Composition-Diamond Lemma for Non-associative Algebras over a Commutative Algebra

We establish the Composition-Diamond lemma for non-associative algebras over a free commutative algebra. As an application, we prove that every countably generated non-associative algebra over an arbitrary commutative algebra $K$ can be embedded into a two-generated non-associative algebra over $K$.Comment: 10 page

A Parallel Algorithm and Implementation to Compute Spatial Autocorrelation (Hotspot) Using MATLAB

Being a spatial autocorrelation visualization tool in recent years, hotspot is often used in various fields, such as disease analysis, crime analysis, and weather conditions analysis and prediction in a certain area. Most of the research in hot spot analysis is in applying the concept to a variety of fields and to gain insights on the statistical significance prevalent in the clustering of data. Only a few of them discussed the efficiency and optimization of the algorithm. Commonly, these kinds of analyses would be based upon a huge dataset about space and time, and the conventional algorithm would take too much time to get the results. This paper mainly discusses whether the algorithm can be processed in parallel with MATLAB and how to further optimize the algorithm to shorten the calculation time and obtain accurate outcomes faster. I will use the toolbox ‘parpool’ in MATLAB on a multi-core node to parallelize the conventional algorithm, and then take advantage of the basic idea of the \u27R-tree\u27 to further optimize the parallel algorithm. In the end, the results are satisfactory, because the conventional serial algorithm can be parallelized in MATLAB, and the time consumption was saved about five times compared to the original algorithm. When the algorithm was further optimized, its time consumption is saved about ten times. This paper will be helpful in saving time when doing similar computations and analyses in the future

Antibacterial Performance of a Cu-bearing Stainless Steel against Microorganisms in Tap Water

This document is the Accepted Manuscript of the following article: Mingjun Li, Li Nan, Dake xu, Guogang Ren, Ke Yang, ‘Antibacterial Performance of a Cu-bearing Stainless Steel against Microorganisms in Tap Water’, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Vol. 31 (3): 243-251, March 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2014.11.016, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License CC BY NC-ND 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Tap water is one of the most commonly used water resources in our daily life. However, the increasing water contamination and the health risk caused by pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli have attracted more attention. The mutualism of different pathogenic bacteria may diminish antibacterial effect of antibacterial agents. It was found that materials used for making pipe and tap played one of the most important roles in promoting bacterial growth. This paper is to report the performance of an innovative type 304 Cu-bearing stainless steel (304CuSS) against microbes in tap water. The investigation methodologies involved were means of heterotrophic plate count, contact angle measurements, scanning electron microscopy for observing the cell and subtract surface morphology, atomic absorption spectrometry for copper ions release study, and confocal laser scanning microscopy used for examining live/dead bacteria on normal 304 stainless steel and 304CuSS. It was found that the surface free energy varied after being immersed in tap water with polar component and Cu ions release. The results showed 304CuSS could effectively kill most of the planktonic bacteria (max 95.9% antibacterial rate), and consequently inhibit bacterial biofilms formation on the surface, contributing to the reduction of pathogenic risk to the surrounding environments.Peer reviewe

Sugar metabolism and accumulation in the fruit of transgenic apple trees with decreased sorbitol synthesis.

Both sorbitol and sucrose are synthesized in source leaves and transported to fruit for supporting fruit growth in tree fruit species of the Rosaceae family. In apple (Malus domestica), antisense suppression of aldose-6-phosphate reductase, the key enzyme for sorbitol synthesis, significantly decreased the sorbitol concentration but increased the sucrose concentration in leaves, leading to a lower sorbitol but a higher sucrose supply to fruit in these plants. In response to this altered carbon supply, the transgenic fruit had lower concentration of sorbitol and much higher concentration of glucose but similar levels of fructose, sucrose, and starch throughout fruit development relative to the untransformed control. Activities of sorbitol dehydrogenase, fructokinase, and sucrose phosphate synthase were lower, whereas activities of neutral invertase, sucrose synthase, and hexokinase were higher in the transgenic fruit during fruit development. Transcript levels of MdSOT1, MdSDHs, MdFK2, and MdSPS3/6 were downregulated, whereas transcript levels of MdSUC1/4, MdSUSY1-3, MdNIV1/3, MdHKs, and MdTMT1 were upregulated in the transgenic fruit. These findings suggest that the Sucrose cycle and the sugar transport system are very effective in maintaining the level of fructose and provide insights into the roles of sorbitol and sucrose in regulating sugar metabolism and accumulation in sorbitol-synthesizing species

Static analysis of dynamic servo tool rest considering the influence of precision error

The analysis of the reliability of dynamic servo tool rest using traditional methods is inaccurate because the influences of the accuracy of gear machining and assembly are not considered. In this study, a static analysis method for dynamic servo tool rest is conducted considering the influence of accuracy error. Firstly, the working principle of tool rest is analysed, and its working process is divided into two actions, namely, initial positioning and locking. Secondly, the error sources of dynamic servo tool rest are investigated, and the transmission angle error is divided into two kinds, namely, assembly error of shafting and machining error of gear. The static analysis of tool rest is performed by considering the influence of the transmission error of the tool rest. Results show that the assembly, machining and locking forces of the fixed tooth disc of the dynamic servo tool rest have important effects

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Trust Repair of Brand with Negative Publicity: Mental Account as a Mediator

With the development of internet and popularity of mobile terminals, negative publicity of brand has become more and more widespread. This paper aims to study the impact of corporate social responsibility（CSR） on the trust repair of brand with negative publicity. From Chinese cultural aspect of the differential mode of association, CSR is divided into public morality behavior and private one. The concept of mental account is introduced as a mediating variable and CSR history as a moderate one. By a 2 (CSR type: public VS. private morality behavior) ×2(CSR history: long VS. short) between group experiment, it is found that public morality is more likely to be classified into charity account by consumers, thereby promoting integrity-based trust repair; private morality is more likely to be classified into remedy account, thereby promoting ability-based trust repair. Public morality behavior with long history is more tend to be attributed to charity account by consumers; and CSR including public and private one with short history are more tend to be attributed to remedy account by consumers