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Performance Evaluation of a 100kW Automotive Ceramic Gas Turbine at TIT1200°C Operation in a Rotating Sub-Assembly Test
Authors: Kato Junji , Otsuka Masayosi , Sugiyama Katsuhiko 
Published: February 2015

A seven-year program, designated “Research & Development of Automotive Ceramic Gas Turbine Engine (CGT Program)” conducted by Petroleum Energy Center, was started in June 1990 with the object of demonstrating the advantageous potentials of ceramic gas turbines for automotive use.
This paper describes the results of an assembly test on the rotating components including a ceramic turbine rotor and a compressor assembled in the ceramic static structure. The preliminary check-out test has been successfully accomplished under the actual engine operating condition of a turbine inlet temperature of 1200°C.
M21 Cruise Marine Combined Cycle Plant
Authors: Romanov V. I. , Zhiritsky O. G. , Kovalenko A. V. , Lupandin V. V. 
Published: February 2015

The paper describes M21 cruise marine combined cycle plant for SLAVA class cruisers (COGAG arrangement). Three guided missile cruisers (Figure 1) are powered by these plants (two plants for each cruiser). During this plant development the more strict demands on weight and size had been taken into account as compared with M25 plants for merchant ships.
The paper shows technical data of M21 combined cycle plant, descriptions and design features of SPA MASHPROEKT GT 6004R gas turbine with reversible free power turbine, waste-heat recovery boiler, steam turbine with a condenser and a common gear unit.
More than 10 year service experience of these plants is shown in this paper.
Ceramic Stationary Gas Turbine Development Program: Second Annual Summary
Authors: van Roode Mark , Brentnall William D. , Norton Paul F. , Edwards Bryan D. 
Published: February 2015

A program is being performed under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies, to improve the performance of stationary gas turbines in cogeneration through the selective replacement of hot section components with ceramic parts. Solar Turbines Incorporated leads a team that includes major U.S. and offshore suppliers of ceramic components, recognized test laboratories and a cogeneration enduser to develop and demonstrate ceramic insertion in a stationary gas turbine with the objectives of more efficient engine operation, resulting in significant fuel savings, increased output power, and reduced emissions.
The engine selected for the program, the Centaur 50 is being retrofitted with first stage ceramic blades, first stage ceramic nozzles, and a ceramic combustor liner. The engine hot section is being redesigned to accommodate the ceramic parts to the existing metallic support structure.
Detailed design of the ceramic components and of the interfacing metallic support structure has been completed. Two blade designs with different attachments and a nozzle design with a modified airfoil geometry have been developed. Three combustor liner designs are being evaluated based on monolithic tiles or rings, or integral cylinders of continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CFCC). Fabrication of first generation prototype blades and nozzles is in progress. Fabrication of subscale combustor hardware has been completed.
Materials property data are being gathered in support of the ceramic component design and life prediction. Fast fracture and dynamic fatigue testing were performed for the candidate blade and nozzle materials. Creep and oxidation testing is in progress. Nondestructive methodologies are being applied to test specimens, simulated components, subscale hardware and prototype components. A Centaur 50 engine was procured and has been modified for ceramic component testing in a full-size engine configuration.
Boundary Layer Development in Axial Compressors and Turbines: Part 3 of 4 — LP Turbines
Authors: Halstead David E. , Wisler David C. , Okiishi Theodore H. , Walker Gregory J. , Hodson Howard P. , Shin Hyoun-Woo 
Published: February 2015

This is Part Three of a four-part paper. It begins with Section 11.0 and continues to describe the comprehensive experiments and computational analyses that have led to a detailed picture of boundary layer development on airfoil surfaces in multistage turbomachinery.
In this part, we present the experimental evidence that we used to construct the composite picture for LP turbines that was given in the discussion in Section 5.0 of Part 1. We present and interpret the data from the surface hot-film gauges and the boundary layer surveys for the baseline operating condition. We then show how this picture changes with variations in Reynolds number, airfoil loading and nozzle-nozzle clocking.
Boundary Layer Development in Axial Compressors and Turbines: Part 4 of 4 — Computations and Analyses
Authors: Halstead David E. , Wisler David C. , Okiishi Theodore H. , Walker Gregory J. , Hodson Howard P. , Shin Hyoun-Woo 
Published: February 2015

This is Part Four of a four-part paper. It begins with Section 16.0 and concludes the description of the comprehensive experiments and computational analyses that have led to a detailed picture of boundary layer development on airfoil surfaces in multistage turbomachinery.
In this part the computational predictions made using several modem boundary layer codes are presented. Both steady codes and an unsteady code were evaluated. The results are compared with time-averaged and unsteady integral parameters measured for the boundary layers. Assessments are made to provide guidance in using the predictive codes to locate transition and predict loss. Conclusions from the entire work are then presented.
Suppressing TGFβ Signaling in Regenerating Epithelia in an Inflammatory Microenvironment Is Sufficient to Cause Invasive Intestinal Cancer
Authors: Oshima Hiroko , Nakayama Mizuho , Han Tae-Su , Naoi Kuniko , Ju Xiaoli , Maeda Yusuke , Robine Sylvie , Tsuchiya Kiichiro , Sato Toshiro , Sato Hiroshi , Taketo Makoto Mark , Oshima Masanobu 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
Genetic alterations in the TGFβ signaling pathway in combination with oncogenic alterations lead to cancer development in the intestines. However, the mechanisms of TGFβ signaling suppression in malignant progression of intestinal tumors have not yet been fully understood. We have examined ApcΔ716 Tgfbr2ΔIEC compound mutant mice that carry mutations in Apc and Tgfbr2 genes in the intestinal epithelial cells. We found inflammatory microenvironment only in the invasive intestinal adenocarcinomas but not in noninvasive benign polyps of the same mice. We thus treated simple Tgfbr2ΔIEC mice with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) that causes ulcerative colitis. Importantly, these Tgfbr2ΔIEC mice developed invasive colon cancer associated with chronic inflammation. We also found that TGFβ signaling is suppressed in human colitis–associated colon cancer cells. In the mouse invasive tumors, macrophages infiltrated and expressed MT1-MMP, causing MMP2 activation. These results suggest that inflammatory microenvironment contributes to submucosal invasion of TGFβ signaling–repressed epithelial cells through activation of MMP2. We further found that regeneration was impaired in Tgfbr2ΔIEC mice for intestinal mucosa damaged by DSS treatment or X-ray irradiation, resulting in the expansion of undifferentiated epithelial cell population. Moreover, organoids of intestinal epithelial cells cultured from irradiated Tgfbr2ΔIEC mice formed “long crypts” in Matrigel, suggesting acquisition of an invasive phenotype into the extracellular matrix. These results, taken together, indicate that a simple genetic alteration in the TGFβ signaling pathway in the inflamed and regenerating intestinal mucosa can cause invasive intestinal tumors. Such a mechanism may play a role in the colon carcinogenesis associated with inflammatory bowel disease in humans. Cancer Res; 75(4); 766–76. ©2015 AACR.
Reconciling and Validating the Cloud Thickness and Liquid Water Path Tendencies Proposed by R. Wood and J. J. van der Dussen et al.
Authors: Ghonima Mohamed S. , Norris Joel R. , Heus Thijs , Kleissl Jan 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
A detailed derivation of stratocumulus cloud thickness and liquid water path tendencies as a function of the well-mixed boundary layer mass, heat, and moisture budget equations is presented. The derivation corrects an error in the cloud thickness tendency equation derived by R. Wood to make it consistent with the liquid water path tendency equation derived by J. J. van der Dussen et al. The validity of the tendency equations is then tested against the output of large-eddy simulations of a typical stratocumulus-topped boundary layer case and is found to be in good agreement.
Midshelf to Surfzone Coupled ROMS–SWAN Model Data Comparison of Waves, Currents, and Temperature: Diagnosis of Subtidal Forcings and Response
Authors: Kumar Nirnimesh , Feddersen Falk , Uchiyama Yusuke , McWilliams James , O’Reilly William 
Published: February 2015

AbstractA coupled wave and circulation model that includes tide, wind, buoyancy, and wave processes is necessary to investigate tracer exchange in the shelf region. Here, a coupled Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS)–Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model, resolving midshelf to the surfzone region of the San Pedro Bay, California, is compared to observations from the 2006 Huntington Beach experiment. Waves are well modeled, and surfzone cross- and alongshore velocities are reasonably well modeled. Modeled and observed rotary velocity spectra compare well in subtidal and tidal bands, and temperature spectra compare well in the subtidal band. Observed and modeled mid- and inner-shelf subtidal velocity ellipses and temperature variability determined from the first vertical complex EOF (cEOF) mode have similar vertical structure. Although the modeled subtidal velocity vertical shear and stratification are weaker than observed, the ratio of stratification to shear is similar, suggesting model vertical mixing is consistent with observations. On fortnightly and longer time scales, the surface heat flux and advective heat flux divergence largely balance on the inner shelf and surfzone. The surfzone and inner-shelf alongshore currents separated by 220 m are unrelated. Both modeled and observed subtidal alongshelf current and temperature are cross-shelf coherent seaward of the surfzone. Wind forcing explains 50% of the observed and modeled inner-shelf alongshore current variability. The observed and modeled inner-shelf alongshelf nonuniformities in depth-averaged alongshore velocities are similar. Inferred, inner-shelf, wave-induced, cross-shore exchange is more important than on the U.S. East Coast. Overall, the coupled ROMS–SWAN model represents well the waves and subtidal circulation dynamics from the midshelf to the surfzone.
Income and Employment Multiplier Effects of the Malaysian Higher Education Sector
Authors: Yen Siew Hwa , Ong Wooi Leng , Ooi Koon Peng 
Published: February 2015

The aim of this article is to examine the income and employment multiplier effects of the higher education sector in Malaysia based on conventional input–output methodology. We examined simple, total, Type I and Type II income and employment multiplier effects of private and public higher education institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia. We found that private HEIs have larger direct and indirect income impacts than public HEIs. With the presence of household spending, both public and private HEIs have greater induced income impacts than direct and indirect income generation effects. We also found that Type I multipliers for private and public HEIs lead to additional income of 1.34 and 1.32 for every initial Ringgit of labour income, respectively, while Type II income multipliers for private and public HEIs account for additional income of 3.09 and 3.05, respectively. Higher education creates 1.21 workers per RM 10,000 investment. The overall results show that private higher education has a relatively greater income effect on the economy.compared to public higher education. The higher education sector is also found to be ineffective in creating new employment in the economy. JEL Classification: I23, I25
Practical Oxidative Dearomatization of Phenols with Sodium Hypochlorite Pentahydrate
Authors: Uyanik Muhammet , Sasakura Niiha , Kuwahata Mitsuyoshi , Ejima Yasukazu , Ishihara Kazuaki 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
A highly efficient and practical oxidative dearomatization of phenols using sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate as an inexpensive, strong oxidant is reported for the first time. The oxidation reactions proceeded very rapidly in the presence of water to give the desired products in excellent yields, and sodium chloride and water were the only by-products derived from the oxidant.
Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Metal–Organic Compound: 9,10-Dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene 10-Oxide (DOPO)–Mg
Authors: Liu Yanlin , Zou Meishuai , Yang Rongjie , He Jiyu , Zhang Wenchao 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
For the first time, a metal was introduced into the structure of the flame retardant, 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene 10-oxide (DOPO). A novel metal–organic composite, DOPO–Mg, was synthesized upon the reaction between melt DOPO and activated magnesium powder. The results show that DOPO–Mg has a high initial thermal decomposition temperature of up to 400 °C (5%). In addition, it was an amorphous-like material with minimal water absorption, which decomposed without a melting point. The product after the combustion of DOPO–Mg was magnesium pyrophosphate.
An Effective TiO2 Blocking Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Performance
Authors: Gao Qianqian , Yang Songwang , Lei Lei , Zhang Shude , Cao Qipeng , Xie Junjie , Li Jiaqing , Liu Yan 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
High-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on organolead halide perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 were fabricated by employing magnetron-sputtered TiO2 (MS-TiO2) blocking layer with high compactness. Coating effect of the MS-TiO2 on F-doped SnO2 grains was confirmed by electrochemical analysis. 10.23% power conversion efficiency of the solar cell was obtained with the structure of FTO/TiO2 blocking layer/CH3NH3PbI3/P3HT/Ag (FTO: fluorine-doped tin oxide, P3HT: poly(3-hexylthiophene)).
Electron-accepting π-Conjugated Systems Based on Cyclic Imide and Cyano-substituted Benzothiadiazole for Non-fullerene Organic Photovoltaics
Authors: Ie Yutaka , Jinnai Seihou , Karakawa Makoto , Aso Yoshio 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
To develop organic semiconductors for the application to acceptor materials in organic photovoltaics, we synthesized new π-conjugated compounds consisting of cyclic imide and cyano-substituted benzothiadiazole. Photophysical and electrochemical properties as well as semiconducting performance of these compounds were investigated.
Communication skills and enhancing clinical practice through reflective learning: a case study
Authors: Tregoning Clare 
Published: February 2015

Nurses are required to professionally develop and continually adapt their expertise to the ever-changing needs of the healthcare service and their clients—be they patients or colleagues. An essential skill that underpins what we do as nurses is communication, as it allows us to listen to and understand the needs of our clients, which is fundamental to the nurse-patient relationship ( Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2008 ). The capacity to successfully communicate can be expanded further by the ability to identify non-verbal cues and modify our responses and interactions. This reflective account illustrates how, through effective communication, a challenging situation with an HCA colleague was guided to a positive outcome. It emphasises the importance of reflective practice in the development of this skill.
Closed and open catheter irrigation by a skilled and competent healthcare worker
Authors: Peate Ian , Gil Michael 
Published: February 2015

Catheter irrigation can be open or closed (intermittent or continuous). The aim of care is to ensure that it is safe and effective, as well as taking into consideration the individual needs of the patient and this will include the treatment of the patient with dignity and compassion. This article describes closed catheter irrigation; and it also discusses the clinical procedure for open catheter irrigation (sometimes this is called bladder irrigation, bladder lavage or bladder washout). There are several reasons why a person may need to have catheter/bladder irrigation and in some instances bladder installation may also be required. There are risks associated with bladder irrigation that the healthcare assistant and the assistant practitioner (HCA and AP) need to be aware of, in order to prevent and identify any potential problems.
Men's health, article 6: men and mental health
Authors: Barber Chris 
Published: February 2015

The experience of living with mental health issues is perhaps one of the few areas of life that is not easily or openly discussed or accepted in private, let alone in public. This is perhaps even more so with men, who may be under significant social pressure to hide any mental health condition that they may experience. This article explores the meaning of mental health, any gender differences in the experiences of mental health, issues faced by men who experience mental ill-health and the role of the HCA.
Worn clothes and textiles as archives of memory
Authors: Hunt Carole 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
The subject of this article is memory, specifically, the capacity of textiles to retain and communicate memory, both privately and publicly. I argue that cloth can be regarded as a form of archival information and as a carrier of knowledge. My questions centre on the value of textiles in our lives and on the role of textiles in the process of recollection, as well as the extent to which textiles can stimulate remembering, not through the strategic mnemonics of national monuments and events, or the mnemonic device of the souvenir, but rather through unplanned encounters with textiles in their various guises and in different contexts. Each attempt at recollection may reveal historical, cultural, and personal data. The themes of ‘archiving’ memory and ‘materializing’ memory are explored through an analysis of works of artists who use textile media in their visual practice and writers who include their memories of textiles in their works. I use ‘Miniature’ and ‘Gigantic’ as a critical tool to distinguish between two areas of analysis: the private and public within an interdisciplinary approach, combining the study of memory with philosophy, literature, history, material culture and visual studies.
Bernhard Willhelm: The contemporary and sartorial remembrance
Authors: Lau Charlene K. 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
This article employs the theoretical framework of contemporaneity to investigate the practice of German avant-garde fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm. Political philosopher Giorgio Agamben and art historian Terry Smith’s theorizations on the contemporary are examined alongside fashion theorist Ulrich Lehmann’s reading of Walter Benjamin’s concepts of Tigersprung (a tiger’s leap) and Jetztzeit (now-time). Heterogeneity, disjunction and non-linear historical time are concepts manifested through sartorial remembrance in contemporary fashion. To illustrate these ideas, this study focuses on Willhelm’s articulation of contemporaneity through the quotation of folk dress, cross-cultural borrowing and decontextualization. In so doing, a concept of history can be derived, whereby multiple narratives exist simultaneously, merging past, present and future.
Exhibition Review
Authors: Tseëlon Efrat 
Published: February 2015

Abstract
Sofie Berzon MacKie, ‘The House’, 26 December 2014–17 January 2015, Be’eri Gallery, Israel
The paper features an exhibition which recreates the artist’s nostalgic portrayal of her childhood home through a series of photographic images. The artist realizes her project by focusing on impressionistic domestic interior black and white images, together with sharp coloured close-up images of specific everyday objects. The paper shows how deploying light, colour and mirrors which invoke a range of artistic styles drawn from traditions of painting and photography, combines to capture the memory of ‘home’ that the house preserves.
Modern Algorithms for Real-Time Terrain Visualization on Commodity Hardware
Authors: Bartoň Radek 
Published: February 2015

The amount of input data acquired from a remote sensing equipment is rapidly growing. Interactive visualization of those datasets is a necessity for their correct interpretation. With the ability of modern hardware to display hundreds of millions of triangles per second, it is possible to visualize the massive terrains at one pixel display error on HD displays with interactive frame rates when batched rendering is applied. Algorithms able to do this are an area of intensive research and a topic of this article. The paper first explains some of the theory around the terrain visualization, categorizes its algorithms according to several criteria and describes six of the most significant methods in more details.
Max-Min and Min-Max Gray Association Degree-Based Method for Multiattribute Decision Making
Authors: Dong Jiu-Ying , Wan Shu-Ping 
Published: February 2015

AbstractA new method of multiattribute decision making is proposed based on the max-min and min-max gray association degree. The gray association coefficients between the alternative, positive ideal solution and negative ideal solution are defined. Here, we construct a bi-objective programming model that maximizes the minimum gray association degree and minimizes the maximum gray association degree simultaneously. By using the linear weighted summation method, the bi-objective programming model is transformed into a linear programming model. Thus, we can obtain the weight vector of attributes by solving the linear programming model. The ranking order of alternatives is generated according to the relative closeness. A numerical example is examined to demonstrate the applicability and implementation process of the decision method proposed in this paper.
A Light Visual Mapping and Navigation Framework for Low-Cost Robots
Authors: Bazeille Stephane , Battesti Emmanuel , Filliat David 
Published: February 2015

AbstractWe address the problems of localization, mapping, and guidance for robots with limited computational resources by combining vision with the metrical information given by the robot odometry. We propose in this article a novel light and robust topometric simultaneous localization and mapping framework using appearance-based visual loop-closure detection enhanced with the odometry. The main advantage of this combination is that the odometry makes the loop-closure detection more accurate and reactive, while the loop-closure detection enables the long-term use of odometry for guidance by correcting the drift. The guidance approach is based on qualitative localization using vision and odometry, and is robust to visual sensor occlusions or changes in the scene. The resulting framework is incremental, real-time, and based on cheap sensors provided on many robots (a camera and odometry encoders). This approach is, moreover, particularly well suited for low-power robots as it is not dependent on the image processing frequency and latency, and thus it can be applied using remote processing. The algorithm has been validated on a Pioneer P3DX mobile robot in indoor environments, and its robustness is demonstrated experimentally for a large range of odometry noise levels.