Synthetic seismograms of ground motion near earthquake fault using simulated Green’s function method

Seismograms near source fault were synthesized using the hybrid empirical Green＇s function method where the discretely simulated seismic waveforms are used for Green＇s functions instead of the observed waveforms of small earthquakes. The Green＇s function seismic waveforms for small earthquake were calculated by solving wave equation using the pseudo-spectral method with the staggered grid real FFT strategy under a detailed 2-D velocity structure in Kobe region. Magnitude and seismic moment of simulated Green＇s function waveforms were firstly determined by using the relationship between fault length and corner frequency of source spectrum. The simulated Green＇s function waveforms were employed to synthesize seismograms of strong ground motion near the earthquake fault. The synthetic seismograms of the target earthquake were performed based on the model with multiple source rupture processes. The results suggest that synthesized seismograms coincide well with observed seismic waveforms of the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake. The simulated Green＇s function method is very useful for prediction of the strong ground motion in region without observed seismic waveforms. The present technique spreads application field of the empirical Green＇s function method.     

混流式水轮机内部流动的整体解析及气蚀预测

采用计算流体力学方法,将整个水轮机划分为蜗壳、固定导叶叶栅、活动导叶叶栅、转轮和尾水管等几个域,对混流式水轮机进行整体解析,并根据各个域的残差履历,以转轮残差的充分收敛作为迭代计算是否收敛的判据.最后以某水电厂的混流式水轮机作为研究对象,得到了混流式水轮机的静态压力场,并利用压力场预测了转轮叶片出口负压面气蚀的发生时刻及发生部位,所得结果与实际转轮出口负压面气蚀结果一致,表明了文中方法的有效性.     

Monosynaptic reflex and natural sleep

Résumé Le réflexe monosynaptique (MSR) du nerf tibial ou du péronier a été observé chez le chat intact en expériences chroniques et non-anesthesié au cours des deux différentes phases du sommeil; la phase de hautvoltage ou des fuseaux et la phase paradoxale de basvoltage.Au cours de cette dernière, le MSR diminue d'amplitude, souvent même disparaît, et le seuil est toujours haut placé.     

Spin-torque diode effect in magnetic tunnel junctions

There is currently much interest in the development of 'spintronic' devices, in which harnessing the spins of electrons (rather than just their charges) is anticipated to provide new functionalities that go beyond those possible with conventional electronic devices. One widely studied example of an effect that has its roots in the electron's spin degree of freedom is the torque exerted by a spin-polarized electric current on the spin moment of a nanometre-scale magnet. This torque causes the magnetic moment to rotate at potentially useful frequencies. Here we report a very different phenomenon that is also based on the interplay between spin dynamics and spin-dependent transport, and which arises from unusual diode behaviour. We show that the application of a small radio-frequency alternating current to a nanometre-scale magnetic tunnel junction can generate a measurable direct-current (d.c.) voltage across the device when the frequency is resonant with the spin oscillations that arise from the spin-torque effect: at resonance (which can be tuned by an external magnetic field), the structure exhibits different resistance states depending on the direction of the current. This behaviour is markedly different from that of a conventional semiconductor diode, and could form the basis of a nanometre-scale radio-frequency detector in telecommunication circuits.     

Effects of repeated administration of potassium canrenoate (SC-14266) on serum gonadotrophin,prolactin, testosterone and progesterone in male rats

Summary Chronic administration of potassium canrenoate (SC-14266), a water-soluble anti-aldosterone agent, increased serum LH levels in male rats without altering serum levels of FSH, prolactin, testosterone and progesterone. The increase in serum LH may be due to the anti-androgenic effect of potassium canrenoate.Acknowledgments. The authors thank the Rat Pituitary Hormone Distribution Program, NIAMDD, NIH and Dr A.F. Parlow for radioimmunoassay materials.     

Effects of soil amplification ratio and multiple wave interference for ground motion due to earthquake

Study on seismic disaster is quite important for pro-tecting the lives and properties of the people[1]. Manyprevention disaster projects in civil constructions, etc.require quite accurate and reliable ground motion parame-ters. It has great social and economic effects to analyze thedamage mechanisms and destructive processing of build-ings by means of investigations of quantitative groundmotions. Numerical simulations of seismic ground motionhave been increasingly developed with the populariza…     

Molecular cloning and expression of cDNA for human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a member of the CSF family of hormone-like glycoproteins that regulate haematopoietic cell proliferation and differentiation, and G-CSF almost exclusively stimulates the colony formation of granulocytes from committed precursor cells in semi-solid agar culture. Recently, Nomura et al. have established a human squamous carcinoma cell line (designated CHU-2) from a human oral cavity tumour which produces large quantities of CSF constitutively, and the CSF produced by CHU-2 cells has been purified to homogeneity from the conditioned medium. We have now determined the partial amino-acid sequence of the purified G-CSF protein, and by using oligonucleotides as probes, have isolated several clones containing G-CSF complementary DNA from the cDNA library prepared with messenger RNA from CHU-2 cells. The complete nucleotide sequences of two of these cDNAs were determined and the expression of the cDNA in monkey COS cells gave rise to a protein showing authentic G-CSF activity. Furthermore, Southern hybridization analysis of DNA from normal leukocytes and CHU-2 cells suggests that the human genome contains only one gene for G-CSF and that some rearrangement has occurred within one of the alleles of the G-CSF gene in CHU-2 cells.     

The structure of durantoside IV tetraacetate

Summary Durantoside IV tetraacetate was isolated fromDuranta repens Linn and identified by physical and chemical evidence.