Responses of photosynthetic activity in the drought-tolerant cyanobacterium, Nostoc flagelliforme to rehydration at different temperature

Photosynthetic activity during rehydration at four temperatures (5, 15, 25, 35 degrees C) was studied in a terrestrial, highly drought-tolerant cyanobacterium, Nostoc flagelliforme. At all the temperatures, the optimum quantum yield F-v/F-m increased rapidly within I It and then increased slowly during the process of rehydration. The increase in F-v/F-m at 25 and 35 degrees C was larger than that at 5 and 15 degrees C. In addition, the changes of initial intensity of fluorescence (F-0) and variable fluorescence (F-v) were more significant at 25 and 35 degrees C than those at 5 and 15 degrees C. Chlorophyll a content increased with the increase of temperature during the course of rehydration, with this being more pronounced at 25 and 35 degrees C. The photosynthetic rates at 25 and 35 degrees C were higher than those at 5 and 15 degrees C. Induction of chlorophyll fluorescence with sustained rewetting at 5 and 15 degrees C had two phases of transformation, whereas at 25 and 35 degrees C it had a third peak kinetic phase and showed typical chlorophyll fluorescence steps on rewetting for 24 h, representing a normal physiological state. A comparison of the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, chlorophyll a content, and the chlorophyll fluorescence induction led to the conclusion that N. flagelliforme had a more rapid and complete recovery at 25 and 35 degrees C than that at 5 and 15 degrees C, although it could recover its photosynthetic activity at any of the four temperatures. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Identification of a gene, ccr-1 (sll1242), required for chill-light tolerance and growth at 15 degrees C in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 exposed to chill (5 degrees C)-light (100 mu mol photons m(-2) s(-1)) stress loses its ability to reinitiate growth. From a random insertion mutant library of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a sll1242 mutant showing increased sensitivity to chill plus light was isolated. Mutant reconstruction and complementation with the wild-type gene confirmed the role of sll1242 in maintaining chill-light tolerance. At 15 degrees C, the autotrophic and mixotrophic growth of the mutant were both inhibited, paralleled by decreased photosynthetic activity. The expression of sll1242 was upregulated in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 after transfer from 30 to 15 degrees C at a photosynthetic photon flux density of 30 mu mol photons m(-2) S-1. sll1242, named ccr (cyanobacterial cold resistance gene)- 1, may be required for cold acclimation of cyanobacteria in light.

Interplay between the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya anisotropic antisymmetric interaction and the SWAP operation in a two-qubit Heisenberg model

The SWAP operation in a two-qubit Heisenberg model in the presence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) anisotropic antisymmetric interaction is investigated. 1t is shown that the SWAP operation can be implemented for some kinds of DM coupling and the influence of DM couplings is divided into different cases. The conditions of the DM coupling under which the SWAP operation is feasible are established. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

简评美国公布的15个AES候选算法

文章对美国国家标准和技术研究所（ＮＩＳＴ）最近公布的１５个ＡＥＳ候选算法的基本设计思想作了简要介绍，同时也介绍了对这些算法的最新分析结果

基于优先级表的实时调度算法及其实现

讨论了综合考虑任务的截止期和价值两个特征参数的优先级表设计方法,提出了EDV(earliestdeadlinevalue)与VED(valueearliestdeadline)两种不同的基于优先级表的实时任务调度算法,并且利用多重链表给出了这两种算法的实现,包括任务接收策略与任务完成/夭折策略的算法实现.这种优先级表设计方法及其基于多重链表的实现方法也适用于对任务的其他两种甚至3种不同特征参数之间的综合.基于累积实现价值率、加权截止期保证率与差分截止期保证率3个方面,分析了VED算法与EDV算法的性能,实验结果表明,在所有负载条件下VED算法与EDV算法相对于EDF(earliestdeadlinefirst)算法与HVF(highestvaluefirst)算法都有很大的性能改进.

VLBI observations of a sample of 15 EGRET-detected AGNs at 5 GHz

We report VLBI observations of 15 EGRET-detected AGNs with European VLBI Network (EVN) at 5 GHz. All sources in the sample display core-jet structures.

铜的多元复合物组成、结构和电学性质的研究

本论文包括三个部分的内容，第一部分研究了Y-Ba-Cu-O材料中，钙、钾、氟离子的掺入对材料结构和电、磁学性质的影响。1、在Y_(1-x)Ca_xBa_2Cu_3O_(7-y)系列中，当x ≤ 0.15时，钙离子进入了YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-y)晶格中钇离子的位置，使晶胞参数略为增大，但没有引起正交 → 四方相变。钙离子渗入导致123相中Cu~(3+)含量上升，同时材料的监界超导转变温度下降。因此，Cu~(3+)含旱管高可能是对超导电性不利的。由于钇离子位置紧邻着Cu(2)-O平面而与Cu(1)-O链相隔较远。因此，钇离子被钙离子替代时主要影响了Cu(2)-O平面的性质。少量钙离子的渗入即明显影响材料的超导电性，这说明Cu(2)-O平面的性质与超导电性密切相关，并可能起着关键的作用。2、在Y(Ba_(1-x)Ca_x)_2Cu_3O_y系的研究中，当x = 1，YCa_2Cu_3O_y是一个单一的化合物，文献未见报道，本文研究了它的结构，电学性质与热学性质，确定它的结构属正交晶系，a = 5.286 A、b = 7.636 A、c = 9.286 A。热分析表明YCa_2Cu_3O_y在1080 ℃分解，分解前于380 ℃ 和608 ℃出殃失氧现象。这个化合物是黑色n型半导体。室温电阻率1.2 * 10~5Ω·cm。与热分析中的失氧温度相对应，lnρ-1/T曲线上在370 ℃、620 ℃ 出现两个转折点。3、在Y-Ba-Cu-O材料中渗入钾离子能细化材料晶粒，降低超导转变宽度，提高零电阻温度，但由于KOH、K_2CO_3等强吸湿性杂质的存在也降低了材料的稳定性。4、在Y-Ba-Cu-O材料中间时掺入钾和氟离子时，材料的超导电性的变化与仅掺钾时相似。这种变化可能主要是钾离子的影响造成的。第二部分中，我们研究了Ca-Sr-Ca-O系的相图和新化合物Sr_3Cu_5O_(8+x)、CaSrCu_3O_(5+x)的结构和电学性质。在第三部分中，广泛研究了组成为Bi_tSr_vCa_wCu_zO_y超导材料的制备，结构和超导电性。铋系超导材料的形成貌与YBa_2Cu_3O_y材料有较大差异，前者是片状层叠的晶粒堆积而成，后者是球状小颗粒堆积而成的。我们合成的材料最高起始转变温度124K，最高零电阻温度112K，与国际上已达到的最高Tc值一致。Jc值达到131A/cm~2。

Room-Temperature Continuous-Wave Operation of InGaN-Based Blue-Violet Laser Diodes with a Lifetime of 15.6 Hours

We report our recent progress of investigations on InGaN-based blue-violet laser diodes (LDs). The room-temperature (RT) cw operation lifetime of LDs has extended to longer than 15.6 h. The LD structure was grown on a c-plane free-standing (FS) GaN substrate by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The typical threshold current and voltage of LD under RT cw operation are 78 mA and 6.8 V, respectively. The experimental analysis of degradation of LD performances suggests that after aging treatment, the increase of series resistance and threshold current can be mainly attributed to the deterioration of p-type ohmic contact and the decrease of internal quantum efficiency of multiple quantum well (MQW), respectively.

DIRECT ION-BEAM DEPOSITION OF CARBON-FILMS ON SILICON IN THE ION ENERGY-RANGE OF 15-500 EV

Direct ion beam deposition of carbon films on silicon in the ion energy range of 15-500 eV and temperature range of 25-800-degrees-C has been studied. The work was carried out using mass-separated C+ and CH3+ ions under ultrahigh vacuum. The films were characterized with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and transmission electron diffraction analysis. In the initial stage of the deposition, carbon implanted into silicon induced the formation of silicon carbide, even at room temperature. Further carbon ion bombardment then led to the formation of a carbon film. The film properties were sensitive to the deposition temperature but not to the ion energy. Films deposited at room temperature consisted mainly of amorphous carbon. Deposition at a higher temperature, or post-deposition annealing, led to the formation of microcrystalline graphite. A deposition temperature above 800-degrees-C favored the formation of microcrystalline graphite with a preferred orientation in the (0001) direction. No evidence of diamond formation in these films was observed.