Determination of the Number of SSR Alleles Necessary for the Analysis of Genetic Relationships Between Maize Inbred Lines

The amount of molecular marker information has considerable impact on the results of studies of crop germplasm genetic relationships in crop. The number of alleles required to reveal genetic relationship in maize inbred lines is a theoretical issue that needs to be addressed. In this study, 112 pairs of SSR （simple sequence repeat） primers and 97 maize inbred lines were selected to study the relationship between the number of inbred lines and the number of SSR primers and alleles required for a stable cluster. The results showed that the number of SSR primers is not tightly associated with the stability of the cluster analysis results, while an increase in the number of alleles can significantly improve the stability of cluster analysis results. The number of inbred lines （X） is significantly associated with the number of alleles required for stable cluster analysis （Y）, and the regression equation is Y- 600.8xe（-15.9/x）. This equation can be used to calculate the number of SSR alleles required for a genetic relationship study of maize inbred lines. These results provide a reference for determining of SSR alleles number in genetic relationship analysis of maize inbred line and other crop germplasm.

Regression Analysis of a Kind of Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers Based on a Shape Preserving Operator

Fuzzy regression provides more approaches for us to deal with imprecise or vague problems. Traditional fuzzy regression is established on triangular fuzzy numbers, which can be represented by trapezoidal numbers. The independent variables, coefficients of independent variables and dependent variable in the regression model are fuzzy numbers in different times and TW, the shape preserving operator, is the only T-norm which induces a shape preserving multiplication of LL-type of fuzzy numbers. So, in this paper, we propose a new fuzzy regression model based on LL-type of trapezoidal fuzzy numbers and TW. Firstly, we introduce the basic fuzzy set theories, the basic arithmetic propositions of the shape preserving operator and a new distance measure between trapezoidal numbers. Secondly, we investigate the specific model algorithms for FIFCFO model (fuzzy input-fuzzy coefficient-fuzzy output model) and introduce three advantages of fit criteria, Error Index, Similarity Measure and Distance Criterion. Thirdly, we use a design set and two reference sets to make a comparison between our proposed model and the reference models and determine their goodness with the above three criteria. Finally, we draw the conclusion that our proposed model is reasonable and has better prediction accuracy, but short of robust, comparing to the reference models by the three goodness of fit criteria. So, we can expand our traditional fuzzy regression model to our proposed new model.

Understanding the Variability of Z-R Relationships Caused by Natural Variations in Raindrop Size Distributions(DSD):Implication of Drop Size and Number

In the issue of rainfall estimation by radar through the necessary relationship between radar reflectivity Z and rain rate R (Z-R), the main limitation is attributed to the variability of this relationship. Indeed, several pre-vious studies have shown the great variability of this relationship in space and time, from a rainfall event to another and even within a single rainfall event. Recent studies have shown that the variability of raindrop size distributions and thereby Z-R relationships is therefore, more the result of complex dynamic, thermody-namic and microphysical processes within rainfall systems than a convective/stratiform classification of the ground rainfall signature. The raindrop number and size at ground being the resultant of various processes mentioned above, a suitable approach would be to analyze their variability in relation to that of Z-R relation-ship. In this study, we investigated the total raindrop concentration number NT and the median volume di-ameter D0 used in numerous studies, and have shown that the combination of these two ‘observed’ parame-ters appears to be an interesting approach to better understand the variability of the Z-R relationships in the rainfall events, without assuming a certain analytical raindrop size distribution model (exponential, gamma, or log-normal). The present study is based on the analysis of disdrometer data collected at different seasons and places in Africa, and aims to show the degree of the raindrop size and number implication in regard to the Z-R relationships variability.

Relationship between Colored Microstructure under Polarized Light and Shape Recovery Characteristics on the Thermomechanical Cycled CuAlNi Single Crystals

The paper studied the relationship between microstructure and shape recovery characteristics by using colored microstructure analysis under polarized light on the thermomechanical cycled CuAlNi single crystals. The two-way shape memory effect in quenched thin bar resulted from the preferential formation/extinction of martensite variant due to the internal quench stress, and the variant was formed at an angle of about 45 deg. with the tension direction ([001] of the βphase). Initial thermomechanical cycling under relatively low stress single variant stress-induced martensite was formed at an angle of 45 deg. with the tension and its morphology was a lath of parallel twins. More than one group of variants were formed after several training cycles and such variants also caused tilting of some thermally formed accommodated martensite. By overheating the trained sample containing stabilized multi-variants of stress-induced martensite, very coarse martensite structure with a strong asymmetry was produced, which caused the reverse two-way shape memory effect.

Research on Matching Relationship Between Number of Initiation Points and Charge Diameter

For shaped charges,LS-DYNA software was adopted to explore the influence of number of initiation points on the penetrator formation numerically.Changed the number of initiation points from 4 to 36,the performance of penetrator under four different kinds of typical charge diameter was analyzed,and the effect of detonation wave pressure on the liner was discussed.The minimum number of initiation points to substitute for annular initiation was obtained for each of four warheads with different charge diameters,and the curve representing the relation between the number of initiation points and charge diameter was found out also by using polynomial fitting.The simulation result provides a reference for the design of multimode warhead.

Bio-inspired Actuating System for Swimming Using Shape Memory Alloy Composites

The paper addresses the designs of a caudal peduncle actuator, which is able to furnish a thrust for swimming of a robotic fish. The caudal peduncle actuator is based on concepts of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy （FSMA） composite and hybrid mechanism that can provide a fast response and a strong thrust. The caudal peduncle actuator was inspired by Scomber Scombrus which utilises thunniform mode swimming, which is the most efficient locomotion mode evolved in the aquatic environment, where the thrust is generated by the lift-based method, allowing high cruising speeds to be maintained for a long period of time. The morphology of an average size Scomber Scombrus （length in 310 mm） was investigated, and a 1：1 scale caudal peduncle actuator prototype was modelled and fabricated. The propulsive wave characteristics of the fish at steady speeds were employed as initial design objectives. Some key design parameters are investigated, i.e. aspect ratio （AR） （AR = 3.49）, Reynolds number （Re = 429 649）, reduced frequency （σ = 1.03）, Strouhal number （St = 0.306） and the maximum strain of the bent tail was estimated at ε = 1.11% which is in the range of superelasticity. The experimental test of the actuator was carried out in a water tank. By applying 7 V and 2.5 A, the actuator can reach the tip-to-tip rotational angle of 85° at 4 Hz.

Fingered Intrusion of Shallow Saucer-shaped Igneous Sills: Insights from the Jiaojiang Sag, East China Sea

An extensive suite of igneous sills was intruded into the Tertiary sedimentary section of the Jiaojiang sag, East China Sea. This suite has been well imaged offshore through 2D and 3D seismic surveys, showing a close relationship with CO2 content in nearby gas discoveries. A new observational model, which incorporates simple upward propagation, simple horizontal propagation, and transgressive propagation, was proposed to interpret these sill intrusions. In this model, the source magma of the saucer-shaped sills was injected from their lowest points near the center. The transgressive propagation can be interpreted as a combination of the vertical and horizontal propagation. Most shallow sub-volcanic intrusions in the Jiaojiang sag exhibit fingered characteristics, both vertically and horizontally. The vertical fingered propagation produced saucer-shaped sills arranged in the flower style. Along the brims of lower sills could usually be found the upper sills, which are interpreted to have formed simultaneously with or later than the lower feeder sills. In the second type, the chilled paths of the older sills were reutilized by subsequent intrusions. The horizontal fingered propagation formed sheet intrusions that exhibit groove, lobate, tubular, and crevasse splay- like geometry in plan view. In 3D view, the sheet intrusions have still preserved the lower center and higher rim that similar with the sub-rounded saucer-shaped sills. Although fracture propagation may be important, flow inflation was the key mechanism of magma intrusion. Further consideration of the mechanisms underlying sill formation may help explain the fingered characteristics of sill propagation.

体育锻炼与中国老年人生活满意度的倒U型关系:抑郁的中介作用

目的:探究体育锻炼与中国老年人生活满意度的关系以及抑郁的中介作用。方法:采用STATA 15.1软件对2018年中国健康与养老追踪调查数据中的60岁以上老年人生活满意度等基本情况进行描述性统计分析,运用基准回归模型与PSM(倾向得分匹配法)分析体育锻炼与老年人生活满意度的关系,通过建立中介模型考察抑郁在体育锻炼与生活满意度间的中介作用。结果:体育锻炼与老年人生活满意度呈倒U型关系(P<0.001),与抑郁呈U型关系(P<0.001),抑郁负向预测生活满意度(P<0.001),农村与城市老年人倒U型曲线出现拐点的阈值分别为3.133、3.455,在男女老年群体中倒U型曲线出现拐点的阈值分别为3.231、2.938,抑郁在体育锻炼与生活满意度间起中介作用。结论:体育锻炼在提升老年人生活满意度的过程中存在一定的剂量效应,体育锻炼对老年人生活满意度的影响具有异质性,老年人体育锻炼既可直接影响生活满意度,也可通过抑郁间接影响生活满意度。

Constitutive Laws for Visco-plastic Porous Medium Shaped by Regularly Distributed Circular Particles

A numerical study is presented,using a homogenization technique to consider the plain strain problem of visco-plastic porous medium shaped by regularly distributed circular particles. Based on a rigid plastic material,the paper derives the macroscopic constitutive laws for homogenous equivalent medium. By changing the shape parameter of circular particles,the effect of pore shape on macroscopic constitutive laws is explored. Yield surfaces with different pore shapes are obtained. About voids,a two-scale conception is introduced,which regards main void as macroscopic scale and secondary cavities as microscopic scale. The macroscopic potential involving main and secondary voids is achieved. The proposed macroscopic constitutive law taking microscopic features as influence factors is helpful for exploring the macroscopic mechanical properties of porous medium when numerical simulation is required.

Forging process modeling of cone-shaped posts

Using the rigid visco-plastic Finite Element Method (FEM), the process offorging for long cone-shaped posts made of aluminum alloys was modeled and the correspondingdistributions of the field variables were obtained based on considering aberrance of grids, dynamicboundary conditions, non-stable process, coupled thermo-mechanical behavior and other specialproblems. The difficulties in equipment selection and die analysis caused by the long cone shape ofpost, as well as by pressure calculation were solved.

Image Retrieval Based on Objects’ Spatial Orientation Relationships

A new concept of characteristic scanning radial (CSR) is proposed for thesegmented image on the basis of two shape-specific points of its shape-objects. Subsequently, twocharacteristic attribute sequences (CAS) of relative distance and relative direction are derived torepresent the spatial orientation relationships among objects of the image. A novel image retrievalalgorithm is presented using these two CASs. The proposed retrieval approach not only satisfies thetransformational invariance, butalso attains the quantitative comparison of matching. Experimentsidentify the effectiveness and efficiency of the algorithm adequately.

水资源集对系统中的对立关系分析

水资源集对系统中同一项和对立项构成的对立关系是水资源集对分析辩证思维的集中体现,是构建集对系统联系数的基石。通过五种常见对立关系类型的概念解析与其应用之间对应关系的分析,以及面向五类对立关系的水资源集对系统差异项不确定性分析,在对立关系复杂、深刻的涵义方面取得了一些新的认识:在水资源集对系统中常见的反比型、互斥型、正负型、互补型和虚实型对立关系可分别由模糊、随机、涨落、分配和存在型不确定性对应产生并进行分析计算;在集对系统中最基本的对立关系是反比型、互斥型对立关系,对应的模糊性、随机性是事件发生的内容性质、事件发生的结果数量方面的不确定性;差异项不确定性的变化是导致联系数中同异反三类关系变化的原因,是“一分为三”辩证思维的一种典型展开,反映了量变到质变的转化规律;在差异项表征的五类不确定性中最常见的是模糊不确定性,模糊不确定性变量的运算可通过随机模拟技术转化为随机不确定性变量的运算。模糊和随机的不确定性分析分别注重物理内涵解析和数学定量计算,这反映了水资源集对分析学科属于计算思维领域,对进一步推动模糊水文学、随机水文学、水资源集对分析、结构水资源学等学科发展无疑具有明显的启发作用和指导意义。

格构式钢管输电塔架的体型系数和雷诺数效应

采用天平测力风洞试验获得亚临界范围钢管塔架的体型系数,研究塔架体型系数随密实度的变化特征,基于规范数据拟合体型系数从亚临界到超临界条件下的雷诺数折算系数,基于试验结果开展塔架体型系数与规范值的对比.试验结果表明,相同密实度下横担的体型系数大于塔身,其原因为横担杆件长细比以及杆件前后的等效间距比均较大;在亚临界条件下塔身体型系数试验值与JEC-TR-00007—2015、DL/T 5551—2018和GB 50009—2012规范值接近,而横担体型系数大于各国规范值;亚临界和超临界条件下各国规范的钢管塔架体型系数随着密实度ϕ的增加而降低,使用最小二乘法拟合获得雷诺数折算系数为0.63+0.72ϕ;在超临界条件下,塔身的体型系数与DL/T 5551—2018、GB 50009—2012规范结果接近,横担的体型系数与IEC 60826—2017和ASCE MOP 74—2020规范结果接近.

煤层排放钻孔直径和排放时间对排放半径演化规律的影响研究

煤层钻孔排放半径是局部防突的一个关键技术参数。为获得煤层钻孔排放半径与排放钻孔直径、排放时间之间的关系,以祁东煤矿为试验地点进行考察试验。采用现场试验与数值模拟的方法,分析在不同排放钻孔直径和不同排放时间下的煤层钻孔最大排放半径的演化规律。建立了一种排放半径计算方式;实测了祁东煤矿9煤层不同排放钻孔直径在排放不同时间后的最大排放半径;数值模拟获得水平方向上钻孔周围瓦斯压力呈现“U”形分布;排放时间相同情况下,煤层钻孔最大排放半径随着钻孔直径的增大而增大;排放时间和钻孔直径与排放半径分别满足不同的函数关系;获得了排放半径与排放钻孔直径与排放时间的耦合关系。

品牌价值与财务绩效的U型关系——社会责任的调节作用

以2013—2019年世界品牌实验室发布的《中国500最具价值品牌》榜单中沪深A股上市公司为研究对象,构建多元回归模型,实证检验品牌价值与财务绩效之间的非线性关系以及社会责任对两者之间关系的调节作用。研究结果表明:(1)品牌价值与财务绩效之间存在U型曲线关系,随着品牌战略的持续实施,品牌价值对财务绩效的影响由抑制效应转向促进效应;(2)社会责任负向调节品牌价值与财务绩效的U型关系,其曲线形态趋于平缓、拐点左移,表明企业履行社会责任能够减小品牌战略实施前期与后期在经济效益方面的较大差异,同时加快品牌价值对财务绩效的正向影响。

U型渠道中直角三角形量水槽体型设计

量水槽体型设计是量水槽应用于灌区的重要环节,目前尚无完善的体型设计标准可依。为解决直角三角形量水槽实际应用中的体型设计问题,提出以淹没度、壅水高度和上游弗劳德数的限制条件为标准的量水槽体型设计准则。在2种型号、3种坡度的U型渠道上,利用钢模板修建5座直角三角形量水槽进行灌区试验;建立了包含渠道坡度的流量公式,拟合了淹没阈值、壅水高度和上游弗劳德数的经验公式。研究表明:含有坡度的流量公式精度较高,平均相对误差仅为1.88%,相对误差的最大值为5.56%,相对误差在±5%范围以内的数据比例为98%;拟合得到的3个经验公式描述了淹没阈值、壅水高度和上游弗劳德数与量水槽喉口宽度之间的定量关系,可用于量水槽体型设计。基于体型设计准则和经验公式,建立了最大流量和最小流量下淹没度小于相应淹没阈值、最大流量下壅水高度小于渠道岸顶超高、最小流量下上游弗劳德数小于0.5的直角三角形量水槽体型设计方法。研究成果可为类似量水槽体型设计提供参考。

数字产业集群发展水平如何影响企业全球价值链地位——基于中国122个城市的经验证据

识别数字产业集群影响企业全球价值链地位的机制,是打造具有国际竞争力的数字产业集群路径。利用A股上市公司的空间匹配数据,研究数字产业集群发展水平对企业全球价值链地位的影响。结果表明:数字产业集群发展水平与企业全球价值链地位间存在“倒U型”关系,一系列内生性和稳健性检验后结论仍然成立;数字产业集群通过贸易利润、市场集中度和供应链集中度影响企业全球价值链地位,并因企业所在城市和行业而异;恰当的数字产业集群对相关企业提供较低的要素成本、广阔的协同合作空间与知识共享,过度的数字产业集群带来“同质化竞争”和供应链与行业“头部固化”,以及压缩企业盈利空间,减少企业信息共享与产品服务创新。

工位数固定的U型拆卸线部分拆卸平衡问题

为提高工位数固定的U型拆卸线拆卸效率,减少有害部件对操作人员的潜在威胁,针对高价值零部件和有害零部件的拆卸需求,本文提出了工位数固定的U型拆卸线部分拆卸平衡问题,建立了以最小化节拍时间、高危工位数目和负载均衡为目标的优化模型,并设计了改进的变邻域搜索算法进行求解.在编码过程中提出一种基于零部件释放位置的选择策略,以减少前继零部件拆卸顺序对编码的影响;提出最小偏差二分法,有效减少解码的迭代次数;提出瓶颈挤压局部搜索策略,用以优化节拍时间和均衡负载指标.通过与其他算法对比,结果表明改进的变邻域搜索算法求解具有优越性,并且可实现对工位数固定的U型拆卸线部分拆卸平衡问题的高效求解.

橡胶粗细集料含量对FRP约束橡胶混凝土应力-应变关系的影响

为研究橡胶粗细集料体积分数对纤维增强复合材料(fiber reinforced polymer, FRP)约束橡胶混凝土应力-应变关系的影响,提出了橡胶粗细集料体积替换率的概念,并通过收集已发表文献的110组应力-应变关系试验曲线,分析了橡胶粗细集料体积替换率对FRP约束不同截面橡胶混凝土柱应力-应变关系关键参数的影响,基于分析结果建立了FRP约束橡胶混凝土的应力-应变关系模型和抗压强度模型,两个模型中均考虑了橡胶粗细集料体积替换率和橡胶混凝土截面形状的影响.模型评估结果表明:随着橡胶粗细集料体积替换率、FRP约束应力比和截面倒角半径比的增加,FRP约束橡胶混凝土的抗压强度均呈增大的趋势;建立的抗压强度模型可准确预测橡胶颗粒取代部分细集料或粗细集料的FRP约束橡胶混凝土抗压强度,平均误差仅为1.03;建立的应力-应变关系模型能够较好预测FRP约束橡胶混凝土的应力-应变关系曲线变化.

创新要素集聚与城市间均衡发展:“一城独大”还是“携城发展”

随着区域协调发展战略的深入推进,以创新要素推动城市间均衡发展逐渐成为社会共识。首先从理论层面分析了创新要素集聚对城市间均衡发展的直接影响、作用路径及空间效应,随后基于2011—2021年中国273个城市的面板数据,运用双向固定效应模型、调节路径分析模型等实证评估了创新要素集聚与城市间均衡发展的作用关系。研究发现:(1)创新要素集聚与城市间均衡发展之间存在先“一城独大”后“携城发展”的U型关系;(2)创新创业活跃度能够作为创新要素集聚影响城市间均衡发展的作用桥梁;(3)相较于不与省会、直辖市相邻城市和经济发展落后城市,省会、直辖市或与省会、直辖市相邻城市以及经济发展领先城市的创新要素集聚与城市间均衡发展的U型关系表现得更为明显;(4)创新要素集聚对城市间均衡发展的影响具有显著的空间溢出效应,且该效应存在典型的地理距离衰减特征,600km以内创新要素集聚的溢出效应较强。研究有助于识别创新要素集聚对城市间均衡发展的具体影响,能够为缩小区域发展差距、促进经济高质量发展提供有益借鉴。