Changes in the benthic macroinvertebrates in Xiangxi Bay following dam closure to form the Three Gorges Reservoir

Benthic macroinvertebrates were assessed monthly in Xiangxi Bay of the Three Gorges Reservoir for two years after the initial closure of the dam. Mean total density of macroinvertebrates varied from 275 ind./m(2) during the first year to 5,094 ind./m(2) during the second year, and the community of 50 taxa was overwhelmingly dominated by oligochaetes and chironomids (44 and 48% of the total taxa, respectively). As sediment accumulated in the substrate of the bay, the species composition changed dramatically, with oligochaetes comprising 91.3-99.3% of the total abundance during the second year. The dominant oligochaetes were Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri and Nais inflata. The chironomids Procladius sp., and Polypedilum scalaenum group sp. were similarly abundant in both years.

Characterization of two membrane-associated protease genes obtained from screening out-membrane protein genes of Flavobacterium columnare G(4)

In order to identify genes encoding the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of the myxobacter Flavobacterium columnare G(4), the expression library of the bacterium was screened by using rabbit antisera developed against its OMPs. Positive colonies of Escherichia coli M15 containing fragments encoding the bacterial OMPs were selected for cloning the relevant genes by genomic walking methods. Two genes encoding a membrane-associated zinc metalloprotease and prolyl oligopeptidase are reported in this paper. The membrane-associated zinc metalloprotease gene (map) is 1800 bp in length, coding for 449 amino acids (aa). Despite the presence of a conserved motif HEXXH for all metalloproteases, the special HEXXH similar to 32 aa similar to E motif of the F. columnare G(4) Map and its low level of identity with other reported zinc-containing metalloproteases may imply that the membrane-associated zinc metalloprotease of F. columnare G(4) represents a new family of zincins. The gene encoding prolyl oligopeptidase (Pop), a serine proteinase, is 2352 bp in length, coding for 649 aa. Sequence homology analysis revealed that the Pop is also novel as it has <50% identity with other reported prolyl oligopeptidase family proteins. The present study represents the first to employ anti-fish bacterial OMP sera to screen genes of membrane-associated proteases of fish pathogenic bacteria, and to provide necessary information for the examination of the role of the two genes in the infection and pathogenesis of F. columnare.

Factors affecting the efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transplantation in the fish embryo

Procedures to improve somatic cell nuclear transplantation in fish were evaluated. We reported effects of nonirradiated recipient eggs, inactivated recipient eggs, different combinations between recipient eggs and donor cells, duration of serum starvation, generation number, and passage number of donor cells on developmental rates of nuclear transplant (NT) embryos. Exposure to 25,000 R of gamma-rays inactivated recipient eggs. Single nucleus of cultured, synchronized somatic cell from gynogenetic bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) was transplanted into nonirradiated or genetically inactivated unfertilized egg of gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). There was no significant difference in developmental rate between nonirradiated and inactivated recipient eggs (27.27% vs. 25.71%, respectively). Chromosome count showed that 70.59% of NT embryos contained 48 chromosomes. It showed that most NT embryos came from donor nuclei of bighead carp, which was supported by microsatellite analysis of NT embryos. But 23.53% of NT embryos contained more than 48 chromosomes. It was presumed that those superfluous chromosomes came from nonirradiated recipient eggs. Besides, 5.88% of NT embryos were chimeras. Eggs of blunt-snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) and gibel carp were better recipient eggs than those of loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) (25% and 18.03% vs. 8.43%). Among different duration of serum starvation, developmental rate of NT embryos from somatic nuclei of three-day serum starvation was the highest, reaching 25.71% compared to 14.14% (control), 20% (five-day), and 21.95% (seven-day). Cultured donor cells of less passage facilitated reprogramming of NT embryos than those of more passage. Recloning might improve the developmental rate of NT embryos from the differentiated donor nuclei. Developmental rate of fourth generation was the highest (54.83%) and the lowest for first generation (14.14%) compared to second generation (38.96%) and third generation (53.01%). (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Changes in the plankton community following introduction of filter-feeding planktivorous fish

1. We conducted enclosure experiments in a shallow eutrophic lake, in which a biomass gradient of the filter-feeding planktivore, silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Valenciennes, was created, and subsequent community changes in both zooplankton and phytoplankton were examined. 2. During a summer experiment, a bloom of Anabaena flos-aquae developed (approximate to 8000 cells mL(-1)) solely in an enclosure without silver carp. Concurrent with, or slightly preceding the Anabaena bloom, the number of rotifer species and their abundance increased from seven to twelve species (1700-14 400 organisms L-1) after the bloom in this fish-free enclosure. Protozoans and bacteria were generally insensitive to the gradient of silver carp biomass. 3. During an autumn experiment, on the other hand, large herbivorous crustaceans were more efficient than silver carp in suppressing the algae, partly because the lower water temperature (approximate to 24 degrees C) inhibited active feeding of this warm-water fish and also formation of algal colonies. Heterotrophic nanoflagellate and bacterial densities were also influenced negatively by the crustaceans. 4. Correspondence analysis (CA) was applied to the weekly community data of zooplankton and phytoplankton. A major effect detected in the zooplankton community was the presence/absence of silver carp rather than the biomass of silver carp, whereas that in the phytoplankton community was the fish biomass before the Anabaena bloom, but shifted to the presence/absence of the fish after the bloom.

Long rectangle resonator 1550 nm AlGaInAs/InP lasers

1550 nm AlGaInAs/InP long rectangle resonator lasers with three sides surrounded by SiO2 and p electrode layers are fabricated by planar technology, and room-temperature continuous-wave lasing is realized for a laser with a length of 53 mu m and a width of 2 mu m. Multiple peaks with wavelength intervals of Fabry-Perot mode intervals and mode Q factors of about 400 and a lasing mode with a Q factor over 8000 are observed from the lasing spectrum at threshold current. The numerical results of the FDTD simulation indicate that the lasing mode may be a whispering-gallery mode, which is a coupled mode of two high-order transverse modes of the waveguide.

Organic light-emitting diodes with magnesium doped CuPc as an efficient electron injection layer

Bright organic electroluminescent devices are developed using a metal-doped organic layer intervening between the cathode and the emitting layer. The typical device structure is a glass substrate/indium-tin oxide (ITO)/copper phthalocyanine (CuPc)/NN'-bis-(1-naphthl)-diphenyl-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (NPB)/Tris(8-quinolinolato) aluminum(Alq(3))/Mg-doped CuPc/Ag. At a driving voltage of 11 V, the device with a layer of Mg-doped CuPc (1:2 in weight) shows a brightness of 4312 cd/m(2) and a current efficiency of 2.52 cd/A, while the reference device exhibits 514 cd/m(2) and 1.25 cd/A.

（一）聚丁二烯橡胶的高聚物-溶剂相互作用参数从和有效网链密度的测定（二）顺丁橡胶在几种溶剂中的特性粘数-分子量关系式和无扰分子尺寸的估算

表征硫化橡胶弹性体网络的主要结构参数是有效网链密度橡胶弹性体的许多重要力学性能，例如：300%定伸强度、抗张强度、伸长率、抗撕裂、弹性、硬度、静态压缩模量和动态模量等都是和有效网链密度紧密相关的。Flory用平衡溶胀法测定有效网链密度的方程是：Ve = -1/(V_s)·(l_n(1-υ_r) + υ_r + μυ_r~2)/(υ_r~(1/3)-2υ_r/f)式中的Ve是有效网链密度（用单位体积橡胶的有效网链克分子数来表示），υ_r是溶胀网络中橡胶的体积分数，υ_s是溶剂的克分子体积，f是交联点的官能度（f = 4），μ是高聚物溶剂相互作用参数。首先要确定μ才能够用上式来测定硫化胶的有效网链密度以表征硫化程度。实验事实和Flory等人的理论工作表明：μ不是常数，是υ_r的函数。高顺式聚丁二烯橡胶已生产多年，但迄今未有关于高顺式聚丁二烯橡胶在不同溶剂中的μ和υ_r间的函数关系的报导。在实际应用中，人们常常用υ_r值的大小来近似表征硫化程度。但由上式可知：μ和υ_r不成正比关系。因此，必须求得μ值，才能得到Ve值，以正确表征硫化程度，对实际生产起指导作用。本工作采用溶胀-拉伸方法不渗透压，光散射等方法测定顺丁橡胶和溶剂甲苯、苯、正-庚烷的相互作用参数μ，得到了μ和υ_r的线性函数（见附表），μ = μ_o + βυ_r。μ_o是当υ_r趋向于零时的μ值，β是一个常数。溶胀拉伸法外推得到的μ_o值和用渗透压及光散射法得到的μ_o值么接近，为实验的可靠性提供了依据。力学方法和物理化学方法同时测得相近的结果，有文献报导的不多。用溶胀-拉伸法求橡胶-溶剂的相互作用参数μ，由于样品的制作和实验技术上的困难内尚未见报导。国外Kraus和V. Zanboni等人用天然、丁苯、乙丙、丁腈等纯胶硫化胶（未加碳黑的硫化胶）进行溶胀-拉伸实验，测定μ和U_r的函数关系。然后用来计算碳黑硫化胶的μ和Ve。本工作表明：对于同一橡胶-溶剂体系来说，纯胶硫化胶和碳黑硫化胶的μ和υ_r的函数关系并不一样，在相同υ_r时，二者Ve相差2.5-5%，υ_r值越大，Ve相差越大。因此用纯胶硫化胶的μ和υ_r的函数来计算碳黑硫化胶的有效网链密度是不适当的。本工作还用渗透压法测定了1，2-聚丁二烯（1，2-含量分别为90%和60%）及合成异戊橡胶和溶剂甲苯的相互作用参数μ_o。结果表明：合成异戊橡胶和天然橡胶有相同的μ_o值。这说明μ_o值只和化学结构有关，与样品的来源无关。两种1，2-聚丁二烯橡胶和顺丁橡胶也有相接近的μ_o值。其原因是因为三者有基本相同的内聚能密度，则它们在同一种溶剂中所受到的作用力应当相等的缘故。最后，本工作还研究了顺丁橡胶的有效网链密度对300%定伸强度、抗张强度、抗撕裂、伸长率、弹性、硬度、静态压缩模量和动态模量等力学性能的影响。结果表明：有效网链密度Ve和300%定伸强度成直线函数关系：M_(300%) = 17 + 3.61 * 10~5 * Ve（公斤/厘米）。这就为测定硫化胶的有效网链密度提供了另一条途径，因为300%定伸强度是表征硫化胶的一个重要参数，实验简单易行，知道了M_(300%)就可以利用上式估算Ve。本工作发现有效网链密度在2.00～3.10 * 10~(-4)摩尔/厘米~3的范围内，则可望达到优秀的抗张强度和抗撕裂性能，对实际生产的工艺控制有一定现实意义。本工作以稀土催化体系合成的顺丁橡胶（顺1，4-97%、反1，4-2.5%、1.2-0.5%）作为研究对象，订定了顺丁橡胶在溶剂四氢呋喃、甲苯、甲基环乙烷、正-庚烷和丁酮与正-庚烷混合溶剂（体积比为2:1）等中的特性粘数分子量关系式：用Kurata-Stockmayer(KS)方程、Stockmayer-Fixman(SF)方程和Tnagaki-Ptitsyn(IP)方程估算了顺丁橡胶的无扰分子尺寸。顺丁橡胶在溶剂四氢呋喃中的特性粘数-分子量关系式为[η]_(THF)~30 ℃= 0.0246 * M~(0.732)该关系式的获得为采用自记GPC测定和计算顺丁橡胶样品的(M-bar)_w、(M-bar)_n、(M-bar)_w/(M-bar)_x和[η]等重要分子参数提供了方便。因顺丁橡胶在四氢呋喃中的特性粘数-分子量关系式文献至今未见报导。顺丁橡胶在甲苯、甲基环乙烷、正-庚烷和丁酮与正-庚烷混合溶剂中的特性粘数-分子量关系式如下：[η]_(甲苯)~(30 ℃) = 0.0264 * M~(0.719) [η]_(甲基/环已烷)~(30 ℃) = 0.0293 * M~(0.698) [η]_(正-庚烷)~(30 ℃) = 0.1181 * M~(0.547) [η]_(丁酮+正-庚烷)~(30 ℃) = 0.1800 * M~(0.500)发现酮与正-庚烷的混合溶剂（体积比为2:1）在30 ℃时是顺丁橡胶的Θ溶剂。高聚物的无扰分子尺寸，是反映大分子近程相互作用的重要参数，由此可得到有关链结构的重要情报。本工作通过测定已知分子量的样品在四氢呋喃、甲苯、甲基环已烷等良溶剂中的特性粘数，采用KS、SF和IP方程去估算顺丁橡胶的无扰分子尺寸，同时测定了顺丁橡胶在其Θ条件下（丁酮与正-庚烷混合溶剂，体积比2:1，温度30 ℃）的无扰分子尺寸，以此进行对比。用KS方程估算的K_θ = 0.183(ml/g), <γ_o~2>~(1/2)/M~(1/2) = 0.0901(nm)用SF方程估算的K_θ = 0.183和0.200(ml/g), <γ_o~2>~(1/2)/M~(1/2) = 0.0901和0.0928(nm)用IP方程估算的K_θ = 0.192(ml/g), <γ_o~2>~(1/2)/M~(1/2) = 0.0915(nm)用Θ溶剂测定的K_θ= 0.180(ml/g), <γ_o~2>~(1/2)/M~(1/2) = 0.0896(nm)由此可见，用不同方法得到的结果均较接近。

THE DEPENDENCE OF THE INVERSION LAYER THICKNESS ON THE FILM THICKNESS IN THIN-FILM SOI STRUCTURES

The dependence of the inversion-layer thickness on the film thickness in thin-film SOI structure is analyzed theoretically by using computer simulation. A new concept and parameter, the critical thickness of thin film all-bulk inversion, is introduced for the design of thin-film MOS/SOI devices. It is necessary to select the film thickness T(s1) close to the all-bulk strong inversion critical thickness in order to get high-speed and high-power operation of ultra-thin film MOS/SOI devices.

基于可信计算平台的电子现金技术

基于可信计算平台提出了一种新的离线电子现金方案,该方案将电子现金、用户身份、平台身份三者有机绑定在一起,利用可信计算平台的认证技术和存储保护功能,极大地增强了电子现金的安全性,同时还具有支付起源非否认、电子现金有限流通期限等特点.该方案对于电子现金的备份,电子现金的盗用和丢失,都提供了良好的保护,并对所提出的电子现金协议进行了详细的安全性分析.

黑土稻田生长季／休闲期温室气体排放研究

本文以黑土稻田为供试对象，对稻田生长季和休闲期CH4和N2O的排放通量进行了研究。结果表明，黑土稻田生长季CH4的排放总量为2.719／m2，接近中国稻田生长季CH4排放总量变化范围的下限。N2O的排放量很少，只有0.07g／m2，排放主要集中在水稻生长季节中的排水阶段。采用间歇灌溉和施用长效尿素的农田管理方式后，计算综合温室效应发现，间歇灌溉措施和施用长效尿素分别能减少稻田生长季CH4和NZO综合排放量的13 ．3％和4.8％。稻田休闲期CH4的排放量很小，可忽略不计；NZO的排放主要发生在春季土壤融化期，排放量占休闲期NZO排放总量的57.4％。针对大田冻融期获得的结果，设计了室内模拟冻融试验。结果表明，冰冻土壤在融化初期出现NZO的排放高峰，而土壤冰冻初期在短时间内也排放大量的N2O。添加硝态氮的处理在冻土融化时，N2O的排放量显著高于未添加硝态氮处理。冰冻时间越长，则冻融期间的N2O排放量越大。在水稻休闲季节对土壤进行了翻耕并施入稻草处理，结果表明翻耕能减少土壤中N2O的排放，施加稻草则增加N2O的排放；翻耕和施加稻草均能促进大田CO2的排放。针对东北黑土区气温逐年升高的情况，设计了室内模拟试验考察温度升高对黑土稻田土壤淹水期cH；刻卜放的影响。结果表明，温度升高显著促进稻田CH；的排放。