Effects of dietary cyanobacteria of two different sources on growth and recovery of hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O. aureus)

A 115 days feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary cyanobacteria on growth, microcystins (MCs) accumulation in hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O. aureus) and the recovery when the fish were free of cyanobacteria. Three experimental diets were formulated: the control (cyanobacteria free diet); one test diet with cyanobacteria from Lake Taihu (AMt 80.0 mu g MCs g(-1) diet) and one with cyanobacteria from Lake Dianchi (AMd, 410.0 rho g MCs g(-1) diet). Each diet was fed to fish for 60 days and then all fish were free of cyanobacteria for another 55 days. A significant increase in feeding rate (FR) was observed in fish fed AMd diet after a first 30-day exposure (1(st) EP), and in fish fed both AMt diet and AMd diet after a second 30-day exposure (2(nd) EP). Specific growth rates (SGR) of fish fed AMt diet and AMd diet were both obviously affected after the first 30-day exposure, but SGR was only significantly affected in fish fed AMt diet after the second 30-day exposure. After a 55-day recovery, there were no significant differences among diets in the indices mentioned above. Much higher concentrations of MCs were accumulated in tissues of all fish exposed to cyanobacteria. After the 55-day recovery, MC concentrations in fish tissues were significantly lower than those on day 60. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Effects of Sb, N, and period on the electronic properties of GaAs/GaInNAsSb superlattices

We have calculated the bond distributions and atom positions of GaAs/GalnNAsSb superlattices using Keating's semiempirical valence force field (VFF) model and Monte Carlo simulation. The electronic structures of the superlattices are calculated using folded spectrum method (FSM) combined with an empirical pseudopotential (EP) proposed by Williamson et al.. The effects of N and Sb on superlattice energy levels are discussed. We find that the deterioration of the optical properties induced by N can be explained by the localization of the conduction-band states around the N atom. The electron and hole effective masses of the superlattices are calculated and compared with the effective masses of the bulk GaAs and GaInAs.

Disentangling mechanical and mass effects on nanomechanical resonators

Micro and nanomechanical resonators are powerful and label-free sensors of analytes in various environments. Their response, however, is a convolution of mass, rigidity, and nanoscale heterogeneity of adsorbates. Here we demonstrate a procedure to disentangle this complex sensor response, to simultaneously measure both mass and elastic properties of nanometer thick samples. This turns an apparent disadvantage of these resonators into a striking and unique asset, enabling them to measure more than mass alone.

应激对大鼠海马突触可塑性和学习记忆的影响

突触可塑性参与学习记忆，是学习记忆过程中必不可少的重要环节。应激能损伤或提高学习记忆、抑制长时程增强（Long一termPotentiation，LTP）、易化长时程抑制（Long一termdePressfon，LTD）。然而，应激经历依赖的长时程抑制（StressexperiencedePendentLTD，SLTD）在学习记忆中有什么意义还不清楚，这正是本文首先要探讨问题。其次，尽管我们在不同年龄时期的学习记忆能力不同，但是对所经历的重大应激事件仍然能产生牢固的记忆，这就有必要进一步通过阐明应激对突触可塑性的影响是否有年龄差异来解释SLTD的意义。再者，我们甚至不清楚为什么有的时候应激损伤学习记忆而有的时候又提高学习记忆。为了阐明这个问题，本文在最后一部分研究了哪些因素决定应激损伤还是提高学习记忆。为了探讨SLTD与学习记忆的关系，我们在第一部分实验中研究急性或亚急性的高台（ElevatedPlatform，EP）或足部电击（Footshock，Fs）对4周龄诚star大鼠海马CAI区LTD诱导的影响，以及这些应激条件对大鼠空间学习记忆的影响。结果显示：（l）急性EP易化LTD，亚急性EP不易化LTD；急性和亚急性FS都易化了LTD。（2）急性EP损伤空间记忆，亚急性EP对空间记忆没有影响；急性FS不影响空间记忆，亚急性FS却提高了空间记忆。这部分的实验结果表明：sLTD存在与否与应激对空间记忆的影响不是一一对应的关系，提示sLTD可能参与了应激记忆（对应激经历产生的记忆）。如果SLTD参与应激记忆，那么，研究应激对突触可塑性的影响是否有年龄依赖性将有助于解释不同年龄时期的学习记忆能力不同但是都能牢固记忆应激事件这一现象。为此，我们在第二部分实验中进一步研究EP对幼年、中年和老年动物（4，10和74周龄的Wistar大鼠）海马CAI区LTP／LTD诱导的影响。结果表明：（1）没有应激的情况下，LTP的大小随动物年龄的增加呈明显的倒U型关系，而低频刺激都不能诱导出LTD。（2）EP易化了这些年龄段大鼠的LTD，并完全阻断它们的LTP。值得注意的是，在三个年龄段大鼠中，EP易化的LTD大小一样。该部分实验结果提示：SLTD没有年龄依赖性，这与人和动物在不同年龄时期对所受到的重大应激事件都能产生牢固记忆这一现象相一致。所以，该部分结果进一步加强了第一部分结果的推测：SLTD参与应激记忆。应激有的时候提高动物的空间记忆能力，有的时候又损伤其空间记忆。为了阐明是什么因素决定应激损伤还是提高学习记忆，我们在第三部分实验中研究EP、FS和水迷宫游泳应激经历对六个年龄段动物（4，10，13，20，67，76周龄）在水迷宫任务中的影响。结果显示：（l）EP应激损伤无水迷宫游泳应激经历大鼠的空间记忆。（2）EP应激提高有游泳应激经历幼年大鼠的空间记忆；训练前外源性补充皮质酮或FS都抑制皮质酮或FS导致的空间记忆受损。（3）糖皮质激素受体的拮抗剂RU38486阻断上述的空间记忆成绩提高。所以，不同的应激经历和动物年龄两个因素共同决定了应激损伤还是提高学习记忆。

长白山阔叶红松林生产力对气候变化响应的模拟研究

本论文以长白山阔叶红松林为研究对象，观测了阔叶红松林主要树种的光合生理生态特征，建立了单叶化汁卜片的光合作用模型，上推出群落的生产力模型，采用基于干物质生产过程的模型Sim-CYCLE，模型了该生态系统对·气候变化的响应。得到主要结论如下：（1）、在不同的CO2浓度和光合有效辐射条件下，长白山阔价卜红松林主要树种净光合速率月动态规律不同；气孔导度随着瞬时光合有效辐射强度和C02浓度的增加而有下降趋势。（2）、建立的适用于阔价f一红松林的单叶化气孔导度对环境因子气温（Ta）、光合有效辐射（PAR）、饱和水汽压（VPD）的响应模型：gs＝PAR（-1.606Ta2＋118.192Ta＋1878.67）／（355.700+PAR）（-430.433+VPL），这是一个基于叶片光合机理的群落生产力模型，在模拟了长白山阔叶红松林群落生产力时取得了满意的效果。（3）、采用干物质产量理论的Sim-CYCLE模型，通过样地尺度的参数化模拟表明，长白山阔叶红松林生态系统的总初级生产力（GPP）为14.89Mgcha-1、净初级生产力（NPP）为8.22MgCha-1、净生态系统生产力困EP）为2．67MgCha-1；在CO2倍增和温度上升时碳积累在增加，净初级生产力（NPP）为9.03±1.51MgCha-1、净生态系统生产力（NEP）为2.95±0.47MgCha-1。

O~(3+)与H_2碰撞中非解离电荷转移过程的全量子计算

应用全量子的分子轨道强耦合方法,研究了基态的O3+(2s22p2P)与氢分子碰撞的非解离电荷转移过程,计算了不同方位角(25°,45°,89°),能量分别为100,500,1000和5000eV/u时的单电子俘获的振动分辨的态选择截面及相应的微分截面.分子轨道强耦合计算中采用了自旋耦合价带理论计算的三原子分子势能面和径向耦合矩阵元.对氢分子的自身转动,采用无限阶的冲量近似方法;对体系的电子运动同H2或H2+的振动之间的耦合,采用了振动冲量近似.结果发现,对不同的入射能量,振动态选择截面随振动量子数的分布发生了一定的改变;不同入射能量和不同方位角的振动态分辨的微分截面具有类似的结构,在极小的散射角附近出现一个最大值平台,然后散射截面随着散射角的增大而减小,并出现大量的震荡结构,其中第一个震荡结构对应的散射角位置随入射能量Ep以Ep-1/2的标度规律变化;微分截面的结构和大小对H2方位角α的变化敏感,这种性质为H2取向的诊断提供了一种可能的途径.

Theoretical investigation on excitation, ionization and capture in H(1s, 2s)+H(1s, 2s) collisions

Cross sections of electron- loss in H( 1s)+ H( 1s) collisions and total collisional destruction of H( 2s) in H( 1s) + H( 2s) collisions are calculated by four- body classical- trajectory Monte Carlo ( CTMC) method and compared with previous theoretical and experimental data over the energy range of 4 - 100 keV. For the former a good agreement is obtained within di. erent four- body CTMC calculations, and for the incident energy Ep > 10 keV, comparison with the experimental data shows a better agreement than the results calculated by the impact parameter approximation. For the latter, our theory predicts the correct experimental behaviour, and the discrepancies between our results and experimental ones are less than 30%. Based on the successive comparison with experiments, the cross sections for excitation to H( 2p), single- and double- ionization and H- formation in H( 2s)+ H( 2s) collisions are calculated in the energy range of 4 - 100 keV for the. rst time, and compared with those in H( 1s)+ H( 1s) and H( 1s)+ H( 2s) collisions.

反冲原子对低速离子轰击Si表面时电子发射产额的影响；Slow highly charged ions induced electron emission from clean Si surfaces

在兰州重离子加速器国家实验室电子回旋共振离子源高电荷态原子物理实验平台上,用低能(0.75keV/u≤EP/MP≤10.5keV/u,即3.8×105m/s≤vP≤1.42×106m/s)He2+,O2+和Ne2+离子束正入射到自清洁Si表面时二次电子发射产额的实验结果.结果表明电子发射产额γ近似正比于入射离子动能EP/MP.在相同动能下,γ(O)>γ(Ne)>γ(He),对于原子序数ZP比较大的O2+和Ne2+离子,ZP大者反而γ小,这与较高入射能量时的结果截然不同.通过计算不同入射能量下入射离子的阻止能损S,发现反冲原子对激发二次电子的作用随入射离子能量的降低显著增大,这正是导致在较低能量范围内二次电子发射产额与较高入射能量时存在差异的主要原因.

Measurement of the Bottom Quark Contribution to Nonphotonic Electron Production in p plus p Collisions at root s=200 GeV

The contribution of B meson decays to nonphotonic electrons, which are mainly produced by the semileptonic decays of heavy-flavor mesons, in p + p collisions at root s = 200 GeV has been measured using azimuthal correlations between nonphotonic electrons and hadrons. The extracted B decay contribution is approximately 50% at a transverse momentum of p(T) >= 5 GeV/c. These measurements constrain the nuclear modification factor for electrons from B and D meson decays. The result indicates that B meson production in heavy ion collisions is also suppressed at high p(T).

Higher Moments of Net Proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC

200 GeV corresponding to baryon chemical potentials (mu(B)) between 200 and 20 MeV. Our measurements of the products kappa sigma(2) and S sigma, which can be related to theoretical calculations sensitive to baryon number susceptibilities and long-range correlations, are constant as functions of collision centrality. We compare these products with results from lattice QCD and various models without a critical point and study the root s(NN) dependence of kappa sigma(2). From the measurements at the three beam energies, we find no evidence for a critical point in the QCD phase diagram for mu(B) below 200 MeV.

Three-Particle Coincidence of the Long Range Pseudorapidity Correlation in High Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions

We report the first three-particle coincidence measurement in pseudorapidity (Delta eta) between a high transverse momentum (p(perpendicular to)) trigger particle and two lower p(perpendicular to) associated particles within azimuth |Delta phi| < 0.7 in root s(NN) = 200 GeV d + Au and Au + Au collisions. Charge ordering properties are exploited to separate the jetlike component and the ridge (long range Delta eta correlation). The results indicate that the correlation of ridge particles are uniform not only with respect to the trigger particle but also between themselves event by event in our measured Delta eta. In addition, the production of the ridge appears to be uncorrelated to the presence of the narrow jetlike component.

gamma cross section in p plus p collisions at root s=200 GeV

We report on a measurement of the gamma(1S + 2S + 3S) -> e(+)e(-) cross section at midrapidity in p + p collisions at root s = 200 GeV. We find the cross section to be 114 +/- 38(stat + fit)(-24)(+23)(syst) pb. Perturbative QCD calculations at next-to-leading order in the color evaporation model are in agreement with our measurement, while calculations in the color singlet model underestimate it by 2 sigma. Our result is consistent with the trend seen in world data as a function of the center-of-mass energy of the collision and extends the availability of gamma data to RHIC energies. The dielectron continuum in the invariant-mass range near the gamma is also studied to obtain a combined yield of e(+)e(-) pairs from the sum of the Drell-Yan process and b-(b) over bar production.

Parton energy loss in heavy-ion collisions via direct-photon and charged-particle azimuthal correlations

Charged-particle spectra associated with direct photon (gamma(dir)) and pi(0) are measured in p + p and Au + Au collisions at center-of-mass energy root(S)(NN) = 200 GeV with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. A shower-shape analysis is used to partially discriminate between gamma(dir) and pi(0). Assuming no associated charged particles in the gamma(dir) direction ( near side) and small contribution from fragmentation photons (gamma(frag)), the associated charged-particle yields opposite to gamma(dir) (away side) are extracted. In central Au + Au collisions, the charged-particle yields at midrapidity (vertical bar eta vertical bar < 1) and high transverse momentum (3 < (assoc)(PT) < 16 GeV/c) associated with gamma(dir) and pi(0) (vertical bar eta vertical bar < 0.9, 8 < (trig)(PT) < 16 GeV/c) are suppressed by a factor of 3-5 compared with p + p collisions. The observed suppression of the associated charged particles is similar for gamma(dir) and pi(0) and independent of the gamma(dir) energy within uncertainties. These measurements indicate that, in the kinematic range covered and within our current experimental uncertainties, the parton energy loss shows no sensitivity to the parton initial energy, path length, or color charge.

Azimuthal di-hadron correlations in d plus Au and Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV measured at the STAR detector

Yields, correlation shapes, and mean transverse momenta p(T) of charged particles associated with intermediate-to high-p(T) trigger particles (2.5 < p(T) < 10 GeV/c) in d + Au and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV are presented. For associated particles at higher p(T) greater than or similar to 2.5 GeV/c, narrow correlation peaks are seen in d + Au and Au + Au, indicating that the main production mechanism is jet fragmentation. At lower associated particle pT < 2 GeV/c, a large enhancement of the near- (Delta phi similar to 0) and away-side (Delta phi similar to pi) associated yields is found, together with a strong broadening of the away-side azimuthal distributions in Au + Au collisions compared to d + Au measurements, suggesting that other particle production mechanisms play a role. This is further supported by the observed significant softening of the away-side associated particle yield distribution at Delta phi similar to pi in central Au + Au collisions.

Balance functions from Au+Au, d+Au, and p+p collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV

Balance functions have been measured for charged-particle pairs, identified charged-pion pairs, and identified charged-kaon pairs in Au + Au, d + Au, and p + p collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider using the STAR detector. These balance functions are presented in terms of relative pseudorapidity, Delta eta, relative rapidity, Delta y, relative azimuthal angle, Delta phi, and invariant relative momentum, q(inv). For charged-particle pairs, the width of the balance function in terms of Delta eta scales smoothly with the number of participating nucleons, while HIJING and UrQMD model calculations show no dependence on centrality or system size. For charged-particle and charged-pion pairs, the balance functions widths in terms of Delta eta and Delta y are narrower in central Au + Au collisions than in peripheral collisions. The width for central collisions is consistent with thermal blast-wave models where the balancing charges are highly correlated in coordinate space at breakup. This strong correlation might be explained by either delayed hadronization or limited diffusion during the reaction. Furthermore, the narrowing trend is consistent with the lower kinetic temperatures inherent to more central collisions. In contrast, the width of the balance function for charged-kaon pairs in terms of Delta y shows little centrality dependence, which may signal a different production mechanism for kaons. The widths of the balance functions for charged pions and kaons in terms of q(inv) narrow in central collisions compared to peripheral collisions, which may be driven by the change in the kinetic temperature.