Picturing the moon: Hevelius’s and Riccioli’s visual debate

This article investigates the maps of the moon produced in the mid-seventeenth century by Jesuit Giambattista Riccioli (1598-1671) and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), whose cartographic projects competed for widespread acceptance. Although Hevelius’s Selenographia (1647) was applauded for its many detailed, self-engraved pictures of the moon, his cartography and proposed nomenclature were supplanted by Riccioli’s as offered in Almagestum novum (1651), in spite of the latter’s simplistic pictures and promotion of geocentric cosmology. Exploring this paradox through pictorial analysis, three types of images common to both Selenographia and Almagestum novum are compared, employing an analytical tool developed by Svetlana Alpers in The art of describing (1983). A focus on this debate exposes the tensions evoked by new technologies of vision and competing cultures of visual epistemology in seventeenth-century astronomy. As both selenographers grappled with questions about the role of representation and what kinds of knowledge could be generated visually, the successes and failures of their competing projects present implications for the course of visual astronomy, as well as for our understanding of the use of ‘visual technologies’ in a period of controversy.     

The Development of Materials for the Production of Hydrogen from Bio-ethanol

1 Results There is an increased interest in the hydrogen production from renewable sources. In this context, recently, numerous studies which use ethanol for hydrogen production have appeared. Ethanol is easily handled, non-toxic, and it can be obtained from biomass. The steam-reforming of bioethanol has been shown to beeffective for hydrogen production:C2H5OH 3 H2O  6 H2 2 CO2. Six moles of hydrogen can be yielded for each mole of ethanol reacted. However, depending on the catalyst used, other und...     

The Three-component One-pot Synthesis of 4,6-Diarylpyrimidin-2(1h)-ones and 9-Phenyl-8-oxa-10,12-diaza-tricyclo[7.3.1.0~(2,7)]trideca-2(7),3,5-trien-11-one

1 Results Pyrimidinones (PMs) are a class of important heterocycles which have been well documented throughout the literature due to their biological importance. They exhibit a wide range of pharmaceutical and therapeutic properties[1].A rapid and efficient one-pot method for the synthesis of 4,6-diarylpyrimidin-2(1H)- ones and related heterocycles is described.The condensation of acetophenone derivatives,aldehydes and urea in the presence of sulfamic acid was employed to synthesize a variety of pyrimid...     

Molecular cloning and expression of interleukin Ibeta (IL-1β) from red seabream (Pagrus major)

The interleukin 1β (IL-1β) cDNA was cloned from the red seabream (Pagrus major) by homology cloning strategy. A cDNA fragment was amplified by PCR using two degenerated primers, which were designed according to the conserved regions of other known IL-1β sequences, and elongated by 3' ends and 5' ends RACE PCR to get the full length coding sequence of red seabream IL-1β (RS IL-1β). The sequence contained 1252 nucleotides that included a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 84bp, a 3' UTR of 410 bp and an open reading frame (ORF) of 759 nucleotides which could be translated into a putative peptide of 253 amino acids with molecular weight of 28.6 kD and putative isoelectric point pI of 5.29. The deduced peptide contained two potential N-glycosylation sites and an identifiable IL1 family signature, but lacked the signal peptide and the clear ICE cut site, which were common in other nonmammalian IL-1β genes. The RS IL-1β had the highest homology with piscine IL-1β according to phylogenetic tree analysis.     

核磁共振成像用磁体的计算机辅助设计

核磁共振成像用的磁体要求在一定的磁场强度下保持大范围的均匀度。本文给出球形空芯磁体和环形空芯磁体的计算机辅助设计方法。     

制备介孔复合环境材料的酸洗刻蚀工艺

探索了一种制备介孔复合环境材料的方法--破坏式造孔与有机复合相结合,使最终产品可大量吸附污染水体中的各种污染物并具有一定的杀菌功能.该方法通过酸洗刻蚀,达到了去除原材料中的杂质和刻蚀孔径的目的,所制备的中间产品24h吸湿率为原材料的2倍,染料吸附量为原材料的1.6倍.     

DEA-based anti-HIV immunotherapy model

Acquiredimmunitydeficiencysyndrome(AIDS)isoneofthemostfataldiseasesthathasspreadacrossthewholeworldsinceitfirstoccurred.Itiscausedbythehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)[1].Mostofthechemotherapiesareaimedatkillingorhaltingthepathogen,butanewtreatmentistoreduceviralpopulationandimprovetheimmuneresponse.Thistreatmentcanboosttheimmunesystemandservetohelpthebodyfightinfectiononitsown,soitiscalledantiHIVimmunotherapy[2,3].TheaimofthisworkistofindefficientstrategiesforsuchtreatmentsusingtheDataEnv…     

谈谈多媒体英语教学

文章介绍综合利用软件，创造良好的多媒体英语教学环境的方法和多媒体在英语课堂上的使用，以及多媒体英语教学需要注意的问题。     

数列{N(u,v)=2uv+u+v}的若干性质

本文得出了数列{N（u,v)=2uv u v}的一些性质，并提出了关于素数的一个猜想。     

籽瓜植株(地上部)的生长发育规律

对内蒙古地区有代表性的四个籽瓜品种植株(地上部)的生长发育进行了研究．结果表明：内蒙古籽瓜的全生育期为92-101d，籽瓜植株的生长发育可分为发芽期、幼苗期、伸蔓期和结果期，结果期分为前期(开花座果期)、中期(果实膨大期)、后期(种子成熟期)．发芽期、幼苗期以叶为生长中心，伸蔓期、结果前期以茎为生长中心，进入结果中期以果实为生长中心不同生育分期长短的差异主要表现在结果中期的差异上．