An improved wind quality control for the China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) scatterometer

Quality control(QC)is an essential procedure in scatterometer wind retrieval,which is used to distinguish good-quality data from poor-quality wind vector cells(WVCs)for the sake of wind applications.The current wind processor of the China-France Oceanography Satellite(CFOSAT)scatterometer(CSCAT)adopts a maximum likelihood estimator(MLE)-based QC method to filter WVCs affected by geophysical noise,such as rainfall and wind variability.As the first Ku-band rotating fan-beam scatterometer,CSCAT can acquire up to 16 observations over a single WVC,giving abundant information with diverse incidence/azimuth angles,as such its MLE statistical characteristics may be different from the previous scatterometers.In this study,several QC indicators,including MLE,its spatially averaged value(MLE_(m)),and the singularity exponents(SE),are analyzed using the collocated Global Precipitation Mission rainfall data as well as buoy data,to compare their sensitivity to rainfall and wind quality.The results show that wind error characteristics of CSCAT under different QC methods are similar to those of other Ku-band scatterometers,i.e.,SE is more suitable than other parameters for the wind QC at outer-swath and nadir regions,while MLE_(m) is the best QC indicator for the sweet region WVCs.Specifically,SE is much more favorable than others at high wind speeds.By combining different indicators,an improved QC method is developed for CSCAT.The validation with the collocated buoy data shows that it accepts more WVCs,and in turn,improves the quality control of CSCAT wind data.

HPLC Profiling for Quality Control of Secondary Metabolites of Aqueous and Hydroethanolic Extract of Gardenia aqualla Stapf &Hutch

WHO strategy on traditional medicine is based on security and quality of phytomedicine. Commonly adulterated affecting mostly metabolic and sexual dysfunction drugs. Control quality of those phytomedicines requires development of strategy and techniques applicable to them. Among the techniques, Reverse Phase Liquid Chromatography is the most used and has been developed in these studies to assess a protocol to characterize Gardenia aqualla leaves extract. The method consists in determining chromatographic conditions using organic and pH gradient models based on water and acetonitrile combined with pH modifiers made up of formic acid (AF) and ammonium hydroxide (NH3). Results show that extracts contain mainly acidic compounds quickly eluted by NH3 and more retained by AF. Optimal pH range for separation is 3 - 7 corresponding to 1.59 mM of NH3 and 6.55 mM of AF. In these conditions, elution of many polar compounds could be effective using a C18 based-deactivated column in a short period of time.

Analytical Methods in Quality Control of Scientific Publications

Plagiarism, fake or even falsified presentation has become a major plague for scientific publications. This paper is a response to personal appeal by David JW Lane the Editor-in-Chief of Research and Reports in Biodiversity Studies to support and promote the international author standards as developed by COPE for authors and editors-in-chief posted to me April 3rd 2012 (International standards for editors and authors http://www.dovepress.com/rrbscope.t9699812). As corresponding author for more than 100 scientific papers, dozens of scientific reviews, several chapters in scientific books, and author and editor of a book Historical Overview of Chromatography and Related Techniques in Analysis of Antimalarial Drug Primaquine, and as a reviewer of Journal of Chromatography, Journal of Chromatography A, Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications, Lipids, Journal of General Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Journal of Microbiological Methods, Oral Microbiology and Immunology, Analytica Chimica Acta, Mycological Research and Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, and member of editorial board of Electronic Components and Systems, American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, ISRN Chromatography and Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics I was adhered to a new ethical and moral standards in scientific publications. The presented paper is an example of use the analytical methods in visualizing of plagiarism and falsification in the published scientific literature. It is obvious that some of scientific publications need careful quality control. Some papers should have been rejected but were not. These papers clearly pollute the field of scientific information. It is not always easy to demonstrate inappropriate presentation even when many supporting facts are available. The facts should be obvious;there should be no hesitation about the quality or value of a paper presented for consideration to be published. Plagiarism is most common and harmful phenomenon in scientific publications. The plagiarism is based on an original discovery or reproduction of the results from the other authors. The analytical methods used in the quality control of the data can disclose plagiarism. An example is the publication under scrutiny “Applications of GC-EI-MS for the Identification of Positional Isomer in Primaquine, an Antimalarial Drug” by Dongre et al. (2005) Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 39, No. 1-2, 111-116.

The Theory and Methods Research on Ecological Quality Control of Enterprises

So far, most theories of economics and management are under the same premisethat the natural resources are never exhausted and regenerated repeatedly. The magic of technologybrought by industrial revolution endowed human with power that they can do anything they want. Italso turns natural resources into industrial energy and enhances the development of human societyand civilization. Human uses direct comparison of input and output and the satisfaction degree ofdemands to measure the production activities, the economic benefit and management performance,regardless of the change of ecology that serves as the natural resources. However, since theecological environment has been changing worse recently and natural disaster happened frequentlyhuman's dream of conquering the nature has been broken. The nature implements reprisal against humanagain and again, and human is faced with the development limit because of the environmentalrestriction.

Quality Control on Crimping of Large Diameter Welding Pipe

Crimping is used in production of large diameter submerged-arc welding pipes. Many researches are focused on crimping in certain manufacturing mode of welding pipe. The application scopes of research achievements become limited due to lack of uniformity in theoretical analysis. In order to propose a crimping prediction method in order to control forming quality, the theory model of crimping based on elastic-plastic mechanics is established. The main technical parameters are determined by theoretical analysis, including length of crimping, base radius of punch, terminal angle of punch, base radius of die, terminal angle of die and horizontal distance between punch and die. In addition, a method used to evaluate the forming quality is presented, which investigates the bending angle after springback, forming force, straight edge length and equivalent radius of curvature. In order to investigate the effects of technical parameters on forming quality, a two-dimensional finite element model is established by finite element software ABAQUS. The finite element model is verified in that its shapes error is less than 5% by comparable experiments, which shows that their geometric precision meets demand. The crimping characteristics is obtained, such as the distribution of stress and strain and the changes of forming force, and the relation curves of technical parameters on forming quality are given by simulation analysis. The sensitivity analysis indicates that the effects of length of crimping, technical parameters of punch on forming quality are significant. In particular, the data from simulation analysis are regressed by response surface method （RSM） to establish prediction model. The feasible technical parameters are obtained from the prediction model. This method presented provides a new thought used to design technical parameters of crimping forming and makes a basis for improving crimping forming quality.

Quality Control of Tramadol in Kisangani: Development, Validation, and Application of a UV-Vis Spectroscopic Method

Context: Substandard and falsified medicines are circulating in low-income countries mostly without any control. We availed a simple and not expensive UV-Vis spectroscopic method to evaluate the quality of tramadol in Kisangani before and during the Covid-19 period. Methods: For the analytical quantitative method, an experimental design was applied to set up the optimal levels of the selected factors, namely, pH of dissolution medium, type of cuvette, and wavelength. Taking into account the capsule pharmaceutical formulation within 80 - 120 μg·mL-1 concentration range, we analyzed 89 tramadol samples from pharmacies and hospitals of the six Kisangani municipalities. Results: pH showed a significant effect on absorbance, whereas quartz cuvette and wavelength did not. A typical 100 μg·mL-1 tramadol solution gave an absorbance of 0.64 at 272 nm. Validation highlighted a matrix effect observed with a 6% bias. A correction factor of 0.9372 allowed to improve the accuracy profile, which were then totally included within the 10% acceptance limits. Quality control revealed that 25 samples out of 89 were not compliant in terms of manufacturing license, registration status in DRC and content as well. Conclusion: This study showed that the strengthening of analytical strategy in Kisangani is a need.

VPLS Based Quality and Cost Control for Tennessee Eastman Process

Product quality and operation cost control obtain increasing emphases in modern chemical system engineering. To improve the fault detection power of the partial least square (PLS) method for quality control, a new QRPV statistic is proposed in terms of the VP (variable importance in projection) indices of monitored process variables, which is significantly advanced over and different from the conventional Q statistic. QRPV is calculated only by the residuals of the remarkable process variables (RPVs). Therefore, it is the dominant relation between quality and RPV not all process variables (as in the case of the conventional PLS) that is monitored by this new VP-PLS (VPLS) method. The combination of QRPV and T2 statistics is applied to the quality and cost control of the Tennessee Eastman (TE) process, and weak faults can be detected as quickly as possible. Consequently, the product quality of TE process is guaranteed and operation costs are reduced.

Optimization of Quality Control Method and Ethanol Extraction Process of Psoralen and Bergapten in Ficus pandurata

[Objectives]To establish a qualitative identification and content determination method for psoralen and bergapten in the roots and leaves of Ficus pandurata,and the multi-indicator scoring method to optimize the ethanol extraction process for the effective parts of F.pandurata.[Methods]Qualitative identification was carried out by thin-layer chromatography(TLC)and content determination was made by high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC);the content of psoralen and bergapten and extract yield were used as indicators,to investigate the effects of ethanol volume fraction,solid-to-liquid ratio,extraction time and extraction times on the ethanol extraction process of F.pandurata;multi-indicator scoring method was adopted,orthogonal test method was designed to optimize the extraction process,and verification test was performed.[Results]TLC chart of F.pandurata shows clear spots and good separation;the detected concentrations of psoralen and bergapten in the roots are in the range of 1.02-32.64μg/mL and shows a good linear relationship with the peak area(r=0.9997);these components have not been detected in the leaves,and the precision,RSD of stability and repeatability test is less than 2%;the average recovery rate was 99.8%-100.2%,and the RSD value is 1.12%-1.13%(n=6);the optimized extraction process is to use 50%ethanol as the extraction solvent,the solid-to-liquid ratio of 1∶10,reflux extraction of 3 times,and 1.5 h each time;the results of the three batches of verification tests show that the content of the two indicator components obtained is high,and the average value of the total amount is 0.34 mg/g(RSD=0.30%,n=3).[Conclusions]The established quality control method for F.pandurata is simple,easy,accurate and reproducible;the preferred extraction process is stable and feasible,suitable for the extraction and purification of coumarin effective parts in F.pandurata roots,so it is expected to provide references for further development of F.pandurata.

Dynamic estimation and reliability control of quality assurance for bored piles

A systematic method was proposed to estimate the occurrence probability of defective piles(OPDP) from a site according to quality assurance inspection. The OPDP was firstly suggested as the criterion to weight the performance of a pile foundation. Its prior distribution and updating distribution were deduced to follow Beta distributions. To calibrate the OPDP, a dynamic estimation model was established according to the relationships between prior mean and variance and updating mean and variance. Finally, a reliability-control method dealing with uncertainties arising from quality assurance inspection was formalized to judge whether all the bored piles from a site can be accepted. It is exemplified that the OPDP can be substantially improved when more definite prior information and sampling formation become available. For the example studied herein, the Bayesian estimator of updating variance for OPDP is reduced from 0.0037 to 0.0014 for the first inspection, from 0.0014 to 0.0009 for the second inspection, and with less uncertainty by incorporating experience information.

Study on Rear-end Real-time Data Quality Control Method of Regional Automatic Weather Station

[Objective] The aim was to study the rear-end real-time data quality control method of regional automatic weather station. [Method] The basic content and steps of rear-end real-time data quality control of regional automatic weather station were introduced. Each element was treated with systematic quality control procedure. The existence of rear-end real time data of regional meteorological station in Guangxi was expounded. Combining with relevant elements and linear changes, improvement based on traditional quality control method was made. By dint of evaluation and relevant check of element, the quality of temperature and pressure was controlled. [Result] The method was optimized based on traditional quality control method, and it narrowed the effectiveness of real-time data quality control. The quality check of hourly precipitation applied relevant check of hourly minimum temperature, vertical consistency check of radar data, which can effectively improve the accuracy and credibility of hourly precipitation quality control. [Conclusion] The method was on trial for one year in the quality control of real-time data in the regional automatic meteorological station in Guangxi and had gained good outcome.

Optimal control of a quality supervision profit model for the electronic intermediary

Online customers execute transactions without inspecting products could expect to encounter risks of receiving products with unsatisfactory qualities,especially in food trans-actions.Thus quality supervision plays a key role in the establishment of trust as well as in the management of risk between online customers and sellers.Most papers in this field are in qualitative nature.In this paper,a quality supervision profit(QSP)model is formulated as a discrete-time optimal control problem.It is a quantitative approach,and it broadens the scope.of current research in the area.The quality efort level of online sellers(QELa)and the quality supervision level of the electronic intermediary(QSLm)are considered together with their cor-responding profit in the proposed model.The aim is to optimize an overall profit.A case study arising from Suichang's food traceability system(FTS)of farm produce online transaction is carried out in details.The results reveal that QELs,QSLm and the profit distribution coeffi-cient have a strong influence upon the profits of both sides.Finally,some concluding remarks,including potential further research topics,are given.

Audit of the Physico-Chemical Quality of Amoxicillin Based Drugs Marketed in Senegal

Non-compliant antibiotics pose problems of therapeutic efficacy at the level of the individual, but also a serious public health problem. The objective of our study was to evaluate the quality of generic amoxicillin (42 samples) by analytical methods in Dakar/Senegal. At 100% visual inspection of compliance;100% compliance uniformity test;at the dissolution test all > 80% (86.8% to 108.8%). The presence of amoxicillin with the following contents: Tablets (95.2% to 104.1%);Capsules (91.5% to 113.9%) and Suspensions drinkable (96.9% - 118.7%). All the samples in our study are 100% compliant according to the European and American pharmacopoeias (90% - 120%). Other studies should therefore be oriented in the direction of stability as well as the dosage of degradation products.

关于开展创新型QC小组活动课题的探讨与研究

近年来,随着大量基础设施建设项目的发展,企业逐步面临着新机具、新技术、新材料、新项目不断更新替换的挑战,对于项目攻克技术难关、提高工作效率、保证施工质量、安全、工期、降低施工成本也提出了新的要求。论述了近些年针对工程项目中现有的技术、工艺、技能、方法等,无法满足实际需求,提出开展创新型QC小组活动的一些经验和问题研究。

QC方法在提高弧形清水混凝土墙体质量中的应用

随着我国经济的持续发展,建筑业市场竞争越来越激烈,对建筑的施工质量提出了更高的要求,利用有限的资源来保证施工质量已成为企业提高核心竞争力的重要手段。清水混凝土建筑以其“清水出芙蓉,天然去雕饰”的特点受到人们的青睐,目前尚需进一步提升其工程质量。控制墙体成型质量,是保证建筑整体外观效果最有效的途径之一,清水混凝土墙体作为最能体现清水混凝土建筑特点的构件之一,如何对其施工质量进行更好的控制,是当前研究的热点内容。运用QC方法对弧形清水混凝土墙体施工质量进行管理,分析其出现问题的原因,提出相应的对策,解决施工中出现的质量问题,最后达到清水混凝土建筑的外观要求,为该类工程建设提供科学的参考依据。

QC管理在重力式码头施工中的应用

以钦州港大榄坪港区大榄坪南作业区9号、10号泊位工程为背景,在沉箱重力式码头施工中,按照策划-实施-检查-处置(PDCA)循环对水下地基处理、沉箱预制、装配安装、面层结构施工等通过QC管理手段进行质量管控,从“人、机、料、法、环、测”等6方面提出可行性的解决措施,解决了重力式码头施工中地基处理不当引起的沉箱失稳,混凝土构件钢筋保护层偏差大影响结构使用寿命,码头整体线形不美观以及混凝土开裂导致的结构安全等诸多问题,提升了项目整体施工质量管理水平,同时提升安全管理水平和经济效益。

QC工具在降低某车型横拉杆连接螺母返工率的应用

某车型生产线在新车型批量投产后,频繁出现横拉杆连接螺母不合格问题,导致月度返工率激增。针对该问题,通过应用质量管理(QC)工具进行原因分析,调查确定了套筒找螺母失败、锁止孔找锁止销失败是导致横拉杆连接螺母返工的关键因素。按照5W1H原则制定对策并组织优化改善措施,使返工率由攻关前的12.53%降低至1.25%。

基于RPC的光储接入牵引供电系统协调控制方法

为将光伏发电接入牵引供电系统进行有效利用,同时兼顾牵引供电系统电能质量改善及列车再生制动能量回收利用,提出了一种基于铁路功率调节器的光储系统接入牵引供电系统的协调控制方法.首先,搭建基于铁路功率调节器的光储系统接入牵引供电拓扑结构,并对其电能质量补偿机理进行理论分析;在此基础上,充分考虑光储系统的运行条件以及列车牵引、制动、空载或惰行工况,提出光储系统接入牵引供电的联合协调控制方法,实现了“光+储+荷”三者间的协调控制、牵引供电系统负序的动态补偿以及谐波的有效抑制;在RT-Lab实时仿真系统中建立了基于铁路功率调节器的光伏接入牵引供电系统仿真模型,并结合实际光照和牵引工况数据验证本文所提出的系统结构以及协调控制方法的有效性.结果表明:本文所提出的系统结构以及协调控制方法能够实现牵引供电系统中光储系统的有效接入,再生制动能量回收率提升至86.7%,功率因数提升6.4%,对谐波特别是高次谐波含有率有较大改善,满足光伏电能高效消纳及综合利用、电能质量动态综合补偿、再生制动能量回收多重需求.

基于分布式潮流控制器的海上风电系统谐波治理方法和控制策略

由于电力电缆的电容效应,海上风电经电缆汇集系统极易出现谐波谐振放大的现象,造成电能质量的下降。分布式潮流控制器属于基于电压源换流器的装置,在进行潮流调节的同时也能进行谐波治理。文中首先构建了海上风电系统的频域相关模型,基于该模型分析了谐波谐振放大的原因;随后,采用了将分布式潮流控制器串入海上风电系统的谐波治理方式,推导并得到了含分布式潮流控制器的海上风电系统的谐波特性。基于该谐波特性,设计了一种控制策略。该策略通过控制分布式潮流控制器实时跟踪使并网点谐波电压幅值为零的谐波补偿电压,从而降低并网点的谐波电压含量。仿真结果表明,所提出的基于分布式潮流控制器的海上风电系统谐波治理方法和控制策略能够有效地降低并网点的谐波电压,改善电能质量。

焦点循环管理法在静脉用药调配中心多环节质量控制中的应用

目的探讨焦点循环管理法(FOCUS-PDCA)在静脉用药调配中心多环节质量控制中的应用效果。方法跟踪2016—2022年淄博市中心医院东院静脉药物调配中心各年各类错误发生情况,采用FOCUS-PDCA发现问题,分析原因,制订相应的目标及措施并持续改进,2016年FOCUS-PDCA实施前用药医嘱作为对照组,2017—2019年FOCUS-PDCA实施后用药医嘱作为第一轮干预组,2020—2022年FOCUS-PDCA实施后用药医嘱作为第二轮干预组,分析两轮干预前后不合理医嘱未审核率,排药、贴签、混合调配及复核包装不合格率变化情况。结果第一轮干预组排药、贴签和混合调配不合格率低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.017);第一轮干预组不合理医嘱未审核率和复核包装不合格率与对照组比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。第二轮干预组各类质量不合格率低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.017);第二轮干预组不合理医嘱未审核出率、排药和复核包装不合格率低于第一轮干预组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.017);第二轮干预组贴签和混合调配不合格率与第一轮干预组比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论FOCUS-PDCA能显著降低静脉用药调配中心的错误发生率,为临床合理用药提供保障。

基于经济增长视角的山东省新旧动能转换效果评估

坚定不移推动新旧动能转换,是当前山东省推动经济高质量发展的重要任务。基于2008-2021年我国30个省级行政区的面板数据,将除山东省以外的其他省(区、市)作为潜在控制组,从经济增长的视角,采用合成控制法,对山东省新旧动能转换重大工程的实施效果进行评估。结果表明,从整体上来说,新旧动能转换重大工程的实施对山东省经济增长具有显著的促进作用,但这种作用的显现具有时间滞后性,并且不同因素对山东省新旧动能转换重大工程的影响具有差异性。因此,要深刻认识和把握新旧动能转换的演进过程,大力推动供需两侧新动能培育和成长等。