Southern California's megaflood event of ca. 1605 AD linked to large-scale atmospheric forcing

A distinct, 1- to 2-cm-thick flood deposit found in Santa Barbara Basin with a varve-date of 1605 AD ± 5 years testifies to an intensity of precipitation that remains unmatched for later periods when historical or instrumental records can be compared against the varve record. The 1605 AD ± 5 event correlates well with Enzel's (1992) finding of a Silver Lake playa perennial lake at the terminus of the Mojave River (carbon-14-dated 1560 AD ± 90 years), in relative proximity to the rainfall catchment area draining into Santa Barbara Basin. According to Enzel, such a persistent flooding of the Silver Lake playa occurred only once during the last 3,500 years and required a sequence of floods, each comparable in magnitude to the largest floods in the modern record. To gain confidence in dating of the 1605 AD ± 5 event, we compare Southern California's sedimentary evidence against historical reports and multi-proxy time-series that indicate unusual climatic events or are sensitive to changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns. The emerging pattern supports previous suggestions that the first decade of the 17th century was marked by a rapid cooling of the Northern Hemisphere, with some indications for global coverage. A burst of volcanism and the occurrence of El Nino seem to have contributed to the severity of the events. The synopsis of the 1605 AD ± 5 years flood deposit in Santa Barbara Basin, the substantial freshwater body at Silver Lake playa, and much additional paleoclimatic, global evidence testifies for an equatorward shift of global wind patterns as the world experienced an interval of rapid, intense, and widespread cooling.

Investigation of the losses in the stator duct spacers of large A.C. motors using the A -ip 3-D eddy current formulation

This paper describes how the A -if) formulation may be applied to determine the losses in the stator duct spacers of large a.c. motors. The model is described in terms of its geometry and boundary conditions. The novel aspects of the application of the formulation to this problem are explained. These include the modelling of fixed currents sources (the stator windings), the location of the necessary cut surfaces and the determination of their magnetic scalar potential differences, and the implementation of periodic boundary conditions for vector variables. Results are presented showing how the duct spacer losses vary with load, and with the relative permeability of the spacer material. The effects of modelling iron nonlinearity, of both the spacer and the steel laminations, are also illustrated. © 1996 IEEE.

Ballasted CNT structures for use as electron sources

The aim of this paper is to describe the growth and optimization of ballasted carbon nanotube (CNT) and CNT/Zinc Oxide nanostructures to produce novel electron sources for use in lighting and x-ray applications. © 2010 ITE and SID.

石榴豹纹木蠹蛾Zeuzera coffeae (Nietner)生物学及其防治研究

：石榴豹纹木蠢蛾是云南蒙自地区石榴的主要害虫之一。幼虫蛀害石榴树枝干，具多次转移危害习性，并在蛀道 内越冬。受害部位以上枝干萎蔫、枯死。危害枝干率达1．0％。15％，重者达30％。40％。该虫在云南蒙自石榴植区一 年发生一代，垮年度完成，越冬态不甚明显。采取综合防治措施后，其危害率由10％。15％降为0．2％～O．31％。

男性不育患者精浆中表皮生长因子含量测定

为了探讨表皮生长因子与男性精子发生的关系, 采用放射免疫学方法对正常男性精浆中表皮生长因子 (EGF) 含量进行测定, 结果二组之间EGF 含量经t′检验差异有显著性( P < 0105) , 提示EGF 可能参与了男性生殖 系统中精子发生的调控。

贝叶斯联合模型与中国洞穴鱼类分化时间的估算(鲤科:金线鲃属)

金线鲃属分布于中国云贵高原及周边地区,包括10多种适应于洞穴生活、具有不同程度眼睛和色素退化的典型洞穴鱼类.迄今为止,金线鲃属的系统发育关系还存在很大争议.我们获得了34种金线鲃属鱼类及外类群的细胞色素b和ND4基因序列,用贝叶斯联合模型分析数据,重建了金线鲃属的系统发育关系;并用松散分子钟估算了本属及内部分支的起源时间.金线鲃属的单系性得到强烈的支持,本属可分为6个分支.此外,本研究结果还支持洞穴物种的多系起源假说以及季氏金线鲃(Sinocyclocheilus jii)的基部位置.松散分子钟估算表明,

Heat source modelling and natural ventilation efficiency

We compare natural ventilation flows established by a range of heat source distributions at floor level. Both evenly distributed and highly localised line and point source distributions are considered. We demonstrate that modelling the ventilation flow driven by a uniformly distributed heat source is equivalent to the flow driven by a large number of localised sources. A model is developed for the transient flow development in a room with a uniform heat distribution and is compared with existing models for localised buoyancy inputs. For large vent areas the flow driven by localised heat sources reaches a steady state more rapidly than the uniformly distributed case. For small vent areas there is little difference in the transient development times. Our transient model is then extended to consider the time taken to flush a neutrally buoyant pollutant from a naturally ventilated room. Again comparisons are drawn between uniform and localised (point and line) heat source geometries. It is demonstrated that for large vent areas a uniform heat distribution provides the fastest flushing. However, for smaller vent areas, localised heat sources produce the fastest flushing. These results are used to suggest a definition for the term 'natural ventilation efficiency', and a model is developed to estimate this efficiency as a function of the room and heat source geometries. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

扁担塘两种底栖动物的周年生产量

研究了1996年4月至1997年3月间扁担塘两种底栖动物———幽蚊和圆扁螺的周年生产量,采用体长频率法测算的生产量分别是:幽蚊周年生产量湿质量为0.1419g·m-2·a-1,干质量为0.0114g·m-2·a-1,P/B系数为1.8;圆扁螺的周年生产量带壳湿质量为1.6266g·m-2·a-1,去壳干质量为0.0732g·m-2·a-1,P/B系数为7.1.但与国外数据相比,这些结果比较适中,说明扁担塘并不是幽蚊和圆扁螺的最适生长环境.

福尔马林固定白鱀豚标本DNA提取及其遗传多样性的初步研究

福尔马林固定标本是宝贵的遗传资源,但是如何有效利用其中的遗传信息一直存在问题。本文尝试从标本预处理、消化、PCR扩增各方面综合考虑和优化改进,成功提取并扩增21头福尔马林固定白豚标本线粒体DNA控制区410bp片段。采用了3种预处理方法尽量去除固定标本中残存的甲醛,从试验结果来看,从酒精梯度+临界点干燥处理的标本中提取的DNA在扩增时具有明显优势。通过蛋白酶K消化过程中对于酶的浓度、温浴时间的比较试验,发现随着采用大幅提高酶浓度、延长消化时间等高强度的蛋白酶消化操作后,DNA的质量和产量均得到显著提高。

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.

Multimode resonances in metallically confined square-resonator microlasers

Directional emission InP/AlGaInAs square-resonator microlasers with a side length of 20 mu m are fabricated by standard photolithography and inductively coupled-plasma etching technique. Multimode resonances with about seven distinct mode peaks in a free-spectral range are observed from 1460 to 1560 nm with the free-spectral range of 12.1 nm near the wavelength of 1510 nm, and the mode refractive index versus the photon energy E (eV) as 3.07152+0.18304E are obtained by fitting the laser spectra with an analytical mode wavelength formula derived by light ray method. In addition, mode field pattern is simulated for cold cavity by two dimensional finite-difference time-domain technique.