Climate change is an alarming global challenge, particularly affecting the least developed countries (LDCs) including Liberia. These countries, located in regions prone to unpredictable temperature and precipitation c...Climate change is an alarming global challenge, particularly affecting the least developed countries (LDCs) including Liberia. These countries, located in regions prone to unpredictable temperature and precipitation changes, are facing significant challenges, particularly in climate-sensitive sectors such as mining and agriculture. LDCs need more resilience to adverse climate shocks but have limited capacity for adaptation compared to other developed and developing nations. This paper examines Liberia’s susceptibility to climate change as a least developed country, focusing on its exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. It provides an overview of LDCs and outlines the global distribution of carbon dioxide emissions. The paper also evaluates specific challenges that amplify Liberia’s vulnerability and constrain sustainable adaptation, providing insight into climate change’s existing and potential effects. The paper emphasizes the urgency of addressing climate impacts on Liberia and calls for concerted local and international efforts for effective and sustainable mitigation efforts. It provides recommendations for policy decisions and calls for further research on climate change mitigation and adaptation.展开更多
Urbanization is the inevitable path of national economic development,and the level of urbanization development in most African countries is still low.By analyzing five typical developed countries in the United States,...Urbanization is the inevitable path of national economic development,and the level of urbanization development in most African countries is still low.By analyzing five typical developed countries in the United States,Britain,France,Germany,and Japan,this paper discusses the promoting factors and problems of the rapid urbanization development in their specific years,as well as the experiences and lessons that Africa can learn,so as to prevent Africa from taking the detour in the urbanization process of Western developed countries and promote the balanced regional development of various African countries.展开更多
A complex Laboratory Developed Test(LDT)is a clinical test developed within a single laboratory.It is typically configured from many fea-ture constraints from clinical repositories,which are part of the existing Lab-o...A complex Laboratory Developed Test(LDT)is a clinical test developed within a single laboratory.It is typically configured from many fea-ture constraints from clinical repositories,which are part of the existing Lab-oratory Information Management System(LIMS).Although these clinical repositories are automated,support for managing patient information with test results of an LDT is also integrated within the existing LIMS.Still,the support to configure LDTs design needs to be made available even in standard LIMS packages.The manual configuration of LDTs is a complex process and can generate configuration inconsistencies because many constraints between features can remain unsatisfied.It is a risky process and can lead patients to undergo unnecessary treatments.We proposed an optimized solution(opt-LDT)based on Genetic Algorithms to automate the configuration and resolve the inconsistencies in LDTs.Opt-LDT encodes LDT configuration as an optimization problem and generates a consistent configuration that satisfies the constraints of the features.We tested and validated opt-LDT for a local secondary care hospital in a real healthcare environment.Our results,averaged over ten runs,show that opt-LDT resolves 90%of inconsistencies while taking between 6 and 6.5 s for each configuration.Moreover,positive feedback based on a subjective questionnaire from clinicians regarding the performance,acceptability,and efficiency of opt-LDT motivates us to present our results for regulatory approval.展开更多
基于Aspen Batch Process Developer软件对原料药工程设计进行应用研究。在某原料药项目中,通过软件建立工艺流程模拟模型,分析批次操作时间、年生产批次、年生产规模、物料衡算、设备选型和利用率、公用工程消耗等,在满足生产需求的情...基于Aspen Batch Process Developer软件对原料药工程设计进行应用研究。在某原料药项目中,通过软件建立工艺流程模拟模型,分析批次操作时间、年生产批次、年生产规模、物料衡算、设备选型和利用率、公用工程消耗等,在满足生产需求的情况下,达到优化生产排班、设备选型和公用工程量的目的。展开更多
The construction controlling elements,including construction performance at low ambient temperatures,reserved time ranges,and the strength increasing rule,for locally developed epoxy asphalt mixture（LDEAM） are studi...The construction controlling elements,including construction performance at low ambient temperatures,reserved time ranges,and the strength increasing rule,for locally developed epoxy asphalt mixture（LDEAM） are studied through laboratory tests.Air void and Marshall stability are chosen as the performance measures for evaluating the construction quality.The wheel rolling test is used to simulate the actual construction situations,while the Marshall test and the Brookfield viscosity test are adopted to study the strength increasing rule.The experimental results reveal that the LDEAM can be constructed under a low ambient temperature condition of 10℃,and its longest reserved time is 70 min at a reserved temperature of 120℃.Test also shows that the strength of the LDEAM increases with time and temperature before cured.Finally,the theoretical reason for the strength increasing rule is analyzed on the basis of the organic chemistry theory.展开更多
间歇生产过程具有弹性大、灵活等特点,其市场适应性较强。化工生产中间歇生产过程占相当比例,文章就间歇生产工艺的模拟与优化进行介绍,利用Aspen Batch Process Developer模拟间歇工艺过程,可以快速地得到工艺流程的物料衡算、热量衡...间歇生产过程具有弹性大、灵活等特点,其市场适应性较强。化工生产中间歇生产过程占相当比例,文章就间歇生产工艺的模拟与优化进行介绍,利用Aspen Batch Process Developer模拟间歇工艺过程,可以快速地得到工艺流程的物料衡算、热量衡算、操作时间、公用工程和成本估算等结果。同时,还可以对模拟结果进行分析,找出制约生产工艺的瓶颈,并对生产周期、生产规模、生产设备等进行优化,提高工艺设计效率,降低生产成本。展开更多
Strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and threats of tourism development in Pingle County were analyzed to give a pertinent guide for its under developed tourism industry and economy,moreover,suggestions were proposed fo...Strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and threats of tourism development in Pingle County were analyzed to give a pertinent guide for its under developed tourism industry and economy,moreover,suggestions were proposed for the further development of local tourist resources.展开更多
文摘Climate change is an alarming global challenge, particularly affecting the least developed countries (LDCs) including Liberia. These countries, located in regions prone to unpredictable temperature and precipitation changes, are facing significant challenges, particularly in climate-sensitive sectors such as mining and agriculture. LDCs need more resilience to adverse climate shocks but have limited capacity for adaptation compared to other developed and developing nations. This paper examines Liberia’s susceptibility to climate change as a least developed country, focusing on its exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. It provides an overview of LDCs and outlines the global distribution of carbon dioxide emissions. The paper also evaluates specific challenges that amplify Liberia’s vulnerability and constrain sustainable adaptation, providing insight into climate change’s existing and potential effects. The paper emphasizes the urgency of addressing climate impacts on Liberia and calls for concerted local and international efforts for effective and sustainable mitigation efforts. It provides recommendations for policy decisions and calls for further research on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
文摘Urbanization is the inevitable path of national economic development,and the level of urbanization development in most African countries is still low.By analyzing five typical developed countries in the United States,Britain,France,Germany,and Japan,this paper discusses the promoting factors and problems of the rapid urbanization development in their specific years,as well as the experiences and lessons that Africa can learn,so as to prevent Africa from taking the detour in the urbanization process of Western developed countries and promote the balanced regional development of various African countries.
文摘A complex Laboratory Developed Test(LDT)is a clinical test developed within a single laboratory.It is typically configured from many fea-ture constraints from clinical repositories,which are part of the existing Lab-oratory Information Management System(LIMS).Although these clinical repositories are automated,support for managing patient information with test results of an LDT is also integrated within the existing LIMS.Still,the support to configure LDTs design needs to be made available even in standard LIMS packages.The manual configuration of LDTs is a complex process and can generate configuration inconsistencies because many constraints between features can remain unsatisfied.It is a risky process and can lead patients to undergo unnecessary treatments.We proposed an optimized solution(opt-LDT)based on Genetic Algorithms to automate the configuration and resolve the inconsistencies in LDTs.Opt-LDT encodes LDT configuration as an optimization problem and generates a consistent configuration that satisfies the constraints of the features.We tested and validated opt-LDT for a local secondary care hospital in a real healthcare environment.Our results,averaged over ten runs,show that opt-LDT resolves 90%of inconsistencies while taking between 6 and 6.5 s for each configuration.Moreover,positive feedback based on a subjective questionnaire from clinicians regarding the performance,acceptability,and efficiency of opt-LDT motivates us to present our results for regulatory approval.
文摘基于Aspen Batch Process Developer软件对原料药工程设计进行应用研究。在某原料药项目中,通过软件建立工艺流程模拟模型,分析批次操作时间、年生产批次、年生产规模、物料衡算、设备选型和利用率、公用工程消耗等,在满足生产需求的情况下,达到优化生产排班、设备选型和公用工程量的目的。
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50578038)the National Key Technology R& D Program of China during the 11th Five-Year Plan Period (No. 2009BAG15B03)
文摘The construction controlling elements,including construction performance at low ambient temperatures,reserved time ranges,and the strength increasing rule,for locally developed epoxy asphalt mixture（LDEAM） are studied through laboratory tests.Air void and Marshall stability are chosen as the performance measures for evaluating the construction quality.The wheel rolling test is used to simulate the actual construction situations,while the Marshall test and the Brookfield viscosity test are adopted to study the strength increasing rule.The experimental results reveal that the LDEAM can be constructed under a low ambient temperature condition of 10℃,and its longest reserved time is 70 min at a reserved temperature of 120℃.Test also shows that the strength of the LDEAM increases with time and temperature before cured.Finally,the theoretical reason for the strength increasing rule is analyzed on the basis of the organic chemistry theory.
文摘间歇生产过程具有弹性大、灵活等特点,其市场适应性较强。化工生产中间歇生产过程占相当比例,文章就间歇生产工艺的模拟与优化进行介绍,利用Aspen Batch Process Developer模拟间歇工艺过程,可以快速地得到工艺流程的物料衡算、热量衡算、操作时间、公用工程和成本估算等结果。同时,还可以对模拟结果进行分析,找出制约生产工艺的瓶颈,并对生产周期、生产规模、生产设备等进行优化,提高工艺设计效率,降低生产成本。
文摘Strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and threats of tourism development in Pingle County were analyzed to give a pertinent guide for its under developed tourism industry and economy,moreover,suggestions were proposed for the further development of local tourist resources.
