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Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of Chinese Hickory (Carya cathayensis) kernel ethanol extraction
The kernel of Carya cathayensis Sarg. is a special local product and is widely used as a kind of food in China. In the present study, the antioxidant properties of the kernel including the ability to inhibit the autooxidation of linoleic acid, the reducing capacity, and the scavenging activity on the free radicals were evaluated. The results indicated that a kernel of C. cathayensis has effective antioxidant function, especially in superoxide anion scavenging activity
Robust Preview Control for a Class of Uncertain Discrete-Time Lipschitz Nonlinear Systems
© 2018 Xiao Yu et al. This paper considers the design of the robust preview controller for a class of uncertain discrete-time Lipschitz nonlinear systems. According to the preview control theory, an augmented error system including the tracking error and the known future information on the reference signal is constructed. To avoid static error, a discrete integrator is introduced. Using the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, a state feedback controller is developed to guarantee that the closed-loop system of the augmented error system is asymptotically stable with H∞ performance. Based on this, the robust preview tracking controller of the original system is obtained. Finally, two numerical examples are included to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller
De Novo Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" from a Single Potato Psyllid in California.
The draft genome sequence of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" strain RSTM from a potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) in California is reported here. The RSTM strain has a genome size of 1,286,787Â bp, a G+C content of 35.1%, 1,211 predicted open reading frames (ORFs), and 43 RNA genes
Quantum secret sharing between m-party and n-party with six states
We propose a quantum secret sharing scheme between -party and -party
using three conjugate bases, i.e. six states. A sequence of single photons,
each of which is prepared in one of the six states, is used directly to encode
classical information in the quantum secret sharing process. In this scheme,
each of all members in group 1 choose randomly their own secret key
individually and independently, and then directly encode their respective
secret information on the states of single photons via unitary operations, then
the last one (the th member of group 1) sends of the resulting qubits
to each of group 2. By measuring their respective qubits, all members in group
2 share the secret information shared by all members in group 1. The secret
message shared by group 1 and group 2 in such a way that neither subset of each
group nor the union of a subset of group 1 and a subset of group 2 can extract
the secret message, but each whole group (all the members of each group) can.
The scheme is asymptotically 100% in efficiency. It makes the Trojan horse
attack with a multi-photon signal, the fake-signal attack with EPR pairs, the
attack with single photons, and the attack with invisible photons to be
nullification. We show that it is secure and has an advantage over the one
based on two conjugate bases. We also give the upper bounds of the average
success probabilities for dishonest agent eavesdropping encryption using the
fake-signal attack with any two-particle entangled states. This protocol is
feasible with present-day technique.Comment: 7 page
The statistical properties of galaxy morphological types in compact groups of Main galaxies from the SDSS Data Release 4
In order to explore the statistical properties of galaxy morphological types
in compact groups (CGs), we construct a random group sample which has the same
distributions of redshift and number of member galaxies as those of the CG
sample. It turns out that the proportion of early-type galaxies in different
redshift bins for the CG sample is statistically higher than that for random
group sample, and with growing redshift z this kind of difference becomes more
significant. This may be due to the existence of interactions and mergers
within a significant fraction of SDSS CGs. We also compare statistical results
of CGs with those of more compact groups and pairs, but do not observe as large
statistical difference as Hickson (1982)'results.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure
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Shear Strength of Fiber Reinforced Reactive Powder Concrete I-Shaped Beam without Stirrup
Due to the high compressive strength of steel fiber reinforced (SFR) and Reactive Powder concrete (RPC), higher degree of prestressing is available for the beams using fiber reinforced reactive powder concrete. Hence, a slenderer structural component can be designed, which could save self-weight, work spacing, and potential reducing the costs. However, comparing to conventional reinforced concrete (RC) beams, studies on post-tensioning SFR-RPC beams subjected to shear failure are fewer. In this study, a series of shear tests for four large-scale beams (one SFR-RPC beam and three post-tensioning SFR-RPC beams) are made to quantify the effects of levels of prestressing on shear load capacity of SFR-RPC beams. Finally, the test results together with data published from existing literatures are compared to the design strength calculated in accordance to different standards. It is found that the current code provisions will underestimate the shear load capacity significantly. In addition, an analytical model is proposed to predict the shear load capacity of the test specimens. A good correlation is observed with a mean analytical model to experimental strength ratio of 1.02 and coefficient of variation of 0.12
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Effects of High Strength Concrete on Progressive Collapse Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Frame
Increasing terrorist activities in the past decade brought requirements in design buildings, especially government or commercial buildings, under extreme loading conditions. One of the devastating consequences due to extreme loading is the possibility of progressive collapse. Although extensive studies had been carried out in the past decade on load resistance mechanism of reinforced concrete (RC) frames in preventing progressive collapse, the effects of high-strength-concrete (HSC) on progressive collapse resistance capacity is still unclear. Therefore, in this paper six tests of reinforced concrete frames with different span-to-depth ratio and concrete strength were conducted in the present study. Among them, three are HSC frames and the remaining are normal strength concrete frames. It was found that the use of HSC could further enhance the compressive arch action (CAA) capacity, especially for those with low span-to-depth ratio. On the other hand, HSC can reduce the tensile catenary action (TCA) capacity at large deformation stage, primarily because of higher bond stress between concrete and rebar,leading to earlier fracture of the rebar.The analytical results from the model were compared with the test results. It is found that the existing CAA model could accurately predict the CAA capacity of HSC frames as well as NSC frames.However, existing model is hard to predict the CAA capacity of the frames with relatively small span-to-depth ratio (less than 7) accurately
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