Shelton Vision pushes the needle on Al-assisted quality control

MANCHESTER,UK-Having successfully demonstrated its WebSpector automated fabric inspection system detecting faults on camouflage fabrics at speeds of up to 100metres a minute during ITMA 2023,BTMA member Shelton Vision has secured an unprecedented number of new orders in many fields of the textile industry.The company has subsequently been recruiting additional staff in order to beef up its operations to meet delivery times and to grow capacity for the ongoing increased demand.

DAWN OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION Discovery of the Niuheliang site pushes the verifiable history of Chinese civilization back more than 1,000 years

On a rainy night in October 1985,23-year-old archaeologist Zhang Xingde embarked on a 100-mile trek with the Niuheliang Hongshan Culture site excavation team including Guo Dashun to Xingcheng,where highly revered archaeologist Su Bingqi was living.They brought a wooden box containing a goddess statue.

PBOC Pushes Yuan Clearing Services along the "Belt and Road"

The central bank will continue to make more bilateral currency swap deals,and enlarge the scope and scale of renminbi settlements with countries along the'Belt and Road'Initiative to cut exchange rate risk and transaction cost for trade and investment,said a senior central bank official recently.

Geneva Meeting Pushes Climate Finance to Top of “Cancun Agenda”

Last week,Ministers and other high level officials made progress on establishing the details of how hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid will be raised and distributed at an informal meeting in Geneva,Switzerland.

Freudenberg pushes the limits of innovation with Evolon~? New Generation

Building on the success of the company’s unique Evolon?product,Freudenberg Performance Materials has now pushed the limits even further by developing Evolon~? New Generation.This high-tech textile is made from super-microfilaments that are half the thickness and twice the density of those used in the original Evolon~?.Evolon~? New Generation complements the original Evolon~? by opening up entirely new applications in the fields of bedding。

A New finding pushes back the history of flying mammals by 70 million years

Teaming up with their US coworkers, CAS paleontologists have discovered, in Ningcheng of northern China’s

Homes Sweet Homes Kenya pushes to have1 million new homes built by the end of 2022

David Mungania has always dreamt of owning a house. But the major obstacle for him is the high cost of housing. Being a tenant is costly and the stress of finding money for the high monthly rent adds to his woes.

Perovskite Pushes Solar Cells to Record Efficiency

The future has grown brighter for solar power,with the setting of a new world record for the efficiency of a silicon/perovskite solar cell in December 2020.Made using a layer of silicon in tandem with a thin-film layer of synthetic perovskite,the cell had an area of 1.12 cm^(2) and was certified in independent testing by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL)in Golden,CO,USA,to be 29.52% efficient[1].Plainly put,the tandem cell was able to convert nearly 30%of the simulated sunlight shining on it into electricity.

Failure characterization of fully grouted rock bolts under triaxial testing

Confining stresses serve as a pivotal determinant in shaping the behavior of grouted rock bolts.Nonetheless,prior investigations have oversimplified the three-dimensional stress state,primarily assuming hydrostatic stress conditions.Under these conditions,it is assumed that the intermediate principal stress(σ_(2))equals the minimum principal stress(σ_(3)).This assumption overlooks the potential variations in magnitudes of in situ stress conditions along all three directions near an underground opening where a rock bolt is installed.In this study,a series of push tests was meticulously conducted under triaxial conditions.These tests involved applying non-uniform confining stresses(σ_(2)≠σ_(3))to cubic specimens,aiming to unveil the previously overlooked influence of intermediate principal stresses on the strength properties of rock bolts.The results show that as the confining stresses increase from zero to higher levels,the pre-failure behavior changes from linear to nonlinear forms,resulting in an increase in initial stiffness from 2.08 kN/mm to 32.51 kN/mm.The load-displacement curves further illuminate distinct post-failure behavior at elevated levels of confining stresses,characterized by enhanced stiffness.Notably,the peak load capacity ranged from 27.9 kN to 46.5 kN as confining stresses advanced from σ_(2)=σ_(3)=0 to σ_(2)=20 MPa and σ_(3)=10 MPa.Additionally,the outcomes highlight an influence of confining stress on the lateral deformation of samples.Lower levels of confinement prompt overall dilation in lateral deformation,while higher confinements maintain a state of shrinkage.Furthermore,diverse failure modes have been identified,intricately tied to the arrangement of confining stresses.Lower confinements tend to induce a splitting mode of failure,whereas higher loads bring about a shift towards a pure interfacial shear-off and shear-crushed failure mechanism.

Assessing the energy release characteristics during the middle detonation reaction stage of aluminized explosives

Afterburning behind the detonation front of an aluminized explosive releases energy on the millisecond timescale,which prolong the release of detonation energy and the energy release at different stages also shows significant differences.However,at present,there are few effective methods for evaluating the energy release characteristics of the middle reaction stage of such explosives,which can have a duration of tens to hundreds of microseconds.The present work demonstrates an approach to assessing the midstage of an aluminized explosive detonation based on a water push test employing a high degree of confinement.In this method,the explosive is contained in a steel cylinder having one end closed that is installed at the bottom of a transparent water tank.Upon detonation,the gaseous products expand in one direction while forcing water ahead of them.The resulting underwater shock wave and the interface between the gas phase products and the water are tracked using an ultra-high-speed framing and streak camera.The shock wave velocity in water and the expansion work performed by the gaseous detonation products were calculated to assess the energy release characteristics of aluminized explosives such as CL-20 and RDX in the middle stage of the detonation reaction.During the middle stage of the detonation process of these aluminized explosives,the aluminum reaction reduced the attenuation of shock waves and increased the work performed by gas phase products.A higher aluminum content increased the energy output while the presence of oxidants slowed the energy release rate.This work demonstrates an effective means of evaluating the performance of aluminized explosives.

CHINA’S PUSH FOR UNIFIED NATIONAL MARKET BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES

In recent years,China has implemented measures to advance the building of a unified national market,aiming to boost domestic demand and consolidate the foundations of its economic recovery.In March 2022,the Chinese government issued a guideline on accelerating the construction of a unified national market.The issue was also a focus at the annual Central Economic Work Conference held in December 2023.

Further Studies of the Cap Pushing Response in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

The Cap Pushing Response (CPR) is a free-flying technique used to study learning and memory in honey bees (Apis mellifera). The series of experiments outlined in this paper aimed to test whether honey bees exhibit the cognitive concept of “expectancy” utilizing the CPR in a weight differentiation paradigm. Five previous experiments in our laboratory have explored whether the concept of expectancy can account for honey bee performance and have all failed to support the cognitive interpretation. The first experiment examined if bees could differentiate between the two caps in the amount of force they used to push the cap and the distance the cap was pushed when the caps were presented one at a time. The second experiment explored cap weight preference by presenting bees with a choice between the two caps. The third and fourth experiments tested the bee’s ability to expect reward or punishment based on cap weight. Results revealed that bees were found to have a strong preference for the light cap and therefore were not able to expect reward or punishment based on cap weight. These experiments contribute to the debate on whether bees have “cognitive” representations and continue to support the behaviorist interpretation.

Supporting Industrialisation Drive

As Africa pushes forward its industrialisation process,the Chinese-built industrial parks and free trade zones have assumed special significance as drivers of the region’s industrial development and job creation.At the same time,Africa is also learning from China’s successful experience in industrialisation.What are the ways in which China and African countries can deepen industrial cooperation?What are the roadblocks to such cooperation and the process of industrialisation in Africa?

Seeking More Influence In Global Affairs

Uganda hosts NAM and G77+China summits with calls to push back against unilateralism.Uganda played host to two important summits in January.The 19th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement(NAM)on 19 January,and the Third South Summit of the G77+China on 21 January,both took place in the nation’s capital of Kampala.Importantly,it was the first time for the South Summit to be held in Africa.China was well represented at both summits,which attracted over 2,000 leaders and delegates,including over 20 heads of states.

PUSH技术在智能电表中的应用

介绍智能电表推送(PUSH)技术的基本原理和解决方案,并对不同解决方案进行分析和比较,最后指出应用推送技术时采用的最优化方案,并深入研究数据传输可靠性和大批量数据传输时通道堵塞技术问题,提出解决方案。

From Wierd to Wonderful How One Beiing Musician Pushes Boundaries in Performance

We all remember a time when we were young and someone of the older generation,usually a grandparent,would snarl and turn their nose up at'the racket young people listen to today."Since picking up a guitar 17 years ago,Beijing-based Dann Gaymer has been trying to bring out the inner grandparent in all of us.Through various projects,characters and disguises,the 35-yea r-old has toured China and the world and always showcased a passion for his unique beliefs on performance.

DEEP ROOTS AND A FUTURISTIC FRAMEWORK PHOTOFAIRS|Shanghai Pushes Boundaries in its 4th Year Wads

Mapped throughout the walls of the Shanghai Exhibition Center will soon be remnants from the lives and minds of artists around the globe.PHOTOFAIRS|Shanghai is maturing into its fourth year as one of China's largest art fairs for the photographic medium.This month,14 countries represented across 40 galleries will be featured during the expo.

基因组测序成本将再次降低

The race is on again in DNA sequencing.In what has been described as“the year of the big shake-up”[1],a wave of new competitors entered the market in 2022,challenging industry leader Illumina(San Diego,CA,USA).New systems from both Illumina and emerging rivals are now poised to push costs down—closing in on the oft-cited goal of 100 USD per genome.The prospect of more economical sequencing is big news because the spectacular cost reductions that helped fuel the genomics revolution in previous decades have stalled in recent years(Fig.1).Lower costs will make sequencing affordable for a broader array of users and applications in fields such as biology,biotechnology,and medicine.