Flexural reinforcement of concrete floor slabs by carbon fiber textiles

The effect of carbon fiber textile for flexural reinforcement to deteriorated reinforced concrete floor slab is tested in laboratory by cutting out six specimens from existing structure aged more than 70 years. The repair method between concrete and carbon fiber textile is used as experimental parameter. From the test results, deformation, bond characteristic of carbon fiber textile and the applicability of carbon fiber textiles to flexural reinforcement of floor slabs are discussed.     

Inter-cell spectrum efficiency improvement technology

Improvement in inter-cell spectrum efficiency is a valuable research topic in mobile communication system, which affects cell edge user experience especially. According to current research results, there are three methods to deal with inter-cell interference to improve inter-cell spectrum efficiency, including inter-cell interference randomization, inter-cell interference cancellation and inter-cell interference coordination. This paper analyzes three important inter-cell spectrum efficiency improvement technologies, soft frequency reuse (SFR), uplink power control, and downlink coordinated multi-point transmission/reception (CoMP), and relative research progress.     

基于改进的主动控制法实现混沌系统广义投影同步

通过引进特殊矩阵构造并基于Lyapunov稳定性理论,提出了一种改进的主动控制法来实现混沌系统的广义投影同步.改进后的主动控制不依赖于罗斯-霍维兹判据,与未改进的主动控制相比,简化了相关运算步骤和复杂度.通过对混沌能源系统和Nuclear Spin Generator系统的研究,并与其他同步方法进行比较,说明了该方法具有简单,直观,稳健,高效等优点,且对混沌系统的自结构和异结构广义投影同步均适用.数值模拟的结果进一步表明了该方法的有效性和理论分析的正确性. 关键词： 改进的主动控制 广义投影同步 特殊矩阵构造     

Impulsive control of nonlinear systems with time-varying delays

A whole impulsive control scheme of nonlinear systems with time-varying delays, which is an extension for impulsive control of nonlinear systems without time delay, is presented in this paper. Utilizing the Lyapunov functions and the impulsive-type comparison principles, we establish a series of different conditions under which impulsively controlled nonlinear systems with time-varying delays are asymptotically stable. Then we estimate upper bounds of impulse interval and time-varying delays for asymptotically stable control. Finally a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the method.     

高速铁路连续梁桥的共振响应与振动控制研究

以液体粘滞阻尼器为振动控制外部装置,主桥采用欧拉伯努利梁,通过中国和谐号动车组CRH380AL、日本新干线Shinkansen700和欧洲高速列车HSLMA8三种不同类型的高速列车对比,模拟分析了高速列车作用下桥梁结构共振响应的影响因素,以及粘滞阻尼器的阻尼系数与安装位置对桥梁结构振动响应的减振效果。研究结果表明,（1）合理有效地布置列车荷载轴距,可使桥梁结构发生基频共振的列车时速在运营时速之外,避免了桥梁结构发生较大振动峰值响应,即桥梁结构的基频共振;（2）随着粘滞阻尼器阻尼系数的增大,桥梁的加速度峰值在列车不同时速下均在减少,对桥梁振动有着不同程度的减振效果;（3）通过合理安置液体粘滞阻尼器,可有效降低高速列车作用下桥梁结构的共振响应;（4）随着粘滞阻尼器与主梁的连接点位置逐渐远离支座,粘滞阻尼器的减振效果逐渐明显;（5）随着粘滞阻尼器与桥台的连接点位置逐渐靠近支座,粘滞阻尼器的减振效果略有提升,但不明显。     

UPLC-MS-Based Metabolomic Study of Streptomyces Strain HCCB10043 Under Different pH Conditions Reveals Important Pathways Affecting the Biosynthesis of A21978C Compounds

The A21978C family of compounds includes precursors of daptomycin, an important antibiotic for the treatment of diseases infected by Gram-positive resistant bacteria. Focusing on these valuable compounds, the differences in metabolites obtained with or without pH control in their producing strain Streptomyces parvus HCCB10043 were investigated by comparative metabolomics analysis based on UPLC-TOF-MS technology. According to principal component analysis, there were fourteen biomarker compounds selected under the two pH culture conditions. The ten known compounds were divided into two types: a glycoside family participating in the primary metabolism (daidzein, glycitein, genistein, and soyasaponin Bb) and a peptide family of secondary metabolites (valistatin, bestatin, 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutanoylvalylisoleucine, and arylomycins A2, A4, and A5). Through orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis, three compounds, soyasaponin Bb and arylomycins A2 and A4 were identified as the most relevant compounds to A21978C1-3 production, the glycolytic pathway, and the NRPS synthesis pathway. The competitive relationship between arylomycin and A21978C was verified. These results have demonstrated the usefulness of the metabolomic strategy based on UPLC-MS in studying significant metabolic changes in actinomycetes. Moreover, this metabolomic strategy can provide new ideas and guidance for the regulation and improvement of secondary metabolites production.     

Broadband excitation pulses for high‐field solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

In nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, experimental limits due to the radiofrequency transmitter and/or coil means that conventional radiofrequency pulses (“hard pulses”) are sometimes not sufficiently powerful to excite magnetization uniformly over a desired range of frequencies. Effects due to nonuniform excitation are most frequently encountered at high magnetic fields for nuclei with a large range of chemical shifts. Using optimal control theory, we have designed broadband excitation pulses that are suitable for solid‐state samples under magic‐angle‐spinning conditions. These pulses are easy to implement, robust to spinning frequency variations, and radiofrequency inhomogeneities, and only four times as long as a corresponding hard pulse. The utility of these pulses for uniformly exciting ¹³C nuclei is demonstrated on a 900 MHz (21.1 T) spectrometer. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Equilibrium points and bifurcation control of a chaotic system

Based on the Routh-Hurwitz criterion, this paper investigates the stability of a new chaotic system. State feedback controllers are designed to control the chaotic system to the unsteady equilibrium points and limit cycle. Theoretical analyses give the range of value of control parameters to stabilize the unsteady equilibrium points of the chaotic system and its critical parameter for generating Hopf bifurcation. Certain nP periodic orbits can be stabilized by parameter adjustment. Numerical simulations indicate that the method can effectively guide the system trajectories to unsteady equilibrium points and periodic orbits.     

Coexistence and harvesting control policy in a food chain model with mutual defense of prey

A model is proposed to understand the dynamics in a food chain (one predator‐two prey). Unlike many approaches, we consider mutualism (for defense against predators) between the two groups of prey. We investigate the conditions for coexistence and exclusion. Unlike Elettreby's (2009) results, we show that prey can coexist in the absence of predators (as expected since there is no competition between prey). We also show the existence of Hopf bifurcation and limit cycle in the model, and numerically present bifurcation diagrams in terms of mutualism and harvesting. When the harvest is practiced for profit making, we provide the threshold effort value that determines the profitability of the harvest. We show that there is zero profit when the constant effort is applied. Below (resp. above) , there will always be gain (resp. loss). In the case of gain, we provide the optimal effort and optimal steady states that produce maximum profit and ensure coexistence. Recommendations for resource managers As a result of our investigation, we bring the following to the attention of management:

• 1. In the absence of predators, different groups of prey can coexist if they mutually help each other (no competition among them).
• 2. There is a maximal effort to invest in order to gain profit from the harvest. Above , the investment will result in a loss.
• 3. In the case of profit from harvest, policy makers should recommend the optimal effort to be applied and the optimal stock to harvest. This will guarantee maximum profit while ensuring sustainability of all species.