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List of locomotives in China. This is a list of current and retired locomotives in the People's Republic of China.

Steam locomotives
The first steam locomotive in China is thought to be a  gauge 0-4-0T engine used on the Shanghai-Wusong railway. Towards the end of the 19th century concessions obtained from the Qing dynasty enabled foreign powers (Germany, Russia, France and Great Britain) to build railways in China, and they introduced a variety of foreign-built machines. Later Japan gained control over Manchuria as a result of the Treaty of Portsmouth following the Russo-Japanese War and created the South Manchuria Railway from their acquisitions - resulting in Japanese as well as American locomotives being imported into the north-east of China.

After the end of the Second World War China came back under indigenous rule. Locomotives were imported from both the United States and Russia as well as other Communist bloc countries.

Production of steam locomotives continued into the late 20th century. However, steam motive power was supplanted by diesel and electric locomotives as early as the 1950s. The Chinese rail network has been increasingly electrified in the twentieth century.

Standard gauge

Narrow gauge

Diesel locomotives

Diesel-hydraulic transmission
Diesel-hydraulic locomotives type descriptions are prefixed either by the roman initials DFH (Diesel fuel, hydraulic) or NY (neiran yeli chuandong 内燃液力传动 meaning internal combustion - hydraulic transmission). From the initials of the acronym DFH is derived from their phonetic sound the Chinese name "Dongfang Hong" meaning "Red East", matching the anthem of Communist China: "The East is Red" at the time of their introduction, as well as the well known observation of Chairman Mao Zedong that 'the east is red'. Usually DFH is used for internally produced locomotives and NY for imported or prototype machines.

Chinese made

Imported

Diesel-electric transmission

Chinese made
The Dongfeng (DF) () series of diesel-electric locomotives is the most important in Chinese rail transport. The Dongfeng 4 (DF4) is by far the most common locomotive to be seen on Chinese rails.

Imported

Electric locomotives

AC-DC transmission

Shaoshan (SS) () series

Imported

AC-DC-AC transmission
Both post 2000 introductions of asynchronous AC motor driven locomotives and high speed trains based on technology transfer arrangements with other countries have been given the common name "Harmony" series. Ministry of Railways deputy chief engineer Zhang Shuguang explained that the name was to represent energy efficiency and good environmental credentials as well as indicating smooth running of complicated systems. Vehicles of the 'Harmony' series have an "H" in their type descriptions.

Push-pull trainset power cars with locomotive classification

References

External links

 
China
Chinese railway-related lists
Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue. Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue is the second studio album by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot, released on Robotic Empire in 2006. The album received high praise from Pitchfork, Lambgoat, and Sputnikmusic, the last of whom named it the #2 album of 2006.

Shortly before the recording of the album, longtime collaborator and former maudlin of the Well member Sam Gutterman left to pursue outside projects, and was replaced by Tom Malone. It was the group's first and only release on the Robotic Empire label. The group embarked on a lengthy and highly successful tour after the album's release, which would be the last tour in which the band was mostly made up of former motW members, as Greg Massi left shortly after the tour to pursue solo projects, eventually forming the band Baliset. Ryan McGuire and Forbes Graham also left after the tour.

Track listing
All music written by Toby Driver. All lyrics written by Jason Byron except "Immortelle and Paper Caravelle" by Toby Driver.

Credits
Toby Driver - guitar, piano, clarinet, percussion, and voice
Greg Massi - guitar, vocals, percussion
Mia Matsumiya - violin and percussion
Forbes Graham - trumpet, euphonium, percussion, and voice
Ryan McGuire - bass and voice
John Carchia - guitar and voice
Tom Malone - drums and other percussion
Kyouhei Sada - guitar, keyboards, effects, and voice

References

2006 albums
Kayo Dot albums
Robotic Empire albums
Los Andes Peruvian University. The Los Andes Peruvian University (UPLA) () is an educational institution created on December 30, 1983 (Law Nº 23.757). The main campus is situated in Huancayo, Peru. It is one of the most prosperous  universities in the central region of the country. It is named after the Andes mountains, which surround the city of Huancayo.

History
At its inception in 1983, the university offered courses in the four areas of study most relevant and important to the region: Industrial Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Business Management and Technology Education. On June 23, 1987 a Complementary Law Nº 24697 Civil Engineering was added to the program of studies.
More recently, new faculties have been established with a view to affording opportunities in new professional careers. Some of the original faculties have been upgraded, in accordance with technological and social requirements and in keeping with current innovations in tertiary education. These were authorized by Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, an institution which governs universities in Peru, with Resolution Nº 446-ANR-93 and Asamblea Universitaria Resolution Nº 001-93-AU on December 8, 1993.

Academic areas
Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Health Science
UPLA Pharmacy and Biochemistry
UPLA Veterinary Medicine
UPLA Obstetrics
UPLA Dental Medicine
UPLA Optometry
UPLA Psychology
UPLA Nursing
UPLA Human Nutrition
UPLA Medical Technology
Faculty of Business Science and Accountancy
UPLA Accountancy and Finance
UPLA Management and Systems
Faculty of Law

Faculty of Education
UPLA Initial Education
UPLA Primary Education
UPLA Secondary Education
Faculty of Engineering
UPLA Computer and Systems Engineering
UPLA Civil Engineering
UPLA Architecture
UPLA Industrial Engineering

University, Industry and Society

Industry
In 1973 in Junín Region - Concepción, with the cooperation of Federal Republic of Germany, a milk plant was created. It was named "Fongal Centro". Today it is called The Milk Plant of Mantaro - PLEMSA and is part of Los Andes Peruvian University. It produces pasteurized milk, double and triple cream cheese, fresh cheese, yogurt and butter by professionals and students (who make theirs using practice-based professional learning).

Athletics
The University hosted its first marathon, the UPLA International Marathon, in 2008. Participants in this event include athletes from the surrounding regions as well as visiting athletes from other countries.

Alumni
Many of UPLA's alumni have had considerable success in scientific research, public service, education, and business.
Recently Inés Melchor has become recognized as a long-distance runner and lawyer.

See also
 List of universities in Peru

References

External links

Universidad Peruana Los Andes (UPLA) - Official site
YouTube institutional video - YouTube
Facebook community - Facebook
Telephone guide - UPLA phone numbers.
History and general reference(in spanish)

Universities in Peru
Universities and colleges established in 1983
Buildings and structures in Junín Region
1983 establishments in Peru
Buildings and structures in Huancayo
Puducherry road network. Puducherry (French: Réseau routier de Pondichéry) has a network of all-weather metalled roads connecting every village in the territory. The territory has a total road length of 2552 km (road length per 4.87 km2).

Road length comparison

Classification of roads

See also 
 Road Network in Pondicherry District
 Road Network in Karaikal District
 Road Network in Yanam District
 Road Network in Mahe District

References

External links
 Official website of Public Works Department, Puducherry UT
 Infrastructure in Puducherry Union Territory
 Puducherry UT Statistics

Roads in Puducherry
Transport in Puducherry
Daitetsujin 17. is a 1977 tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It revolves around a giant battle robot commanded by a young boy who fights the giant robots of an evil organization bent on world conquest.  It is similar to Giant Robo in premise and how it ends.

The opening theme was performed by Ichirou Mizuki,  Koorogi '73 and The Chirps.

Popy manufactured several toys based on the series - notably a transforming Chogokin version of the robot One-Seven (later released in America for the Godaikin line), vehicles based on One-Seven's Flying Fortress mode, the Sub Machine Flying Car, the Shigcon Tank and the Shigcon Jet, and a three-inch version of One-Seven, which was later released as "17" in Mattel's Shogun Warriors line.

Story
Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it is up to The Red Mufflers to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.

International broadcast and home video
In its home country of Japan, the first two episodes were released on VHS on January 21, 1986, as well as preview edits. Then a laserdisc release was released from November 21, 1996, to July 21, 1997, containing all 35 episodes and spread a total of 5 volumes with 2 discs each, with 8 episodes in each volume (The last volume only holds 1 disc and 3 episodes). Then from September 21 to November 21, 2006, the series was released on DVD spreading through 3 volumes, each holding 2 discs with 12 episodes each (the last volume holding only 11).  The "Knowledge Corner" that was broadcast at the time of the series' being broadcast was not included. The first episode is included in the "Shotaro Ishinomori 70th Anniversary DVD-BOX" released on July 21, 2008. All three DVD volumes were released on July 12, 2017, as part of the Toei TV Tokusatsu New Price Series to Commemorate Shotaro Ishinomori's 80th Birthday.
In the United States, the series received an English dub and featured several episodes edited into a TV movie shown in the region under different titles, including The Defenders and the Great Brain and Brain 17 in 1982.

References

External links
Daitetsujin 17 Fan Site (Japanese)
Brain 17 at the Internet Movie Database
Daitetsujin 17 Toy Review 

1977 Japanese television series debuts
1977 Japanese television series endings
Mainichi Broadcasting System original programming
Shotaro Ishinomori
Tokusatsu television series
Toei tokusatsu
Super robot anime and manga
Youngman-Baynes High Lift. The Youngman-Baynes High Lift was a British experimental aircraft of the 1940s. It was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

Development 
The High Lift was a "one-off" experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T. Youngman. It was designed by L. E. Baynes AFRAeS, using components from the Percival Proctor, and built by Heston Aircraft Company Ltd. Test pilot Flight Lieutenant Ralph S Munday piloted the first flight at Heston Aerodrome on 5 February 1948, carrying the military serial VT789.

Operational history 
The High Lift was registered as G-AMBL on 10 May 1950. Its career ended in 1954 when it was presented to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield.

Specifications

See also

References
Notes

Bibliography

1940s British experimental aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1948
Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear
Pentanal. Pentanal (also called valeraldehyde) is the organic compound  with molecular formula . Classified as an alkyl aldehyde, it is a colorless volatile liquid.  Its odor is described as fermented, bready, fruity, nutty, berry.

Production
Pentanal is obtained by hydroformylation of butene. Also C4 mixtures can be used as starting material like the so-called raffinate II, which is produced by steam cracking and contains (Z)- and (E)-2-butene, 1-butene, butane and isobutane. The conversion to the product is accomplished with synthesis gas in the presence of a catalyst consisting of a rhodium-bisphosphite complex and a sterically hindered secondary amine with a selectivity toward pentanal of at least 90%.

Use
Pentanal undergoes the reactions characteristic of any alkyl aldehyde, i.e., oxidations, condensations, and reductions.  2-Octanone, produced for use in the fragrance industry, is obtained by the condensation of acetone and pentanal, followed by hydrogenation of the alkene. 

2-Propyl-2-heptenal is obtained from pentanal by aldol condensation, which is hydrogenated to the saturated branched 2-propylheptanol. This alcohol serves as a starting material for the PVC plasticizer di-2-propylheptyl phthalate (DPHP).

Pentanal (valeraldehyde) is oxidized to give valeric acid.

References

Alkanals
STRIL. [Swedish] Tactical (Fighting Command) and Air Defence Control System () in forms of STRIL 50 (operational in the 1950s) and STRIL 60 (operational in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s) were integrated systems for aerial warfare control including early warning radar and ground-controlled interception. The systems depended on radar and radio as primary technologies but STRIL 50 was based on manual control while STRIL 60 applied the usage of early digital computers.

STRIL 60, designed in cooperation with Marconi Company, were in the very frontline of providing combat critical information to airborne aircraft, the Saab 35 Draken and Saab J32 Lansen fighter aircraft, by means of digital telemetry links with direct presentation of target guidance data on dedicated gauges on the cockpit instrument panel. The uplink to the aircraft could resist heavy jamming and the Swedish Air Force was first in the world to provide digital combat guidance that would remain reliable in a hostile and interfered radio environment.

The computerised command and control system in combination with the datalink brought the time from target detection to guidance commands reaching a fighter aircraft down to 5–6 seconds.
In the Stril 50 system with manual plotting and voice communication this had been 30–60 seconds.

Eventually, the Saab 37 Viggen aircraft system also utilized STRIL 60 but target presentation in the cockpit was then replaced by digital computer displays instead of the mechanical gauges used on the Draken.

In the 1990s, STRIL 60 was replaced by STRIL 90 which is a modern combat control system integrated with the Saab S100B Argus combat control/surveillance and SAAB JAS 39 Gripen multi-role combat aircraft.

See also
 :sv:STRIL 50
 :sv:STRIL 60

References

Further reading

Anti-aircraft warfare
Aircraft instruments
Military radars of Sweden
Military equipment of the Cold War
Military equipment of Sweden
Bulkhaul Limited. Bulkhaul Limited is a British company specialising in global tank transportation of bulk liquids, powders. It was established in 1981 by Steve Gibson in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. Bulkhaul Limited is run under the holding company Gibson O'Neill owned by Gibson and Michael O'Neill.  Bulkhaul ceased manufacturing at its Teesside base in 2002, although it retained its main base of operations in Middlesbrough.

History 
In 1981, Steve Gibson, only 22 years old at the time, borrowed £1000 from his father to found the company.

Bases 
Bulkhaul's main office is in Middlesbrough. The company also has offices throughout mainland Europe, South America, North America, and Asia.

References

https://bulkhaul.com/
Logistics companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Middlesbrough
Chen Tze-chiang. Chen Tze-chiang, or T. C. Chen (; born 1951), is a Taiwanese physicist and electrical engineer. He joined the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1984. He is currently an IBM Fellow and the Vice President of Science and Technology at Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research Division in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Life and career 
Chen was born in Taiwan in 1951 to parents who were both teachers. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1974 and 1976, respectively, and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and applied science from Yale University in 1979 and 1985, respectively. He has published more than 60 papers in technical journals and conferences. His contributions to advanced bipolar technology had a major impact on IBM S/390 mainframe systems. More recently, his contributions to CMOS miniaturization and DRAM devices have had a profound impact on IBM's leadership in CMOS process technology and DRAM manufacturing.  Chen was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1999 for contributions to silicon bipolar and DRAM technology development. Chen has been recognized with several IBM Technical Innovation Awards and was named IBM Distinguished Engineer and IBM Fellow in 1996 and 1999, respectively.

During the period of Feb. 1999 - Feb. 2003,  Chen was the Director of Advanced Logic/Memory Technology Development at the Semiconductor Research and Development Center, IBM Microelectronics Division in East Fishkill, New York. During the period of 1992–1999, he was the Senior Manager responsible for the 64Mb/256Mb/1Gb DRAM Technology Development in IBM/Siemens/Toshiba DRAM Development Alliance. Before assuming his role as the Project Manager in DRAM Development, he held a variety of managerial assignments in his career at IBM, including Functional Manager of High-Performance BiCMOS Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Manager in the Bipolar VLSI Line, and Manager of Optical Lithography Development at Watson Research Center.

Awards and honors
In 2011, he received the IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award. In 2022, he was elected to the Academia Sinica.

References

External links
 T. C. Chen at IBM Research

Fellows of the IEEE
American people of Taiwanese descent
Taiwanese computer scientists
Computer hardware researchers
IBM Fellows
National Cheng Kung University alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of Academia Sinica
Benzoylurea insecticide. Benzoylureas (BPUs) are chemical derivatives of N-benzoyl--phenylurea, which are used as insecticides. They do not directly kill the insect, but disrupt moulting and egg hatch, and thus act as insect growth regulators. They act by inhibiting chitin synthase, preventing the formation of chitin in the insect's body.

The insecticidal activity of the BPUs was discovered serendipitiously at Phillips-Duphar who commericalised diflubenzuron in 1975. Since then, many BPUs were commercialised by many companies. BPUs accounted for 3% of the $ 18.4 billion world insecticide market in 2018. Lufenuron, was the largest selling BPU in 2016, selling for $ 112 million. 

BPUs are active against many types of insect pests, (e.g. lepidoptera coleoptera, diptera) in agriculture, as well as being used against termites and animal health pests such as fleas.

The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) lists the following BPUs, which are classified in IRAC group 15: bistrifluron, chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, flucycloxuron, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, lufenuron, novaluron, noviflumuron, teflubenzuron, and triflumuron. Many older BPUs are no longer in use.

Mammalian and environmental toxicity

BPUs have a good mammalian tox profile. Diflubenzuron is considered to be of very low acute toxicity, and is approved by the WHO for treatment of drinking water as a mosquito larvicide.

BPUs  have low acute toxicity against bees, low to moderate toxicity to fish, but high toxicity to  aquatic invertebrates and crustaceans.

BPUs have various rates of degradation in the environment. Some older BPUs have high persistance and are no longer sold. Flufenoxuron was shown to bioaccumulate and was banned in the EU in 2011.

References

Insecticides
Ureas
Bookmatching. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two (or more) wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book.

Overview
As applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer (produced in one of several ways), but can also be done with solid wood. The technique is used to beautify a variety of objects such as furniture, violins, guitars or the interior of high-luxury cars. The two adjoining surfaces are produced from the same piece of wood, so that they have (almost) exactly the same appearance, but mirrored. The final effect varies with the figure of the wood chosen and can range from extremely subtle (so that the two surfaces almost appear to be a single piece of wood), to dramatic effects with wavy grain showcased, as in high-end guitars.

Bookmatching is also possible with marble or other patterned stone.

See also 
 Luthier
 For another keyboard instrument adorned with bookmatched veneer, see Conrad Graf.

References

Woodworking
Stonemasonry
General Frank S. Besson-class support vessel. General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessels (LSV) are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo.

Design
Named in honor of Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr., former Chief of Transportation, U.S. Army, these ships have bow and stern ramps and the ability to beach themselves, giving them the ability to discharge 816 tonnes of vehicles and cargo over the shore in as little as 1.2 m of water, or 1,814 tonnes as an intra-theater line haul roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. The vessel's cargo deck is designed to handle any vehicle in the US Army inventory and can carry up to 15 M1 Abrams main battle tanks or 82 ISO standard containers.

Subclasses
The Robert T. Kuroda is the lead vessel of a new subclass of the Frank S. Besson class called LSV (MOD). The Kuroda, named after Robert T. Kuroda, and its sister ship, the Smalls, named after Robert Smalls, are generally similar to the rest of the class except that the ships are  longer than the other ships of the class. This is due to a more streamlined "visor" bow that hides the front ramp and allows for the vessels to move through rough water more easily. While these ships have the same main deck area as the rest of the class—— however they displace , can make  of water a day, have incinerators for burning trash, are taller than the traditional Besson-class LSVs, and have 25% more horsepower. The ship has a range of more than  and can deploy fully provisioned worldwide at a speed of  carrying a standard port-opening package weighing .

Related classes
The Philippine Navy commissioned two s during the early 1990s. These ships were based on a helicopter-capable variant of the General Frank S. Besson Jr.-class logistics support vessel.

Ships
  – 335th Transportation Detachment, 7th Expeditionary Transportation Brigade
  – 489th Transportation Detachment, USAR
  – 805th Transportation Detachment, 8th Theater Sustainment Command
  – 1099th Transportation Detachment, 7th Expeditionary Transportation Brigade
  – 411th Transportation Detachment, 1st Theater Sustainment Command
  – USAR
  – USAR
  – 605th Transportation Detachment, 8th Theater Sustainment Command

Operators

Gallery

References

External links
 Frank S Besson Class LSV Logistic Support Vessel
 LSVs at globalsecurity.org
 Photo gallery: Family tour aboard the LSV-7 Kuroda | The Honolulu Advertiser
 LSV-8 USAV MG Roberts Smalls – a set on Flickr

Ships of the United States Army
Landing craft
 
Auxiliary transport ship classes