A novel numerical model based on the image Green function and first-order Taylor expansion boundary element method(TEBEM), which can improve the accuracy of the hydrodynamic simulation for the non-smooth body, was dev...A novel numerical model based on the image Green function and first-order Taylor expansion boundary element method(TEBEM), which can improve the accuracy of the hydrodynamic simulation for the non-smooth body, was developed to calculate the side wall effects on first-order motion responses and second-order drift loads upon offshore structures in the wave tank. This model was confirmed by comparing it to the results from experiments on hydrodynamic coefficients, namely the first-order motion response and second-order drift load upon a hemisphere, prolate spheroid, and box-shaped barge in the wave tank. Then,the hydrodynamics of the KVLCC2 model were also calculated in two wave tanks with different widths. It was concluded that this model can predict the hydrodynamics for offshore structures effectively, and the side wall has a significant impact on the firstorder quantities and second-order drift loads, which satisfied the resonant rule.展开更多
Objective:To evaluate possible lipid catabolism and body fat regulation effects of 3-caffeoylquinic acid in Green coffee bean extract(GCBE) in high-fat diet(HFD)-induced obese mice.Methods:Obesity was induced in mice ...Objective:To evaluate possible lipid catabolism and body fat regulation effects of 3-caffeoylquinic acid in Green coffee bean extract(GCBE) in high-fat diet(HFD)-induced obese mice.Methods:Obesity was induced in mice using a HFD for four weeks.Then,mice were fed only HFD or HFD with GCBE at 50,100,and 200 mg/kg.Fatty acid synthesis mechanism regulation of body fat was investigated through real-time PCR and Western blot assay.Body fat reduction was measured through dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.Results:In HFD-induced obese mice,GCBE treatment significantly decreased body weight gain,liver weight and white adipose tissue weights with regulation of adipose tissue lipolysis hormones,like adiponectin and leptin.GCBE treatment decreased mR NA expression levels of adipogenesis and adipocyte metabolism related genes in adipose tissues and the liver,and decreased the corresponding protein expression.Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements were used to compare body fat between mice on high-fat and those treated with GCBE.GCBE treated mice had a lower fat mass compared to HFD alone fed mice and relative body weight and fat mass were markedly decreased.Conclusions:GCBE has a potential anti-obesity effect with lowering body fat accumulation by regulating adipogenesis and lipid metabolism-related genes and proteins in WAT and liver.展开更多
In this paper, we deduce the analytical form of many-body interatomic potentials based on the Green's function in tight-binding representation. The many-body potentials are expressed as the functions of the hoppin...In this paper, we deduce the analytical form of many-body interatomic potentials based on the Green's function in tight-binding representation. The many-body potentials are expressed as the functions of the hopping integrals which are the physical origin of cohesion of atoms. For thesimple case of s-valent system, the inversion of the many-body potentials are discussed in detail by using the lattice inversion method.展开更多
Using agarose as a gel agent to prepare ceramics is a suitable non-toxic gel-casting method. The effects of agarose concentration and addition amount on gel-cast 3Y-ZrO_2 green and sintered bodies were investigated. G...Using agarose as a gel agent to prepare ceramics is a suitable non-toxic gel-casting method. The effects of agarose concentration and addition amount on gel-cast 3Y-ZrO_2 green and sintered bodies were investigated. Green bodies were prepared by gel-casting using an agarose solution of a different agarose mass fraction including 3.0%, 3.5%, 4.0%, 4.5%, 5.0% and 5.5%with an added amount of agarose in the green body at a mass fraction of 0.7%, and using the agarose solution of a mass fraction of4.5% with a different amount of added agarose including 0.6%, 0.7%, 0.8%, 0.9%, and 1.0% in terms of mass fraction. The green bodies were sintered at 1 600 °C for 4 h. The relative density, linear shrinkage, and bending strength of the green bodies, and the density, microstructure, bending strength, and fracture toughness of sintered samples were characterized and analyzed. Results show that comprehensive properties of green bodies made with 4.5%(in terms of mass fraction) agarose solution added to an mass fraction of agarose in the slurry at 0.6% were the best, of which the bending strength was 3.14 MPa, the linear shrinkage was below 4.3%, and the relative density is 57.3%. For sintered bodies, the best fracture toughness was 5.63 MPa m^(1/2), and the optimal density was 5.88 g cm^(-3).展开更多
Ce-ZrO2 and ZrO2/CePO4 ceramic system was joined in the green body by using mixed powder. Three kinds of systems are discussed. The microstructure and bending strengths of the joint were investigated and it is found t...Ce-ZrO2 and ZrO2/CePO4 ceramic system was joined in the green body by using mixed powder. Three kinds of systems are discussed. The microstructure and bending strengths of the joint were investigated and it is found that the Ce-ZrO2 and 30%CePO4/ZrO2 ceramics can be well joined in the green body. A joint with high mechanical property and good microstructure can be obtained after sintering without applied pressure. Complexly shaped ceramic components can be created by the technique of green state joining. A new way to produce them is provided and the cost is reduced due to the simplicity of the process.展开更多
In order to change for the good flavor in green tea of middle or low grade,roast naked barley(miner ingredient) was added to it.To make tea having functional property,mixed roast naked barley-green tea with one medici...In order to change for the good flavor in green tea of middle or low grade,roast naked barley(miner ingredient) was added to it.To make tea having functional property,mixed roast naked barley-green tea with one medicinal herb(MH,miner ingredient).This study was performed to investigate the effect of drinking extracts of naked barley- MH- green tea(A group) and adlay- Angelica gigas Nakai- green tea(B group) on the body weights of rats,and volatile flavor components of best effective extract on weight reduction.Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats divided into six groups were fed five different green tea extracts for 8 weeks.The result obtained in the experiment indicated that the change of body weights of rats was affected by A group,B group and others.A group showed highest reduction rate of body weights(36.40%).Reduction rate of body weights on the B group(10.10%) was much lower than A group(36.40%).Aroma compounds were extracted by the SDE method.The concentrated aroma extracts were analyzed and identified by GC and GC-MS.The main aroma components of the green tea blended with naked barley and MH were 12 pyrazines having roasty note,methyl butanals having sweet note,hexanal having briskness greenish note,and nerolidol and β-ionone having floral note.展开更多
In the preparation of large-sized ceramics,the use of a green body with relatively high plasticity is crucial to minimize the risk of cracking during processing.To achieve this goal,glycerol and polyethylene glycol(PE...In the preparation of large-sized ceramics,the use of a green body with relatively high plasticity is crucial to minimize the risk of cracking during processing.To achieve this goal,glycerol and polyethylene glycol(PEG)were utilized as plasticizers in the shaping of green bodies of oxide ceramics through spontaneous coagulation casting(SCC).This study investigated the effects of plasticizers and particle sizes ranging from the submicron to nanoscale on the slurry viscosity,drying shrinkage of wet gels,and mechanical properties of green bodies.The plasticity of the green bodies was assessed by measuring the impact toughness and flexural stress‒strain curves.By incorporating an appropriate plasticizer,the peak width of the flexural stress‒strain curve for dried green bodies from particles of different sizes was nearly twice that without plasticizers,and the impact toughness was enhanced by approximately 71%,34%,and 41%when the particle size decreased from the submicron scale to the nanoscale(0.45μm,0.18μm,and 50 nm,respectively).The drilling test revealed that there was nearly no cracking around the holes in the green bodies with plasticizers.The plasticity mechanism of the green bodies was examined based on ultraviolet–visible(UV–Vis)spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).It was discovered that plasticizers might mitigate the brittleness of green bodies by adjusting the interactions between molecules and modifying the gel network properly.展开更多
A green body with a density as high as possible is critical to diminish the crisis of deformation or cracking when large-size parts are sintered.Here,a new method,i.e.,re-fluidising the aged ceramic gel is developed t...A green body with a density as high as possible is critical to diminish the crisis of deformation or cracking when large-size parts are sintered.Here,a new method,i.e.,re-fluidising the aged ceramic gel is developed to prepare the high-density green body.Alumina slurry with 56 vol%solid loading and copolymers of isobutylene and maleic anhydride were aged without vaporisation and re-fluidised by non-intrusive shearing after removing the exuded water.The re-fluidised slurry was re-casted.The resultant wet gel was dried and deboned at a low temperature.The relative density of the obtained green body was 64.6%,1.5%higher than that without aging and re-fluidising.The linear sintering shrinkage of the body decreased by 0.7%.The enhanced green density is explained from the viewpoint of the solid loading and the structure of the slurry.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51709064)the Numerical Tank Project sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)of P.R.China.
文摘A novel numerical model based on the image Green function and first-order Taylor expansion boundary element method(TEBEM), which can improve the accuracy of the hydrodynamic simulation for the non-smooth body, was developed to calculate the side wall effects on first-order motion responses and second-order drift loads upon offshore structures in the wave tank. This model was confirmed by comparing it to the results from experiments on hydrodynamic coefficients, namely the first-order motion response and second-order drift load upon a hemisphere, prolate spheroid, and box-shaped barge in the wave tank. Then,the hydrodynamics of the KVLCC2 model were also calculated in two wave tanks with different widths. It was concluded that this model can predict the hydrodynamics for offshore structures effectively, and the side wall has a significant impact on the firstorder quantities and second-order drift loads, which satisfied the resonant rule.
基金supported by the Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (No.PJ01134802)
文摘Objective:To evaluate possible lipid catabolism and body fat regulation effects of 3-caffeoylquinic acid in Green coffee bean extract(GCBE) in high-fat diet(HFD)-induced obese mice.Methods:Obesity was induced in mice using a HFD for four weeks.Then,mice were fed only HFD or HFD with GCBE at 50,100,and 200 mg/kg.Fatty acid synthesis mechanism regulation of body fat was investigated through real-time PCR and Western blot assay.Body fat reduction was measured through dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.Results:In HFD-induced obese mice,GCBE treatment significantly decreased body weight gain,liver weight and white adipose tissue weights with regulation of adipose tissue lipolysis hormones,like adiponectin and leptin.GCBE treatment decreased mR NA expression levels of adipogenesis and adipocyte metabolism related genes in adipose tissues and the liver,and decreased the corresponding protein expression.Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements were used to compare body fat between mice on high-fat and those treated with GCBE.GCBE treated mice had a lower fat mass compared to HFD alone fed mice and relative body weight and fat mass were markedly decreased.Conclusions:GCBE has a potential anti-obesity effect with lowering body fat accumulation by regulating adipogenesis and lipid metabolism-related genes and proteins in WAT and liver.
文摘In this paper, we deduce the analytical form of many-body interatomic potentials based on the Green's function in tight-binding representation. The many-body potentials are expressed as the functions of the hopping integrals which are the physical origin of cohesion of atoms. For thesimple case of s-valent system, the inversion of the many-body potentials are discussed in detail by using the lattice inversion method.
基金Funded by the Science&Technology Pillar Program of Hubei Province(No.2015BAA105)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(No.2014CFB796)
文摘Using agarose as a gel agent to prepare ceramics is a suitable non-toxic gel-casting method. The effects of agarose concentration and addition amount on gel-cast 3Y-ZrO_2 green and sintered bodies were investigated. Green bodies were prepared by gel-casting using an agarose solution of a different agarose mass fraction including 3.0%, 3.5%, 4.0%, 4.5%, 5.0% and 5.5%with an added amount of agarose in the green body at a mass fraction of 0.7%, and using the agarose solution of a mass fraction of4.5% with a different amount of added agarose including 0.6%, 0.7%, 0.8%, 0.9%, and 1.0% in terms of mass fraction. The green bodies were sintered at 1 600 °C for 4 h. The relative density, linear shrinkage, and bending strength of the green bodies, and the density, microstructure, bending strength, and fracture toughness of sintered samples were characterized and analyzed. Results show that comprehensive properties of green bodies made with 4.5%(in terms of mass fraction) agarose solution added to an mass fraction of agarose in the slurry at 0.6% were the best, of which the bending strength was 3.14 MPa, the linear shrinkage was below 4.3%, and the relative density is 57.3%. For sintered bodies, the best fracture toughness was 5.63 MPa m^(1/2), and the optimal density was 5.88 g cm^(-3).
文摘Ce-ZrO2 and ZrO2/CePO4 ceramic system was joined in the green body by using mixed powder. Three kinds of systems are discussed. The microstructure and bending strengths of the joint were investigated and it is found that the Ce-ZrO2 and 30%CePO4/ZrO2 ceramics can be well joined in the green body. A joint with high mechanical property and good microstructure can be obtained after sintering without applied pressure. Complexly shaped ceramic components can be created by the technique of green state joining. A new way to produce them is provided and the cost is reduced due to the simplicity of the process.
文摘In order to change for the good flavor in green tea of middle or low grade,roast naked barley(miner ingredient) was added to it.To make tea having functional property,mixed roast naked barley-green tea with one medicinal herb(MH,miner ingredient).This study was performed to investigate the effect of drinking extracts of naked barley- MH- green tea(A group) and adlay- Angelica gigas Nakai- green tea(B group) on the body weights of rats,and volatile flavor components of best effective extract on weight reduction.Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats divided into six groups were fed five different green tea extracts for 8 weeks.The result obtained in the experiment indicated that the change of body weights of rats was affected by A group,B group and others.A group showed highest reduction rate of body weights(36.40%).Reduction rate of body weights on the B group(10.10%) was much lower than A group(36.40%).Aroma compounds were extracted by the SDE method.The concentrated aroma extracts were analyzed and identified by GC and GC-MS.The main aroma components of the green tea blended with naked barley and MH were 12 pyrazines having roasty note,methyl butanals having sweet note,hexanal having briskness greenish note,and nerolidol and β-ionone having floral note.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52130207).
文摘In the preparation of large-sized ceramics,the use of a green body with relatively high plasticity is crucial to minimize the risk of cracking during processing.To achieve this goal,glycerol and polyethylene glycol(PEG)were utilized as plasticizers in the shaping of green bodies of oxide ceramics through spontaneous coagulation casting(SCC).This study investigated the effects of plasticizers and particle sizes ranging from the submicron to nanoscale on the slurry viscosity,drying shrinkage of wet gels,and mechanical properties of green bodies.The plasticity of the green bodies was assessed by measuring the impact toughness and flexural stress‒strain curves.By incorporating an appropriate plasticizer,the peak width of the flexural stress‒strain curve for dried green bodies from particles of different sizes was nearly twice that without plasticizers,and the impact toughness was enhanced by approximately 71%,34%,and 41%when the particle size decreased from the submicron scale to the nanoscale(0.45μm,0.18μm,and 50 nm,respectively).The drilling test revealed that there was nearly no cracking around the holes in the green bodies with plasticizers.The plasticity mechanism of the green bodies was examined based on ultraviolet–visible(UV–Vis)spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).It was discovered that plasticizers might mitigate the brittleness of green bodies by adjusting the interactions between molecules and modifying the gel network properly.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52130207).
文摘A green body with a density as high as possible is critical to diminish the crisis of deformation or cracking when large-size parts are sintered.Here,a new method,i.e.,re-fluidising the aged ceramic gel is developed to prepare the high-density green body.Alumina slurry with 56 vol%solid loading and copolymers of isobutylene and maleic anhydride were aged without vaporisation and re-fluidised by non-intrusive shearing after removing the exuded water.The re-fluidised slurry was re-casted.The resultant wet gel was dried and deboned at a low temperature.The relative density of the obtained green body was 64.6%,1.5%higher than that without aging and re-fluidising.The linear sintering shrinkage of the body decreased by 0.7%.The enhanced green density is explained from the viewpoint of the solid loading and the structure of the slurry.
