Nested sampling for materials: the case of hard spheres

The recently introduced nested sampling algorithm allows the direct and efficient calculation of the partition function of atomistic systems. We demonstrate its applicability to condensed phase systems with periodic boundary conditions by studying the three dimensional hard sphere model. Having obtained the partition function, we show how easy it is to calculate the compressibility and the free energy as functions of the packing fraction and local order, verifying that the transition to crystallinity has a very small barrier, and that the entropic contribution of jammed states to the free energy is negligible for packing fractions above the phase transition. We quantify the previously proposed schematic phase diagram and estimate the extent of the region of jammed states. We find that within our samples, the maximally random jammed configuration is surprisingly disordered.

A comparison of cage and nested-loop BDFM rotors

The Brushless Double-Fed Machine (BDFM) is a type of variable speed generator or drive. Using theoretical analysis of simple BDFM rotors this paper establishes trends in how rotor structures determine the rotor's equivalent circuit resistance, leakage inductance and turns ratio. The variation in measured parameters of five prototype rotors is then analysed in light of the trends found. Both the theory and experimental results suggest a significant performance advantage in using cage+loops type rotors as opposed to the simple nested loop type more usually employed.

滤食性鲢、鳙肠含物PCR-DGGE指纹分析

以采自武汉东湖的滤食性鲢、鳙为对象,通过PCR-DGGE并结合序列分析对其肠道微生物及肠含物中残留的食物组分进行了探索研究。在所有个体中都能检测到不同的PCR-DGGE指纹谱带,其中包括肠道细菌在内的原核谱带较多,真核谱带相对较少;分析结果表明针对鲢、鳙肠含物这一特殊生境样品进行PCR-DGGE指纹分析是可行的。PCR-DGGE指纹结构及针对部分特定PCR-DGGE谱带的序列分析显示,从武汉东湖采集的鲢、鳙在食性上存在很大的重叠,并没有像基于常规食性分析文献报道的那样明显不同。基于肠含物DNA来进行鱼类食

原生动物单细胞PCR应用初探——以天蓝喇叭虫为例

以天蓝喇叭虫(Stentor coeruleus)为研究对象,探索了单细胞单基因PCR扩增及单细胞全基因组PCR扩增技术在原生动物中的应用.经过不断探索和优化条件后,试验取得了理想的结果.在40例单细胞单基因(SSU rDNA基因全序列)PCR的一次性扩增中,新鲜细胞和经过中性红染色的细胞都获得了100%的成功率,室温下酒精(95%)保存一周的细胞获得了82.5%的成功率.在单细胞全基因组PCR扩增中,采用高效高保真的phi29DNA聚合酶结合随机引物(Random Primer)进行扩增,获得了丰富且质

利用RAPD-PCR探讨天蓝喇叭虫生物群系分化

选择天蓝喇叭虫(Stentor coeruleus)作为研究对象,对武汉市南湖、月湖、关桥3个水体共5个样点天蓝喇叭虫(S.coeruleus)样本的总DNA进行随机扩增多态DNA聚类分析,以检测各个样本的遗传相似性和趋异程度,借以评估样本间的遗传变异度。结果如下:(1)从98条随机引物中筛选12条引物共扩增出89条大小为100～1500bp的清晰条带,平均每条引物扩增出7.4条片段。(2)用Rapdistance1.04分析显示,不同样点样本之间存在着一定的变异,其遗传距离在0.076～0.416之间。

Generalized vector control for brushless doubly fed machines with nested-loop rotor

This paper presents a generalized vector control system for a generic brushless doubly fed (induction) machine (BDFM) with nested-loop type rotor. The generic BDFM consists of p1/p2 pole-pair stator windings and a nested-loop rotor with N number of loops per nest. The vector control system is derived based on the basic BDFM equation in the synchronous mode accompanied with an appropriate synchronization approach to the grid. An analysis is performed for the vector control system using the generic BDFM vector model. The analysis proves the efficacy of the proposed approach in BDFM electromagnetic torque and rotor flux control. In fact, in the proposed vector control system, the BDFM torque can be controlled very effectively promising a high-performance BDFM shaft speed control system. A closed-loop shaft speed control system is composed based on the presented vector control system whose performance is examined both in simulations and experiments. The results confirm the high performance of the proposed approach in BDFM shaft speed control as well as a very close agreement between the simulations and experiments. Tests are performed on a 180-frame prototype BDFM. © 2012 IEEE.

Function propagation through nested systems

Concepts of function are central to design but statements about a device's functions can be interpreted in different ways. This raises problems for researchers trying to clarify the foundations of design theory and for those developing design support-tools that can represent and reason about function. By showing how functions relate systems to their sub-systems and super-systems, this article illustrates some limitations of existing function terminology and some problems with existing function statements. To address these issues, a system-relative function terminology is introduced. This is used to demonstrate that systems function not only with respect to their most local super-system, but also with respect to their more global super-systems. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

全细胞PCR扩增用于鱼腥藻种类鉴定

传统鉴定藻种的方法主要是通过形态学观察的方法加以判断。蓝藻在自然条件和人工培养过程中 ,其形态、代谢能力等都可能发生变化 ,同时该过程需要的时间长 ,难以区分种或种以下的分类、单位 ,亦难以在水华暴发早期阶段准确鉴定。本文利用rDNA通用引物扩增 ,表明在 5 0 μL的反应体系中加入 2 0个鱼腥藻细胞能扩增出目的条带 ;对已知的鱼腥藻PC基因的分析设计引物 ,在BSA浓度为 0 2 %— 1% (w/v)下 ,全细胞扩增出实验室保存的四种鱼腥藻的部分PC以及PC IGS序列 ,序列分析结果表明PC I

鲤鱼3个亚种线粒体DNA ND5/6区段的PCR-RFLP分析及亚种间分子标记的确立

从鲤鱼3个亚种(Cyprinus carpio carpio,Cyprinus carpio haematopterus和Cyprinus carpiorubrofuscus)中选出具代表性的品系共10个,运用PCR方法,扩增出2.4 kb的mtDNA ND5/6区段.共用9种限制性内切酶进行酶切分析,结果表明,每个亚种拥有一种单倍型,有4种限制性内切酶(Dde I,Hae III,Taq I和Mbo I)酶切后产生了能将3个亚种区分开来的诊断性限制性酶切位点.可利用其作为鉴定3个亚种的遗传标记和遗传育种

RT-PCR法检测污染物甲基汞对调钙质基因表达的抑制

应用RT -PCR方法 ,通过用不同浓度的甲基汞对Hep2B细胞株进行不同时间长短的处理 ,检测其调钙质的mRNA表达水平 ,发现微量的甲基汞处理就可以引起细胞株细胞损伤 ,同时抑制调钙质mRNA的表达 ,进一步证实了在肝脏损伤的病理状态下调钙质基因的表达减少 ,从而为检测环境中甲基汞的含量提供了一个可能的分子生物学手段 .

原位杂交和原位PCR技术在鱼类基因定位中的应用

国家自然科学基金（项目编号：39730290）

水华蓝藻产毒特性的PCR检测法

特异引物对（ＴＯＸ　１Ｐ／１Ｆ；ＴＯＸ　２Ｐ／２Ｆ）用于检测微囊藻毒素合成酶基因ｍｃｙＢ片段在３８种水华蓝藻中的分布情况。结果显示，所有能产生微囊藻毒素的微囊藻都有特异扩增条带，非产毒株则没有。几种常规的毒性检测方法验证了ＰＣＲ方法所获结果的准确性。本研究发展了以全细胞ＰＣＲ法检测ｍｃｙＢ片断，说明全细胞ＰＣＲ检测法适用于不同来源的蓝藻材料。结果证明以ＤＮＡ为基础鉴别产毒和非产毒微囊藻及其他水华蓝藻的方法是可行和实用的。

集胞藻ORFs侧翼序列的PCR扩增和定向基因插入失活策略

针对集胞藻ＰＣＣ６８０３的１９２７个待定编码基因进行了两侧序列的ＰＣＲ扩增。４个亚株基因组在。ｓｌｌ０２６７－ｓｌｌ０２６８－ｓｌｌ０２６９区域的 ＰＣＲ扩增产物与 Ｋａｚｕｓａ ＤＮＡ数据存在差异。以叶绿素合成基因ｃｈｌＨ和ｃｈｌＬ为例，显示三片段连接ＰＣＲ产物可有效用于集胞藻６８０３基因组定向插入失活。

七株微囊藻系统进化关系的RAPD-PCR分析(英文)

应用RAPD－PCR的方法，选用24个随机引物，分析来自不同地区的7株微囊藻的基因组多态性．结果显示，Microcystis．viridis及M.wesenbergii明显与M．aeruginosa区分开．M．aeruginosa分为两个可视为不同种的异源分类单位．作为对照的Anabaenasp．7120与其他微囊藻株表现出完全不同的基因型及更远的遗传距离．此项研究表明，以基因型而不是表现型为基础，分析蓝藻种内及种间区别是可能的．因此，为解决蓝藻分类问题，特别是在种和属的水平上，提供了重要的线索．结合正在

七株微囊藻系统进化关系的RAPD-PCR分析

应用RAPD-PCR的方法,选用24个随机引物,分析来自不同地区的7株微囊藻的基因组多态性。结果显示,Microcystis.viridis及M.wesenbergii明显与M.aeruginosa区分开。M.aeruginosa分为两个可视为不同种的异源分类单位。作为对照的Anabaena sp.7120与其他微囊藻株表现出完全不同的基因型及更远的遗传距离。 此项研究表明,以基因型而不是表现型为基础,分析蓝藻种内及种间区别是可能的。因此,为解决蓝藻分类问题,特别是在种和属的水平上,提供了重要的线索。结合