Illmensee inquiry: fraud charge unproven, researcher resumes duties

A summary is provided of the report of an international commission set up by the University of Geneva to investigate allegations of fraud against a leading embryologist, Professor Karl Illmensee. Illmensee is being allowed to resume his faculty duties because the report, while highly critical of the researcher's experimental records, found no compelling evidence that he fabricated his data.     

A new interstellar molecule: tricarbon monoxide

The cold dark interstellar Taurus Molecular Cloud One (TMC-1) is a rich source of acetylenic and polyacetylenic molecular species. As well as linear closed-shell molecules (H(C triple bond C)nCN) and symmetric rotors (CH3C triple bond CH, CH3C triple bond CCN), several radicals (C triple bond CH, C triple bond CCN, (C triple bond C2H) have also been identified, many of which had not been studied previously in the laboratory. Whether the observed abundances can be understood in terms of purely gas-phase ion-molecule chemical schemes, which produce reasonable agreement for the simplest polyatomic species, is unclear; alternative models involving the particulate interstellar grains as catalysts or sources have also been suggested. We now report the detection in TMC-1 of a new molecule, tricarbon monoxide (C3O), whose pure rotational spectrum has only very recently been studied in the laboratory. As C3O is the first known interstellar carbon chain molecule to contain oxygen, its existence places an important new constraint on chemical schemes for cold interstellar clouds. In fact, the observed abundance of tricarbon monoxide fits quite well into our model of galactochemistry.     

U.S. agrigenetics: suit filed against NIH

Three environmental groups have filed suit against the National Institutes of Health in an attempt to block an experiment approved in April by the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. The experiment, designed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to enhance the frost resistance of crops, would release genetically engineered organisms into the general environment for the first time. The suit, filed in a federal court in the District of Columbia, claims that releasing frost-resistant bacteria into the environment could have damaging ecological consequences, that NIH should have issued an environmental impact assessment before approving any experiment involving the release of genetically engineered organisms, and that the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee lacks the expertise to assess environmental risks.     

285℃条件下伊/蒙混层矿物的存在及其意义——新西兰现代活动地热区的研究

长期以来认为,蒙皂石的伊利石化程度主要受温度控制,伊/蒙混层矿物被广泛用作矿物地质温度计。作者在对新西兰Kawerau现代活动地热区进行有关粘土矿物水/岩反应的     

杂多酸荷移跃迁盐系列研究（Ⅱ）──Dawson－Wells结构杂多酸的荷移跃迁盐的合成和表征

合成了三种通式为（ＥＴ）１１［Ｐ２Ｍ１８Ｏ６２］，（Ｍ＝Ｍｏ，Ｗ或Ｎｂ）的Ｄａｗｓｏｎｗｅｌｌｓ结构杂多荷移跃迁盐．用元素分析，ＩＲ，Ｕｖ－ｖｉｓ，３１ＰＮＭＲ、ＥＰＲ、磁化率和电导率等物理测试手段进行了表征和性质研究，显示具有不同的磁行为．     

从高放废液中去除超铀元素的TRPO流程热实验

阐述了从高放废液中去除超铀元素的ＴＲＰＯ流程热实验。热实验是用真实动力堆的 高放液进行的，取得了很好的效果。超铀元素镅、镎、钚和铀的去污系数分别大于 ３ ０００，４ ０００， ９５０和 ７ ０００。 ＴＲＰＯ流程在去除超铀元素的同时，还能去除对放射性废物长期危害起决定作用 的９９Ｔｃ。实验结果表明ＴＲＰＯ流程具有去污效率高，反萃效果好，锕系组分之间交叉污染小和试 剂成本低等诸多优点。ＴＲＰＯ流程是一个有效的从高放废液中去除超铀元素的流程。     

Design of Luenberger function observer with disturbance decoupling for matrix second-order linear systems-a parametric approach

1.INTRODUCTIONThere have been many approaches to disturbance de-couplinginlinear multivariable control systemdesign.Linnemann[1]proposed a numerically stable algorithmfor disturbance decoupling by measurement feedback.Van Der Woude[2]considered the combined problemof disturbance decoupling and stabilization by mea-surement feedback.Syrmos[3]proposed a numericallyefficient algorithm based on Sylvester equations forthe problemof disturbance decoupling with arbitrarypole placement usingstat…     

Adaptive control of system with hysteresis using neural networks

1.INTRODUCTIONThe piezoelectric actuators are well suited for micro-position devices in precision engineering because oftheir fast response,nanometer resolution and biggerdriving force[1].However,hysteresis inherent topiezoelectric actuator severely li mits system’s perfor-mance such as giving rise to undesirable accuracy oroscillations,even leading to instability.Hysteresischaracteristics are generally nondifferentiable andusually unknown.It is a difficult task to mitigate itsharmful ef…     

Fuzzy controller design for networked control system with time-variant delays

1.INTRODUCTIONAs a system becomes more and more intelligent andflexible,the systemrequires more sensors,actuators,and controllers,which are often referred to as fielddevices.In most cases,these field devices requiresome type of electrical connection because they aredistributed over a certain area.Conventionally thesedevices are connected with point-to-point connec-tions,whichis not suitable any more for modern in-dustrial control systems,because the number of cableis proportional tothe squ…     

Feedforward and feedback optimal control for linear time-varying systems with persistent disturbances

1 .INTRODUCTIONIn nature ,there are various external disturbancesaffecting the performances of systems . Many con-trol problemsinvolve designing a controller capableof stabilizing a given linear system while mini mi-zing the worst-case response to some additive dis-turbances . This problemis relevant to disturbancerejection and cancellation. One application area ofinterest is flight control through wind shear ,where disturbances arise from a modal for windshear based on harmonic oscillati…