Occurrence and significance of prist-1-ene in kerogen pyrolysates

A SERIES of acylic isoprenoid alkanes, of which pristane and phytane are typical, frequently occurs in crude oils, shales, coals, bitumens and so on. It is generally agreed that the primary source of these compounds is the phytyl side chain of chlorophyll(1,2) although the mechanisms of its incorporation into sediments and its subsequent diagenesis, are not completely understood. At present, little is known about the role of kerogen as a source, or sink, of isoprenoid moieties and we report here that the principal isoprenoid, obtained by the high temperature (600 degrees C) pyrolysis of kerogens has been identified as prist-1-ene.     

Preliminary research on Megalake Jilantai-Hetao in the arid areas of China during the Late Quaternary

We identified geomorphological, sedimentary and biological evidence of high lake levels around the current Jilantai Salt Lake through field investigations and through analyses of regional remote sensing images. There are four groups of shorelines at elevations of around 1060, 1050, 1044 and 1035 m a.s.l., being 37, 27, 21 and 12 m above the current salt lake surface, respectively. Littoral deposits of sand and gravels are found at elevations between 1070 and 1080 m a.s.l., 47 to 57 m higher than the current salt lake surface, although palaeoshoreline landforms are only preserved at several sites. At Herimuxini, on the northern margin of the Ulan Buh Desert, typical lacustrine sediments and sand-gravel littoral deposits also occur at elevations of 1080 m a.s.I, and below. A 11-km-long typical spit extends eastward from this shoreline gradually reducing in elevation from 1050 to 1035 m a.s.I. In some sand-gravel quarries along the southern bank of the Yellow River on its Great Bend, such as those located near the Hydrological Gauge Station and Shilazhao Town, shoreline features were identified. Littoral deposits overlying the alluvial-diluvial layers occur in a sand quarry near Balagong in Hangjin County. There are also beachrock and littoral deposits preserved on the cut-and-built terraces at several sites along the southern piedmont of Langshan-Yinshan Mountains. In addition, a profile revealing subaqueous delta sediments was identified near Wuhai, where the Yellow River enters the basin. Typical lake sediments also exist at the Togtoh Platform on the eastern end of the Hetao Plain. Aquatic Mollusk shells are common in the littoral deposits, including several species of Corbicula, Radix lagotis, R. xauricularia and Gyraulus convexiusculus. Ostracode shells can also be identified in finer sediments. Typical ver- tical prograding sequences are evident in outcrops where lacustrine sediments were well preserved. Wave-rolled cobbles and beachrock are very commonly preserved on the top of profiles in the embankments at     

Ultrathin compound semiconductor on insulator layers for high-performance nanoscale transistors

Over the past several years, the inherent scaling limitations of silicon (Si) electron devices have fuelled the exploration of alternative semiconductors, with high carrier mobility, to further enhance device performance. In particular, compound semiconductors heterogeneously integrated on Si substrates have been actively studied: such devices combine the high mobility of III-V semiconductors and the well established, low-cost processing of Si technology. This integration, however, presents significant challenges. Conventionally, heteroepitaxial growth of complex multilayers on Si has been explored-but besides complexity, high defect densities and junction leakage currents present limitations in this approach. Motivated by this challenge, here we use an epitaxial transfer method for the integration of ultrathin layers of single-crystal InAs on Si/SiO(2) substrates. As a parallel with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, we use 'XOI' to represent our compound semiconductor-on-insulator platform. Through experiments and simulation, the electrical properties of InAs XOI transistors are explored, elucidating the critical role of quantum confinement in the transport properties of ultrathin XOI layers. Importantly, a high-quality InAs/dielectric interface is obtained by the use of a novel thermally grown interfacial InAsO(x) layer (~1?nm thick). The fabricated field-effect transistors exhibit a peak transconductance of ~1.6?mS?μm(-1) at a drain-source voltage of 0.5?V, with an on/off current ratio of greater than 10,000.     

基于驾驶员眼动分析的事故多发点改造方案评价方法研究

对事故多发点进行改造是减少事故的发生、增强交通安全的重要措施。其中增加标志标线等交通安全设施是常见的改造方式。由于驾驶行为是影响交通安全的重要因素,因此有必要从驾驶员角度对改造效进行评价。研究了某二级公路的事故多发点特点。在现场实验的基础上结合驾驶员眼动注视点的特征分析,分别从驾驶员注视特征、运营速度、改造前后的事故分析,综合评价事故多发点的改造效果。同时分析驾驶员负荷特征,为未来事故多发点的安全改造方案提出可行建议。     

Adaptive modelling and forecasting of offshore wind power fluctuations with Markov‐switching autoregressive models

Wind power production data at temporal resolutions of a few minutes exhibit successive periods with fluctuations of various dynamic nature and magnitude, which cannot be explained (so far) by the evolution of some explanatory variable. Our proposal is to capture this regime‐switching behaviour with an approach relying on Markov‐switching autoregressive (MSAR) models. An appropriate parameterization of the model coefficients is introduced, along with an adaptive estimation method allowing accommodation of long‐term variations in the process characteristics. The objective criterion to be recursively optimized is based on penalized maximum likelihood, with exponential forgetting of past observations. MSAR models are then employed for one‐step‐ahead point forecasting of 10 min resolution time series of wind power at two large offshore wind farms. They are favourably compared against persistence and autoregressive models. It is finally shown that the main interest of MSAR models lies in their ability to generate interval/density forecasts of significantly higher skill. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

印刷体藏文识别技术

藏文字符识别是中国的多文种信息处理系统的重要组成部分,本文论述了印刷体藏文识别系统的原理和预处理、识别、后处理过程,分析了文字识别的常用方法及其优缺点和印刷体藏文识别技术,着重分析了印刷体藏文识别中特征提取和分类器设计这两个关键技术,并对藏文识别研究领域今后的研究方向和发展前景提出了自己的看法.     

加快推进民族地区城乡公共服务一体化

由于城乡和区域发展不平衡所造成的深层次矛盾突出,民族地区在公共服务领域和其他地区还存在明显的差距。加快推进民族地区城乡公共服务一体化进程,其基本途径是统筹城乡发展,在加快转变经济发展方式中促进城乡一体化,以保障和改善民生为重点,以完善的制度安排和政策体系为保障,加大中央财政在教育、医疗卫生、社会保障、公共基础设施等方面对民族地区的扶持力度,创新社会管理,逐步形成覆盖城乡居民的基本公共服务体系。     

Probabilistic Forecasts of Wind Power Generation by Stochastic Differential Equation Models

The increasing penetration of wind power has resulted in larger shares of volatile sources of supply in power systems worldwide. In order to operate such systems efficiently, methods for reliable probabilistic forecasts of future wind power production are essential. It is well known that the conditional density of wind power production is highly dependent on the level of predicted wind power and prediction horizon. This paper describes a new approach for wind power forecasting based on logistic‐type stochastic differential equations (SDEs). The SDE formulation allows us to calculate both state‐dependent conditional uncertainties as well as correlation structures. Model estimation is performed by maximizing the likelihood of a multidimensional random vector while accounting for the correlation structure defined by the SDE formulation. We use non‐parametric modelling to explore conditional correlation structures, and skewness of the predictive distributions as a function of explanatory variables. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Occurrence of the musk ox, Symbos cavifrons, from southeastern Idaho and comments on the genus Bootherium

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一种丙烯酸聚合物锅炉水处理药剂性能研究

对一种锅炉水处理药剂的除垢、防垢性能、毒性能等进行了实验。实验得到了该药剂用于防垢时的锅炉原水硬度和用量关系式:y=0.095 1x+0.002 31以及除垢时的用量曲线。实验结果表明:该药剂使用温度广(100~223℃),可钝化锅炉金属,对锅炉蒸汽无污染,可用于食品、药品等对蒸汽品质有特殊要求的工业领域。