液压蓄能式风力机组并网转速解耦优化控制

针对在风速、同步发电机负载变化情况下,液压蓄能式风力机组并网转速控制问题,提出一种新型并网转速控制方法——解耦广义预测优化控制方法（Decoupled Generalized Predictive Optimization Control, DGPOC）.首先,DGPOC利用基于广义预测的前馈解耦方法解除变量马达摆角和蓄能器比例阀开度之间的耦合关系,进而调节蓄能器比例阀,依靠蓄能器吸收波动流量,同步调节变量马达摆角实现恒转速控制,解决因风速、同步发电机负载变化引起的变量马达转速波动问题; 其次,将蓄能器比例阀的能量损耗作为性能约束项,加入到优化目标函数中,求取最优控制量,从而提高液压蓄能式风力机组风能利用率; 最后,利用建立的MATLAB-AMESim联合仿真实验平台验证DGPOC方法的有效性.实验结果表明： DGPOC方法不仅可以实现变量马达摆角和蓄能器比例阀开度两个变量的解耦,提升变量马达转速控制的快速性及鲁棒性,而且能够降低系统的能量损耗.     

Disruption of mitochondrial function as the basis of the trypanocidal effect of trifluoperazine onTrypanosoma cruzi

Summary The tricyclic anti-calmodulin drug trifluoperazine (TFP) inhibited growth and motility of epimastigotes ofTrypanosoma cruzi, at concentrations lower than 100 M, and motility and infectivity of the bloodstream trypomastigote form at 200 M. Electron microscopy of TFP-treated epimastigotes showed that the major effect was at the mitochondrial level, with gross swelling and disorganization. The oligomycin-sensitive, mitochondrial ATPase was completely inhibited by 20 M TFP, and the same drug concentration caused a 60% decrease in intracellular ATP content. The results suggest that the trypanocidal effect of TFP may be related more to mitochondrial damage than to the well-known anticalmodulin effect of the drug.     

Evolutionary distinctiveness of the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle

The endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempi) nests almost exclusively at a single locality in the western Gulf of Mexico, whereas the olive ridley (L. olivacea) nests globally in warm oceans. Morphological similarities between kempi and olivacea, and a geographical distribution that "...makes no sense at all under modern conditions of climate and geography", raise questions about the degree of evolutionary divergence between these taxa. Analysis of mitochondrial (mt) DNA restriction sites shows that Kemp's ridley is distinct from the olive ridley in matriarchal phylogeny, and that the two are sister taxa with respect to other marine turtles. Separation of olive and the Kemp's ridley lineages may date to formation of the Isthmus of Panama, whereas the global spread of the olive ridley lineage occurred recently. In contrast to recent examples in which molecular genetic assessments challenged systematic assignments underlying conservation programmes, our mtDNA data corroborate the taxonomy of an endangered form.     

Effect of feeding cereal-legume diets to rats on in vitro absorption of45Ca

Summary The in vitro absorption of calcium from the duodenum was significantly less in a group of rats fed on a wheat diet than in a group fed a wheat and Bengal gram (7030) diet.     

Metabolism of 3β-hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid in hamsters

Summary Metabolism of 26-hydroxycholesterol to 3-hydroxychol-5-en-24-oic acid and other C24-bile acids has been expected to occur by way of 3-hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid in studies in vitro. 3-Hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid was infused intravenously into bile fistula hamsters and the following C24-bile acids were identified: 3-hydroxychol-5-en-24-oic acid, lithocholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, and a small amount of cholic acid.