Mining fuzzy temporal association rules by item lifespans

Data mining is the process of extracting desirable knowledge or interesting patterns from existing databases for specific purposes. In real-world applications, transactions may contain quantitative values and each item may have a lifespan from a temporal database. In this paper, we thus propose a data mining algorithm for deriving fuzzy temporal association rules. It first transforms each quantitative value into a fuzzy set using the given membership functions. Meanwhile, item lifespans are collected and recorded in a temporal information table through a transformation process. The algorithm then calculates the scalar cardinality of each linguistic term of each item. A mining process based on fuzzy counts and item lifespans is then performed to find fuzzy temporal association rules. Experiments are finally performed on two simulation datasets and the foodmart dataset to show the effectiveness and the efficiency of the proposed approach.     

High Rate,Long Lifespan LiV3O8 Nanorods as a Cathode Material for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

LiV₃O₈ nanorods with controlled size are successfully synthesized using a nonionic triblock surfactant Pluronic‐F127 as the structure directing agent. X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy techniques are used to characterize the samples. It is observed that the nanorods with a length of 4–8 µm and diameter of 0.5–1.0 µm distribute uniformly. The resultant LiV₃O₈ nanorods show much better performance as cathode materials in lithium‐ion batteries than normal LiV₃O₈ nanoparticles, which is associated with the their unique micro–nano‐like structure that can not only facilitate fast lithium ion transport, but also withstand erosion from electrolytes. The high discharge capacity (292.0 mAh g^?1 at 100 mA g^?1), high rate capability (138.4 mAh g^?1 at 6.4 A g^?1), and long lifespan (capacity retention of 80.5% after 500 cycles) suggest the potential use of LiV₃O₈ nanorods as alternative cathode materials for high‐power and long‐life lithium ion batteries. In particular, the synthetic strategy may open new routes toward the facile fabrication of nanostructured vanadium‐based compounds for energy storage applications.     

电网侧大规模电化学储能运行效率及寿命衰减建模方法综述

电化学储能在电力系统中扮演着重要的角色,近期对电网侧大规模电化学储能参与电力系统调度运行及控制的研究层出不穷。电化学储能的运行效率和寿命衰减特性受到储能充放电速率、充放电深度和运行温度的非线性影响,这些影响在现有的电网侧电化学储能研究中考虑的并不全面。文中介绍了锂离子电池、超级电容和全钒液流电池3种电化学储能系统的原理与特点,综述并归纳了这3种电化学储能系统运行效率的建模方法和寿命衰减的建模方法。最后,提出了电网侧大规模电化学储能系统运行效率和寿命衰减建模方法有待进一步考虑的问题,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望。     

Predicting the Lifespan and Retweet Times of Tweets Based on Multiple Feature Analysis

In social network services, such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and certain postings attract more people than others. In this paper, we propose a novel method for predicting the lifespan and retweet times of tweets, the latter being a proxy for measuring the popularity of a tweet. We extract information from retweet graphs, such as posting times; and social, local, and content features, so as to construct prediction knowledge bases. Tweets with a similar topic, retweet pattern, and properties are sequentially extracted from the knowledge base and then used to make a prediction. To evaluate the performance of our model, we collected tweets on Twitter from June 2012 to October 2012. We compared our model with conventional models according to the prediction goal. For the lifespan prediction of a tweet, our model can reduce the time tolerance of a tweet lifespan by about four hours, compared with conventional models. In terms of prediction of the retweet times, our model achieved a significantly outstanding precision of about 50%, which is much higher than two of the conventional models showing a precision of around 30% and 20%, respectively.     

Methodology for WEEE assessment in Algeria

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) generated in emerging countries is increasing. This study presents a methodology to improve assessment and monitoring WEEE in Algeria. The proposed methodology is a two-step approach. The first step is the collection and collation of existing data from different national and international sources. In the second step, different assessment and forecasting methods are applied. Forecasting methods were selected from those models which provided minimum error indices. The paper considers also the availability and reliability of data in order to provide a future reliable assessment of WEEE in Algeria. The study revealed that the forecasting methods do not have a big influence on the results contrary to the inputs of the model.     

基于磨损的球磨机衬板寿命模型的研究

球磨机中的衬板是主要易损件,而衬板的主要失效形式是磨损失效。通过分析计算衬板磨损量,建立了近似计算衬板寿命的模型,并通过模型表达式得出影响衬板磨损量的主要因素。     

山楂对果蝇抗氧化相关调控基因表达的影响

以果蝇为动物模型,研究给予不同剂量山楂提取物（0、0.8、4 mg/mL）对果蝇寿命、抗氧化酶活力及抗氧化相关调控基因表达的影响。结果表明：添加山楂提取物可以延长果蝇寿命;体内抗氧化酶活力测定结果显示,添加0.8 mg/mL山楂提取物可以显著升高铜锌超氧化物歧化酶（CuZn-superoxide dismutase,CuZn-SOD）酶活力（P＜0.05）,给予4 mg/mL山楂提取物可以极显著升高CuZn-SOD酶活力（P＜0.01）和显著升高过氧化氢酶（catalase,CAT）酶活力（P＜0.05）,且降低丙二醛（malondialdehyde,MDA）水平。实时定量PCR（real timepolymerasechain reaction,real time-PCR）,结果显示,给予4 mg/mL山楂提取物显著上调CuZn-SOD、CAT mRNA表达水平（P＜0.05）;给予0.8 mg/mL山楂提取物磷脂氢谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（phospholipid hydroperoxideglutathione peroxidase,PHGSH-Px） mRNA表达水平显著升高（P＜0.05）,4 mg/mL组表达水平极显著升高（P＜0.01）。综上,山楂在机体内抗氧化活性可能是通过上调内源性抗氧化酶来实现的。     

浅谈棒线轧辊的设计与制造

本文从轧辊的材质、硬度,轧辊的设计和制造等方面概括论述了轧辊的特征与机械性能,以棒线轧机使用的轧辊为例阐述了轧辊设计与制造过程中应该注意的环节,并从金相学的角度来探讨轧辊热处理后的机械性能,从而找出延长轧辊工作时间的方法.     

Dyadic drumming across the lifespan reveals a zone of proximal development in children.

Many social interactions require the synchronization—be it automatically or intentionally—of one's own behavior with that of others. Using a dyadic drumming paradigm, the authors delineate lifespan differences in interpersonal action synchronization (IAS). Younger children, older children, younger adults, and older adults in same- and mixed-age dyads were instructed to drum in synchrony with their interaction partner at a constant, self-chosen tempo. Adult-only dyads showed the highest and children-only the lowest levels of IAS accuracy. It is important to note that children improved reliably in IAS accuracy when paired with older partners. The observed age-related differences in IAS accuracy remained reliable after statistically controlling for individual differences in the ability to synchronize to a metronome and for between-dyad differences in tempo. The authors conclude that IAS improves from middle childhood to adulthood and that adult interaction partners may facilitate its development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

PC变截面空心板桥承载力评估及寿命预测

根据国内外研究现状,结合依托工程桥梁检测结果,对旧桥承载力进行了总结和评估,在项目纽已有的研究基础上,对PC变截面空心板使用寿命进行了研究,以便指导今后的设计、施工、养护。