Captivity affects behavioral physiology: Plasticity in signaling sexual identity

Summary Little is known about the link between captivity, physiology, and behavior in wild-caught vertebrates. Anecdotal evidence suggests that hormonal changes are responsible for behavioral changes in wild animals brought into captivity. Studying the effects of captivity on reproduction is hampered because wild animals often fail to exhibit sexual behavior under captive conditions. In weakly discharging electric fish, field studies have reported sex differences in electric organ discharges which are rarely seen in the laboratory. I now report the results of a series of laboratory investigations which show thatGnathonemus petersii exhibits seasonal, hormone-dependent, phasespecific sex differences in electric organ discharges. Captivity dramatically alters and may even reverse these sex differences as a result of rapid changes in endogenous plasma hormone levels. These findings have broad implications for research on animal physiology and behavior performed in laboratory settings.     

Study on Ceramic Cutting by Plasma Arc

Engineering ceramics are typical difficult-to-machine materials because of high hardness and brittleness. PAC (Plasma Arc Cutting) is a very important thermal cutting process and has been successfully used in cutting stainless steel and other difficult-to-machine alloys. PAC‘s application in cutting ceramics, however, is still limited because the most ceramics are not good electronic conducts, and transferred plasma arc cannot be produced between cathode and work-piece. So we presented a method of plasma ...     

高压脉冲气液相放电对双酚A降解的研究

本文运用高压脉冲放电等离子体技术研究对BPA溶液的降解效果,搭建反应器并研究了电场参数对降解去除率的影响,并使用最优电场参数结合环境因子变量研究去除效果。结果表明：电压高于30 kV、极间距1.5~2.5 cm有利于提高电场强度提高BPA去除效率;而提高放电频率可增加单位时长内的电场强度从而在反应前期BPA降解速率更高。溶液中BPA初始浓度和电解质的增加并不影响反应的进行;BPA放电降解较优的pH范围在7.0~9.0,而溶液初始pH值较低和较高时都将降低反应速率。可见在适当的理化条件下,高压脉冲放电对BPA有较好的去除效果。     

稠密等离子体中类锂铝的原子结构研究

等离子体中原子结构的研究对于等离子体诊断和天文学观测有着非常重要的参考价值.本文采用MCDF方法结合离子球模型研究了稠密等离子体对类锂铝离子的能级和跃迁参量(跃迁能、跃迁几率和振子强度)的影响情况.随着等离子体屏蔽强度的不断增强,上述原子结构参量变化如下:1s22p (2 P_(1/2,3/2))的能级不断升高,但1s23s(2S1/2)、1s23p (2 P_(1/2,3/2))和1s23d(2 D3/2,5/2)的能级却不断降低;不同主量子数间的跃迁对应的跃迁参量均不断减小;除了1s23s(2S1/2)-1s23p(2P_(1/2,3/2))间的跃迁外,同一主量子数间的跃迁对应的跃迁参量均不断增大;1s23s(2S1/2)-1s23p(2P_(1/2,3/2))的跃迁参量均先增大后减小;在跃迁的精细结构中,ΔJ=1对应的跃迁几率和振子强度较大,而ΔJ=0的则相对较小.     

混凝土湿喷台车臂架振动模态分析

以国内某公司喷浆台车SPTC25为研究对象,首先利用陀螺仪和加速度传感器在施工现场进行动力学测试,采集到关于臂架在实际施工时的角速度和加速度的时间历程曲线。然后通过数据处理和分析计算,得到臂架在仰俯工况下的振动频率和振幅,分别为1.18 Hz和0.092 m,回转工况下的振动频率和振幅分别为0.98 Hz和0.073 m。其次,对湿喷台车臂架建立了准确的有限元模型,并且进行了模态仿真分析,得到前三阶模态的固有频率和振型。结合隧道施工时的实际操作数据统计,最终得出结论,臂架在施工过程中长时间处于共振状态,使得振幅过大,这是臂架疲劳开裂的主要原因,也为后续湿喷台车臂架的研发和优化提供了新的分析思路。     

Surface modification of Ti-45Al-8.5 Nb alloys by microarc oxidation to improve high-temperature oxidation resistance

Microarc oxidation(MAO)electrolysis plasma deposition was used to prepare Al_2O_3coatings on Ti-45Al-8.5 Nb alloys to improve high temperature oxidation resistance.The surface and cross-section morphologies before and after high-temperature oxidation,the chemical composition,and the phase identification of the coatings were investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),electron probe microanalyses(EPMA),and X-ray diffraction(XRD).The results show that Al_2O_3coatings with a thickness of approximately 8μm can be obtained on the Ti-45Al-8.5 Nb alloys by MAO for 600 s.The samples with the Al_2O_3coatings exhibited better high-temperature oxidation resistance.A minimal weight gain of only 0.396 g/m~2after 100 h oxidation at 900°C was observed for the coatings formed with a deposition voltage of 400 V and using a duty cycle of 3%.The deposition mechanism of the Al_2O_3coatings and the effect of the MAO parameters are also described.     

UHPLC-MS/MS法同时测定大鼠血浆中汉黄芩素、隐绿原酸和白杨素-7-O-葡萄糖醛酸苷含量

建立了UHPLC-MS/MS同时测定大鼠血浆中的汉黄芩素、隐绿原酸和白杨素-7-O-葡萄糖醛酸苷含量的方法。以芹菜苷为内标,采用ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3色谱柱(2.1 mm×100 mm, 1.8 μm),乙腈和0.1％甲酸溶液为流动相,流速为0.2 mL·min^-1。结果表明,汉黄芩素、隐绿原酸和白杨素-7-O-葡萄糖醛酸苷线性范围为1～1 000 ng·mL^-1(R2>0.99),最低定量浓度为1 ng·mL^-1,提取回收率、基质效应均符合生物样品分析要求。建立的方法灵敏、准确,可用于大鼠血浆中汉黄芩素、隐绿原酸和白杨素-7-O-葡萄糖醛酸苷的测定及其药代动力学研究。     

激光重熔高速电弧喷涂FeNiCrAl涂层的组织与断裂韧性

采用激光技术对高速电弧喷涂FeNiCrAl涂层进行重熔处理.分析了重熔前后涂层的组织结构、物相成分、显微硬度与断裂韧性.结果表明:重熔后,喷涂层片层状堆叠结构与孔隙得到消除,组织结构变得均匀、致密,涂层与基体由机械结合变为冶金结合.喷涂层物相主要有α-Fe及金属间化合物AlFe₃,AlFe和Al_0.4Fe_0.6,重熔后,生成了新相Fe-Cr,［Fe, Ni］固溶体和碳化物NiC_○x.重熔后涂层的平均显微硬度为7.79GPa,约为基体硬度(2.5GPa)的3倍,约为喷涂层硬度(6.0GPa)的1.3倍.载荷为4.9,9.8N时,喷涂层的压痕尖头出现裂纹,涂层平均断裂韧性为1.20MPa·m^1/2,载荷为2.94~9.8N时,重熔后涂层的压痕尖头均没有观察到裂纹.     

SPS预烧结制备超细晶梯度硬质合金

首先采用SPS预烧结和真空预烧结制备超细晶硬质合金,再经过梯度烧结使超细晶硬质合金表面形成梯度层,研究了不同预烧结方式对合金组织的影响,分析了预烧结后合金微观组织对超细晶硬质合金的梯度形成及晶粒生长的影响.结果表明,预烧结后合金的微观组织对梯度烧结后的梯度形成和晶粒生长有较大影响,经过SPS预烧结后的硬质合金进行梯度烧结后,可以获得梯度层厚度为 53μm,平均WC晶粒尺寸为0.3μm的超细晶梯度硬质合金.