Microstructure evolution and recrystallization behavior of cold-rolled Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy during annealing

The effects of cold-rolling reduction,annealing temperature,and time on recrystallization behavior and kinetics of cold-rolled Zr-1Sn-0.3Nb-0.3Fe-0.1Cr alloy were investigated using the Vickers hardness test,scanning electronic microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM)and electron backscatter diffractometry(EBSD).The results show that the rate of the recrystallization increased with increasing annealing temperature and rolling reduction.Recrystallized grains nucleated preferentially at sites with high density dislocation and deformation stored energy and then grew into integral grains.Recrystallization texture changed from-1010-//RD to-1120-//RD.The grain orientation changed from random orientation to the orientation with the maximum misorientation around 30°.Recrystallization kinetics and maps were constructed based on the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov(JMAK)equation to derive parameters sensitive to the microstructure.The activation energies for recrystallization of 30%,50%and 70%cold-rolling reductions were determined to be 240,249 and 180 kJ/mol,respectively.

Multicolored Bipartite Ramsey Numbers of Large Cycles

For an integer r≥2 and bipartite graphs Hi,where 1≤i≤r,the bipartite Ramsey number br(H1,H2,…,Hr)is the minimum integer N such that any r-edge coloring of the complete bipartite graph KN;N contains a monochromatic subgraph isomorphic to Hi in color i for some 1≤i≤r.We show that if r≥3;α1,α2>0,αj+2≥[(j+2)!-1]Σi=1^(j+1)α1 for j=1,2…r-2,then br(C2[α1n],C2[α2n],…,C2[αrn]=(Σ=j=1^(r)a j+o(1))n.

Characterization of Changes and Driver Microbes in Gut Microbiota During Healthy Aging Using A Captive Monkey Model

Recent population studies have significantly advanced our understanding of how age shapes the gut microbiota.However,the actual role of age could be inevitably confounded due to the complex and variable environmental factors in human populations.A well-controlled environment is thus necessary to reduce undesirable confounding effects,and recapitulate age-dependent changes in the gut microbiota of healthy primates.Herein we performed 16S rRNA gene sequencing,characterized the age-associated gut microbial profiles from infant to elderly crab-eating macaques reared in captivity,and systemically revealed the lifelong dynamic changes of the primate gut microbiota.While the most significant age-associated taxa were mainly found as commensals such as Faecalibacterium,the abundance of a group of suspicious pathogens such as Helicobacter was exclusively increased in infants,underlining their potential role in host development.Importantly,topology analysis indicated that the network connectivity of gut microbiota was even more agedependent than taxonomic diversity,and its tremendous decline with age could probably be linked to healthy aging.Moreover,we identified key driver microbes responsible for such age-dependent network changes,which were further linked to altered metabolic functions of lipids,carbohydrates,and amino acids,as well as phenotypes in the microbial community.The current study thus demonstrates the lifelong age-dependent changes and their driver microbes in the primate gut microbiota,and provides new insights into their roles in the development and healthy aging of their hosts.