Evolutionary and ecological implications of cardenolide sequestration in the monarch butterfly

Summary Monarch butterflies sequester cardenolides from their larval host plants in the milkweed genusAsclepias for use in defense against predation. Of 108Asclepias species in North America, monarchs are known to feed as larvae on 27. Research on 11 of these has shown that monarchs sequester cardenolides most effectively, to an asymptote of approximately 350 g/0.1 g dry butterfly, from plants with intermediate cardenolide contents rather than from those with very high or very low cardenolide contents. SinceAsclepias host plant species are distributed widely in space and time across the continent, monarchs exploit them by migration between breeding and overwintering areas. After overwintering in central Mexico, spring migrants east of the Rocky Mountains exploit three predominantAsclepias species in the southern USA that have moderately high cardenolide contents. Monarchs sequester cardenolides very effectively from these species. First generation butterflies are thus well protected against predators and continue the migration north. Across the northern USA and southern Canada most summer breeding occurs on a fourthAsclepias species and in autumn most of these monarchs migrate back to Mexican overwintering sites. The ecological implications of this cycle of cardenolide sequestration for the evolution of monarch migration are discussed.     

一类捕食者——食饵模型的定性分析

本文对一类捕食者——食饵模型进行定性分析,得到了非平凡平衡点全局稳定性的条件和正平衡点周围存在唯一极限环的充分条件,并且本文给出了1个关于这类系统“大范围”极限环的存在唯一性定理。     

关于最大功原理的应用条件

本文从热力学第二定律的基本原理出发,概要地总结了论证“最大功原理”的方法,进而讨论了热力学中的一些基本问题。其基本思想是:分析热力学问题切不可忘了环境。由此得出了某些有意义的结论,澄清了在学习热力学过程中人们常产生的一些疑惑。     

用焓法有限元解相变问题的离散化方法

为了消除应用焓法进行含有相变的有限元传热计算结果呈台阶形的现象,本文作者提出“焓计算单元”和“固相分数”的概念,并将几种一维有限元实施方案的计算结果与精确解对比,说明采用所提出的概念,可以使有限元计算得出更为合理的结果。     

双轴等拉低周疲劳实验装置

本文给出能在一般单向加载液压疲劳试验机上做双轴等拉低周疲劳实验研究的双向拉伸装置,并对有关影响因素进行了讨论。 本试验是在百吨液压低周疲劳试验机上进行的。双向拉体装置已经受近百万次疲劳载荷,其中交变载荷幅围5.5,t亦经受近20万次。在使用过程,各构件完好合手使用要求,将十字试样进行低周疲劳断裂试验,成功地开出合格裂纹,用它进行超速条件下叶轮材料性能研究亦取得初步结果。可以认为它适用于平而应力集中问题低周疲劳性能的研究。若使用液压高、中周疲劳试验机,它还可用于双轴载荷下裂纹试样裂纹扩展的研究。 本文指出了双向拉伸装置有待改进的方面。     

Liénard方程极限环的电子计算机计算分析

本文提供了用电子计算机计算分析和绘制Ｌｉｅｎａｒｄ方程极限环的方法及其ＢＡＳＩＣ 语言程序,并利用此方法构造了具有三个极限环的两个Ｌｉｅｎａｒｄ方程,绘制了极限环 图形,指明了Ｃ．Ｃ．Ｐｕｇｈ猜想中极限环的存在性与特征函数的二阶导数Ｆ（Ｚ）的变号 有相当的关系。     

Juvenile hormone titre and regulation in the cockroachDiploptera punctata

Summary Titres of juvenile hormone (JH) have been determined in both hemolymph and whole body extracts of femaleDiploptera punctata during the first gonotrophic cycle using a method employing gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for qualitative and quantitative analysis. JH III is the sole JH found in both adult and last instarD. punctata. Maximum values of 1500 ng/ml (6M) were observed at the middle of the gonotrophic cycle, when basal oocyte growth rate was greatest. Changes in rates of JH release in vitro by corpora allata paralleled closely the changes in JH titre, suggesting that biosynthesis is a major regulator of titre. JH levels per animal were calculated from observed JH titres, and at certain time points in the gonotrophic cycle JH levels obtained from analysis of whole bodies were significantly greater than those predicted from hemolymph titres. These results suggest the existence of a nonhemolymph JH pool inD. punctata. Decay in JH titre after allatectomy of 5 day females has also been studied. Following a rapid initial decline, the rate of decay slowed appreciably 4 h post-operation. Thus, use of a first-order rate constant to estimate half-life of JH significantly underestimated the longevity of the hormone. The apparent persistence of JH following allatectomy may be due to the existence of a nonhemolymph JH pool.     

凹坑板式空气预热器的传热特性及多目标优化

以全焊接型凹坑板式空气预热器为对象,基于最优设计试验方案,运用Workbench Fluent软件数值模拟凹坑板片特征结构参数对传热流阻性能的影响。基于参数敏感度分析,得到单因素作用下对传热流阻性能的影响程度为凹坑的纵向间距>长轴>横向间距>深度。基于响应曲面法分析,得到多因素协同作用时,凹坑之间的结构参数横纵距对性能影响比凹坑自身的结构参数深径比大。基于遗传算法以摩擦因子f最小、努塞尔数Nu与综合换热因子J_F最大为优化目标,得到给定范围内的3组较优结构组合。     

不同热管工质对热管冷却反应堆堆芯物理参数的影响与分析

热管冷却反应堆采用非能动传热技术,热响应速度快,可避免堆芯单点失效,具有功率密度大、寿命长、环境适应性强、工作性能稳定等特点,是目前空间核反应堆研究的热点。本文基于清华大学开发的反应堆蒙特卡洛中子输运程序RMC (Reactor Monte Carlo code),以美国爱荷华国家实验室(Idaho National Laboratory, INL)设计的热管冷却反应堆INL Design A为研究对象,选取3种热管工质开展热管冷却反应堆堆芯物理计算。计算结果表明：锂热管工质不仅拥有很好的热物性参数,并且使用锂热管工质的热管冷却反应堆缓发中子有效份额最大、中子能谱较硬、燃耗反应性损失最小、增殖性能最佳,有利于热管冷却反应堆堆芯小型化与长寿命。因此,推荐锂为热管冷却反应堆的热管工质。