Hypoosmotic shock induces a stateⅠtransition of photosynthetic apparatus in Dunaliella salina

The effects of hypoosmotic shock on state transition in darkness in Dunaliella salina were studied. When the concentration of NaCI in culture medium was dropped from 1.5 to 0.5 mol/L abruptly, the photosynthetic rate of D.salina declined, but the respiratory rate and intracellular ATP content increased in the dark. The FpsⅡ/FpsⅠ ratio at 77 K of D. salina cells exposed to hypoosmotic shock was higher than that of control cells, indicating that more excitation energy was distributed to PS Ⅱ in stressed D.salina cells upon illumination. A decrease in LHC Ⅱ phosphorylation level was also observed when D.salina was exposed to hypoosmotic shock. Thus a state Ⅰ transition of photosynthetic apparatus occurs when D.salina suffers hypoosmotic shock in darkness, which is supposed to be related to an enhancement of respiration and an increase in ATP content in stressed D.salina cells.     

A Theoretical Approach for Estimating Fracture Toughness of Ductile Metals

Fracture toughness is very important when applying Damage Tolerance Design and Assessment Techniques. The traditional testing approach for obtaining fracture toughness values is costly and time consuming. In order to estimate the fracture toughness of ductile metals, the fracture mechanics theory, materials plastic deformation theory and materials constructive relationships are employed here. A series of formulae and a theoretical approach are presented to calculate fracture toughness values of different materials in the plane stress and plane strain conditions. Compared with test results, evaluated values have a good agreement.     

Generation of Linear and Parabolic Concentration Gradients by Using a Christmas Tree-Shaped Microfluidic Network

This paper describes a simple method of generating concentration gradients with linear and parabolic profiles by using a Christmas tree-shaped microfluidic network.The microfluidic gradient generator consists of two parts:a Christmas tree-shaped network for gradient generation and a broad microchannel for detection.A two-dimensional model was built to analyze the flow field and the mass transfer in the microfluidic network.The simulating results show that a series of linear and parabolic gradient profiles were generated via adjusting relative flow rate ratios of the two source solutions(R_L~2≥0.995 and _PR~2≥0.999),which could match well with the experimental results(R_L~2≥0.987 and _PR~2≥0.996).The proposed method is promising for the generation of linear and parabolic concentration gradient profiles,with the potential in chemical and biological applications such as combinatorial chemistry synthesis,stem cell differentiation or cytotoxicity assays.     

Development of liquid-nitrogen-cooling friction stir spot welding for AZ31 magnesium alloy joints

A liquid-nitrogen-cooling friction stir spot welding (C-FSSW) technology was developed for welding AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets. The liquid-nitrogen cooling degraded the deformability of the welded materials such that the width of interfacial cracks increased with increasing cooling time. The grain size of the stirred zone (SZ) and the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of the C-FSSW-welded joints decreased, whereas that of the thermomechanically affected zone (TMAZ) increased with increasing cooling time. The maximum tensile shear load of the C-FSSW-welded joints welded with a cooling time of 5 or 7 s was larger than that of the friction stir spot welding (FSSW)-welded joint, and the tensile shear load decreased with increasing cooling time. The microhardness of the C-FSSW-welded joints was greater than that of the FSSW-welded joint. Moreover, the microhardness of the SZ and the HAZ of the C-FSSW-welded joints increased, whereas that of the TMAZ decreased, with increasing cooling time.     

苯并[1，2-b：4，5-b’]二噻吩-thieno[3，4-易]thiadiazole导电性的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论，在B3LYP／6—31G（d）水平下，对苯并[1，2-b：4，5-b’]二噻吩（BDT）-thieno[3，4-b]thiadiaz01e（TD）的低聚物和聚合物进行了理论计算．其中，BDT为电子供体，TD为电子受体，以1：2的方式结合形成化合物，并计算了二面角、分子内的电荷传输、桥键键长和中心键电荷密度．结果显示：随着聚合链增长，共轭程度增加．NICSs值显示：中心环比边环的共轭程度更大．聚合物的能带结构表明：该聚合物的带隙比较低（0．87eV），故其可以作为潜在的导电材料．     

Polynomial-rooting based fourth-order MUSIC for direction-of-arrival estimation of noncircular signals

A polynomial-rooting based fourth-order cumulant algorithm is presented for direction-of-arrival（DOA） estimation of second-order fully noncircular source signals, using a uniform linear array（ULA）. This algorithm inherits all merits of its spectralsearching counterpart except for the applicability to arbitrary array geometry, while reducing considerably the computation cost.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the previously developed closed-form second-order noncircular ESPRIT method, in terms of processing capacity and DOA estimation accuracy, especially in the presence of spatially colored noise.     

基于改进遗传算法的自适应越区切换方案

针对列车通信在越区切换过程中切换触发率和切换成功率均较低的问题, 提出一种基于改进遗传算法的自适应联合判决切换算法. 首先, 以遗传算法为基础, 在高速特性下对切换判决过程中的相关参数进行优化, 针对列车的不同运行速度动态选择出满足快速切换需求的迟滞容限值； 其次, 引入满意通信概率（SCP), 当列车在小区之间移动时, SCP值达不到要求的将不能接入下一个小区, 以保障通信质量的优良. 仿真结果表明, 与传统切换方案相比, 该方案可实现提高切换触发率和切换成功率的目标, 具有较高的满意通信概率.     

形象思维在医学英语术语命名中的应用

形象思维在医学英语术语的命名中发挥着重要的作用。借助植物、动物、自然现象、物品、古希腊罗马神话中的人物形象对医学英语术语进行命名,可以增加医学英语术语的美感、趣味性和准确性,利于理解和记忆。     

An M-Objective Penalty Function Algorithm Under Big Penalty Parameters

Some classical penalty function algorithms may not always be convergent under big penalty parameters in Matlab software, which makes them impossible to find out an optimal solution to constrained optimization problems. In this paper, a novel penalty function (called M-objective penalty function) with one penalty parameter added to both objective and constrained functions of inequality constrained optimization problems is proposed. Based on the M-objective penalty function, an algorithm is developed to solve an optimal solution to the inequality constrained optimization problems, with its convergence proved under some conditions. Furthermore, numerical results show that the proposed algorithm has a much better convergence than the classical penalty function algorithms under big penalty parameters, and is efficient in choosing a penalty parameter in a large range in Matlab software.