The melatonin rhythm: both a clock and a calendar

The paper briefly reviews the data which shows that the circadian production and secretion of melatonin by the pineal gland can impart both daily, i.e., clock, and seasonal, i.e., calendar, information to the organism. The paper summarizes the 3 patterns of nocturnal melatonin production that have been described. Clearly, regardless of the pattern of nocturnal melatonin production a particular species normally displays, the duration of nightime elevated melatonin is proportional to the duration of the night length. Since daylength under natural conditions changes daily the melatonin rhythm, which adjusts to the photoperiod sends time of year information to the organism. The melatonin receptors which subserve the clock message sent by the pineal gland in the form of a melatonin cycle may reside in the biological clock itself, namely, the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). The melatonin receptors that mediate seasonal changes in reproductive physiology are presumably those that are located on the pars tuberalis cells of the anterior pituitary gland. Besides these receptors which likely mediate clock and calendar information, melatonin receptors have been described in other organs. Interestingly, the distribution of melatonin receptors is highly species-specific. Whereas the clock and calendar information that the melatonin cycle imparts to the organism relies on cell membrane receptors, a fact that is of some interest considering the high lipophilicity of melatonin, recent studies indicate that other functions of melatonin may require no receptor whatsoever.     

地下感应式通信理论的研究

本文研究了地下矿井内,电波沿巷道内线缆传播的可行性及单线波模的传播与衰减规律,研究巷道内电小天线与线缆之间的耦合情况,从而为实际工作提供理论依据。     

精测安培表内阻的新方法——电桥伏安法

本文提出了精测安培表内阻的新方法,并将其与其它测量方法进行了比较。     

关于C_(11)A_7·CaF_2稳定性的研究

本文采用X射线衍射分析方法,研究了影响C_(11)A_7·CaF_2稳定性的因素,结果表明C_(11)A_7·CaF_2在1450℃以内,能够稳定存在;Mgo,K_2O对C_(11)A_7·CaF_2稳定性没有影响;Na_2O、P_2O_5和CaO能与C_(11)A_7·CaF_2发生反应、分别生成少量NC_6A_3、Ca_5F(PO_4)_3和C_3A,但在硅酸盐水泥熟料的正常煅烧制度下,反应程度较低,对C_(11)A_7·CaF_2稳定性不大.熟料中铝酸盐相存在的形式,主要取决于氟在熟料中的分布,CaF_2掺量较低,温度超过1350℃,C_(11)A_7CaF_2消失,生成C_3A;CaG_2掺量较高时,温度高达1450℃,熟料中的铝酸盐相仍为C_(11)A_7·CaF_2,而不生成C_2A.     

从壮族汉文《大宅颂》与《智城碑》看大唐文化之南渐

武周时期壮族文人留下的《大宅颂》与《智城碑》，是大唐文化与岭南文化之伟大结晶。本文从两碑及六舍坚固大宅遗址看武周时期大唐文化对南方文化之渗透与施及，以窥视唐王朝羁縻制度、儒家思想、建筑艺术及文体风格等对于岭南文化的影响，从而了解唐王朝之盛大及文化发展之规律和意义。     

1998年至2003年山西省科技进步统计分析

通过山西省5年期间科技进步统计检测指标位次，进一步分析了科技进步统计监测体系的四个一级指标。     

变电站自动化系统中一种新智能测控装置设计

介绍了变电站自动化系统一种基于80C196KB控制CPU设计的新型线路单元测控装置。它能完成一条线路的遥测、遥信、遥控和遥脉功能。模拟量测量采用基于快速傅里叶变换的交流采样算法，测量精度高。与上位机的通信提供多种选择方式，人机交互采用点阵液晶显示及薄膜式键盘，开关量状态、脉冲量的采集以及控制输出都采用二次隔离技术，并采用了先进软件抗干扰技术，遥控操作可靠。     

Newton's Easy Quadratures ``Omitted for the Sake of Brevity'

In the 1687 Principia, Newton gave a solution to the direct problem (given the orbit and center of force, find the central force) for a conic-section with a focal center of force (answer: a reciprocal square force) and for a spiral orbit with a polar center of force (answer: a reciprocal cube force). He did not, however, give solutions for the two corresponding inverse problems (given the force and center of force, find the orbit). He gave a cryptic solution to the inverse problem of a reciprocal cube force, but offered no solution for the reciprocal square force. Some take this omission as an indication that Newton could not solve the reciprocal square, for, they ask, why else would he not select this important problem? Others claim that ``it is child's play' for him, as evidenced by his 1671 catalogue of quadratures (tables of integrals). The answer to that question is obscured for all who attempt to work through Newton's published solution of the reciprocal cube force because it is done in the synthetic geometric style of the 1687 Principia rather than in the analytic algebraic style that Newton employed until 1671. In response to a request from David Gregory in 1694, however, Newton produced an analytic version of the body of the proof, but one which still had a geometric conclusion. Newton's charge is to find both ``the orbit' and ``the time in orbit.' In the determination of the dependence of the time on orbital position, t(r), Newton evaluated an integral of the form ∫dx/x <sup>n</sup> to calculate a finite algebraic equation for the area swept out as a function of the radius, but he did not write out the analytic expression for time t = t(r), even though he knew that the time t is proportional to that area. In the determination of the orbit, θ (r), Newton obtained an integral of the form ∫dx/√(1−x<sup>2</sup>) for the area that is proportional to the angle θ, an integral he had shown in his 1669 On Analysis by Infinite Equations to be equal to the arcsin(x). Since the solution must therefore contain a transcendental function, he knew that a finite algebraic solution for θ=θ(r) did not exist for ``the orbit' as it had for ``the time in orbit.' In contrast to these two solutions for the inverse cube force, however, it is not possible in the inverse square solution to generate a finite algebraic expression for either ``the orbit' or ``the time in orbit.' In fact, in Lemma 28, Newton offers a demonstration that the area of an ellipse cannot be given by a finite equation. I claim that the limitation of Lemma 28 forces Newton to reject the inverse square force as an example and to choose instead the reciprocal cube force as his example in Proposition 41. (Received August 14, 2002) Published online March 26, 2003 Communicated by G. Smith     

两段绞接式联合收割机输送槽的设计研究

本文介绍一种适宜配置在悬挂式联合收割机上的两段铰接式输送槽设计,这种输送槽后段固定,前段与割台连接并与后输送槽铰接,该铰接点为前悬挂割台的支点,借助液压油缸升降,文中对该铰接点位置的确定,以及两段输送槽铰接处的圆弧过渡板设计进行了分析研究,提供了设计方法.