This paper investigates the empirical validity of the Weak Form Efficient Market Hypothesis for American, European and Asian stock markets. Random Walk Hypothesis is used to prove weak form efficiency in American, Eur...This paper investigates the empirical validity of the Weak Form Efficient Market Hypothesis for American, European and Asian stock markets. Random Walk Hypothesis is used to prove weak form efficiency in American, European and Asian stock indices. ADF and PP Unit Root Tests have been used to test unit root in time series of daily data of American, European and Asian stock indices. Results show that sample of stock markets are weak-form efficient in terms of the Random Walk Hypothesis.展开更多
Incorporating aluminum particles into viscous medium was proposed to improve the thermal conductivity of the viscous medium and the efficiency of warm viscous pressure forming(WVPF)process.The influence of aluminum pa...Incorporating aluminum particles into viscous medium was proposed to improve the thermal conductivity of the viscous medium and the efficiency of warm viscous pressure forming(WVPF)process.The influence of aluminum particles on a viscous medium was investigated through settling,thermal conductivity,and compression experiments.Warm viscous pressure bulging(WVPB)experiments were conducted on polyetherimide(PEI)and AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets to determine the influence of the aluminum particles size and fraction on the forming efficiency and formed specimens based on the heating preparation times and profile curves,wall thicknesses and surface roughness values of the bulging specimens.The results show that the thermal conductivity of the viscous medium and the WVPF efficiency can be greatly improved via the addition aluminum particles with appropriate size and fraction under certain temperature condition,but have less influence on other properties of viscous medium.展开更多
AIM: To determine the proliferative potential and the maintenance of stem cell activity in stored human limbal tissues, and correlate this with the preservation time, cell viability and the expression of stem cell mar...AIM: To determine the proliferative potential and the maintenance of stem cell activity in stored human limbal tissues, and correlate this with the preservation time, cell viability and the expression of stem cell markers. METHODS: Thirty limbal rims were split into 4 parts and stored in corneal preservation medium at 4 degrees C for 0, 1, 4, or 7 days. The limbal stem cell and mitotic markers P63, CK19, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and Ki67 were determined by immunohistochemical staining. The proliferative potential of limbal epithelial cells was assessed by cell viability, the ability of generating stratified epithelium, and colony forming assay. RESULTS: The stored tissues maintained limbal stratified structure to 7 days and exhibited comparable expression level of stem cell and mitotic markers. The proportion of viable cells decreased with the prolonged preservation time, while colony forming efficiency decreased from the 1st day and disappeared at the 4th day. When inoculated on amniotic membrane, the cells preserved for 1 day formed a stratified epithelium, while the cells from 4 days' preservation formed a discontinuous layer. CONCLUSION: The colony forming efficiency of limbal epithelial stem/progenitor cells decreased rapidly with the increasing preservation time, while the expression level of markers and capacity of forming epithelial monolayer on amniotic membrane decreased gradually. The limbal epithelial stem cells lost their function earlier than the lost expression level of stem cell markers. This may help us to better choose the appropriate preservation grafts for future limbal stem cell transplantation.展开更多
Sand mold 3D printing technology based on the principle of droplet ejection has undergone rapid development in recent years and has elicited increasing attention from engineers and technicians.However,current sand mol...Sand mold 3D printing technology based on the principle of droplet ejection has undergone rapid development in recent years and has elicited increasing attention from engineers and technicians.However,current sand mold 3D printing technology exhibits several problems,such as single-material printing molds,low manufacturing efficiency,and necessary post-process drying and heating for the manufacture of sand molds.This study proposes a novel high-efficiency print forming method and device for multi-material casting molds.The proposed method is specifically related to the integrated forming of two-way coating and printing and the shortflow manufacture of roller compaction and layered heating.These processes can realize the high-efficiency print forming of high-performance sand molds.Experimental results demonstrate that the efficiency of sand mold fabrication can be increased by 200%using the proposed two-way coating and printing method.The integrated forming method for layered heating and roller compaction presented in this study effectively shortens the manufacturing process for 3D-printed sand molds,increases sand mold strength by 63.8%,and reduces resin usage by approximately 30%.The manufacture of multi-material casting molds is demonstrated on typical wheeled cast-iron parts.This research provides theoretical guidance for the engineering application of sand mold 3D printing.展开更多
Suitable approaches are needed for rapid and cost-efficient materials development.High-throughput experimentation reduces the identification time of suitable material compositions.One approach is to use small specimen...Suitable approaches are needed for rapid and cost-efficient materials development.High-throughput experimentation reduces the identification time of suitable material compositions.One approach is to use small specimen geometries to save additional production costs.Hence,research is continuously being conducted on a new hardness test based on laser-induced shock waves.Thus far,characteristic values from the induced indentations have been extracted,which correlate with hardness and tensile strength.However,the indentation result varies in dependence of the specimen size and mass.This condition hinders the correlation between characteristic values and material properties.Thus,the goal was to induce similar indentation results to minimum specimen size.Herein,different mounting materials and methods were investigated.The created indentations were compared with those induced in large specimens.Essential mounting parameters were derived from the findings.Consequently,small specimens can be used for material characterization by considering these mounting parameters.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates the empirical validity of the Weak Form Efficient Market Hypothesis for American, European and Asian stock markets. Random Walk Hypothesis is used to prove weak form efficiency in American, European and Asian stock indices. ADF and PP Unit Root Tests have been used to test unit root in time series of daily data of American, European and Asian stock indices. Results show that sample of stock markets are weak-form efficient in terms of the Random Walk Hypothesis.
基金Project(51575364)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2014ZE54024)supported by the Aviation Science Foundation of ChinaProject(LJQ2015083)supported by the Liaoning Excellent Talents in University,China
文摘Incorporating aluminum particles into viscous medium was proposed to improve the thermal conductivity of the viscous medium and the efficiency of warm viscous pressure forming(WVPF)process.The influence of aluminum particles on a viscous medium was investigated through settling,thermal conductivity,and compression experiments.Warm viscous pressure bulging(WVPB)experiments were conducted on polyetherimide(PEI)and AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets to determine the influence of the aluminum particles size and fraction on the forming efficiency and formed specimens based on the heating preparation times and profile curves,wall thicknesses and surface roughness values of the bulging specimens.The results show that the thermal conductivity of the viscous medium and the WVPF efficiency can be greatly improved via the addition aluminum particles with appropriate size and fraction under certain temperature condition,but have less influence on other properties of viscous medium.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81170816)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No.20113706110004)Qingjun Zhou is partially supported by the TaishanScholar Program of Jinan City, China (No.20081148)
文摘AIM: To determine the proliferative potential and the maintenance of stem cell activity in stored human limbal tissues, and correlate this with the preservation time, cell viability and the expression of stem cell markers. METHODS: Thirty limbal rims were split into 4 parts and stored in corneal preservation medium at 4 degrees C for 0, 1, 4, or 7 days. The limbal stem cell and mitotic markers P63, CK19, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and Ki67 were determined by immunohistochemical staining. The proliferative potential of limbal epithelial cells was assessed by cell viability, the ability of generating stratified epithelium, and colony forming assay. RESULTS: The stored tissues maintained limbal stratified structure to 7 days and exhibited comparable expression level of stem cell and mitotic markers. The proportion of viable cells decreased with the prolonged preservation time, while colony forming efficiency decreased from the 1st day and disappeared at the 4th day. When inoculated on amniotic membrane, the cells preserved for 1 day formed a stratified epithelium, while the cells from 4 days' preservation formed a discontinuous layer. CONCLUSION: The colony forming efficiency of limbal epithelial stem/progenitor cells decreased rapidly with the increasing preservation time, while the expression level of markers and capacity of forming epithelial monolayer on amniotic membrane decreased gradually. The limbal epithelial stem cells lost their function earlier than the lost expression level of stem cell markers. This may help us to better choose the appropriate preservation grafts for future limbal stem cell transplantation.
基金This research was supported by the National Excellent Young Scientists Fund(Grant No.51525503).
文摘Sand mold 3D printing technology based on the principle of droplet ejection has undergone rapid development in recent years and has elicited increasing attention from engineers and technicians.However,current sand mold 3D printing technology exhibits several problems,such as single-material printing molds,low manufacturing efficiency,and necessary post-process drying and heating for the manufacture of sand molds.This study proposes a novel high-efficiency print forming method and device for multi-material casting molds.The proposed method is specifically related to the integrated forming of two-way coating and printing and the shortflow manufacture of roller compaction and layered heating.These processes can realize the high-efficiency print forming of high-performance sand molds.Experimental results demonstrate that the efficiency of sand mold fabrication can be increased by 200%using the proposed two-way coating and printing method.The integrated forming method for layered heating and roller compaction presented in this study effectively shortens the manufacturing process for 3D-printed sand molds,increases sand mold strength by 63.8%,and reduces resin usage by approximately 30%.The manufacture of multi-material casting molds is demonstrated on typical wheeled cast-iron parts.This research provides theoretical guidance for the engineering application of sand mold 3D printing.
基金Financial support of the subprojeet D02"Laser induced hardness measurements"funded by the Deutsche Forschun-gsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Rescarch Foundation)-Project number 276397488-SFB 1232 .
文摘Suitable approaches are needed for rapid and cost-efficient materials development.High-throughput experimentation reduces the identification time of suitable material compositions.One approach is to use small specimen geometries to save additional production costs.Hence,research is continuously being conducted on a new hardness test based on laser-induced shock waves.Thus far,characteristic values from the induced indentations have been extracted,which correlate with hardness and tensile strength.However,the indentation result varies in dependence of the specimen size and mass.This condition hinders the correlation between characteristic values and material properties.Thus,the goal was to induce similar indentation results to minimum specimen size.Herein,different mounting materials and methods were investigated.The created indentations were compared with those induced in large specimens.Essential mounting parameters were derived from the findings.Consequently,small specimens can be used for material characterization by considering these mounting parameters.
