Prospective UNCITRAL Technical Assistance for Asian Countries in International Arbitration

( Qi Sheng He ),( Da Yong Zhou ) 고려대학교 법학연구원 2011 The Asian Business Lawyer Vol.7 No.-

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is a core legal body established by the United Nations, which takes the mandate to harmonize the international and regional trade law, and to create an environmentfacilitating international trade and commercial transactions. In the field of international commercial arbitration, UNCITRAL conducts cooperation programs and provides technical assistance to facilitate its mission. In Asia, facing a rapid regional economic boost but divergent legal systems, improving the professional quality and credibility of regional arbitral institutes shall meet the continual increased regional need for commercial arbitrations and guarantee the accurate application of international law. This article introduces the function of UNCITRAL, gives a brief analysis of the demand for improving international commercial arbitration in Asia, and suggests that UNCITRAL as an appropriateorganization may prospectively contribute to promote the competences of regional arbitral institutes and arbitral participants by means of providing active technical assistance and cooperative projects. Two tentative proposals are put forward in this article from a practical perspective.

Design and Expression of Recombinant Antihypertensive Peptide Multimer Gene in Escherichia coli BL21

Sheng Qi Rao,Yu Jie Su,Jun Hua Li,Zhen Zhen Xu,Yan Jun Yang 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2009 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.19 No.12

A Global Online Dispute Resolution System: Is China Ready to Join?

( Qi Sheng He ),( Ji Ping Song ) 고려대학교 법학연구원 2011 The Asian Business Lawyer Vol.7 No.-

In recent years, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is in a period of active development and change. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and other international organizations are actively promoting the establishment of a global ODR system. Facing small value, large volume claims, traditional dispute resolution system in China also can not resolve effectively these disputes arising out of electronic commerce. With an increasing demand of ODR and a favorable legal circumstance for it, ODR practice in China has developed rapidly during the past several years. It can be mainly represented by three categories: Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), China Online Dispute Resolution Center and Alipay Internal Complaint Mechanism. As for the prospects of China working with UNCITRAL on a Global ODR System, on the one hand, China`s participation in UNCITRAL work on a global ODR system can facilitate its ODR development; on the other hand, China can play an active role in establishing a global ODR system.

Radionuclide identification method for NaI low-count gamma-ray spectra using artificial neural network

Sheng Qi,Shanqiang Wang,Ye Chen,Kun Zhang,Xianyun Ai,Jinglun Li,Haijun Fan,Hui Zhao 한국원자력학회 2022 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.54 No.1

An artificial neural network (ANN) that identifies radionuclides from low-count gamma spectra of a NaIscintillator is proposed. The ANN was trained and tested using simulated spectra. 14 target nuclides wereconsidered corresponding to the requisite radionuclide library of a radionuclide identification devicementioned in IEC 62327-2017. The network shows an average identification accuracy of 98.63% on thevalidation dataset, with the gross counts in each spectrum Nc ¼ 100~10000 and the signal to noise ratioSNR ¼ 0.05e1. Most of the false predictions come from nuclides with low branching ratio and/or similardecay energies. If the Nc>1000 and SNR>0.3, which is defined as the minimum identifiable condition, theaveraged identification accuracy is 99.87%. Even when the source and the detector are covered with leadbricks and the response function of the detector thus varies, the ANN which was trained using nonshieldingspectra still shows high accuracy as long as the minimum identifiable condition is satisfied. Among all the considered nuclides, only the identification accuracy of 235U is seriously affected by theshielding. Identification of other nuclides shows high accuracy even the shielding condition is changed,which indicates that the ANN has good generalization performance.

An experimental study on fracture coalescence characteristics of brittle sandstone specimens combined various flaws

Yang, Sheng-Qi Techno-Press 2015 Geomechanics & engineering Vol.8 No.4

This research aims to analyze the fracture coalescence characteristics of brittle sandstone specimen ($80{\times}160{\times}30mm$ in size) containing various flaws (a single fissure, double squares and combined flaws). Using a rock mechanics servo-controlled testing system, the strength and deformation behaviours of sandstone specimen containing various flaws are experimentally investigated. The results show that the crack initiation stress, uniaxial compressive strength and peak axial strain of specimen containing a single fissure are all higher than those containing double squares, while which are higher than those containing combined flaws. For sandstone specimen containing combined flaws, the uniaxial compressive strength of sandstone increase as fissure angle (${\alpha}$) increases from $30^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$, which indicates that the specimens with steeper fissure angles can support higher axial capacity for ${\alpha}$ greater than $30^{\circ}$. In the entire deformation process of flawed sandstone specimen, crack evolution process is discussed detailed using photographic monitoring technique. For the specimen containing a single fissure, tensile wing cracks are first initiated at the upper and under tips of fissure, and anti-tensile cracks and far-field cracks are also observed in the deformation process; moreover anti-tensile cracks usually accompanies with tensile wing cracks. For the specimen containing double squares, tensile cracks are usually initiated from the top and bottom edge of two squares along the direction of axial stress, and in the process of final unstable failure, more vertical splitting failures are observed in the ligament region. When a single fissure and double squares are formed together into combined flaws, the crack coalescence between the fissure tips and double squares plays a significant role for ultimate failure of the specimen containing combined flaws.

Research on China's Steel Demand Using Combined Forecast

Yuyan Weng,Li Zhou,Sheng Zhou,Tianyu Qi 보안공학연구지원센터(IJUNESST) 2015 International Journal of u- and e- Service, Scienc Vol.8 No.1

This research conducts an error analysis between the forecasting value and the actual value of steel demand of 2010 in China, which is based on the analysis of forecasting methods and their results of Chinese steel demand in the existing studies, and then forecasts China’s steel demand in 2015 by making use of a combined forecasting method. The combined forecasting method includes two stages. In the first stage, with reference to actual steel demand of China in 2010, a threshold is set and some forecasting results are selected according to the error between the forecasting value and actual value of steel demand of each method. In the second stage, weights of corresponding selected methods are determined which are based on the error. And the final demand of China’s steel in 2015 is forecasted through the combined forecasting method.

Dynamic File Grouping for Load Balancing in Streaming Media Clustered Server Systems

Qi Jiang,Hong-Sheng Xi,Bao-Chen Yin 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2009 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.7 No.4

A dynamic file grouping strategy is presented to address the load balancing problem in streaming media clustered server systems. This strategy increases the server cluster availability by balancing the workloads among the servers within a cluster. Additionally, it improves the access hit ratio of cached files in delivery servers to alleviate the limitation of I/O bandwidth of storage node. First, the load balancing problem is formulated as a two layers semi-Markov switching state-space control process. This analytic model captures the behaviors of streaming media clustered server systems accurately, and is with constructional flexibility and scalability. Then, a policy iteration based reinforcement learning algorithm is proposed to optimize the file grouping policy online. By utilizing the features of the event-driven policy, the proposed optimization algorithm is adaptive and with less computational cost. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Effects of Saturated Long-chain Fatty Acid on mRNA Expression of Genes Associated with Milk Fat and Protein Biosynthesis in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells

Qi, Lizhi,Yan, Sumei,Sheng, Ran,Zhao, Yanli,Guo, Xiaoyu Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2014 Animal Bioscience Vol.27 No.3

This study was conducted to determine the effects of saturated long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) on cell proliferation and triacylglycerol (TAG) content, as well as mRNA expression of ${\alpha}s1$-casein (CSN1S1) and genes associated with lipid and protein synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs). Primary cells were isolated from the mammary glands of Holstein dairy cows, and were passaged twice. Then cells were cultured with different levels of palmitate or stearate (0, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 ${\mu}M$) for 48 h and fetal bovine serum in the culture solution was replaced with fatty acid-free BSA (1 g/L). The results showed that cell proliferation tended to be increased quadratically with increasing addition of stearate. Treatments with palmitate or stearate induced an increase in TAG contents at 0 to 600 ${\mu}M$ in a concentration-dependent manner, and the addition of 600 ${\mu}M$ was less effective in improving TAG accumulation. The expression of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha, fatty acid synthase and fatty acid-binding protein 3 was inhibited when palmitate or stearate were added in culture medium, whereas cluster of differentiation 36 and CSN1S1 mRNA abundance was increased in a concentration-dependent manner. The mRNA expressions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, mammalian target of rapamycin and signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 with palmitate or stearate had no significant differences relative to the control. These results implied that certain concentrations of saturated LCFA could stimulate cell proliferation and the accumulation of TAG, whereas a reduction may occur with the addition of an overdose of saturated LCFA. Saturated LCFA could up-regulate CSN1S1 mRNA abundance, but further studies are necessary to elucidate the mechanism for regulating milk fat and protein synthesis.

Involvement of MicroRNA-198 Overexpression in the Poor Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer

Qi, Bo,Yao, Wen-Jian,Zhao, Bao-Sheng,Qin, Xiu-Guang,Wang, Yi,Wang, Wen-Ju,Wang, Tian-Yun,Liu, Shang-Guo,Li, Han-Chen Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.9

Objective: This study aimed to investigate whether the miR-198 expression level is related to clinicopathological factors and prognosis of esophageal cancer. Methods: MicroRNA was extracted from esophageal cancer patients who underwent surgery for assessment using the Taqman@ MicroRNA assay. The correlation between miR-198 expression and clinicopathological features was analyzed, and the significance of miR-198 as a prognostic factor and its relationship with survival was determined. Results: MicroRNA-198 (miR-198) expression was higher in patients with poor prognosis than those with good prognosis (P<0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis results showed that the miR-198 expression level had a significant correlation with survival time (P=0.030) and that patients with a higher expression of miR-198 had a shorter survival time. Cox multi-factor model analysis showed that patient prognosis (P=0.014), tumor length (P=0.040) and expression (P=0.012), and survival time had a significant correlation; the corresponding risks were 7.268, 1.246, and 3.524, respectively. Conclusion: miR-198 overexpression is involved in the poor prognosis of esophageal cancer and can be used as a biomarker for selection of cases requiring especial attention.

Numerical Study of the Effect of Grout Material Properties on Ground Deformation during Shallow TBM Tunneling

Qi Zhang,Xiao-Ping Zhang,Hao-Jie Wang,Quan-Sheng Liu,Dan Xu,Shao-Hui Tang 대한토목학회 2022 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.26 No.8

The full-face shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been widely used to build tunnels in urban area. Ground deformations usually occur during tunnelling processes, which is closely related to engineering geological property. A large ground deformation may lead to large-scale surface settlement or ground collapse, especially for shallow buried tunnels. In general, synchronous grouting is adopted to reduce the ground deformation. The temporal and spatial distribution of the grout pressure and consolidation processes of grouting have a significant influence on the deformation. For a better understanding the relationship between the grout material type and the ground deformation, the present study models a complex numerical model in FLAC3D based on the Guangzhou Metro line 18. A numerical method is proposed to reproduce the tunnelling process and the consolidation process of grout material. The effect of grouting material on ground deformation is discussed, i.e., immediately solidified type, quick hardening type, and good mobility type. The ground deformation of the numerical simulation are compared to those monitored in the field. The results indicate that the immediately solidified type grout can reduce the ground settlement effectively and is mainly applicable to secondary grouting. The quick hardening type can make the ground upheaval, which is smaller than that induced by immediately solidified type. The good mobility type can reduce the ground settlement and well control the ground deformation. The good mobility type recommends using in the numerical study for simulating the synchronous grouting.