Uncontrolled terms:Biological sequences - Efficient algorithm - Frequent pattern mining - Frequent patterns - Memory cost - Pattern growth - Prefix tree - Prefix trees - Primary pattern - Projected database
Classification code:723 Computer Software, Data Handling and Applications - 723.5 Computer Applications - 921 Mathematics
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Accession number:20111113742060
Title:Controllability of impulsive differential systems with nonlocal conditions
Authors:Ji, Shaochun (1); Li, Gang (1); Wang, Min (3)
Author affiliation:(1) School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, China; (2) Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, Jiangsu 223003, China; (3) Library, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, Jiangsu 223003, China
Corresponding author:Ji, S.(jiscmath@yahoo.com.cn)
Source title:Applied Mathematics and Computation
Abbreviated source title:Appl. Math. Comput.
Volume:217
Issue:16
Issue date:April 15, 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:6981-6989
Language:English
ISSN:00963003
CODEN:AMHCBQ
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Elsevier Inc., 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, United States
Abstract:The paper is concerned with the controllability of impulsive functional differential equations with nonlocal conditions. Using the measure of noncompactness and Mo¨nch fixed-point theorem, we establish some sufficient conditions for controllability. Firstly, we require the equicontinuity of evolution system, and next we only suppose that the evolution system is strongly continuous. Since we do not assume that the evolution system generates a compact semigroup, our theorems extend some analogous results of (impulsive) control systems. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Number of references:18
Main heading:Differential equations
Controlled terms:Controllability - System stability
Uncontrolled terms:Compact semigroup - Differential systems - Equicontinuity - Evolution systems - Fixed point theorems - Impulsive functional differential equation - Impulsive functional differential systems - Measure of noncompactness - Mild solution - Non-local conditions - Sufficient conditions
Classification code:731.1 Control Systems - 921.2 Calculus - 961 Systems Science
DOI:10.1016/j.amc.2011.01.107
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20110813682952
Title:Synthesis of protein-gold nanoparticle hybrid and gold nanoplates in protein aggregates
Authors:Liu, Yan (1); Guo, Rong (1)
Author affiliation:(1) School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
Corresponding author:Guo, R.(guorong@yzu.edu.cn)
Source title:Materials Chemistry and Physics
Abbreviated source title:Mater Chem Phys
Volume:126
Issue:3
Issue date:April 15, 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:619-627
Language:English
ISSN:02540584
CODEN:MCHPDR
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Elsevier Ltd, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom
Abstract:A straightforward and economically viable approach was developed to biomimetic synthesis of gold nanocrystals by using casein micelles (CMs) without additional reductant. The UV-vis, TEM, SAED, FTIR, DLS and XRD techniques were employed to systematically characterize Au nanocrystals synthesized. Isotropic gold nanoparticle (GNP) and gold nanoplates in good yields (up to 90%) with different sizes can be obtained easily by adjusting the experimental condition. Spherical nanoparticles were obtained with tunable mean sizes at higher pH and casein concentrations. The high colloidal stability of the spherical GNP is attributed to the formation of CM/GNP hybrid under some experimental condition. At lower pH, reaction temperature and casein concentrations, single-crystalline gold nanoplates in good yields (up to 90%) are obtained. The growth of these nanostructures is attributed to an interplay between the faceting tendency of the protein molecules/micelles and the growth kinetics. More importantly, the morphological evolution of large gold nanoplates at different reaction times has been followed, and compared with some earlier protein systems, different formation mechanisms in casein micelles are obtained. The results demonstrate that both the property of individual protein molecules and protein aggregates play important roles in controlling the formation of gold nanocrystals by using amphiphilic protein. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Number of references:42
Main heading:Gold
Controlled terms:Biomimetics - Casein - Growth kinetics - Micelles - Nanocrystals - Nanoparticles - Synthesis (chemical)
Uncontrolled terms:Amphiphilics - Au nanocrystals - Biomimetic synthesis - Casein micelles - Colloidal Stability - Different sizes - Experimental conditions - Formation mechanism - FTIR - Gold nanocrystals - Gold nanoparticle - Gold Nanoparticles - Gold nanoplates - Good yield - Hybrid - Individual proteins - Mean size - Morphological evolution - Nanoplates - Protein aggregates - Protein system - Reaction temperature - Reaction time - Reductants - Single-crystalline - Spherical nanoparticles - TEM - XRD technique
Classification code:804.1 Organic Compounds - 802.2 Chemical Reactions - 801.3 Colloid Chemistry - 933 Solid State Physics - 801.2 Biochemistry - 708 Electric and Magnetic Materials - 547.1 Precious Metals - 761 Nanotechnology
DOI:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.01.008
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20111613928404
Title:Thermodynamic studies of a nanowire-shaped β-FeOOH nanofluid produced by a solvothermal route
Authors:Nan, Zhaodong (1); Tan, Zhicheng (2)
Author affiliation:(1) College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China; (2) Thermochemistry Laboratory, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
Corresponding author:Nan, Z.(zdnan@yzu.edu.cn)
Source title:Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data
Abbreviated source title:J Chem Eng Data
Volume:56
Issue:4
Issue date:April 14, 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:915-919
Language:English
ISSN:00219568
E-ISSN:15205134
CODEN:JCEAAX
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:American Chemical Society, 2540 Olentangy River Road, P.O. Box 3337, Columbus, OH 43210-3337, United States
Abstract:An n-butanol-based nanofluid containing nanowire-shaped β-FeOOH was synthesized by a solvothermal method. The nanofluid was stable for 7 days without any precipitation with 3.0 mM SDBS as stabilizer. Uniform β-FeOOH nanowires with high aspect ratios were fabricated. The heat capacities of the obtained β-FeOOH sample, the base fluid, and the nanofluid were determined by an adiabatic calorimeter. Smoothed heat capacities and thermodynamic functions of the obtained samples, such as H(T/K) - H(298.15 K) and S(T/K) - S(298.15 K), were calculated based on the fitted polynomials and the relationships of the thermodynamic functions. These results are very useful to apply to the as-produced nanowire-shaped β-FeOOH and the nanofluid in engineering fields. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Number of references:35
Main heading:Nanofluidics
Controlled terms:Aspect ratio - Nanowires - Specific heat - Thermodynamics
Uncontrolled terms:Adiabatic calorimeters - Engineering fields - Heat capacities - High aspect ratio - N-butanol - Nano-fluid - Solvothermal method - Solvothermal route - Thermodynamic functions - Thermodynamic studies
Classification code:641.1 Thermodynamics - 761 Nanotechnology - 933 Solid State Physics - 943 Mechanical and Miscellaneous Measuring Instruments
DOI:10.1021/je1008679
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20112114000583
Title:Glucose lowering effect of transgenic human insulin-like growth factor-I from rice: In vitro and in vivo studies
Authors:Cheung, Stanley C.K. (1); Liu, Li-Zhong (1); Lan, Lin-Lin (1); Liu, Qiao-Quan (2); Sun, Samuel S.M. (1); Chan, Juliana C.N. (1); Tong, Peter C.Y. (1)
Author affiliation:(1) Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong; (2) Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong; (3) Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Agricultural College, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225009, China
Corresponding author:Tong, P.C.Y.(ptong@cuhk.edu.hk)
Source title:BMC Biotechnology
Abbreviated source title:BMC Biotechnol.
Volume:11
Issue date:April 12, 2011
Publication year:2011
Article number:37
Language:English
E-ISSN:14726750
CODEN:BBMIE6
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:BioMed Central Ltd., 34 - 42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, United Kingdom
Abstract:Background: Human insulin-like growth factor-I (hIGF-I) is a growth factor which is highly resemble to insulin. It is essential for cell proliferation and has been proposed for treatment of various endocrine-associated diseases including growth hormone insensitivity syndrome and diabetes mellitus. In the present study, an efficient plant expression system was developed to produce biologically active recombinant hIGF-I (rhIGF-I) in transgenic rice grains.Results: The plant-codon-optimized hIGF-I was introduced into rice via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. To enhance the stability and yield of rhIGF-I, the endoplasmic reticulum-retention signal and glutelin signal peptide were used to deliver rhIGF-I to endoplasmic reticulum for stable accumulation. We found that only glutelin signal peptide could lead to successful expression of hIGF-I and one gram of hIGF-I rice grain possessed the maximum activity level equivalent to 3.2 micro molar of commercial rhIGF-I. In vitro functional analysis showed that the rice-derived rhIGF-I was effective in inducing membrane ruffling and glucose uptake on rat skeletal muscle cells. Oral meal test with rice-containing rhIGF-I acutely reduced blood glucose levels in streptozotocin-induced and Zucker diabetic rats, whereas it had no effect in normal rats.Conclusion: Our findings provided an alternative expression system to produce large quantities of biologically active rhIGF-I. The provision of large quantity of recombinant proteins will promote further research on the therapeutic potential of rhIGF-I. © 2011 Cheung et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Number of references:42
Main heading:Peptides
Controlled terms:Cell proliferation - Gene encoding - Glucose - Insulin
Uncontrolled terms:IGF-I - KDEL - Oryza sativa - Protein targeting - Recombinant protein - Transgenic plants
Classification code:461.2 Biological Materials and Tissue Engineering - 461.9 Biology - 804.1 Organic Compounds
DOI:10.1186/1472-6750-11-37
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20111413894960
Title:Dynamic admittance matrix of metal core piezoelectric fiber
Authors:Yixiang, Bian (1); Jinhao, Qiu (2)
Author affiliation:(1) College of Mechanical Engneering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China; (2) Key Lab of Smart Materials and Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Corresponding author:Jinhao, Q.(qiu@nuaa.edu.cn)
Source title:International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
Abbreviated source title:Int J Appl Electromagnet Mech
Volume:35
Issue:3
Issue date:2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:189-200
Language:English
ISSN:13835416
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:IOS Press, Nieuwe Hemweg 6B, Amsterdam, 1013 BG, Netherlands
Abstract:The metal core piezoelectric fiber (MPF) is one of the new type piezoelectric devices for sensors and actuators. To investigate the dynamic characteristics of a cantilever MPF, the dynamic admittance matrix is established. It can describe the response of a cantilever MPF subjected to driving parameters, a harmonically varying axial force F at the tip and a harmonically varying voltage V on the electrodes. The responses parameters of a cantilever MPF, including a dynamic tip elongation δ and a dynamic electric charge Q, can be obtained using the vibration theory and the average distributed electrical charge method. The response parameters are related to the driving parameters by a 2 × 2 matrix. The dynamic models for measuring piezoelectric parameters of a MPF are given in order to illustrate the applications of the previous dynamic admittance matrix. The piezoelectric parameters, the elastic coefficient s11E , the piezoelectric coefficient d31 and the dielectric constant Ε33T of MPF were measured experimentally. © 2011 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.
Number of references:20
Main heading:Piezoelectric actuators
Controlled terms:Fibers - Metals - Nanocantilevers - Piezoelectricity
Uncontrolled terms:Admittance matrices - Dielectric constants - Driving parameters - Dynamic characteristics - Elastic coefficient - Electrical charges - matrix - Metal core - Metal core piezoelectric fibers - Piezoelectric coefficient - Piezoelectric fiber - piezoelectric parameters - Response parameters - Sensors and actuators - Varying axial force - Vibration theory
Classification code:933 Solid State Physics - 817 Plastics and Other Polymers: Products and Applications - 812 Ceramics, Refractories and Glass - 761 Nanotechnology - 732 Control Devices - 715 Electronic Equipment, General Purpose and Industrial - 708.1 Dielectric Materials - 708 Electric and Magnetic Materials - 531 Metallurgy and Metallography
DOI:10.3233/JAE-2011-1332
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20111213771298
Title:Sugar-bearing tetraphenylethylene: Novel fluorescent probe for studies of carbohydrate-protein interaction based on aggregation-induced emission
Authors:Wang, Jin-Xiang (1); Chen, Qi (1); Bian, Ning (1); Yang, Fen (1); Sun, Jing (2); Qi, Ai-Di (3); Yan, Chao-Guo (2); Han, Bao-Hang (1)
Author affiliation:(1) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China; (2) College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China; (3) College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
Corresponding author:Yan, C.-G.
Source title:Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Abbreviated source title:Org. Biomol. Chem.
Volume:9
Issue:7
Issue date:April 7, 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:2219-2226
Language:English
ISSN:14770520
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 OWF, United Kingdom
Abstract:Neutral sugar-bearing tetraphenylethenes (TPE) are designed and prepared as "turn-on" luminescent sensors for lectins and glycosidases based on aggregation-induced emission. Through aggregation derived from carbohydrate-lectin binding, multivalent mannosyl-bearing TPE shows a good selectivity and sensitivity to Con A by switching on the fluorescence of water-soluble tetraphenylethylene-based glyco-conjugates in aqueous solution. Meanwhile, cellobiosyl-bearing TPE can be used to investigate enzymatic hydrolysis based on emission enhancing by glycosidase-induced aggregation. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Number of references:36
Main heading:Enzymatic hydrolysis
Controlled terms:Bearings (structural) - Fluorescence - Hydrolases - Organic compounds - Sugars
Uncontrolled terms:Aggregation-induced emissions - Aqueous solutions - Carbohydrate-protein interactions - Fluorescent probes - Glycosidases - Lectin binding - Luminescent sensors - Neutral sugar - Selectivity and sensitivity - Tetraphenylethylene
Classification code:408.2 Structural Members and Shapes - 741.1 Light/Optics - 804.1 Organic Compounds
DOI:10.1039/c0ob00680g
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20112714112572
Title:Application of vacuum flat glass to box-type solar energy collectors group
Authors:Zhao, Ying (1); Zhang, Ruihong (1); Kong, Youbin (2); Li, Guosheng (2)
Author affiliation:(1) College of Mechanical Engineering, Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (2) Experimental Farm of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Corresponding author:Zhao, Y.(zhaoying274211078@126.com)
Source title:Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering
Abbreviated source title:Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao
Volume:27
Issue:4
Issue date:April 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:246-250
Language:Chinese
ISSN:10026819
CODEN:NGOXEO
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Exhibition Road South, Beijing, 100026, China
Abstract:The vacuum flat glass will improve the efficiency of box-type flat plate solar energy collectors group. The efficiency of the solar energy collectors group that respectively use the vacuum flat glass and ordinary hollow flat glass as its transparent cover was studied. Meanwhile, a lot of comparative experiments between them were conducted. The results showed that the efficiency of the box-type solar energy collectors that consisted of vacuum flat glass increased by 15% than that of the ordinary hollow flat glass. It demonstrates that vacuum flat glass can improve the efficiency of the box-type solar energy collector. So it has a good future in the application of box-type solar energy collectors group.
Number of references:16
Main heading:Solar energy
Controlled terms:Agricultural products - Collector efficiency - Energy efficiency - Glass - Solar radiation - Vacuum - Vacuum technology
Uncontrolled terms:Comparative experiments - Flat glass - Flat plate - Solar energy collectors
Classification code:525.2 Energy Conservation - 633 Vacuum Technology - 657.1 Solar Energy and Phenomena - 702.3 Solar Cells - 812.3 Glass - 821.4 Agricultural Products
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1002-6819.2011.04.043
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20110813678777
Title:Three-dimensional elastic displacements induced by a dislocation of polygonal shape in anisotropic elastic crystals
Authors:Chu, H.J. (1); Pan, E. (2); Wang, J. (3); Beyerlein, I.J. (4)
Author affiliation:(1) Research Group of Mechanics, Yanzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; (2) Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, United States; (3) Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States; (4) Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
Corresponding author:Pan, E.(pan2@uakron.edu)
Source title:International Journal of Solids and Structures
Abbreviated source title:Int. J. Solids Struct.
Volume:48
Issue:7-8
Issue date:April 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:1164-1170
Language:English
ISSN:00207683
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Elsevier Ltd, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom
Abstract:Dislocations and the elastic fields they induce in anisotropic elastic crystals are basic for understanding and modeling the mechanical properties of crystalline solids. Unlike previous solutions that provide the strain and/or stress fields induced by dislocation loops, in this paper, we develop, for the first time, an approach to solve the more fundamental problem - the anisotropic elastic dislocation displacement field. By applying the point-force Greens function for a three-dimensional anisotropic elastic material, the elastic displacement induced by a dislocation of polygonal shape is derived in terms of a simple line integral. It is shown that the singularities in the integrand of this integral are all removable. The proposed expression is applied to calculate the elastic displacements of dislocations of two different fundamental shapes, i.e. triangular and hexagonal. The results show that the displacement jump across the dislocation loop surface exactly equals the assigned Burgers vector, demonstrating that the proposed approach is accurate. The dislocation-induced displacement contours are also presented, which could be used as benchmarks for future numerical studies. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Number of references:26
Main heading:Dislocations (crystals)
Controlled terms:Crystals - Mechanical properties - Optical anisotropy - Three dimensional
Uncontrolled terms:Anisotropic material - Dislocation - Displacement field - Polygonal shapes - Removable singularity
Classification code:801.4 Physical Chemistry - 902.1 Engineering Graphics - 933.1 Crystalline Solids - 951 Materials Science
DOI:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.12.015
Database:Compendex
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Accession number:20111613926342
Title:Robust dissipative control for time-delay stochastic jump systems
Authors:Xu, Lijuan (1); Zhang, Tianping (1); Yi, Yang (1)
Author affiliation:(1) College of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Corresponding author:Xu, L.(xulijuandh@126.com)
Source title:Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics
Abbreviated source title:J Syst Eng Electron
Volume:22
Issue:2
Issue date:April 2011
Publication year:2011
Pages:314-321
Language:English
ISSN:10044132
CODEN:JSEEFQ
Document type:Journal article (JA)
Publisher:Editorial Dept. of Systems Engineering and Electronics, P.O. Box 3905-9, Beijing, 100854, China
Abstract:A robust dissipative control problem for a class of Itoˆtype stochastic systems is discussed with Markovian jumping parameters and time-varying delay. A memoryless state feedback dissipative controller is developed based on Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional approach such that the closed-loop system is robustly stochastically stable and weakly delay-dependent (RSSWDD) and strictly (Q, S, R)-dissipative. The sufficient condition on the existence of state feedback dissipative controller is presented by linear matrix inequality (LMI). And the desired controller can be concluded as solving a set of LMI. Finally, a numerical example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Number of references:18