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Direct Catalytic Transformation of Biomass Derivatives into Biofuel Component γ‐Valerolactone with Magnetic Nickel–Zirconium Nanoparticles
Authors: Li Hu , Fang Zhen , Yang Song 
Published: November 2015

AbstractA series of mixed oxide nanoparticles were prepared by a coprecipitation method and characterized by many techniques. Nickel–zirconium oxide catalysts and their partially reduced magnetic counterparts were highly efficient in the direct transformation of biomass derivatives, including ethyl levulinate, fructose, glucose, cellobiose, and carboxymethyl cellulose, into γ‐valerolactone (GVL) without the use of an external hydrogen source, producing a maximum GVL yield of 95.2 % at 200 °C for 3 h with hydrogen‐reduced magnetic Zr5Ni5 nanoparticles (<20 nm). The acid–base bifunctionality of these nanocatalysts plays a synergic role in the synthesis of GVL in alcohols, whereas appropriate control of the nickel/zirconium molar ratio is able to improve the selectivity towards GVL (≈98 %), along with high formation rates (up to 54.9 mmol g−1 h−1). Moreover, the magnetic Zr5Ni5 nanoparticles were conveniently recovered by means of a magnet for five cycles with almost constant activity.
An unconditionally sound algorithm for testability analysis in linear time‐invariant electrical networks
Authors: Fontana G. , Luchetta A. , Manetti S. , Piccirilli M. C. 
Published: November 2015

SummaryThe issue of testability, intended as a measure of solvability of the parametric fault diagnosis problem in analog linear time‐invariant electrical networks, is addressed in this paper. Independently of the considered fault location method, such important metric provides information as to how many and which components can be diagnosed. For the reader's convenience and to set up an appropriate framework for our main achievements, our first concern is to rederive fundamental results concerning analog linear time‐invariant electrical network testability hinging on multifrequency measurements. Then a novel algorithm for testability analysis is proposed, which is straightforward and able to circumvent the main drawbacks of formerly proposed methods, such as computational and conceptual complexities, proneness to roundoff errors, and vulnerability to particular cases. A computer program that implements such algorithm is also described. Moreover, the possibility of employing further simplified versions of the latter and their links with a previously proposed approach are discussed on rigorous bases. Finally, examples are provided, which show the effectiveness and robustness of the new algorithms, also by means of a comparison with the old ones. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Wireless power charger for wearable medical devices with in‐band communication
Authors: Moon Young‐Jin , Park Jeongpyo , Jeong Mingyu , Kim Sang‐Hyun , Kang Jin‐Gyu , Kim Dong‐Zo , Yoo Changsik 
Published: November 2015

SummaryA wireless power charger integrated circuit has been developed for wearable medical devices in a 0.18‐µm Bipolar, Complementary metal‐oxide‐semiconductor, and Lightly‐Doped Metal‐Oxide‐Semiconductor (BCDMOS) process. A passive full‐wave rectifier consisting of Schottky diodes and cross‐coupled n‐type Metal‐Oxide‐Semiconductor (nMOS) transistors performs the alternating current to direct current power conversion without any reverse leakage current. To charge a battery, a linear charger circuit follows the passive rectifier instead of a switching charger circuit for the small form factor of wearable medical devices. An in‐band communication circuit notifies the proper connection of the wireless power receiver and the battery charging status to the charging pad (wireless power transmitter) through the wireless power transmission channel. The wireless power charger integrated circuit occupies 1.44‐mm2 silicon area and shows 31.7% power efficiency when the charging current is 26.6 mA. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A modified dual current mode control method with an adaptive current bandwidth
Authors: Lale Srđan , Šoja Milomir , Lubura Slobodan 
Published: November 2015

SummaryIn this paper, a new adaptive dual current mode control method (ADCMC) is presented, being a result of the modification of existing dual current mode control (DCMC) by introducing an adaptive current bandwidth. The ADCMC offers several important advantages over DCMC, such as no peak‐to‐average error in the inductor current, better transient response of current loop, and improved line regulation. A detailed analysis of the proposed ADCMC is performed for three types of DC–DC power electronics converters: buck, boost, and non‐inverting buck–boost converter. The performances of the ADCMC are tested with simulations and experiments. The obtained results confirm the analysis and validity of the proposed ADCMC method. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The divergence and positive selection of the plant‐specific BURP‐containing protein family
Authors: Wang Lihui , Wu Ningning , Zhu Yan , Song Wanlu , Zhao Xin , Li Yaxuan , Hu Yingkao 
Published: November 2015

AbstractBURP domain‐containing proteins belong to a plant‐specific protein family and have diverse roles in plant development and stress responses. However, our understanding about the genetic divergence patterns and evolutionary rates of these proteins remain inadequate. In this study, 15 plant genomes were explored to elucidate the genetic origins, divergence, and functions of these proteins. One hundred and twenty‐five BURP protein‐encoding genes were identified from four main plant lineages, including 13 higher plant species. The absence of BURP family genes in unicellular and multicellular algae suggests that this family (1) appeared when plants shifted from relatively stable aquatic environments to land, where conditions are more variable and stressful, and (2) is critical in the adaptation of plants to adverse environments. Promoter analysis revealed that several responsive elements to plant hormones and external environment stresses are concentrated in the promoter region of BURP protein‐encoding genes. This finding confirms that these genes influence plant stress responses. Several segmentally and tandem‐duplicated gene pairs were identified from eight plant species. Thus, in general, BURP domain‐containing genes have been subject to strong positive selection, even though these genes have conformed to different expansion models in different species. Our study also detected certain critical amino acid sites that may have contributed to functional divergence among groups or subgroups. Unexpectedly, all of the critical amino acid residues of functional divergence and positive selection were exclusively located in the C‐terminal region of the BURP domain. In conclusion, our results contribute novel insights into the genetic divergence patterns and evolutionary rates of BURP proteins.
Red Queen dancing in the lek: effects of mating skew on host–parasite interactions
Authors: Kawatsu Kazutaka 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThe RQH (Red Queen hypothesis), which argues that hosts need to be continuously finding new ways to avoid parasites that are able to infect common host genotypes, has been at the center of discussions on the maintenance of sex. This is because diversity is favored under the host–parasite coevolution based on negative frequency‐dependent selection, and sexual reproduction is a mechanism that generates genetic diversity in the host population. Together with parasite infections, sexual organisms are usually under sexual selection, which leads to mating skew or mating success biased toward males with a particular phenotype. Thus, strong mating skew would affect genetic variance in a population and should affect the benefit of the RQH. However, most models have investigated the RQH under a random mating system and not under mating skew. In this study, I show that sexual selection and the resultant mating skew may increase parasite load in the hosts. An IBM (individual‐based model), which included host–parasite interactions and sexual selection among hosts, demonstrates that mating skew influenced parasite infection in the hosts under various conditions. Moreover, the IBM showed that the mating skew evolves easily in cases of male–male competition and female mate choice, even though it imposes an increased risk of parasite infection on the hosts. These findings indicated that whether the RQH favored sexual reproduction depended on the condition of mating skew. That is, consideration of the host mating system would provide further understanding of conditions in which the RQH favors sexual reproduction in real organisms.
Highly Sensitive Differential Pulse and Square Wave Voltammetric Methods for Determination of Strontium Ranelate in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Dosage Form
Authors: Rizk Mohamed , Abou El‐Alamin Maha M. , Hendawy Hassan A. M. , Moawad Mervat I. 
Published: November 2015

AbstractThe voltammetric behavior of Strontium Ranelate (SR) was studied using Cyclic (CV), differential pulse (DPV) and square wave (SWV) voltammetry. CV showed two well‐defined, irreversible, diffusion‐controlled anodic peaks using Britton‐Robinson buffer, pH 2.0 at Pencil graphite (PGE), Carbon paste (CPE) and glassy carbon (GCE) electrodes. The peak current‐concentration relationship was rectilinear over the range 1.0–10.0, 1.0–11.25 and 2.5–24.0 µg/mL at PGE, CPE and GCE respectively, with a minimum detectability of 0.17, 0.24 and 0.39 µg/mL for peak 1 and 0.19, 0.27 and 0.51 µg/mL for peak 2. Recoveries showed the high accuracy of the method; 99.8 %, 99.5 % and 99.7 % at PGE, CPE and GCE respectively for peak 1 and 100.1 %, 99.9 % and 99.7 % at PGE, CPE and GCE respectively for peak 2. Hence DPV and SWV were conducted for the quantitative determination of SR in its pure and pharmaceutical dosage form. the method was validated and the results were in good agreement with those obtained from the reported method.
Li/air Flow Battery Employing Ionic Liquid Electrolytes
Authors: Grande Lorenzo , Ochel Anders , Monaco Simone , Mastragostino Marina , Tonti Dino , Palomino Pablo , Paillard Elie , Passerini Stefano 
Published: November 2015

AbstractDespite the considerable initial optimism behind its development and prospective commercialization, the Li/air battery chemistry has now reached a mature stage of development, which has served to highlight the main underlying technological limitations, as well as what can realistically be expected from it. One of the main challenges is the control of the discharge product morphology, that is, Li2O2, onto the positive electrode. In this article, we show how the three‐phase configuration required to ensure cell operation can be induced in a two‐phase system made of mesoporous carbon and an ionic liquid electrolyte [N‐butyl‐N‐methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide, Pyr14TFSI] by means of an oxygen‐bubbling device (OBD) and a peristaltic pump. The use of a non‐flammable, non‐volatile electrolyte ensures long‐term, extensive discharging (up to 4.78 mAh cm−2), as well as operation at temperatures higher than room temperature.
Network coding schemes for D2D communications based relaying for cellular coverage extension
Authors: Abrardo Andrea , Fodor Gabor , Tola Besmir 
Published: November 2015

AbstractAlthough network‐assisted device‐to‐device (D2D) communications are known to improve the spectral and energy efficiency of proximal communications, the performance of cooperative D2D schemes in licenced spectrum is less understood when employed to extend the coverage of cellular networks. In this paper, we study the performance of D2D‐based range extension in terms of sum rate and power efficiency when a relaying user equipment (UE) helps to improve the coverage for cell edge UEs. In our design, the relaying UE may have own traffic to transmit and receive to/from the cellular base station (BS) and can operate either in amplify‐and‐forward (AF) or decode‐and‐forward (DF) modes and can make use of either digital or analogue physical (PHY) layer network coding. In this rather general setting, we propose mode selection, resource allocation and power control schemes and study their performance by means of system simulations. We find that the performance of the DF scheme with network coding is superior both to the traditional cellular and the AF‐based relaying schemes, including AF with two‐slot or three‐slot PHY layer network coding. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CFD modeling approach of smoke toxicity and opacity for flaming and non‐flaming combustion processes
Authors: Löhnert Andrea , Monreal Nils , Knaust Christian , Hofmann Anja , Krause Ulrich 
Published: November 2015

SummaryCurrent engineer's methods of fire safety design include various approaches to calculate the fire propagation and smoke spread in buildings by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Because of the increased computational capacity, CFD is commonly used for prediction of time‐dependent safety parameters such as critical temperature, smoke layer height, rescue times, distributions of chemical products, and smoke toxicity and visibility. The analysis of smoke components with CFD is particularly complex, because the composition of the fire gases and also the smoke quantities depends on material properties and also on ambient and burning conditions. Oxygen concentrations and the temperature distribution in the compartment affect smoke production and smoke gas toxicity qualitatively and quantitatively. For safety designs, it can be necessary to take these influences into account. Current smoke models in CFD often use a constant smoke yield that does not vary with different fire conditions. If smoke gas toxicity is considered, a simple approach with the focus on carbon monoxide is often used. On the basis of a large set of experimental data, a numerical smoke model has been developed. The developed numerical smoke model includes optical properties, production, and toxic potential of smoke under different conditions. For the setup of the numerical model, experimental data were used for calculation of chemical components and evaluation of smoke toxicity under different combustion conditions. Therefore, averaged reaction equations were developed from experimental measurements and implemented in ANSYS CFX 14.0. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Human papillomavirus infection and lymphoma incidence using cervical conization as a surrogate marker: a Danish nationwide cohort study
Authors: Intaraphet Suthida , Farkas Dóra Körmendiné , Johannesdottir Schmidt Sigrun Alba , Cronin‐Fenton Deirdre , Søgaard Mette 
Published: November 2015

AbstractPersistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection may promote carcinogenesis by hyperactivation of the immune system. We, therefore, explored the associations between HPV infection and risk of Hodgkin and non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in a nationwide cohort study using conization as a surrogate marker. We identified all Danish women who underwent conization between 1978 and 2011. We computed standardized incidence ratios and 95% confidence intervals for Hodgkin and non‐Hodgkin lymphoma based on national cancer incidence rates. Among 87 435 women who underwent conization, we noted an increased incidence of Hodgkin (standardized incidence ratio 1.48, 95% confidence interval 1.05–2.02) but only a slight increase for non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (standardized incidence ratio 1.10, 95% confidence interval 0.97–1.25). As measured by conization, HPV infection is associated with an increased risk of lymphoma. This association may be attributable to a chronic immune activation induced by persistent HPV infection and/or failure of the immune system both to clear HPV infection and to control lymphoma development. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Research on a 3D Temperature Field Model of a Slab with Oxide Layer Growth
Authors: Dong Xiao‐xu , He An‐rui , Sun Wen‐quan , Liu Zhu‐bing , Hong Bo 
Published: November 2015

Slab heating plays an important role in the production of iron and steel materials. However, it is a very complex process involving physical and chemical change. In this study, we built a numerical heat transfer model to predict the three‐dimensional transient temperature field of a slab based on the implicit finite difference method. The model takes the growth of the oxide layer into account, as well as the impact on heat transfer. Slab temperature and oxide layer thickness were calculated in each step. The model considers three kinds of boundary conditions. It displays the temperature variation of each part of the slab in the furnace at all time, the heating curve, and the growth in the thickness curve of the oxide layer. This model can be used to control heating time, optimize the heating curve, and improve production efficiency, thereby reducing cost. The model is also useful for calculation of rolling force, as well as the control of carbon isolation and product microstructure.
Water‐Soluble Blue Fluorescence‐Emitting Hyperbranched Polysiloxanes Simultaneously Containing Hydroxyl and Primary Amine Groups
Authors: Niu Song , Yan Hongxia , Chen Zhengyan , Yuan Lingxia , Liu Tianye , Liu Chao 
Published: November 2015

In this Communication, novel water‐soluble hyperbranched polysiloxanes (WHPSs) simultaneously containing hydroxyl and primary amine groups are developed. The polymers are constructed via melt polycondensation, that is, transesterification reaction between ethoxyl groups of (3‐aminopropyl)triethoxysilane and hydroxyl groups of dihydric alcohols, using a one‐step process under catalyst‐free conditions. Surprisingly, the resultant WHPSs can emit bright blue fluorescence in the 100% solid state under the irradiation of UV light, and their photoluminescence intensities in aqueous solutions continuously go up along with increasing concentrations. Interestingly, their hydrolyzates display more intense luminescence compared to the unhydrolyzed. The efficient and easily controllable preparation strategy provides a remarkable and versatile platform for the fabrication of neoteric fluorescent materials for various potential applications.
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Detecting persistence of meteorological drought via the Hurst exponent
Authors: Tatli Hasan 
Published: November 2015

ABSTRACTThis study proposes the Hurst exponent (H) to detect persistence in the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) over Turkey. Since a fractal structure admits the behaviour of global determinism and local randomness, the H exponent values could be used to detect self‐similar statistical structure of the time series. Additionally, the H value >0.5 and near 1 shows the intensity level of persistence. The term persistence may be assessed as a criterion to be used as a measure of predictability. Moreover, the predictability index, fractal dimension and autocorrelation function of the PDSI values can also be obtained from the H values. Nevertheless, it is not easy to find a spatial meaning of information content of the results obtained by the methods used in the present study. For that reason, the Mann‐Kendall (MK) trend test was also used, and the results showed that significant negative trends are widespread throughout the country. As expected, the H values were close to 1 in places where statistically significant trends exist. The high values of the H exponent in all the regions can be explained by the droughts observed there that might be caused due to the possible associations with the large‐scale atmospheric circulations. In this context, it is suggested that the droughts can be predictable by constructing the appropriate general climate circulation models.
Stable axisymmetric SPH formulation with no axis singularity
Authors: Wang Jian , Chan Dave , Zhang Jiahe 
Published: November 2015

SummaryThe axisymmetric formulation of the governing equations for geomechanics in the framework of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is presented in this study. Two forms of SPH discretization for the motion equations, which are labeled as form I and form II, are proposed, and the methods to compute the hoop stress and strain terms including hoop strain rate and the acceleration introduced by the hoop stress are compared. To avoid possible singularity problem near the axis of symmetry, a perfectly smooth contact along with ghost particles are applied to prevent the real particles from overly approaching the axis of symmetry to remove this potential singularity. In addition, the Mohr–Coulomb constitutive model is implemented into the SPH formulation in describing soil behavior. Four numerical tests are carried out to validate and compare the accuracy and stability of the proposed algorithms, and their results are compared with analytical solutions and results from FEM analysis. The performance in these comparisons suggests that SPH II with hoop terms computed through direct hoop method is more stable than the others, and the adoption of contact for the symmetric axis is efficient in eliminating the singularity problem. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Fast tensor method for summation of long‐range potentials on 3D lattices with defects
Authors: Khoromskaia Venera , Khoromskij Boris N. 
Published: November 2015

SummaryIn this paper, we present a method for fast summation of long‐range potentials on 3D lattices with multiple defects and having non‐rectangular geometries, based on rank‐structured tensor representations. This is a significant generalization of our recent technique for the grid‐based summation of electrostatic potentials on the rectangular L × L × L lattices by using the canonical tensor decompositions and yielding the O(L) computational complexity instead of O(L3) by traditional approaches. The resulting lattice sum is calculated as a Tucker or canonical representation whose directional vectors are assembled by the 1D summation of the generating vectors for the shifted reference tensor, once precomputed on large N × N × N representation grid in a 3D bounding box. The tensor numerical treatment of defects is performed in an algebraic way by simple summation of tensors in the canonical or Tucker formats. To diminish the considerable increase in the tensor rank of the resulting potential sum, the ϵ‐rank reduction procedure is applied based on the generalized reduced higher‐order SVD scheme. For the reduced higher‐order SVD approximation to a sum of canonical/Tucker tensors, we prove the stable error bounds in the relative norm in terms of discarded singular values of the side matrices. The required storage scales linearly in the 1D grid‐size, O(N), while the numerical cost is estimated by O(NL). The approach applies to a general class of kernel functions including those for the Newton, Slater, Yukawa, Lennard‐Jones, and dipole‐dipole interactions. Numerical tests confirm the efficiency of the presented tensor summation method; we demonstrate that a sum of millions of Newton kernels on a 3D lattice with defects/impurities can be computed in seconds in Matlab implementation. The tensor approach is advantageous in further functional calculus with the lattice potential sums represented on a 3D grid, like integration or differentiation, using tensor arithmetics of 1D complexity. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.