Study on the layer structure of W/C multilayers deposited by magnetron sputtering using x-ray reflectivity

A study on the layer structure of W/C multilayers deposited by magnetron sputtering is reported. In the study, soft x-ray resonant reflectivity and hard x-ray grazing incidence reflectivity of the W/C multilayers were measured. The imperfections at the interface such as interdiffusion and formation of compounds were dealt with by two methods. On analyzing the experimental results, we found that the incorporation of an interlayer was a more suitable method than the traditional statistical method to describe the layer structure of a W/C system we fabricated. The optical constants of each layer at a wavelength of 4.48 nm were also obtained from the analysis. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

This article documents the addition of 512 microsatellite marker loci and nine pairs of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) sequencing primers to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia, Bashania fangiana, Bashania fargesii, Chaetodon vagabundus, Colletes floralis, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, Coptotermes gestroi, Crotophaga major, Cyprinella lutrensis, Danaus plexippus, Fagus grandifolia, Falco tinnunculus, Fletcherimyia fletcheri, Hydrilla verticillata, Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus, Leavenworthia alabamica, Marmosops incanus, Miichthys miiuy, Nasua nasua, Noturus exilis, Odontesthes bonariensis, Quadrula fragosa, Pinctada maxima, Pseudaletia separata, Pseudoperonospora cubensis, Podocarpus elatus, Portunus trituberculatus, Rhagoletis cerasi, Rhinella schneideri, Sarracenia alata, Skeletonema marinoi, Sminthurus viridis, Syngnathus abaster, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) chinensis, Verticillium dahliae, Wasmannia auropunctata, and Zygochlamys patagonica. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Chaetodon baronessa, Falco columbarius, Falco eleonorae, Falco naumanni, Falco peregrinus, Falco subbuteo, Didelphis aurita, Gracilinanus microtarsus, Marmosops paulensis, Monodelphis Americana, Odontesthes hatcheri, Podocarpus grayi, Podocarpus lawrencei, Podocarpus smithii, Portunus pelagicus, Syngnathus acus, Syngnathus typhle,Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvauceli and Verticillium albo-atrum. This article also documents the addition of nine sequencing primer pairs and sixteen allele specific primers or probes for Oncorhynchus mykiss and Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; these primers and assays were cross-tested in both species.

Near-diffraction-limited, 35.4 W laser-diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser operating at 1342 nm

A diode stack end-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser at 1342 nm with near-diffraction-limited beam quality by using a hybrid resonator was presented. At a pump power of 139.5 W, laser power of 35.4 W was obtained with a conversion efficiency of 25.4% of the laser diode to laser output. The beam quality M-2 factors were measured to be 1.2 in the unstable direction and 1.3 in the stable direction at the output power of 29 W. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America

Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

The human genome project has been recently complemented by whole-genome assessment sequence of 32 mammals and 24 nonmammalian vertebrate species suitable for comparative genomic analyses. Here we anticipate a precipitous drop in costs and increase in sequ

栉孔扇贝C���凝集素-2(CfLec-2)基因的克隆和分析

栉孔扇贝是我国北方一种重要的贝类养殖品种。自1997年以来爆发的栉孔扇贝大规模死亡，给地区经济造成了重大损失并且已经严重威胁着扇贝养殖业的健康发展。然而，到目前为止，对扇贝免疫防御分子机理的了解还很少，深入研究扇贝免疫应答的分子机制是认识和了解病害发生和实现病害控制的重要途径。本研究采用了EST大规模测序和3’RACE的方法，从栉孔扇贝cDNA文库中克隆到一个凝集素基因CfLec-2，并对功能进行了研究。 CfLec-2 cDNA全长708bp，5’非翻译区(Untranslated Region, UTR)含有59bp，3’非翻译区含有163bp，具有典型的多聚腺苷酸加尾信号序列AATAAA和多聚腺苷酸尾巴，开放阅读框(Open Reading Frame, ORF )含有486bp，编码162个氨基酸残基，该多肽的理论分子量为16.8 kDa，等电点为4.54。利用SignalP分析，发现其信号肽的剪切位置在VEA-QSL之间。经BLASTP比对分析可知，CfLec-2基因编码的蛋白与人的Brevican，Anguilla japonica的C-type lectin-1和C-type lectin-2， Rattus norvegicus的CD23有较高的相似性，其中与Brevican的一致性有37%。Clustal W���序列比对发现该多肽具有标准长型C���凝集素所必须的6个保守半胱氨酸和相对保守的糖识别位点。用SMART(Small Modular Architecture Research Tool)软件分析发现其具有一个保守的糖识别结构域(Carbohydrate-recognition Domain, CRD)，氨基酸序列上第49、125、141、149位置上的半胱氨酸参与形成糖识别结构域，而位于N末端的第21和32位上的两个半胱胺酸形成额外的一个二硫键，位于115、116和117上的Glu、Pro、Asp则构成了糖识别位点。 将编码CfLec-2成熟肽段的cDNA序列克隆进pET32a(+)载体中，并在大肠杆菌Rosetta-gami(DE3)中重组表达CfLec-2。重组蛋白利用其具有的His tag纯化并复性后发现CfLec-2可以凝集溶血葡萄球菌，且凝集过程不需要钙离子的参与。并且，CfLec-2对大肠杆菌TOP10F’有微弱的抑菌活性，对溶壁微球菌、溶血葡萄球菌和鳗弧菌则没有抑菌活性。这一结果说明，CfLec-2可能不仅参与对入侵微生物的识别过程，而且可能作为效应分子起到了直接杀灭入侵微生物的作用。 本研究发现CfLec-2具有和以前在栉孔扇贝报道的CFLec-1完全不同的功 能，说明栉孔扇贝利用不同的凝集素来识别不同的病原，同时也暗示栉孔扇贝中可能有更多不同功能的凝集素有待发现。研究结果丰富和发展了海水无脊椎动物免疫学的内容，对进一步了解扇贝固有免疫的机制，实现养殖扇贝疾病防治具有重要参考价值。

Microstructure and high-temperature wear and oxidation resistance of laser clad gamma/W2C/TiC composite coatings on gamma-TiAl intermetallic alloy

There are very strong interests in improving the high-temperature wear resistance of the y-TiAl intermetallic alloy, especially when applied as tribological moving components. In this paper, microstructure, high-temperature dry sliding wear at 600 degrees C and isothermal oxidation at 1000 degrees C on ambient air of laser clad gamma/W2C/TiC composite coatings with different constitution of Ni-Cr-W-C precursor mixed powders on TiAl alloy substrates have been investigated. The results show that microstructure of the laser fabricated composite coatings possess non-equilibrium microstructure consisting of the matrix of nickel-base solid solution gamma-NiCrAl and reinforcements of TiC, W2C and M23C6 carbides. Higher wear resistance than the original TiAl alloy is achieved in the composite coatings under high-temperature wear test conditions. However, the oxidation resistance of the laser clad gamma/W2C/TiC composite coatings is deceased. The corresponding mechanisms resulting in the above behaviors of the laser clad composite coatings are discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Simple phenomenological determination of contact stiffness and elastic modulus of Ce-based bulk metallic glasses through nanoindentation

The viscoelastic deformation of Ce-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with low glass transition temperature is investigated at room temperature. Contact stiffness and elastic modulus of Ce-based BMGs cannot be derived using the conventional Oliver-Pharr method [W. C. Oliver and G. M. Pharr, J. Mater. Res. 7, 1564 (1992)]. The present work shows that the time dependent displacement of unloading segments can be described well by a generalized Kelvin model. Thus, a modified Oliver-Pharr method is proposed to evaluate the contact stiffness and elastic modulus, which does, in fact, reproduce the values obtained via uniaxial compression tests. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.

纤维和颗粒增强复合材料中的裂纹扩展

颗粒和纤维增强复合材料中的裂纹扩展,是用双扭试件(Double—Torsion)在扫描电子显微镜下,直接观察裂纹扩展,并同时进行力学测量的方法来进行研究的。这些结果加深了对裂纹尖端应变场、裂纹扩展机理和影响复合材料韧性因素等的理解。

航天器编队飞行的动力学解析分析与阵形设计研究

随着微电子、微机械技术的进步，现代航天器逐渐向体积小、重量轻的趋势发展。结构的轻型化和小型化使得微小航天器在制造和发射上的成本大大降低，同时也使得微小航天器难以独立携带复杂的载O如何开发和利用多颗微小航天器的集群功能来完成复杂的航天任务已日趋成为各航天机构的研究热点，航天器编队飞行即是在这种背景下应运而生的。所谓航天器编队飞行，是指若干颗航天器在整个任务期间都按一定的几何形状排列和飞行，以实现资源共享、信息共享，共同完成某一特定功能。研究表明，航天器编队飞行可用于实现多种功能，如绕飞监视、天基合成孔径雷达、天基干涉仪、电子侦察及卫星导航等。诚然，若人为地施加燃料控制，航天器群可以实现所有的几何构型，然而付出的代价是巨大的。本文立足于最大限度地利用航天器的自然轨道特征，而非通过不断消耗燃料的方法实现航天器群的编队飞行。航天器编队飞行实质上对于航天器群的相对运动提出了一定的约束条件，因此充分地研究两航天器之间的相对运动是进行航天器编队设计的理论基础。然而，这一理论基础与航天器编队飞行所需结论之间仍存在很远的距离。本文在航天器相对运动的理论基础上，通过解析分析的方法研究了航天器编队飞行所需解决的一系列问题，例如：如何选择可行的编队阵形，如何在满足编队飞行约束条件下，进行航天器群的轨道设计。首先，本文在不考虑摄动力情况下，建立了两个航天器相对运动的微分方程，并得到了描述两航天器相对运动的解析解；其次，针对目前文献广泛应用的C-w���程及其解进行了理论分析，指出C-W���程解应用于编队飞行设计的局限性，即只能适用于近圆轨道近距离航天器的编队飞行设计；针对实际航天应用中常遇到的椭圆轨道航天器编队及远距离航天器编队，本文从相对运动解析解出发，经过一系列的数学推导与分析，导出了相应的编队设计公式；然后，本文考虑了环境摄动力如地球非球形摄动力、大气阻力、太阳光压力、第三引力体引力对于编队阵形的影响，以及摄动力情况下编队阵形的保持问题；最后，以卫星导航应用为例，利用本文导出的远距离编队公式设计了我国领土范围内的区域连续导航卫星系统，通过与目前的北斗卫星导航系统相比较，充分展示了航天器编队飞行的特点与应用优势。本文的创新之处体现在如下几方面：1、从理论上分析了目前广泛应用于编队飞行研究的C-W���程及其解的适用范围和局限性。2、将航天器编队飞行设计从近距离拓展至远距离，并针对名义航天器运行于圆轨道的情况，导出了名义航天器飞行方向远距离编队设计公式和大偏心率大相对倾角远距离编队设计公式。3、针对名义航天器运行于任意偏心率椭圆轨道，推导出近距离编队设计公式，并提出了5种新型编队阵形。4、首次在频域范围内研究航天器相对运动规律，突破了一般轨道参数法将航天器相对运动轨迹在近圆轨道近距离范围内进行泰勒展开的传统思路。

Polymorphisms of the estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene and the risk of Alzheimer's disease in a southern Chinese community

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a higher prevalence in women. Expression of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) gene has been identified throughout the brain. Owing to the putative neuroprotective effects of estrogen, estro

Passively Q-switched Nd : GdVO4 laser with In0.25Ga0.75As being an output coupler

We report a diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser operating at 1.06 mu m with In0.25Ga0.75As being the saturable absorber as well as an output coupler. Q-switched pulses with a pulse duration of 20 ns, pulse energy 4.2 mu J and pulse repetition rate 200 kHz were produced, corresponding to peak power of 210 W. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

辽东山区次生林生态系统主要树种幼苗对光环境的响应

辽东山区森林是辽宁省重要的水源涵养基地与用材林资源，在维系区域内生态环境和林产品的可持续供应方面占据十分重要的战略位置。该区的天然林已基本绝迹，因此该区的森林生态恢复具有重要意义。 已有研究表明，影响辽东山区森林更新演替最主要的环境因素是光环境。核桃楸（Juglans mandshurica）、水曲柳（Fraxinus mandshurica）、黄菠萝（Phellodendron amurense）和红松(Pinus koraiensis)是阔叶红松林的优势树种；这些树种幼苗对光环境的适应性差异，在群落演替和森林生态恢复中发挥重要作用。 本论文采用人为控制遮光试验测定了核桃楸、水曲柳和黄菠萝幼苗对光环境的响应，同时，采用自然光环境试验和人为控制遮光试验相结合的手段测定了红松幼苗对光环境的适应性。人为控制遮光试验设置的光环境类似于自然中的典型林窗、林缘和林下的光环境；在人为控制遮光试验中，研究材料于2007年4月末栽植于4个不同光环境（全光、全光的60%、30%和15%，分别记为FI、II、LI和WI处理）下，在2007年7~9月测定了树种幼苗的光合生理、叶片特征、生长和冠层形态特征等方面的变化，结果表明： 1）不同光环境处理区内的光合有效辐射（PAR）具有显著差异，形成一定的光强梯度，而气温，相对湿度和土壤含水量差异并不显著。全光处理区内的日平均PAR为842.4μmol∙m-2∙s-1，最大PAR为1884.1μmol∙m-2∙s-1，显著高于其它处理区。 2）生长在高光强下4个树种幼苗的叶片有较高的光合能力（Amax），随生长光强的下降，Amax显著下降；光补偿点（LCP）和光饱和点（LSP）也表现出随着生长光强的下降而降低的趋势。核桃楸和水曲柳净光合速率Pn的日变化最大值约为16μmol∙m-2∙s-1，黄菠萝的约为13μmol∙m-2∙s-1，这与温带阔叶树种叶片的最大净光合速率Pn在10~15μmol∙m-2∙s-1范围内的结论相符；3个苗龄红松针叶的Pn日变化均呈单峰型，没有光合“午休”现象，峰值出现在11:00~13:00期间。 3）4个树种幼苗的比叶重（LMA）和单位叶面积鲜重（LFA）均随着光环境的降低而下降；三个阔叶树种幼苗的叶长L、叶宽W���叶周长C���单叶面积A均具有随着光强的降低而呈增大的趋势，表明叶片通过调节叶片的形态来适应多变的光环境。 4）不同光环境对阔叶树种幼苗的植株冠形和生长有显著影响，而红松幼苗植株冠形和生长的变化无明显的规律性。 综上，本研究得出以下结论：○1.通过可塑性分析和模糊隶属函数分析，核桃楸和黄菠萝较水曲柳能适应更宽的光强幅度；同时，核桃楸和黄菠萝较水曲柳的需光性更强，核桃楸和黄菠萝的需光性差异不大。○2.与3年、5年生红松相比，7年生红松对光强的适应幅度最小；同时，7年生红松的需光性强于3年和5年生红松。○3.本研究结果支持前人的观点：红松在幼年阶段能耐一定程度的遮光，在全光的20%~60%光条件下生长较好，随着年龄的增大，红松的需光性增加。

Extracting nanobelt mechanical properties from nanoindentation

A three-spring-in-series model is proposed for the nanobelt (NB) indentation test. Compared with the previous two-spring-in-series model, which considers the bending stiffness of atomic force microscope cantilever and the indenter/NB contact stiffness, this model adds a third spring of the NB/substrate contact stiffness. NB is highly flexural due to its large aspect ratio of length to thickness. The bending and lift-off of NB form a localized contact with substrate, which makes the Oliver-Pharr method [W. C. Oliver and G. M. Pharr, J. Mater. Res. 7, 1564 (1992)] and Sneddon method [I. N. Sneddon, Int. J. Eng. Sci. 3, 47 (1965)] inappropriate for NB indentation test. Because the NB/substrate deformation may have significant impact on the force-indentation depth data obtained in experiment, the two-spring-in-series model can lead to erroneous predictions on the NB mechanical properties. NB in indentation test can be susceptible to the adhesion influence because of its large surface area to volume ratio. NB/substrate contact and adhesion can have direct and significant impact on the interpretation of experimental data. Through the three-spring-in-series model, the influence of NB/substrate contact and adhesion is analyzed and methods of reducing such influence are also suggested. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3432748]

Estimating water quality pollution impacts based on economic loss models in urbanization process in Xi'an；China

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