The Approaches from National Literature to World Literature

The paper explores the approaches from national literature to world one. The first approach to the world literature is literary translation and translated literature, the former refers to the faithful translation of original national works, and the latter means a creative treason of translation, or a kind of rewriting, based on the original text; the second is to gain the Nobel Award for Literature; The third is travel, exile or Diaspora of literature; and the last one is literary communication. In the end, the author stresses that the world literature is a literary garden of diversional and different dimension

The effect of maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy on glycolipid metabolism of offspring rats and the improvement of vitamin D intervention after weaning

BackgroundVitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is common, but whether maternal vitamin D status affects glycolipid metabolism of offspring remains unclear.ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy on the glycolipid metabolism of offspring at different life-cycles (from birth to adulthood) and to explore the improvement of different dosages of vitamin D supplementation.MethodsSprague–Dawley rats were fed vitamin D-deprived (VDD group) or standard vitamin D diets (SC group) during pregnancy, and their diets were changed to standard vitamin D diets during lactation (the offspring were sorted into VDDoffspring and SCoffspring groups). After weaning, rats in the VDDoffspring group were randomly assigned to the VDDoffspring, VDDoffspring-S3300 and VDDoffspring-S10000 groups with diets containing standard, medium and high dosages of vitamin D for 12 wk. Serum was collected for biochemical analyses at postnatal Day 21, postnatal Day 56 and postnatal Day 84. Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed at postnatal Day 70.ResultsCompared to SCoffspring, rats in the VDDoffspring group had significantly lower birth weight with faster weight gain and higher levels of lipid metabolism in early life. After near adulthood, the differences in weight and lipid metabolism between the two groups disappeared. OGTT showed significantly higher blood glucose levels in the VDDoffspring group at 30 min, 60 min, and 90 min. The continuation of vitamin D supplementation at medium and high dosages after weaning did not cause any obvious changes in weight or glycolipid metabolism (except for postprandial hyperglycemia). OGTT demonstrated that the glucose levels in the VDDoffspring-S3300 group were lowest at all the time points and that those in the VDDoffspring-S10000 group were the highest at 30 min, 60 min, and 90 min among the three groups.ConclusionThe adverse effects of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy on glycolipid metabolism in offspring vary in different stages. Over a long time period, adequate vitamin D supplementation is beneficial to glycolipid metabolism for the offspring of subjects with vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy; however, further improvement is required

Nano-lanthanum Oxyhalide Prepared by Nonaqueous Sol-Gel for Oxidative Coupling of Methane

LaOX (X = Cl, Br) nanoparticles with tetragonal crystal structure were successfully prepared via sol-gel approach with non-aqueous solvents. Characterizations by X-ray powder diffraction and scanning electronic microscopy show that the LaOX nanoparticles are regularly in shape and highly uniform in size with an average diameter of about 47 nm. For oxidative coupling of methane (OCM), the nanosize LaOX catalysts have higher methane conversion and C(2) selectivity than the LaOX catalysts with conventional size and show good stability in activity and selectivity during the catalyst life test at 650 degrees C. At conventional size, the methane conversion and C(2) selectivity for OCM over the LaOBr catalyst are higher than that over the LaOCl catalyst, and at nanosize, there is not so much difference in methane conversion between LaOBr and LaOCl. However, the C(2) selectivity for OCM reaction over LaoBr is significantly higher than that over LaOCl, especially at low temperature.National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)[2010CB732303]; National Natural Science Foundation of China[21033006, 20923004, 20373054

Compressive and Tensile Fracture Failure Analysis of Asphalt Mixture Subjected to Freeze–Thaw Conditions by Acoustic Emission and CT Scanning Technologies

The cracking of bitumen pavement in seasonal frozen areas has direct and significant influences on its properties. In order to study the compressive and tensile fracture failure features of basalt fiber-reinforced asphalt mix after freeze–thaw (F-T) treatment, the load–displacement curves under the compression and tensile modes of asphalt mixture after F-T conditions were tested. As a real-time detection means, acoustic emission (AE) was used for testing asphalt mix under compression and tensile load modes. X-ray computed tomography (CT) was employed to represent and evaluate the interior void in F-T conditions. The results showed that, as F-T conditions continue, the compressive and tensile strength of the specimens at different temperatures decreases. The amplitude and count of AE signals with the time history of load level show different characteristics of change in various intervals. AE signal indirect parameters reveal that under compressive and tensile load modes there is a gradual deterioration of performance for asphalt mix due to the coupling interactions between tensile and shear cracks. The asphalt mixtures have different behavior in F-T conditions, which are attributable to interior meso-void characteristics based on CT analysis. This study is limited to the type and loading mode of asphalt mixture in order to quantitatively predict the performance of asphalt mixture

Grey Correlation Analysis between Macro Mechanical Damage and Meso Volume Characteristics of SBS Modified Asphalt Mixture under Freeze-Thaw Cycles

The effect of freeze–thaw (F–T) in the seasonal frozen area would lead to damage to asphalt pavement. After water enters asphalt pavement, the water in voids would expand at a lower temperature, which could change the void content and number, affecting the macro mechanical properties of the asphalt mixture. The rapid development of CT scanning and digital image processing (DIP) provides powerful technical support for the research of asphalt mixture meso volume characteristics. In this paper, the mechanical properties of basalt fiber reinforced asphalt mixture subjected to F–T cycles were tested at different temperatures to clarify the decay law of mechanical properties under F–T cycles. Then, the meso images of the asphalt mixture under various F–T cycles could be obtained by using CT tomography. Based on DIP technology, the meso characteristic parameters of CT images for asphalt mixture were extracted, and the development of asphalt mixture freeze–thaw damage was further analyzed. The test results showed that with the F–T cycle, the macro mechanical properties of the asphalt mixture rapidly declined in the early stage of the F–T cycle and gradually tended to be flat. There would be serious damage inside the asphalt mixture in the late stage of the F–T cycle. The damage to the mechanical properties of the asphalt mixture under the F–T cycle can be attributed to the change in the internal mesostructure of the asphalt mixture. Based on the grey relational analysis theory, the formation of the connected void was the main factor affecting the damage in the early stage of the F–T cycle, while the formation of new voids mainly affected the later development of F-T damage