Impairment of Continuous Insulin Delivery Therapy and Analysis from Graeco-Latin Square Design Model

The desire to deliver measured amount of insulin continuously to patients with type I diabetes, for glycemic control, has attracted a lot of attention. Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion has seen some success in recent years. However, occlusion of insulin delivery may prevent the patient from receiving the prescribed dosage, with adverse consequence. An in vitro study of insulin delivery is performed, using different insulin pumps, insulin analogs and operating conditions. The aim is to identify incidences of occlusion due to bubble formation in the infusion line. A detailed statistical analysis was performed on the data collected to determine any significant differences and deviations in insulin delivery rates that might be due to factors such as: pump type, the set basal flow rate, insulin type, vibration, and possible insulin occlusion due to air bubble formation within the infusion line. Our findings from the Graeco-Latin Square design model show that there are statistical differences due to the devices, and statistical identifiable clusters are used to distinguish the devices. Such hierarchical models used to describe the analyses, include the flow rate, the pump types, and the activity level.

Landscape Design Practices for Urban Squares

Urban squares are significant nodes of urban spaces, which should be able to improve urban ecological environment and provide residents with outdoor activity spaces. The authors studied some excellent square designs in Inner Mongolia, China and even overseas countries, summarized the standards of "best urban squares" in vision, culture, craft, human-concerned design, science and technology, and then applied such standards in the landscape design of Central Plaza in Zhungeer Banner. Through analyzing surrounding environment and constructions, design schemes with regional and cultural features were created to provide references for designing better green square landscapes which can demonstrate local cultural context and regional cultures, are moderate in size, diversified in spatial form and closely integrated with the social life of citizens.

Application of Environment Psychology in City Square Design

Concept of city square was introduced and believed as an important component of urban landscape and also a major space for urban residents' activities. Beauty of city square lies in the interaction between environment and social behaviors. By introducing the two-way interaction between city square and users, behavior psychology was proposed as the foundation of environment design of plaza. As more and more attention is given to humancentered design of outdoor spaces, environment psychology has gradually been more applied in the design of various urban landscape spaces. In view of problems in the present square design, relevant theories of environment psychology were introduced to analyze psychological needs and behavior characteristics of people in outdoor spaces, and techniques for human- centered designs of city square explored to build public spaces for city dwellers.

Plant Landscape Design of City Square

The paper discussed the principle of plant landscape design of city square and the designing method of plant landscape in different types of city squares, aiming at providing operational creative principle and method for current plant landscape design of city square.

Design and Experiment of ф-type-knots Knotters on Chinese Small Square Balers

Since the knotters on the Chinese rectangular balers are imported from outside of the country, Chinese knotters with independent intellectual property rights is far away from being closed. In order to harvest a large quantity of straw in a short period on the small-scale lands of China, basic requirements on the knotters are summarized. Mathematical model of the knotter is also determined uniquely. Furthermore, the ^-type-knots knotter equipped on the Chinese square baler to form the ~ type knots is designed. Knotting rate experiments of the qb-type-knots knotter on the test bench and in the wheat/maize straws covered fields are carried out to check the knotting performances of the knotter. The parameters of the formed knots are also tested. The experiments results show that the knotting rate of the qb-type-knots knotter reaches 100.0% on the test bench without straws, while reaches 99.6% in the wheat straws covered field and 100.0% in the maize straws covered field. The average maximum force in the knotting process is 194.7 N in the lab experiment. The length out of the knots formed in lab is 15.9%-20.6% lower than the knots formed in the field experiment. The breaking force of the knots formed in the field is 115.9%-167.2% higher than the knots formed in lab due to the higher preload and interactions with the compacted bales. Highly relevant relationships exist between the breaking force of the formed knots and the maximum force in the forming process of the knots in the lab experiment. The designed knotter breaks out the embarrassing situation of the domestic knotters which don＇t have independent intellectual property rights, and promotes the development of Chinese knotter technology, and the mathematical model is helpful for designing new type of knotters.

Comparative Analysis of Equal and Unequal Grounding Grid Configurations by Compression Ratio and Least Square Curve Fitting Techniques

The primary aim of the power system grounding is to safeguard the person and satisfying the performance of the power systemtomaintain reliable operation.With equal conductor spacing grounding grid design,the distribution of the current in the grid is not uniform.Hence,unequal grid conductor span in which grid conductors are concentrated more at the periphery is safer to practice than equal spacing.This paper presents the comparative analysis of two novel techniques that create unequal spacing among the grid conductors:the least-square curve fitting technique and the compression ratio techniquewith equal grid configuration for both square and rectangular grids.Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO)is adopted for finding out one optimal feasible solution among many feasible solutions of equal grid configuration for both square and rectangular grids.Comparative analysis is also carried out between square and rectangular grids using the least square curve fitting technique as it results in only one unequal grid configuration.Simulation results are obtained by theMATLAB software developed.Percentage of improvement in ground potential rise,step voltage,touch voltage,and grid resistancewith variation in compression ratios are plotted.

With the Old to Be New: Analysis on Design of Square Pagoda Gardenin Songjiang

The Square Pagoda Garden in Songjiang designed by Mr. Feng Jizhong is a model work of Chinese garden and modern architecture. Its basic pattern embodies the core idea of “with the old to be new”. This study mainly interpreted the Square Pagoda Garden from two dimensions of garden space and architectural structure, analyzed the unique creative characteristics and design ideas of the Square Pagoda Garden in combination with the characteristics of traditional Chinese garden architecture, and explored the “old” and “new” in the design of the Square Pagoda Garden.

Analysis of Space Design of a Campus Square from the Perspective of Humanity:A Case Study of Sanjiacun Square in Xiamen University

The behavior styles of students which are the main service groups of Sanjiacun Square in Xiamen University were surveyed and analyzed firstly from the aspects of their perception,use and assessment of the square space,and then strategies to design the square space in the campus from the perspective of humanity were summarized to provide scientific references for the design of a square space in an university campus.

Using the Latin Square Design Model in the Prioritzation of Network Security Threats: A Quantitative Study

Society is becoming increasingly dependent on cyberspace for both business and pleasure. Cyber attackers continue to attack organizational computer networks, as those same computer networks become increasing critical to organizational business process. Strategic planning and managing IT security risks play an important role in the business and government planning process. Deploying defense in depth security measures can ensure that organizations continue to function in times of crisis. This quantitative study explores whether the Latin Square Design (LSD) model can be effectively applied to the prioritization of cybersecurity threats and to the linking of information assurance defense in-depth measures to those threats. The methods used in this study consisted of scanning 10 Cybersecurity Websites such as the Department of Homeland Security US CERT (United States-Computer Emergency Readiness Team [1]) and the SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Network and Security [2]) using the Likert Scale Model for the Website’s top ten list of cyber threats facing organizations and the network defense in depth measures to fight those threats. A comparison of each cybersecurity threats was then made using LSD to determine whether the Likert scale and the LSD model could be effectively applied to prioritize information assurance measures to protect organizational computing devices. The findings of the research reject the H0 null hypothesis that LSD does not affect the relationship between the ranking of 10 Cybersecurity websites top ten cybersecurity threats dependent variables and the independent variables of defense in depth measures used in protecting organizational devices against cyber-attacks.

Landscape Environment Design on the Front Area of Campus Square:A Case Study of Northwest A & F University

How to design a graceful campus with its culture and landscape respect is always a hot research topic of contemporary campus environment construction because the campus is very essential to promote the harmonious development of people’s physical and mental health. For the design of campus, the most important issue is to make the green landscape become the carrier of cultural heritage. The center square of campus is the core of space in the campus area, which is the key carrier to reflect the campus culture and the essence of environment.“Harvest Square” is the front part of the campus in Northwest A&F University, which takes green as theme to show the cultural taste and campus features. The article takes this square as an example to elaborate its design ideas, in order to explain the landscape design of front greening square in campus.

Analysis of the Environmental Design of the Urban Sunken Square: A Case Study of Shanghai Wujiaochang Sunken Square

Under the background of stock planning,fine planning promotes intensive and efficient utilization to become an important measure of urban space utilization.The three-dimensional development of urban public space promotes the emergence and gradual growth of urban sunken square.However,there are many problems in the design of urban sunken square.In order to have a clear understanding of the current situation between the sunken square and the surrounding environment in the domestic mega city,the Shanghai Wujiaochang Sunken Square was selected for field investigation and questionnaire survey to understand the main problems and advantages and disadvantages in this case.The common problems were summarized and the disadvantages of the lack of integration between the sunken square and the surrounding environment were obtained and the role of integration of the two was clarified.It is expected that the design points of sunken square and surrounding environment integration can provide guidance for the follow-up design.

The Principle of Square Hole Machining and It＇s Tooling Structure Design

In order to meet the rapid needs of processing square hole in mechanical equipment, the paper expounds the square hole processing method： planetary wheel method, and analyze the principle of tooling structure and process with computer graphics parameters design. The results that, as long as the appropriate parameters, using the above method not only can punch the square hole, can also be processed triangle, the five angle and hexagonal regular polygon holes. The square hole processing method can provide theoretical basis and engineering reliable reference for related engineering and technical personnel.

Landscape Destruction of the Potala Palace Square in Tibet

This paper, with the Potala Palace Square as the object of study, uses the post occupancy method to carry out a field investigation in a joint manner of questionnaire survey, interviews and behavioral trails observation, so as to analyze the landscape destruction behavior of the Potala Palace Square. The results show that the existing problems in design and management of that square as well as the public are responsible for the destruction; male foreign tourists in all ages, who mostly are the unemployed, students and service employees, prove to be destructors. The Potala Palace Square is characterized by regionalism. Opinions on green effect, management and other options of inland public and local residents vary from one to another. Designers and the administrative department of the square are required to come up with countermeasures to avoid the destruction. In practical design, designers must comply with the thinking of "Design Must be for People" and natural ecological principles, and the administrative department should scientifically manage and maintain the square.

Analyzing an UWB Bandpass Filter for High Power Applications Using Rectangular Coaxial Cables with Square Inner Conductors

Using the finite element method (FEM) in two dimensions and the CST MICROWAVE STUDIO? (CST MWS) Transient Solver, the electromagnetic (EM) analysis and the design of a novel compact ultra wideband (UWB) bandpass filter using rectangular coaxial cables with square inner conductors, convenient for high power applications, are presented. The design of the UWB BP filter is based on the use of impedance steps and coupled-line sections. The center frequency around 6.85 GHz was selected, the bandwidth is between 3-10 GHz, the insertion-loss amounts to around 0.35 dB and the return loss is found higher than 10 dB in a large frequency range (4-9.5) GHz. The simulated results of stopband performances are better than 15 dB for a frequency range up to 11 GHz. For the selected center frequency and on a substrate with a dielectric constant of 2.03, the rectangular coaxial cables BPF with square inner conductors is only 6.7 × 8.9 × 33.4 mm in size.

Process Characterization of the Transesterification of Rapeseed Oil to Biodiesel Using Design of Experiments and Infrared Spectroscopy

For optimization of production processes and product quality,often knowledge of the factors influencing the process outcome is compulsory.Thus,process analytical technology(PAT)that allows deeper insight into the process and results in a mathematical description of the process behavior as a simple function based on the most important process factors can help to achieve higher production efficiency and quality.The present study aims at characterizing a well-known industrial process,the transesterification reaction of rapeseed oil with methanol to produce fatty acid methyl esters(FAME)for usage as biodiesel in a continuous micro reactor set-up.To this end,a design of experiment approach is applied,where the effects of two process factors,the molar ratio and the total flow rate of the reactants,are investigated.The optimized process target response is the FAME mass fraction in the purified nonpolar phase of the product as a measure of reaction yield.The quantification is performed using attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy in combination with partial least squares regression.The data retrieved during the conduction of the DoE experimental plan were used for statistical analysis.A non-linear model indicating a synergistic interaction between the studied factors describes the reactor behavior with a high coefficient of determination(R^(2))of 0.9608.Thus,we applied a PAT approach to generate further insight into this established industrial process.

配料组成对高温芝麻饼粕蛋白酶解物制备肉味香精的影响

为分析配料(硫化物、糖)组成对高温芝麻饼粕蛋白酶解物(High temperature sesame cake protein hydrolysate,HTSPH)制备肉味香精的影响,首先固定木糖与HTSPH含量,考察5种硫化物如半胱氨酸(LCys)、甲硫氨酸(L-Met)、硫胺素(VB1)对美拉德反应产物(Maillard reaction products,MRPs)的感官特性、挥发性成分、pH、褐变与糖基化程度的影响,随后对比木糖、核糖、半乳糖等9种糖与L-Cys、HTSPH反应得到MRPs的特性差异,最后,混料试验考察L-Cys、木糖、HTSPH三者组成对MRPs感官特性与挥发性成分影响。结果显示,不同硫化物形成MRPs的挥发性成分组成差异明显,L-Cys的MRPs肉味突出,感官评价得分最高(69.32±1.34)。对比不同糖的MRPs的性质组成发现,戊糖的MRPs中感官评价得分显著高于已糖的MRPs,其挥发性成分中富含肉香味成分,木糖是适宜由HTSPH制作肉味香精的糖类。混料试验表明L-Cys、木糖与HTSPH组成会显著影响MRPs风味特征。偏最小二乘回归分析发现22种关键挥发性成分。5-甲基-2-噻吩甲醛、二糠基二硫醚、5-乙基噻吩-2-甲醛、4,6-二甲基-1H,3H-噻吩并[3,4-c]噻吩、苯甲醛、2-糠基2-甲基-3-呋喃基二硫化物、2-糠硫醇与感官得分正相关。本研究为高温芝麻饼粕制备肉味香精提供理论指导。

瓦楞纸板方管柱力学性能与压溃模式研究

目的研究不同构造瓦楞纸板方管柱在准静态轴向荷载作用下的力学性能和破坏模式,获得综合性能最优构造方案。方法通过改变瓦楞纸板方管柱构造方向和层数,设计制作4种构造形式的瓦楞纸板方管柱,通过开展轴向荷载作用下的静载荷试验,系统研究典型构造瓦楞纸板方管柱的力学性能和破坏模式。结果获得了4种构造形式瓦楞纸板方管柱载荷-位移曲线、分阶段变形破坏形态和试验关键参数。竖向瓦楞纸板方管柱呈现2种变形模式,平台阶段为体现瓦楞板叠层压缩小变形特征的塑性坍塌渐进屈曲模式,压溃阶段为体现薄壁管凹凸大变形特征的塑性坍塌渐进屈曲模式,破坏阶段呈现明显的脆性特征。横向瓦楞管柱呈现稳定的锯齿形塑性坍塌渐进屈曲模式。双层瓦楞管柱在压缩过程中会发生相互作用,脆性破坏特征减弱。外横内竖瓦楞管柱构件整体压溃模式稳定,呈现塑性破坏特征。结论瓦楞纸板方管柱的力学性能和破坏模式与构造形式有关,外横内竖瓦楞纸板方管柱融入了约束设计和导向设计理念,其力学性能优越。

语义任务与形式任务对二语词汇形义匹配的影响——对加工资源分配模型的验证

本研究采用拉丁方设计,考察任务类型对二语词汇即时学习的影响,并从词汇形义匹配的角度对加工资源分配模型(即TOPRA模型)的适用性进行验证。51名非英语专业一年级大学生分别在语义任务、形式任务和无任务3种条件下学习24个英语单词,之后接受单词自由回忆和单词提示回忆的即时测试。结果发现:在一语自由回忆测试中,任务类型显著影响词汇意义的学习,语义任务对词汇意义的学习有促进作用,而形式任务对词汇意义的学习有抑制作用;在二语自由回忆测试中,任务类型对词汇形式的学习没有影响;在一语和二语提示回忆测试中,任务类型显著影响二语词汇的即时学习效果,语义任务和形式任务都对词汇形义匹配知识的学习有抑制作用。本研究部分验证了TOPRA模型的适用性,希望可以为二语词汇教学提供一定的借鉴和参考。

基于GNSGA-Ⅱ算法的线圈优化设计

在电动汽车无线充电技术中,充电线圈的性能直接影响系统的整体传输性能。在分析常用线圈形状的基础上,引入拉梅曲线方程,设计了一种新型超圆角方形线圈;对耦合电路进行理论分析,得到优化目标传输效率和功率密度与待优化参数之间的关系;利用改进的多目标优化算法(GNSGA-Ⅱ)进行线圈的参数优化,得到一组最优的参数解用于工程设计。该方法相比于传统有限元仿真计算法,具有节省时间的优点,优化设计结果表明该方法具有有效性。

基于Kriging模型的船舶主机隔离系统抗冲击优化

为了提高系统的抗冲击性能和优化效率,本文以限位隔离系统的刚度阻尼等7个参数为设计变量,以系统冲击响应中的相对位移响应和绝对加速度响最大峰值为响应值建立Kriging代理模型。通过NSGA-II多目标优化算法对构建的代理模型进行多目标优化,优化目标为相对位移响应和绝对加速度响最大峰值两者和的最小值。与初始方案相比,优化后系统相对位移响应降低了27.139%,绝对加速度响应降低了37.846%。结果表明:建立的代理模型对隔离系统的冲击响应有较精确的预报作用,优化后船舶主机隔离系统的抗冲击得到明显提高。