Polyvinylidene Fluoride Electrospun Fibers Loaded TiO2 for Photocatalytic Degradation and Oil/Water Separation

Fei Sun,Hai-Tao Ren,Shih-Yu Huang,Ting-Ting Li,Hao-Kai Peng,Qi Lin,Ching-Wen Lou,Jia-Horng Lin 한국섬유공학회 2020 Fibers and polymers Vol.21 No.7

In this study, electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based nanofibrous membranes embedding TiO2 wereprepared and used for photocatalytic degradation and oil/water separation. The nanofibrous membranes were characterizedby scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electronic microscope (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermal performance analysis, and oil/water separation analysis. Andthe degradation of rhodamine B dye was also investigated. Results showed that the fiber diameter and thermal stability of themembranes decreased with the increasing of TiO2. Meanwhile, the fiber surface roughness and specific surface areaincreased. The analysis of TEM, XRD and FTIR indicated that TiO2 existed in the PVDF membranes. When the TiO2 contentwas 12 %, the fiber diameter of the membranes was about 110 nm, and the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B dyeefficiency was up to 97 %. The reaction rate constant was 0.02057 min-1. At 0.01 MPa vacuum, oil separated from watereffectively, which proves that separation can be easily conducted with a low energy cost. Thus, the prepared membranes havea very high application prospect in the purification of reclaimed water and separation of oil and water.

Different fates of oocytes with DNA double-strand breaks in vitro and in vivo

Lin, Fei,Ma, Xue-Shan,Wang, Zhen-Bo,Wang, Zhong-Wei,Luo, Yi-Bo,Huang, Lin,Jiang, Zong-Zhe,Hu, Meng-Wen,Schatten, Heide,Sun, Qing-Yuan Taylor Francis 2014 Cell Cycle Vol.13 No.17

Robust Inland Waterway Ship Tracking via Orthogonal Particle Filter-based Predator

Fei Teng,Qing Liu,Lin Zhu 보안공학연구지원센터(IJSIP) 2014 International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Vol.7 No.6

Tracking-Learning-Detection (TLD), also known as Predator, has become one of the most popular state-of-the-art algorithms in the domain of visual tracking in recent years. It has demonstrated outstanding performance in the application of long-term tracking of a human face in unconstrained videos. In this paper, we address the problem of tracking a single ship in inland waterway CCTV videos given its location in the first frame and no other prior information. Firstly, we deeply analyze Predator in a perspective of control system and point out the search strategy in detection procedure is the most time-consuming part in Predator system. Secondly, in order to speed up the whole pipeline, we propose a novel motion model based on extended particle filter with orthogonal design. Due to the power of particle optimization and re-combination with orthogonal design, we can relate the motion of object of interest better and obtain the most likely candidates of object regions more effectively. Finally, both qualitative and quantitative evaluations on numerous challenging CCTV videos demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves favorable performance in terms of efficiency and accuracy.

CNOP-Based Sensitive Areas Identification for Tropical Cyclone Adaptive Observations with PCAGA Method

Lin-Lin Zhang,Shi-Jin Yuan,Bin Mu,Fei-Fan Zhou 한국기상학회 2017 Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences Vol.53 No.1

In this paper, conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation (CNOP) was investigated to identify sensitive areas for tropical cyclone adaptive observations with principal component analysis based genetic algorithm (PCAGA) method and two tropical cyclones, Fitow (2013) and Matmo (2014), were studied with a 120 km resolution using the fifth-generation Mesoscale Model (MM5). To verify the effectiveness of PCAGA method, CNOPs were also calculated by an adjoint-based method as a benchmark for comparison on patterns, energies, and vertical distributions of temperatures. Comparing with the benchmark, the CNOPs obtained from PCAGA had similar patterns for Fitow and a little different for Matmo; the vertically integrated energies were located closer to the verification areas and the initial tropical cyclones. Experimental results also presented that the CNOPs of PCAGA had a more positive impact on the forecast improvement, which gained from the reductions of the CNOPs in the whole domain containing sensitive areas. Furthermore, the PCAGA program was executed 40 times for each case and all the averages of benefits were larger than the benchmark. This also proved the validity and stability of the PCAGA method. All results showed that the PCAGA method could approximately solve CNOP of complicated models without computing adjoint models, and obtain more benefits of reducing the CNOPs in the whole domain.

Soil fungal communities of montane natural secondary forest types in China

Fei Cheng,Xin Wei,Lin Hou,Zhengchun Shang,Xiaobang Peng,Peng Zhao,Zhaoxue Fei,Shuoxin Zhang 한국미생물학회 2015 The journal of microbiology Vol.53 No.6

Distinctive plant communities may provide specific physical and chemical properties with soils by specific litters and root exudates to exert effects on soil microorganisms. Past logging activities in the Qinling Mountains induced diverse natural secondary forest types (NSFTs). How these recovered NSFTs regulate patterns of soil microbial communities remain limited. In the study, we used terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) to precisely determine forest type-specific soil fungal diversity and composition in five NSFTs. Our results indicated that NSFTs had significant impacts on the soil fungal communities. The most diverse fungal species were found in the Armand pine (Pinus armandi) and Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) forest soils, followed by sharptooth oak (Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata) and Chinese pine-sharptooth oak forest soils, the wilson spruce (Picea wilsonii) forests had the lowest soil fungal diversity. The analyses of community composition suggested that the fungal communities of Armand pine forest soils were similar to those of Chinese pine forest soils, while other communities prominently differed from each other. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that soil silt, clay, pH, and ammonium nitrogen had intimate linkages with soil fungal diversity. Furthermore, the patterns of soil fungal communites were strongly governed by the specific soil environments of the tested NSFTs, as described by canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Finally, our study showed that soil fungal communities may be mediated by NSFTs via specific soil edaphic status. Hence, such a comparable study may provide fundamental information for fungal diversity and community structure of natural forests and assist with better prediction and understanding how soil fungal composition and function alter with forest type transformation.

GRAPHENE AS TUNABLE STATIONARY PHASE ADDITIVE FOR ENANTIOSEPARATION

FEI-YUE TU,LIN-YAN YU,JIN-GANG YU,XIAOQING CHEN,QIANG FU,FEI-PENG JIAO,ZHI-GUANG PENG,TING ZHANG 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2013 NANO Vol.8 No.6

Graphene-based biosensor and chiral sensor have made significant progress in recent years. Because of the similarity of the optical enantiomers, enantioseparation is perhaps the most subtle to achieve. Developing more effectively chiral separation techniques based on graphene is highly desirable. Herein, pristine graphene was prepared and then applicated to assist resolution of two racemic drugs of propranolol and ofloxacin using thin-layer chromatography (TLC). In comparison with TLC chiral separation by only using pure D-(-)-tartaric acid as a selector with relatively low degree of separation, a mixture of graphene and D-(-)-tartaric acid is more attractive, efficient and ready available. The high specific resolution ability for racemic compounds aided by graphene might allow its potential application in future chiral separation technologies.

Cloning and Characterization of Nitrate Reductase Gene cDNA from Non-Heading Chinese Cabbage

Fei Fei Sun,Xi Lin Hou,Ying Li 한국원예학회 2006 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

A Simplified Synchronous Pulse-Width Modulation Method for Three-level Inverter of High-speed Train

Fei Lin,Qiaona Lian,Jialiang Yuan,Zhongping Yang,Zhiqiang Zhang,Yue Xu,Jinghai Jiao 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Smart Home Vol.9 No.12

The synchronous Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) is quite complex for three-level neutral point-clamped (NPC) inverter. A simple central 60° synchronous modulation method is presented in this paper for three-level NPC inverter used in the multi-mode PWM strategy. For the fundamental voltage command, the switching angle could be real-time calculated based on this modulation method with different carrier frequency ratios. The switching strategy between these modes is discussed for multi-mode PWM. According to this method, a simulation model of the drive system with three-level inverter and induction motor is built. The simulation results at asynchronous modulation, central 60° synchronous modulation and square wave area, show that the output voltage values can meet the requirements with a good symmetry even in the case of low carrier frequency ratio. The smooth switching among different modes is also accomplished with low impulse current.

A Three-Dimensional Analysis of Drug Enforcement Policy in Taiwan

Fei-Lin Chin,Albane Lahlou 아시아경찰학회 2011 아시아경찰학회 국제학술회의 Vol.2011 No.-

For the last decade, Taiwan has faced drug dealing and drug using as an increased phenomena. The dominant response of government to this dramatic evolution was (and already is) a metropolitan drug enforcement through periodical and local massive arrest policy. But the drug problem continues to increase, and policy does not work in the manner in which we might expect. The application of this policy is accomplished through three steps: the first one is the decision making of policy by criminal investigation bureau, the second one is the elaboration of local massive arrest strategy by police high officer, and the third one is first-line policemen application of the policy. In each step, they have their own objectives and expectations. The original policy has evolved over time, but we don't know the influence of this evolution to fight drug trafficking. Our research plan is to understand what is the real distortion, and what is the effective influence of this distortion on the policy efficiency. We will use the organizational anomie theory (we also use to analyze the community police in another research) as cognitive base. We will also use the three dimensional analysis as methodology. The three dimensional analysis is based on the clear differentiation of: the first dimension, what we wish, what we want to, what we project and institutionalize. The second dimension is what it is in fact, how do each one accept or reject the institutionalization, what do they practice and what do they not. The third and last dimension is what must be to ameliorate the policy. A three dimensional analysis will help us to understand the reason of distortion, to understand the real attitude of the actor, and to find some way to adapt efficiently the concept of drug enforcement. To accomplish the three dimensional analysis, in each dimension we will conduct an interview the three steps actors: decision step (member of the criminal investigation bureau), elaboration step (police officers) and application step (first line policemen).

Accuracy analysis of spatial multi-loop mechanism effected by paired bearings support joint clearance

Fei Lin,Chuanzhi Chen,Jinbao Chen,Meng Chen 대한기계학회 2020 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.34 No.3

The primary objective of this work is to present a three-dimensional (3D) clearance model of the paired bearings support joint (PBS-joint) and address the influence of PBSjoint clearance on the accuracy of the spatial multi-loop mechanism. Through the synthetic use of the vector and homogeneous coordinate transformation methods, the 3D clearance model of the PBS-joint is obtained on the basis of the static balance condition. When clearance is equated as a spatial virtual link, the error space solution models of serial mechanism and single-loop mechanism are developed respectively according to the Denavit-Hartenberg method and the geometric closure condition. The error space standardization solution model of the multi-loop mechanism is then presented through improving the low-layer loop sequence description method of the topological structure relations. Finally, the application in the basic loop mechanism is demonstrated to discuss the procedures adopted in this work and the influence of the PBS-joint clearance. Results show that the PBS-joint clearance may cause the error on the point with a 3D deviation transmission path to deviate the normal distribution. Moreover, the plane-joint clearance model may not yield an accurate analysis of the spatial mechanism.