Penetration of a light-cured glass ionomer and a resin sealant into occlusal fissures and etched enamel.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the penetration of a light-cured glass ionomer and a resin sealant into occlusal fissures and etched enamel. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-eight maxillary and mandibular caries-free premolars scheduled for extraction for orthodontic reasons were isolated, the occlusal surfaces subjected to prophylaxis and acid-etched with orthophosphoric acid prior to the application of the VariGlass VLC glass ionomer and Concise resin sealants. The teeth were extracted, two longitudinal median sectiors from each tooth were ground to a thickness of 80-100 microns, and the sealant penetration into the fissures evaluated. The sections were placed in nitric acid to dissolve the enamel so the lengths of the tags which had penetrated into the etched enamel could be measured at different sites on the walls of the fissures. RESULTS: Both sealants adapted well to the fissures but penetrated deeper into shallow, open fissures than into deep, constricted fissures. The VariGlass VLC tags into etched enamel were generally longer than the Concise projections.

Estudo de viabilidade de utilização de VLC em infra-estruturas ITS baseadas em semáforos rodoviários a LEDs

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações

Seconde leçon de ténèbres / François Couperin, comp. ; Lise Daniels, S ; M. Duruflé, org. ; F. Lemaire, vlc

Titre uniforme : [Leçons de ténèbres à une et deux voix. No 2]

VLC-based light-weight portable user interface for in-house applications.

Advances in solid-state lighting have overcome common limitations on optical wireless such as power needs due to light dispersion. It's been recently proposed the modification of lamp's drivers to take advantages of its switching behaviour to include data links maintaining the illumination control they provide. In this paper, a remote access application using visible light communications is presented that provides wireless access to a remote computer using a touchscreen as user interface

LED Jitter-Induced Limitation Effects in the Baud Rate of VLC

In this paper we show that the effect of jitter due to driver and LED is the limiting factor in the baud rate in L-PPM formats for VLC systems.

VLC oriented energy efficient driver techniques

LEDs are substituting fluorescent and incandescent bulbs as illumination sources due to their low power consumption and long lifetime. Visible Light Communications (VLC) makes use of the LEDs short switching times to transmit information. Although LEDs switching speed is around Mbps range, higher speeds (hundred of Mbps) can be reached by using high bandwidth-efficiency modulation techniques. However, the use of these techniques requires a more complex driver which elevates drastically its power consumption. In this work an energy efficiency analysis of the different VLC modulation techniques and drivers is presented. Besides, the design of new schemes of VLC drivers is described.

A VLC-based beacon location system for mobile applications

This paper proposes a low cost and complexity indoor location and navigation system using visible light communications and a mobile device. LED lamps work as beacons transmitting an identifier code so a mobile device can know its location. Experimental designs for transmitter and receiver interfaces are presented and potential applications are discussed.

A 20-Mb/s VLC link with a polymer LED and a multilayer perceptron equalizer

This letter experimentally demonstrates a visible light communication system using a 350-kHz polymer lightemitting diode operating at a total bit rate of 19 Mb/s with a bit error rate (BER) of 10-6and 20 Mb/s at the forward error correction limit for the first time. This represents a remarkable net data rate gain of ~55 times. The modulation format adopted is ON-OFF keying in conjunction with an artificial neural network classifier implemented as an equalizer. The number of neurons used in the experiment is varied from the set N = {5, 10, 20, 30, 40} with 40 neurons offering the best performance at 19 Mb/s and the BER of 10-6.

梾木属两种植物油的嗅味及非皂化成分研究

本文研究了棶木属两种植物毛棶Swida(Cornus)walteri(Wanger)，光皮棶木Swida(Cornus) wilsoniana (Wanger) 油的溴味成分，确定了嗅味来源，同时测定了两种棶木油的非皂化物含量，组成鉴定了非皂化物中的化学成分，最后比较测定了两种棶木油的β—胡萝卜素含量。 从毛棶的果实油中鉴定出28种嗅味成分。毛棶的果实油非皂化物含量为0.915%，从中确定了C_(12)-C_(31)共20种碳氢化合物及其含量，还分离鉴定了β-胡萝卜素，三十烷醇，三十二烷醇，桦木醇，β-谷甾醇，22-二氢菠菜甾醇，5,24(28)-豆甾烯醇，菜油甾醇，菜子甾醇等9种化合物。其中木栓酮，西米杜鹃醇，桦木醇为首次从油中得到的化合物。其中木栓酮，西米杜鹃醇，桦木醇为首次从油中得到的化合物。 其中木栓酮，西米杜鹃醇，桦木醇为首次从油中得到的化合物。 综合成分研究结果，提出了造成油嗅味的原因和除支嗅味的方法。探讨了β-谷甾醇在光皮棶木油中可能的生理作用，以及建立在科学分析基础上发展两种棶木属植物的重要性，最后谈及应用真空液相层析（VLC）法的体验。

Evaluation of 28 marine algae from the Qingdao coast for antioxidative capacity and determination of antioxidant efficiency and total phenolic content of fractions and subfractions derived from Symphyocladia latiuscula (Rhodomelaceae)

The extracts obtained from 28 species of marine algae were evaluated for their antioxidant activity (AA) versus the positive controls butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), gallic acid (GA), and ascorbic acid (AscA). Most of the tested samples displayed antioxidant activity to various degrees. Among them, the extract of Symphyocladia latiuscula exhibited the strongest AA, which was comparable to BHT, GA, and AscA in radical scavenging activity, as shown in the DPPH (alpha,alpha-diphenyl-beta-picrylhydrazyl) assay, and higher than those of the positive controls in beta-carotene-linoleate assay system. In addition, the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction isolated from the crude extract of S. latiuscula exhibited the highest antioxidant activity in both assay systems. This fraction was further fractionated into seven subfractions (F1-F7) by vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC). F1 and F4 were found to be the most effective subfractions in scavenging DPPH radical assay and in the beta-carotene-linoleate assay, respectively. The total phenolic content (TPC) and reducing power (RP) for all of the extracts, fractions, and subfractions (F1-F7) were also determined. The TPC of the 28 extracts ranged from 0.10 to 8.00 gallic acid equivalents (mg/g seaweed dry weight) while the RP ranged from 0.07 to 11.60 ascorbic acid equivalents (mg center dot g(-1) seaweed dry weight). Highly positive relationships between AA and TPC as well as between AA and RP were found for the extracts and fractions, while for the subfractions F1-F7 only weak or no such relations were found. The results obtained from this study indicate that further analysis is needed of those marine algal species that contain the most antioxidant activity in order to identify the active principles.

海洋红藻鸭毛藻化学成分及抗氧化活性的研究

本论文采用DPPH（αα-二苯基-β-苦味酰自由基）自由基清除法和β-胡萝卜素-亚油酸氧化法对采自青岛沿海的28种海藻的粗提物进行了抗氧化活性筛选，以2,6-二叔丁基-4-甲基苯酚(BHT)、没食子酸(GA)和抗坏血酸(AscA)作为阳性对照。结果发现大多数海藻都表现了不同程度的抗氧化活性。其中，鸭毛藻Symphyocladia latiuscula的抗氧化活性最强。 鸭毛藻粗提物的乙酸乙酯相在两种方法中都表现了最强的抗氧化活性，乙酸乙酯相通过VLC被进一步分为7个组分(F1–F7)。其中F1对DPPH自由基的清除率最强，而在β-胡萝卜素-亚油酸实验中F4的抗氧化活性最强。 另外，还测定了粗提物、各相和各组分的总酚含量和还原能力。其中28种海藻粗提物的总酚含量变化范围为0.10到8.00 mg没食子酸/g海藻干重，还原能力变化范围为0.07到11.60mg抗坏血酸/g海藻干重。统计分析发现，对于粗提物和各相，抗氧化活性和总酚含量以及和还原能力都存在很强的正相关。这些结果将有助于进一步分析抗氧化活性强的海藻，从而确定活性原理。 由于鸭毛藻的抗氧化活性最强，所以对它的化学成分做进一步的调查。采用硅胶柱层析、制备薄层层析、凝胶Sephadex LH-20柱层析、反相硅胶柱层析、半制备HPLC及重结晶等手段分离得到19个化合物。运用各种现代波谱技术（IR、UV、ESI-MS、EI-MS、FAB-MS、HR-FAB-MS、1D-NMR、2D-NMR等）鉴定了它们的结构，其中包括4个新化合物：化合物S1 1-(2,3,6-三溴-4,5-二羟基苄基)-四氢吡咯-2-酮、化合物S2 1,2-双(2,3,6-三溴-4,5-二羟基苯基)乙烷、化合物S3 6-(2,3,6-三溴-4,5-二羟基苄基)-2,5-二溴-3,4-二羟基苄甲醚和化合物S4 2,3,6-三溴-4,5-二羟基苄甲砜，以及5个已知化合物和10个首次从鸭毛藻中报道的化合物。 分离到的溴酚化合物S1-S10具有显著的DPPH自由基清除活性，其IC50值在8.1-24.7 µM之间，且它们的活性是BHT（IC50 = 81.8 µM）的3.3到10倍左右。初步的构-效关系研究发现，分子中的羟基数目与活性有直接关系。

Visible light communication systems for road safety applications

Esta tese apresenta um estudo exploratório sobre sistemas de comunicação por luz visível e as suas aplicações em sistemas de transporte inteligentes como forma a melhorar a segurança nas estradas. Foram desenvolvidos neste trabalho, modelos conceptuais e analíticos adequados à caracterização deste tipo de sistemas. Foi desenvolvido um protótipo de baixo custo, capaz de suportar a disseminação de informação utilizando semáforos. A sua realização carece de um estudo detalhado, nomeadamente: i) foi necessário obter modelos capazes de descrever os padrões de radiação numa área de serviço pré-definida; ii) foi necessário caracterizar o meio de comunicações; iii) foi necessário estudar o comportamento de vários esquemas de modulação de forma a optar pelo mais robusto; finalmente, iv) obter a implementação do sistema baseado em FPGA e componentes discretos. O protótipo implementado foi testado em condições reais. Os resultados alcançados mostram os méritos desta solução, chegando mesmo a encorajar a utilização desta tecnologia em outros cenários de aplicação.