视觉假体铂铱合金微电极阵列的电场分析

采用有限元法研究用于视神经视觉假体铂铱合金微电极阵列的电场分布情况,在单极和双极电流刺激条件下,分析不同长度微电极的空间电场分布,通过在体动物实验验证了铂铱合金微电极阵列在体工作的有效性.结果表明,经过100μA的单极和双极电流刺激后,铂铱合金电极的最大电场强度均发生在电极材料和绝缘材料的交界处.以电场强度最大点为原点,单极和双极电流刺激的有效半径分别约为21和24μm.     

准噶尔盆地低渗油藏地层测试技术研究

低渗储层的流体渗流具有明显的非达西渗流特性,在试油过程中,即使地层没有受到污染,流体也需要克服一定的阻力之后才能开始流动。因此,对于低渗油气藏的试油,不仅准确求取产能难度大,而且获取稳定的地层压力和储层参数更是十分困难。通过有针对性的测试工艺技术研究,采用合理分配测试时间方案、积极推广分层跨隔测试技术、利用测试技术进行压裂效果评价等,圆满地解决了低渗透储层试油测试中获取资料困难的问题。     

端板型螺栓连接钢节点设计方法

利用有限元软件ANSYS对端板型螺栓连接钢节点进行了弹塑性有限元计算,分析了节点中端板厚度的变化对螺栓内力及变形的影响,讨论了螺栓实际受力与设计方法的关系.进而提出了一些在端板型钢节点设计时值得思考的问题.     

Transiting circumbinary planets Kepler-34 b and Kepler-35 b

Most Sun-like stars in the Galaxy reside in gravitationally bound pairs of stars (binaries). Although long anticipated, the existence of a 'circumbinary planet' orbiting such a pair of normal stars was not definitively established until the discovery of the planet transiting (that is, passing in front of) Kepler-16. Questions remained, however, about the prevalence of circumbinary planets and their range of orbital and physical properties. Here we report two additional transiting circumbinary planets: Kepler-34 (AB)b and Kepler-35 (AB)b, referred to here as Kepler-34 b and Kepler-35 b, respectively. Each is a low-density gas-giant planet on an orbit closely aligned with that of its parent stars. Kepler-34 b orbits two Sun-like stars every 289?days, whereas Kepler-35 b orbits a pair of smaller stars (89% and 81% of the Sun's mass) every 131?days. The planets experience large multi-periodic variations in incident stellar radiation arising from the orbital motion of the stars. The observed rate of circumbinary planets in our sample implies that more than ～1% of close binary stars have giant planets in nearly coplanar orbits, yielding a Galactic population of at least several million.     

Fast core rotation in red-giant stars as revealed by gravity-dominated mixed modes

When the core hydrogen is exhausted during stellar evolution, the central region of a star contracts and the outer envelope expands and cools, giving rise to a red giant. Convection takes place over much of the star's radius. Conservation of angular momentum requires that the cores of these stars rotate faster than their envelopes; indirect evidence supports this. Information about the angular-momentum distribution is inaccessible to direct observations, but it can be extracted from the effect of rotation on oscillation modes that probe the stellar interior. Here we report an increasing rotation rate from the surface of the star to the stellar core in the interiors of red giants, obtained using the rotational frequency splitting of recently detected 'mixed modes'. By comparison with theoretical stellar models, we conclude that the core must rotate at least ten times faster than the surface. This observational result confirms the theoretical prediction of a steep gradient in the rotation profile towards the deep stellar interior.     

The gene mutated in ataxia-ocular apraxia 1 encodes the new HIT/Zn-finger protein aprataxin

The newly recognized ataxia-ocular apraxia 1 (AOA1; MIM 208920) is the most frequent cause of autosomal recessive ataxia in Japan and is second only to Friedreich ataxia in Portugal. It shares several neurological features with ataxia-telangiectasia, including early onset ataxia, oculomotor apraxia and cerebellar atrophy, but does not share its extraneurological features (immune deficiency, chromosomal instability and hypersensitivity to X-rays). AOA1 is also characterized by axonal motor neuropathy and the later decrease of serum albumin levels and elevation of total cholesterol. We have identified the gene causing AOA1 and the major Portuguese and Japanese mutations. This gene encodes a new, ubiquitously expressed protein that we named aprataxin. This protein is composed of three domains that share distant homology with the amino-terminal domain of polynucleotide kinase 3'- phosphatase (PNKP), with histidine-triad (HIT) proteins and with DNA-binding C2H2 zinc-finger proteins, respectively. PNKP is involved in DNA single-strand break repair (SSBR) following exposure to ionizing radiation and reactive oxygen species. Fragile-HIT proteins (FHIT) cleave diadenosine tetraphosphate, which is potentially produced during activation of the SSBR complex. The results suggest that aprataxin is a nuclear protein with a role in DNA repair reminiscent of the function of the protein defective in ataxia-telangiectasia, but that would cause a phenotype restricted to neurological signs when mutant.     

Large changes in Pluto's atmosphere as revealed by recent stellar occultations

Pluto's tenuous nitrogen atmosphere was first detected by the imprint left on the light curve of a star that was occulted by the planet in 1985 (ref. 1), and studied more extensively during a second occultation event in 1988 (refs 2-6). These events are, however, quite rare and Pluto's atmosphere remains poorly understood, as in particular the planet has not yet been visited by a spacecraft. Here we report data from the first occultations by Pluto since 1988. We find that, during the intervening 14 years, there seems to have been a doubling of the atmospheric pressure, a probable seasonal effect on Pluto.     

Twisted smash products of multiplier Hopf algebras

In the present paper, we will consider A-bimodule algebra for a regular multiplier Hopf algebra (A,Δ). Using bimodule algebra, we construct the twisted smash product of multiplier Hopf algebras.     

基于强跟踪滤波器的火电机组故障实时诊断

目的解决火力发电机组的安全运行问题。方法将发电机组的部件故障、传感器故障和执行器故障定义为待辨识的参数,然后利用强跟踪滤波器对机组的状态和参数进行联合估计,最后利用修正的Bayes算法做出故障判决。结果仿真实验表明,该方法不仅能准确快速地识别故障,而且在故障发生时能够保持比较高的状态与参数估计精度。结论火电机组故障实时诊断的强跟踪滤波器方法是切实可行的。