Normal Regime Research Articles

The Novelty of Using Glass Powder and Lime Powder for Producing UHPSCC

In recent years, UHP self-compacted concrete is an innovative category of concrete that has attached a lot of attention because of its higher durability and compressive strength than conventional concrete. So, to overcome the cost of preparation of UHPC and preservation of high-strength deformation and rheological characteristic of self-compacting concrete when replacing a part of expensive cement with three types of production waste. In addition, the problem of reducing environmental pollution is solved. In this study. recycled glass (GP) and lime (LP) powder were used as substitution materials in the manufacture of the UHPSCC. The flowability of UHPSCC was measured by slump flow, T50, V-funnel tests as an indication for the capability of filling and J-ring tests as an indication for the capability of passing. Furthermore, durability and mechanical properties were investigated. The elevated temperature effect was investigated on several UHPCSCC samples with glass (GP) and lime (LP) powder. The test results showed that the incorporation of GP and LP partially replaced cement improved the flowability of UHPSCC. The compressive, tensile, and flexural strength were enhanced by using GP till 20% replacement of cement also, the compression strength values were highly improved by using LP replacement of cement at different ages for (hot and normal curing). The highly compressive strength values for UHPSCC mixes with a 20% replacement ratio of GP and LP as cement replacement materials were 119.0 and 128.8 MPa under hot curing regimes and increased by 6.25% and 9.62%, respectively, than that of similar mixes under normal curing regimes at 90 days. The highly splitting and flexural strength values for UHPSCC 7 mix with 20% replacement level of LP and UHPSCC 9 mix with 20% replacement level of LP and GP were reported at 11.80 and 17.85 MPa which increased by 24.20% and 58.60%, respectively, compared to the control mix.

Effect of Salicylic Acid and Calcium Chloride on Growth of Corn Under Water Stress Condition

Purpose: Oxidation stress occurs when plants are exposed to water stress and it limits the plant growth and yield. The application of salicylic acid (SA) and CaCl2 is expected to alleviate this stress and induce plant growth and yield in corn. Research Method: Corn was planted in two main plots, normal and drought irrigation regimes (three- and four-day water withholding, respectively), and each main plot was divided into three sub plots, that were no-application, application with 0.01 SA and 0.01 SA + 45 mM CaCl2 sections. A plant growth regulator was sprayed on the corn two times on days 20 (before water withholding begin) and 50. The corn height, shoot fresh weight and corn yield (ear weight, ear diameter, ear length, number of rows/ear and seeds/ row) were measured on day 65. Statistically significant differences between treatments were analyzed with a two-way ANOVA. Findings: Between days 25 – 60, the shoot length of the corn growing in the drought irrigation plot was higher than that in either normal irrigation plot (receiving plant growth regulator or not). On day 65, only the corn sprayed with SA shown similar shoot lengths between the different irrigation regimes. The ear diameter and weight of corn grown in the drought irrigation were better than under normal irrigation. SA application could induce shoot fresh weight and ear growth under normal irrigation, while the SA + CaCl2 application induced the ear diameter and ear weight in the drought irrigated plot. Originality/ Value: With these results, it is possible to use SA and CaCl2 to promote plant growth and yield in acidic soil

Long short-term memory based semi-supervised encoder—decoder for early prediction of failures in self-lubricating bearings

The existing knowledge regarding the interfacial forces, lubrication, and wear of bearings in real-world operation has significantly improved their designs over time, allowing for prolonged service life. As a result, self-lubricating bearings have become a viable alternative to traditional bearing designs in industrial machines. However, wear mechanisms are still inevitable and occur progressively in self-lubricating bearings, as characterized by the loss of the lubrication film and seizure. Therefore, monitoring the stages of the wear states in these components will help to impart the necessary countermeasures to reduce the machine maintenance downtime. This article proposes a methodology for using a long short-term memory (LSTM)-based encoder—decoder architecture on interfacial force signatures to detect abnormal regimes, aiming to provide early predictions of failure in self-lubricating sliding contacts even before they occur. Reciprocating sliding experiments were performed using a self-lubricating bronze bushing and steel shaft journal in a custom-built transversally oscillating tribometer setup. The force signatures corresponding to each cycle of the reciprocating sliding motion in the normal regime were used as inputs to train the encoder—decoder architecture, so as to reconstruct any new signal of the normal regime with the minimum error. With this semi-supervised training exercise, the force signatures corresponding to the abnormal regime could be differentiated from the normal regime, as their reconstruction errors would be very high. During the validation procedure for the proposed LSTM-based encoder—decoder model, the model predicted the force signals corresponding to the normal and abnormal regimes with an accuracy of 97%. In addition, a visualization of the reconstruction error across the entire force signature showed noticeable patterns in the reconstruction error when temporally decoded before the actual critical failure point, making it possible to be used for early predictions of failure.

Diffusion transitions in a 2D periodic lattice

Spatial diffusion of particles in periodic potential models has provided a good framework for studying the role of chaos in global properties of classical systems. Here a bidimensional “soft” billiard, classically modeled from an optical lattice Hamiltonian system, is used to study diffusion transitions under variation of the control parameters. Sudden transitions between normal and ballistic regimes are found and characterized by inspection of topological changes in phase-space. Transitions correlated with increases in global stability area are shown to occur for energy levels where local maxima points become accessible, deviating trajectories approaching them. These instabilities promote a slowing down of the dynamics and an island myriad bifurcation phenomenon, along with the suppression of long flights within the lattice. Other diffusion regime variations occurring within small intervals of control parameters are shown to be related to the emergence of a set of orbits with long flights, thus altering the total average displacement for long integration times but without global changes in phase-space.

Protective effect of Vitamin C and E on enzymatic and antioxidant system in liver and kidney toxicity of Cadmium in rats

The present study aimed to evaluate Heavy metals are persistent and uninterrupted ecological pollutants that are capable to cause numerous dysfunctions in target tissues of exposed animals as well as humans. In the present experimental study, 60 male wistar rats were divided into control and experimental groups. CdCl2 + Vitamin C through water + Vitamin E intraperitonially at a dose of mg/Kg B.W/day for 45 days. Finally, Tissue Respiration (TR), Glycolytic, Oxidative, Antioxidant Enzymes and Enzymes and Products measurements. The data were analyzed using SPSS through one way ANOVA test at P < 0.05). In the present study an attempt was made to monitor the impact of Cd-toxicity in the tissues of wistar rats. Enzymes of glycolysis i.e. Phosphorylase ‘a’ and Aldolase were found to significantly be elevated, whereas Kreb's cycle and oxidative enzymes, including SDH and Cytochrome-c-oxidase were found to be significantly inhibited, suggesting the metabolic shift from aerobiosis to anaerobiosis, visualized through increased lactate production at the cellular level. Similarly antioxidant enzymes were also affected during Cd-toxicity, and stimulates the production of ROS, diminishing their structures, prohibition of the roles of antioxidants. The findings from this study showed that a combination of Vitamin C&E enhances the biological recovery induced by Cd, pretreatment with antioxidants including Vitamin C&E decreases the oxidative stress, inhibits progressive fluctuations convinced through Cd, repaired the biochemical alterations and reverted to almost normal metabolic regimes. So, nutrient supplements, which are enriched with natural antioxidants should be provided to overcome xenobiotic toxic stress.

Intermittency and the social role of storage

Our paper examines the social benefit of energy storage in terms of smoothing the intermittent output of wind in Britain in the context of a significant wind generation presence. The resultant price smoothing creates benefits as follows: grid scale storage has a price suppressing effect, decreasing the probability of remaining in the high price and high volatility regime during peak hours, and it increases the probability of remaining in the normal regime during off-peak hours. Under the assumption that the effects on market prices are passed through to final consumers, and ignoring the facility construction costs, our results strongly suggest that there are clear potential social advantages resulting from deploying grid-level storage in the presence of intermittent wind generation.

Super powerful LED luminaires with a high color rendering index for lighting systems with combined electric power supply

Considered in this paper are development and creation of high-power LED luminaires with high light efficiency and color rendering index (CRI). As light sources, there used are 6 powerful LED СОВ (Chip-on-Board) modules CreeCXA 2550, the radiation of which contains quasi-chromatic peaks in the spectral range 600…650 nm. It allows to provide CRI values higher than 92. Features of the improved compact construction of the luminaire with indicated COB modules have been presented. To ensure normal thermal regimes of LED COB modules, a small cooling system based on heat pipes has been created, the optimal dimensions of the structural elements of which have been determined by computer simulation. The results of modeling and experimental studies have shown that the developed and manufactured passive cooling system of LED COB modules provides operation temperature modes (up to 85 °C) of light-emitting crystals at the total electric power of COB modules up to 290 W and allows using the luminaires of this type in the systems of continuous artificial illumination with combined power supply. The efficiency of the developed cooling system at some angles to the horizon expands the scope of applying the illumination device.

Dispersion Engineering of Silicon Nitride Microresonators via Reconstructable SU-8 Polymer Cladding.

In this work, we propose a novel way to flexibly engineer the waveguide dispersion by patterning the cladding of waveguide microresonators. Experimentally, we demonstrate silicon nitride waveguides with air-, oxide-, and SU-8 polymer-cladding layers and compare the corresponding waveguide dispersion. By integrating SU-8 polymer as the outer cladding layer, the waveguide dispersion can be tuned from −143 to −257 ps/nm/km. Through the simple, conventional polymer stripping process, we reconstruct the waveguide dispersion back to that of the original air-cladded device without significantly impacting the quality factor of resonators. This work provides the potential to design the waveguide dispersion in normal and anomalous regimes within an integrated photonic circuit.

Novel In Vivo Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Ciprofloxacin Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles against Salmonella typhimurium Infection.

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. typhimurium) is known for its intracellular survival, evading the robust inflammation and adaptive immune response of the host. The emergence of decreased ciprofloxacin (CIP) susceptibility (DCS) requires a prolonged antibiotic course with increased dosage, leading to threatening, adverse effects. Moreover, antibiotic-resistant bacteria can persist in biofilms, causing serious diseases. Hence, we validated the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of ciprofloxacin-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (CIP–MSN) using a rat model of salmonella infection to compare the oral efficacy of 5 mg/kg body weight CIP–MSN and a traditional treatment regimen with 10 mg/kg CIP postinfection. Our results revealed that mesoporous silica particles can regulate the release rate of CIP with an MIC of 0.03125 mg/L against DCS S. typhimurium with a greater than 50% reduction of biofilm formation without significantly affecting the viable cells residing within the biofilm, and a sub-inhibitory concentration of CIP–MSN significantly reduced invA and FimA gene expressions. Furthermore, oral supplementation of CIP–MSN had an insignificant effect on all blood parameter values as well as on liver and kidney function parameters. MPO and NO activities that are key mediators of oxidative stress were abolished by CIP–MSN supplementation. Additionally, CIP–MSN supplementation has a promising role in attenuating the elevated secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in serum from S. typhimurium-infected rats with a reduction in pro-apoptotic gene expression, resulting in reduced S. typhimurium-induced hepatic apoptosis. This counteracted the negative effects of the S. typhimurium challenge, as seen in a corrected histopathological picture of both the intestine and liver, along with increased bacterial clearance. We concluded that, compared with a normal ciprofloxacin treatment regime, MSN particles loaded with a half-dose of ciprofloxacin exhibited controlled release of the antibiotic, which can prolong the antibacterial effect.

Effect of drought stress on the foraging behavior of insect pollinators and the reproductive success of canola (Brassica napus L.)

To appraise the effect of drought stress on the foraging behavior (visitation frequency and visitation rate) of insect pollinators and its ultimate impact on reproductive success of canola (Brassica napus L.), an experiment was carried out at the Research Farm of MNSUniversity of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. Previously, only a few studies have evaluated drought stress as a predictor of plant-pollinator interactions. Normal irrigated and drought stress plots of canola were separated by a distance of fifteen meters. Normal irrigated plots received recommended number of irrigations (three times) i.e., 1st irrigation at 30 days after germination (DAG), 2nd at flowering, and 3rd at pod setting. However, irrigation was applied only once to drought-stressed plots i.e., 1st irrigation at 30 DAG. Twelve insect species in two orders and five families visited the canola flowers. These floral visitor species were grouped into three categories, i.e., Apis bees (honey bees), non-Apis bees, and flies. The abundance of Apis and non-Apis bees was significantly higher in irrigated plots than in drought plots, while the abundance of flies did not differ significantly in both plots. Stay time of all the floral visitors was significantly higher in drought plots, while the visitation rate was significantly higher in irrigated plots. The interaction between pollination modes (open pollination and self-pollination) and water regimes (normal irrigation and drought stress) was significant for all the reproductive success parameters of canola (silique length and weight, number of seeds per silique, seed weight per silique, number of siliques per plant and fatty acid contents (%) of canola seeds) under normal irrigation regime for free insect visits treatment. Moreover, a variation of 83% to 207% was observed for these parameters between irrigated and drought plots receiving insect pollination (free insect visits) due to higher pollinator abundance and visitation rate in the former ones. However, all the reproductive success parameters did not vary between irrigated and drought plots with no insect pollination (no insect visits, caged treatment). In conclusion, drought stress negatively affected insect pollinators’ foraging behavior, leading to low reproductive success in canola. In the climate change scenario and limited water availability, future studies should consider drought stress for other cross-pollinated crops under varying environments and pollinator fauna.

Generation of dissipative solitons in a doped optical fiber modeled by the higher-order dispersive cubic-quintic-septic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation

The generation of dissipative optical solitons is explored in doped fibers with correction effects under the activation of modulational instability (MI). The model, described by the cubic-quintic-septic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, includes higher-order dispersion and nonlinear gradient terms. The Lange-Newell's criterion for MI of Stokes wave, boundary domains of MI, and integrated gain of MI are obtained via the linear stability analysis. Particular attention is given to the physical effect on the critical frequency detuning, especially in the normal regime, when varying the values of odd dispersion coefficients. Numerical simulations are undertaken and confronted with analytical predictions. Beyond the agreement between the linear stability analysis and trains of soliton generation, the soliton map induced by MI, along with the subsequent physical effects, is debated via bifurcation diagrams. This allows accurate prediction of transitions between various types of localized modes and well-calibrated generation of a wide variety of solitons with different energies. It is argued that knowing the center of mass and the energy of the generated structures can better characterize the long-time evolution of MI and, eventually, its nonlinear manifestations.

Intensity scaling limitations of laser-driven proton acceleration in the TNSA-regime

We report on experimental results on laser-driven proton acceleration using high-intensity laser pulses. We present power law scalings of the maximum proton energy with laser pulse energy and show that the scaling exponent $\ensuremath{\xi}$ strongly depends on the scale length of the preplasma, which is affected by the temporal intensity contrast. At lower laser intensities, a shortening of the scale length leads to a transition from a square root toward a linear scaling. Above a certain threshold, however, a significant deviation from this scaling is observed. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations show that, in this case, the electric field accelerating the ions is generated earlier and has a higher amplitude. However, since the acceleration process starts earlier as well, the fastest protons outrun the region of highest field strength, ultimately rendering the acceleration less effective. Our investigations thus point to a principle limitation of the proton energy in the target normal sheath acceleration regime, which would explain why a significant increase of the maximum proton energy above the limit of $100\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{MeV}$ has not yet been achieved.

Fractional Diffusion with Geometric Constraints: Application to Signal Decay in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

We investigate diffusion in three dimensions on a comb-like structure in which the particles move freely in a plane, but, out of this plane, are constrained to move only in the perpendicular direction. This model is an extension of the two-dimensional version of the comb model, which allows diffusion along the backbone when the particles are not in the branches. We also consider memory effects, which may be handled with different fractional derivative operators involving singular and non-singular kernels. We find exact solutions for the particle distributions in this model that display normal and anomalous diffusion regimes when the mean-squared displacement is determined. As an application, we use this model to fit the anisotropic diffusion of water along and across the axons in the optic nerve using magnetic resonance imaging. The results for the observed diffusion times (8 to 30 milliseconds) show an anomalous diffusion both along and across the fibers.

Advanced Classification Technique to Detect the Changes of Regimes in Financial Markets by Hybrid CNN-based Prediction

Traders' tactics shift in response to the shifting market circumstances. The statistical features of price fluctuations may be significantly altered by the collective conduct of traders. When some changes in the market eventuate, a "regime shift" takes place. According to the observed directional shifts, this proposed study attempts to define what constitutes between normal and abnormal market regimes in the financial markets. The study begins by using data from ten financial marketplaces. For each call, a time frame in which major events may have led to regime change is chosen. Using the previous returns of all the companies in the index, this study investigates the usage of a CNN with SVM deep learning hybrid to anticipate the index's movement. The experiment findings reveal that this CNN model can successfully extract more generic and useful features than conventional technical indicators and produce more resilient and lucrative financial performance than earlier machine learning techniques. Most of the inability to forecast is due to randomness, and a small amount is due to non-stationarity. There is also a statistical correlation between the legal regimes of various marketplaces. Using this data, it is conceivable to tell the difference between normal regimes and lawful regimes. The results show that the stock market efficiency has never been tested before with such a large data set, and this is a significant step forward for weak-form market efficiency testing.

Circulation and distribution of suspended mesozooplankton carcasses in a mid-latitude estuary

The coast of southern Chile, located between 37° and 41°S, has many estuaries, which, together with their wetlands, still comprise a region with high biological richness and a high ecosystem value. The Valdivia River Estuary (VRE) stands out due to its relative size and commercial importance. This study analyses time series of environmental forcings and idealized model output to identify estuarine regimes and the subtidal circulation, and its influence on the distribution of Suspended Meso-Zooplankton Carcasses (SMZC), which may affect the local labile organic carbon input. Field campaigns were conducted in 2014 and 2015, and time series of metocean forcings span from 2012 to 2018. The characteristic regimes of the estuary that control the seasonal suspended particulate matter distribution were identified as Normal, Extreme, Exceptional Rainy, and Exceptional Dry. When mapped on the Geyer & MacCready circulation-stratification diagram, they coincide with partially-mixed, strongly-stratified, salt-wedge, and well-mixed water column structures, respectively. The idealized numerical model allows determining the subtidal circulation patterns induced by the along-channel density gradient, river discharge, and wind. The equilibrium SMZC distribution within the VRE during Normal and Exceptional Dry regimes was determined from the modeled circulation patterns. Model results indicated that, during the austral autumn (April 2014; Normal regime), the SMZC distribution shows a maximum concentration as low as 128 individuals per m3 located near the head of the estuary. This suggests low residence times of suspended carcasses within the estuary. During the austral summer (January 2015; Exceptional Dry regime), the SMZC distribution exhibits its maximum value near the mouth, exceeding 15,000 ind. m−3. These results suggest a massive carcass-derived carbon export towards the estuary mouth during dry seasons. Remarkably, the cross-section where maximum SMZC was predicted during this regime matches the area where large beds of Tagelus dombeii have been reported. Overall, this study highlights the importance of circulation-stratification relationships on the control of SMZC trapping mechanisms and on the identification of hotspots of benthic biomass in mid-latitude estuaries. Other estuaries with similar relationships and regimes might experience similar shifts in suspended meso-zooplankton distribution patterns in response to seasonal changes in forcings.

A Revisit to Sovereign Risk Contagion in Eurozone with Mutual Exciting Regime-Switching Model

This paper proposes a new mutual exciting regime-switching model where crises can spread contagiously across countries. Each country has its own hidden stochastic process that determines whether the country is in a normal or crisis regime. Contagion is defined as a rise in the transition probability to the crisis regime when other countries are in crisis in the past state. Using this new approach, I revisit the sovereign risk contagion in the euro area. I find that there are striking shifts in market pricing functions for the sovereign bond spreads. Multi-country contagion plays a dominant role in driving such shifts, while common risk factors and country-specific fundamentals are much less important.

Джинсовская неустойчивость астрофизической самогравитирующей среды при наличии высокого радиационного давления и диффузионного переноса излучения

Within the framework of the problem of modeling the evolution of a protostellar disk, the influence of radiation on the Jeans gravitational instability for a self-gravitating optically thick (for intrinsic infrared radiation) gas-dust medium is discussed, taking into account the influence of radiation pressure and diffusion transfer of radiation on the critical wavelength of the perturbing wave. Two approximations of radiative diffusion are considered: 1. the case of ideal radiative equilibrium, when the temperatures of matter and radiation are the same; 2. the case of the time dependence of the radiation field, when there is an energy decoupling between radiation and matter. Using the analysis of the normal regime, dispersion relations are derived that allow one to obtain modifications of the Jeans gravitational instability criterion under the influence of radiation pressure and radiation diffusion. In particular, it is shown that, in contrast to local radiation equilibrium, when the acoustic velocity of the gas coincides with the isothermal speed of sound, in the case of a difference in the temperatures of radiation and gas, the perturbing wave propagates with the adiabatic speed of sound in the gas. The results obtained are aimed at solving the problem of gravitational instability of individual massive protostellar disks or self-gravitating radiation media characterized by large optical depths for their own infrared radiation transformed by dust.

Підвищення точності визначення місця виникнення короткого замикання в електричних мережах номінальною напругою 110-150 кВ

The article is devoted to the study of improving the efficiency of the electric network with a voltage of 110-150 kV through the use of a developed device FKZ, which uses a radio channel to transmit information. At the present stage of development of electric power industry the question of reliability of work of high-voltage electric networks plays an important role. During the operation of such electrical networks, emergencies inevitably occur, the most dangerous of which are short circuits. Determining the location of damage to the electrical network is the most complex, time-consuming and time-consuming technological operation with significant costs. Therefore, the task of improving the design of devices to determine the location of damage, the use of which will significantly reduce the level of operating costs for electrical networks, is relevant. One of the ways to solve the problem of improving the accuracy of determining the location of a short circuit in the electrical network is the use of special technical means - short circuit clamps. The scheme of the normal regime of the 150 kV electric network of PJSC Kirovogradoblenergo was used for the research. The analysis of the configuration of this network showed that it has a number of substations that receive power from transmission lines, which are deaf branches. Therefore, the installation of short-circuit latches on such lines is necessary. The authors of the article propose the introduction of a radio channel to transmit information about the state of the network and the place of damage to the next personnel of the substation. The most appropriate ways to organize a radio channel are: the use of GSM networks; use of unlicensed frequency transmitters. Approximate calculations have been carried out, which confirm the possibility of creating a radio channel for transmitting information from the short-circuit lock for a distance of up to 20 km, using transceivers of non-licensed frequencies.

Considerations on the Disturbances Occurred in the Operation of Medium Voltage Electrical Networks with Neutral Treated by Suppression Coil

In this paper are analyzed the analytical models of theoretical calculation and analysis of the main consequences of neutral treatment by suppression coil on the operation of medium voltage electrical networks, both in normal regime and especially in single-phase fault regime. The size of stationary and transient overvoltages and fault currents is evaluated for a concrete case study. Also the authors present in this paper the results they obtained after the extension of their research and in the field of harmonic regime produced by the grounding of a power line. This type of fault occurs frequently in the case of medium voltage networks, with neutral treated with suppression coil. Thus, they managed to reconstruct the waveforms of currents and voltages during the fault period (grounding). Then, having these calculation elements available, a comparative analysis of similar incidents (earthing) from a 20 kV network with the neutral treated with classic suppression coil and modern Trench suppression coil, respectively, was made.

Optical emission spectroscopy and Langmuir probe studies of an intermediate pressure, supersonic microplasma jet deposition source

Optical emission spectroscopy and double Langmuir probe studies were conducted on the supersonic expansion plume of a flow-through, intermediate pressure (∼10 Torr) Ar/N2 microplasma source used for material deposition. Emission from the first positive system of N2 (B3Πg → A3Σu+) was used to determine the expanding gas rotational and vibrational temperatures; both were strongly dependent on plasma drive current, and the gas (rotational) temperature could be tuned from 300 to 800 K. The effects of drive current, plasma circuit configuration, and O2 addition to the gas feed on the local electron temperature (Te) were investigated using a miniature double Langmuir probe. Electron temperatures of 1–2 eV were estimated and decreased slightly with higher O2 content in the feed and increased distance from the capillary orifice. Te dependence on drive current was more complicated, falling into two regimes, namely, a nonuniform “predischarge” regime at low currents (&amp;lt;12 mA) where Te varied greatly, and the normal hollow cathode regime at higher currents (&amp;gt;12 mA) where Te remained nearly constant as plasma current was increased. These phenomena are discussed in light of the IV characteristics of the discharge drive circuit.