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IntroductionAnalysis of customerfailure statistics formostpower utilities has shown that distribution systemevents make the greatest contribution to theunavailability of supply to customers. Thereliability of the distribution must be properlyevaluated to ensure acceptable levels ofreliabilityand quality of supply to the consumer.Historically distribution system reliability hasbeen evaluated using the connectivity method,which is based on the criterion of total loss ofcontinuity ( TLOC) and i… 相似文献
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Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Behrenfeld MJ O'Malley RT Siegel DA McClain CR Sarmiento JL Feldman GC Milligan AJ Falkowski PG Letelier RM Boss ES 《Nature》2006,444(7120):752-755
Contributing roughly half of the biosphere's net primary production (NPP), photosynthesis by oceanic phytoplankton is a vital link in the cycling of carbon between living and inorganic stocks. Each day, more than a hundred million tons of carbon in the form of CO2 are fixed into organic material by these ubiquitous, microscopic plants of the upper ocean, and each day a similar amount of organic carbon is transferred into marine ecosystems by sinking and grazing. The distribution of phytoplankton biomass and NPP is defined by the availability of light and nutrients (nitrogen, phosphate, iron). These growth-limiting factors are in turn regulated by physical processes of ocean circulation, mixed-layer dynamics, upwelling, atmospheric dust deposition, and the solar cycle. Satellite measurements of ocean colour provide a means of quantifying ocean productivity on a global scale and linking its variability to environmental factors. Here we describe global ocean NPP changes detected from space over the past decade. The period is dominated by an initial increase in NPP of 1,930 teragrams of carbon a year (Tg C yr(-1)), followed by a prolonged decrease averaging 190 Tg C yr(-1). These trends are driven by changes occurring in the expansive stratified low-latitude oceans and are tightly coupled to coincident climate variability. This link between the physical environment and ocean biology functions through changes in upper-ocean temperature and stratification, which influence the availability of nutrients for phytoplankton growth. The observed reductions in ocean productivity during the recent post-1999 warming period provide insight on how future climate change can alter marine food webs. 相似文献
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Dina C Meyre D Gallina S Durand E Körner A Jacobson P Carlsson LM Kiess W Vatin V Lecoeur C Delplanque J Vaillant E Pattou F Ruiz J Weill J Levy-Marchal C Horber F Potoczna N Hercberg S Le Stunff C Bougnères P Kovacs P Marre M Balkau B Cauchi S Chèvre JC Froguel P 《Nature genetics》2007,39(6):724-726
We identified a set of SNPs in the first intron of the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) gene on chromosome 16q12.2 that is consistently strongly associated with early-onset and severe obesity in both adults and children of European ancestry with an experiment-wise P value of 1.67 x 10(-26) in 2,900 affected individuals and 5,100 controls. The at-risk haplotype yields a proportion of attributable risk of 22% for common obesity. We conclude that FTO contributes to human obesity and hence may be a target for subsequent functional analyses. 相似文献
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Chemotactic bacteria rely on local concentration gradients to guide them towards the source of a nutrient. Such local cues pointing towards the location of the source are not always available at macroscopic scales because mixing in a flowing medium breaks up regions of high concentration into random and disconnected patches. Thus, animals sensing odours in air or water detect them only intermittently as patches sweep by on the wind or currents. A macroscopic searcher must devise a strategy of movement based on sporadic cues and partial information. Here we propose a search algorithm, which we call 'infotaxis', designed to work under such conditions. Any search process can be thought of as acquisition of information on source location; for infotaxis, information plays a role similar to concentration in chemotaxis. The infotaxis strategy locally maximizes the expected rate of information gain. We demonstrate its efficiency using a computational model of odour plume propagation and experimental data on mixing flows. Infotactic trajectories feature 'zigzagging' and 'casting' paths similar to those observed in the flight of moths. The proposed search algorithm is relevant to the design of olfactory robots, but the general idea of infotaxis can be applied more broadly in the context of searching with sparse information. 相似文献
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PNPLA1 mutations cause autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis in golden retriever dogs and humans
Grall A Guaguère E Planchais S Grond S Bourrat E Hausser I Hitte C Le Gallo M Derbois C Kim GJ Lagoutte L Degorce-Rubiales F Radner FP Thomas A Küry S Bensignor E Fontaine J Pin D Zimmermann R Zechner R Lathrop M Galibert F André C Fischer J 《Nature genetics》2012,44(2):140-147
Ichthyoses comprise a heterogeneous group of genodermatoses characterized by abnormal desquamation over the whole body, for which the genetic causes of several human forms remain unknown. We used a spontaneous dog model in the golden retriever breed, which is affected by a lamellar ichthyosis resembling human autosomal recessive congenital ichthyoses (ARCI), to carry out a genome-wide association study. We identified a homozygous insertion-deletion (indel) mutation in PNPLA1 that leads to a premature stop codon in all affected golden retriever dogs. We subsequently found one missense and one nonsense mutation in the catalytic domain of human PNPLA1 in six individuals with ARCI from two families. Further experiments highlighted the importance of PNPLA1 in the formation of the epidermal lipid barrier. This study identifies a new gene involved in human ichthyoses and provides insights into the localization and function of this yet uncharacterized member of the PNPLA protein family. 相似文献
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Giardine B Borg J Higgs DR Peterson KR Philipsen S Maglott D Singleton BK Anstee DJ Basak AN Clark B Costa FC Faustino P Fedosyuk H Felice AE Francina A Galanello R Gallivan MV Georgitsi M Gibbons RJ Giordano PC Harteveld CL Hoyer JD Jarvis M Joly P Kanavakis E Kollia P Menzel S Miller W Moradkhani K Old J Papachatzopoulou A Papadakis MN Papadopoulos P Pavlovic S Perseu L Radmilovic M Riemer C Satta S Schrijver I Stojiljkovic M Thein SL Traeger-Synodinos J Tully R Wada T Waye JS Wiemann C 《Nature genetics》2011,43(4):295-301
We developed a series of interrelated locus-specific databases to store all published and unpublished genetic variation related to hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia and implemented microattribution to encourage submission of unpublished observations of genetic variation to these public repositories. A total of 1,941 unique genetic variants in 37 genes, encoding globins and other erythroid proteins, are currently documented in these databases, with reciprocal attribution of microcitations to data contributors. Our project provides the first example of implementing microattribution to incentivise submission of all known genetic variation in a defined system. It has demonstrably increased the reporting of human variants, leading to a comprehensive online resource for systematically describing human genetic variation in the globin genes and other genes contributing to hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias. The principles established here will serve as a model for other systems and for the analysis of other common and/or complex human genetic diseases. 相似文献
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Didier Fraix-Burnet Philippe Choler Emmanuel J.P. Douzery Anne Verhamme 《Journal of Classification》2006,23(1):57-78
This series of papers is intended to evaluate astrocladistics in reconstructing phylogenies of galaxies. The objective of
this second paper is to formalize the concept of galaxy formation and to identify the processes of diversification. We show
that galaxy diversity can be expected to organize itself in a hierarchy. In order to better understand the role of mergers,
we have selected a sample of 43 galaxies from the GALICS database built from simulations with a hybrid model for galaxy formation
studies. These simulated galaxies, described by 119 characters and considered as representing still undefined classes, have
experienced different numbers of merger events during evolution. Our cladistic analysis yields a robust tree that proves the
existence of a hierarchy. Mergers, like interactions (not taken into account in the GALICS simulations), are probably a strong
driver for galaxy diversification. Our result shows that mergers participate in a branching type of evolution, but do not
seem to play the role of an evolutionary clock. 相似文献