Purpose: Long-term training specificity is thought to alter performance in tests evaluating strength and power production capability. The aim of the present study was to provide additional information to the limited ...Purpose: Long-term training specificity is thought to alter performance in tests evaluating strength and power production capability. The aim of the present study was to provide additional information to the limited existing knowledge concerning the possible differences of the force/time profile of squat jumping among different groups of young female athletes. Methods: One hundred and seventy-three adult women (20.1 ± 2.8 years, 1.71 ± 0.09 m, 65.6 ± 10.3 kg, mean± SD for age, height, and mass, respectively) engaged in track and field (TF), volleyball (VO), handball (HA), basketball (BA), and physical education students (PE) executed maximal squat jumps (SQJ) on a force plate. Pearson's correlation was used to identify the relationship between SQJ performance, the anthropometric characteristics and the biomechanical parameters. Differences concerning the biomechanical parameters among groups were investigated with analysis of variance, while the force- (FPD) or time- (TPD) dependency of SQJ execution was examined using principal components analysis (PCA). Results: SQJ was unrelated to body height but significantly correlated with body mass (r = -0.26, p = 0.001). TF jumped higher and produced larger peak body power output compared to all the other groups (p 〈 0.05). All athletes were superior to PE since they performed the SQJ with a longer (p 〈 0.05) vertical body center of mass trajectory during the propulsion phase. PCA results revealed that TF significantly differentiated than the other groups by relying on FPD. Conclusion: Various different profiles of FPD and TPD were detected due to different sporting background in young female athletes. Since TF superiority in SQJ was relied on the larger power production and a greater FPD, female indoor team sport athletes are suggested to execute jumping exercises adopting the jumping strategies utilized by TE展开更多
A novel reconfigurable tracked robot based on four-link mechanism was proposed and released for the complicated terrain environment. This robot was modularly designed and developed, which is composed of one suspension...A novel reconfigurable tracked robot based on four-link mechanism was proposed and released for the complicated terrain environment. This robot was modularly designed and developed, which is composed of one suspension and one pair of symmetrical deployed reconfigurable track modules. This robot can implement multiple locomotion configurations by changing the track configuration, and the geometric theory analysis shows that the track length keeps constant during the process of track reconfiguration. Furthermore, a parameterized geometric model of the robot was established to analyze the kinematic performance of the robot while overcoming various obstacles. To investigate the feasibility and correctness of design theory and robot scheme, an example robot was designed to climb 45° slopes and 200 mm steps, and a group of design parameters of the robot were determined. Finally, A prototype of this robot was developed, and the test results show that the robot own powerful mobility and obstacle overcoming performance, for example, running across obstacle like mantis, extending to stride over entrenchment, standing up to elevate height, and going ahead after overturn.展开更多
Purpose: To assess the effects of trust in the coach on commitment to coach, willingness to cooperate, and perceived performance. Methods: Two hundred and fifteen members of competitive sports clubs responded to sca...Purpose: To assess the effects of trust in the coach on commitment to coach, willingness to cooperate, and perceived performance. Methods: Two hundred and fifteen members of competitive sports clubs responded to scales measuring coach characteristics of justice, benevolence, integrity, and competence; athlete's trust in the coach; commitment to coach; willingness to cooperate; and perceived performance. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis of data supported the measurement model. Perceptions of a coach's justice (β = 0.19, p 〈 0.05), benevolence (β = 0.32, p 〈 0.05), integrity (β= 0.14, p 〈 0.05), and competence (β = 0.29, p 〈 0.05) each had a significant effect on athletes' trust, and they cumulatively accounted for 61% of the variance in trust. The structural equation modeling showed that trust had direct effects on commitment to coach (β = 0.77, p 〈 0.01), willingness to cooperate (β= 0.79, p 〈 0.01 ), and perceived performance (β = 0.51, p 〈 0.01),. The hypothesized mediating effects of commitment to coach and willingness to cooperate were not supported. The model explained 26% of the variance in perceived performance. Conclusion: As trust in coach influences commitment to coach, willingness to cooperate, and perceived performance, coaches need to take effort to bolster their athletes' trust by being just and benevolent, and enhancing their integrity and competence.展开更多
With the development of artificial intelligence, communication, computer and other related technologies, it becomes feasible to rebuild traditional railway with such advanced technologies in order to establish a new g...With the development of artificial intelligence, communication, computer and other related technologies, it becomes feasible to rebuild traditional railway with such advanced technologies in order to establish a new generation railway transport system. The railway intelligent transportation system is the trend of railway transportation system in China, and it is also the research focus of international railway transport industry. This paper presents the definition, characters, architecture, key technologies and developing pattern of the RITS(railway intelligent transportation system). Then three typical applications are introduced. Finally, the prospect of the RITS is summarized.展开更多
Kondo transport properties through a Kondo-type quantum dot (QD) with a side-coupled triple-QD structure are systematically investigated by using the non-equilibrium Green's function method. We firstly derive the f...Kondo transport properties through a Kondo-type quantum dot (QD) with a side-coupled triple-QD structure are systematically investigated by using the non-equilibrium Green's function method. We firstly derive the formulae of the current, the linear conductance, the transmission coefficient, and the local density of states. Then we carry out the analytical and numerical studies and some universal conductance properties are obtained. It is shown that the number of the conductance valleys is intrinsically determined by the side-coupled QDs and at most equal to the number of the QDs included in the side-coupled structure in the asymmetric limit. In the process of forming the conductance valleys, the side-coupled QD system plays the dominant role while the couplings between the Kondo-type QD and the side-coupled structure play the subsidiary and indispensable roles. To testify the validity of the universal conductance properties, another different kinds of side-coupled triple-QD structures are considered. It should be emphasized that these universal properties axe applicable in understanding this kind of systems with arbitrary many-QD side structures.展开更多
The current demand growth of new components capable of operating at high power, high frequency, high temperatures and convergence towards miniaturization has lead to the development of new fields of nanotechnology bas...The current demand growth of new components capable of operating at high power, high frequency, high temperatures and convergence towards miniaturization has lead to the development of new fields of nanotechnology based on II-VI semiconductor Interest in nanostructure:s based on II-VI semiconductor narrow gap containing mercury (such as super lattices HgTe/CdTe) was due to their advantages over alloys with cadmium telluride Mercury (MCT: HgCdTe). The ternary alloy is a semiconductor band-gap direct, in that work the main interest is about the ternary compound. The results obtained are very satisfactory, they are compared with experimental results, and are in good agreement. These results are very promising and open new perspectives for the realization of solar cells and applications in the field of sensors.展开更多
Utilizing a six-band k.p valence band calculations that considered a strained perturbation Hamiltonian, uniaxial stress-induced valence band structure parameters for Ge such as band edge energy shift, split, and effec...Utilizing a six-band k.p valence band calculations that considered a strained perturbation Hamiltonian, uniaxial stress-induced valence band structure parameters for Ge such as band edge energy shift, split, and effective mass were quantitatively evaluated. Based on these valence band parameters, the dependence of hole mobility on uniaxial stress(direction, type, and magnitude) and hole transport direction was theoretical studied. The results show that the hole mobility had a strong dependence on the transport direction and uniaxial stress. The hole mobility enhancement can be found for all transport directions and uniaxial stess configurations, and the hole transport along the [110] direction under the uniaxial [110] compressive stress had the highest mobility compared to other transport directions and stress configurations.展开更多
Cu-based chalcogenides have received increasing attention as promising thermoelectric materials due to their high efficiency,tunable transport properties,high elemental abundance and low toxicity.In this review,we sum...Cu-based chalcogenides have received increasing attention as promising thermoelectric materials due to their high efficiency,tunable transport properties,high elemental abundance and low toxicity.In this review,we summarize the recent research progress on this large family compounds covering diamond-like chalcogenides and liquid-like Cu2X (X=S,Se,Te)binary compounds as well as their multinary derivatives.These materials have the general features of two sublattices to decouple electron and phonon transport properties.On the one hand,the complex crystal structure and the disordered or even liquid-like sublattice bring about an intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity.On the other hand, the rigid sublattice constitutes the charge-transport network, maintaining a decent electrical performance.For specific material systems,we demonstrate their unique structural features and outline the structure-performance correlation. Various design strategies including doping,alloying,band engineering and nanostructure architecture,covering nearly all the material scale,are also presented.Finally,the potential of the application of Cu-based chalcogenides as high-performance thermoelectric materials is briefly discussed from material design to device development.展开更多
In this paper,a brief review of the history of topological insulators is given.After that,electronic transport experiments in topological insulator-superconductor hybrid structures,including experimental methods,physi...In this paper,a brief review of the history of topological insulators is given.After that,electronic transport experiments in topological insulator-superconductor hybrid structures,including experimental methods,physical properties and seemingly contradictory observations are discussed.Additionally,some new topological insulator hybrid structures are proposed.展开更多
The thermal phonon transport is a key matter for heat managing in materials science which is crucial for device miniaturization and power density increase. Herein, we report the synthesis, structure and characterizati...The thermal phonon transport is a key matter for heat managing in materials science which is crucial for device miniaturization and power density increase. Herein, we report the synthesis, structure and characterization of a new compound, Cs2Ge3Ga6Se14, with a unique anisotropic structure simultaneously containing Ge^3+ and Ge^2+ that adopt(Ge1)2^3+ Se6 dimer or(Ge2)^2+Se6 octahedron, respectively. The thermal conductivity was measured to be 0.57–0.48 W m^-1 K^-1 from 323 to 773 K, the lowest value among all the known Ge-containing compounds, approaching its glass limit according to the Cahill’s formulation. More importantly, we discover for the first time that the vibration uncoupling of Ge with different valence states hinders the effective thermal energy transport between the(Ge1)2^3+ Se6 dimer and(Ge2)^2+Se6 octahedron, and consequently lowers the thermal conductivity. In addition, we propose a structure factor f = sin(180) ×d/l(i =A, B)iGe Qi, with which a structure map of the Cs2 Ge3 M6 Q14 family is given.展开更多
Recent advances in non-radiative wireless power transfer(WPT)technique essentially relying on magnetic resonance and near-field coupling have successfully enabled a wide range of applications.However,WPT systems based...Recent advances in non-radiative wireless power transfer(WPT)technique essentially relying on magnetic resonance and near-field coupling have successfully enabled a wide range of applications.However,WPT systems based on double resonators are severely limited to short-or mid-range distance,due to the deteriorating efficiency and power with long transfer distance.WPT systems based on multi-relay resonators can overcome this problem,which,however,suffer from sensitivity to perturbations and fabrication imperfections.Here,we experimentally demonstrate a concept of topological wireless power transfer(TWPT),where energy is transferred efficiently via the near-field coupling between two topological edge states localized at the ends of a one-dimensional radiowave topological insulator.Such a TWPT system can be modelled as a parity-time-symmetric Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(SSH)chain with complex boundary potentials.Besides,the coil configurations are judiciously designed,which significantly suppress the unwanted cross-couplings between nonadjacent coils that could break the chiral symmetry of the SSH chain.By tuning the inter-and intra-cell coupling strengths,we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate high energy transfer efficiency near the exceptional point of the topological edge states,even in the presence of disorder.The combination of topological metamaterials,non-Hermitian physics,and WPT techniques could promise a variety of robust,efficient WPT applications over long distances in electronics,transportation,and industry.展开更多
The instanton induced cross section in deep inelastic kinematics is a subject which people are tendentious to investigate it. Instanton induced contributions are well defined for the nucleon structure function. The no...The instanton induced cross section in deep inelastic kinematics is a subject which people are tendentious to investigate it. Instanton induced contributions are well defined for the nucleon structure function. The non-perturbative contribution to the quark distributions of structure function, F2(x, Q2), is considered within an instanton model for the QCD vacuum. We find that the structure function may possess numerically large non-perterbative contributions which are related to the violation of chirality and correspond to the correction of parton distribution of the leading twist. It is shown that the instantons give a negative contribution to the structure function at the NLO approximation. A comparison between our results, considering instantaon effect, and the case when we do not take this effect is done. Taking into account the instanton size, p, via the modified running coupling constant we get to a good agreement between our results at the NLO and NNLO approximations and the available experimental data, specially at the low values of the Bjorken variable x 〈 0.1 which confirms the validity of our calculations.展开更多
文摘Purpose: Long-term training specificity is thought to alter performance in tests evaluating strength and power production capability. The aim of the present study was to provide additional information to the limited existing knowledge concerning the possible differences of the force/time profile of squat jumping among different groups of young female athletes. Methods: One hundred and seventy-three adult women (20.1 ± 2.8 years, 1.71 ± 0.09 m, 65.6 ± 10.3 kg, mean± SD for age, height, and mass, respectively) engaged in track and field (TF), volleyball (VO), handball (HA), basketball (BA), and physical education students (PE) executed maximal squat jumps (SQJ) on a force plate. Pearson's correlation was used to identify the relationship between SQJ performance, the anthropometric characteristics and the biomechanical parameters. Differences concerning the biomechanical parameters among groups were investigated with analysis of variance, while the force- (FPD) or time- (TPD) dependency of SQJ execution was examined using principal components analysis (PCA). Results: SQJ was unrelated to body height but significantly correlated with body mass (r = -0.26, p = 0.001). TF jumped higher and produced larger peak body power output compared to all the other groups (p 〈 0.05). All athletes were superior to PE since they performed the SQJ with a longer (p 〈 0.05) vertical body center of mass trajectory during the propulsion phase. PCA results revealed that TF significantly differentiated than the other groups by relying on FPD. Conclusion: Various different profiles of FPD and TPD were detected due to different sporting background in young female athletes. Since TF superiority in SQJ was relied on the larger power production and a greater FPD, female indoor team sport athletes are suggested to execute jumping exercises adopting the jumping strategies utilized by TE
基金Project(2007AA04Z256) supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China
文摘A novel reconfigurable tracked robot based on four-link mechanism was proposed and released for the complicated terrain environment. This robot was modularly designed and developed, which is composed of one suspension and one pair of symmetrical deployed reconfigurable track modules. This robot can implement multiple locomotion configurations by changing the track configuration, and the geometric theory analysis shows that the track length keeps constant during the process of track reconfiguration. Furthermore, a parameterized geometric model of the robot was established to analyze the kinematic performance of the robot while overcoming various obstacles. To investigate the feasibility and correctness of design theory and robot scheme, an example robot was designed to climb 45° slopes and 200 mm steps, and a group of design parameters of the robot were determined. Finally, A prototype of this robot was developed, and the test results show that the robot own powerful mobility and obstacle overcoming performance, for example, running across obstacle like mantis, extending to stride over entrenchment, standing up to elevate height, and going ahead after overturn.
文摘Purpose: To assess the effects of trust in the coach on commitment to coach, willingness to cooperate, and perceived performance. Methods: Two hundred and fifteen members of competitive sports clubs responded to scales measuring coach characteristics of justice, benevolence, integrity, and competence; athlete's trust in the coach; commitment to coach; willingness to cooperate; and perceived performance. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis of data supported the measurement model. Perceptions of a coach's justice (β = 0.19, p 〈 0.05), benevolence (β = 0.32, p 〈 0.05), integrity (β= 0.14, p 〈 0.05), and competence (β = 0.29, p 〈 0.05) each had a significant effect on athletes' trust, and they cumulatively accounted for 61% of the variance in trust. The structural equation modeling showed that trust had direct effects on commitment to coach (β = 0.77, p 〈 0.01), willingness to cooperate (β= 0.79, p 〈 0.01 ), and perceived performance (β = 0.51, p 〈 0.01),. The hypothesized mediating effects of commitment to coach and willingness to cooperate were not supported. The model explained 26% of the variance in perceived performance. Conclusion: As trust in coach influences commitment to coach, willingness to cooperate, and perceived performance, coaches need to take effort to bolster their athletes' trust by being just and benevolent, and enhancing their integrity and competence.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( No. 61074151) Nation Science and Technology Support Program ( No. T1DB300020 and No. T1DB200010)Ministry of Railways Science and Technology Research Program ( No. 2006X023 and No. 2010X008)
文摘With the development of artificial intelligence, communication, computer and other related technologies, it becomes feasible to rebuild traditional railway with such advanced technologies in order to establish a new generation railway transport system. The railway intelligent transportation system is the trend of railway transportation system in China, and it is also the research focus of international railway transport industry. This paper presents the definition, characters, architecture, key technologies and developing pattern of the RITS(railway intelligent transportation system). Then three typical applications are introduced. Finally, the prospect of the RITS is summarized.
基金Supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.10604005 and 10974015 the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University under Grant No.NCET-08-0044
文摘Kondo transport properties through a Kondo-type quantum dot (QD) with a side-coupled triple-QD structure are systematically investigated by using the non-equilibrium Green's function method. We firstly derive the formulae of the current, the linear conductance, the transmission coefficient, and the local density of states. Then we carry out the analytical and numerical studies and some universal conductance properties are obtained. It is shown that the number of the conductance valleys is intrinsically determined by the side-coupled QDs and at most equal to the number of the QDs included in the side-coupled structure in the asymmetric limit. In the process of forming the conductance valleys, the side-coupled QD system plays the dominant role while the couplings between the Kondo-type QD and the side-coupled structure play the subsidiary and indispensable roles. To testify the validity of the universal conductance properties, another different kinds of side-coupled triple-QD structures are considered. It should be emphasized that these universal properties axe applicable in understanding this kind of systems with arbitrary many-QD side structures.
文摘The current demand growth of new components capable of operating at high power, high frequency, high temperatures and convergence towards miniaturization has lead to the development of new fields of nanotechnology based on II-VI semiconductor Interest in nanostructure:s based on II-VI semiconductor narrow gap containing mercury (such as super lattices HgTe/CdTe) was due to their advantages over alloys with cadmium telluride Mercury (MCT: HgCdTe). The ternary alloy is a semiconductor band-gap direct, in that work the main interest is about the ternary compound. The results obtained are very satisfactory, they are compared with experimental results, and are in good agreement. These results are very promising and open new perspectives for the realization of solar cells and applications in the field of sensors.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51272150)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province of China
文摘Utilizing a six-band k.p valence band calculations that considered a strained perturbation Hamiltonian, uniaxial stress-induced valence band structure parameters for Ge such as band edge energy shift, split, and effective mass were quantitatively evaluated. Based on these valence band parameters, the dependence of hole mobility on uniaxial stress(direction, type, and magnitude) and hole transport direction was theoretical studied. The results show that the hole mobility had a strong dependence on the transport direction and uniaxial stress. The hole mobility enhancement can be found for all transport directions and uniaxial stess configurations, and the hole transport along the [110] direction under the uniaxial [110] compressive stress had the highest mobility compared to other transport directions and stress configurations.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFB0703600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51625205)+3 种基金 the Key Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFZD-SW-421)Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist (16XD1403900)Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (2016232)Shanghai Sailing Program (18YF1426700).
文摘Cu-based chalcogenides have received increasing attention as promising thermoelectric materials due to their high efficiency,tunable transport properties,high elemental abundance and low toxicity.In this review,we summarize the recent research progress on this large family compounds covering diamond-like chalcogenides and liquid-like Cu2X (X=S,Se,Te)binary compounds as well as their multinary derivatives.These materials have the general features of two sublattices to decouple electron and phonon transport properties.On the one hand,the complex crystal structure and the disordered or even liquid-like sublattice bring about an intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity.On the other hand, the rigid sublattice constitutes the charge-transport network, maintaining a decent electrical performance.For specific material systems,we demonstrate their unique structural features and outline the structure-performance correlation. Various design strategies including doping,alloying,band engineering and nanostructure architecture,covering nearly all the material scale,are also presented.Finally,the potential of the application of Cu-based chalcogenides as high-performance thermoelectric materials is briefly discussed from material design to device development.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB921300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11174007)the Penn State MRSEC(Grant No. DMR-0820404)
文摘In this paper,a brief review of the history of topological insulators is given.After that,electronic transport experiments in topological insulator-superconductor hybrid structures,including experimental methods,physical properties and seemingly contradictory observations are discussed.Additionally,some new topological insulator hybrid structures are proposed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21975032 and 21571020)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0702100)
文摘The thermal phonon transport is a key matter for heat managing in materials science which is crucial for device miniaturization and power density increase. Herein, we report the synthesis, structure and characterization of a new compound, Cs2Ge3Ga6Se14, with a unique anisotropic structure simultaneously containing Ge^3+ and Ge^2+ that adopt(Ge1)2^3+ Se6 dimer or(Ge2)^2+Se6 octahedron, respectively. The thermal conductivity was measured to be 0.57–0.48 W m^-1 K^-1 from 323 to 773 K, the lowest value among all the known Ge-containing compounds, approaching its glass limit according to the Cahill’s formulation. More importantly, we discover for the first time that the vibration uncoupling of Ge with different valence states hinders the effective thermal energy transport between the(Ge1)2^3+ Se6 dimer and(Ge2)^2+Se6 octahedron, and consequently lowers the thermal conductivity. In addition, we propose a structure factor f = sin(180) ×d/l(i =A, B)iGe Qi, with which a structure map of the Cs2 Ge3 M6 Q14 family is given.
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61625502, 11961141010, 61975176, and U19A2054)the Top-Notch Young Talents Program of China+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiessponsored by Singapore Ministry of Education under Grant Nos. MOE2018-T2-1-022 (S), MOE2015-T2-1-070, MOE2016-T3-1-006, and Tier 1 RG174/16 (S)
文摘Recent advances in non-radiative wireless power transfer(WPT)technique essentially relying on magnetic resonance and near-field coupling have successfully enabled a wide range of applications.However,WPT systems based on double resonators are severely limited to short-or mid-range distance,due to the deteriorating efficiency and power with long transfer distance.WPT systems based on multi-relay resonators can overcome this problem,which,however,suffer from sensitivity to perturbations and fabrication imperfections.Here,we experimentally demonstrate a concept of topological wireless power transfer(TWPT),where energy is transferred efficiently via the near-field coupling between two topological edge states localized at the ends of a one-dimensional radiowave topological insulator.Such a TWPT system can be modelled as a parity-time-symmetric Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(SSH)chain with complex boundary potentials.Besides,the coil configurations are judiciously designed,which significantly suppress the unwanted cross-couplings between nonadjacent coils that could break the chiral symmetry of the SSH chain.By tuning the inter-and intra-cell coupling strengths,we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate high energy transfer efficiency near the exceptional point of the topological edge states,even in the presence of disorder.The combination of topological metamaterials,non-Hermitian physics,and WPT techniques could promise a variety of robust,efficient WPT applications over long distances in electronics,transportation,and industry.
文摘The instanton induced cross section in deep inelastic kinematics is a subject which people are tendentious to investigate it. Instanton induced contributions are well defined for the nucleon structure function. The non-perturbative contribution to the quark distributions of structure function, F2(x, Q2), is considered within an instanton model for the QCD vacuum. We find that the structure function may possess numerically large non-perterbative contributions which are related to the violation of chirality and correspond to the correction of parton distribution of the leading twist. It is shown that the instantons give a negative contribution to the structure function at the NLO approximation. A comparison between our results, considering instantaon effect, and the case when we do not take this effect is done. Taking into account the instanton size, p, via the modified running coupling constant we get to a good agreement between our results at the NLO and NNLO approximations and the available experimental data, specially at the low values of the Bjorken variable x 〈 0.1 which confirms the validity of our calculations.