The concept of health monitoring is a key aspect of the field of medicine that has been practiced for a long time. A commonly used diagnostic and health monitoring practice is pulse diagnosis, which can be traced back...The concept of health monitoring is a key aspect of the field of medicine that has been practiced for a long time. A commonly used diagnostic and health monitoring practice is pulse diagnosis, which can be traced back approximately five thousand years in the recorded history of China. With advances in the development of modern technology, the concept of health monitoring of a variety of engineering structures in several applications has begun to attract widespread attention. Of particular interest in this study is the health monitoring of civil structures. It seem natural, and even beneficial, that these two health-monitoring methods, one as applies to the human body and the other to civil structures, should be analyzed and compared. In this paper, the basic concepts and theories of the two monitoring methods are first discussed. Similarities are then summarized and commented upon. It is hoped that this correlation analysis may help provide structural engineers with some insights into the intrinsic concept of using pulse diagnosis in human health monitoring, which may of be some benefit in the development of modern structural health monitoring methods.展开更多
An X-band pulsed Doppler microwave radar has been used to determine the characteristics of breaking waves. Field experiments were conducted at the Shuang-Si estuary in the north of Taiwan in the winter of 2005. Analys...An X-band pulsed Doppler microwave radar has been used to determine the characteristics of breaking waves. Field experiments were conducted at the Shuang-Si estuary in the north of Taiwan in the winter of 2005. Analyses on maxima radar cross section and Doppler frequency shift are done to characterize wave breaking zones. Based on observations of breaking waves, the wave breaking zones are shown to be located at water depths of 1.8 to 2.2 m in the experimental site. In general, the results indicate that a radar system has the potential to delineate the spatial variation of breaking waves clearly and that this is sufficient to achieve a measurement operation for near-shore air-sea interaction events.展开更多
This study discusses the welding properties for the components of an aluminum-alloy ultra-high vacuum chamber and beam position monitor （BPM）.The welding parameters include the modes of laser output （pulsed wave an...This study discusses the welding properties for the components of an aluminum-alloy ultra-high vacuum chamber and beam position monitor （BPM）.The welding parameters include the modes of laser output （pulsed wave and continuous wave）,welding speed,shield gas flow,welding bead structure,and focusing distance.The results showed that the welding defect rate of the pulsed wave type was larger than that of the continuous wave type.The crack in the welding bead reduced with decreasing welding speed.The fusion penetration of the welding bead was higher when the focusing distance was long enough to deepen into the welding material.Weld morphology during the experimental process revealed the proper flow of shield gas.The adaptability design of the welding bead structure in the preceding processes had more effect on overall welding structure and morphology.展开更多
Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) as measured by metabolic cooperation was examined in a rat glioma cell line P_(98)F_(47). X-ray induced mutants of P_(98)F_(47) cells were grown in 6-thioguanine selec...Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) as measured by metabolic cooperation was examined in a rat glioma cell line P_(98)F_(47). X-ray induced mutants of P_(98)F_(47) cells were grown in 6-thioguanine selective medium (6TG medium) to separate 6TG-resistant HGPRT- mutant cells (6TG^r). By co-culturing 200 6TG^r cells with varied high densities of the wild type 6TG-sensitive cells (6TG^s), it was found that the recovery of 6TG^r cells depended on the density of 6TG^s cells. Higher densities of 6TG^s cells reduced the recovery of 6TG^r cells. These results demonstrate the ability of P_(98)F_(47) cells to perform metabolic cooperation which is indicative of GJIC. When metabolic cooperation was inhibited, increased recovery of 6TG^r cells was observed. Presented results also demonstrate metabolic cooperation between P_(98)F_(47) glioma cells and normal rat glial cells. Effect of tumor promoting chemicals on metabolic cooperation of P_(98)F_(47) cells was studied.~3H-uridine nucleot de echnique was used to confirm the above observations. The results suggest that these cells may provide the basis for an in uitro assay specially to study brain tumor promoters and neurotoxins.展开更多
基金the National Science Foundation through the International Collaboration Supplement of Grant No.CMS-0202320the HongKong Research Grants Council via the Competitive Earmarked Research Grant HKUST6220/01E
文摘The concept of health monitoring is a key aspect of the field of medicine that has been practiced for a long time. A commonly used diagnostic and health monitoring practice is pulse diagnosis, which can be traced back approximately five thousand years in the recorded history of China. With advances in the development of modern technology, the concept of health monitoring of a variety of engineering structures in several applications has begun to attract widespread attention. Of particular interest in this study is the health monitoring of civil structures. It seem natural, and even beneficial, that these two health-monitoring methods, one as applies to the human body and the other to civil structures, should be analyzed and compared. In this paper, the basic concepts and theories of the two monitoring methods are first discussed. Similarities are then summarized and commented upon. It is hoped that this correlation analysis may help provide structural engineers with some insights into the intrinsic concept of using pulse diagnosis in human health monitoring, which may of be some benefit in the development of modern structural health monitoring methods.
文摘An X-band pulsed Doppler microwave radar has been used to determine the characteristics of breaking waves. Field experiments were conducted at the Shuang-Si estuary in the north of Taiwan in the winter of 2005. Analyses on maxima radar cross section and Doppler frequency shift are done to characterize wave breaking zones. Based on observations of breaking waves, the wave breaking zones are shown to be located at water depths of 1.8 to 2.2 m in the experimental site. In general, the results indicate that a radar system has the potential to delineate the spatial variation of breaking waves clearly and that this is sufficient to achieve a measurement operation for near-shore air-sea interaction events.
文摘This study discusses the welding properties for the components of an aluminum-alloy ultra-high vacuum chamber and beam position monitor （BPM）.The welding parameters include the modes of laser output （pulsed wave and continuous wave）,welding speed,shield gas flow,welding bead structure,and focusing distance.The results showed that the welding defect rate of the pulsed wave type was larger than that of the continuous wave type.The crack in the welding bead reduced with decreasing welding speed.The fusion penetration of the welding bead was higher when the focusing distance was long enough to deepen into the welding material.Weld morphology during the experimental process revealed the proper flow of shield gas.The adaptability design of the welding bead structure in the preceding processes had more effect on overall welding structure and morphology.
文摘Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) as measured by metabolic cooperation was examined in a rat glioma cell line P_(98)F_(47). X-ray induced mutants of P_(98)F_(47) cells were grown in 6-thioguanine selective medium (6TG medium) to separate 6TG-resistant HGPRT- mutant cells (6TG^r). By co-culturing 200 6TG^r cells with varied high densities of the wild type 6TG-sensitive cells (6TG^s), it was found that the recovery of 6TG^r cells depended on the density of 6TG^s cells. Higher densities of 6TG^s cells reduced the recovery of 6TG^r cells. These results demonstrate the ability of P_(98)F_(47) cells to perform metabolic cooperation which is indicative of GJIC. When metabolic cooperation was inhibited, increased recovery of 6TG^r cells was observed. Presented results also demonstrate metabolic cooperation between P_(98)F_(47) glioma cells and normal rat glial cells. Effect of tumor promoting chemicals on metabolic cooperation of P_(98)F_(47) cells was studied.~3H-uridine nucleot de echnique was used to confirm the above observations. The results suggest that these cells may provide the basis for an in uitro assay specially to study brain tumor promoters and neurotoxins.
