Effectiveness and safety of a sports mouthguard depend on its thickness and material, and the thermoforming process affects these. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of differences in molding mechani...Effectiveness and safety of a sports mouthguard depend on its thickness and material, and the thermoforming process affects these. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of differences in molding mechanisms on the lower molding temperature limit and molding time in dental thermoforming. Ethylene vinyl acetate resin mouthguard sheet and two thermoforming machines;vacuum blower molding machine and vacuum ejector/pressure molding machine were used. The molding pressures for suction molding were −0.018 MPa for vacuum blower molding and −0.090 MPa for vacuum ejector molding, and for pressure molding was set to 0.090 MPa or 0.450 MPa. Based on the manufacturer’s standard molding temperature of 95˚C, the molding temperature was lowered in 2.5˚C increments to determine the lower molding temperature limit at which no molding defects occurred. In order to investigate the difference in molding time depending on the molding mechanism, the duration of molding pressure was adjusted in each molding machine, and the molding time required to obtain a sample without molding defects was measured. The molding time of each molding machine were compared using one-way analysis of variance. The lower molding temperature limit was 90.0˚C for the vacuum blower machine, 77.5˚C for the vacuum ejector machine, 77.5˚C for the pressure molding machine at 0.090 MPa, and 67.5˚C for the pressure molding machine at 0.45 MPa. The lower molding temperature limit was higher for lower absolute values of molding pressure. The molding time was shorter for pressure molding than for suction molding. Significant differences were observed between all conditions except between the pressure molding machine at 0.090 MPa and 0.45 MPa (P < 0.01). A comparison of the differences in lower molding temperature limit and molding time due to molding mechanisms in dental thermoforming revealed that the lower molding temperature limit depends on the molding pressure and that the molding time is longer for suction molding than for pressure molding.展开更多
We consider a branching random walk with a random environment m time, in which the offspring distribution of a particle of generation n and the distribution of the displacements of its children depend on an environmen...We consider a branching random walk with a random environment m time, in which the offspring distribution of a particle of generation n and the distribution of the displacements of its children depend on an environment indexed by the time n. The envi- ronment is supposed to be independent and identically distributed. For A C R, let Zn(A) be the number of particles of generation n located in A. We show central limit theorems for the counting measure Zn (-) with appropriate normalization.展开更多
In this article, two relaxation time limits, namely, the momentum relaxation time limit and the energy relaxation time limit are considered. By the compactness argument, it is obtained that the smooth solutions of the...In this article, two relaxation time limits, namely, the momentum relaxation time limit and the energy relaxation time limit are considered. By the compactness argument, it is obtained that the smooth solutions of the multidimensional nonisentropic Euler-Poisson problem converge to the solutions of an energy transport model or a drift diffusion model, respectively, with respect to different time scales.展开更多
Quantum speed limit time and entanglement in a system composed of coupled quantum dots are investigated.The excess electron spin in each quantum dot constitutes the physical system(qubit).Also the spin interaction is ...Quantum speed limit time and entanglement in a system composed of coupled quantum dots are investigated.The excess electron spin in each quantum dot constitutes the physical system(qubit).Also the spin interaction is modeled through the Heisenberg model and the spins are imposed by an external magnetic field.Taking into account the spin relaxation as a non-Markovian process,the quantum speed limit and entanglement evolution are discussed.Our findings reveal that increasing the magnetic field leads to the faster quantum evolution.In addition,the temperature increment causes the longer quantum speed limit time as well as the entanglement degradation.展开更多
On the basis of strict mathematical description about Failure_Free Period Life Test (FFPLT), the statistical properties of the tests and optimal confidence limit of the parameter are discussed in detail and correspond...On the basis of strict mathematical description about Failure_Free Period Life Test (FFPLT), the statistical properties of the tests and optimal confidence limit of the parameter are discussed in detail and corresponding calculating formulae are found out.展开更多
In this paper,a kind of discrete delay food-limited model obtained by the Euler method is investigated,where the discrete delay τ is regarded as a parameter.By analyzing the associated characteristic equation,the lin...In this paper,a kind of discrete delay food-limited model obtained by the Euler method is investigated,where the discrete delay τ is regarded as a parameter.By analyzing the associated characteristic equation,the linear stability of this model is studied.It is shown that Neimark-Sacker bifurcation occurs when τ crosses certain critical values.The explicit formulae which determine the stability,direction,and other properties of bifurcating periodic solution are derived by means of the theory of center manifold and normal form.Finally,numerical simulations are performed to verify the analytical results.展开更多
We investigated the quantum speed limit time of a non-Hermitian two-level system for which gain and loss of energy or amplitude are present. Our results show that, with respect to two distinguishable states of the non...We investigated the quantum speed limit time of a non-Hermitian two-level system for which gain and loss of energy or amplitude are present. Our results show that, with respect to two distinguishable states of the non-Hermitian system, the evolutionary time does not have a nonzero lower bound. The quantum evolution of the system can be effectively accelerated by adjusting the non-Hermitian parameter, as well as the quantum speed limit time can be arbitrarily small even be zero.展开更多
We investigate the quantum speed limit time (QSLT) of a two-level atom under quantum-jump-based feedback control or homodyne-based feedback control. Our results show that the two different feedback control schemes h...We investigate the quantum speed limit time (QSLT) of a two-level atom under quantum-jump-based feedback control or homodyne-based feedback control. Our results show that the two different feedback control schemes have different influences on the evolutionary speed. By adjusting the feedback parameters, the quantum-jump-based feedback control can induce speedup of the atomic evolution from an excited state, but the homodyne-based feedback control cannot change the evolutionary speed. Additionally, the QSLT for the whole dynamical process is explored. Under the quantum-jump-based feedback control, the QSLT displays oscillatory behaviors, which implies multiple speed-up and speed-down processes during the evolution. While, the homodyne-based feedback control can accelerate the speed-up process and improve the uniform speed in the uniform evolution process.展开更多
The key aspect to the successful implementation of BOT concept is the raising of finance by project sponsor,so financial engineering techniques and capital structuring skills are required to find the proper mix of deb...The key aspect to the successful implementation of BOT concept is the raising of finance by project sponsor,so financial engineering techniques and capital structuring skills are required to find the proper mix of debt and equity.The capital structure and present a model to determine the equity level from the aspects of financing scale,construction time and return on investment are analyzed.The resulting model can help the sponsor to avoid the capital risk,and offer the government a criterion to evaluate management ability of the sponsor.To show the application and availability of this model,a case study is conducted.Thus,this paper is concern with the determination of financing scale,construction time,and return on investment which would assist the sponsor to ensure that the equity level for optimal capital structure is available prior to the implementation stage in BOT project operation.展开更多
The State Intellectual Poperty Office has announcedan amendment to Sec.5,Paragrph 4.2.of Chapter 7 ofExamination Guidelines.According to the newregulations,for making a respon to an office actionduring the prosecution...The State Intellectual Poperty Office has announcedan amendment to Sec.5,Paragrph 4.2.of Chapter 7 ofExamination Guidelines.According to the newregulations,for making a respon to an office actionduring the prosecution of a patent application,only a firstrequest for a two-month extension of time can be basicallyallowed upon payment of official fee of RMB300(aboutUSD36).For further extension after the first one,onlyanother request for one or two months,at most twomonths,would be possibly petitioned together with a copyof the client’s instructions of the further extension and展开更多
We study the long-time limit behavior of the solution to an atom's master equation. For the first time we derive that the probability of the atom being in the α-th (α = j + 1 -jz, j is the angular momentum quantu...We study the long-time limit behavior of the solution to an atom's master equation. For the first time we derive that the probability of the atom being in the α-th (α = j + 1 -jz, j is the angular momentum quantum number, jz is the z-component of angular momentum) state is {(1 - K/G)/[1 - (K/G)2j+1]}(K/G)^α-1 as t → +∞, which coincides with the fact that when K/G 〉 1, the larger the a is, the larger the probability of the atom being in the α-th state (the lower excited state) is. We also consider the case for some possible generaizations of the atomic master equation.展开更多
As is well known, coherence does not distinguish the relative phase of a pair of real, sinusoidal time series;the coherence between them is always unity. This behavior can limit the applicability of coherence analysis...As is well known, coherence does not distinguish the relative phase of a pair of real, sinusoidal time series;the coherence between them is always unity. This behavior can limit the applicability of coherence analysis in the special case where the time series are band-limited (nearly-monoch- romatic) and where sensitivity to phase differences is advantageous. We propose a simple mod-ification to the usual formula for coherence in which the cross-spectrum is replaced by its real part. The resulting quantity behaves similarly to coherence, except that it is sensitive to relative phase when the signals being compared are strongly band-limited. Furthermore, it has a useful interpretation in terms of the zero-lag cross-correlation of real band-passed versions of the time series.展开更多
The problem of reconstructing a signalφ(x) from its magnitude |φ(x)] isof considerable interest to engineers and physicists. This article concerns the problem of determining a time-limited signal f with period ...The problem of reconstructing a signalφ(x) from its magnitude |φ(x)] isof considerable interest to engineers and physicists. This article concerns the problem of determining a time-limited signal f with period 2π when |f(eix)l is known for x∈[-π,π]. It is shown that the conditions |g(eix)| = |f(eix)| and |g(ci(x+b)) -g(eix)| =f(ei(x+b)) - f(eix)|, b ≠ 27π, together imply that either g = wf or g = v f, where both w and v have period b. Furthermore, if b/2π is irrational then the functions w and v b is rational then w takes the form reduce to some constants c1 and c2, respectively; ifb/2π is rational then w takes the form w=elexB1(e1x)B2(elx)and v takes the form ei(x2πN/b+a)B1(elx)B2(elx),where B1 and B2 are Blaschke products.展开更多
文摘Effectiveness and safety of a sports mouthguard depend on its thickness and material, and the thermoforming process affects these. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of differences in molding mechanisms on the lower molding temperature limit and molding time in dental thermoforming. Ethylene vinyl acetate resin mouthguard sheet and two thermoforming machines;vacuum blower molding machine and vacuum ejector/pressure molding machine were used. The molding pressures for suction molding were −0.018 MPa for vacuum blower molding and −0.090 MPa for vacuum ejector molding, and for pressure molding was set to 0.090 MPa or 0.450 MPa. Based on the manufacturer’s standard molding temperature of 95˚C, the molding temperature was lowered in 2.5˚C increments to determine the lower molding temperature limit at which no molding defects occurred. In order to investigate the difference in molding time depending on the molding mechanism, the duration of molding pressure was adjusted in each molding machine, and the molding time required to obtain a sample without molding defects was measured. The molding time of each molding machine were compared using one-way analysis of variance. The lower molding temperature limit was 90.0˚C for the vacuum blower machine, 77.5˚C for the vacuum ejector machine, 77.5˚C for the pressure molding machine at 0.090 MPa, and 67.5˚C for the pressure molding machine at 0.45 MPa. The lower molding temperature limit was higher for lower absolute values of molding pressure. The molding time was shorter for pressure molding than for suction molding. Significant differences were observed between all conditions except between the pressure molding machine at 0.090 MPa and 0.45 MPa (P < 0.01). A comparison of the differences in lower molding temperature limit and molding time due to molding mechanisms in dental thermoforming revealed that the lower molding temperature limit depends on the molding pressure and that the molding time is longer for suction molding than for pressure molding.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,11101039,11171044,11271045)a cooperation program between NSFC and CNRS of France(11311130103)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesHunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(11JJ2001)
文摘We consider a branching random walk with a random environment m time, in which the offspring distribution of a particle of generation n and the distribution of the displacements of its children depend on an environment indexed by the time n. The envi- ronment is supposed to be independent and identically distributed. For A C R, let Zn(A) be the number of particles of generation n located in A. We show central limit theorems for the counting measure Zn (-) with appropriate normalization.
基金Supported by the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Young Scientists Funds of NSF of China (10401019)the Tsinghua Basic Research Foundation.
文摘In this article, two relaxation time limits, namely, the momentum relaxation time limit and the energy relaxation time limit are considered. By the compactness argument, it is obtained that the smooth solutions of the multidimensional nonisentropic Euler-Poisson problem converge to the solutions of an energy transport model or a drift diffusion model, respectively, with respect to different time scales.
文摘Quantum speed limit time and entanglement in a system composed of coupled quantum dots are investigated.The excess electron spin in each quantum dot constitutes the physical system(qubit).Also the spin interaction is modeled through the Heisenberg model and the spins are imposed by an external magnetic field.Taking into account the spin relaxation as a non-Markovian process,the quantum speed limit and entanglement evolution are discussed.Our findings reveal that increasing the magnetic field leads to the faster quantum evolution.In addition,the temperature increment causes the longer quantum speed limit time as well as the entanglement degradation.
文摘On the basis of strict mathematical description about Failure_Free Period Life Test (FFPLT), the statistical properties of the tests and optimal confidence limit of the parameter are discussed in detail and corresponding calculating formulae are found out.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61272069,61272114,61073026,61170031,and 61100076)
文摘In this paper,a kind of discrete delay food-limited model obtained by the Euler method is investigated,where the discrete delay τ is regarded as a parameter.By analyzing the associated characteristic equation,the linear stability of this model is studied.It is shown that Neimark-Sacker bifurcation occurs when τ crosses certain critical values.The explicit formulae which determine the stability,direction,and other properties of bifurcating periodic solution are derived by means of the theory of center manifold and normal form.Finally,numerical simulations are performed to verify the analytical results.
文摘We investigated the quantum speed limit time of a non-Hermitian two-level system for which gain and loss of energy or amplitude are present. Our results show that, with respect to two distinguishable states of the non-Hermitian system, the evolutionary time does not have a nonzero lower bound. The quantum evolution of the system can be effectively accelerated by adjusting the non-Hermitian parameter, as well as the quantum speed limit time can be arbitrarily small even be zero.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11374096)Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate,China(Grant No.CX2017B177)the Scientific Research Project of Hunan Provincial Education Department,China(Grant No.16C0949)
文摘We investigate the quantum speed limit time (QSLT) of a two-level atom under quantum-jump-based feedback control or homodyne-based feedback control. Our results show that the two different feedback control schemes have different influences on the evolutionary speed. By adjusting the feedback parameters, the quantum-jump-based feedback control can induce speedup of the atomic evolution from an excited state, but the homodyne-based feedback control cannot change the evolutionary speed. Additionally, the QSLT for the whole dynamical process is explored. Under the quantum-jump-based feedback control, the QSLT displays oscillatory behaviors, which implies multiple speed-up and speed-down processes during the evolution. While, the homodyne-based feedback control can accelerate the speed-up process and improve the uniform speed in the uniform evolution process.
文摘The key aspect to the successful implementation of BOT concept is the raising of finance by project sponsor,so financial engineering techniques and capital structuring skills are required to find the proper mix of debt and equity.The capital structure and present a model to determine the equity level from the aspects of financing scale,construction time and return on investment are analyzed.The resulting model can help the sponsor to avoid the capital risk,and offer the government a criterion to evaluate management ability of the sponsor.To show the application and availability of this model,a case study is conducted.Thus,this paper is concern with the determination of financing scale,construction time,and return on investment which would assist the sponsor to ensure that the equity level for optimal capital structure is available prior to the implementation stage in BOT project operation.
文摘The State Intellectual Poperty Office has announcedan amendment to Sec.5,Paragrph 4.2.of Chapter 7 ofExamination Guidelines.According to the newregulations,for making a respon to an office actionduring the prosecution of a patent application,only a firstrequest for a two-month extension of time can be basicallyallowed upon payment of official fee of RMB300(aboutUSD36).For further extension after the first one,onlyanother request for one or two months,at most twomonths,would be possibly petitioned together with a copyof the client’s instructions of the further extension and
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11105133)
文摘We study the long-time limit behavior of the solution to an atom's master equation. For the first time we derive that the probability of the atom being in the α-th (α = j + 1 -jz, j is the angular momentum quantum number, jz is the z-component of angular momentum) state is {(1 - K/G)/[1 - (K/G)2j+1]}(K/G)^α-1 as t → +∞, which coincides with the fact that when K/G 〉 1, the larger the a is, the larger the probability of the atom being in the α-th state (the lower excited state) is. We also consider the case for some possible generaizations of the atomic master equation.
文摘As is well known, coherence does not distinguish the relative phase of a pair of real, sinusoidal time series;the coherence between them is always unity. This behavior can limit the applicability of coherence analysis in the special case where the time series are band-limited (nearly-monoch- romatic) and where sensitivity to phase differences is advantageous. We propose a simple mod-ification to the usual formula for coherence in which the cross-spectrum is replaced by its real part. The resulting quantity behaves similarly to coherence, except that it is sensitive to relative phase when the signals being compared are strongly band-limited. Furthermore, it has a useful interpretation in terms of the zero-lag cross-correlation of real band-passed versions of the time series.
基金Supported by Foundation of Hubei Educational Committee (Q20091004)NSFC (10771053)+1 种基金the National Research Foundation for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (SRFDP) (20060512001)Natural Science 373 Foundation of Hubei Province (2007ABA139)
文摘The problem of reconstructing a signalφ(x) from its magnitude |φ(x)] isof considerable interest to engineers and physicists. This article concerns the problem of determining a time-limited signal f with period 2π when |f(eix)l is known for x∈[-π,π]. It is shown that the conditions |g(eix)| = |f(eix)| and |g(ci(x+b)) -g(eix)| =f(ei(x+b)) - f(eix)|, b ≠ 27π, together imply that either g = wf or g = v f, where both w and v have period b. Furthermore, if b/2π is irrational then the functions w and v b is rational then w takes the form reduce to some constants c1 and c2, respectively; ifb/2π is rational then w takes the form w=elexB1(e1x)B2(elx)and v takes the form ei(x2πN/b+a)B1(elx)B2(elx),where B1 and B2 are Blaschke products.