Obesity in children – facts and fallacies

Obesity is now recognised as the most prevalent nutritional disorder affecting children. Prevalence rates across Europe have increased sharply in the past decade and the consequences of this are increasingly clear with type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension now affecting children in growing numbers. The causes of this modern epidemic are many and involve complex genetic and environmental factors and the traditional view of obesity as a product of laziness and greed is increasingly being challenged. Whatever the causes, prevention and treatment need to be considered with urgency. While personal and parental responsibility remain crucial, it also falls to government to help control powerful environmental pressures which are leading our children into premature ill‐health and mortality. Equally health professionals are increasingly recognising that they have a significant role to play in delivering medical treatment of obesity in children. Successful treatment requires a greater understanding of obesity, causes, and consequences, and of the particular style of approach that is required for children, and their families. The role of weight loss medication remains unclear, but is being examined seriously, such is the need for effective treatment strategies to minimise the incidence and severity of co‐morbid disease. Inaction at any level can no longer be considered a viable option.     

碳铵化肥发青问题解决小结

探讨了该厂化肥生产中碳铵发青的原因,通过硫化氢含量的测定,分析了系统内外影响因素,提出了解决措施,达到了不停车稳定产品质量的目的。     

2DPCA-SIFT:一种有效的局部特征描述方法

PCA-SIFT （Principal component analysis—scale invariant feature transform）方法通过对归一化梯度向量进行PCA降维,在保留特征不变性的同时,有效地降低了特征矢量的维数,从而提高了局部特征的匹配速度. 但PCA-SIFT中对本征向量空间的求解非常耗时,极大地限制了PCA-SIFT的灵活性与应用范围. 本文提出采用2DPCA对梯度向量块进行降维的特征描述方法. 该方法相比于PCA-SIFT,可以快速地求解本征空间. 实验结果表明:2DPCA-SIFT在多种图像变换匹配和图像检索实验中可以实现与PCA-SIFT相当的性能,并且从计算效率上看,2DPCA-SIFT具有更好的扩展性.     

Olefins polymerization on titania and titania-supported rhodium

The adsorption of ethene and propene on titania and titania-supported rhodium has been studied, observing a continuous adsorption even after 24 h. The samples have been reduced at 623 or 773 K, but no difference was observed, whichever the reduction temperature or the presence of rhodium, on the amount of gas adsorbed per unit of surface area of the solid. A study of the polymerization has been done following the equal reactivity hypothesis, and it has been concluded that the role played by the rhodium particles is to facilitate adsorption of the gaseous molecule, that is then transfered to the surface of the support, where it polymerizes.     

Kinetics of the methanation of carbon dioxide over a supported Ni-La2O3 catalyst

The kinetics of the methanation of carbon dioxide was investigated using an alumina supported Ni-La₂O₂ catalyst in a differential and integral reactor. In the differential reactor the molar ratio of H₂ to CO₂ was varied from 0.6 to 30. In the integral reactor the rates were measured with up to 90% conversion. Both reactor tests were carried out at temperatures between 513 and 593 K. The experimental results were described by a Langmuir-Hinshelwood type equation. The kinetics can be explained by assuming equilibrium of dissociative carbon dioxide and hydrogen adsorption, and assuming hydrogenation of surface carbon as the rate determining step.     

PET/纳米SiO2复合材料的制备(Ⅱ):纳米SiO2在PET中的分散性研究

研究了分散方法、纳米材料的加入体系、分散时间、分散剂的种类及SiO2 的加入量对纳米SiO2 在PET/纳米SiO2 中分散性的影响 ,用TEM对其分散情况进行表征 ,并对其分散机理进行探讨与研究。其结果表明 :采用球磨分散法并以氨基硅烷A1 1 2 0分散剂时分散效果最佳 ;当分散时间达 7 5h时 ,分散液中SiO2 基本以纳米尺寸存在 ;将分散液加入对苯二甲酸二甲酯熔体中并在球磨状态下进行酯交换SiO2 的分散效果最好 ,1 0 0nm以下的SiO2 达 95 0 7% ;体系中随SiO2 量的增加 ,其分散性变差 ,当纳米SiO2 的加入量为 1 %～ 4 %时 ,粒径在 1 0 0nm以下的SiO2 由 88%下降到 61 %。     

The effect of specific β‐nucleation on morphology and mechanical behavior of isotactic polypropylene

The commercial grade of isotactic polypropylene was modified by a specific β‐nucleating agent in a broad concentration range. The supermolecular structure of the specimens prepared by injection molding was characterized by X‐ray scattering and correlated with mechanical behavior. It was found that at a critical nucleant concentration of 0.03 wt % the content of the β‐modification virtually reaches a saturation level. With further addition of the nucleant, the β‐phase content increases only slightly. The long period passes through a distinct maximum at the same nucleant concentration. This singularity in structure remarkably correlates with a minimum of the yield stress and maxima of strain at break and fracture toughness. Such general behavior is also reflected in the correlation between the β‐phase concentration and fracture toughness profiles along the injection‐molded bars. It is suggested that in the critically nucleated material an optimum thickness of the amorphous interlayer with connecting chains between the β‐crystallites is established, rendering the material the highest possible ductility and toughness. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 1174–1184, 2002     

IR study of the interaction of hydroxyl groups of silica gel with Cr species of Phillips' type catalysts

Spectroscopic evidence for the interaction of hydroxyl groups and chromium ions was obtained using a catalyst prepared from chromyl chloride. A new OH peak, observed at 3705 cm^–1 after pumping away CO gas, is attributed to the direct interaction of OH with the low-valent chromium. This peak shifts to 3590 cm^–1 on contact with O₂ at room temperature and it is assigned to a hydroxyl interacting with the oxidized chromium. New assignments are also proposed for IR bands of CO presorbed on the catalyst. The peak due to CO at 2188 cm^–1 decreases as the OH intensity at 3705 cm^–1 increases, suggesting that the former peak arises from adsorption on Cr(II) species to which two oxygen atoms are attached.     

SiO_2对低温液相法制备锐钛型TiO_2/SiO_2纳米复合膜性能的影响

采用浸渍提拉法在玻璃表面制得SiO2/TiO2纳米复合膜,筛选出SiO2∶TiO2优化摩尔比为0.1∶1。结果表明,加入SiO2可有效提高TiO2膜层均匀性,降低晶粒直径,纳米复合膜对甲基橙溶液光催化降解率为38.58%,光照30min后膜接触角为5(°),纳米膜与玻璃之间附着力达到1级,且对各类介质均具有良好的耐蚀性。     

邻仲丁基4,6-二硝基苯酚(DNBP)对苯乙烯热聚合阻聚行为研究

用折光指数法考察了90~120℃下邻仲丁基4,6-二硝基苯酚(DNBP)对苯乙烯热聚合的阻聚效果,并从温度和质量浓度(0.02%~1%)两个方面进行研究。实验结果表明,随着温度的升高,阻聚效果逐渐变弱;随着阻聚剂浓度的增加,阻聚效果逐渐变强;温度对于阻聚过程的影响要强于浓度对其的影响;温度为120℃,DNBP浓度超过0.1%时,可以产生表面意义上的诱导期。