The target reliability index has been effectively used as the best solution to deal with the relationship between the structural safety and the optimal economy in any structural design. However, the target reliability...The target reliability index has been effectively used as the best solution to deal with the relationship between the structural safety and the optimal economy in any structural design. However, the target reliability index for offshore jacket platforms based on different sea areas in China has never been calibrated. This paper presents an approach for its calibration, and suggests many kinds of associated load cases. The uncertainties of loads and structural resistance are mainly in- vestigated. The target reliability index for structural components, tubular joints and piles of offshore jacket plaffortns are discussed respectively in detail. Finally, through the calibrated results from the offshore jacket platforms of QK18-1, JZ20-2, SZ36-1 and BZ28-1 in the Bohai Bay, it is proposed to adopt 2.8 as the target reliability index of offshore jacket platforms in the Bohai Bay for a 25-year design period. The results provide significant reference for the design of offshore jacket platforms.展开更多
The objective is to develop an approach for the determination of the target reliability index for serviceability limit state(SLS) of single piles. This contributes to conducting the SLS reliability-based design(RBD) o...The objective is to develop an approach for the determination of the target reliability index for serviceability limit state(SLS) of single piles. This contributes to conducting the SLS reliability-based design(RBD) of piles. Based on a two-parameter,hyperbolic curve-fitting equation describing the load-settlement relation of piles, the SLS model factor is defined. Then, taking into account the uncertainties of load-settlement model, load and bearing capacity of piles, the formula for computing the SLS reliability index(βsls) is obtained using the mean value first order second moment(MVFOSM) method. Meanwhile, the limit state function for conducting the SLS reliability analysis by the Monte Carlo simulation(MCS) method is established. These two methods are finally applied to determine the SLS target reliability index. Herein, the limiting tolerable settlement(slt) is treated as a random variable. For illustration, four load test databases from South Africa are compiled again to conduct reliability analysis and present the recommended target reliability indices. The results indicate that the MVFOSM method overestimates βsls compared to that computed by the MCS method. Besides, both factor of safety(FS) and slt are key factors influencing βsls, so the combination of FS and βsls is welcome to be used for the SLS reliability analysis of piles when slt is determined. For smaller slt, pile types and soils conditions have significant influence on the SLS target reliability indices; for larger slt, slt is the major factor having influence on the SLS target reliability indices. This proves that slt is the most key parameter for the determination of the SLS target reliability index.展开更多
ms paper proposes a set of objective and quantitative human motion evaluation indices, among Which the index of difficulty and index of performance are introduced as the general indices for the quality measure of 2-D ...ms paper proposes a set of objective and quantitative human motion evaluation indices, among Which the index of difficulty and index of performance are introduced as the general indices for the quality measure of 2-D target-to-talget movement. As an example, the target-reaching movement of index finger, which is a basic functional action of index finger in the daily life of hUman beings, were experimentally investigated. In the experiment five healthy male subjects were asked to perform three target-reaching movement tasks Which have different indices of difficulty. All movements were recorded by a 3-D motion analysis system. Later, their motion qualities were measured with these evaluation metrics. The results showed that these indices are reasonable and have potential applications to biomedical engineering.展开更多
By analyzing the observed phenomena and the data collected in the study, a multi-compartment linear circulation model for targeting drug delivery system was developed and the function formulas of the drug concentratio...By analyzing the observed phenomena and the data collected in the study, a multi-compartment linear circulation model for targeting drug delivery system was developed and the function formulas of the drug concentration-time in blood and target organ by computing were figured out. The drug concentration-time curve for target organ can be plotted with reference to the data of drug concentration in blood according to the model. The pharmacokinetic parameters of the drug in target organ could also be obtained. The practicability of the model was further checked by the curves of drug concentration-time in blood and target organ(liver) of liver-targeting nanoparticles in animal tests. Based on the liver drug concentration-time curves calculated by the function formula of the drug in target organ, the pharmacokinetic behavior of the drug in target organ(liver) was analyzed by statistical moment, and its pharmacokinetic parameters in liver were obtained. It is suggested that the (relative targeting index( can be used for quantitative evaluation of the targeting drug delivery systems.展开更多
Objective To identify the target behavior in the process of behavioral intervention for children with feeding difficulty and relevant factors that may contribute to more effective intervention.Methods Children aged fr...Objective To identify the target behavior in the process of behavioral intervention for children with feeding difficulty and relevant factors that may contribute to more effective intervention.Methods Children aged from 1 to 6 years with feeding difficulty randomly received interactive behavioral intervention(245 cases)or routine primary care(217 cases).By the end of the 1,3,6,and 9 months,the rating score of feeding difficulty and the body mass index(BMI)were assessed.The target behavior was determined based on the selecting criteria that simultaneously satisfied two conditions:①it was relevant to improving children's nutritional status;②it changed fast during intervention.Moreover,the relevant factors of target behavior were analyzed by multivariate analysis(Multi-Way ANOVA).Results Among nine behaviors of feeding difficulty,"eating slowly"was identified as a target behavior because it was closely relevant to the BMI z-score increment and had the biggest score reduction at early stage during intervention.Various factors were relevant to improving the target behavior,including parents acting as caregivers,caregiver's education level equal to and above junior college,and caregiver's concern about their children's feeding difficulty.Conclusion"Eating slowly"should be selected as the target behavior for early intervention for children with feeding difficulty and some social factors should be considered for optimizing the intervention.展开更多
The three most common variations of Fitts’ index of difficulty are the Fitts formulation, the Welford formulation, and the Shannon formulation. A recent paper by Hoffmann [1] critiqued the three and concluded that th...The three most common variations of Fitts’ index of difficulty are the Fitts formulation, the Welford formulation, and the Shannon formulation. A recent paper by Hoffmann [1] critiqued the three and concluded that the Fitts and Welford formulations are valid and that the Shannon formulation is invalid. In this paper, we challenge Hoffmann’s position regarding the Shannon formulation. It is argued that the issue of validity vs. invalidity is ill-conceived, given that Fitts’ law is a “model by analogy” with no basis in human motor control. The relevant questions are of utility: Does a model work? How well? Is it useful? Where alternative formulations exist, they may be critiqued and compared for strengths and weaknesses, but validity is an irrelevant construct. In a reanalysis of data from Fitts’ law experiments, models built using the Shannon formulation are (re)affirmed to be as good as, and generally better than, those built using the Fitts or Welford formulation.展开更多
针对钢渣体积稳定性差、钢渣-沥青混合料道路过早开裂的问题,采用二氧化硅胶体溶液对钢渣进行浸泡改性处理,通过力学性能测试、扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscope,SEM)检测、路用性能测试等方法研究了改性钢渣的物理力学性...针对钢渣体积稳定性差、钢渣-沥青混合料道路过早开裂的问题,采用二氧化硅胶体溶液对钢渣进行浸泡改性处理,通过力学性能测试、扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscope,SEM)检测、路用性能测试等方法研究了改性钢渣的物理力学性能、改性钢渣-沥青混合料的性能和钢渣的改性机理,并引入灰靶理论决策方法,综合改性钢渣-沥青混合料的各项性能指标,确定钢渣的最佳改性方案。结果表明:钢渣改性后,物理力学性能明显提高;钢渣的改性浓度越大,沥青混合料的高温性能越佳;延长钢渣的改性时间,沥青混合料的低温抗裂性能提高;且钢渣改性之后,沥青混合料的水稳定性能显著提高。基于灰靶决策理论,最终确定钢渣的最佳改性方案是在改性浓度(溶液质量分数)为3%的溶液下浸泡24 h。展开更多
文摘The target reliability index has been effectively used as the best solution to deal with the relationship between the structural safety and the optimal economy in any structural design. However, the target reliability index for offshore jacket platforms based on different sea areas in China has never been calibrated. This paper presents an approach for its calibration, and suggests many kinds of associated load cases. The uncertainties of loads and structural resistance are mainly in- vestigated. The target reliability index for structural components, tubular joints and piles of offshore jacket plaffortns are discussed respectively in detail. Finally, through the calibrated results from the offshore jacket platforms of QK18-1, JZ20-2, SZ36-1 and BZ28-1 in the Bohai Bay, it is proposed to adopt 2.8 as the target reliability index of offshore jacket platforms in the Bohai Bay for a 25-year design period. The results provide significant reference for the design of offshore jacket platforms.
基金Projects(51278216,51308241)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2013BS010)supported by the Funds of Henan University of Technology for High-level Talents,China
文摘The objective is to develop an approach for the determination of the target reliability index for serviceability limit state(SLS) of single piles. This contributes to conducting the SLS reliability-based design(RBD) of piles. Based on a two-parameter,hyperbolic curve-fitting equation describing the load-settlement relation of piles, the SLS model factor is defined. Then, taking into account the uncertainties of load-settlement model, load and bearing capacity of piles, the formula for computing the SLS reliability index(βsls) is obtained using the mean value first order second moment(MVFOSM) method. Meanwhile, the limit state function for conducting the SLS reliability analysis by the Monte Carlo simulation(MCS) method is established. These two methods are finally applied to determine the SLS target reliability index. Herein, the limiting tolerable settlement(slt) is treated as a random variable. For illustration, four load test databases from South Africa are compiled again to conduct reliability analysis and present the recommended target reliability indices. The results indicate that the MVFOSM method overestimates βsls compared to that computed by the MCS method. Besides, both factor of safety(FS) and slt are key factors influencing βsls, so the combination of FS and βsls is welcome to be used for the SLS reliability analysis of piles when slt is determined. For smaller slt, pile types and soils conditions have significant influence on the SLS target reliability indices; for larger slt, slt is the major factor having influence on the SLS target reliability indices. This proves that slt is the most key parameter for the determination of the SLS target reliability index.
文摘ms paper proposes a set of objective and quantitative human motion evaluation indices, among Which the index of difficulty and index of performance are introduced as the general indices for the quality measure of 2-D target-to-talget movement. As an example, the target-reaching movement of index finger, which is a basic functional action of index finger in the daily life of hUman beings, were experimentally investigated. In the experiment five healthy male subjects were asked to perform three target-reaching movement tasks Which have different indices of difficulty. All movements were recorded by a 3-D motion analysis system. Later, their motion qualities were measured with these evaluation metrics. The results showed that these indices are reasonable and have potential applications to biomedical engineering.
文摘By analyzing the observed phenomena and the data collected in the study, a multi-compartment linear circulation model for targeting drug delivery system was developed and the function formulas of the drug concentration-time in blood and target organ by computing were figured out. The drug concentration-time curve for target organ can be plotted with reference to the data of drug concentration in blood according to the model. The pharmacokinetic parameters of the drug in target organ could also be obtained. The practicability of the model was further checked by the curves of drug concentration-time in blood and target organ(liver) of liver-targeting nanoparticles in animal tests. Based on the liver drug concentration-time curves calculated by the function formula of the drug in target organ, the pharmacokinetic behavior of the drug in target organ(liver) was analyzed by statistical moment, and its pharmacokinetic parameters in liver were obtained. It is suggested that the (relative targeting index( can be used for quantitative evaluation of the targeting drug delivery systems.
基金Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(14411969200,10DZ2272200,09DZ2200900,10PJ1407500,10PJ1403500,10231203903,10JC1411200)Ministry of Education of China(NCET program)+4 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(81000592,11001084)Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(11ZZ103)Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau(2010004)Morning Star Rewarding Fund of Shanghai Jiao Tong University(Category B,2011)New Bairen Plan of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,and Shanghai Health Municipal Bureau Three-year Action(GWⅢ-27.3)
文摘Objective To identify the target behavior in the process of behavioral intervention for children with feeding difficulty and relevant factors that may contribute to more effective intervention.Methods Children aged from 1 to 6 years with feeding difficulty randomly received interactive behavioral intervention(245 cases)or routine primary care(217 cases).By the end of the 1,3,6,and 9 months,the rating score of feeding difficulty and the body mass index(BMI)were assessed.The target behavior was determined based on the selecting criteria that simultaneously satisfied two conditions:①it was relevant to improving children's nutritional status;②it changed fast during intervention.Moreover,the relevant factors of target behavior were analyzed by multivariate analysis(Multi-Way ANOVA).Results Among nine behaviors of feeding difficulty,"eating slowly"was identified as a target behavior because it was closely relevant to the BMI z-score increment and had the biggest score reduction at early stage during intervention.Various factors were relevant to improving the target behavior,including parents acting as caregivers,caregiver's education level equal to and above junior college,and caregiver's concern about their children's feeding difficulty.Conclusion"Eating slowly"should be selected as the target behavior for early intervention for children with feeding difficulty and some social factors should be considered for optimizing the intervention.
文摘The three most common variations of Fitts’ index of difficulty are the Fitts formulation, the Welford formulation, and the Shannon formulation. A recent paper by Hoffmann [1] critiqued the three and concluded that the Fitts and Welford formulations are valid and that the Shannon formulation is invalid. In this paper, we challenge Hoffmann’s position regarding the Shannon formulation. It is argued that the issue of validity vs. invalidity is ill-conceived, given that Fitts’ law is a “model by analogy” with no basis in human motor control. The relevant questions are of utility: Does a model work? How well? Is it useful? Where alternative formulations exist, they may be critiqued and compared for strengths and weaknesses, but validity is an irrelevant construct. In a reanalysis of data from Fitts’ law experiments, models built using the Shannon formulation are (re)affirmed to be as good as, and generally better than, those built using the Fitts or Welford formulation.
文摘针对钢渣体积稳定性差、钢渣-沥青混合料道路过早开裂的问题,采用二氧化硅胶体溶液对钢渣进行浸泡改性处理,通过力学性能测试、扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscope,SEM)检测、路用性能测试等方法研究了改性钢渣的物理力学性能、改性钢渣-沥青混合料的性能和钢渣的改性机理,并引入灰靶理论决策方法,综合改性钢渣-沥青混合料的各项性能指标,确定钢渣的最佳改性方案。结果表明:钢渣改性后,物理力学性能明显提高;钢渣的改性浓度越大,沥青混合料的高温性能越佳;延长钢渣的改性时间,沥青混合料的低温抗裂性能提高;且钢渣改性之后,沥青混合料的水稳定性能显著提高。基于灰靶决策理论,最终确定钢渣的最佳改性方案是在改性浓度(溶液质量分数)为3%的溶液下浸泡24 h。
