Colonization of periphytic ciliated protozoa on an artificial substrate in mariculture waters with notes on responses to environmental factors

Colonization of periphytic ciliates and their usefulness for monitoring water quality were evaluated using the glass slide method in two enclosed mariculture ponds used to culture crab larva and in a natural seawater reservoir. The results revealed that (1) the ciliate species composition and colonizing process differed between the culturing ponds and the natural reservoir and (2) the dominant ciliate species showed a greater distribution in terms of both the abundance and the occurrence frequency. This study also demonstrated that structural parameters were strongly related to water conditions. For example, the abundance was positively associated with and soluble reactive phosphate (P < 0.05), whereas the species number, species diversity and evenness were negatively correlated with nutrients (e.g. and NH₃–N) and temperature (P < 0.05). These findings support the evidence that periphytic ciliates are useful bioindicators of water quality in enclosed mariculture ecosystems.     

Compressibility of a natural kyanite to 17.5 GPa

The compressional behaviour of a natural kyanite, (Al_1.99Fe_0.01)SiO₅, has been investigated to about 17.5 GPa at 300 K using a diamond-anvil cell and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The pressure–volume data fitted to the third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state (EoS) yield an isothermal bulk modulus (K_0T) of 192 ± 6 GPa and pressure derivative () of 6 ± 1. When is fixed as 4, the derived K_0T is 201 ± 2 GPa. These values are in excellent agreement with most experimental determinations in the literature. Consequently, it can be concluded that the compressibility of kyanite under high pressures has been accurately constrained.     

Singularity detection of the rabbit electrocardiogram: An evolutionary spectral method

The time–frequency characteristics of the spectral density of non-stationary signals (NSS) in the neighborhood of an instant time point can be determined using the evolutionary spectral analysis. An experimental rabbit model involving ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery to simulate the physiology of early phase myocardial ischemia (EPMI) has been previously described. Clinically, EPMI derived from left coronary artery stenosis is the main symptom of coronary heart diseases including acute myocardial infarction. Here, we propose a new algorithm for estimating the evolutionary spectral density functions, which is an effective approach to determine the instantaneous frequency spectra (IFS) of NSS under the uncertainty principle in the time–frequency domain. The localization singularity information in the data recorded from a living system could be detected by means of the IFS. Electrocardiogram (ECG) data recorded from experimental rabbits were analyzed with the new algorithm. Results showed that the Q’s value of the evolutionary spectral quality number of the QRS-complex data was the characteristic parameter of ECG, and there was a matched connection between the time–frequency characteristics of QRS-complex data and the myocardial ischemia symptoms of the rabbits. These results provide valuable information regarding features of the EPMI for use in clinical diagnoses.     

睡眠剥夺对大脑状态影响的时-频-空分析

结合脑电信号EEG的小波变换和非负矩阵分解,寻求正常睡眠和睡眠剥夺（sleep deprivation,SD）两种条件下,大脑状态在时域、频域和空域的主要差异,探讨其发生机制,并建立综合评价方法．为此,获取两种条件下11名受试者的听觉诱发电位,对脑电gamma频段做小波变换得到时频信息,采用ANOVA统计计算每个时频点的F检验值,对此进行两分量的非负矩阵分解结果表明,SD引起的大脑状态变化主要发生在40Hz左右,刺激后约400ms处的额叶和前额叶位置．基于此,分别从时频复合域、时域和空域的角度来分析具体的变化,发现SD引起gamma振荡减少,活动时间延迟,额叶功能区兴奋性降低,推断SD的作用机制在于降低了神经元的活动和同步化效应．分析表明结合EEG的小波变换和非负矩阵分解,可以建立一条从时、频、空三域全面评价大脑状态主要变化的途径．     

IR study on hydrogen bonding in epoxy resin–silica nanocomposites

The chemical and physical interactions between ingredients in composites play an important role in the improvement of service properties. The nucleophilic addition between polymer and isophoron diisocyanate molecules was monitored by FT-IR technique. The intensity loss of isocyanate absorption band in conjunction with the intensity growth of carboxyl absorption band indicates the progress of reaction. FT-IR spectroscopy was also adopted to examine the intermolecular hydrogen bonding of epoxy resin with silica as well as intramolecular one within polymer matrix. The vibration frequency of carboxyl group （-C=O） and hydroxyl group （-OH） shifts from 1736 to 1728 cm^-1and 3420 to 3414 cm^-1, respectively, indicating the occurrence of hydrogen bonding between -C=O and -OH. The vibration frequency of Si-OH moves from 3435 to 3414 cm^-1, suggesting the involvement of silica. Whereas the vibration frequency of pending -OH in polymer chain moves from 3435 to 3420 cm^-1 or 3414 cm^-1, proposing that this kind of interaction can also happen within polymer matrix.     

CFD simulation of fluidization quality in the three-dimensional fluidized bed

Multiphase computational fluid dynamics （CFD） has become an alternative method to experimental investigation for predicting the fluid dynamics in gas-solid fluidized beds. The model of Brandani and Zhang, which contains additional terms in both the gas- and solidphase momentum equations, is employed to explore homogeneous fluidization of Geldart type A particles and bubbling fluidization of Geldart type B particles in three-dimensional gas-fluidized beds. In this model, only a correlation for drag force is necessary to close the governing equations. Two kinds of solids, i.e., fine alumina powder （dp= 60 μm and pp = 1500 kg/m^3） and sand （dp = 610 μm and pp = 2500 kg/m^3）, are numerically simulated in a rectangular duct of 0.2 m （long） × 0.2 m （wide）× 0.5 m （high） size. The results show good agreement with the classic theory of Geldart.     

H convergence rates of solutions of GBBM equations in multi-dimensional spaces

In this paper, we study the decay rates of the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equations in n-dimensional space. By using Fourier analysis for long wave and by applying the energy method for short wave, we obtain the H^m convergence rates of the solutions when the initial data are in the bounded subset of the phase space H^m(Rⁿ)(n3). The optimal decay rates are obtained in our results and are found to be the same as the Heat equation.     

Evidence for metasomatic mantle carbonatitic magma extrusion in Mesoproterozoic ore-hosting dolomite rocks in the middle Kunyang rift, central Yunnan, China

The Kunyang rift lying on the western margin of the Yangtze platform is a rare Precambrian Fe-Cu mineralization zone. Wuding- Lufeng basin that is an important part of the zone is located on the west edge in the middle of the rift. The most important ore-hosting rocks are Mesoproterozoic dolomite rocks in the basin controlled by a ring fracture system, which is a fundamental structure of the basin. Plenty of silicate minerals and acicular apatite, feldspar phenocrysts and small vesicular, flown line and flown plane structures, melt inclusion and high temperature fluid inclusion found in most ore-hosting dolomites suggest that this kind of rocks could not be sedimentary dolomite, marble or hydrothermal carbonate rocks. The Zr/Hf and Nb/Ta values of the rocks are identical with those of associated mantle-derived rocks, and vary widely. For the monomineral dolomite, δ^18OSMOW‰=＋5.99 to ＋18.4 and δ^13CPDB‰ = -3.01 to ＋0.94, which fall within the range for all carbonatitic volcanic rocks of the world. As for the accessory minerals, the values of δ^18OSMOW‰ of magnetite （=＋3.47 to ＋5.99‰） are close to that of the mantle （〈5.7%）, and the δ^34S‰ values of sulfides （-5.09 to ＋5.78, averaging ＋1.50） are close to that of meteorite. For all the ore-bearing dolomite rocks, εNd = ＋0.19 to ＋2.27, and the calculated Isr=0.699143, while for the associated mantle-derived rocks, εnd = ＋3.18 to ＋3.72. All the data suggest that the mineral assemblage is not only igneous but also of metasomatic mantle origin. And the presence of acicular apatite indicates that the rocks were formed by magma rapidly cooling. And the phenocryst texture and vesicular, flown and ropy and pyroclastic structures suggest that the igneous rocks were extrusive. Therefore, the ore-bearing dolomite rocks are carbonatitic volcanic rocks. This conclusion implies that most iron and copper ore deposits hosted in the dolomite rocks should be of the carbonatite type.     

水文序列周期的小波变换检测方法探讨

将小波变换引入随机水文过程的研究领域,根据水文现象的物理成因,通过对水文序列进行小波变换,借以测定水文序列隐含的近似周期,并利用检测验最终确定水文序列隐含的近似周期,计算结果表明,用小波变换确定水文序列隐含的近似周期,准确性较高,是一个较好的确定水文序列近似周期的方法。     

小波时频滤波器用于事件关联电位单次提取的研究

从单次脑诱发响应记录中提取有效信息，可以从根本上避免叠加平均法的弊端．在对听觉事件关联电位时－频域特性分析的基础上，结合相关分析方法，设计出了基于多分辨分析的样条小波时频滤波器，用以完成ＥＲＰ单次提取．大量提取实验表明，小波时频滤波器可以有效地从强背景噪声中提取单次ＥＲＰ．     

Extraction of methyl red from industrial wastewater using xylene as an extractant

A laboratory study on the liquid–liquid extraction system has been carried out for the removal and recovery of methyl red from aqueous solutions using xylene as an extractant. The concentration of methyl red has been studied in the range of 1.72 × 10⁻⁴ to 1.72 × 10⁻³ mol L⁻¹. The efficiency of dye extraction increased with increasing time of extraction. Distribution ratio is reasonably high (D = 49) even in the presence of inorganic salts. Extracted dye in the organic phase has been stripped into sodium hydroxide solution. The organic solvent is reused for reextraction of the dye from aqueous solution. The efficiency of reused organic solvent was maintained up to 10 runs. Loading capacity of dye has been found to be 14.32 mg. Under optimized conditions, real textile wastewater has been studied and the results are satisfactory.     

Magnetic properties and applications of newly-developed-nanocrystalline Fe72Cu1mV2Si14B9 and Fe72CulNblMo1V2Si14B9 alloys

Conclusions  

The characterization ofA 5

The characterization ofA ₅ is obtained through the method of calculation. The main result is described as the following:

Effect of global warming on the distribution of Lucifer intermedius and L. hanseni （Decapoda） in the Changjiang estuary

We conducted an oceanographic census in 1959, 2002, and 2005 to evaluate changes in the temporo-spatial distribution and abundance of Lucifer intermedius and L. hanseni in the Changjiang estuary. In general, the abundance and frequency of occurrence (OF) for these two species were highest during the summer. We measured a significant change in the abundance and OF between years. The abundance and OF of L. intermedius increased from 3.7 individuals m⁻³ and 66.67%, respectively, in 1959, to 8.93 individuals m⁻³ and 85.19%, in 2002. In 1959, L. hanseni was only found during the summer (abundance: 0.01 individuals m⁻³, OF: 3.70%). However, in 2002, this species was collected during all seasons except the winter. Furthermore, abundance (0.47 individuals m⁻³) and OF (25.93%) were higher in 2002 than in 1959. Further increases in abundance and OF were measured during cruises during the spring of 2005. We hypothesize that global warming is responsible for the increase in abundance of L. intermedius and L. hanseni and the northward expansion of L. hanseni in the Changjiang estuary. Given our results, monitoring of both species may be useful to evaluate the effects of climate change.     

让ERP走上Browser/Server之路

本文介绍了基于ＭＲＰⅡ系统系统发展起来的ＥＲＰ系统的发展及特点,分析了集中式、局域网、Ｃｌｉｅｎｔ／Ｓｅｒｖｅｒ和Ｂｒｏｗｓｅｒ／Ｓｅｒｖｅｒ四种体系结构的优劣,指出ＥＲＰ必然走向Ｂｒｏｗｓｅｒ／Ｓｅｒｖｅｒ之路,这是由ＥＲＰ的特点和Ｂｒｏｗｓｅｒ／Ｓｅｒｖｅｒ模式的优点共同决定的。     

Analysis of IGF2 mRNA expression and its methylation status between cattle yaks and their parents

Cattle yaks are an F1 hybrid between cattle and yaks and exhibit significant hybrid vigor. However, cattle yaks are sterile males. To study the epigenetic aspects of this reproductive isolation, IGF2 mRNA expression in cattle yaks and their parents and the patterns of the IGF2 differentially methylated regions (DMR) were examined in blood and testes. The results showed that IGF2 expression in cattle yaks’ testes was lower than in their parents (P < 0.01). The IGF2 DMR was highly methylated (above 90%) in blood and testes of cattle yaks, yaks and cattle, with the highest level in cattle yaks (P > 0.05). Our study showed that IGF2 plays an important role in bovine spermatogenesis and might be involved in cattle-yak male sterility. The methylation level of the IGF2 DMR was irrelevant to the lower expression of IGF2 in cattle yaks; other factors perhaps play roles in its expression.     

Diagnostics of magnetic field strength for gyrosynchrotron radiation regions of the lower harmonics

A diagnostic formula of magnetic field strength of gyrosynchrotron radiation regions of the lower harmonics (5 ≤S≤10 ) is presented based on their emissivity η νBN , absorptivity κ νBN , and the turnover frequency of radio spectra ν P. Their diagnostic error is estimated. And an accurate relation between electron energy spectral index δ and brightness temperature spectral index β is also given.     

心算负载任务对事件相关电位信号特征影响的研究

事件相关电位是神经科学研究中重要的一种认知电位,也是脑机接口中常用的特征信号之一。心算任务引起的心理负载能够诱发事件相关电位。常用的信号特征主要为时域波形特征。无法全面分析评估特征特点。研究中设计了三种心算任务,时域上研究诱发的事件相关电位的波形特征,频域上利用格兰杰因果关系分析方法研究任务脑功能网络连接,探讨三种心算任务诱发事件相关电位特征信号的效果和特点。为构建基于ERP特征信号的脑机接口新范式提供理论依据和技术支持。     

Effects of sleep deprivation on gamma oscillation of waking human EEG

This study compares and evaluates the effect of sleep deprivation （SD） on human brain cognition by analyzing the recorded EEG data under normal and 24 h sleep deprived states. EEG auditory event-related potentials were collected from 14 healthy volunteers, and the statistical values of wavelet-transformed EEG in gamma band were decomposed by parallel factor analysis （PARAFAC） to identify where the differences appeared in the time, frequency and spatial domains. The results showed that the changes of brain states caused by SD appeared around 40 Hz at about 400 ms after stimulation on prefrontal and frontal lobes. Negative effects of SD on neuronal activity and oscillation were observed. The analysis of the EEG data by the wavelet transform and PARAFAC can be an integrated way to estimate the change of brain states in the three domains.     

PEG-g-poly（aspartamide-co-N,N-dimethylethylenediamino aspartamide）： Synthesis, characterization and its application as a drug delivery system

PEG-g-poly(aspartamide-co-N,N-dimethylethylenediamino aspartamide) (PEG-DMEDA-PASP) was synthesized by two-step ring-opening reactions of polysuccinimide (PSI) with α-methoxy-ω-amino-poly(ethylene glycol) and N,N-dimethylethylenediamine. The polymer structure was confirmed by ¹H NMR and FT-IR. The resultant PEG-DMEDA-PASP with ammonium glycyrrhizinate (AMG) could form polymeric micelles in aqueous solution. The results of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements revealed that these polymeric micelles were spherical particles with a narrow diameter distribution and that their average diameter was ca. 70 nm. These polymeric micelles had high-loading capacity (58%) and encapsulation efficiency (70%) for AMG. The results of in vitro release experiments showed that these polymeric micelles possessed sustained-release effects, with a release rate of 25% within 3 h and 90% within 24 h.