Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control for a Class of Nonlinear System

For a class of nonlinear system with parameter perturbation and external disturbance, adaptive fuzzy control can be used to approach the system unknown functions to reduce the control input and the steady-state error. And an adaptive switch control gain whose adaptive law is decreasing function is designed to weaken the system chattering, the switch gain of estimate will increase on the basis of the original without decreasing with the elimination of interference. If system is interferenced many times. Against the shortcomings, this paper proposes an improved adaptive law that can weaken the system chattering effectively while maintaining the strong robustness. The simulation results by tests show that this method is correct and effective

(E)-Ethyl 3-(4-fluoro­anilino)-2-(4-methoxy­phen­yl)acrylate

In the title compound, C18H18FNO3, the dihedral angles between the two benzene rings and the plane through the acrylate group and the fluoro­phenyl ring are 61.58 (8) and 13.33 (9)°, respectively. Mol­ecules are linked into ribbons through C—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and further linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions, forming a three-dimensional network

Quantum electrodynamics in a whispering-gallery microcavity coated with a polymer nanolayer

Quasi-transverse-electric and -transverse-magnetic fundamental whispering gallery modes in a polymer-coated silica microtoroid are theoretically investigated and demonstrated to possess very high-quality factors. The existence of a nanometer-thickness layer not only evidently reduces the cavity mode volume but also draws the maximal electric field's position of the mode to the outside of the silica toroid, where single quantum dots or nanocrystals are located. Both effects result in a strongly enhanced coherent interaction between a single dipole (for example, a single defect center in a diamond crystal) and the quantized cavity mode. Since the coated microtoroid is highly feasible and robust in experiments, it may offer an excellent platform to study strong-coupling cavity quantum electrodynamics, quantum information, and quantum computation

Scheme for implementing quantum information sharing via tripartite entangled state in cavity QED

We investigate economic protocol to securely distribute and reconstruct a single-qubit quantum state between two users via a tripartite entangled state in cavity QED. Our scheme is insensitive to both the cavity decay and the thermal field.Comment: Final version to appear in Physica

Primary Research on Bionic Design of Multi-surface Solar Concentrator Based on the Flower Structure

Plant can’t grow and reproduce without sunshine. Flowers have an inseparable relationship with sunshine as an important part of the plants. Most studies on the relationship of the plant and sunshine focus on the influence that sunshine reacts to plant, such as photosynthesis. However, there is no much more special attention on the relationship between flower structure and sunshine. Through the observation and comparison, the outlines of many flowers contour have some similarities with the solar concentrator. This paper delves into the relation between flower structure and light, in order to get the new ideas of designing solar concentrator.By means of extracting a contour line of flowers, their geometric structure models are got. Through simulation calculations of optical software, light-gathering performance of flowers is researched in the circumstance of different angle incident. Then based on researching the light-gathering process of the flowers, the innovative design ideas of bionics solar concentrators with excellent performance are presented. So in this way traditional thinking mode of single curve or surface used in solar concentrator design is expanded.Key words: flowers; bionic; solar concentrato

Up-expression of GAD65 in the Amygdala of the Rat Model of Chroric Immobilization Stress with Elevated Blood Glucose

It is believed that the hypothalamus is the regulating center for blood glucose levels, but how chronic stress leads to hyperglycemia is not known. In this experiment, we use the chronic immobilization stressed rat as a model, and found that only rats with increased expression of GAD65 in the amygdala have an elevated level of blood glucose. Considering there are fiber tracks between the amygdala and hypothalamus, including GABAergic projections, this result suggests that the changes in GAD65 expression in the amygdala may correlate with the changes in blood glucose levels, and point to the importance of the the amygdala in blood glucose regulation

Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is widely used instrument to measure pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for children aged 2 to 18 years. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module in a group of Chinese children with cancer.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The PedsQL 4.0 Genetic Core Scales and the PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module were administered to children with cancer (aged 5-18 years) and parents of such children (aged 2-18 years). For comparison, a survey on a demographically group-matched sample of the general population with children (aged 5-18) and parents of children (aged 2-18 years) was conducted with the PedsQL 4.0 Genetic Core Scales.</p> <p>Result</p> <p>The minimal mean percentage of missing item responses (except the School Functioning scale) supported the feasibility of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module for Chinese children with cancer. Most of the scales showed satisfactory reliability with Cronbach's α of exceeding 0.70, and all scales demonstrated sufficient test-retest reliability. Assessing the clinical validity of the questionnaires, statistically significant difference was found between healthy children and children with cancer, and between children on-treatment versus off-treatment ≥12 months. Positive significant correlations were observed between the scores of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scale and the PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module. Exploratory factor analysis demonstrated sufficient factorial validity. Moderate to good agreement was found between child self- and parent proxy-reports.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The findings support the feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese Mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module in children with cancer living in mainland China.</p