Removal of nitrates from groundwater through the use of artificial wetlands

Intensive fertilizer use has led to nitrate contamination of groundwater in many areas. This article examines the possibility of removing nitrates through the construction of artificial wetlands. A pilot study conducted in Denmark has found that the method is effective and economical, at least for small waterworks, though further treatment is necessary before an acceptable microbiological water quality is attained.     

Prenatal diagnosis of a highly undifferentiated brain tumour--a case report and review of the literature

Intracranial tumours, often presenting with progressive hydrocephalus, are rare congenital diseases accounting for 0.5-1.5 per cent of all cases of brain tumours diagnosed during childhood. The differential diagnosis includes vascular malformations, infarctions, and haemorrhages. Sonographic signs suggestive of glioblastoma, teratoma, and astrocytoma do not establish the histological diagnosis, however. We report a case of an undifferentiated fetal glioma detected at 29 weeks' gestation. The diagnosis of an undifferentiated brain tumour was suspected by sonography because of the lack of normal brain structures in conjunction with a diffuse echogenic central lesion and an external hydrocephalus. Because of the very poor prognosis, we induced labour by intravaginal and intravenous administration of prostaglandin E2 and achieved the vaginal delivery of a stillborn child whose head circumference corresponded to 38 weeks of pregnancy. Histological and immunochemical features of this undifferentiated congenital glioma (glioblastoma) are presented.     

西北江三角洲来水来沙的非线性分形特征

根据西、北江干流高要、石角及西北江三角洲网河区顶点马口、三水四个水文站的流量和含沙量资料 ,应用非线性分形原理的R S方法 ,计算西北江干流及西北江网河区顶点四个水文站的流量、含沙量的赫斯特数H和分形维数D ;探讨西、北江干流来水来沙的分形特征及西北江三角洲的分水分沙规律。结果表明 ,流量的分维数略大于含沙量的分维数 ,三水站流量及含沙量的分维数与其上游的石角站流量、含沙量的分维数相差较大 ,与思贤的分水分沙造成西北江的水沙交换有关     

缺血性糖尿病下肢病变的膝下动脉成形术

目的探讨膝下动脉的球囊成形术在治疗糖尿病缺血性下肢病变中的价值。方法对５３例糖尿病合并缺血性下肢病变患者６４侧缺血性下肢进行膝下动脉Deep球囊扩张成形术。对比患者手术前后临床症状的改变及足部溃疡的变化。结果５３例患者共１１９支动脉分支接受PTA治疗，５０例患者的１０１个分支成功地开通，技术成功率为８４．９％，所有５０例患者的临床症状均明显缓解，足部溃疡均变小，无需截肢。结论膝下动脉的球囊成形术是治疗缺血性糖尿病下肢病变安全有效的微创手段     

钕电解阳极过电位的测定

用慢扫描示波法测定了钕电解的阳极过电位 .考察了温度、阳极电流密度、Nd2 O3添加量、电解质组成等因素对阳极过电位的影响 ,探讨了降低阳极过电位的可能途径 .结果表明 ,阳极过电位随阳极电流密度的增加而增大 ,随温度的升高而减小 ,一定范围内 ,阳极过电位与阳极电流密度的对数呈线性关系 ,满足塔菲尔方程 ;电解质中LiF和Nd2 O3浓度增加 ,阳极过电位降低 ;适当控制阳极电流密度、升高温度、增加电解质中LiF和Nd2 O3的浓度并尽可能减小极间距 ,均有利于降低阳极过电位     

高喷煤比操作对焦炭劣化的影响

为考查提高喷煤量对焦炭在炉内劣化的影响,在宝钢高炉上进行了风口取样研究.结果表明,喷煤量达到200 kg/t以上时焦炭劣化严重.高炉生产实绩回归显示,焦炭的热性能对高炉透气性的影响比冷强度显著.分析认为焦炭热性能指标CRI、CSR对高炉高煤比操作更重要.借此还提出了提高喷煤量和改善焦炭质量需加强研究的课题.     

Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes Over Rhenium Catalysts on Conventional and Mesoporous MFI Supports

Recently, Re/HZSM-5 (Si/Al = 15) was shown to be an efficient catalyst for ethane dehydrogenation and aromatization at 823 K and atmospheric pressure. In this reaction, the major initial products were benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX), but increasing amounts of ethene were produced with time on stream due to deactivation of the catalyst. We show that by use of rhenium impregnated MFI supports with very few or no acidic sites (Si/Al > 500), highly selective ethane dehydrogenation catalysts are obtained with ethene selectivities of 98%. By use of mesoporous MFI supports (Si/Al >500) the lifetime of the catalyst appears to be slightly improved compared to conventional MFI crystals. The beneficial effect of a mesoporous MFI support is convincingly demonstrated in propane dehydrogenation, where both conversion and selectivities on the mesoporous MFI (Si/Al > 500) impregnated with Re are significantly higher than on Re supported on a comparable conventional MFI support.     

喷射电沉积块体纳米晶Co-Ni合金工艺的研究

利用扫描电子显微镜（SEM），能谱仪（EDS）及X射线衍射（XRD）等分析方法研究了工艺参数对电解液喷射电沉积法制备块体纳米晶Co-Ni合金沉积层成分及结构的影响。结果表明；在本实验条件下，随电解液喷射速度的增加，沉积层中钴含量增加，而晶粒尺寸减小；随电解液温度的升高，沉积层中钴含量减小到一定值后增大，晶粒尺寸呈相反的趋势。沉积层的表面形貌为胞状结构。     

DMTO – a method for Discrete Material and Thickness Optimization of laminated composite structures

This paper presents a gradient based topology optimization method for Discrete Material and Thickness Optimization of laminated composite structures, labelled the DMTO method. The capabilities of the proposed method are demonstrated on mass minimization, subject to constraints on the structural criteria; buckling load factors, eigenfrequencies, and limited displacements. Furthermore, common design guidelines or rules, referred to as manufacturing constraints, are included explicitly in the optimization problem as series of linear inequalities. The material selection and thickness variation are optimized simultaneously through interpolation functions with penalization. Numerical results for several parameterizations of a finite element model of a generic main spar from a wind turbine blade are presented. The different parameterizations represent different levels of complexity with respect to manufacturability. The results will thus give insight into the relation between potential weight saving and design complexity. The results show that the DMTO method is capable of solving the problems robustly with only few intermediate valued design variables.     

Preparation and characterization of comb-shaped polyesters from 2,2-dioctadecyl-1,3-propanediol and phthalic acids

Summary New types of comb-shaped polyesters have been prepared by transesterification of 2,2-dioctadecyl-1,3-propanediol and the three isomeric diphenyl phthalates. Intrinsic viscosity and SEC analyses allowed determination of DPs (60–89) and molar masses; results compare well with absolute average weight molar masses (56,000–118,000) determined by low-angle laser light scattering. High-resolution ¹³C NMR reveals the characteristic aromatic and glycol polyester patterns; it resolves many side-chain methylene carbons, but shows no evidence of end-groups. All the polyesters are crystalline as shown by X-ray diffractometry and DSC, the crystallinity being exclusively due to the octadecyl side-group crystallization in the hexagonal form. The results indicate that the crystallinity decreases substantially when going from the ortho- to the terephthalate polyester.