Analysis of foreshock sequence of the 1975 Haicheng earthquake of Ms 7.3

The 'earthquake nucleation' is discussed in this paper. The acceleration is a property of the nucleation phase and is a necessary condition of earthquake instability too. If the acceleration property of this nucleating process is described by the equation dΩ/dt=C/(tf-t)n, the process can be summarized briefly that the rate of cumulative seismic release is proportional to the inverse power of the remaining time to failure. Based on this principle, the foreshock sequence of the 1975 Haicheng earthquake with Ms7.3, was analysed backward. It is stated clearly that the time-to-failure and magnitude of the mainshock can be predicted successfully if the coefficient r2 attains to the maximum. In the estimation of mainshock time, the error can generally be less than, or far less than,one-half the remaining time between the time of the last used data point and the mainshock.

Sphingosine 1-phosphate acts as an activator for the porcine Gpr3 of constitutively active G protein-coupled receptors

We cloned the complete coding sequences of porcine Gpr3, Gpr6, and Gpr12 genes. Further, on the basis of their high levels of sequence similarity, these genes are identified as a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors. These putative protein sequences also showed high sequence identity with other mammalian orthologs, including several highly conserved motifs. A wide expression of the Gpr3 gene in pigs was observed through tissue distribution analysis by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction （RT-PCR） and real-time PCR, specially in the brain, pituitary, fat, liver and oocyte, where its strong expression was observed. The Gpr3 gene was found to be located on chromosome 6 and a single exon coded for the entire open reading frame. Expression of porcine Gpr3 in HEK293 cells resulted in constitutive activation of adenylate cyclase （AC） similar in amplitude to that produced by fully stimulated Gs coupled receptors. Moreover, sphingosine 1-phosphate （S1P） could increase AC activation via the constitutively active Gpr3 receptor. When a Gpr3-green fluorescent protein （GFP） construct was expressed in HEK293 cells, GFP-labeled Gpr3 protein was shown to be localized in the plasmalemma and subcellular membranes. After S1P treatment, agonist-mediated internalization could be visualized by confocal microscopy. In short, our findings suggest the porcine Gpr3, Gpr6, and Gpr12 genes as a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors, and porcine Gpr3 was a constitutively active G protein-coupled receptor. Constitutive activation of AG and agonist-mediated internalization of Gpr3 receptor could be modulated by the S1 P, suggesting that S1P might act as an activator for porcine Gpr3 receptor.

Hot Deformation Behavior of a Novel Ni-Cr-Mo-B Ultra-heavy Plate Steel by Hot Compression Test

Hot deformation behavior of a novel Ni-Cr-Mo-B heavy plate steel was studied by hot compression tests,which were conducted on a Gleeble-3800thermo-mechanical simulator corresponding to the temperature range of850-1 150℃ with the strain rates of 0.01-10s-1 and the true strain of 0.8.The results suggest that the majority of flow curves exhibit a typical dynamic recrystallization（DRX）behavior with an apparent single peak stress followed by agradual fall towards a steady-state stress.Important characteristic parameters of flow behavior as critical stress/strain for initiation of DRX and peak and steady-state stress/strain were derived from curves of strain hardening rate versus stress and stress versus strain,respectively.Material constants of the investigated steel were determined based on Arrhenius-type constitutive equation,and then the peak stress was predicted by the equation with the hot deformation activation energy of 379 139J/mol,and the predicted values agree well with the experimental values.Furthermore,the effect of Zener-Hollomon parameter on the characteristic points of flow curves was studied using the power law relation,and the ratio of critical stress and strain to peak stress and strain were found to be 0.91and0.46,respectively.