Experimental Study of the Runaway Current in the J-TEXT Tokamak

Y. H. Luo,Z. Y. Chen,X. Q. Zhang,D. W. Huang,W. Jin,Y. H. Huang,Y. Tang,J. C. Li,R. H. Tong,W. Yan,G. Zhuang 한국물리학회 2014 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.64 No.3

Major plasma disruptions in tokamaks often generate runaway currents, which contain electronswith energies of several tens of megaelectron-volts (MeV). These currents can cause substantialdamage when control is lost and the current hits the limiters or the vessel wall. The interactionbetween the runaway electrons and the impurities inside the plasma results in soft X-ray emission,which can provide detailed information about the runaway generation process and the confinementof runaway electrons. A vertical soft X-ray array at the top of Joint Texas Experimental Tokamak(J-TEXT) was used to study the runaway beams resulting from major disruptions. Runawayelectron production and confinement of runaway current were observed by using soft X-ray images.

A Phase 3 Evaluation of Daclatasvir plus Asunaprevir in Treatment-Naive Patients with Chronic HCV Genotype 1b Infection

( L. Wei ),( F. Wang ),( M. Zhang ),( J. Jia ),( A.A. Yakovlev ),( W. Xie ),( E.Z. Burnevich ),( J. Niu ),( Y.J. Jung ),( X. Jiang ),( M. Xu ),( X. Chen ),( Q. Xie ),( J. Li ),( J. Hou ),( H. Tang ),( 대한간학회 2017 춘·추계 학술대회 (KASL) Vol.2017 No.1

Background/Aims: Treatment-naive GT 1b-infected patients from mainland China, South Korea and Russia were assessed for SVR at follow-up week 12 (SVR12) after receiving daclatasvir (60 mg, QD) and asunaprevir (100 mg, BID) (DCV+ASV). Methods: Patients were randomized 3:1 to receive DCV+ASV (24 weeks; immediate treatment [IM]) or 12 weeks of placebo followed by DCV+ASV (24 weeks; placebo-deferred treatment [PD]). The primary endpoint was to evaluate SVR12 in the IM arm to the historical rate for peginterferon/ribavirin (70%). Secondary endpoints included overall safety and safety comparisons between the treatment arms during the first 12 weeks. Results: 207 patients were randomized to IM (n=155) or PD (n=52); Asian (86%), female (59%), IL28B CC genotype (68%) and median age 49 (range 18-73) years; cirrhosis (13%), HCV RNA ≥6x106 IU/mL (53%). SVR12 in the IM arm was 92% and broadly unaffected by most baseline factors assessed (Figure); SVR12 was higher in patients without (96%) baseline NS5A-L31M/V or Y93H polymorphisms. There were 6 virologic breakthroughs, 6 relapses and 1 detectable HCV RNA at end-of-treatment in the IM arm. Safety was mostly comparable between the two arms during the first 12 weeks. The most frequent adverse events (AEs; ≥5%) during DCV+ASV (24 weeks) treatment in both arms were aminotransferase, bilirubin and INR elevations, hypertension, fatigue and respiratory tract infections; the most frequent treatment-emergent grade 3/4 laboratory abnormalities were aminotransferase (≤4.5%) and hematologic, lipase and total bilirubin abnormalities (≤2%); one patient (IM) discontinued DCV+ASV for aminotransferase elevations, nausea and jaundice (all reversible); one patient PD) discontinued DCV+ASV for a fatal AE unrelated to treatment. Conclusions: These data demonstrate that DCV+ASV is a highly efficacious and well tolerated treatment for treatment-naive HCV GT 1b-infected patients. Those treated immediately with DCV+ASV achieved a 92% SVR12 rate which was unaffected by factors known to attenuate response to interferon.

Inbreeding and Genetic Diversity in Three Imported Swine Breeds in China Using Pedigree Data

Tang, G.Q.,Xue, J.,Lian, M.J.,Yang, R.F.,Liu, T.F.,Zeng, Z.Y.,Jiang, A.A.,Jiang, Y.Z.,Zhu, L.,Bai, L.,Wang, Z.,Li, X.W. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2013 Animal Bioscience Vol.26 No.6

The accumulation of inbreeding and the loss of genetic diversity is a potential problem in the modern swine breeds in China. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the pedigrees of Chinese Duroc (CD), Landrace (CL) and Yorkshire (CY) swine to estimate the past and current rates of inbreeding, and to identify the main causes of genetic diversity loss. Pedigree files from CD, CL and CY containing, 4529, 16,776 and 22,600 records, respectively, were analyzed. Pedigree completeness indexes of the three breeds, accounting for one generation back, were 83.72, 93.93 and 93.59%, respectively. The estimated average annual inbreeding rates for CD, CL and CY in recent three years were 0.21, 0.19 and 0.13%, respectively. The estimated average percentage of genetic diversity loss within each breed in recent three years was about 8.92, 2.19, and 3.36%, respectively. The average relative proportion of genetic diversity loss due to unequal contributions of founders in CD, CL and CY was 69.09, 57.95 and 60.57%, and due to random genetic drift was 30.91, 42.05 and 39.43%, respectively. The estimated current effective population size for CD, CL and CY was 76, 117 and 202, respectively. Therefore, CD has been found to have lost considerable genetic diversity, demanding priority for optimizing the selection and mating to control future coancestry and inbreeding. Unequal contribution of founders was a major cause of genetic diversity loss in Chinese swine breeds and random genetic drift also showed substantial impact on the loss of diversity.

Amycolatopsis halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake

Tang, S.-K.,Wang, Y.,Guan, T.-W.,Lee, J.-C.,Kim, C.-J.,Li, W.-J. SOCIETY FOR GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 2010 International journal of systematic and evolutiona Vol.60 No.5

Magnetic Annealing Effects on the Properties of Multilayer BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 Thin Films

Y. Q. Dai,J. M. Dai,X. W. Tang,X. B. Zhu,J. Yang,Q. C. Liu,Y. P. Sun 한국물리학회 2013 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.62 No.12

Multilayer BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 thin films are prepared via a chemical solution deposition methodwith and without magnetic annealing, respectively. The microstructural, magnetic, dielectric andferroelectric properties of the films’ are investigated. The dielectric constant, polarization andmagnetization of the multilayer thin films are improved with magnetic annealing. Moreover, forthe magnetic annealing films, the saturation magnetization measured with the measuring magneticfield vertical to the film surface is much higher than that measured with the field parallel to thefilm surface. These novel phenomena may be caused by the decrease in the clamping of the BaTiO3layer and the arrangement of the induced easy axis in the CoFe2O4 layer caused by the appliedannealing field.

INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN OF ACTIVE FRONT WHEEL STEERING AND FOUR WHEEL TORQUE TO IMPROVE VEHICLE HANDLING AND STABILITY

J. Y. WU,H. J. TANG,S. Y. LI,S. B. ZHENG 한국자동차공학회 2007 International journal of automotive technology Vol.8 No.3

This study proposes a two-layer hierarchical control system that integrates active front wheel steering and four wheel braking torque control to improve vehicle handling performance and stability. The first layer is a robust model matching controller (R-MMC) based on linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which optimizes an active front steering angle compensation and a desired yaw moment control, and calculates reference wheel slip for the target wheel according to the desired yaw moment. The second layer is a moving sliding mode controller (MSMC) that can track the reference wheel slip in a predetermined time by commanding proper braking torque on the target wheel to achieve the desired yaw moment. Since vehicle sideslip angle measurement is difficult to achieve in practice, a sliding mode observer (SMO) that requires only vehicle yaw rate as the measured input is also developed in this study. The performance and robustness of the SMO and the integrated control system are demonstrated through comprehensive computer simulations. Simulation results reveal the satisfactory tracking ability of the SMO, and the superior improved vehicle handling performance, stability and robustness of the integrated control vehicle.

Characteristics and Potential Applications of the Proton Beams at the CSNS

J. Y. Tang,S. N. Fu,J. Wei 한국물리학회 2008 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.52 No.3

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is a large scientific research facility mainly serving the multidisciplinary research on material structure by using the neutron scattering technique. The accelerators can provide a proton beam of 120 kW with a repetition rate of 25 Hz, and can be upgraded to 240 kW (CSNS-II) or 500 kW (CSNS-II'). Besides as a driving source for the spallation target, the proton beams can be exploited for various applications both in fundamental research and in applications. The utilization of the CSNS proton beams can be in two different modes: the parasitic mode and the dedicated mode. The former one does not affect the normal operation of the spallation neutron source, and the latter can provide the full potential of the CSNS accelerators. Applications using the CSNS proton beams will be in two separate areas, utilizing the beams from the linac and from the RCS, respectively. Some of the CSNS proton beam applications are space single event effect and space radiology studies, white neutron source, proton therapy on ocular melanomas and low-depth cancers, fast neutron therapy, and borium capture neutron therapy. Other applications, such as testing studies of particle detectors, non-space radio-biological studies, radiation material studies, and nuclear physics, are also under consideration. The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is a large scientific research facility mainly serving the multidisciplinary research on material structure by using the neutron scattering technique. The accelerators can provide a proton beam of 120 kW with a repetition rate of 25 Hz, and can be upgraded to 240 kW (CSNS-II) or 500 kW (CSNS-II'). Besides as a driving source for the spallation target, the proton beams can be exploited for various applications both in fundamental research and in applications. The utilization of the CSNS proton beams can be in two different modes: the parasitic mode and the dedicated mode. The former one does not affect the normal operation of the spallation neutron source, and the latter can provide the full potential of the CSNS accelerators. Applications using the CSNS proton beams will be in two separate areas, utilizing the beams from the linac and from the RCS, respectively. Some of the CSNS proton beam applications are space single event effect and space radiology studies, white neutron source, proton therapy on ocular melanomas and low-depth cancers, fast neutron therapy, and borium capture neutron therapy. Other applications, such as testing studies of particle detectors, non-space radio-biological studies, radiation material studies, and nuclear physics, are also under consideration.

Use of negative capacitance to simulate the electrical characteristics in double-gate ferroelectric field-effect transistors

Y.G. Xiao,M.H. Tang,Y. Xiong,J. C. Lin,C.P. Cheng,B. Jiang,H.Q. Cai,Z.H. Tang,X.S. Lv,X.C. Gu,Y.C. Zhou 한국물리학회 2012 Current Applied Physics Vol.12 No.6

The surface potential and drain current of double-gate metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) field-effect transistor were investigated by using the ferroelectric negative capacitance. The derived results demonstrated that the up-converted semiconductor surface potential and low subthreshold swing S = 34 (<60 mV/dec) can be realized with appropriate thicknesses of ferroelectric thin film and insulator layer at room temperature. What’s more, a reduction gate voltage about 260 mV can be reached if the ON-state current is fixed to 600 mA/mm. It is expected that the derived results can offer useful guidelines for the application of low power dissipation in ongoing scaling of FETs.

Polymerdimethylsiloxane surface treatment with an atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet driven by unipolar nanosecond pulses

Tang T.Y.,Lee H.,Kim H.S.,Kim G.H.,Lee B.,Kim H.J.,Lee H.J. 한국물리학회 2021 Current Applied Physics Vol.29 No.-

A nanosecond-pulse power source transfers energy to electrons of atmospheric pressure discharges in a nanosecond-scale rising time and shows different plasma chemistry than a slowly varying sinusoidal discharge. We report how the operation parameters, such as applied voltage, pulse duration, and repetition frequency, affect the discharge characteristics and the surface property of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The applied voltage controls the energy delivery per a pulse cycle, and the repetition frequency dominantly affects the plasma density in a long-term operation. The water contact angle, the optical emission spectroscopy, and the atomic force microscope diagnostics on the PDMS are presented. While the polarity of the nano pulse bias changes the emission length of the plasma jet, the hydrophilicity is not affected by it because the chemical reactions by radicals are more dominant than the physical reactions of charged particles on PDMS.

Magnetotransport study in Co-Al-Co single-electron transistors

J. H. Shyu,F. Y. Tang,J. W. Chen,Y. D. Yao 한국자기학회 2007 한국자기학회 학술연구발표회 논문개요집 Vol.- No.-