Reliability prediction and evaluation of communication base stations in earthquake prone areas.

One of the primary tasks for effective disaster relief after a catastrophic earthquake is robust communication. In this paper, we propose a simple logistic method based on two-parameter sets of geology and building structure for the failure prediction of the base stations in post-earthquake. Using the post-earthquake base station data in Sichuan, China, the prediction results are 96.7% and 90% for the two-parameter sets and all parameter sets, respectively, and 93.3% for the neural network method sets. The results show that the two-parameter method outweighs the whole parameter set logistic method and the neural network prediction and can effectively improve the accuracy of the prediction. The weight parameters of two-parameter set by the actual field data significantly show that the failure of base stations after earthquake is mainly due to the geological differences where the base stations are located. It can be envisioned that if the geological distribution between the earthquake source and the base station is parameterized, the multi-parameter sets logistic method can not only effectively solve the failure prediction after earthquakes and the evaluation of communication base stations under complex conditions, but also provide site selection evaluation for the construction of civil buildings and power grid towers in earthquake-prone areas.

A quinoline-based fluorescent chemosensor for palladium ion (Pd2+)-selective detection in aqueous solution.

Quinoline-based fluorescent chemosensors have been extensively developed for various metal cations, but it was still rare for Pd2+-selective detection. In this work, a novel quinoline-benzimidazole conjugate containing one carboxylic acid group (QBM) was designed, and the QBM displayed highly selective fluorescence quenching response towards Pd2+ over other metal cations in aqueous solution. The fluorescence titration revealed a good linear relationship between the fluorescence intensity and the Pd2+ concentration in the range of 0.5-10 µmol L-1, with the detection limit of 0.26 µmol L-1 (S/N = 3). Fluorescence detection of Pd2+ in practical water sample was also successfully achieved.