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Nursing as concrete philosophy, Part II: Engaging with reality
Authors: Theodoridis Kyriakos 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThis is the second paper of an essay in two parts. The first paper (Part I) is a critical discussion of Mark Risjord's conception of nursing knowledge where I argued against the conception of nursing knowledge as a kind of nursing science. The aim of the present paper (Part II) is to explicate and substantiate the thesis of nursing as a kind of concrete philosophy. My strategy is to elaborate upon certain themes from Wittgenstein's Tractatus in order to canvass a general scheme of philosophy based on a distinction between reality and the world. This distinction will be employed in the appropriation of certain significant features of nursing and nursing knowledge. By elaborating on the contrast between the abstract and the concrete, I will suggest that nursing may be seen as a kind of concrete philosophy, being primarily concerned with reality (and secondarily with the world). This thesis, I will argue, implies that philosophy is the kind of theory that is essential to nursing (which is not so much a theory than a certain kind of activity).
Association between extremity kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and lymphedema
Authors: Konczyk Dennis J. , Goss Jeremy A. , Maclellan Reid A. , Greene Arin K. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractKaposiform hemangioendotheliomas are pediatric vascular tumors that do not metastasize. We present a patient with a thigh kaposiform hemangioendothelioma successfully treated using a systemic corticosteroid during infancy who was diagnosed with lymphedema in the extremity 9 years later. The observation that extremity kaposiform hemangioendothelioma could possibly be associated with lymphedema has implications for the care of patients with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma.
Vavilov wheat accessions provide useful sources of resistance to tan spot (syn. yellow spot) of wheat
Authors: Dinglasan E. G. , Godwin I. D. , Phan H. T. T. , Tan K.‐C. , Platz G. J. , Hickey L. T. 
Published: December 2017

Host genetic resistance is the most effective and sustainable means of managing tan spot or yellow spot of wheat. The disease is becoming increasingly problematic due to the adoption of minimum tillage practices, evolution of effector‐mediated pathogenicity, and widespread cultivation of susceptible cultivars from a narrow genetic base. This highlights the importance of broadening the diversity of resistance factors in modern breeding germplasm. This study explored 300 genetically diverse wheat accessions, originally sourced from the N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), St Petersburg, Russia. The collection was screened for resistance to tan spot at seedling and adult stage under controlled conditions, and in the field across 2 years. The phenotypic datasets, coupled with ToxA bioassay screening, identified a number of accessions with useful sources of resistance. Seedling disease response corresponded well with ToxA sensitivity (r = 0.49, P < 0.000), but not adult responses (r = −0.02 to −0.19, P < 0.002), and overall reactions to ToxA appeared to show poor correspondence with disease response at the adult stage. ToxA‐insensitive accessions were generally found resistant across different growth stages (all‐stage resistance, ASR) in all experiments (seedling and adult stage under controlled conditions and field). ToxA‐sensitive accessions that were susceptible at seedling stage, but resistant at both adult‐plant stages, were deemed to carry adult‐plant resistance (APR). This study provides detailed information on the degree of tan spot resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection and discusses strategies to harness these sources to boost the diversity of resistance factors in modern wheat breeding germplasm.
How many trials does it take to get a significant ERP effect? It depends
Authors: Boudewyn Megan A. , Luck Steven J. , Farrens Jaclyn L. , Kappenman Emily S. 
Published: December 2017

AbstractIn designing an ERP study, researchers must choose how many trials to include, balancing the desire to maximize statistical power and the need to minimize the length of the recording session. Recent studies have attempted to quantify the minimum number of trials needed to obtain reliable measures for a variety of ERP components. However, these studies have largely ignored other variables that affect statistical power in ERP studies, including sample size and effect magnitude. The goal of the present study was to determine whether and how the number of trials, number of participants, and effect magnitude interact to influence statistical power, thus providing a better guide for selecting an appropriate number of trials. We used a Monte Carlo approach to measure the probability of obtaining a statistically significant result when testing for (a) the presence of an ERP effect, (b) within‐participant condition differences in an ERP effect, and (c) between‐participants group differences in an ERP effect. Each of these issues was examined in the context of the error‐related negativity and the lateralized readiness potential. We found that doubling the number of trials recommended by previous studies led to more than a doubling of statistical power under many conditions. Thus, when determining the number of trials that should be included in a given study, researchers must consider the sample size, the anticipated effect magnitude, and the noise level, rather than relying solely on general recommendations about the number of trials needed to obtain a “stable” ERP waveform.
Henry Savile's Tacitus in Italy
Authors: Philo John‐Mark 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThis article examines the Italian afterlife of Henry Savile's Tacitus. Approximately four years before his execution, Henry Cuffe (1562/3–1601), classical scholar and secretary to the Earl of Essex, produced a series of translations into Italian and Latin of Savile's commentary on Tacitus. Cuffe completed these at Padua in the company of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535–1601), owner of one of the largest private libraries of the Renaissance. Pinelli subsequently produced a discourse responding to Savile's commentary, challenging Savile's reading of the Agricola. These works, preserved at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, reveal a fascinating exchange of ideas across languages and across cultures in the final years of the Cinquecento.
Contrasting physical and biochemical properties of orchard soils suppressive and conducive to Fusarium wilt of banana
Authors: Li Z. , Deng Z. , Chen S. , Yang H. , Zheng Y. , Dai L. , Zhang F. , Wang S. , Hu Shuijin 
Published: December 2017

AbstractFusarium wilt disease is one of the most serious soil‐borne diseases in banana orchards worldwide. Some soils are suppressive to Fusarium wilt, although the mechanisms are still unclear. In this study, two typical banana‐growing soils (ultisol and inceptisol), which were either suppressive or conducive to Fusarium wilt, were collected from Hainan, China. Particle size distribution, pH values, electrical conductivity (EC), enzyme activities and microbial polymerase chain reaction amplification of the soil samples were analysed. The suppressive soils had significantly more >2 and <0.053 mm aggregates than the conducive soils. In addition, the suppressive soils had a comparatively even size distribution within the range of 0–0.25 mm. Total carbon, total nitrogen and soil enzyme activities in the aggregates of suppressive soils were also significantly higher than those in the conducive soils. For example, soil invertase activities in the >2 mm aggregates were 7.9–11.9 and 3.2–3.3 mg/g for the suppressive and conducive soils, respectively. Furthermore, in situ EC can be applied as an indicator of the integrated contrast between the suppressive and conducive soils, and could be a new tool for monitoring soil‐borne disease.
Enhanced electrocoagulation–electroflotation for turbidity removal by Opuntia ficus indica cladode mucilage
Authors: Djerroud Naima , Adjeroud Nawel , Felkai‐Haddache Lamia , Hammoui Yasmina , Remini Hocine , Dahmoune Farid , Merzouk Belkacem , Madani Khodir 
Published: December 2017

AbstractThe optimisation of the electrocoagulation‐electroflotation (EC‐EF) process assisted by the mucilage of the Opuntia ficus indica (OFI), on the turbidity removal was performed through the response surface methodology (RSM). For a solution of 300 mg/L of silica gel, high turbidity removal (93.14% ± 1.31) was obtained under the optimal conditions of 2.5 mg/L, 21.2 V, 9.65 and 2.61 mS/cm for the mucilage concentration, voltage, pH and conductivity, respectively, this experimental value was close to the predicted value of 92.96% ± 0.3. OFI mucilage increases turbidity removal efficiency and reduces specific energy consumption at a fixed current density. The turbidity removal of the EC‐EF process was improved by 30.94% compared with the conventional EC–EF (EC–EF without OFI mucilage) which shows 62.02% ± 1.45 of turbidity removal.
Long-Term Creep-Rupture Behavior of Inconel® 740 and Haynes® 282
Authors: Tortorelli P. F. , Wang H. , Unocic K. A. , Santella M. L. , Shingledecker J. P. , Cedro V. 
Published: December 2017

Creep testing and microstructural analysis were used to assess the properties and time-dependent deformation behavior of precipitation-strengthened nickel-based alloys, specifically, Inconel® alloy 740 and Haynes® 282® alloy, for use as pressure components in boilers operating under advanced steam conditions (750°C, >35 MPa). In support of the need for extended service of steam boiler tubing, piping and vessels, the ability of simple Larson-Miller estimates and a modified power-law model (Wilshire et al.) to predict creep lifetimes on the order of 105 hours based on experimental data out to almost 50,000 h was evaluated for these alloys. Even under conservative conditions, both Inconel alloy 740 and Haynes 282 project to have creep lifetimes exceeding 100,000 hours at 750°C and 100 MPa.
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Performance Research on Large Diameter P91 Produced by Hot-Expanding Process
Authors: Yin Lijun , Wu Guang , Xu Tong , Shou Binan 
Published: December 2017

The Medium Frequency Local-Heating Expanding Diameter Process (MFLHEDP), also called the hot-expanding process, can produce large diameter thin-wall steel pipes. Because of its advantages, such as low cost, short delivery time etc., MFLHEDP becomes an important supplement for the traditional processes of seamless steel pipe manufacturing. In the presented study, the short-term mechanical properties and the high-temperature long-term rupture strength of a P91 pipe the diameter of which was expanded using MFLHEDP, were tested. The experimental result shows that the performances of the P91 pipe produced by MFLHEDP can meet the requirements of the applicable standards.
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Creep Deformation, Rupture Strength, and Rupture Ductility of Grades T/P92 Steels
Authors: Kimura Kazuhiro , Sawada Kota , Kushima Hideaki 
Published: December 2017

Creep and creep rupture strength property of Grades T/P92 steels are investigated. Assessment of creep rupture strength is examined by region splitting analysis method with the use of three type time-temperature parameters (TTP) of Larson-Miller, Orr-Sherby-Dorn, and Manson-Succop parameters. According to the evaluated creep rupture strength, the current allowable stress of Grades T/P92 steels is reviewed. Remarkable drop in creep rupture ductility of the steels is recognized in the low-stress and long-term regime where the ratio of stress to 0.2% offset yield stress is 50% and below, and it is discussed in consideration of change in creep deformation property.
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Creep-Fatigue Design Applied to Molten Salt Solar Receivers
Authors: Radke Edward F. , Wasyluk David T. , Dewees David J. , Tanzosh James M. 
Published: December 2017

The development of solar energy for commercial power generation has been an active area of work for several decades. A limiting design consideration for solar receivers is creep-fatigue because of the high heat fluxes involved and the inherent cyclic nature of solar energy. Design activities and concerns are presented for a recent commercial molten salt receiver application. A critical review of available creep-fatigue data and methods is provided and supplemented with detailed inelastic analysis. Recommendations are made for both design and further material property development that would help to remove conservatism and increase reliability.
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Hastelloy® N for Molten Salt Reactors Used for Power Generation
Authors: Swindeman Robert W. , Ren Weiju , Katcher Michael , Holcomb David E. 
Published: December 2017

Hastelloy® N alloy was developed in the 1950’s as ‘INOR 8’ by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to resist molten salts used as a fuel and coolant in the early development of molten salt nuclear reactors for propulsion and power generation. China has recently expressed interest in Hastelloy N for use in prototype and demonstration components for a high-temperature, uranium-fueled, molten-salt cooled reactor for the production of electricity. An ASME Section III NH Code Case will be necessary to move Alloy N forward commercially. This paper discusses the guidelines for design data requirements necessary to satisfy the Boiler Code for elevated temperature nuclear applications where creep effects are significant. The historic tensile and creep properties data for Alloy N (N10003) were collected and re-analyzed in accordance with current ASME procedures. The collected data will be uploaded into the ASME Materials Properties Database to support the NH Code Case development.
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Evaluation of Limit Load Analysis Methods Applied to High Temperature Design: Part 2 — Analysis and Results
Authors: Dewees Dave , Jain Rahul 
Published: December 2017

Limit Load Analysis (LLA) is a powerful tool for design at temperatures below the creep range, and there is desire to extend the method to the elevated temperature (creep) regime. However, there is no direct relationship between LLA and elevated temperature allowable stresses and failure modes, such that the basic LLA methods or results must be manipulated in some way to be generally meaningful for elevated temperature design. The most direct way to judge simplified methods is against a rigorous solution; this requires an inelastic material model consistent with allowable stresses. Such a creep model was described in Part 1 of this work (the Omega model), and subsequently applied in a rational way to the problem of primary load carrying capacity and design using a simple sample problem. In this paper, extension is made to the case of a typical steam header, and existing simplified (LLA) methods are compared against further detailed transient inelastic finite element analysis. Recommendations are then made for the application of LLA to evolving ASME high temperature design rules.
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Predictive Study of CAP1400 Core Barrel Vibration: Part 2 — Structural Responses
Authors: Yuan Li , Wei Zhang , Ming Zhang , Qing Yu 
Published: December 2017

As described in Part 1 of this paper, [1], CAP1400 is a 1400 MWe pressurized water reactor developed by SNERDI to be the next series of nuclear power plants in China. As a part of the feasibility study, a 1/6 scale model test, conducted in Chengdo, China, of the CAP1400 pressure vessel and its internals was carried out to study the flow induced vibration (FIV) characteristics.
This paper describes the predictive study on the structural responses of the core barrel vibration with particular emphasis on using the “Fourier node” method in modeling the hydrodynamic mass effect. It is noted that this is the second part of a two-part series and is focusing on the structural response calculation using the forcing functions described in Part 1, [1], and the comparison with the measured data.
The Necessity of Reexamine Key Component Material With Spectrometry Analysis in the Nuclear Island
Authors: Chongzhi Wu , Jindong Zhang , Zongkui Wang , Zengkui Zhang , Shenqing Fu 
Published: December 2017

In order to avoid the misuse of metal material in nuclear projects, typical cases happened in AP1000 nuclear power projects in China are analyzed. The analysis finding indicates that some cases were caused by defective procedures or undemanding processes performance, and every case is relevant with human error.
It is considered that procedural management cannot completely avoid the misuse of metal material when it is caused by human error, and spectrometry analysis is suggested to reexamine the material of key components.
Qualification Requirements Design for Neutron Absorber Plate for Spent Fuel Racks in Domestic Nuclear Power Plants
Authors: Shi You , Ning Dong , Yang Yi-zhong 
Published: December 2017

Boron Carbide (B4C) particle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite is the key material for use as neutron absorber plate in spent fuel storage racks as well as new fuel and in-containment fuel storage racks for GENIII advanced passive nuclear power plants in China. This material has once depended upon importing with high expense and restricted delivery schedule by foreign supplier. Therefore it has meaningful practical significance to realize the localized manufacturing for this material in China. More importantly, since it’s the first time for this material to be used in domestic plant, particular care should be taken to assure the formal supplied neutron absorber material products exhibit high stabilized and reliable service in domestic nuclear engineering. This paper initiates and proposes a principle design framework from technical view in qualification requirements for this neutron absorber material so as to guide the practical engineering application.
Aiming at neutron absorber materials supplied under practical manufacturing condition in engineering delivery, the qualification requirements define B4C content, matrix chemistry, 10B isotope, bulk density, 10B areal density, mechanical property and microstructure as key criteria for material performance. The uniformity assessment as to different locations of this material is also required from at least three lots of material. Only qualified material meeting all of the qualification requirements should proceed to be verified by lifetime testing such as irradiation, corrosion and thermal aging testing.
Systematic and comprehensive performance assessments and verification for process stabilization could be achieved through the above qualification. The long-term service for this neutron absorber material in reliable and safe way could be convincingly expected in spent fuel storage application in China.
Verification of Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis Code PASCAL
Authors: Li Yinsheng , Katsumata Genshichiro , Masaki Koichi , Hayashi Shotaro , Itabashi Yu , Nagai Masaki , Suzuki Masahide , Kanto Yasuhiro 
Published: December 2017

Probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) has been recognized as a promising methodology in structural integrity assessments of aged pressure boundary components of nuclear power plants because it can rationally represent the influencing parameters in their inherent probabilistic distributions without over conservativeness. In Japan, a PFM analysis code PASCAL (PFM Analysis of Structural Components in Aging LWR) has been developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to evaluate the through-wall cracking frequencies of Japanese reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) considering neutron irradiation embrittlement and pressurized thermal shock (PTS) transients. In addition, efforts have been made to strengthen the applicability of PASCAL to structural integrity assessments of domestic RPVs against non-ductile fracture.
On the other hand, unlike deterministic analysis codes, the verification of PFM analysis codes is not easy. A series of activities has been performed to verify the applicability of PASCAL. In this study, as a part of the verification activities, a working group was established in Japan, with seven organizations from industry, universities and institutes voluntarily participating as members. Through one year activities, the applicability of PASCAL for structural integrity assessments of domestic RPVs was confirmed with great confidence. This paper presents the details of the verification activities of the working group including the verification plan, approaches and results.
Intersubject Synchronisation Analysis of Brain Activity Associated with the Instant Effects of Acupuncture: An Fmri Study
Authors: Jin Lingmin , Sun Jinbo , Xu Ziliang , Yang Xuejuan , Liu Peng , Qin Wei 
Published: December 2017

Objective To use a promising analytical method, namely intersubject synchronisation (ISS), to evaluate the brain activity associated with the instant effects of acupuncture and compare the findings with traditional general linear model (GLM) methods. Methods 30 healthy volunteers were recruited for this study. Block-designed manual acupuncture stimuli were delivered at SP6, and de qi sensations were measured after acupuncture stimulation. All subjects underwent functional MRI (fMRI) scanning during the acupuncture stimuli. The fMRI data were separately analysed by ISS and traditional GLM methods. Results All subjects experienced de qi sensations. ISS analysis showed that the regions activated during acupuncture stimulation at SP6 were mainly divided into five clusters based on the time courses. The time courses of clusters 1 and 2 were in line with the acupuncture stimulation pattern, and the active regions were mainly involved in the sensorimotor system and salience network. Clusters 3, 4 and 5 displayed an almost contrary time course relative to the stimulation pattern. The brain regions activated included the default mode network, descending pain modulation pathway and visual cortices. GLM analysis indicated that the brain responses associated with the instant effects of acupuncture were largely implicated in sensory and motor processing and sensory integration. Conclusion The ISS analysis considered the sustained effect of acupuncture and uncovered additional information not shown by GLM analysis. We suggest that ISS may be a suitable approach to investigate the brain responses associated with the instant effects of acupuncture.