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Research on Cast-rolling Force Calculation Model in Solid-liquid Cast-rolling Bonding (SLCRB) Process of Bimetallic Clad Pipe

： Based on traditional twin-roll casting technology, a solid-liquid cast-rolling bonding (SLCRB) process of bimetallic clad pipe is proposed. Using the special annular delivery device, molten cladding metal is evenly cast into the circular crystallizer, which formed by the round grooves of the casting rollers and core pipe. The cladding metal is coated uniformly to the core pipe under the rapid solidification and roll bonding. To reveal the interaction of the mechanical behavior between the casting rollers, cladding metal and core pipe, the thermal-fluid coupled model of cladding metal solidification process in the circular crystallizer is built firstly by the software of Fluent, and roll bonding deformation computation zone of solid phase is confirmed. Assuming the core pipe as a rigid body, roll bonding deformation process of the solid phase is regarded as the wall reduction process of the pipe rolling with mandrel. Therefore, the engineering calculation model of the rolling force in the SLCRB process is derived, and the methods of determining the value of each parameter are presented. The stainless steel/aluminum bimetallic clad pipe, with outer diameter φ 38 mm and the thickness of cladding layer and cored pipe wall 4 mm respectively, is fabricated successfully under laboratory conditions. The measured rolling force agrees with the calculation results, which verifies the reliability of engineering calculation model. The research results provide the theory basis for the equipment and process design of the SLCRB process.
On the Need of Trustworthy Sensing and Crowdsourcing for Urban Accessibility in Smart City

Mobility in urban environments is an undisputed key factor that can affect citizens’ well-being and quality of life. This is particularly relevant for those people with disabilities or with reduced mobility who have to face the presence of barriers in urban areas. In this scenario, the availability of information about such architectural elements (together with facilities) can greatly support citizens’ mobility by enhancing their independence and their abilities in conducting daily outdoor activities. With this in mind, we have designed and developed mobile Pervasive Accessibility Social Sensing (mPASS), a system that provides users with personalized paths, computed on the basis of their own preferences and needs, with a customizable and accessible interface. The system collects data from crowdsourcing and crowdsensing to map urban and architectural accessibility by providing reliable information coming from different data sources with different levels of trustworthiness. In this context, reliability can be ensured by properly managing crowdsourced and crowdsensed data, combined when possible with authoritative datasets, provided by disability rights organizations and local authorities. To demonstrate this claim, in this article we present our trustworthiness model and discuss results we have obtained by simulations.
MUSIQUE ET ESTHETIQUE DU TEMPS SELON KANT ET BERGSON

La metaphysique du temps constitue le cœur de l’opposition entre les philosophies de Bergson et de Kant. A travers le cas particulier de la musique, l’article developpe l’idee que ces deux metaphysiques antagonistes engendrent deux esthetiques musicales opposees. La musique est un art non-representatif. Son caractere non-referentiel implique un certain discredit chez Kant, a l’inverse de Bergson pour qui elle possede un pouvoir de revelation du reel en soi, en tant que duree. Kant concoit la musique a travers l’application de la categorie de quantite a la sensation et au jugement de gout, la ou Bergson fait de la musique un flux qualitatif. Enfin, l’article etudie les consequences metaphysiques de ces deux esthetiques musicales. Si pour Kant la temporalite implique une coupure entre l’art et le noumene qui ne peut alors se sensibiliser que de facon symbolique, Bergson saisit dans l’art l’expression d’un pouvoir d’entrainement semblable a celui de l’energie spirituelle que manifestent les grands hommes.
Invariant subspaces of the Dirichlet shift and pseudocontinuations

In this paper we study extremal functions for invariant subspaces . X of the Dirichlet shift, i.e., solutions v of the extremal problem SUp{If,n) (0)1/1f lID: f E . X, f $ O}. Here n is the smallest nonnegative integer such that the sup is positive. It is known that such a function (v generates X#. We show that the derivative (z(o)' has a pseudocontinuation to the exterior disc. This pseudocontinuation is an analytic continuation exactly near those points of the unit circle where (0 is bounded away from zero. We also show that the radial limit of the absolute value of an extremal function exists at every point of the unit circle. Some of our results are valid for all functions that are orthogonal to a nonzero invariant subspace.
Inconsistency effects in source memory and compensatory schema-consistent guessing

The attention–elaboration hypothesis of memory for schematically unexpected information predicts better source memory for unexpected than expected sources. In three source-monitoring experiments, the authors tested the occurrence of an inconsistency effect in source memory. Participants were presented with items that were schematically either very expected or very unexpected for their source. Multinomial processing tree models were used to separate source memory, item memory, and guessing bias. Results show an inconsistency effect in source memory accompanied by a compensatory schema-consistent guessing bias when expectancy strength is high, that is, when items are very expected or very unexpected for their source.
Quantitative Analyses of Kinase Inhibitor Selectivity Using Very Small Size Panels

Kinases are known to regulate the majority of cellular pathways, especially those involved in signal transduction. By modification of substrate activity, protein kinases also control many other cellular processes, including metabolism, transcription, cell cycle progression, cytoskeletal rearrangement, and cell movement, apoptosis, and differentiation. Because protein kinases have profound effects on a cell, and because of their central role in cellular processes, the number of kinases with potential as drug targets is significant. Furthermore, because kinases share common evolutionary backgrounds, they also share structural attributes, making it difficult for drugs to tell apart paralogs of clinical importance from off-target kinases. Thus, multi-target kinase inhibitors (KIs) tend to have undesired cross-reactivities with potentially lethal or debilitating side effects. In this paper, we present methods for analyses of kinase inhibitor specificity and promiscuity that provide affirmative answers for the following two major questions: (a) What is the smallest subset of kinases that any compound needs to be screened against to obtain an accurate indication of specificity or promiscuity? (b) How do we find this small inferential set if it exists.
Optical Modeling-Assisted Characterization of Polymer:Fullerene Photodiodes

In this paper, the practical viability of an organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ)based photodiode is studied, including the analysis of dark current density (J<sub>d</sub> in A/cm<sup>2</sup>), external quantum efficiency (EQE in percent), responsivity (R in A/W), noise-equivalent power (in W/Hz<sup>1/2</sup>), and specific detectivity (Jones in cmHz<sup>1/2</sup>/W). The dark current was minimized down to 90 pA/cm<sup>2</sup> in P3HT : PC<sub>60</sub>BM BHJ photodiodes by increasing the thickness, whereas the EQE maintained high values. The measured noise current was 2:20 χ 10<sup>-13</sup>, 1:13 χ 10<sup>-13</sup>, and 1:94 χ 10<sup>-14</sup> A/Hz<sup>1/2</sup> for 45-, 55-, and 65-nm BHJ photodiodes, respectively. With those values, the calculated detectivity obtained, given light of a 550 nm wavelength, was 2:55 χ 10<sup>11</sup>, 5:93 χ 10<sup>11</sup>, and 4:16 χ 10<sup>12</sup> Jones, respectively. The results demonstrated a performance of polymer:fullerence photodiode near equivalent to that of Si-based photodiodes.
Ortaöğretim Dokuzuncu Sınıf Matematik Ders Kitaplarının Öğretim Programına Uygunluğu Açısından İncelenmesi

Ortaogretim 9. sinif matematik ders kitaplarinin, ortaogretim matematik dersi ogretim programina uygunlugu acisindan incelenmesini amaclayan bu calismada, dokuman incelemesi yoluyla veri toplanmistir. Veri toplama araci olarak arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen Kisaltilmis Ortaogretim Matematik Ders Kitabi Inceleme Yonergesi (K-DKIY) kullanilmistir. Bulgular, hem Dikey yayinciliga ait ders kitabinin (DMK), hem de Milli Egitim Bakanligi yayinevine ait ders kitabinin (MMK) genel olarak ogretim programinda belirlenen kazanimlari kapsayici nitelikte olusturuldugunu gostermistir. Icerik ogesi acisindan, DMK’nin, MMK’ya gore ogretim programina daha uyumlu bir sekilde hazirlandigi sonucuna ulasilmistir. Egitim durumlari ogesine yonelik bulgularda, DMK’nin programin ogrenme-ogretme yaklasiminin yansitilmasinda ve bu surece dâhil edilmesi gereken “Matematiksel Yeterlilik ve Becerilerin” kazandirilmasinda oldukca zayif kaldigi; MMK’nin ise bazi eksiklikler haricinde programa uyumlu bir yapida tasarlandigi gorulmustur. Sinama durumlari acisindan, MMK’nin, DMK’ya gore ogretim programinda dikkate alinmasi gereken yaklasimlari daha yeterli duzeyde yansittigini gorulmustur.
COMMANDE PREDICTIVE PAR LA THEORIE DES INTERVALLES FLOUS ET METAHEURISTIQUES

Dans ce travail, un controleur predictif robuste base sur la theorie des intervalles flous est introduit. Les parametres variables du modele du systeme sont representes par des intervalles flous. En se basant sur les alpha-coupes et la sortie mesuree, a chaque periode d’echantillonnage, un nouveau modele de prediction est construit et employe par la MPC pour definir le signal de commande. Cette methode est cependant couteuse en termes de temps de calcul. Par ailleurs, dans la deuxieme partie de cette these, nous analysons l’application des metaheuristiques pour la determination de la solution optimale en ligne de la commande predictive. Pour cela, une comparaison entre trois metaheuristiques a ete effectuee: algorithme de colonie de fourmis, optimisation par essaim de particules et l’algorithme de recherche gravitationnel. Les resultats montrent que l’algorithme d’essaim de particules converge plus rapidement. Celui-ci a ete applique (par une etude experimentale) pour la commande d’un robot mobile a deux roues. Apres, une etude par simulation a ete realisee sur l’applicabilite des metaheuristiques multi objective pour la solution de la commande predictive multi objective. Les resultats obtenus montrent que l’algorithme d’optimisation par essaim de particules multi objectif est encourageant pour les applications temps reel et peut etre une alternative aux autres methodes qui sont generalement plus difficiles a mettre en œuvre.
Screening for Viral Pathogens in African Simian Bushmeat Seized at A French Airport

Summary Illegal bushmeat traffic is an important threat to biodiversity conservation of several endangered species and may contribute to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in humans. The hunting, manipulation and consumption of wildlife‐based products, especially those of primate origin, may be a threat to human health; however, few studies have investigated the role of bushmeat trade and consumption as a potential source of human infections to date. In this study, we report the screening of viral pathogens in African simian game seized by French customs at Toulouse Blagnac Airport. Epifluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of virus‐like particles in the samples, and further metagenomic sequencing of the DNA and RNA viromes confirmed the presence of sequences related to the Siphoviridae, Myoviridae and Podoviridae bacteriophage families; some of them infecting bacterial hosts that could be potentially pathogenic for humans. To increase the sensitivity of detection, twelve pan‐generic PCRs targeting several viral zoonoses were performed, but no positive signal was detected. A large‐scale inventory of bacteria, viruses and parasites is urgently needed to globally assess the risk for human health of the trade, manipulation and consumption of wildlife‐related bushmeat.
A Critical Evaluation of the Fetal Origins Hypothesis and Its Implications for Developing Countries Modeling Fetal Adaptation to Nutrient Restriction : Testing the Fetal Origins Hypothesis with a Supply-Demand Model 1

The fetal origins hypothesis (FOH) posits that fetal adaptations to nutritional insufficiency elevate future risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although birth weight (BW) remains the most commonly used index of fetal nutritional sufficiency in FOH research, it is a poor index of fetal nutrition because it is also influenced by genes, epigenetic effects and other nonnutritional factors. This paper uses data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) to explore an alternate strategy—the supply-demand model—as a means to model fetal nutritional sufficiency, adaptation and cardiovascular programming. Specifically, it is hypothesized that small size should be associated with elevated CVD risk, but only when there is corroborating evidence that the individual had a higher growth potential, was born to a nutritionally stressed mother, or both. Using low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) as markers of CVD risk, the predictions of the model are only met for LDL-C and only in males. There is evidence for an association between maternal nutritional status and male offspring SBP, but this relationship is independent of fetal nutritional sufficiency as defined by the model. Thus, although both the LDL-C and SBP findings support the general hypothesis that the prenatal milieu has long-term implications for CVD risk in males, only the patterns observed for LDL-C are consistent with the prediction that fetal nutritional sufficiency is key to CVD programming. J. Nutr. 134: 194–200, 2004.
The value of using verbs in Medline searches

New findings are continuously identified thanks to novel diagnostic procedures, among others in medical imaging. It would be useful to retrieve these new findings from literature. The aim of this work is to investigate if using verbs in MEDLINE queries can improve the retrieval of findings. Verbs used in the field of findings were selected: ‘to show’ (an examination shows a finding) and ‘to confirm’ (a finding confirms a diagnosis). For each of these verbs, semantically close verbs were researched on the WordNet website. Then, the extent to which adding these verbs to a query about various radiological pathologies can improve findings retrieval in Medline citations was studied. This method has been tested on two sets of MEDLINE citations regarding the diagnostic imaging of musculo-skeletal disorders. Using appropriate verbs in Medline queries enhances the precision from 53% to 61% and from 53% to 74%, respectively, in our first and second test set. A recall of 74% and 83% was reached in our two experiments. Using relevant verbs can be a rather simple way to improve the retrieval of findings related to diseases and diagnostic procedures from Medline citations.
Adaptive image denoising approach for low-dose computed tomography

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is usually performed by reducing the power of the x-ray tube in clinical CT scanners. However, images acquired through LDCT are known to be of low-quality due to the presence of statistical noise and other related artifacts. Effective denoising techniques are required to improve the quality of LDCT images towards green and safe CT imaging. In this paper, a new method is presented to improve the so-called, non-local means (NLM) filtering for effective LDCT imaging. The proposed method incorporates a prior knowledge obtained from probabilistic atlas during the filtering process. Additional anatomical information obtained through the atlas is likely to be useful in improving the image quality using NLM filtering. The proposed method is evaluated using real data and a notable improvement in image quality improvement is achieved.
Sonographic examination of lateral epicondylitis.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the sonographic appearance of the common extensor origin in cadavers and asymptomatic volunteers, and to relate this appearance to the findings in patients with lateral epicondylitis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventy-two elbows in 71 patients with lateral epicondylitis were examined on sonography. Most of the patients (60/71) gave a history of repetitive microtrauma. The injuries were evaluated with respect to location and severity. Focal areas of degeneration, discrete cleavage tears, and involvement of the lateral collateral ligament were identified. Calcification and bony changes were noted. The appearance of the normal common extensor tendon was described, and cadaveric specimens were dissected. Twenty-one patients subsequently underwent surgery. RESULTS The normal common extensor origin is composed of longitudinal fibrils bound closely with the extensor carpi radialis brevis constituting most of the deep fibers, with the extensor digitorum making up the superficial part. The lateral collateral ligament can be identified as a discrete and separate band. The most common appearance of lateral epicondylitis is a focal hypoechoic area in the deep part of the tendon (46/72). These focal areas were identified at surgery and corresponded histologically to collagen degeneration with fibroblastic proliferation. Often discrete cleavage planes traversing the tendon were manifest as partial (18/72) and complete (2/72) tears. The lateral collateral ligament was involved in eight of 72 elbows. CONCLUSION Sonography of the common extensor origin can be used to confirm lateral epicondylitis in patients with lateral elbow pain and provide information about the severity of the disease.
Enamel Formation Genes Are Associated with High Caries Experience in Turkish Children

There is evidence for a genetic component in caries susceptibility, and studies in humans have suggested that variation in enamel formation genes and their interaction with Streptococcus mutans levels may contribute to caries. For the present study, we used DNA samples collected from 173 unrelated children from Istanbul: 91 children with 4 or more affected tooth surfaces and 82 caries-free children. Six single-nucleotide polymorphism markers were genotyped in selected candidate genes (ameloblastin, amelogenin, enamelin, tuftelin 1 and tuftelin interacting protein 11) that influence enamel formation. Allele and genotype frequencies were compared between groups with distinct caries experience. Regression analysis was used for the evaluation of individual gene effects, environmental effects and gene-environment interactions. Overrepresentation of the C allele of the amelogenin marker was seen in cases with dmft scores higher than 8 (p = 0.01) when compared to controls. Also, overrepresentation of the T allele of the ameloblastin marker was seen in cases with dmfs scores higher than 10 (p = 0.05) when compared to controls. In addition, the CT genotype of the tuftelin rs3790506 marker was overrepresented in cases with dmft scores higher than 5 (p = 0.05) and dmfs scores higher than 6 (p = 0.05) compared to controls. The best-fitting model showed that dmfs is increased when the following factors are present: (1) females and both the anterior and posterior teeth are affected simultaneously, (2) when the T allele of the tuftelin rs3790506 is involved, and (3) the C allele of the amelogenin rs17878486 is involved. Our study provides support that genes involved in enamel formation modify caries susceptibility in humans.
Fault Tolerant Sorting Networks

A general technique for enhancing the reliability of sorting networks and other comparator based networks is presented. The technique converts any network that uses unreliable comparators to a fault tolerant network that produces the correct output with overwhelming probability, even if each comparator is faulty with some probability smaller than $\frac{1}{2}$, independent of the other comparators. The depth of the fault tolerant network is only a constant times the depth of the original network; the width of the network is increased by a logarithmic factor.
Matriptase, HAT, and TMPRSS2 Activate the Hemagglutinin of H9N2 Influenza A Viruses

ABSTRACT Influenza A viruses of the subtype H9N2 circulate worldwide and have become highly prevalent in poultry in many countries. Moreover, they are occasionally transmitted to humans, raising concern about their pandemic potential. Influenza virus infectivity requires cleavage of the surface glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) at a distinct cleavage site by host cell proteases. H9N2 viruses vary remarkably in the amino acid sequence at the cleavage site, and many isolates from Asia and the Middle East possess the multibasic motifs R-S-S-R and R-S-R-R, but are not activated by furin. Here, we investigated proteolytic activation of the early H9N2 isolate A/turkey/Wisconsin/1/66 (H9-Wisc) and two recent Asian isolates, A/quail/Shantou/782/00 (H9-782) and A/quail/Shantou/2061/00 (H9-2061), containing mono-, di-, and tribasic HA cleavage sites, respectively. All H9N2 isolates were activated by human proteases TMPRSS2 (transmembrane protease, serine S1 member 2) and HAT (human airway trypsin-like protease). Interestingly, H9-782 and H9-2061 were also activated by matriptase, a protease widely expressed in most epithelia with high expression levels in the kidney. Nephrotropism of H9N2 viruses has been observed in chickens, and here we found that H9-782 and H9-2061 were proteolytically activated in canine kidney (MDCK-II) and chicken embryo kidney (CEK) cells, whereas H9-Wisc was not. Virus activation was inhibited by peptide-mimetic inhibitors of matriptase, strongly suggesting that matriptase is responsible for HA cleavage in these kidney cells. Our data demonstrate that H9N2 viruses with R-S-S-R or R-S-R-R cleavage sites are activated by matriptase in addition to HAT and TMPRSS2 and, therefore, can be activated in a wide range of tissues what may affect virus spread, tissue tropism and pathogenicity.