Research on CT characteristics reconstruction technology

The traditional computed tomography(CT)reconstruction methods are noisy,low resolution,poor contrast,and generally not suitable to detect the smaller flaws.Besides,the filter design is also difficult.The CT characteristics reconstruction technology was brought forward to improve in these aspects,which is defined to directly reconstruct the characteristics of the projection for the best requirements not the overall image quality.The two-dimension(2D)and three-dimension(3D)CT characteristics reconstruction algorithm were firstly introduced,then by detailed analysis,experimental results and comparsion of parameters calculated,its advantages in keeping better high-frequency feature,better noise immunity,short time-consuming and easier design are verified.

Application and Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine Characteristic Technology Inheritance in Research and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations in Medical Institutions

Medical institution preparations play an important role in the development of hospitals,being one of the main forms of traditional Chinese medicine clinical characteristic medication,as well as an important carrier for the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine.In recent years,the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine preparations has become a hot spot in the research and development of preparations by medical institutions.Traditional Chinese medicine preparations prepared by traditional processes and their entrusted preparation matters have changed from the current licensing management to filing management.The registration model of traditional Chinese medicine preparations has undergone significant changes,emphasizing more on real data and evaluation results from the objective world,respecting traditional medication experience,and emphasizing the inheritance and innovative development of traditional technological experience.In the process of following teachers in the inheritance project of traditional Chinese medicine,we combined the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic technology with the research and development practice of traditional Chinese medicine preparations in medical institutions,and focused on the analysis and discussion of technical problems such as prescription screening,dosage form selection,process route design and clinical observation of traditional Chinese medicine preparations,hoping to provide reference for scholars in the same field of traditional Chinese medicine.

The Digital Currency of China’s Central Bank:Digital Currency Electronic Payment(DCEP)

DCEP is the Chinese version of Central Bank Digital Currency(CBDC).It is the only legal digital currency in China and meets four conditions:(a)it is issued by the central bank;(b)it is digitized;(c)it is account and wallet based;(d)it is oriented towards the general public.As a retail central bank digital currency,it has three main technical features:a“tiered limit arrangement”(small-scale payments can be made anonymously while large-scale payments cannot),a“two-tier operating system”(as with the central bank-commercial bank traditional model),and a“dual offline payment system”(supporting both parties of the transaction).Compared with CBDCs in other countries,China’s DCEP has smaller economic impacts,more obscure strategic goals,and more scarce technical details.But its progress in testing is ahead of central banks of other countries.This article is based on public information and is intended to explain what DCEP is and why and how it was developed.It also offers suggestions for future research.

Influence of the Impurity Level of Seed Cotton on the Ginning Yield and the Technological Characteristics of the Fiber in Côte d’Ivoire

Background: Cotton growing in Côte d’Ivoire faces a number of constraints, not least climate change, which is having an increasingly visible impact on production. In addition to the drop in cotton production, one of the problems facing the Ivorian cotton industry is the low fibre yield at ginning factories and the poor quality of the fibre sold on the international market. The causes identified include the poor quality of seed cotton purchased on local markets, particularly the level of impurities. This study was therefore carried out to determine the influence of the waste contained in the seed cotton ginned in factories on the fibre yield and the technological characteristics of cotton fibre in Côte d’Ivoire. The work consisted in carrying out ginning trials in ginning factories to assess fibre yield in relation to the level of impurities in the cotton harvested. The fibre samples taken from the bales during the ginning trials were analysed on an HVI 1000/1000 integrated measurement chain. The data collected were used to perform a multivariate analysis (PCA) and simple regressions. Results: The results showed that the waste rate increased from 2.96% to 5.33% from the youngest production generations to the oldest. Principal component analysis revealed correlations between parameters collected in factories. The level of impurity was negatively correlated with fifer ginning yield, fibre length (y = −0.4408x + 28.991;R2 = 0.3956;p = 0.005) and length uniformity (y = −0.5963x + 81.078;R2 = 0.5185;p = 0.001). It is positively correlated with short fibre content (y = 1.8376x + 8.8186;R2 = 0.5833;p = 0.000) and trash in baled fibres (y = 4.8515x + 25.759;R2 = 0.4054;p = 0.004). Conclusion: Impurities in seed cotton contribute to reducing the fibre yield at ginning in factories and degrading the fibre characteristics by reducing fibre length and uniformity on the one hand, and by increasing short fibre rates on the other. This contributes to reducing the market value of cotton fibre.

A Comparative Study of the Technological Characteristics of Cotton Fibers from Two Types of Gins in Côte d’Ivoire

Production of this crop is experiencing significant challenges, resulting in a decline in seed and fiber quality. To address this challenge, generations of high-performance cotton plants of the Gossypium hirsutum L. species have been developed and are currently being commercialized. This study evaluated the impact of gin types on the agro-industrial quality of cotton in Côte d’Ivoire. To this end, cotton from the G3, R1, and R2 generations was harvested, sampled, and ginned on machines with 10 and 170 saws in the localities of Ouangolodougou, Ferkessédougou, Korhogo, M’Bengué, Boundiali, Séguéla, and Mankono, as well as at the Centre National de Recherche Agronomique CNRA) in Bouaké. The results demonstrated that cotton fibers obtained from ginning on 10-saw machines exhibited superior quality compared to those from 170-saw machines. Fiber length, fiber length uniformity, and short fiber rate exhibited the highest deviations according to gin type. The use of 170-saw gins resulted in a notable decline in quality. Conversely, micronaire index, fiber tenacity and elongation, and reflectance remained consistent across machine types. These results will enable us to more effectively regulate and advise cotton-processing factories, which primarily utilize 170-saw gins to enhance agro-industrial quality in Côte d’Ivoire. Furthermore, these results will assist breeders in incorporating them into their processes to enhance the quality of the varieties they offer to farmers.

LM-11--The Main Force in China＇s Small Launch Vehicles for Commercial Launch

The Long March 11 launch vehicle(LM-11) is the only solid launch vehicle within China's new-generation launch vehicle series, enabling a full spectrum of Chinese launch vehicles. Compared with other China's LM series launch vehicles, it has the shortest launch preparation time. With the characteristics of appropriate launch capability, quick response, easy-to-use, flexible operation, universal interface and strong task adaptability, LM-11 can better meet the launch requirements for various small networking satellite, replacement and for emergency use. After four successful launches, LM-11 has become the main Chinese launch vehicle oriented to the international small satellite commercial launch market.

Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties among Rural Farm Households in Central Nepal

The use of improved high yielding crop varieties is an important avenue for reducing hunger and food insecurity in developing countries. Using cross-sectional data obtained from a survey conducted during 2013 crop season, we performed a probit model （plot-level analysis） to determine the probability of adopting new improved rice varieties （NIRVs） by smallholder farmers particularly from two main agro-ecological regions （hills and tropical plain terai regions） of Central Nepal. The results revealed that education, extension services and seed access play significant roles in adoption decisions. Additionally, farm and field characteristic variables such as farm size, endowment of favorable land type （e.g. lowlands）, and animal power （e.g. oxen） are the key factors influencing the probability of adopting NIRVs. The results showed that technology specific variables （e.g. yield potential and acceptability） are significant for explaining adoption behavior, implying that it is important to take farmers＇ preferences to varietal characteristics into consideration in the design of a research and development program. Given the significant role played by extension and access related variables, increased emphasis on information dissemination, field demonstration, and farmers＇ participatory research and training programs to popularize new rice varieties and enhance their adoption rate are required. This also suggests that policy intervention should be made on improving the educational status of farming households, and developing programs on varietal package of rice seed which offer farmers a variety of choices among the appropriate pools of germplasm. Such programs ultimately help farmers develop more profit-oriented behavior which are necessary to enhance adoption rate, production and food security in the long run.

Interactive Trajectory Star Coordinates i-tStar and Its Extension i-tStar(3D)

There are many sources of geographic big data,and most of them come from heterogeneous environments.The data sources obtained in this case contain attribute information of different spatial scales,different time scales and different complexity levels.It is worth noting that the emergence of new high-dimensional trajectory data types and the increasing number of details are becoming more difficult.In this case,visualizing high-dimensional spatiotemporal trajectory data is extremely challenging.Therefore,i-tStar and its extension i-tStar(3D)proposed,a trajectory behavior feature formoving objects that are integrated into a view with less effort to display and extract spatiotemporal conditions,and evaluate our approach through case studies of an open-pit mine truck dataset.The experimental results show that this method is easier to mine the interaction behavior of multi-attribute trajectory data and the correlation and influence of various indicators of moving objects.

School Clubs Combined with Ecology

The ecological civilization education will be introduced into primary school courses in the future,aiming to enhance people’s environmental awareness.As the model school of Beijing green ecology and sustainable development education,Beijing experimental primary school attached to Capital Normal University,focus on new energy and sustainable development education,has been practicing and exploring effectively on ecological education.Detailed works are as follows:Making sure the educating purpose of ecological technology educational development;Improving the normative development of ecological education;Training and taking good advantages of core teachers;Constructing ecological special course system;Combining the school clubs with social programs with wonderful works created by both teachers and students.

Study of the Technological Fibre Performance of the Y331 BLT, Gouassou Fus1 and Sicama Vir1 Cotton Varieties Popularised in Côte d’Ivoire

Cotton cultivation plays a major socio-economic role in the north and centre of Côte d’Ivoire, where it is the driving force behind the agricultural development of rural populations and contributes to the fight against poverty. In recent years, the crop has faced huge problems, including falling production and a deterioration in fibre quality. To remedy this, research has proposed cotton varieties of the species Gossypium hirsutum, which were popularised during the 2016-2020 period. This study was carried out to assess the fibre technological performance of these varieties in the growing areas. Its objective was to assess the technological characteristics of the fibre of varieties Y331 BLT, Gouassou Fus1 and Sicama Vir1 in the agro-ecological zones of cotton growing in Côte d’Ivoire. To do this, the varieties were grown at the observation posts in Séguéla, Korhogo and Nambingué, three localities that represent the southern, central and northern cotton-growing areas in Côte d’Ivoire, respectively. The seed cotton harvested on the experimental plots was ginned using a 10-saw gin. The fibres obtained were analysed on an HVI 1000/1000 integrated measurement chain. The results show that the technological characteristics of the fibre are likely to vary according to the variety grown or the locality of production. Fibre yields vary from 41.97% to 43.98% depending on the variety. However, the varieties compared in the different cotton-growing areas behave in much the same way in terms of the fibre’s technological characteristics. Each variety can therefore be grown in these zones and produce fibre of good technological quality, provided that the recommended agronomic and post-harvest practices are followed. The greatest variations are due to the influence of agro-ecological conditions on fibre characteristics, which are highly dependent on the locality where the cotton is grown. The micronaire index (4.24), length (29.43 mm) and tenacity (32.66 g/tex) are higher and better in Séguéla area, while the yellowness index is lower (8.32) and better in Nambingué zone. There could therefore be terroir cotton whose fibre could be marketed differently because of a particular good technological parameter. For example, fibres from the south of the cotton-growing zone could be more prized than those from other localities because of their better silk length, good tenacity and low yellowness index.

Recovery of rare and precious metals from urban mines —— A review

Urban mining is essential for continued natural resource extraction. The recovery of rare and precious metals （RPMs） from urban mines has attracted increasing attention from both academic and industrial sectors, because of the broad application and high price of RPMs, and their low content in natural ores. This study summarizes the distribution characteristics of various RPMs in urban mines, and the advantages and shortcomings of various technologies for RPM recovery from urban mines, including both conventional （pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and biometallurgical processing）, and emerging （electrochemical, supereritieal fluid, mechanochemical, and ionic liquids processing） technologies. Mechanical/physical technologies are commonly employed to separate RPMs from nonmetallic components in a pre-treatment process. A pyrometallurgical process is often used tbr RPM recovery, although the expensive equipment required has limited its use in small and medium-sized enterprises. Hydrometallurgical processing is effective and easy to operate, with high selectivity of target metals and high recovery efficiency of RPMs, compared to pyrometallurgy. Biometallurgy, though, has shown the most promise for leaching RPMs from urban mines, because of its low cost and environmental friendliness. Newly developed technologies electrochemical, supercritical fluid, ionic liquid, and mechanochemical have offered new choices and achieved some success in laboratory experiments, especially as efficient and environmentally friendly methods of recycling RPMs. With continuing advances in science and technology, more technologies will no doubt be developed in this field, and be able to contribute to the sustainability of RPM mining.