Barriers to medication adherence among patients have been shown to have significant impact on service quality and cost in the healthcare system. To minimize this impact, many in the healthcare industry are highly inte...Barriers to medication adherence among patients have been shown to have significant impact on service quality and cost in the healthcare system. To minimize this impact, many in the healthcare industry are highly interested in supporting prescription adherence among patients. They believe that information technology in general, and mobile technology in particular, can help in developing medical practices that can be highly conducive to high rates of prescription adherence by enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers. To this end, a number of pharmacy management benefit companies plan to adopt SMS （Short Message Service） communication to reach their customers given the wider acceptance of SMS messaging among mobile phone users. However, most of these pharmacies are reluctant to purchase service agreements from SMS aggregators without a complete understanding of user, service and business requirements related to SMS messaging. Hence, many are in dire needs for prototypes of SMS servers that can help them define and refine these requirements before committing to costly agreements with SMS aggregators. This paper describes such a prototype for a pharmacy benefit management company located in the southeast of the United States.展开更多
The solution of linear equation group can be applied to the oil exploration, the structure vibration analysis, the computational fluid dynamics, and other fields. When we make the in-depth analysis of some large or ve...The solution of linear equation group can be applied to the oil exploration, the structure vibration analysis, the computational fluid dynamics, and other fields. When we make the in-depth analysis of some large or very large complicated structures, we must use the parallel algorithm with the aid of high-performance computers to solve complex problems. This paper introduces the implementation process having the parallel with sparse linear equations from the perspective of sparse linear equation group.展开更多
Based on the high flux synchrotron X-ray of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), high precision 3D digital models of diesel nozzle tips have been established by X-ray micro-tomography technology, which ...Based on the high flux synchrotron X-ray of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), high precision 3D digital models of diesel nozzle tips have been established by X-ray micro-tomography technology, which reveal the internal surfaces and structures of orifices. To analyze the machining precision and characteristics of orifice processing methods, an ap- proach is presented based on the parameters of the internal structures of nozzle orifices, including the nozzle diameter, the orifice inner surface waviness, the eccentricity distance and the angle between orifices. Using this approach, two kinds of nozzle orifice processing methods, computerized numerical control drilling and electric discharge machining, have been studied and compared. The results show that this approach enables a simple, direct, and comprehensive contrastive analysis of nozzle orifice processing methods. When processing a single orifice, the electric discharge machining method has obvious advantages. However, when there are multiple orifices, the error levels of the two methods are similar in relation to the symmetry of distribution of the orifices.展开更多
Transition metal phosphides(TMPs)have emerged as promising electrocatalysts to enhance the slow kinetic process of oxygen evolution reaction(OER).Framelike hollow nanostructures(nanoframes,NFs)provide the open structu...Transition metal phosphides(TMPs)have emerged as promising electrocatalysts to enhance the slow kinetic process of oxygen evolution reaction(OER).Framelike hollow nanostructures(nanoframes,NFs)provide the open structure with more accessible active sites and sufficient channels into the interior volume.Here,we report the fabrication of bimetallic Co-Fe phosphide NFs(Co-Fe-P NFs)via an intriguing temperature-controlled strategy for the preparation of precursors followed by phosphidation.The precursors,Co-Fe Prussian blue analogues(Co-Fe PBAs)are prepared by a precipitation method with Co^(2+)and[Fe(CN)_(6)]^(3−),which experience a structural conversion from nanocubes to NFs by increasing the aging temperature from 5 to 35℃.The experimental results indicate that this conversion is attributable to the preferentially epitaxial growth on the edges and corners of nanocubes,triggered by intramolecular electron transfer at an elevated aging temperature.The as-prepared Co-Fe-P NFs catalyst shows remarkable catalytic activity toward OER with a low overpotential of 276 mV to obtain a current density of 10 mA cm^(−2),which is superior to the reference samples(Co-Fe-P nanocubes)and most of the recently reported TMPs-based electrocatalysts.The synthetic strategy can be extended to fabricate Co-Fe dichalcogenide NFs,thereby holding a great promise for the broad applications in energy storage and conversion systems.展开更多
Intercalation transition metal oxides (ITMO)have attracted great attention as lithium-ion battery negative electrodes due to high operation safety,high capacity and rapid ion intercalation.However,the intrinsic low el...Intercalation transition metal oxides (ITMO)have attracted great attention as lithium-ion battery negative electrodes due to high operation safety,high capacity and rapid ion intercalation.However,the intrinsic low electron conductivity plagues the lifetime and cell performance of the ITMO negative electrode.Here we design a new carbon-emcoating architecture through single CO_(2)activation treatment as demonstrated by the Nb_(2)O_(5)/C nanohybrid.Triple structure engineering of the carbon-emcoating Nb_(2)O_(5)/C nanohybrid is achieved in terms of porosity,composition,and crystallographic phase.The carbon-embedding Nb_(2)O_(5)/C nanohybrids show superior cycling and rate performance compared with the conventional carbon coating,with reversible capacity of 387 m A h g(-1)at 0.2 C and 92%of capacity retained after 500cycles at 1 C.Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry(DEMS) indicates that the carbon emcoated Nb_(2)O_(5)nanohybrids present less gas evolution than commercial lithium titanate oxide during cycling.The unique carbon-emcoating technique can be universally applied to other ITMO negative electrodes to achieve high electrochemical performance.展开更多
文摘Barriers to medication adherence among patients have been shown to have significant impact on service quality and cost in the healthcare system. To minimize this impact, many in the healthcare industry are highly interested in supporting prescription adherence among patients. They believe that information technology in general, and mobile technology in particular, can help in developing medical practices that can be highly conducive to high rates of prescription adherence by enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers. To this end, a number of pharmacy management benefit companies plan to adopt SMS （Short Message Service） communication to reach their customers given the wider acceptance of SMS messaging among mobile phone users. However, most of these pharmacies are reluctant to purchase service agreements from SMS aggregators without a complete understanding of user, service and business requirements related to SMS messaging. Hence, many are in dire needs for prototypes of SMS servers that can help them define and refine these requirements before committing to costly agreements with SMS aggregators. This paper describes such a prototype for a pharmacy benefit management company located in the southeast of the United States.
文摘The solution of linear equation group can be applied to the oil exploration, the structure vibration analysis, the computational fluid dynamics, and other fields. When we make the in-depth analysis of some large or very large complicated structures, we must use the parallel algorithm with the aid of high-performance computers to solve complex problems. This paper introduces the implementation process having the parallel with sparse linear equations from the perspective of sparse linear equation group.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50946052, 51076118 and 51006075)the New Century Excellent Talents (No. NCET-10-0605)+2 种基金the Shanghai Rising-Star Program (No. 11QH1402500)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 200802471052)
文摘Based on the high flux synchrotron X-ray of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), high precision 3D digital models of diesel nozzle tips have been established by X-ray micro-tomography technology, which reveal the internal surfaces and structures of orifices. To analyze the machining precision and characteristics of orifice processing methods, an ap- proach is presented based on the parameters of the internal structures of nozzle orifices, including the nozzle diameter, the orifice inner surface waviness, the eccentricity distance and the angle between orifices. Using this approach, two kinds of nozzle orifice processing methods, computerized numerical control drilling and electric discharge machining, have been studied and compared. The results show that this approach enables a simple, direct, and comprehensive contrastive analysis of nozzle orifice processing methods. When processing a single orifice, the electric discharge machining method has obvious advantages. However, when there are multiple orifices, the error levels of the two methods are similar in relation to the symmetry of distribution of the orifices.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21872105 and 22072107)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LQ20B030001 and LY20E020002)。
文摘Transition metal phosphides(TMPs)have emerged as promising electrocatalysts to enhance the slow kinetic process of oxygen evolution reaction(OER).Framelike hollow nanostructures(nanoframes,NFs)provide the open structure with more accessible active sites and sufficient channels into the interior volume.Here,we report the fabrication of bimetallic Co-Fe phosphide NFs(Co-Fe-P NFs)via an intriguing temperature-controlled strategy for the preparation of precursors followed by phosphidation.The precursors,Co-Fe Prussian blue analogues(Co-Fe PBAs)are prepared by a precipitation method with Co^(2+)and[Fe(CN)_(6)]^(3−),which experience a structural conversion from nanocubes to NFs by increasing the aging temperature from 5 to 35℃.The experimental results indicate that this conversion is attributable to the preferentially epitaxial growth on the edges and corners of nanocubes,triggered by intramolecular electron transfer at an elevated aging temperature.The as-prepared Co-Fe-P NFs catalyst shows remarkable catalytic activity toward OER with a low overpotential of 276 mV to obtain a current density of 10 mA cm^(−2),which is superior to the reference samples(Co-Fe-P nanocubes)and most of the recently reported TMPs-based electrocatalysts.The synthetic strategy can be extended to fabricate Co-Fe dichalcogenide NFs,thereby holding a great promise for the broad applications in energy storage and conversion systems.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFB0100100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51702335 and 21773279)+8 种基金Zhejiang Non-profit Technology Applied Research Program(LGG19B010001)Ningbo Municipal Natural Science Foundation(2018A610084)the CAS-EU S&T Cooperation Partner Program(174433KYSB20150013)the Key Laboratory of Bio-based Polymeric Materials of Zhejiang Provincethe funding from Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship in EUthe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC),including the SUPERGEN Energy Storage Hub(EP/L019469/1)Enabling Next Generation Lithium Batteries(EP/M009521/1)Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials(EP/R00661X/1,EP/S019367/1,EP/R010145/1)the Faraday Institution All-Solid-State Batteries with Li and Na Anodes(FIRG007,FIRG008)for financial support。
文摘Intercalation transition metal oxides (ITMO)have attracted great attention as lithium-ion battery negative electrodes due to high operation safety,high capacity and rapid ion intercalation.However,the intrinsic low electron conductivity plagues the lifetime and cell performance of the ITMO negative electrode.Here we design a new carbon-emcoating architecture through single CO_(2)activation treatment as demonstrated by the Nb_(2)O_(5)/C nanohybrid.Triple structure engineering of the carbon-emcoating Nb_(2)O_(5)/C nanohybrid is achieved in terms of porosity,composition,and crystallographic phase.The carbon-embedding Nb_(2)O_(5)/C nanohybrids show superior cycling and rate performance compared with the conventional carbon coating,with reversible capacity of 387 m A h g(-1)at 0.2 C and 92%of capacity retained after 500cycles at 1 C.Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry(DEMS) indicates that the carbon emcoated Nb_(2)O_(5)nanohybrids present less gas evolution than commercial lithium titanate oxide during cycling.The unique carbon-emcoating technique can be universally applied to other ITMO negative electrodes to achieve high electrochemical performance.
