Research on profile inversion pattern of polymer flooding

Ailing Zheng,Qianghan Feng,Qiansheng Wei,Dehua Liu 한국자원공학회 2018 Geosystem engineering Vol.21 No.3

Polymer flooding is becoming more common and more successful, and has made a great contribution to EOR. However, the statistical analysis of water injection profile data shows that the injection profile easily inverses during the process of single slug polymer flooding in heterogeneous reservoir. It is unfavorable for enhancing oil recovery. According to seepage mechanics theory, the cognition is determined that the injection rate distribution in high and low permeability layers depends on reservoir heterogeneity and physicochemical property of polymer. The basic reason of profile inversion lies in the different dynamic variation of resistance factors in the high and low permeability layers. In order to use existing reservoir simulation software to accurately describe the profile inversion characteristics, a processing method is submitted which is that different polymer characteristic parameters and relative permeability curves are assigned to different regions according to the distributions of reservoir characteristics during polymer flooding. Then, this processing method is used for systematically studying the profile inversion laws of different permeability ratio, polymer concentration and injecting-polymer occasion. The results show that these factors have great influence on the profile inversion. This provides a technical support for studying the profile inversion rules and corresponding improvement method.

Rare Earth as a Potential Preserver for Extending Shelf-life of Minimally Processed ‘Fuji’ Apples

Wei-Wei Zheng,Jeong-Hag Jeong,Ik-Jo Chun 한국원예학회 2008 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

The Accumulation of Rare Earth Elements Fertilizer and its Subsequent Effects on Apple Fruit Quality at Harvest and During Storage

Wei-Wei Zheng(정위위),Mu-Young Park(박무용),Peter Hirst(피터 허스트),Tae-Myung Yoon(윤태명),Ik-Jo Chun(전익조) (사)한국생물환경조절학회 2012 생물환경조절학회지 Vol.21 No.4

본 연구는 희토류비료 시비가 8년생 ‘후지’/M.9 사과의 미량원소 변화 및 사과의 수확 품질과 5개월간 4 저장 후 과실 품질에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 수행하였다. 1년차 희토류 비료의 시비는 ‘후지’ 사과 과실내 란타늄, 프라세오디뮴, 가돌리늄 및 네오디뮴을 축적하였다. 또한 2년차 연구에서 높은 농도의 희토류비료 시비는 보다 많은 량의 희토류 성분을 과실에 축적하여 과실내 희토류의 축적은 희토류비료의 시비량에 비례하였다. 이러한 희토류비료의 시비는 과실내의 다른 미량원소인 칼슘, 마그네슘과 칼륨의 농도에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 희토류비료 시비에 따른 과실 품질조사에 있어, 희토류비료 0.2%의 엽면살포는 수확기 사과 과피의 붉은 색을 증가시켰으나, ‘후지’ 과실의 과중, 경도 및 산도는 변화가 없었다. 저장 사과의 희토류비료 시비효과를 조사한 결과, 희토류비료 처리된 사과의 경우 무처리에 비해 5개월 저장 후 과실의 연화 및 적정산도의 감소를 지연시키며, 호흡률과 에틸렌발생을 감소시켰다. Rare earth elements fertilizer and Ca were sprayed on eight-year-old ‘Fuji’/M.9 apple trees during two consecutive seasons, and fruit quality was quantified at harvest and 5-month long storing in a commercial cooling house at 4℃ and 80~85% RH. In the first season, single-sprayed of rare earth elements fertilizer showed appreciable accumulations of its elements (La, Pr, Gd, and Nd) in the fruit. In the following season, application of higher doses accumulated higher amount, indicating that the accumulation of rare earth elements was dose-dependent. However, rare earth elements did not affect the accumulations of Ca, Mg, and K in ‘Fuji’ apple fruit showed that there was no interaction between rare earth elements and these macronutrients. Double-spray of 0.2% rare earth elements increased fruit redness at harvest and had exhibited better color. Although at harvest it did not show significant effects on fruit weight, pulp firmness and titratable acidity (TA), but had pronounced effects on inhibiting fruit softness and retarded decrease of TA during storing. Furthermore, it reduced respiration rate and inhibited ethylene production during storing indicated that rare earth elements may be an alternative for prolonging the shelf life of ‘Fuji’/M.9 apple fruit.

Burden of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Related to Tobacco Smoking among Adults Aged ≥45 Years in Asia: A Pooled Analysis of 21 Cohorts

Zheng, Wei,McLerran, Dale F.,Rolland, Betsy A.,Fu, Zhenming,Boffetta, Paolo,He, Jiang,Gupta, Prakash Chandra,Ramadas, Kunnambath,Tsugane, Shoichiro,Irie, Fujiko,Tamakoshi, Akiko,Gao, Yu-Tang,Koh, Woon Public Library of Science 2014 PLoS medicine Vol.11 No.4

<▼1><P>Wei Zheng and colleagues quantify the burden of tobacco-smoking-related deaths for adults in Asia.</P><P><I>Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary</I></P></▼1><▼2><P><B>Background</B></P><P>Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for many diseases. We sought to quantify the burden of tobacco-smoking-related deaths in Asia, in parts of which men's smoking prevalence is among the world's highest.</P><P><B>Methods and Findings</B></P><P>We performed pooled analyses of data from 1,049,929 participants in 21 cohorts in Asia to quantify the risks of total and cause-specific mortality associated with tobacco smoking using adjusted hazard ratios and their 95% confidence intervals. We then estimated smoking-related deaths among adults aged ≥45 y in 2004 in Bangladesh, India, mainland China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan—accounting for ∼71% of Asia's total population. An approximately 1.44-fold (95% CI = 1.37–1.51) and 1.48-fold (1.38–1.58) elevated risk of death from any cause was found in male and female ever-smokers, respectively. In 2004, active tobacco smoking accounted for approximately 15.8% (95% CI = 14.3%–17.2%) and 3.3% (2.6%–4.0%) of deaths, respectively, in men and women aged ≥45 y in the seven countries/regions combined, with a total number of estimated deaths of ∼1,575,500 (95% CI = 1,398,000–1,744,700). Among men, approximately 11.4%, 30.5%, and 19.8% of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and respiratory diseases, respectively, were attributable to tobacco smoking. Corresponding proportions for East Asian women were 3.7%, 4.6%, and 1.7%, respectively. The strongest association with tobacco smoking was found for lung cancer: a 3- to 4-fold elevated risk, accounting for 60.5% and 16.7% of lung cancer deaths, respectively, in Asian men and East Asian women aged ≥45 y.</P><P><B>Conclusions</B></P><P>Tobacco smoking is associated with a substantially elevated risk of mortality, accounting for approximately 2 million deaths in adults aged ≥45 y throughout Asia in 2004. It is likely that smoking-related deaths in Asia will continue to rise over the next few decades if no effective smoking control programs are implemented.</P><P><I>Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary</I></P></▼2><▼3><P><B>Editors' Summary</B></P><P><B>Background</B></P><P>Every year, more than 5 million smokers die from tobacco-related diseases. Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (conditions that affect the heart and the circulation), respiratory disease (conditions that affect breathing), lung cancer, and several other types of cancer. All told, tobacco smoking kills up to half its users. The ongoing global “epidemic” of tobacco smoking and tobacco-related diseases initially affected people living in the US and other Western countries, where the prevalence of smoking (the proportion of the population that smokes) in men began to rise in the early 1900s, peaking in the 1960s. A similar epidemic occurred in women about 40 years later. Smoking-related deaths began to increase in the second half of the 20th century, and by the 1990s, tobacco smoking accounted for a third of all deaths and about half of cancer deaths among men in the US and other Western countries. More recently, increased awareness of the risks of smoking and the introduction of various tobacco control measures has led to a steady decline in tobacco use and in smoking-related diseases in many developed countries.</P><P><B>Why Was This Study Done?</B></P><P>Unfortunately, less well-developed tobacco control programs, inadequate public awareness of smoking risks, and tobacco company marketing have recently led to sharp increases in the prevalence of smoking in many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Asia. More than 50% of men in many Asian countries are now smokers, about tw

Anatomical Analysis of Fruit Development of Different-Sized ‘Hongro’ and ‘Fuji’ Apple Fruits

Wei-Wei Zheng,Yu-Jeong Kim,Sei-Myong Oh,Ik-Jo Chun 한국원예학회 2009 Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology Vol.50 No.2

A major issue in apple marketability is the determination of fruit size. In order to illustrate the mechanism underlying the construction of fruit size, the anatomical observation of mesocarp cells was conducted during fruit development on two apple genotypes that set different-sized fruits, mid season-‘Hongro’/M.9 and late season-‘Fuji’/M.9. It was observed that fruit size of ‘Hongro’ was larger than that of ‘Fuji’ at their respective maturity, although they were grown under the same condition. The microscopic observation of mesocarp cells showed that cell size of ‘Hongro’ and ‘Fuji’ gradually increased during fruit growth developmental stages, with ‘Hongro’ fruit showing 2.4-fold of ‘Fuji’ cell size at their respective maturities. ‘Hongro’ fruit expressed a more active cell proliferation than ‘Fuji’ fruit, which resulted in a significantly larger cell number compared to ‘Fuji’ fruit. Thus, it was demonstrated that the difference in fruit size between the two apple genotypes was attributed to both cell size and cell number. Within the same genotype, large-sized ‘Hongro’ fruit exhibited larger cell size, whereas the large size of ‘Fuji’ fruit was resulted from the greater number of cells. These observations suggested that the two genotypes undergo different mechanisms of fruit construction: cell size is the critical factor for determining the final ‘Hongro’ fruit size, while cell number is dominant for ‘Fuji’ fruit.

Effect of Foliar Spray of Seawater on ‘Fuji’ Apple (Malus domestica cv. Borkh) Fruit Trees

Wei-Wei Zheng,Jae Moon Hwang,Ik-Jo Chun 한국원예학회 2008 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

The Accumulation of Rare Earth Elements and the Subsequent Effect on the Quality of ‘Fuji’ Apple at Harvest and during Storage

Wei-Wei Zheng,Soon-Tae Kwon,Ik-Jo Chun 한국원예학회 2008 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

Effects of Fruit Bearing Conditions and Cultural Practices on the Calcium Composition in ‘Fuji’ Apples

Zheng Wei-Wei,Zhai Heng,Ik-Jo Chun 한국원예학회 2006 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

The NAD(P)H: Quinine Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) Gene 609 C>T Polymorphism is Associated with Gastric Cancer Risk: Evidence from a Case-control Study and a Meta-analysis

Hu, Wei-Guo,Hu, Jia-Jia,Cai, Wei,Zheng, Min-Hua,Zang, Lu,Wang, Zheng-Ting,Zhu, Zheng-Gang Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.5

The association between the NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) gene C609T polymorphism (rs1800566) and gastric cancer has been widely evaluated, but a definitive answer is so far lacking. We first conducted a case-control study to assess this association in a large Han Chinese population, and then performed a meta-analysis to further address this issue. Although our case-control association study indicated no significant difference in the genotype and allele distributions of C609T polymorphism between gastric cancer patients and controls, in the meta analysis involving 4,000 subjects, comparison of alleles 609T and 609C indicated a significantly increased risk (46%) for gastric cancer (95% confidence interval (95%CI) for odds ratio (OR)=1.20-1.79) in individuals with the T allele. The tendency was similar to the homozygote (OR=1.81, 95%CI: 1.16-2.84), dominant models (OR=1.41, 95%CI: 1.12-1.79), as well as recessive model (OR=1.58, 95%CI: 1.06-2.35). Stratified analysis by study design demonstrated stronger associations in population-based than in hospital-based studies. And ethnicity-based analysis demonstrated a significant association in Asians. We conclude that the NQO1 gene C609T polymorphism increases the risk for gastric cancer, especially in Asian populations.

Collapse-resistant performance of a single-story frame assembly and multi-story sub-frame under an internal column-removal scenario

Wei-hui Zhong,Zheng Tan,Li-Min Tian,Bao Meng,Yu-hui Zheng,Shi-chao Daun 국제구조공학회 2021 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.41 No.5

To elucidate the differences in the collapse behavior between a single-story beam-column assembly and multi-story frame, two 1/3-scale two-bay composite frames, including a single-story composite beam–column assembly and a three-story composite sub-frame, were designed and quasi-statically tested. The load–displacement responses, failure modes, and internal force development of the two frames were analyzed and compared in detail. Furthermore, the resistance mechanisms of the two specimens were explored, and the respective contributions of different load-resisting mechanisms to the total resistances were quantitatively separated to gain deeper insights. The experimental tests indicated that Vierendeel action was present in the two-dimensional multi-story frames, which led to an uneven internal force distribution among the three stories. The collapse resistance of TSDWA-3S in the flexural stage was not significantly increased by the structural redundancy provided by the additional story, as compared to that of TSDWA-1S. Although the development of the load response was similar in the two specimens at flexural stage, the collapse mechanisms of the multi-story composite frame were much more complicated than those of the single-story beam–column assembly, and the combined action between stories was critical in determining the internal force redistribution and rebalancing of the remaining structure.