Title:Simultaneous determination of thiamphenicol, florfenicol and florfenicol amine in eggs by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection
Authors:Xie, Kaizhou (1); Jia, Longfei (1); Yao, Yilin (1); Xu, Dong (1); Chen, Shuqing (1); Xie, Xing (3); Pei, Yan (1); Bao, Wenbin (1); Dai, Guojun (1); Wang, Jinyu (1); Liu, Zongping (4)
Abbreviated source title:J. Chromatogr. B Anal. Technol. Biomed. Life Sci.
Publisher:Elsevier, P.O. Box 211, Amsterdam, 1000 AE, Netherlands
Abstract:A specific, sensitive and widely applicable reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (RP-HPLC-FLD) method was developed for the simultaneous determination of thiamphenicol (TAP), florfenicol (FF) and florfenicol amine (FFA) in eggs. Samples were extracted with ethyl acetate-acetonitrile-ammonium hydroxide (49:49:2, v/v), defatted with hexane, followed by RP-HPLC-FLD determination. Liquid chromatography was performed on a 5μm LiChrospher C18 column using a mobile phase composed of acetonitrile (A), 0.01M sodium dihydrogen phosphate containing 0.005M sodium dodecyl sulfate and 0.1% triethylamine, adjusted to pH 4.8 by 85% phosphoric acid (B) (A:B, 35:65 v/v), at a flow rate of 1.0mL/min. The fluorescence detector of HPLC was set at 224nm for excitation wavelength and 290nm for emission wavelength. Limits of detection (LODs) were 1.5μg/kg for TAP and FF, 0.5μg/kg for FFA in eggs; limits of quantitation (LOQs) were 5μg/kg for TAP and FF, 2μg/kg for FFA in eggs. Linear calibration curves were obtained over concentration ranges of 0.025-5.0μg/mL for TAP with determination coefficients of 0.9997, 0.01-10.0μg/mL for FF with determination coefficients of 0.9997 and 0.0025-2.50μg/mL for FFA with determination coefficients of 0.9998, respectively. The recovery values ranged from 86.4% to 93.8% for TAP, 87.4% to 92.3% for FF and from 89.0% to 95.2% for FFA. The corresponding intra-day and inter-day variation (relative standard deviation, R.S.D.) found to be less than 6.7% and 10.8%, respectively. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Controlled terms:Acetonitrile - Ammonium compounds - Antibiotics - Chromatography - Detectors - Extraction - Fluorescence - Hexane - High performance liquid chromatography - Phosphoric acid - Sodium - Sodium sulfate
Uncontrolled terms:Eggs - Florfenicol - Florfenicol amine - RP-HPLC-FLD - Thiamphenicol
Classification code:931.2 Physical Properties of Gases, Liquids and Solids - 914 Safety Engineering - 804.2 Inorganic Compounds - 804.1 Organic Compounds - 802.3 Chemical Operations - 741.1 Light/Optics - 549.1 Alkali Metals
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Accession number:20113714332569
Title:Morphological character of coarse aggregate and its influence on high-temperature shear strength of asphalt mixture
Authors:Yuan, Jun (1); Qian, Ye (2)
Author affiliation:(1) School of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, Jiangsu, China; (2) Department of Municipal Facilities Management of Rugao, Rugao 226500, Jiangsu, China
Corresponding author:Yuan, J.(tjyuanjun@163.com)
Source title:Jiaotong Yunshu Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
Abbreviated source title:Jiaotong Yunshu Gongcheng Xuebao
Volume:11
Issue:4
Issue date:August 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:17-22
Language:Chinese
ISSN:16711637
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Chang'an University, Southen Middle Section of Xi'an City Second Circular Road, Xi'an, 710064, China
Abstract:The high-temperature shear strength of asphalt mixture was confirmed by using uniaxial penetration test at 60°C. The 2D morphological characters of coarse aggregate were described in terms of shape, angularity and surface texture by using digital image processing technology. The gradation of coarse aggregate was identified based on equivalent ellipse method and sieve size correction factor. The morphological characters of coarse aggregate were extracted by MATLAB, and some characters affecting the high-temperature shear strength of asphalt mixture were proved. Euler number of image in digital topology was applied to quantify the skeleton stability of coarse aggregate. Analysis result shows that the shear strength of asphalt mixture increases due to coarse aggregates with low aspect ratio and eccentricity, high angularity index of equal ellipse perimeter and surface texture parameter. As Euler number decreases, the skeleton structure of coarse aggregate in asphalt mixture with dense framework structure becomes steadier, which leads to higher high-temperature shear strength of asphalt mixture. 9 tabs, 3 figs, 9 refs.
Number of references:9
Main heading:Aggregates
Controlled terms:Agglomeration - Aspect ratio - Asphalt - Image processing - Mixtures - Morphology - Shear strength - Textures - Two dimensional
Uncontrolled terms:2D morphological character - Asphalt mixture - Coarse aggregates - Digital image - High temperature stability - Pavement material
Classification code:943 Mechanical and Miscellaneous Measuring Instruments - 933 Solid State Physics - 902.1 Engineering Graphics - 802.3 Chemical Operations - 951 Materials Science - 741 Light, Optics and Optical Devices - 421 Strength of Building Materials; Mechanical Properties - 411.1 Asphalt - 406 Highway Engineering - 422 Strength of Building Materials; Test Equipment and Methods
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20111713942212
Title:Characterization of mechanical properties of epoxy resin reinforced with submicron-sized ZnO prepared via in situ synthesis method
Authors:Ding, Ke Hong (1); Wang, Gen Lin (2); Zhang, Ming (1)
Author affiliation:(1) College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City 225002, China; (2) Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group Co., Ltd., Yangzhou City 225002, China
Corresponding author:Zhang, M.(lxyzhangm@yzu.edu.cn)
Source title:Materials and Design
Abbreviated source title:Mater. Des.
Volume:32
Issue:7
Issue date:August 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:3986-3991
Language:English
ISSN:02613069
E-ISSN:18734197
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Elsevier Ltd, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom
Abstract:In this paper, ZnO/epoxy composites with homogeneous dispersion were prepared via two simple steps: firstly, in situ preparation of zinc hydroxide (Zn(OH)2)/epoxy from the reaction of aqueous zinc acetate (Zn(Ac)2·2H2O) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 30°C in the presence of high viscosity epoxy resin; secondly, thermal treatment of the as-prepared Zn(OH)2/epoxy hybrid into ZnO/epoxy composites. Meanwhile, the structure, composition and mechanical properties of the resultant products were successfully investigated. From the result of characterization we found that the composite had the optimal mechanical property at ZnO fraction of 5wt.%. Compared to pure epoxy resin, the improvement of ultimate tensile stress, elongation at break, tensile modulus and flexural strength achieved about 40.84%, 24.35%, 27.27% and 51.43%, respectively. The crack arresting mechanisms included particle matrix debonding, plastic void growth, in the composites with a stronger interface, significant plastic deformation of the matrix around the well bonded particles. At the same time, the possible reactive mechanism of the preparation of ZnO/epoxy composite was discussed in this paper. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Number of references:36
Main heading:Mechanical properties
Controlled terms:Epoxy resins - Polymer matrix composites - Sodium - Synthesis (chemical) - Synthetic resins - Tensile strength - Zinc - Zinc oxide
Uncontrolled terms:Elongation at break - Flexural strength - High viscosities - Homogeneous dispersions - In-situ - In-situ synthesis - matrix - Particle-matrix debonding - Reactive mechanism - Sodium hydroxides - Submicron-sized - Tensile moduli - Thermal treatment - Ultimate tensile stress - Void growth - Zinc acetate - Zinc hydroxide - ZnO
Classification code:951 Materials Science - 815.1.1 Organic Polymers - 815.1 Polymeric Materials - 804.2 Inorganic Compounds - 802.2 Chemical Reactions - 549.1 Alkali Metals - 546.3 Zinc and Alloys - 422 Strength of Building Materials; Test Equipment and Methods - 421 Strength of Building Materials; Mechanical Properties
DOI:10.1016/j.matdes.2011.03.038
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20113314236568
Title:Synthesis of quantum dots via microreaction: Structure optimization for microreactor system
Authors:Yang, Hongwei (1); Luan, Weiling (1); Cheng, Rui (1); Chu, Haijian (2); Tu, Shan-Tung (1)
Author affiliation:(1) Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety (MOE), East China University of Science and Technology, 1 Worringerweg, Shanghai 200237, China; (2) College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (3) CAT Catalytic Center, ITMC, RWTH Aachen, 1 Worringerweg, Aachen 52074, Germany
Corresponding author:Luan, W.(Luan@ecust.edu.cn)
Source title:Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abbreviated source title:J. Nanopart. Res.
Volume:13
Issue:8
Issue date:August 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:3335-3344
Language:English
ISSN:13880764
E-ISSN:1572896X
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Springer Netherlands, Van Godewijckstraat 30, Dordrecht, 3311 GZ, Netherlands
Abstract:Microreactor systems existed as a powerful tool for the continuous synthesis of quantum dots. However, the lack of structure optimization for the discrete units led to empirical determination of the length scale, and the properties of the formed products varied in different cases. In this article, the optimizations for the micromixer volume and capillary diameter were presented based on the synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals (NCs). Spectra investigation revealed that the application of a small convective mixer of 36 μL led to 1/3 increase of CdSe concentration in the crude solution. The enhanced mixing of the precursors in this case was also demonstrated favorable to achieve CdSe NCs with narrow PL width. Fast heating and uniform reaction condition achieved in a narrow channel favored the preparation of high quality CdSe NCs under short residence time. However, the application of wide channel did not necessarily result in CdSe NCs with poor quality. Here, we demonstrated that high-quality CdSe NCs with narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) as 32 nm and high quantum yield (QY) 34.7% could be prepared using an 844 μm inner diameter capillary. Based on the obtained results, the scaled-up synthesis of CdSe NCs was demonstrated, and a high quantity of 0.8 g dry CdSe NCs powder (3.5 nm, σ ~ 8.2%) was obtained within 1 h. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Number of references:24
Main heading:Synthesis (chemical)
Controlled terms:Cadmium alloys - Cadmium compounds - Chemicals - Mixers (machinery) - Quantum yield - Semiconductor quantum dots - Structural optimization
Uncontrolled terms:CdSe nanocrystals - Continuous synthesis - Enhanced mixing - High quality - Inner diameters - Length scale - Micro mixers - Micro-reactor - Microreactions - Microreactor system - Nano-manufacturing - Narrow channel - Quantum Dot - Reaction conditions - Residence time - Scale-up - Structure optimization
Classification code:921.5 Optimization Techniques - 804 Chemical Products Generally - 803 Chemical Agents and Basic Industrial Chemicals - 802.2 Chemical Reactions - 802.1 Chemical Plants and Equipment - 714.2 Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits - 549.3 Nonferrous Metals and Alloys excluding Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals
DOI:10.1007/s11051-011-0247-9
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20113014169601
Title:Electrospinning of polylactide and its composites with carbon nanotubes
Authors:Yang, Tao (1); Wu, Defeng (1); Lu, Liangliang (1); Zhou, Weidong (2); Zhang, Ming (1)
Author affiliation:(1) School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225002, China; (2) Testing Centre, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225002, China
Corresponding author:Wu, D.(dfwu@yzu.edu.cn)
Source title:Polymer Composites
Abbreviated source title:Polym Compos
Volume:32
Issue:8
Issue date:August 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:1280-1288
Language:English
ISSN:02728397
E-ISSN:15480569
CODEN:PCOMDI
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, United States
Abstract:Electrospinning of the biodegradable polylactide (PLA) and its composites containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was studied in terms of solution concentrations and solvents effects as well as CNT loadings. The results reveal that the PLA fibers obtained from the solutions using the mixed solvents of chloroform/assistant solvent (v/v 3/1) show better morphologies than those from the solutions using chloroform as the single solvent. This is due to the synergistic effect by the improved conductivity and altered viscosity with addition of assistant solvent. Moreover, the surface structure of fibers depends on the volatility of assistant solvents strongly. Using volatile acrylonitrile or acetone as the assistant solvents, the columned fibers with porous surface structure are obtained; while the flat fibers with fluted surface are formed using nonvolatile dimethyl sulfoxide as the assistant solvents. As for electrospinning of the PLA/CNT composites, the morphology of obtained fibers is closely related to the dispersion of CNTs in the fibers. At low loading levels, the CNTs can be well embedded in the PLA matrix and oriented along the fiber axis, forming nanowire structure. At high loading levels, the CNTs are mainly dispersed as entangled bundles along the fiber axis, and as a result, the obtained fibers show tortuous or misshaped morphologies. Compared with that of the neat PLA fibers, the overall morphologies of the composite fibers are more or less degraded because the presence of some small CNT aggregates in the solutions easily leads to the formation of beaded fiber structure during electrospinning. The conductivity of the obtained composite fiber mats was further studied in terms of CNT loadings. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers.
Number of references:36
Main heading:Electrospinning
Controlled terms:Acetone - Carbon nanotubes - Dimethyl sulfoxide - Fibers - Loading - Morphology - Nanowires - Organic solvents - Solvents - Surface structure
Uncontrolled terms:Beaded fibers - Composite fibers - Fiber axis - High loadings - Low loading - matrix - Mixed solvent - Nanowire structures - Non-volatile - Poly lactide - Polylactides - Single solvents - Solution concentration - Synergistic effect
Classification code:933 Solid State Physics - 819.3 Fiber Chemistry and Processing - 817 Plastics and Other Polymers: Products and Applications - 951 Materials Science - 812 Ceramics, Refractories and Glass - 761 Nanotechnology - 672 Naval Vessels - 804.1 Organic Compounds
DOI:10.1002/pc.21149
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20113714330604
Title:Supervised discriminant projection with its application to face recognition
Authors:Wang, Jianguo (1); Hua, Izhao (2)
Author affiliation:(1) Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tangshan College, Tangshan 063000, China; (2) College of Information Engineer, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Corresponding author:Wang, J.(wjgfwjg@yahoo.com)
Source title:Neural Processing Letters
Abbreviated source title:Neural Process Letters
Volume:34
Issue:1
Issue date:August 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:1-12
Language:English
ISSN:13704621
E-ISSN:1573773X
CODEN:NPLEFG
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Springer Netherlands, Van Godewijckstraat 30, Dordrecht, 3311 GZ, Netherlands
Abstract:In the past few decades, many face recognition methods have been developed. Among thesemethods, subspace analysis is an effective approach for face recognition. Unsuperviseddiscriminant projection (UDP) finds an embedding subspace that preserves local structure information, and uncovers and separates embedding corresponding to different manifolds. Though UDP has been applied in many fields, it has limits to solve the classification tasks, such as the ignorance of the class information. Thus, a novel subspace method, called supervised discriminant projection (SDP), is proposed for face recognition in this paper.In our method, the class information was utilized in the procedure of feature extraction.In SDP, the local structure of the original data is constructed according to a certain kind of similarity between data points, which takes special consideration of both the localinformation and class information. We test the performance of the proposed method SDP on three popular face image databases (i.e. AR database, Yale database, and a subset of FERET database). Experimental results show that the proposed method is effective. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2011.
Number of references:32
Main heading:Face recognition
Controlled terms:Database systems - Feature extraction
Uncontrolled terms:Class information - Classification tasks - Data points - Face image database - Face recognition methods - FERET database - Local structure - Manifold learning - Sub-space methods - Subspace analysis - Supervised discriminant projection (SDP) - Unsuperised discriminant projection (UDP) - Yale database
Classification code:716 Telecommunication; Radar, Radio and Television - 723.3 Database Systems
DOI:10.1007/s11063-011-9180-2
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20113014181546
Title:Robust initial alignment for inertial navigation systems with multiple types of disturbances
Authors:Guo, Lei (1); Cao, Songyin (2)
Author affiliation:(1) National Key Laboratory on Science and Technology on Aircraft Control, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China; (2) Department of Automation, College of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
Corresponding author:Guo, L.(lguo@buaa.edu.cn)
Source title:2011 International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes, ADCONIP 2011
Abbreviated source title:Int. Symp. Adv. Control Ind. Process., ADCONIP
Monograph title:2011 International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes, ADCONIP 2011
Issue date:2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:369-373
Article number:5930455
Language:English
Document type:Conference article (CA)
Conference name:2011 International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes, ADCONIP 2011
Conference date:May 23, 2011 - May 26, 2011
Conference location:Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Conference code:85696
Sponsor:Zhejiang University; Supcon; IEEE Northern Canada Section
Publisher:IEEE Computer Society, 445 Hoes Lane - P.O.Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, United States
Abstract:In this paper, the robust initial alignment problem for inertial navigation systems (INSs) is investigated. Different from most previous works only focusing on Gaussian noises (or other single disturbance), the INS error equation with multiple types of disturbances is constructed. We consider two types of disturbances, where the first type is the sensor drifts described by an exosystem, and the second one includes the nonlinear modeling uncertainties and other measurement noises. A robust filter is constructed for the concerned INS with disturbance rejection and attenuation performance. In the proposed approach, the drift estimations are applied to reject the inertial sensor drifts, H∞ performance is applied to attenuate the norm bounded uncertain disturbances. The proposed multi-objective filter is with both disturbance rejection and attenuation performance. Finally, simulation for stationary base alignment of an INS is given to show the efficiency of the proposed approach. © 2011 Zhejiang University.
Number of references:19
Main heading:Inertial navigation systems
Controlled terms:Alignment - Disturbance rejection - Electric attenuators - Navigation - Process control - Reception quality - Sensors - Uncertainty analysis
Uncontrolled terms:Attenuation performance - Exosystems - Inertial sensor - Initial alignment - Ins errors - Measurement Noise - Multi objective - Nonlinear modeling - Robust filters - Sensor drift
Classification code:922.1 Probability Theory - 801 Chemistry - 731 Automatic Control Principles and Applications - 716.4 Television Systems and Equipment - 704.1 Electric Components - 601.1 Mechanical Devices - 431.5 Air Navigation and Traffic Control
Database:Compendex
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