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臺灣

淘氣精靈(ELVES)高空放電現象性質探討

ELVES (Emissions of Light and VLF perturbation due to EMP Sources) is a transient luminous phenomenon of ionosphere induced by the electromagnetic pulse of lightning. In this report, we use the data of ISUAL science payload of FORMOSAT-2 to investigate the luminosities and the stepped-leader signals of the different kinds of ELVES.淘氣精靈全名Emissions of Light and VLF perturbation due to EMP Sources簡稱ELVES,為閃電的電磁脈衝波引發電離層短暫發光的現象,本研究是分析福爾摩沙衛星二號上科學酬載ISUAL的光度資料,以探討淘氣精靈類型與光度訊號強度以及閃電前導訊號的關係。

台灣地區的地震危害度分析

本研究主要是以一連串的地震分析,來討論台灣地區地震能量的釋放型態。 首先是求出地震的活動參數,接著再繪製地震規模的年發生率,最後是推算台灣地區 地震能量釋放時前餘震與主震所占之比重。 在地震參數上,發現地震活動度較高的月份中,在該月都發生了芮氏規模六級以上的 大地震,因其餘震發生的頻率較小震頻繁,因此造成其a值較大。 在地震規模年發生率方面,我們繪製出圖表,而最後發現台灣地區的地震仍以小震多,另外大地震則有一定的週期。 在研究的最後,了解台灣地區的地震常數之後,本研究以ESRI公司的GIS軟體ArcView8.3版疊合各種圖層,分析人口密集區及水庫的地震危害度分析,提出地圖,對大台北地區,人口稠密的幾個行政區提出警訊;另外在水庫方面,本研究則對幾個在斷層線上的水庫提出警訊。 ;This research presents a series ofearthquake analyses to discuss earthquake’s energy release type. First, we evaluated earthquake’s constant and charted the percentage of earthquake measurement every year. Finally, count the after-shocks and the major earthquake measuring 6.0 and above on the ML happening in Taiwan area. Because the after-shock frequency is more than light earthquakes, as a result it causes the “a” enumeration is large. According to the percentage of earthquake measurement happening frequency every year, we illustrate a chart. Finally we find that in Taiwan area mirror earth-quakes account for a large percentage and major earthquakes happened regularly. When we realize the constant of earthquake, the study folds a variety of layers by using ArcView 8.3 edition of GIS (Geography Information System) of ESRI co., LTD, analyzing the density-populated areas and the dams for seismic hazard to export the map. We raise a warning for the greater Taipei where some districts are densely-populated, and we also warn the dams on the line of fault of large of damage.

動物類固醇激素對植物的影響

本研究以結構穩定、能溶於水,並會影響人體生長發育的固醇類激素──副腎上腺皮質激素作為探討對象,嘗試了解此類之類固醇類激素對植物的生長發育是否有影響。結果發現無論是雙子葉的豆科植物或是單子葉的禾本科植物,其根、莖、葉的生長皆會受到激素的抑制,且出現激素濃度越高,抑制情形越顯著的情形。此外,統計學的結果顯示,類固醇會蓄積在植物體內,造成累積性的抑制作用,此現象和動物使用過量類固醇類激素時產生之副作用十分相似。 The present study investigates the effect of cortical sterile on the growth of plants. The results show that it has effect on both dicotyledons and monocotyledons in the roots, stems and leaves. It is also shown that the higher the concentration, the more marked suppression of their growth. Statistical analyses suggest a cumulative effect, which has also been found of overdoes of cortical sterile on animals.

「蓮」「環」密碼--環境因子對蓮花效應的影響

蓮花效應是指蓮葉表面具有奈米纖毛結構,因此只要葉面稍微傾斜,水珠就會滾離葉面,在我們生活週遭,許多植物具有蓮花效應。本實驗選擇彩葉山漆莖作為研究材料,因為我們發現在同一植株上,嫩葉的蓮花效應最佳,而老葉幾乎無蓮花效應。當彩葉山漆莖的新葉轉為老葉,蓮花效應會減弱,甚至消失。我們以不同水量、土壤酸鹼值及光照作為變因,來探討蓮花效應改變的原因,結果發現水量並非主要影響蓮花效應改變的變因;土壤過酸或過鹼,會減弱新葉及嫩葉的蓮花效應;置於暗室則使整株彩葉山漆莖所有葉面皆無蓮花效應。許多植物的性狀,在老化或面臨環境改變時,會將控制性狀的基因開啟或關閉。因此,我們推論,當環境因子改變時,植物的蓮花效應可能是經由基因層次的調控,藉以增強或減弱此性狀的表現。如果不是基因的開啟或關閉,則有可能僅是葉表面的結構發生些微的改變,真正詳細的機制仍有待進一步的確認。;We choose Breynia nivosa (Bull ex W. G. Smith) Small as a model plant to study the lotus effect on the leaves for the reason that on the same chosen plant the new-born leaves have the best lotus effect while the elder ones have little lotus effect. When the new leaves turns into elder ones, the lotus effect also turns weaker or even vanishes. To explore the exact mechanisms, we take water quantity、soil pH、and light density as the experimental factors. The results show that water quantity cannot affect the lotus effect on all leaves, change in soil pH can decrease the lotus effect on the new and new-born leaves, and dark treatments can eliminate the lotus effect on all leaves. When the environments change, the phenotypes of plants could also be changed to adapt to the new conditions by turning on or off genes. Therefore, we suggest that the lotus effect on the leaves is also controlled by genes to increase or decrease its phentype so as to adapt to the changing environments. If not, it may simply be a little change of the surface structure of the leaves. The detailed mechanism remains to be confirmed further.

數位公車

This study investigates the possibility that “Digital Buses” would actually be used in real life. In addition to the basic mathematics knowledge that I have acquired over the years, I have used “Microsoft Visual Basic” and “LEGO ROBOLAB SOFTWARE” to implement the idea as a program. It simulates the way in which a digital bus travels in a city with a rectangular grid. Various plans are tested to find the best paths for providing the most efficient, convenient and speedy transportation. This study has not only shown that “Digital Buses” are sure to be used in a modern city when wireless communication networks has developed to a certain point, but also supplied a framework for future researchers who may wish to study the optimal way in which more than one digital buses could efficiently run in cities according to their population distributions and road arguments, in order to overcome the traffic problems from the current bus systems. 本研究探討數位公車在人類未來生活中實際運行的可行性。本人以所學的數學知識進行公車路徑規劃,並透過「樂高機器人控制系統」以及Microsoft Visual Basic 軟體程式之撰寫,在棋盤式城市區域中模擬公車行駛情境,靈活搭配各種方案找出最佳路徑,達到便利快捷的高運輸效能。本研究顯示當現代化都市無線通訊網路發達到一定的程度時,數位公車的發展是可以預期的。本研究之結果可提供後續研究者繼續探討多台數位公車在實際都市中依人口分佈、道路狀況來規劃最佳行駛路徑,以解決現今機械公車無法克服之繁雜交通困境。

調和變換之研討與應用

在此研究中,我們用類似反演變換的方法,以一個定圓創立並證明了一種新的幾何變換,稱為 「調和變換」 · 我們得到點、直線、圓與圓錐曲線經過變換的關係 ·。1 .直線可以映射成原直線或一圓錐曲線 · 2.圓可以映射成一種特殊曲線。 3 .圓錐曲線可以映射成兩條圓錐曲線或一條圓錐曲線和一直線。此外我們還發現調和變換和反演變換的特殊關係 · 最後,由於調和變換可以簡化圓錐曲線的關係,我們將調和變換應用在行星輾些的證明上,並得到了良好的結果。In this research, we use a method similar to the inversion to establish a new geometric transformation, called harmonic transformation, by a fixed circle O, we prove some of its properties. We have gotten the relationship among points. lines, circs, conies and their images: 1 .The image of a line is a conic or a line itself. 2.Thc image of a circle is a special category of curve. 3.The image of a conic with its focus at the center of O is two conies or a line and a conic. Further mote, we also find the special connection between harmonic transformation and inversion. Finally, since the harmonic transformation can simplify the conic, we apply the harmonic transformation to identify the orbit of a planet, and obtain a nice conclusion.

DNA Detection by EGFET using GaN Nanowires Gate

DNA感測器近年來蓬勃發展,應用層面包括基因工程,醫學及藥物的開發等,然而目前較常使用的感測方法,需要繁瑣耗時的標定過程,且所使用的化學藥劑對環境容易造成傷害,鑒於以上方法的不完善處,我們決定設計一套新的感測系統,此研究結合了氮化鎵奈米線(GaN Nanowires)及延伸場效電晶體(EGFET)的優點,成功的發展出創新的DNA感測系統,氮化鎵奈米線的高生物匹配性及高感測面積,能有效提高靈敏度,延伸式場效電晶體的設計,史感測器具由免標定及時感測的特性,且易於組裝及操作,我們將探針DNA(probe DNA)修是在氮化鎵奈米線作為之延伸閘極上,由於DNA在中性水溶液中帶負電,且DNA之間具有強烈的互補特性,因此當目標DNA(target DNA)與探針DNA接合,形成雙股DNA,氮化鎵奈米線(閘極)的表面電位即會有所變化,並造成FET特性的改變,藉由此性質及能成功感測DNA,研究結果顯示,此研究所發展出的DNA感測器,愈有相當高的靈敏度(10-18),相較於其他以FET技術所設計出的DNA感測器,靈敏度提升了三個數量極,此外此感測器亦具有高選擇性,即使單一鹼基對的突變也能成功辨別;-hybridization based detection techniques are widely developed due to their promising applications in genetics, medicine and drug discovery. However, current DNA detection techniques based on labels or reagents are time-consuming, environmentally-harmful and complex to implement. In this study, we have successfully demonstrated a label-free extended-gate-field-effect-transistor (EGFET) sensor utilizing a GaN-nanowires electrode with DNA probes immobilized, capable of specific DNA sequence identification. The principle behind the design is based on the change in surface potential and charge transfer after hybridization. GaN nanowires, being bio-compatible, provide direct transfer path and high surface area, thus offer an unprecedented opportunity of DNA sensing with high sensitivity. In addition, our EGFET design facilitates easy assembly and operation of DNA detection. Comparative studies on complementary and non-complementary DNA were performed to verify the specificity of the sensor. By adapting GaN nanowires structure, the assay time of DNA was shorten to within thirty minutes. Moreover, our sensor displayed an ultra-high sensitivity in the level of attoM: three orders of magnitude higher in resolution than that of other FET-based DNA detection methods.

表面磨損之自動警告系統

在機械系統中,物件表面常產生磨損,但重要物件的磨損將會危及系統的操作及安全。本研究建立了表面磨損自動偵測警告系統,該系統包含監測系統、無線射頻資料讀取器、被動式無線射頻識別標籤(tag)、及電磁波隔離層等,並採”故障觸發”之方式運作。亦即在物件之表面下特定深度埋設有被動式無線射頻識別標籤,但該標籤外層覆有一層隔離層可隔絕該射頻資料讀取器之電磁波。 當物件表面尚未被磨損到特定深度前,讀取器之電波無法穿透電磁波隔離層而激發無線射頻識別標籤,因此無法讀到識別標籤之信息,系統將判定物件磨損狀況良好。等該物件過度磨損時,會把該電磁波隔離層磨除掉,使讀取器之電波可激發無線射頻識別標籤,而讀取到識別標籤內含之信息,系統因此可判別哪一個物件已有嚴重磨損之狀況,而自動提出警告信號。由於使用被動式識別標籤及故障觸發方法,本系統具有體積小、免電池、免維護、成本低、誤判率低等優點。測試結果以車輛輪胎的磨損為對象,證實本系統可以即時有效的偵測到車胎之過度磨損,保障行車之安全。

螞蟻吊大象

為了解「螞蟻吊大象」課程中脆弱的火柴棒如何撐起六、七瓶礦泉水,我們設計實驗包括三根木棒的粗細或長度改變、木棒接觸面的材質、載重系統的整體環境等,探討承載架運用什麼方法撐起重物、如何增加承載架負重能力,發現改變各種變因能影響承載架負重效果:當木棒纖維強度不足時,承載架倒塌的原因為木棒斷裂,當木棒纖維強度足夠時,會因繩子受力拉長,最終導致傾斜倒塌。在實驗過程中了解承載架載重原理,嘗試應用於生活之中,設計能夠隨處掛起的環保杯袋,並且對力學有更深入的了解。

酒杯發出之音符

When you draw a wet finger around the edge of a half filled wine glass, a sweet musical sound comes forth. The pitch of this sound is directly correlated to the amount of liquid in the glass- the higher the height of the liquid is, the lower the frequency is. It means that the shorter the air column in the glass is, the lower the frequency is. This phenomenon differs from the variance in pitch in a wind instrument. In a wind instrument such as a flute, the shorter the air column in its chamber is, the higher the resulting pitches are. In order to study the wine glass phenomenon, we used a piezoelectric crystal loudspeaker connected to an oscilloscope. We recorded the resulting data by using a digital video recorder to capture the images of the waveform of sound, and than analyzed the waveform by using the computer. Our conclusions are as follows: 1. The frequency of sound thus produced was the same whether we draw our finger around the rim, or we strike the glass rim. The higher the height of the liquid is, the lower the frequency is. But the frequencies vary when we strike the glass and when we blow on the edge. 2. When we used a glass without liquid in it, the frequency emitted when we drew our finger around the edge, this frequency varied inversely as the cube root of their weights. 3. In a glass with liquid, the emitted frequency did not have any correlation to the weight of the contents. By taking two identically filled glasses and placing in each a solid object of the same size but different weight, we were able to see that there was no change in the frequency emitted between the two glasses as long as the height of the liquid remained constant. 4. According to “The Flying Circus of Physics”, if we tap the side of a glass of beer, because of the air bubbles in the beer, the frequency emitted will be lower than that from a glass of pure water. This is according to the book, because the speed of sound is lower in air than in water, therefore the speed of sound in an air-water mixture would be lower than in pure water. The resonant frequencies of the mixture will also be lower. However, in our experiment, we discovered that\r when the glass contained air bubbles, the frequency emitted higher. Our explanation is that the sound emitted since the rim of the glass oscillated transversely, the frequency depends only on the retard of the rim and that the frequency is independent of the speed of sound. The intention of this research is to clarify the many misconceptions of this interesting phenomenon.以溼的手指在玻璃酒杯邊緣摩擦,會有悅耳的聲音,而且頻率會隨著內裝液體減少(空氣柱變長)而變高,這種變化與管樂器隨空氣柱的變長而音調變低不同,為了研究它的原因,我們利用壓電晶片喇叭連接到示波器上,並且利用數位錄影機錄下示波器上的訊號,再以電腦分析出瞬間的頻率,結果發現:一、摩玻璃杯與敲玻璃杯,杯所發出之頻率相同,都是所裝液體愈多發出之頻率愈低。但敲玻璃管與吹玻璃管所發出之頻率不同。二、不裝液體之高腳杯,摩擦時所發出之頻率與重量之立方根成反比。(與鐘相同)\r 三、裝液體之高腳杯發出之頻率,不再與總重量有關,而是與液體之高度有關,保持液體高度不變,即使在杯子中央加入不同重量之固體,杯子振動頻率還是不變。若改裝不同密度之液體,則密度愈大頻率愈低。四、在“The Flying Circus of Physics”書中提到輕敲裝有啤酒之杯時,會因杯中含有氣泡而聽到較低之音調,書中解釋是”空氣中之音速低於水中之音速,混有空氣之水中音速變低,其共振頻率也會降低。”但我們的實驗結果是有氣泡時頻率反而高。我們的解釋是杯子所發出之聲音是由於杯面之振動也就是杯壁的橫向振盪,振盪頻率與液體對杯壁之阻尼有關,但與液中聲速無關,密度愈大之液體阻尼愈大。有氣泡時接觸杯壁之液體變少,阻尼較少所以頻率高。希望本研究能使大多數人對這有趣之現象不再有誤解。