Electrochemical synthesis of a novel poly(2,5-dimethoxy aniline) nanorod for ultrasensitive glucose biosensor application

We report for the first time a rapid electrochemical synthesis of one-dimensional poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline) nanorods (PDMA-NR) in the presence of surfactant. FE-SEM and TEM images confirm the PDMA-NR formation and the average diameter of single rod sizes in the range of ∼200–300 nm. An enzymatic glucose biosensor was fabricated through immobilizing glucose oxidase (GOx) into PDMA-NR matrix. The amperometric current response of PDMA-NR/GOx to glucose is linear in the concentration range between 1 and 10 μM with a detection limit of 0.5 μM (S/N = 3). The PDMA-NR/GOx electrode possesses high sensitivity (5.03 μA/μM), selectivity, stability, and reproducibility toward glucose.     

区域空间规划生态分级保护研究 ——以华蓥山东麓为例

生态分级保护是空间规划中重要支 撑性内容,是全面协调生态保护与开发利用 关系,实现各类空间差异化管控,促进区域 可持续发展的重要途径。本文以华蓥山东麓 为例,通过生态功能重要性和生态敏感性评 价,同时结合景观生态安全格局进行分析, 构建生态保护分级指数模型,按保护程度由 高至低将研究区划分为Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ级。其 中,I级保护区为基本生态控制区,实行严格 的生态保护制度;II级保护区为生态缓冲区, 实行生态修复与城乡建设、产业发展负面清 单管理制度;III级保护区为农业生态区,加 强农业生态环境保护,建立健全绿色生态农 业导向机制;IV级保护区主要为城镇村庄生 态区,加强城乡居民点环境保护,推进人居 环境建设。研究结果可为华蓥山东麓生态修 复保护总体规划提供借鉴,对华蓥山自然保 护区与城镇建设区之间生态过渡地带的精细 化、精准化、差别化管理具有重要意义。     

基于误差预测的机床精度分析与设计

数字化精度分析是当前确保机床设计精度的重要手段。精度建模与精度分析等重要手段主要针对机床几何精度、运动精度及工件表面成形运动精度。对于复杂成形运动机床,目前精度设计标准与工件加工精度之间尚无准确对应关系。为此,提出了基于误差预测的机床精度设计方案,该方案分为两阶段数字化精度分析。第一阶段通过技术系统实现工件到工艺系统各部件精度分配与检测,在规定的精度下达到机床输出精度。第二阶段通过机床系统完成机床输出到机床各组成部件精度分配与检查。文中以YK3610滚齿机为例,详细分析了两系统误差模型及应用方法,并通过试验验证机床的实际切割精度可达5-4-4等级,因此该方法为复杂成形运动机床精度的设计提供了依据。     

钢渣机敏混凝土的性能研究

将钢渣掺入到水泥基体中,不仅起到增强作用,而且还可以改善其导电性。本文试验研究了钢渣水泥基材料在单轴压应力下的机敏性,并探讨了将其用作监测材料对混凝土内部损伤进行监控的可行性。结果表明,该导电混凝土在压应力作用下,电阻率的变化趋势可近似地符合二次多项式方程;随钢渣掺量增加,钢渣混凝土的机敏效应增强。     

Sensitivity analysis of steel buildings subjected to column loss

In this study, the sensitivity of design parameters of steel buildings subjected to progressive collapse is studied. To this end, design parameters such as yield strengths of beams, columns, and braces, live load, elastic modulus, and damping ratio were considered as random variables. The Monte Carlo simulation, the Tornado Diagram analysis, and the First-Order Second Moment method were applied to deal with the uncertainties involved in the design parameters. The analysis results showed that among the design variables beam yield strength was ultimately the most important design parameter in the moment-resisting frame buildings while the column yield strength was the most important design parameter in the dual system building. Sensitivity of the vertical displacement to uncertain member strength showed that progressive collapse mechanisms of the moment-resisting frame buildings and the dual system building completely differed due to different patterns of the vertical load redistribution.     

Model selection, identification and validation in anaerobic digestion: a review

Anaerobic digestion enables waste (water) treatment and energy production in the form of biogas. The successful implementation of this process has lead to an increasing interest worldwide. However, anaerobic digestion is a complex biological process, where hundreds of microbial populations are involved, and whose start-up and operation are delicate issues. In order to better understand the process dynamics and to optimize the operating conditions, the availability of dynamic models is of paramount importance. Such models have to be inferred from prior knowledge and experimental data collected from real plants. Modeling and parameter identification are vast subjects, offering a realm of approaches and methods, which can be difficult to fully understand by scientists and engineers dedicated to the plant operation and improvements. This review article discusses existing modeling frameworks and methodologies for parameter estimation and model validation in the field of anaerobic digestion processes. The point of view is pragmatic, intentionally focusing on simple but efficient methods.     

景观环境尽度与神奇感受——鼓浪屿五维景观环境的保护与拓展

景观环境尺度直接影响人们的景观感受,鼓浪屿以其特殊的景观尺度给人以深刻的印象。现结合《鼓浪屿发展概念性规划国际咨询》项目实践,以鼓浪屿街道景观环境为主线,提出了景观环境尺度的五个维度,详细分析了视觉景观空间与时间四维尺度和第五维听觉景观尺度作用影响,针对鼓浪屿现状问题和发展需要,阐述了鼓浪屿五维景观的保护与拓展的规划设计方案、设想与建议。     

Sensitivity analysis of steel plane frames with initial imperfections

The article presents the sensitivity and statistical analyses of the load-carrying capacity of a steel portal frame. It elaborates a typical stability problem of a system comprising two single-storey columns loaded in compression. The elements of this system mutually influence each other, and this fact, in conjunction with the random imperfections, influences the load-carrying capacity variance. This mutual interaction is analysed using the Sobol’ sensitivity analysis. The Sobol’ sensitivity analysis is applied to identify the dominant input random imperfections and their higher order interaction effects on the load-carrying capacity. Majority of imperfections were considered according to the results of experimental research. Realizations of initial imperfections were simulated applying the Latin Hypercube Sampling method. The geometrical nonlinear solution providing numerical result per run was employed. The frame was meshed using beam elements. The columns of the plane frame are considered with two variants of boundary conditions. The dependence between mean and design load-carrying capacities and column non-dimensional slenderness is analysed.     

Design of composite hybrid plate girder bridges based on reliability and optimization

A practical and efficient reliability-based optimization approach to the design of both unstiffened and stiffened composite hybrid plate girders for highway bridges is presented. The steel weight of the built up plate girder is adopted as the objective to be minimized and all constraints specified in the AASHTO bridge code are considered in the optimization process. The solution is obtained by coupling an optimization program with a reliability analysis program. Numerical examples illustrate the application of the approach to reliability-based optimum design of unstiffened and stiffened composite plate girders. Sensitivity analyses are also performed for finding the rates of change of the optimum solution with respect to changes in problem preassigned parameters.     

Structural reliability software at the University of California, Berkeley

The paper provides an overview of three software for structural reliability analysis developed at the University of California, Berkeley. These are CalREL, which is a general-purpose structural reliability code written in FORTRAN; FERUM, which is a collection of Matlab^® files that can be used for structural reliability analysis in conjunction with simple finite element models; and OpenSees, which is an object-oriented code for nonlinear structural response simulation with reliability capabilities. Reliability analysis methods featured by these software include FORM, SORM, Monte Carlo simulation, and various importance sampling methods. In addition, variable importance and sensitivity measures are provided.