解体好氧颗粒污泥修复

考察了加入新的活性污泥使解体好氧颗粒污泥完成修复的可行性.解体好氧颗粒污泥对新加入的活性污泥进行吸附,在各种选择压力特别是水力剪切力作用下和原有颗粒污泥形成一个有机整体.大约3周时间,解体颗粒污泥被完全修复.扫描电镜观察发现,被修复后的颗粒污泥呈现非常规则的结构,微生物相十分致密.在解体颗粒污泥逐渐被修复的过程中,颗粒平均粒径仅从最初的2.8mm增至2.9mm,说明活性污泥在颗粒污泥上的附着主要发生在颗粒的空穴.而颗粒污泥的沉降性能和强度都得到了极大的改善,颗粒沉降速率和完整性系数分别由最初的72m/h和56.8%提高到110m/h和65.8%.新加入的活性污泥除了部分用于修复解体颗粒污泥,其余在选择压力等的作用下形成了新的好氧颗粒污泥.     

Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

We carried out a genome-wide association study of schizophrenia (479 cases, 2,937 controls) and tested loci with P < 10(-5) in up to 16,726 additional subjects. Of 12 loci followed up, 3 had strong independent support (P < 5 x 10(-4)), and the overall pattern of replication was unlikely to occur by chance (P = 9 x 10(-8)). Meta-analysis provided strongest evidence for association around ZNF804A (P = 1.61 x 10(-7)) and this strengthened when the affected phenotype included bipolar disorder (P = 9.96 x 10(-9)).     

柔性衬底上铝背电极制备及相关特性研究

采用射频磁控溅射技术在聚酰亚胺柔性衬底上制备硅基薄膜太阳能电池用铝背电板,研究了不同溅射功率和工作气压条件对铝电极薄膜性能的影响.利用原子力显微镜分析表征了薄膜的表面形貌和粗糙度,薄膜的电学性能和光学性能分别采用四探针测量仪和紫外可见近红外分光光度计进行分析表征.测试结果表明:随着溅射功率的增加,薄膜表面均方根粗糙度迅...     

An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities

The abundance of heavy elements (metallicity) in the photospheres of stars similar to the Sun provides a 'fossil' record of the chemical composition of the initial protoplanetary disk. Metal-rich stars are much more likely to harbour gas giant planets, supporting the model that planets form by accumulation of dust and ice particles. Recent ground-based surveys suggest that this correlation is weakened for Neptunian-sized planets. However, how the relationship between size and metallicity extends into the regime of terrestrial-sized exoplanets is unknown. Here we report spectroscopic metallicities of the host stars of 226 small exoplanet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler mission, including objects that are comparable in size to the terrestrial planets in the Solar System. We find that planets with radii less than four Earth radii form around host stars with a wide range of metallicities (but on average a metallicity close to that of the Sun), whereas large planets preferentially form around stars with higher metallicities. This observation suggests that terrestrial planets may be widespread in the disk of the Galaxy, with no special requirement of enhanced metallicity for their formation.     

含有改性混凝土叠合层的T形梁抗裂性能研究

基于8根混凝土倒T形叠合梁受弯试验,研究了钢筋钢纤维自应力混凝土做加固材料层二次浇注到待加固混凝土T形梁,从而形成的叠合梁在负弯矩区的抗裂性能.试验结果表明,仅占叠合梁高13.9%的叠合层将梁的开裂弯矩提高44.9%.同时根据已有理论模型,推导了自应力混凝土叠合T梁后加自应力的求法和负弯矩区正截面抗裂计算公式,其计算结果与试验结果比较吻合.     

Coffee contains potent opiate receptor binding activity

Opiate receptor-active peptide fragments (exorphins) have been identified recently in casein and gluten hydrolysates, and morphine has been found in bovine and human milk. To determine whether similar peptides or alkaloids occur in other foodstuffs, we have screened potential sources using a rat brain homogenate assay to detect opiate receptor activity. We report here that instant coffee powders from a variety of manufacturers compete with tritiated naloxone for binding to opiate receptors in the rat brain membrane preparations, with no significant difference between normal and decaffeinated coffee. The receptor binding activity resembles that seen with opiate antagonists, in that there was no change in the half-maximal effective dose (ED50) in the presence of 100 mM Na+; on bioassay, the activity was similarly shown to be antagonistic and specific for opiate-induced inhibition of twitch. Preliminary characterization of the activity reveals that it has a molecular weight (MW) in the range 1,000-3,500, is heat-stable, ether-extractable, not modified by enzymatic digestion with papain, and clearly separable from caffeine and morphine on TLC. As its concentration in an average cup of coffee is five times the ED50, these data suggest that drinking coffee may be followed by effects mediated via opiate receptors, as well as effects of caffeine.     

3-Hydroxy-4-methoxyphenethylamine,the cardioactive constituent of a soft coral

Summary Intravenous administration to rats of the aqueous extract of the soft coralNephthea sp. caused an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. The cardioactive constituent was isolated and shown to be 3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenethylamine.