泥鳅秋季人工繁殖及苗种培育试验

8月中旬挑选体长12 cm以上的泥鳅作为亲本进行秋季人工繁殖,经过25 d强化培育,90%以上的亲鳅发育良好,催产雌鳅19.3 kg,催产率在86%,受精率83%,孵化率96%,共获得仔鱼约340 万尾。以丰年虫无节幼体作为开口饵料,3 d后鳅苗平均全长达0.8 cm,成活率高达99%以上;半个月后体长达2cm左右;到10月中旬,鳅苗平均全长5.0 cm左右,体重达3~4 g,成活率为60%,共计获得鳅苗约200多万尾。

Imaging the failure of a rock-fill dam following liquefaction

Rock-fill dams are popular in developing countries due to their ease of construction and use of local materials. They are used to store water and to provide flood defences. The presence of such dams in earthquake-prone regions poses risks, particularly from ground liquefaction. In this paper, results from physical model tests on dams with different configurations are presented. Model dams with impermeable cores including sheet pile walls and clay cores were tested and the effect of reservoir water was investigated. High-speed photography was used to capture the response of the model dams allowing the movement of foundation soil below the dam to be established. It is concluded that the stiffness of the impermeable core has a significant influence on the ultimate deformation of the dam. The presence of reservoir water led to increased downstream movements of the dam and differential settlements between the upstream and downstream sides.

Current research in embankment dam engineering at imperial college London

This paper gives a short introduction to two research streams in embankment dam engineering underway at Imperial College London. The first is the modelling of embankment dam behaviour during earthquakes and the second is an investigation into the susceptibility of granular filters to internal erosion. The research motivation, methods and expected outcomes of each stream are discussed.

alpha-tocopherol is essential for acquired chill-light tolerance in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp strain PCC 6803

Unlike Escherichia coli, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is insensitive to chill (5 degrees C) in the dark but rapidly losses viability when exposed to chill in the light (100 mu mol photons m(-2) s(-1)). Preconditioning at a low temperature (15 degrees C) greatly enhances the chill-light tolerance of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. This phenomenon is called acquired chill-light tolerance (ACLT). Preconditioned wild-type cells maintained a substantially higher level of alpha-tocopherol after exposure to chill-light stress. Mutants unable to synthesize alpha-tocopherol, such as slr1736, slr1737, slr0089, and slr0090 mutants, almost completely lost ACLT. When exposed to chill without light, these mutants showed no or a slight difference from the wild type. When complemented, the slr0089 mutant regained its ACLT. Copper-regulated expression of slr0090 from P-petE controlled the level of et-tocopherol and ACLT. We conclude that alpha-tocopherol is essential for ACLT of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. The role of a-tocopherol in ACLT may be based largely on a nonantioxidant activity that is not possessed by other tocopherols or pathway intermediates.

Self-aligned current aperture in native oxidized AlInAs buried heterostructure InGaAsP/InP distributed feedback laser

A InGaAsP/InP self-aligned, native oxidized buried heterostructure (BH) distributed feedback (DFB) laser is proposed. It is as easy to process as the ridge waveguide DFB laser and has superior performance. The current aperture can be easily controlled without selective regrowth. The laser exhibits a low threshold of 5.0 mA with 36 dB side mode suppression ratio at the emission wavelength of 1.562 mu m. It emits in a single lobe with full width at half maximum angles of 33.6 degrees and 42.6 degrees for the lateral and vertical fields, respectively. Its beam is more circular than that of the as-grown BH laser because the lower refractive index of oxide compared to the as-grown layer and results in a larger lateral optical confinement. Its characteristic temperature (T-0) is 50 K at room temperature but increases in value at the higher temperature range. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)00812-3].

Face recognition based on PCA and multi-degree of freedom neurons

An algorithm of PCA face recognition based on Multi-degree of Freedom Neurons theory is proposed, which based on the sample sets' topological character in the feature space which is different from "classification". Compare with the traditional PCA+NN algorithm, experiments prove its efficiency.

稳定可调谐的单纵模多环形腔掺铒光纤激光器

提出了一种多环形腔(MRC)结构的稳定可调的单纵模(SLM)掺铒光纤激光器,多环形腔结构由双环形有源腔和两个次级无源腔组成。这种激光器是利用光纤法布里-珀罗可调滤波器(FFP-TF)以及光学光栅滤波器(OGF)两种滤波器和多环形腔结构相结合来共同选模。可实现波长调节范围为1528～1565 nm,在整个波长调节范围内边模抑制比大于44.53 dB,在1554 nm附近边模抑制比可以达到最大值51.18 dB, 输出功率为-8.84 dBm,通过应用多环型腔结构,激光器的输出很稳定,在18 min的观察时间内,中心波长的变化小于0.02 nm,输出功率的变化小于0.04 dBm,实现了稳定且可调谐的单纵模输出。

Homoepitaxial Growth and Characterization of 4H-SiC Epilayers by Low-Pressure Hot-Wall Chemical Vapor Deposition

Horizontal air-cooled low-pressure hot-wall CVD (LP-HWCVD) system is developed to get highly qualitical 4H-SiC epilayers.Homoepitaxial growth of 4H-SiC on off-oriented Si-face (0001) 4H-SiC substrates is performed at 1500℃ with a pressure of 1.3×103Pa by using the step-controlled epitaxy.The growth rate is controlled to be about 1.0μm/h.The surface morphologies and structural and optical properties of 4H-SiC epilayers are characterized with Nomarski optical microscope,atomic force microscopy (AFM),X-ray diffraction,Raman scattering,and low temperature photoluminescence (LTPL).N-type 4H-SiC epilayers are obtained by in-situ doping of NH3 with the flow rate ranging from 0.1 to 3sccm.SiC p-n junctions are obtained on these epitaxial layers and their electrical and optical characteristics are presented.The obtained p-n junction diodes can be operated at the temperature up to 400℃,which provides a potential for high-temperature applications.

~(12)C~(6+)离子辐射对细胞存活增殖及模拟失重和辐射对家蚕卵发育的影响

目的:观察重离子辐射后人骨肉瘤细胞MG-63、人胚胎皮肤成纤维细胞ESF-1和人胚胎肝正常细胞HEL-1的生存和增殖情况,及重离子辐射和模拟失重环境处理后家蚕卵的孵化和发育情况,初步探讨重离子辐射对细胞及复合环境对家蚕卵的一些生物学效应.方法:利用超导磁体模拟失重环境,利用重离子加速器产生12C6+离子,用不同剂量辐射细胞和家蚕卵,检测在重离子辐射后细胞的存活和克隆形成能力及复合条件下家蚕卵的发育情况.结果:HEL-1细胞在0.1Gy时存活率已经开始降低,且随辐射剂量的增大这种影响也增加,到1.5Gy时存活率降低50%.ESF-1细胞在1.5Gy时存活率下降约20%,但辐射对骨肉瘤MG-63细胞的存活率影响不大.HEL-1和ESF-1细胞受到0.1Gy的辐射后克隆形成能力就明显降低90.2%和79.1%,而MG-63细胞一直保持较高的克隆形成率,直到1.5Gy时迅速降低75%.家蚕的出蚁率随辐射剂量的增大而降低,到30Gy时出蚁率降到2.22%.当辐射剂量为0～10Gy时,家蚕卵在两种不同重力条件下的孵化率没有明显差异.但当辐射剂量增加到15,20和30Gy时,失重环境明显促进了家蚕卵的孵化.另外,失重环境下家蚕卵的孵化时间比正常条件下缩短约3d左右.同时,高剂量的辐射处理会延迟家蚕幼虫的生长.结论:重离子辐射降低了细胞的存活和增殖能力,同时影响了家蚕从受精卵到幼虫的发育,降低了出蚁率.失重环境可以缩短家蚕卵的孵化时间.