A re-examination of platinum-group element concentrations in the environmental certified reference material BCR-723

A detailed statistical examination of replicated data used to certify platinum-group elements (PGEs) in environmental reference material BCR-723 is presented. Certification of Pt, Pd, and Rh concentrations in BCR-723 was based on 16, eight, and nine accepted data sets, respectively. Each accepted data set contained six replicated measurements for each PGE, and the statistical properties of these concentration data were examined, i.e. 96 for Pt, 48 for Pd, and 54 for Rh. This level of investigation has received limited attention but is critical in furthering our understanding of PGE variability and representativeness. Concentrations of Pt, Pd, and Rh were shown to differ significantly between accepted data sets. Palladium and Pt differed in their quantification between detection techniques. Additionally, Pd and Pt concentrations varied significantly between laboratories using a similar definitive method (inductively coupled plasma-isotope dilution mass spectrometry). The distribution of Pd concentrations was found to be bimodal, with a secondary population exhibiting a contamination signal of about 15%. The secondary population, not previously reported in BCR-723, is likely a measurement artifact and not due to a nugget effect. Comparisons of BCR-723 with other environmental media from Europe, i.e. airborne particulate matter, tunnel dust, and road-deposited sediment, indicated that Pd is uncommonly low in BCR-723 (6.0?ng?g^?1) and is generally not representative in terms of its distribution relative to Pt and Rh. Serious consideration should be given to developing a new PGE certified environmental reference material.     

Ochratoxin A non-conventional exposure sources — A review

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the most studied mycotoxins, with great public health and agroeconomic significance. The exposure of both humans and animals to this fungal toxin has been associated to food matrices since its discovery. However, according to recent reports, OTA may also represent a potential airborne hazard, in water-damaged buildings, or occupational contamination, in workplaces with high mould exposure, such as agricultural, farm and alimentary industries. Further, in addition to the conventional studied food matrices, worldwide consumed, there are increasing reports on different and less obvious sources of alimentary exposure. These include traditional and home-made food products, highly consumed by specific groups of populations that thus might be at risk. This paper aims to spotlight the current knowledge on these non-conventional OTA exposure sources.     

多晶硅片反应离子刻蚀制绒后扩散工艺的匹配性

根据机载激光通信的环境和链路距离,采用光电粗精复合轴结构,提出一种双探测器、双光轴机载激光通信复合轴捕获跟踪瞄准系统方案.对整个系统的光路结构进行了分析和优化设计,使粗跟踪精度达120 μrad,精跟踪系统带宽大于300 Hz,执行动态范围达5 mrad,跟踪精度达3 μrad,并成功实现通信距离17.5 km、通信速率1.5 Gbps,误码率达1E-7的飞机对地面激光通信实验.     

机载激光通信终端的模糊变结构跟踪方法研究(英文)

为避免经典固定模型集合中多模型算法造成的模型间竞争并减小计算量,基于有向图切换的变结构方法,建立有向图切换规则和较完备的模型集合.通过模糊逻辑推理得到模型集合中各模型的匹配度,以此代替传统多模型算法中的模式概率来计算,降低了计算的复杂度.采用核粒子滤波克服了标准粒子滤波没有考虑到的量测信息问题,即粒子能够通过核密度估计后朝着状态的后验概率密度的模型移动,使真实和估计模型之间的均方误差最小.仿真结果表明,基于模糊理论的变结构核粒子滤波算法能较大地提高跟踪准确度和减少计算量.     

Investigation of Tomato Plant Defence Response to Tobacco Mosaic Virus by Determination of Methyl Salicylate with SPME-Capillary GC-MS

Headspace SPME was applied to investigation of tomato plant defence response to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) by determination of compounds emitted from tomato plants at the extraction conditions of 25 °C and 15 min. It was found that TMV-inoculated tomato plant released large amount of methyl salicylate (MeSA) as response to TMV and MeSA concentration changed dramatically with time after inoculation. Gaseous MeSA as a signaling compound could induce in surrounding tomato plants to produce salicylic acid (SA) and synthesize and release MeSA. These results show that MeSA might be an airborne plant-signalling molecule in tomato plant response to TMV. The present method provided low detection limit of 2.0 ng L^–1 and needed little sample preparation time (15 min), so the method makes it easy to find the critical times of tomato plant response to TMV by fast determination of MeSA released from tomato plant.     

一种新型无人机机载计算机同步策略研究

机载计算机是无人机的核心部件,其可靠性高低直接决定了系统的安全。余度技术作为机载计算机可靠性设计的一项重要手段,对提高系统的应变能力,实现故障隐蔽以消除故障,改善系统性能有十分重要的作用。但是在余度技术中不同通道之间会存在一定的时钟误差,如果不进行处理将会使其无法达到无缝切换,从而影响系统的安全。在对机载计算机内部通道间不同步的原因进行详细分析的基础上,提出了一种软、硬件相结合的同步算法,并以三余度机载计算机为例进行了实际测试。测试结果证明该策略实现简单、同步效果好,异步度完全满足系统要求且付出的软、硬件代价小,显著提高了全系统的可靠性及可维护性。     

基于铂电阻的机载测温系统校准方法改进

为了解决机载铂电阻测温系统机上校准工作量大、实施难等问题,根据机载铂电阻测温原理和校准方法,分析了对于单个测温通道在实验室与机载环境下测量结果之间的差异,提出了一种对实验室校准曲线进行修正而替代机上校准曲线的方法,并通过实验对该方法进行验证;设计了根据机载测试系统的数据文件、系统配置文件,批量修正实验室校准曲线的软件;任意选择的8个参数进行工程验证,采用原方法和本文方法进行校准得到的两组校准曲线,分别对测试数据进行处理,得到测量结果的最大偏差与量程比不超过0.27％,证明修正后实验室校准曲线与机上校准曲线基本一致,可以用作数据处理;结果证明,改进后校准方法方便、高效,校准结果满足机载测试要求,为机载参数校准提供了新思路。     

The identification of tyre induced vehicle interior noise

Sound transmission into a vehicle is classified as either airborne or structure borne sound. From the point view of noise control, the reduction of noise transferred by different paths requires different solutions. Coherence function analysis is often used to identify transmission paths. However it can be difficult to separate the airborne from structure borne components. The principle of acoustic reciprocity offers a convenient method for overcoming this difficulty. The principal states that the transfer function between an acoustic volume velocity source and an acoustic receiver is independent of a reversal of the position of source and receiver. The work done on this study involves exciting a stationary tyre and measuring the surface velocity of the tyre at a number of discrete points. The acoustic transfer functions between each point on the tyre and a receiver point are measured reciprocally. Two sets of measurements are then combined to yield a measure of the sound pressure due to a point force on the tyre via the acoustic transmission path only. This technique also provides information on the relative contributions of various regions of the tyre wall to the resultant noise. Also the sound radiation characteristics, the horn effect, and resonance at the wheel housing are identified through the reciprocal measurement.