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Non Destructive Evaluation of Fatigue crack initiation and propagation in Al Alloy Plate with Bolt Fastened Hole
学位記号番号 : 博理工甲第786号博士の専攻分野の名称 : 博士(学術)
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Intermittency of near-bottom turbulence in tidal flow on a shallow shelf
The higher-order structure functions of vertical velocity fluctuations (transverse structure functions (TSF)) were employed to study the characteristics of turbulence intermittency in a reversing tidal flow on a 19 m deep shallow shelf of the East China Sea. Measurements from a downward-looking, bottom-mounted Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter, positioned 0.45 m above the seafloor, which spanned two semidiurnal tidal cycles, were analyzed. A classical lognormal single-parameter (mu) model for intermittency and the universal multifractal approach (specifically, the two-parameter (C-1 and alpha) log-Levy model) were employed to analyze the TSF exponent xi(q) in tidally driven turbulent boundary layer and to estimate mu, C-1, and alpha. During the energetic flooding tidal phases, the parameters of intermittency models approached the mean values of (mu) over tilde approximate to 0.24, (C) over tilde (1) approximate to 0.15, and (alpha) over tilde approximate to 1.5, which are accepted as the universal values for fully developed turbulence at high Reynolds numbers. With the decrease of advection velocity, mu and C-1 increased up to mu approximate to 0.5-0.6 and C-1 approximate to 0.25-0.35, but a decreased to about 1.4. The results explain the reported disparities between the smaller "universal" values of intermittency parameters mu and C-1 (mostly measured in laboratory and atmospheric high Reynolds number flows) and those (mu = 0.4-0.5) reported for oceanic stratified turbulence in the pycnocline, which is associated with relatively low local Reynolds numbers R-lambda w. The scaling exponents xi(2) of the second-order TSF, relative to the third-order structure function, was also found to be a decreasing function of R-lambda w, approaching the classical value of 2/3 only at very high R-lambda w. A larger departure from the universal turbulent regime at lower Reynolds numbers could be attributed to the higher anisotropy and associated intermittency of underdeveloped turbulence.U.S. Office of Naval Research [N00014-05-1-0245]; Spanish Ministry of Education and Science [FIS2008-03608]; Major State Program of China for Basic Research [2006CB400602]; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA
A Conceptual Model for Quality of Life Among People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Philippines
[Background] The increased prevalence of chronic diseases is a social issue in developing countries. [Methods] To create a conceptual model representing the quality of life of low-income people with type 2 diabetes in the Philippines, 117 low-income adult participants in a public support group were studied, and the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores on quality of life (QOL) were analyzed in terms of their relationships with the following factors: basic attributes, physical factors (glycated hemoglobin level, complications, comorbidities, and symptoms), social factors (support, education, and financial status), and cognitive factors (knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and self-management behavior). [Results] Based on correlation coefficients among variables and goodness-of-fit test results through a path analysis, 2 models representing causal relationships were created, both of which showed sufficient goodness-of-fit. [Conclusion] Glycated hemoglobin levels, knowledge of blood glucose levels, self-efficacy, and self-management behavior (exercise) influenced PCS scores, while age, glycated hemoglobin levels, neuropathy, knowledge of insulin, self-efficacy, and self-management behavior (exercise) influenced MCS scores. The influence of self-efficacy was prominent in both cases, providing an important insight for healthcare professionals to develop effective support methods.journal articl
Report of an Attempt to Visualize the Value of the Starry Sky and Potential as a Regional Resource
Under the activity of “Hoshinochi lab" aiming for collaboration across barrier between different organizations, we studied the possibility of “starry sky" as a regional resource creating a new added value. The purpose of the study is to make a proposal that leads to the improvement of regional vitality for the next generation based on the effects observed by visualization of the value of starry sky. Here, "visualization" has a various meaning from physical measurement of value of starry sky based on night sky brightness to activities making people conscious the wide variety of value of starry sky. In this paper, we report on the results based on the 2 years activities of Hoshinochi lab.departmental bulletin pape
The expanded H1–H8/H2/H6 and H1–H1 regions of the exchangeable proton 2D JR-NOESY spectrum of Tel26 in K solution at 1°C
<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Human telomeric sequence forms a hybrid-type intramolecular G-quadruplex structure with mixed parallel/antiparallel strands in potassium solution"</p><p>Nucleic Acids Research 2006;34(9):2723-2735.</p><p>Published online 19 May 2006</p><p>PMCID:PMC1464114.</p><p>© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved</p> NOEs are labeled as follows: intra-tetrad NOEs are labeled in red, sequential NOEs are labeled in green, inter-tetrad NOEs are labeled in blue, NOEs between stacking adenine H2 protons and G-tetrad imino protons are labeled in black. Conditions: 1°C, 25 mM K-PO, 70 mM KCl, pH 7.0, 2.5 mM DNA
