An Analysis of Specific Categories of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities for Children of Participants of the Air Force Health Study

Background: The Air Force Health Study collected reproductive outcomes for live-born children of male Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War. Methods: Dioxin values for participants were obtained from blood samples. Analyses were conducted of occurrence of 16 specific categories of birth defects and developmental disabilities. Children were categorized as conceived before and after the start of participants’ Vietnam War service. Children conceived before the start of Vietnam War service were treated as being conceived when their fathers had unquantifiable dioxin values. Children conceived after the start of Vietnam War service for participants with missing dioxin values were excluded from primary analyses, but were used to assess the impact of their exclusion on conclusions. Correlation between values for specific categories for multiple children fathered by the same participant was accounted for. The dose-response relationship was treated as a step function increasing for dioxin values larger than adaptively identified individual thresholds changing with the specific category. Results: For 15 of 16 specific categories, the probability of occurrence increased substantially for a sufficiently high dioxin level above identified thresholds. Exclusion of children due to missing dioxin likely did not affect these results. Conclusions: Results supported the conclusion of substantial adverse effects on a wide variety of specific categories of birth defects and developmental disabilities due to sufficiently high exposures to dioxin, a toxic contaminant of Agent Orange used for herbicide spraying in the Vietnam War. Results may hold more generally, but might also have been affected by a variety of limitations.

Adhesion forces for water/oil droplet and bubble on coking coal surfaces with different roughness

Surface roughness plays a significant role in floatability of coal.In the present paper,coking coal surface was polished by three different sandpapers and the surface properties were characterized by contact angle and roughness measurements.The effect of surface roughness on floatability was investigated by adhesion force measurement system for measuring interaction forces between droplets/bubbles and coking coal surfaces with different roughness.The results showed that the contact angle decreased with increasing roughness yet the adhesion force between the water droplet and coal surface increased owing to the increased contact line and the appearance of line pinning.Maximum adhesion forces between water and surfaces were 111.70,125.48,and 136.42μN when the roughness was 0.23,0.98,and 2.79 μm,respectively.In contrast,under a liquid environment,the adhesion forces between air bubble/oil droplet and coal surfaces were decreased with increasing roughness because of the restriction by water.Maximum adhesion forces of increasing roughness were 97.14,42.76,and 17.86 μN measured at interfaces between air bubble and coal surfaces and 169.48,145.84,and 121.02 lN between oil droplet and surfaces,respectively.Decreasing roughness could be beneficial to the spreading of oil droplets and the adhesion of bubbles which is conducive to flotation separation.

Assessment of aerosol effective radiative forcing and surface air temperature response over eastern China in CMIP5 models

The effective radiative forcing （ERF） and associated surface air temperature change over eastern China are estimated using multi-model results from CMIP5 （Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5）. The model results show that, relative to 1850, the multi-model and annual mean aerosol ERF for the year 2005 is -4.14 W m^-2 at the top of the atmosphere over eastern China （20°-45°N, 105°-122.5°E）. As a result of this ERF, the multi-model and annual mean surface air temperature change in eastern China during 1850-2005 is -1.05℃, leading to a climate sensitivity of 0.24℃/ （Wm^-2） in this region.

隐世高手：AIR ALPHA FORCE Ⅱ

1989年，关于鞋我们还记得什么？是横扫天下的AIR JORDANⅢ？还是影响后世多年的AIRFLIGHT897在我的记忆里，还有“查尔斯爵士”和他脚上的AIR ALPHA FORCEⅡ。

Numerical Analysis of Magnetic Force of Dry-Type Air-Core Reactor

This paper presents a coupled magnetic-circuit method for computing the magnetic force of air-core reactor under short-time current. The current and the magnetic flux density are computed first and then the magnetic force is obtained. Thus, the dynamic stability performance of air-core reactor can be analyzed at the design stage to reduce experimental cost and shorten the lead-time of product development.

AIR FORCE1不完全手册VOL.1

恰逢AIR FORCE1 25周年之际，鞋帮带您回顾25年间AIR FORCE1的点点滴滴。在这里，汇集了数百双25年来的经典鞋款，在今后的三期里，我们将会为您悉数呈现。

DJ之爱SERATO AIR FORCE 1 PACK

NIKE AIR FORCE 1是NIKE各种鞋类中拥有最大专营模式的系列。从纽约到北京，AIR FORCE 1都是在街头巷尾最热门的鞋款。AIR FORCE 1是以篮球鞋来体现街头HIP HOP精神的典范。在这25年中，有超过1700双不同版本的AIR FORCE 1被制造出来．而AF1的大型庆祝活动将贯穿2007年的春夏秋冬。就在2007年逐步走到年底的时候．NIKE再次重拳出击。推出了SERATO AIR FORCE 1PACK。

Forced Compressed Air Cooling System for a 300 MW Steam Turbine in Waigaoqiao Power Plant

The 300 MW steam turbine installed in Waigaoqiao Power Plant with combined HPIP cylinders of double casing structure is a product of the Shanghai Turbine Works utilizing licensed technology. It has a large heat storage capacity and good thermal insulation, so the metal temperature of first stage of HP cylinder (FSMTI) may reach 400-450℃ after shut down and it takes 7-8 days to cool to 150℃ by natural cooling, Now with a forced cooling system the cooling time may be reduced to 40 hours, so that the turbine may be opened for repair work in about 5-6 days. The cooling system for #2 unit and test procedure are briefly described below.

雪域图腾Air Force 1“獒”

世界之巅珠穆朗玛峰所在的喜马拉雅山脉, 是世界上最后几片不为人知的神秘地带,在一片雪域之中,隐藏着这样与那样令人好奇的事物。在喜马拉雅山脚,便隐藏着一种神奇的动物: 藏獒。藏獒之大之雄伟,或许只能够用“野兽”这两个字来形容。藏獒从出生开始也就是它们战斗的开始,一窝小藏獒最终存活的只能是那只最强的。也正是因为这种伴随藏獒一辈子的战斗精神,

查尔斯爵士的最高荣誉——AIR FORCE 1 CB系列全线出击

颠覆了篮球界的清规戒律，造就了自己独一无二的风格，可谓是“前无古人，后无来者”，这就是查尔斯·巴克利（CHARLES BARKLEY）——FORCE产品的头号代言人。从阿拉巴马州利兹高中一名篮球小卒的不俗表现开始，到他在费城和休斯顿等地的职业篮球生涯，直至他荣升为一名奥运会篮球赛美国梦之队选手，这名独特的球星改写了他的体育运动篇章，为篮球运动带来了空前的繁荣。

基于工厂机制的Air-SeaSim CGF模型系统

针对仿真模型可重用性不足的问题,以海空对抗战术仿真为背景,设计了一种基于工厂机制的Air-SeaSim CGF(Computer Generated Forces)仿真模型开发系统.遵循"自底向上"的开发原则,构造了由模型层、对象层、服务层和应用层构成的Air-SeaSim CGF模型系统软件体系结构.基于工厂机制的实体模型设计,对CGF实体进行适当的分解,抽象出满足仿真需求的模型,以组件形式表示,通过定义组件接口实现实体模型的快速组装及其功能的扩展.系统应用效果表明,通过工厂机制开发技术设计的Air-SeaSim CGF实体模型,集成了不同粒度组件的仿真模型,实现了实体模型行为组件在不同兵力模型建立过程中的共享和组合,简化了用户的定义,有利于模型的统一开发.

Experimental Study of Effect of Air Duct Structures on Heat Dissipation of Heating-Only Fan Coil

Heating-only fan coil(HFC)is one of the suited end users,which is not only compact but also highly efficient.And the major factors affecting the heat dissipation performance of HFC include leakage through coil bypass,distance between fan and coil,fan structure and air inlet type.Under natural air convection or forced,experimental studies were made on the effects of these factors upon the heat dissipation performance of HFC.The results show that:1)After reducing the leakage through coil bypass,the heat dissipation of HFC increases 16.9% under natural convection,and increases 8.3% under forced convection.2)After the distance between fan and coil be raised from 23.2cm to 41.7cm,the heat dissipation of HFC decreases 21.3% under natural convection,but increases12.8% under forced convection.3)After changing the fan structure,the heat dissipation of HFC increases 41.8% under natural convection,and the heat dissipation per motor power increases 96.1% under forced convection.4)The heat dissipations of HFC with round pass,slit and strip type of air inlet are different,whose proportion is about 100%,110%,136% under natural convection,and 100%,105%,116% under forced convection.

Radiative Forcing of SO_2 and NO_x: A Case Study in Beijing

A case study was performed in Beijing in 2000 to observe concentrations of SO2 and NOx in the atmosphere and to evaluate their radiative impact. It was found that the concentrations of these gases are usually high in the morning due to a temperature inversion in the boundary layer. The average concentrations obtained from the observations are much higher than those used in the McClatchey reference atmosphere. The radiative impacts of these gases are calculated using a line-by-line radiative transfer model. The results show that the radiative forcing at the surface due to SO2 is 0.0576 W m^-2 and that due to NOx is 0.0032 W m^-2. These figures are almost compatible with that due to CFC11.

Processing the rig test data of an air filling twin-tube shock absorber

A separation method is proposed to design and improve shock absorber according to the characteristics of each force. The method is validated by rig test. The force data measured during rig test is the resultant force of damping force, rebound force produced by pressed air, and friction force. Different characters of damping force, air rebound force and friction force can be applied to seperate each force from others. A massive produced air filling shock absorber is adopted for the validation. The statistic test is used to get the displacement-force curves. The data are used as the input of separation calculation. Then the tests are carried out again to obtain the force data without air rebound force. The force without air rebound is compared to the data derived from the former tests with the separation method. The result shows that this method can separate the damping force and the air elastic force.

Modeling and control of MR damper considering trapped air effect

Due to the high viscosity of magnetorheological(MR)fluid,eliminating air pockets dissolved in the fluid is very difficult,which results in a force lag phenomenon.In order to evaluate the performance of a semi-active control system based on the MR damper considering the trapped air effect,a performance test on a MR damper is carried out under different loading cases,and the influence of the input current,excitation amplitude and frequency on the force lag phenomenon is analyzed.A concise and efficient parametric model,combining the simple Bouc-Wen model and a spring with small stiffness,is proposed to portray the experimental characteristics of the MR damper with force lag,and then the response analysis of the semi-active controlled single-degree-of-freedom(SDOF)structure is performed using the classic clipped-optimal control strategy based on acceleration feedback.Numerical results show that the trapped air in the MR fluid can weaken the control effect of the MR damper,and the performance of the semi-active control system will be reduced more obviously and become close to the passive-off control with the increasing content of air trapped in the MR fluid.

MFM Study:the Air Damping Effect on Magnetic Imaging of CoNbZr Thin Film

This paper studies the CoNbZr soft magnetic thin film by magnetic force microscopy （MFM）. By measuring in atmosphere circumstance, the magnetic force images display some clear dark dots which are corresponding to the clusters in the topography images welL Then the dark dots disappear in magnetic force images, scanning in high vacuum. This indicates that the dark dots are caused by air damping between the vibrating tip and the sample. An interpretation for the above observation is given.

Expiratory Flow Limitation and Its Relation to Dyspnea and Lung Hyperinflation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Analysis Using the Forced Expiratory Flow-Volume Curve and Critique

Background: Tidal expiratory flow limitation (tEFL) is defined as absence of increase in air flow during forced expiration compared to tidal breathing and is related to dyspnea at rest and minimal exertion in patients with chronic airflow limitation (CAL). Tidal EFL has not been expressed as a continuous variable (0% - 100%) in previous analyses. Objective: To relate the magnitude of tEFL to spirometric values and Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) score and Asthma Control Test (ACT). Methods: Tidal EFL was computed as percent of the tidal volume (0% - 100%) spanned (intersected) by the forced expiratory-volume curve. Results: Of 353 patients screened, 192 (114 M, 78 F) patients (136 with COPD, 56 with asthma) had CAL. Overall characteristics: (mean ± SD) age 59 ± 11 years, BMI 28 ± 7, FVC (% pred) 85 ± 20, FEV1 (% pred) 66 ± 21, FEV1/FVC 55% ± 10%, RV (% pred) 147 ± 42. Tidal EFL in patients with tEFL was 53% ± 39%. Using univariate analysis, strongest correlations were between tEFL and FVC and between tEFL and RV in patients with BMI < 30 kg/m2. In patients with nonreversible CAL, tEFL was positively associated with increasing MMRC, negatively with spirometric measurements, and positively with RV/TLC. In asthmatics, ACT scores were higher in patients with mean BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 (p < 0.00014) and RV/TLC values > 40% (p < 0.03). Conclusions: Dyspnea is strongly associated with tEFL and lung function, particularly in patients with nonreversible CAL. Air trapping and BMI contribute to tEFL.

Spatio-temporal Differences and Driving Forces of Air Quality in Chinese Cities

Deterioration of city air quality is the serious problem in the process of rapid urbanization and economic development in China. Taking 74 cities that have implemented the new Ambient Air Quality Standards （GB3095- 2012） since 2013 as examples, using statistical and ArcGIS spatial analysis method, the multi-scale temporal and spatial variations characteristics and the impact of social and economic factors on urban air quality variations, are analyzed in this paper. The main research conclusions are as follows：（1） Air quality in Chinese cities shows very significant seasonal variations, with higher air quality in summer and autumn, and lower air quality in spring and winter; （2） Seen from a daily pollution perspective, air pollution is very serious and will tend to be more serious in the future; （3） Seen from an hourly variation perspective, urban air quality is time coupled with social production and urban living; （4） The overall spatial pattern of urban air quality is high in the east and north and low in the west and south, but with an obvious trend towards regional integration. （5） Cities in different regions have different factors that cause air quality variations. In general, urbanization level and energy consumption per GDP are the common factors.

不同果径苹果差压预冷性能模拟与分析

目的:分析相同包装箱下不同果径苹果对差压预冷的影响。方法:基于球形类比模型和传热理论,使用CFD非稳态SST k-ω湍流模型,对不同送风风速、温度、包装箱开孔大小、果径苹果的差压预冷情况进行数值模拟,选取3种不同工况条件进行准确性验证。结果:送风温度越低、风速越快、苹果果径越小,冷却速度越快;送风温度越高、风速越快、开孔越大预冷均匀性越好。综合正交试验结果对比来看,果径大小对差压预冷的影响显著。结论:苹果果径对预冷的冷却速率和均匀度影响程度最大,需要针对不同果径苹果采取合理的包装方式和码放方式。

机车充风能力对重载列车缓解性能及车钩力影响研究

机车充气与排气性能是列车制动系统重要指标,目前机车制动系统验收指标仅对排气性能有明确要求,对充气性能无要求。机车供风能力不仅影响重载列车缓解特性和车钩力,而且严重制约重载列车在循环制动中的操纵方法。了解机车充气能力对缓解特性和车钩力的影响规律,以及重载列车安全运行和制动系统设计具有重要意义。通过建立列车空气制动系统仿真模型,分析机车充风能力对重载列车缓解特性和车钩力的影响。分析发现,机车充风能力对列车再充风时间、缓解波传播和车钩力都有明显影响;充风能力越弱,则缓解波传递越慢,车钩力越大。在本文研究范围内,合适的充气能力将比弱充风能力首尾车缓解时间差缩短3 s,最大车钩力降低16.2%。建议机车验收时增加机车充风能力检测,并给出了建议检测标准。针对重载列车充风能力,建议多部门联合系统性开展实验与仿真研究,制订重载列车制动系统检测标准与方法。