In the automotive assembly process, improvements to paint application technology have increasingly relied on a consistent, high quality supply of high purity water. The water is used to improve the adhesion of anti-corrosive compounds to a car’s frame and body parts, and for rinse water between paint coats to improve adhesion and consistency of the finish. The industry has traditionally operate...

Construction sludge frequently has high alkalinity after its generation or during the intermediate treatment process. The aim of this study is to experimentally investigate potential combining accelerated carbonation and a paper ash-based stabilizer (PSAS) neutralize construction in short period improve strength for use as recycled material. experimental results indicate that addition PSAS sign...

Genomic reduction in bacterial endosymbionts occurs through large genomic deletions and long-term accumulation of mutations. The latter process involves successive steps including gene neutralization, pseudogenization, and gradual erosion until complete loss. Although many examples of pseudogenes at various levels of degradation have been reported, neutralization cases are scarce because of the...

The idea of using Feed-Forward Neural Networks (FFNNs) as regression functions for Nonlinear AutoRegressive eXogenous (NARX) models, leading to models herein named NARXs (NNARXs), has been quite popular in the early days machine learning applied nonlinear system identification, owing their simple structure and ease application control design. Nonetheless, few theoretical results are available c...

Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to my parents, my husband Liwen and my son Ethan. They have always been there for me. Their endless love and support kept me going for the whole idea of " Ph. D. " v Acknowledgements

This paper presents a novel nonlinear Internal Model Controller architecture that achieves linear rejection of input disturbances from the control signal. For a large class of SISO nonlinear systems, appropriate open loop stability properties guarantee closed loop tracking and disturbance rejection of asymptotically constant signals. The convenient tuning and improved performance is illustrated...

The conversion of steelmaking slag (a waste product of the steelmaking process) to calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)) was tested using hydrochloric acid, ammonium hydroxide and carbon dioxide via a pH-swing process. Batch reactors were used to assess the technical feasibility of calcium carbonate recovery and its use for pre-treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mines. The effects of key pro...

Despite a central role in immunity, antibody neutralization of virus infection is poorly understood. Here we show how the neutralization and persistence of adenovirus type 5, a prevalent nonenveloped human virus, are dependent upon the intracellular antibody receptor TRIM21. Cells with insufficient amounts of TRIM21 are readily infected, even at saturating concentrations of neutralizing antibod...