material for this process because oriented nylon multifilaments are available on a commercial scale. The aim of this study was first to establish the conditions of temperature and pressure for the successful hot compaction of oriented nylon 6,6 fibers and second to assess the mechanical properties of the manufactured hot‐compacted nylon sheets. A crucial aspect of this work, not previously examined in hot‐compaction studies of other oriented polymers, was the sensitivity of the properties to absorbed water, with a significant change in the properties measured immediately after hot‐compaction processing and 2 weeks later when 2% water had been absorbed by the compacted nylon sheets. As expected, the water uptake had a greater effect on those properties that depended on local chain interactions (e.g., the modulus and yield strength) and less effect on those properties that depended on the large‐scale properties of the molecular network (e.g., strength). The only negative aspect of the properties of the hot‐compacted nylon sheets was the elevated‐temperature performance of the wet sample, with the modulus falling to a very low value at a temperature of 80°C. However, apart from the elevated‐temperature performance, the majority of the measured properties of the hot‐compacted nylon sheets were comparable to those of hot‐compacted polypropylene and poly(ethylene terephthalate). © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 101: 991–997, 2006     

自身蓄热式烧嘴在梭式窑中的应用

介绍了高温空气燃烧技术和自身蓄热式烧嘴的特点;结合梭式窑的工作特点,详细阐述了在梭式窑中推广使用自身蓄热式烧嘴的优越性。采用该技术,可以大量回收高温烟气的余热,从而既能提高加热能力、减少能耗和降低燃料成本,又可以促进炉内温度的均匀性。通过优化自身蓄热式烧嘴,还可以减少有害气体的排量。因此,在梭式窑中推广使用自身蓄热式烧嘴具有良好的经济效益和社会效益。     

基于Java框架的银医一卡通系统设计

介绍了一种基于信息共享的医院--银行一卡通的信息系统设计方案。该系统使用Web服务实现接口通信,通过自助服务器连接医院系统和银行系统实现医院与银行的信息共享。基于该系统,用户可以使用中国银行借记卡代替医院门诊卡就医,提供了良好的就医环境,提高了医疗效率。     

动态适应布谷鸟搜索算法

介绍一种新的生物启发算法—–布谷鸟搜索(CS)及其相关的L′evy飞行搜索机制.为了进一步提高算法的适应性,将反馈引入算法框架,建立了CS算法参数的闭环控制系统.将Rechenberg的1/5法则作为进化的评价指标,引入学习因子平衡种群的多样性和集中性,提出动态适应布谷鸟算法(DACS).最后,通过数值实验验证了所提出算法的有效性.     

Self‐assembling metal coatings from phosphated and siloxane‐modified polyurethane dispersions: An analysis of the coating–air interface

Polyurethane dispersion coatings containing phosphate and siloxane chains were evaluated for their self‐assembling properties for a single‐coating system. Dynamic contact angles (DCAs) and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to study the coating–air interface. The siloxane chains were the predominant species on the surfaces of the coatings. The wetting properties of the coating–air interface were reversed when the coated panels were immersed in an ionic solution, and the decrease in hydrophobicity was linear with time. Results from XPS and DCA analyses were similar. The self‐assembling properties of the coatings could be useful in the development of hydrophobic coatings from hydrophilic polymers. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 893–899, 2003