Computationally efficient locality-aware interconnection topology for multi-processor system-on-chip (MP-SoC)

This paper evaluates the Triplet Based Architecture, TriBA – a new idea in chip multiprocessor architectures and a class of Direct Interconnection Network (DIN). TriBA consists of a 2D grid of small, programmable processing units, each physically connected to its three neighbors so that advantageous features of group locality can be fully and efficiently utilized. Any communication model can be well characterized by locality properties and, any topology has its intrinsic, structural, locality characteristics. We propose a new criterion in performance evaluation that is based on the concept of locality in an interconnection network, the “lower layer complete connect”. Our proposed criterion depicts how completely a processing node is connected to all its neighbors. TriBA is compared with 2D Mesh and Binary Tree as static interconnection network. The comparison / evaluation is enumerated from three orthogonal view points, viz., computational speed, physical layout and cost. Our analysis concludes that TriBA is computationally efficient interconnection strategy that exploits group locality in processing nodes.     

A novel TiO2 with a large amount of bulk intrinsic defects-Visible-light-responded photocatalytic activity induced by foreign trap

A novel TiO2 (anatase) containing a large amount of single electron trapped oxygen vacancies (SETOV) was prepared by dehydration of titanic acid nanotubes. This novel TiO2 contains high concentration intrinsic defects in bulk structure, while its surface still remains the stoichiometric structure to protect them. And this novel TiO2 itself has the visible light absorption without any doping, so we call it as the third generation of TiO2 . However, it is regretted that this novel TiO2 (A) only has photocatalytic activity under UV light irradiation, and was inactive for the visible light. The true reasons for this phenomenon were investigated by the transient IR absorption and photoluminescence spectra. Through constructing the foreign electron traps (PdO, PtO2 ), the photocatalytic oxidation of propylene under visible light irradiation was successfully achieved. The removal yield of propylene (C3H6 ) reached 7.6% and 28% on 2 wt.% PtO2 /novel TiO2 and 2 wt.% PdO/novel TiO2 , respectively. By comparison with the noble metal electron traps (Pt, Pd), we found that the effective foreign electron traps need to satisfy two conditions: (1) its work function should situate in the range of Eg(TiO2 ); (2) O2 adsorbes on it undissociatively. This work opens up a new route for the investiga- tion of solar-energy-available TiO2 .     

Atmospheric heterogeneous reaction of acetone: Adsorption and desorption kinetics and mechanisms on SiO2 particles

Acetone plays an important role in photooxidation processes in the atmosphere. Up to date, little is known regarding the heterogeneous fate of acetone. In this study, the adsorption and desorption processes of acetone on SiO2 particles, which are the major constituent of mineral dust in the atmos-phere, have been investigated for the first time under the simulated atmospheric conditions, using in situ transmission Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. It is found that acetone molecules are adsorbed on the surfaces of SiO2 particles by van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonding forces in a nonreactive and reversible state. The rates of initial adsorption and initial desorption, initial uptake coefficients and adsorption concentrations at equilibrium have been determined at different relative humidity. The presence of water vapor cannot result in the formation of new substances, but can decrease the adsorption ability by consuming or overlapping the isolated OH groups on the surfaces of SiO2 particles. In the desorption process, a considerable amount of acetone molecules will remain on SiO2 particles in dry air, whereas acetone molecules are almost completely desorbed at a high relative humidity. In order to evaluate the role of heterogeneous reactions of acetone and other carbonyl compounds in the atmosphere, a new model fitting the atmospheric conditions is needed.     

Temporal and spatial variations in the Palmer Drought Severity Index over the past four centuries in arid, semiarid, and semihumid East Asia

Based on a database of 106 annually resolved tree-ring chronologies and 244 Palmer Drought Severity Index(PDSI)grid data,we attempted to reconstruct gridded spatial drought patterns in each year over the past four centuries in the arid,semiarid,and semihumid East Asia.The results showed that these regions mainly experienced drought events during the periods from AD 1601 to AD 1652,AD 1680 to AD 1718,AD 1779 to AD 1791,AD 1807 to AD 1824,AD 1846 to AD 1885,and AD 1961 to AD 1999.In the middle of the 16th century,severe droughts occurred mainly in North China;during the period from AD 1876 to AD 1878,droughts occurred in most parts of northern China;and from the 1920s to 1940s,catastrophic drought events spread across almost all of northern China and Mongolia.These historical drought events caused severe ecological and environmental problems and substantially affected the development of human society.In these regions,temperature and summer monsoon precipitation are the main factors influencing drought events.In western areas,PDSI and temperature exhibit a close relationship,whereas in eastern areas,summer monsoon rainfall is the dominant factor influencing variations in PDSI.     

多酶催化剂的制备及其应用

在生物催化中，很多的复杂反应都需要2个或者多个酶的级联反应催化得到，近几年多酶生物催化开始逐渐取代单酶和细胞发酵，成为酶工程发展的一个热点研究方向。本文对多酶催化剂的制备形式和原理及超分子酶在级联催化中的应用进行了综述。其中超分子酶的制备技术主要包括非定向的固定化技术和定向的基因融合技术、纤维小体支架技术和DNA支架技术等。     

Mapping wetland changes in China between 1978 and 2008

Four wetland maps for all China have been produced,based on Landsat and CBERS-02B remote sensing data between 1978 and 2008 (1978,1990,2000 and 2008).These maps were mainly developed by manual interpretation and validated by substantial field investigation in 2009.Based on these maps,we analyzed the 2008 wetland distribution in China and discussed wetland changes and their drivers over the past 30 years.(i) There were about 324097 km 2 of wetlands in 2008,for which inland marshes or swamps were the most common wetland type (35%),with lakes (26%) second.Most of the wetlands were in Heilongjiang,Inner Mongolia,Qinghai and Tibet,occupying about 55% of the national wetland area.(ii) From 1978 to 2008,China’s wetland area continually and significantly decreased,by about 33% based on changes in the wetland map.This was in sharp contrast to the increase in artificial wetlands,which increased by about 122%.Inland marshes accounted for the main loss of total wetlands from 1978 to 2000.From 2000 through 2008,riverine and lacustrine wetlands constituted the main wetland loss.Fortunately however,the rate of wetland loss decreased from 5523 to 831 km 2 /a.(iii) The change ratio of lost natural wetlands (including inland and coastal wetlands) to non-wetlands has decreased slightly over the past 30 years.From 1978 to 1990,nearly all natural wetlands (98%) lost were transformed into non-wetlands.However,the ratio declined to 86% from 1990 to 2000,and to 77% from 2000 to 2008.(iv) All Chinese provinces were divided into three groups according to patterns of wetland changes,which could relate to the driving forces of such changes.Tibet was completely different from other provinces,as it was one representative example in which there was a net wetland increase,because of global warming and decreased human activity since 1990.Increased economic development caused considerable wetland loss in most eastern provinces,and artificial wetlands increased.     

海洋内孤立波斜相互作用的Mach效应特性实验

当海洋工程结构物或水下航行器在海洋中遭遇异常大振幅内波时可造成损害甚至失事,海洋内孤立波斜相互作用的Mach效应是一种特殊海洋现象,也是异常大振幅内孤立波的重要成因.为了在实验室模拟具有海洋跃层环境中的内孤立波斜相互作用并控制Mach效应的产生,首先将两只直立无底圆柱筒放置在淡/盐水分布的两层流体环境中,淡/盐水混合区模拟海洋密度跃层,保持筒底与筒外水体的交换,以方便形成筒内外混合区的高度差;再将两柱筒平稳迅速移出,利用柱筒内外淡/盐水混合区高度差的重力塌陷扰动形成两列内孤立波,其在交汇区发生斜相互作用,并借助高清图像处理技术结合几何射线方法完成测量.实验结果表明:两列内孤立波斜相互作用性质取决于分层环境、两柱筒之间距离以及两列内孤立波的波幅和相位,上述方法可有效控制分层流实验水槽中Mach效应的产生.进一步分析表明:两列内孤立波相互作用的Mach效应将导致波幅显著增强,传播速度明显增大,且传播方向受两者振幅大小的控制,振幅相差越大所产生Mach效应的临界夹角越大.此外,通过内孤立波斜相互作用的Mach效应实验结果与Kd V,BO和MCC三种理论模型的比较,实验验证了Mach效应对非线性理论模型的适应性.