MML 53: a new low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary in the Upper Centaurus-Lupus region discovered by SuperWASP

We announce the discovery of a new low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary, MML 53. Previous observations of MML 53 found it to be a pre-main sequence spectroscopic multiple associated with the 15-22 Myr Upper Centaurus-Lupus cluster. We identify the object as an eclipsing binary for the first time through the analysis of multiple seasons of time series photometry from the SuperWASP transiting planet survey. Re-analysis of a single archive spectrum shows MML 53 to be a spatially unresolved triple system of young stars which all exhibit significant lithium absorption. Two of the components comprise an eclipsing binary with period, P = 2.097891(6) ± 0.000005 and mass ratio, q ~ 0.8. Here, we present the analysis of the discovery data.

Ensembling MML causal discovery

This paper presents an ensemble MML approach for the discovery of causal models. The component learners are formed based on the MML causal induction methods. Six different ensemble causal induction algorithms are proposed. Our experiential results reveal that (1) the ensemble MML causal induction approach has achieved an improved result compared with any single learner in terms of learning accuracy and correctness; (2) Among all the ensemble causal induction algorithms examined, the weighted voting without seeding algorithm outperforms all the rest; (3) It seems that the ensembled CI algorithms could alleviate the local minimum problem. The only drawback of this method is that the time complexity is increased by δ times, where δ is the ensemble size.

Linear causal model discovery using the MML criterion

Determining the causal structure of a domain is a key task in the area of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.The algorithm proposed by Wallace et al. [15] has demonstrated its strong ability in discovering Linear Causal Models from given data sets. However, some experiments showed that this algorithm experienced difficulty in discovering linear relations with small deviation, and it occasionally gives a negative message length, which should not be allowed. In this paper, a more efficient and precise MML encoding scheme is proposed to describe the model structure and the nodes in a Linear Causal Model. The estimation of different parameters is also derived. Empirical results show that the new algorithm outperformed the previous MML-based algorithm in terms of both speed and precision.

An improved approach for the discovery of causal models via MML

Discovering a precise causal structure accurately reflecting the given data is one of the most essential tasks in the area of data mining and machine learning. One of the successful causal discovery approaches is the information-theoretic approach using the Minimum Message Length Principle[19]. This paper presents an improved and further experimental results of the MML discovery algorithm. We introduced a new encoding scheme for measuring the cost of describing the causal structure. Stiring function is also applied to further simplify the computational complexity and thus works more efficiently. The experimental results of the current version of the discovery system show that: (1) the current version is capable of discovering what discovered by previous system; (2) current system is capable of discovering more complicated causal models with large number of variables; (3) the new version works more efficiently compared with the previous version in terms of time complexity.

An examination on the performance of MML causal induction

This paper presents an examination report on the performance of the improved MML based causal model discovery algorithm. In this paper, We firstly describe our improvement to the causal discovery algorithm which introduces a new encoding scheme for measuring the cost of describing the causal structure. Stiring function is also applied to further simplify the computational complexity and thus works more efficiently. It is followed by a detailed examination report on the performance of our improved discovery algorithm. The experimental results of the current version of the discovery system show that: (l) the current version is capable of discovering what discovered by previous system; (2) current system is capable of discovering more complicated causal networks with large number of variables; (3) the new version works more efficiently compared with the previous version in terms of time complexity.

The discovery of generalized causal models with mixed variables using MML criterion

One major difficulty frustrating the application of linear causal models is that they are not easily adapted to cope with discrete data. This is unfortunate since most real problems involve both continuous and discrete variables. In this paper, we consider a class of graphical models which allow both continuous and discrete variables, and propose the parameter estimation method and a structure discovery algorithm based on Minimum Message Length and parameter estimation. Experimental results are given to demonstrate the potential for the application of this method.

Maximum likelihood algorithms for joint estimation of synchronisation impairments and channel in multiple input multiple output-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system

Maximum likelihood (ML) algorithms, for the joint estimation of synchronisation impairments and channel in multiple input multiple output-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) system, are investigated in this work. A system model that takes into account the effects of carrier frequency offset, sampling frequency offset, symbol timing error and channel impulse response is formulated. Cramer-Rao lower bounds for the estimation of continuous parameters are derived, which show the coupling effect among different impairments and the significance of the joint estimation. The authors propose an ML algorithm for the estimation of synchronisation impairments and channel together, using the grid search method. To reduce the complexity of the joint grid search in the ML algorithm, a modified ML (MML) algorithm with multiple one-dimensional searches is also proposed. Further, a stage-wise ML (SML) algorithm using existing algorithms, which estimate less number of parameters, is also proposed. Performance of the estimation algorithms is studied through numerical simulations and it is found that the proposed ML and MML algorithms exhibit better performance than SML algorithm.

Effect of strain rate response and pin diameter on mechanically mixed layer formation and wear mechanisms in a Ti6Al4V-SS316L pair

Three mechanisms operate during wear of materials. These mechanisms include the Strain Rate Response (SRR - effect of strain rate on plastic deformation), Tribo-Chemical Reactions (TCR) and formation of Mechanically Mixed Layers (MML). The present work investigates the effect of these three in context of the formation of MML. For this wear experiments are done on a pin-on-disc machine using Ti64 as the pin and SS316L as the disc. It is seen that apart from the speed and load, which control the SRR and TCR, the diameter of the pin controls the formation of MML, especially at higher speeds.

微/纳米力学测试技术及其应用

    本书系统地介绍了微／纳米力学测试技术中最常用的压入和划入技术及其典型应用。全书共分13章。测试技术方面，内容涉及接触力学、测试原理、方法、校准、仪器、力学参量、影响因素。典型应用方面，内容涉及在表面工程、微机电系统、生物、高聚物和金属玻璃等领域内的微／纳米力学行为的测试。本书可供力学、材料、物理、电子、机械、生物和化学等领域的研究人员、工程技术人员以及大专院校相关专业的师生参考。

目录

前言

第1章 绪论

1.1硬度的定义和分类

1.2纳米压入和划入技术的发展

1.3纳米压入和划入技术的特点

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第2章 压入接触力学

2.1弹性接触

2.1.1 Soeddon解

2.1.2锥形压针

2.1.3球形压针

2.1.4圆柱压针

2.2弹塑性接触

2.2.1塑性发生

2.2.2完全塑性

2.2.3材料响应

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第3章 纳米压入测试原理

3.1压入硬度和模量

3.2连续刚度测量

3.3载荷一深度数据确定的材料参数

3.3.1马氏硬度

3.3.2压入蠕变

3.3.3压入松弛

3.3.4压入弹性功和塑性功

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第4章 纳米压入测试方法

4.1压针类型

4.1.1玻氏压针

4.1.2立方角压针

4.1.3维氏压针

4.1.4努氏压针

4.1.5圆锥压针

4.1.6球形压针

4.1.7圆柱压针

4.1.8楔形压针

4.1.9考虑因素

4.2测试环节

4.2.1样品准备

4.2.2环境控制

4.2.3间距选择

4.2.4表面探测

4.2.5驱动方式

4.2.6测试步骤

4.2.7测试报告

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第5章 纳米压入的确认和校准

5.1直接确认和校准

5.2间接校准

5.3测试和校准的实例

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第6章 纳米压入和划入的测量仪器

6.1仪器技术指标的定义

6.2美国Mrs公司

6.3美国Hysitmn公司

6.4瑞士CSM公司

6.5英国MML公司

6.6澳大利亚CSIRO公司

6.7测量仪器的发展趋势

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第7章 力学参量的测量

7.1压入方式

7.1.1硬度和模量

7.1.2断裂韧度

7.1.3蠕变和粘弹行为

7.1.4压入应力??应变曲线

7.1.5加卸载曲线涉及的

部分现象

7.2划人方式

7.2.1块体材料

7.2.2薄膜材料

7.2.3粗糙度

7.3弯曲方式

7.3.1微悬臂梁静载弯曲

7.3.2微桥静载弯曲

7.3.3微结构疲劳

7.4吸引方式

7.5声发射测试

7.6温度测试

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第8章 影响纳米压入测试的因素

8.1测试仪器的影响

8.1.1压针缺陷

8.1.2测试方法

8.1.3接触零点的确定

8.1.4载荷和位移的分辨力

8.2样品的表面状态和性质

8.2.1表面吸湿

8.2.2表面粗糙度

8.2.3残余应力

8.2.4凹陷和凸起变形

8.3纳米压入和划入测试所面临的问题

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第9章 在表面工程中的应用

9.1金属材料表面激光强化的力学表征

9.2硬质膜的力学和摩擦学性能评估

9.2.1显微硬度测试

9.2.2纳米压人测试

9.2.3纳米划入测试

9.2.4膜材的影响

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第10章 在微机电系统中的应用

10.1薄膜测试

10.1.1典型薄膜材料的硬度和模量

10.1.2薄膜疲劳

10.1.3淀积工艺对二氧化硅薄膜力学性质的影响

10.2微结构弯曲

10.2.1微结构的静态弯曲

10.2.2微结构的动态弯曲

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第11章 在生物及其相关材料中的应用

11.1人工林杉木管胞细胞壁

11.2人体腰椎骨

11.3存储液对人体牙齿微力学性能的影响

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第12章 在高聚物中的应用

12.1PMMA单轴拉伸和弯曲力学行为

12.2划入测试的理论分析

12.3韧性行为的描述

12.4脆性行为的描述

12.4.1温度效应

12.4.2应变率效应

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第13章 在金属玻璃中的应用

13.1硬度和屈服应力的关系

13.2不连续的塑性变形

13.3压痕形貌和微结构变化

13.4应变率效应

13.5钕基金属玻璃的变形行为

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附录 常见问题的回答

1测试数量

2压入间距

3压入深度

4泊松比的选择

5典型材料的参数

6断裂韧度测试压针的选择

7纳米薄膜的测试

8典型材料的压入变形行为

9显微硬度和纳米压入硬度的关系

10压入影响区及其边界效应

10.1压入影响区的有限元模拟

10.2边界距离影响的有限元模拟

10.3压人间距影响的测试

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微/纳米力学测试技术及其应用

　　本书系统地介绍了微/纳米力学测试技术中最常用压入和划入技术及其典型应用。
全书共分13章。测量技术方面，内容涉及接触力学，测试原理、方法、校准、仪器、
力学参量、影响因素。典型应用方面，内容涉及在表面工程、微机电系统、生物、高
聚物和金属玻璃等领域内的微/纳米力学行为的测试。
　　本书可供力学、材料、物理、电子、机械、生物和化学等领域的研究人员、工程技术人员以及大专院校相关专业的师生参考。

 

电磁式纳米压入仪的载荷精度研究

纳米压入仪(Nanoindenter)已成为纳米/微米力学测试的基本工具之一,广泛应用于纳米材料、薄膜、MEMS微结构的力学性能测试。目前商业化仪器有MTS NanoIndenter(incorporated into Agi lent in 2008),Hysitron TriboIndenter,CSM NanoHardness Tester,MML NanoTest,and CSIRO UMIS,其中原MTS Nano Indenter、CSMNano Hardness Tester和MML NanoTest都采用电磁驱动兼载荷计量的原理设计。这类仪器主要优点之一是载荷分辨力高,可以达到50nN甚至更小。然而仪器制造商从未明确给出此类仪器的载荷精度。目前对纳米压痕测试技术的研究也主要集中在压头形状、试样表面粗糙度、毛细力等因素对压痕测试结果的影响,尚未见针对仪器载荷精度的研究报道。国际标准ISO 14577-2:2002虽对仪器施加的试验力的允差进行了规定,但由于电磁式纳米压入仪的结构响应和试样力学行为耦合在一起,试样上的载荷并不完全等同于通过电磁转换原理计量的试验力,因此实际测试时试样上的载荷精度仍是未知。

Erbium-Complex-Doped Near-Infrared Luminescent and Magnetic

A near-infrared luminescent macroporous material (PL-Macromaterial) and a near-infrared luminescent/magnetic bifunctional macroporous material (MML-Macromaterial) were synthesized by using polystyrene microspheres (PS) and Fe3O4 @polystyrene core-shell nanoparticles (Fe3O4@PS), respectively, as templates. Both the PL-Macromaterial and the M/PL-Macromaterial show the characteristic emission of the Er 3, ion. Moreover, the M/PL-Macromaterial possesses superparamagnetic properties at room temperature.

A novel anti-tumor protein extracted from Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus induces cell death by increasing cell permeability and inhibiting tubulin polymerization

Discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals from marine organisms are attracting increasing interest. Several agents derived from marine organisms are under preclinical and clinical evaluation as potential anticancer drugs. We extracted and purified a novel anti-tumor protein from the coelomic fluid of Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus by ammonium sulphate fractionation, ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The molecular weight of the highly purified protein, designated MML, was 40 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE analysis. MML exhibited significant cytotoxicity to several cancer cell types, including human hepatoma BEL-7402, human breast cancer MCF-7 and human colon cancer HCT116 cells. However, no inhibitory effect was found when treating murine normal fibroblasts NIH3T3 and benign human breast MCF-10A cells with MML. The cell death induced by MML was characterized by cell morphological changes. The induction of apoptosis of BEL-7402 cells by MML was weak by DNA ladder assay. The possible mechanisms of its anti-tumor effect might be the changes in cell membrane permeability and inhibition of tubulin polymerization. MML may be developed as a novel, highly selective and effective anti-cancer drug.

文蛤体液抗肿瘤蛋白的分离纯化与作用方式研究

恶性肿瘤是严重威胁人类健康的疾病，目前的抗肿瘤药物虽然具有一定疗效，但存在选择性差、毒副作用大等缺点，药物治疗期待着新的突破。因此，寻找高效低毒的抗肿瘤药物已经成为当前肿瘤研究的重要内容。传统抗肿瘤天然药物的来源局限在陆地，近年来在海洋来源的具有抗肿瘤活性物质的开发上取得了很多成果，获得了多种高活性、毒副作用小、作用机制新颖的活性化合物，为新型抗肿瘤药物的研发提供了新思路。 本研究采用硫酸铵分级沉淀、弱阳离子交换层析、疏水层析、强阴离子交换层析等分离技术，结合MTT活性追踪方法，从海洋软体动物文蛤体液中纯化得到单一蛋白组份MML，SDS-PAGE检测其分子量约为40kD。该蛋白在体外具有显著的抗人肝癌细胞BEL-7402的活性，其IC50达到52µg/mL。相差显微镜下观察发现，MML起效较快，细胞处理半小时后，形态开始发生改变，细胞膜逐渐与胞内物质分离，最终形成明显的空泡状结构。 为进一步研究MML的作用方式，分别从细胞膜毒性、细胞周期阻滞及诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡的角度开展了相关研究。在细胞膜毒性方面，采用扫描电镜观察、Hoechst33342/ PI双染色和乳酸脱氢酶漏出率检测的方法，初步证明了MML对BEL-7402具有细胞膜毒性。结合流式细胞仪、微管蛋白免疫荧光检测技术，研究了MML作用后的细胞周期及微管蛋白的变化情况，结果发现MML的抗肿瘤作用方式可能是通过改变肿瘤细胞膜通透性，进而破坏微管蛋白聚合、阻滞细胞周期，产生抑制肿瘤细胞增殖的活性。DNA Ladder琼脂糖凝胶电泳分析发现，MML作用后的细胞出现一定程度的凋亡，这种凋亡现象的产生是由于MML的直接诱导，还是间接作用产生，尚有待于深入研究。

VULNERABILIDADES EM SAÚDE: O DIAGNÓSTICO DOS CALOIROS DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE PORTUGUESA

O ingresso na universidade apresenta-se como uma fase crucial na vida do estudante, fase em que há aumento da autonomia e liberdade, do sentido de responsabilidade e a da autodisciplina, mas propicia mais acesso aos riscos à saúde. Como o objetivo de identificar as situações de risco experenciadas pelos caloiros de Universidade de Évora, desenvolveu-se um estudo quantitativo cujos dados foram coletados mediante a aplicação de um questionário e do inventário de Beck. Destaca-se o consumo de substâncias nocivas (tabaco, álcool e drogas ilícitas), cujos valores superam a média da população portuguesa e a presença de sintomatologia compatível com disforia e depressão em cerca de 9% dos estudantes. Verificou-se a prática da auto-medicação em 58,7% dos ingressantes. Os achados deste estudo revelam a necessidade de uma intervenção preventiva por parte dos profissionais de saúde devido a alta exposição aos riscos de saúde destes jovens.