强非线性振动的增量摄动法

介绍了形如的强非线性振动的增量摄动法,式中g(x)和f(x,x是自变量的任意非线性函数。该法是无需λ很小情况下的反复的摄动法的扩展,它结合了增量法和摄动法两者的突出优点,振动的极限环对任何需要的精度均可计算,极限环的稳定性也可以论述。     

木乃伊七号(之四)

74.72小时后,阿布杜尔来了。雷利抱着热切的希望,恐怕只有阿布杜尔,才知道木乃伊七号离开医院会去干什么。阿布杜尔默默地思索很久说:“他不会走远。古代的埃及人总是徒步跋涉的。他不会改变这种习惯。估计一定有人在帮他的忙,供应他食物和衣着。”     

心衰治疗中的困惑：再同步|除颤|还是两者的结合？

本期两篇热点论文(5#和10#)和一篇外围文章对心衰患者是否适合接受植入心脏除颤器(ICD)、心脏再同步化(CRT)以及二者的组合治疗(CRT-D)的试验做了报道。该领域研究的难度很大,John J．G．Cleland教授(英国赫尔大学)就这些研究在临床使用上的作用做了评论。     

Global warming： Take action or wait？

Of all the changes wrought by human activity, the buildup in our atmosphere of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, has gener- ated the most contentious debate. Environmentalists warn that in the absence of firm action, over th…     

复合材料Terfenol-D/PMNT的磁电和逆磁电响应

给出了Terfenol-D/PMN-PT/Terfenol-D(TD/PMNT/TD)和PMNT/TD/PMNT两种层状复合材料的磁电和逆磁电响应的测试方法和测试结果. 这两种复合结构的优化直流偏置磁场大小均为350 Oe(1 Oe=79.58 A/m). 在1 kHz频率下, 这两种复合材料的最大磁电电压系数分别为384 mV/Oe和158 mV/Oe, 最大逆磁电系数分别为118 mG/V和162 mG/V (1 G = 10^-4 T). 另外研究了这两种复合材料在谐振频率下的磁电响应. 通过对两种复合结构的比较得知, 磁致/压电/磁致复合结构具有好的磁电响应; 而压电/磁致/压电复合结构具有好的逆磁电响应. 这一结果有助于优化设计高性能压电/磁致复合磁电材料.     

The early Holocene optimum inferred from a high-resolution pollen record of Huguangyan Maar Lake in southern China

A high-resolution pollen record of the past 13000 a from Huguangyan Maar Lake reveals the vegetation and environment changes in southern China during the Holocene. It shows that (i) pollen percentage of trees and shrubs reached 56% during the early Holocene (11600―7800 cal a BP), of which the pollen percentage of tropical trees reached a maximum at 9500―8000 cal a BP, reflecting a hot and wet envi- ronment; (ii) during the mid-Holocene (7800―4200 cal a BP), the pollen percentage of montane conif- erous trees and herbs increased, while the percentage of tropical-subtropical trees decreased, indi- cating lower temperature and humidity; (iii) in the late Holocene spanning from 4200 to 350 cal a BP, the pollen percentage of herbs and montane conifer increased significantly, indicating a marked decrease of temperature and humidity. Our pollen data reveal that the time period 9500―8000 cal a BP in south- ern China represents a climatic optimum for the Holocene characterized by hot and wet conditions. This is consistent with the Holocene optimum found in lower latitude regions globally. We speculate that strong insolation might cause the northward migration of the ITCZ and subtropical summer mon- soon front, which resulted in an early Holocene optimum in the Huguangyan area. The dry tendency and climate fluctuations of the middle and late Holocene could be associated with a decrease in solar insolation and frequent ENSO event.     

The medaka draft genome and insights into vertebrate genome evolution

Teleosts comprise more than half of all vertebrate species and have adapted to a variety of marine and freshwater habitats. Their genome evolution and diversification are important subjects for the understanding of vertebrate evolution. Although draft genome sequences of two pufferfishes have been published, analysis of more fish genomes is desirable. Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of a small egg-laying freshwater teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes). Medaka is native to East Asia and an excellent model system for a wide range of biology, including ecotoxicology, carcinogenesis, sex determination and developmental genetics. In the assembled medaka genome (700 megabases), which is less than half of the zebrafish genome, we predicted 20,141 genes, including approximately 2,900 new genes, using 5'-end serial analysis of gene expression tag information. We found single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at an average rate of 3.42% between the two inbred strains derived from two regional populations; this is the highest SNP rate seen in any vertebrate species. Analyses based on the dense SNP information show a strict genetic separation of 4 million years (Myr) between the two populations, and suggest that differential selective pressures acted on specific gene categories. Four-way comparisons with the human, pufferfish (Tetraodon), zebrafish and medaka genomes revealed that eight major interchromosomal rearrangements took place in a remarkably short period of approximately 50 Myr after the whole-genome duplication event in the teleost ancestor and afterwards, intriguingly, the medaka genome preserved its ancestral karyotype for more than 300 Myr.