全國中小學科展

2016年

Development of new manufacturing method to generate hydrogen energy by using waste silicon ~ Reuse of waste of the semiconductor industry for hydrogen community ~

Because of the presence of an activated multiple carbon-carbon bond, α,β-unsaturated sulfones are high-reactive compounds which are widely used in organic synthesis. These compounds readily undergo the reactions of nucleophilic addition and pericyclic processes. At the current moment, a wide range of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with α,β-unsaturated sulfones as dipolarophilic systems is known. However the interaction of α,β-unsaturated sulfones with azinium ylides is less studied and limited to only a few examples. In the present study, the interaction between a number of stable isoquinolinium and pyridinium ylides with aliphatic and aromatic vinylsulfones has been investigated. We considered the regioselectivity of these reactions. Mostly cycloadditions of isoquinolinium ylides to α,β-unsaturated sulfones led to the mixtures of isomeric sulfonyltetrahydroindolizines in different ratios. Also we found several examples of high-regioselective addition. The stereochemical result of the cycloaddition was examined by methods of 2D correlational 1H-NOESY NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallographic analysis. The process of formation of major regioisomer of cycloaddition N-phenacylisoqunolinium ylide to ethylvinylsulfone was highly stereoselective. The series of new sulfonyltetrahydroindolizines with potential bioactivity were obtained. The structure of all products was proved by IR and 1H NMR

攜手共解圓-扭結理論之探討

此篇研究發現在任何一個結中,都可以利用「牽手順序」和「交錯點編碼」兩種結的資訊直接看出一結化簡後的圖形。利用從「Reidemeister moves」所衍伸出的四種化簡方法{α, β, γ, δ}能更有效率的簡化結,並證明只需{α, β, γ, δ}就可化簡任何結,也利用{α, β, γ, δ}來驗證HOMFLY多項式是結不變量。由圖形及結的資訊我們發現,可使用「牽手順序」和「交錯點編碼」,搭配所討論出{α, β, γ, δ}的通式,依照步驟及通式簡化任何結。 本篇最重要的成果為:只需利用{α, β, γ, δ}即可化簡所有的結,而且比Reidemeister moves更有效率,因此可用{α, β, γ, δ}取代Reidemeister moves。 不管是一個封閉曲線或是兩個以上封閉曲線,都會遵守前述的規則,可利用{α, β, γ, δ}簡化圖形。文中也討論了較特別並具有規律的結──「星星結」,發現星星結只需使用「牽手順序」即可簡化,最後利用星星結的結論,發展出牽手遊戲中特殊的牽手遊戲情形。

Automated Illustration of Text to Improve Semantic Comprehension

Millions of people worldwide suffer from aphasia, a disorder that severely inhibits language comprehension. Medical professionals suggest that individuals with aphasia have a noticeably greater understanding of pictures than of the written or spoken word. Accordingly, we design a text-to-image converter that augments lingual communication, overcoming the highly constrained input strings and predefined output templates of previous work. This project offers four primary contributions. First, we develop an image processing algorithm that finds a simple graphical representation for each noun in the input text by analyzing Hu mo-ments of contours in images from The Noun Project and Bing Images. Next, we construct a da-taset of 700 human-centric action verbs annotated with corresponding body positions. We train support vector machines to match verbs outside the dataset with appropriate body positions. Our system illustrates body positions and emotions with a generic human representation created using iOS’s Core Animation framework. Third, we design an algorithm that maps abstract nouns to concrete ones that can be illustrated easily. To accomplish this, we use spectral clustering to iden-tify 175 abstract noun classes and annotate these classes with representative concrete nouns. Fi-nally, our system parses two datasets of pre-segmented and pre-captioned real-world images (Im-ageClef and Microsoft COCO) to identify graphical patterns that accurately represent semantic relationships between the words in a sentence. Our tests on human subjects establish the system’s effectiveness in communicating text using im-ages. Beyond people with aphasia, our system can assist individuals with Alzheimer’s or Parkin-son’s, travelers located in foreign countries, and children learning how to read.

Biodegrable Roof

It became necessary to implement a project for the use of vegetable waste generated in the process of handling plantain cultivation, harvest and postharvest, since in Mexico at harvest large quantities of vegetable waste is produced, since only the fruit is used wasting the Pseudostem with leaves and spine. Based on this information, you can take advantage of banana fiber as raw materials in the manufacture of biodegradable sheets and support options that are feasible and possible to make alternative. This is an inexpensive process, also friendly with the environment, so that thousands of banana plants that bear fruit after they become sterile and are discarded without realizing their Pseudostem.

An optimal-route algorithm for an intermodal Metro Manila trip planners using multiple parameters

Parameters of traffic, road availability, and fare were integrated into a web-based application for determining the best public transport routes within Metro Manila in order to assist commuters in their travel planning, whether for business or for pleasure. A user-friendly interface was developed to obtain a user’s place of origin and destination, as well as preferences in travel time, mode of transportation, and cost of journey. By accessing the traffic roadway network of the metropolis, a real-time situation of road availability was obtained, and used in a modified Dijkstra’s shortest-path algorithm to produce a model of a real-time adaptive transport network of Metro Manila. From the model, an optimal route that considers the user’s preferences can be determined. This project will be immensely useful in helping both businessmen and tourists in planning their routes that will save on time and money.

A New Generation Colorimetric Method for Lead Analysis: APTAMER MODIFIED GOLD NANOPARTICLES

Lead is a toxic element which is used in the production of chemicals, dyes, accumulators and various industrial areas. It may cause complications even extended to death when it is taken consistently in high amounts. Lead poisoning is in the first place among the occupational diseases. It is gaining importance to develop new and sensitive methods for lead analysis. Because lead poisoning can progress without any symptoms and poisoning level (10µg/dL) is low. Disadvantages of the systems used for lead analysis are such as longer detection time, being expensive and difficult to implement. The aim of this project is to develop a new generation method in order to detect lead in blood, based on aptamer modified gold nanoparticles. We detected the lead in terms of color change obtained in gold nanoparticle solutions, with composite biochemosensor that is prepared with 20 & 80 nm sized gold nanoparticles and TBA(Thrombin Binding Aptamer). While immobilizing TBA to the gold nanoparticles, we benefitted from the magnificent surface affinity of the –SH (Thiol) groups that modified to the TBA. Gold nanoparticles that are used in development of our biotechnological method do not stimulate the immune system. The preparation of aptamers in completely sterile medium provides us to use our system in the lead detection of blood. Our method can also be used in the lead detection of mediums such as waste water, food and soil. We have developed a biochemosensor that can be used to detect the presence and absence of Pb2+ by taking into consideration the toxic effect in the human body. Also we detected the presence of lead colorimetrically, in low concentration levels and wide interval values of 4.4 – 11 µg/dL. The developed system is first that; it provides TBA to be used with its complimentary sequence detects the presence of lead colorimetrically and can be used in physiological media such as blood. Also our system can detect lead in amounts that are lower than the poisoning threshold.

IMPACT OF FIRE WOOD COLLECTION ON WEATHER AND CLIMATE OF JIRDIN VILLAGE

Climate is the average weather in a place over a long period. The changes in climate may be due to natural forces or from human activities. There is growing concern among the scientific community regarding climate change. Biodiversity, forest, monsoons, weather are now at risk due to climate change. Today climate change is happening at an increasing rapid rate. One of the causes is deforestation. Firewood collection in one of the major means the felling of trees. Excessive emission of CO2 by burning, which is a green house gas, responsible for increasing the temperature and causing drastic climate change. Hence, to know the impact of firewood collection in drastic climate change we have undertaken a project entitled, “Impact of firewood collection on weather and climate of Jirdin village.”

建立細菌系統的雙分子螢光互補試驗做為α-突觸核蛋白聚集抑制物篩檢平台

帕金森氏症(PD)是一種慢性中樞神經系統退化性疾病,患者臨床症狀包括靜止時震顫、動作遲緩、僵直及黑質緻密部多巴胺神經元的漸進性退化等。PD的主要病理特徵為多巴胺神經元中出現包含α-突觸核蛋白(SNCA)錯誤摺疊、聚集的路易小體。雖然PD的治療方法包括給予左旋多巴或其他藥物、物理治療、手術等,至今尚未有根治的方法。本研究建立雙分子螢光互補試驗與蛋白質摺疊報告者試驗兩種原核細胞平台,作為篩檢可幫助α-突觸核蛋白摺疊的化學伴隨蛋白平台。雙分子螢光互補試驗是將Venus黃螢光蛋白改進版切開成N端(VN1-211)及C端(VC212-239)二段,分別接在SNCA的N端(VN-SNCA)或C端(SNCA-VC),原本沒有螢光的片段可藉融合的SNCA聚集的再組裝而出現螢光。當構築的VN-SNCA and SNCA-VC質體共表現於大腸桿菌後,蛋白質染色及免疫轉漬可偵測到表現的VN-SNCA、SNCA-VC蛋白,並出現伴隨著SNCA聚集所導致的互補螢光。我們以可干擾SNCA聚集的海藻糖來測試此聚集抑制物篩選平台,發現在不影響大腸桿菌生長的狀況下,海藻糖的濃度與螢光下降程度呈正相關,推測因其能減少SNCA聚集,導致螢光分子互補的機率下降。蛋白質報告者試驗是將野生型(WT)與突變型(35/46/61 E-to-K)的α-突觸核蛋白與綠螢光蛋白的融合蛋白(SNCA-GFP)分別表現於大腸桿菌,突變型的α-突觸核蛋白的傾向錯誤摺疊,會影響融合的綠螢光蛋白摺疊,而導致綠螢光下降,而海藻糖的化學伴隨蛋白活性可幫助突變型的α-突觸核蛋白摺疊,因而改善融合的綠螢光蛋白的摺疊,導致綠螢光上升。未來我們用此兩種原核細胞平台,來篩檢可幫助α-突觸核蛋白摺疊的新穎化學伴隨蛋白。

Interaction of the unsaturated sulfones with azinium ylides

1. Introduction In Japan the energy self-efficiency is very low: only 6%. Hydrogen (H2) has been expected as a new and alternative energy source to imported one, such as petroleum resources. Now hydrogen energy comes into the practical use in the field of the fuel cell. Hydrogen must be extracted from other sources, for example, water, fossil fuel, and so on. Hydrogen is obtained from water by using electronic or thermal or photo energy in most cases, whereas it is well-known that hydrogen is given by the oxidation reaction of silicon in alkaline aqueous solution: Si + 2OH- + H2O → SiO32- + 2H2 Free silicon (Si) is not only used in the steel refining, aluminum-casting in the field of fine chemical industries but also is used as a material in semiconductor electronics. However, a lot of used silicon is thrown away as a waste, being not reused and recycled. In this study we try to apply a waste silicon to obtain hydrogen based on the above reaction. The purpose of the study is to develop a safe and convenient manufacturing method to generate hydrogen for an energy source of the fuel cell.

What would you do?——以捷運實地實驗探討旁觀者的助人行為

本研究透過實地實驗的方式,旨在針對旁觀者表現的助人行為作探討。研究者於台北捷運站分別扮演強勢者、弱勢者以及普通人的角色,並且讓強勢者表現違反社會常規的行為(欺凌弱勢者),從旁紀錄當以上三者分別需要幫助時,旁觀者表現的幫助比率,進一步分析其中的差異。實驗結果主要顯示以下三點: (一) 幫助率普遍皆低於50% (二) 對照組的普通人獲得的幫助率明顯高於另外兩者 (三) 強勢者獲得的幫助率高於弱勢者 由此推知在類似情況下,弱勢的形像反而會降低旁觀者的幫助意願。因此我們分別從事件本身、旁觀者本身、社會因素、服從權威現象等面向分析此結果,並佐以過去的相關實驗及文本資料,以期獲得現今大眾普遍表現的助人行為及背後的影響因素。