Phylogeny and biogeography of Chinese sisorid catfishes re-examined using mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA gene sequences

The family Sisoridae is one of the largest and most diverse Asiatic catfish families, most species occurring in the water systems of the Qinhai-Tibetan Plateau and East Himalayas. To date published morphological and molecular phylogenetics hypotheses of sisorid catfishes are part congruent, and there are some areas of significant disagreement with respect to intergeneric relationships. We used mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA gene sequences to clarify existing gaps in phylogenetics and to test conflicting vicariant and dispersal biogeographical hypotheses of Chinese sisorids using dispersal-vicariance analysis and weighted ancestral area analysis in combination with palaeogeographical data as well as molecular clock calibration. Our results suggest that: (1) Chinese sisorid catfishes form a monophyletic group with two distinct clades, one represented by (Gagata (Bagarius, Glyptothorax)) and the other by (glyptosternoids, Pseudecheneis); (2) the glyptosternoid is a monophyletic group and Glyptosternum, Glaridoglanis, and Exostoma are three basal species having a primitive position among it; (3) a hypothesis referring to Pseudecheneis as the sister group of the glyptosternoids, based on morphological evidence, is supported; (4) the genus Pareuchiloglanis, as presently defined, is not monophyletic; (5) congruent with previous hypotheses, the uplift of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau played a primary role in the speciation and radiation of the Chinese sisorids; and (6) an evolutionary scenario combining aspects of both vicariance and dispersal theory is necessary to explain the distribution pattern of the glyptosternoids. In addition, using a cytochrome b substitution rate of 0.91% per million years and 0.23% for 16S rRNA, we tentatively date that the glyptosternoids most possibly originated in Oligocene-Miocene boundary (19-24Myr), and radiated from Miocene to Pleistocene, along with a center of origin in the Irrawaddy-Tsangpo drainages and several rapid speciation in a relatively short time. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Compensatory growth and food consumption in gibel carp, Carassius auratus gibelio, and Chinese longsnout catfish, Leiocassis longirostris, experiencing cycles of feed deprivation and re-feeding

The compensatory responses of juvenile gibel carp and Chinese longsnout catfish to four cycles of 1 part of a study designed to determine feeding regimes that would maximise growth rates. Both species showed compensatory growth in the re-feeding periods. The compensation was not sufficient for the deprived fish to match the growth trajectories of controls fed to satiation daily. The compensatory growth response was more clearly defined in the later cycles. The deprived fish showed hyperphagia during the 2-week periods of re-feeding and the hyperphagic response was clearer in the later cycles. The hyperphagia tended to persist for both weeks of the re-feeding period. The gibel carp showed no difference in gross growth efficiency between deprived and control fish. In the catfish, the gross growth efficiency of the deprived fish was marginally higher than that of control fish, but the efficiency varied erratically from week to week. Over the experiment, the deprived fish achieved growth rates 75-80% of those shown by control fish, although fed at a frequency of 66%. There was no evidence of growth over-compensation with the deprivation-re-feeding protocol used in this study. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Four new terrestrial species of Marionina (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) from China and re-examination of M. hoVbaueri Moller

Enchytraeid surveys were made in China, mainly along the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Basin, during the period 1991-1999. Among the findings, four terrestrial species of Marionina are new to science and well illustrate the taxonomic complexity of the genus as currently defined. Marionina sinica sp. n. is characterized by a specific chaetal distribution, the marionine pattern of the dorsal blood vessel, and elongate, fusiform, spermathecal ectal ducts. Marionina sacculata sp. n. is distinguished by the possession of a pair of pouch-like oesophageal appendages in IV, the lack of lateral chaetae in VII-XI, a marionine pattern of the dorsal blood vessel, and short spermathecal ectal ducts gradually expanding into spherical ampullae. Both M. sinica and M. sacculata have minute bodies (2-3 mm long in vivo) and lack spermathecal accessory glands. The former species shows its closest aYnities with the European M. brendae Rota, 1995, whereas the latter is closest to the German M. hoVbaueri Moller, 1971, for which an amended diagnosis is provided. Marionina seminuda sp. n. has only ventral chaetal bundles, distributed from III onwards and bisetose. It is similar to the Holarctic M. subterranea (Knollner, 1935) in lacking entirely the lateral chaetae and in having the brain incised posteriorly, the dorsal vessel bifurcating behind the pharynx, and coelomocytes containing opaque granules, but diVers from it in having the longest chaetae in preclitellar segments and gland cells distributed all over the spermathecal ectal ducts. Marionina righiana sp. n. is diagnosed by the location of the head pore on the prostomium, the absence of lateral chaetae from VIII ( VII or IX) onwards, the possession of free spermathecae extending backwards through one to four segments, the brain deeply incised posteriorly, the lumbricilline pattern of the dorsal blood vessel, and the opacity of coelomocytes in vivo. Prior to this study, members of the genus so atypical as M. righiana with respect to the position of the head pore and the structure of the spermathecae were known only from South American soils. Until the taxonomy of Marionina has been more thoroughly assessed and revised, the assignment of the four species to this large assemblage should be regarded as tentative.

Taxonomic re-evaluation of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae NH-5 based on morphology and 16S rRNA gene sequences

The taxonomy of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae strain NH-5, a producer of cyanotoxins, was re-evaluated by comparison with six other Aphanizomenon strains using morphological characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Strain NH-5 was concluded to be improperly identified as Aph. flos-aquae based upon (1) lack of bundle formation in the trichomes, (2) location of akinetes next to heterocytes, (3) lower similarities (less than 97.5%) in the 16S rRNA gene sequences relative to Aph. flos-aquae strains, and (4) comparison within a phylogenetic tree constructed from 16S rRNA gene sequences. The Aphanizomenon strains investigated in this study are classified to four morphological groups as described by the classical taxonomy of Komarek & Kovacik (1989). This classification was supported from the phylogenetic results of 16S rRNA gene sequences. This study also discusses the generic boundaries between Aphanizomenon and Anabaena.

Fourier series expansion method for gain measurement from amplified spontaneous emission spectra of Fabry-Perot semiconductor lasers

A gain measurement technique, based on Fourier series expansion of periodically extended single fringe of the amplified spontaneous emission spectrum, is proposed for Fabry-Perot semiconductor lasers. The underestimation of gain due to the limited resolution of the measurement system is corrected by a factor related to the system response function. The standard deviations of the gain-reflectivity product under low noise conditions are analyzed for the Fourier series expansion method and compared with those of the Hakki-Paoli method and Cassidy's method. The results show that the Fourier series expansion method is the least sensitive to noise among the three methods. The experiment results obtained by the three methods are also presented and compared.

Characterization of stress induced in SOS and Si/gamma-Al2O3/Si heteroepitaxial thin films by Raman spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy technique has been performed to investigate the stress induced in as-grown silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), solid-phase-epitaxy (SPE) re-grown SOS, and Si/gamma-Al2O3/Si double-heteroepitaxial thin films. It was demonstrated that the residual stress in SOS film, arising from mismatch and difference of thermal expansion coefficient between silicon and sapphire, was reduced efficiently by SPE process, and that the stress in Si/gamma-Al2O3/Si thin film is much smaller than that of as-grown SOS and SPE upgraded SOS films. The stress decrease for double heteroepitaxial film Si/gamma-Al2O3/Si mainly arises from the smaller lattice mismatching of 2.4% between silicon top layer and the gamma-Al2O3/Si epitaxiial composite substrate, comparing with the large lattice mismatch of 13% for SOS films. It indicated that gamma-Al2O3/Si as a silicon-based epitaxial substrate benefits for reducing the residual stress for further growth of silicon layer, compared with on bulk sapphire substrate. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A new beam propagation method based on least-squares expansion approximating

A new finite difference wide-angle beam propagation method is developed by introducing the least-squares expansion approximant in the propagator expansion. In this new method it is not necessary to select the reference index point because of the whole region approaching the lease-square expansion. This method avoids the problems induced by error selection of the reference index in the old methods based on Taylor or Pade expansion. Several typical structures are simulated by the new method and the results prove the validity of it.

基于XYZ/RE的多媒体同步器自动构造方法

XYZ系统是一个以增强软件可靠性和提高软件生产率为目的的程序开发支撑系统 .它由时序逻辑语言(temporal logic language,简称 TLL) XYZ/ E和以该语言为基础的一组软件工程工具组成 .为了研究 XYZ系统在多媒体领域中的应用问题 ,介绍了一种依据多媒体对象时序描述自动生成用 XYZ/ RE表示的播放同步器的方法 ,XYZ/ RE是时序逻辑语言族 XYZ/ E中表示实时系统的子语言 .与相关工作比较 ,该方法不仅可以处理简单的时序关系 ,而且可以处理嵌套的时序关系 ,所产生的同步器可以复用于不同的节目 .

improving document icon to re-find efficiently what you need

It is common that documents are represented by document icon in graphical user interfaces. The document icon facilitates user to retrieve documents, but it is difficult to distinguish the document from a collection of documents that user have accessed to. Our paper presents a document icon on which the users can add some subjective values and mark. Then we describe a system ex-explorer that users can browser and search the extent document icon. We found that it is easy to re-find the document on which users added some annotation or mark by themselves.

Mg-Al-Mn-RE系合金组织与性能研究

利用金属型铸造制备了Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-xRE (x = 0~4, wt%，RE = Ce, Nd, Sm, Y和(CeLa)混合稀土)系列合金，研究了铸态合金的组织和力学性能。利用轧制和挤压技术对优化出的合金进行了变形加工处理，并研究了合金加工后的组织和力学性能。 对于铸态合金，稀土元素不仅可以细化合金的晶粒，而且形成不同类型的Al-RE化合物，含Ce的合金中生成Al11Ce3相，含Nd或Sm的合金中，主要生成Al11Nd3 (Al11Sm3)相和少量的Al2Nd (Al2Sm)相，含Y的合金中生成Al2Y相。另外，添加稀土可以改变Mg17Al12相的形貌，使其变得更加细小、弥散。添加适量的稀土可以明显提高铸态合金在室温和150℃下的力学性能，Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-1.5Ce, Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-2Nd和Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-2Sm合金在各自的体系中具有最佳的综合力学性能。合金力学性能提高的主要原因是细晶强化、Al-RE化合物第二相强化以及减弱Mg17Al12相对合金高温力学性能的不利影响。 对Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-(1.0, 1.5, 2.0)Ce，Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-2Nd，Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-1.5(CeLa)和Mg-5Al-0.3Mn-3Y合金在300-400℃下进行了热轧制或挤压变形，与铸态合金相比，轧制和挤压合金具有更高的力学性能。轧制合金的室温抗拉强度为290-340 MPa，较铸态合金提高约50％，屈服强度约为210-260 MPa，较铸态合金提高约2倍。挤压态合金的抗拉强度为260-270 MPa，屈服强度为160-190MPa，伸长率为20-22％；150℃的力学性能也得到了明显改善。 结合热力学计算、合金化元素之间的电负性差、化合物相的生成焓数据以及相图计算，阐述了稀土化合物相的生成机制，稀土元素与Al元素之间的电负性差大于其与Mg之间的电负性差，且Al-RE相的生成焓远低于Mg-RE和Mg-Al相的生成焓，因此在Mg-Al合金中加入RE后，RE优先与Al形成Al-RE化合物。从晶粒细化、化合物强化相的生成和演变、变形加工处理的位错交互作用等方面讨论了合金的强化机制，认为细晶强化、第二相强化及形变强化是提高合金力学性能的主要机制。

中空纤维膜基萃取稀土的研究：中空纤维膜基萃取Ce~(4+), Th~(4+)和RE~(3+)及其传质动力学

本文用中空纤维膜基萃取法研究了铈（IV）、钍和 RE（III）的膜基萃取；铈（IV）与 RE（III）、钍和 RE（III）的膜基萃取分离；铈（IV）与 RE（III）的界面化学反应动力学；膜基萃取中的流体动力学；萃取操作中乳化发生的机理；测定了中空纤维膜的孔率和孔径。在铈（IV）、钍和 RE（III）的膜基萃取过程中，研究了水相流量、油相流量、原料液中硫酸浓度、萃取剂 N1923浓度和水相溶质浓度对基于水相总传质系数的影响。钍的总传质系数受水相流量影响较大，不受油相流量影响，从而提出水相扩散层控制的膜基萃取传质机理；铈（IV）的传质系数受水相流量影响，油相流量影响较小，主要为水相扩散层控制的传质机理；RE（III）的传质系数受水相和油相的影响都比较小，为膜内传质过程的传质机理。酸浓度对钍和铈（IV）传质系数影响较小，是由于酸浓度影响分配系数，而对于水相扩散控制的传质过程，水相分传质系数与分配系数无关；酸浓度对 RE（III）的影响，是由于膜内传质阻力与分配系数在关；N1923 对 RE（III）萃取传质系数的影响进一步证明膜内过程控制的传质机理，同时对数曲线的斜率大于1 也说明界面反应为一复杂过程；水相溶质浓度不影响基于水相的总传质系数，进一步证实了传质速度与初始浓度无关，也从一个侧面反应了膜基萃取实验有较好的重复性。实验研究的结果，对铈（IV）的膜基萃取选择油相组成为 10%N1923+4%异辛醇+正庚烷（或煤油），水相酸浓度为 1～2mol/L，水相和油相流量可以在较大的范围内选择；钍的膜基萃取条件相似，只是油组成中萃取剂浓度为 1%N1923。在流体动力学部分，通过作用力分析，利用能量守恒原理，推导出了膜基萃取操作中的雷诺数，建立了层流流动模型；腔内外流体流速的径向分布模型和平均流速的计算式；腔内外压力沿管长度分布的数学模型，并得到了两相流体的压力差计算式。流体的动力学分析对于研究乳化发生的机理、传质的数学模型和扩散层厚度等皆有理论价值。通过流体动力学理论，结合膜破裂压和界面张力的实验方法研究了乳化发生的机理。水相进入有机相的乳化，对于非同级萃取，外压作用是乳化的主要原因，提出了类似于重力液滴形成的乳化模型；对于有机相进入水相的乳化，亲油膜的表面易形成油膜及界面张力形成的附加压力是乳化的基本原因，而随着有机相内溶质浓度增加界面张力降低使乳化在萃取操作的后期较易发生。膜破裂压和界面张力的研究方法使乳化的研究变得可以进行实验测定，这对于膜材的选择是很有价值的。界面反应动力学采用了上升单滴法，这种方法一般具有实验重复性较差的缺点。通过实验发现，影响重复性的因素主要是单滴形成速率的稳定性、聚结界面处油水界面位置的恒定和扩散传质的消除等。我们采用盘管式油加液管的设计，比较简单地解决了单滴形成速率稳定的问题，油水界面恒定是一个技术性问题，在实验中得到了较好的解决，通过传质时间与控制聚结界面的面积解决了消除扩散传质的难题。本论文的创新之处有如下几个方面：1．根据氟碳铈矿中钍、铈（IV）与稀土（III）分离的总目标，首次实现了伯胺 N1923对上述离子的中空纤维膜基萃取，提出了利用动力学差异的新型分离模式；2．对流量改变对传质系数的影响，所有文献报道的流量范围都没有达到流量增加使传质系数减小，而这一较高的流量揭示了油水界面随压力增加向膜内移动的事实，这对防止乳化时的压力控制是非常重要的。流量对扩散层厚度影响是对传质系数影响的主要原因，而混流的影响是次要的因素；3．铈（IV）和 RE（III）、钍和 RE（III）的分离表明，分离系数远远大于由总传质系数预计的结果，从而提出了动力学竞争萃取分离的机理；4．膜破裂压的测定方法是一个创新的设计。这种方法对于膜材选择和萃取时操作压力的控制是非常重要的。在现有文献中，都是直接在膜萃取操作时测定水相中的游离油或油相中游离水的体积的方法进行研究，这即不能研究乳化的机理，也不能测定准确的乳化时间。因此膜破裂压测定为乳化过程提供了一个新的研究方法；5．乳化机理的研究得到了较新的结论，尤其对于油相进入水相的乳化机理，较好地解释了在水相有超压存在下油相漏液的原因；6．界面反应动力学实验装置中盘管式油相加样解决了油滴形成稳定性的问题，提高了实验测定的可靠性的重复性。

膜基萃取稀土研究－中空纤维膜器中RE(III)、Th(IV)的萃取传质动力学及分离

首次使用两种新的聚偏氟乙烯中空纤维膜萃取法研究了HEH／EHP体系中钕、钐及铈及Cyanex272体系中镱、铒及钍的膜基萃取及分离。研究了膜材料性能。提出了膜萃取反应与液液萃取相同，且均为一级反应；高料液pH值条件下的H~+优先于NH_4~+的传质规律；氨化萃取剂可降低传质阻力；膜萃取机理为伴有界面反应的扩散控制机理及膜孔径对萃取机理的影响。利用钍的传质速率远大于镱的传质速率的特点，实现动力学竞争分离钍和镱。通过界面反应动力学研究，得到了各组分的反应动力学方程、反应速率常数K及相关组分的分离系数。将氨离子选择电极与流动注射分析相结合，实现了氨离子的自动在线分析。为膜萃取技术的工业化提供有价值的基本参数。