α-β广义逆矩阵的一个表征及其反序性

该文讨论了α-β广义逆矩阵的一个表征,并给出了其反序性几个充分条件．

“先学后教、作业前移”引起的研究课——以“三角函数图象横向变换的反序反向性”为例

学生通过前移作业的处理，发现由正弦函数y=sinx的图象横向平移、伸缩变化与对应的x在数轴上对应点的平移、伸缩变换方向相反，探究出函数图象横向平移、伸缩变换具有反序反向性，应用之可迅速准确地处理相关问题．

Waste Activated Sludge Alkaline Fermentation Liquid as Carbon Source for Biological Nutrients Removal in Anaerobic Followed by Alternating Aerobic-Anoxic Sequencing Batch Reactors

Activated sludge process has been widely used to remove phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater. However,the nitrogen and phosphorus removal is sometimes unsatisfactory due to the low influent COD.Another problem with the activated sludge process is that large amount of waste activated sludge is produced,which needs further treatment.In this study,the waste activated sludge alkaline fermentation liquid was used as the main carbon source for phosphorus and nitrogen removal under anaerobic followed by alternating aerobic-anoxic conditions,and the results were compared with those using acetic acid as the carbon source.The use of alkaline fermentation liquid not only affected the transformations of phosphorus,nitrogen,intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoates and glycogen, but also led to higher removal efficiencies for phosphorus and nitrogen compared with acetic acid.It was observed that ammonium was completely removed with either alkaline fermentation liquid or acetic acid as the carbon source. However,the former resulted in higher removal efficiencies for phosphorus(95%)and nitrogen(82%),while the latter showed lower ones(87%and 74%,respectively).The presence of a large amount of propionic acid in the alkaline fermentation liquid was one possible reason for its higher phosphorus removal efficiency.Exogenous instead of endogenous denitrification was the main pathway for nitrogen removal with the alkaline fermentation liquid as the carbon source,which was responsible for its higher nitrogen removal efficiency.It seems that the alkaline fermentation liquid can replace acetic acid as the carbon source for phosphorus and nitrogen removal in anaerobic fol- lowed by alternating aerobic-anoxic sequencing batch reactor.

Comparative analysis between chaotic sequence and PN sequence in spread spectrum system

This paper introduces two kinds of sequences used in spread spectrum communication system： pseudo-noise （PN） se-quence generated by linear feedback shift register（LFSR）, such as m-sequence and Gold sequence, and the chaotic sequence generated by the determination of the nonlinear system. The characteristics of PN sequence and chaotic sequence are analyzed by simulation, and the advantages and disadvantages of different sequences in spread spectrum communication system are ob-tained. The advantages of sequence can be used to improve signal transmission in a spread spectrum communication system.

Assays for predicting and monitoring responses to lung cancer immunotherapy

Immunotherapy has become a key strategy for cancer treatment, and two immune checkpoints, namely, programmed cell death 1 （PD-1） and its ligand （PD-L1）, have recently emerged as important targets. The interaction blockade of PD-1 and PD-L1 demonstrated promising activity and antitumor efficacy in early phase clinical trials for advanced solid tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer （NSCLC）. Many cell types in multiple tissues express PD-L1 as well as several tumor types, thereby suggesting that the ligand may play important roles in inhibiting immune responses throughout the body. Therefore, PD-L1 is a critical immunomodulating component within the lung microenvironment, but the correlation between PD-L1 expression and prognosis is controversial. More evidence is required to support the use of PD-L1 as a potential predictive biomarker. Clinical trials have measured PD-L1 in tumor tissues by immunohistochemistry （IHC） with different antibodies, but the assessment of PD-L1 is not yet standardized. Some commercial antibodies lack specificity and their reproducibility has not been fully evaluated. Further studies are required to clarify the optimal IHC assay as well as to predict and monitor the immune responses of the PD-I/PD-L1 pathway.

An LFSR-based address generator using optimized address partition for low power memory BIST

Power consumption in test mode is much higher than that in normal mode,which is prone to causing circuit damage and reducing the yield of chips.To reduce the power dissipation efficiently,a modified linear feedback shift register(LFSR)is designed to decrease switching activity dramatically during the generation of address sequences for memory built-in self-test(MBIST).The address models are generated by a blend of two address generators with an optimized address partition and two distinct controlled clock signals.An address generator circuit for MBIST of 64 k×32 static random access memory(SRAM)is designed to illustrate the proposed scheme.Experimental results show that when the address bus size is 16 bits,compared with the traditional LFSR,the proposed LFSR can reduce the switching activity and dynamic power by 71.1%and 68.2%,respectively,with low area overhead.

Performance Characteristics for Nitrogen Removal in SBR by Aerobic Granules

The sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was started up by seeding the anaerobic granular sludge and the aerobic granular sludge was successfully cultivated. The performance characteristic of the aerobic granules for nitrogen removal was investigated in detail. The experimental results demonstrated the relationship between operational parameters [dissolved oxygen (DO) and pH] and variation of chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonium (NH4+-N)and total nitrogen (TN). In continuous flow pattern, COD was too low in the reactor at the later stage of a cycle,which restrained denitrification and decreased the removal of nitrogen, while in discontinuous flow pattern, the carbon source could be supplemented in time, which improved denitrification and increased the removal of TN from 66% to 81%.

Assess the Denitrification Performance of Fermented and Dark-fermented Biosolids as External Carbon Sources Using Sequence Batch Reactors （SBRS）

The study has assessed the denitrification performance of fermented and dark-fermented biosolids as external carbon sources using lab-scaled Sequencing Batch Reactors （SBRs）. This was done by adding fermented and dark-fermented biosolids into anoxic zones of two SBRs, and then assessing the change of effluent characteristics comparing to before adding and to a third controlled reactor. The results showed that by adding 150-170 mg rbCOD/L of either of the selected fermented biosolids, almost complete denitrification could be reached for tested SBRs （reduced from initial -20 mg NO3/L to 〈 1 mg NO3/L）. Finally, the experiment also found that the impact of NI-I4 components of fermented and dark-fermented biosolids onto the final effluent were much lesser than expected, where only less than 2.5 mg NH4/L were detected in the effluent, much lower than the added 5.0-5.7 mg/L.

Comparison of heavy metal removal efficiencies in four activated sludge processes

The removal efficiencies of heavy metals(As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) were investigated in the 17 operating municipal wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs) and compared with those in four main activated sludge processes. Significant differences of heavy metal removal efficiencies were observed among four activated sludge processes. The removal efficiency for As(75.5%) in the oxidation ditch(OD) process is significantly higher than that in the conventional activated sludge(CAS) process(38.6%) or sequencing batch reactor(SBR) process(51.4%). The mean removal efficiencies for Cu and Ni in the OD process are 90.5% and 46.7%, respectively, while low mean removal efficiencies are observed for Cu(69.9%) and Ni(16.5%), respectively, in the SBR process. The removal efficiencies for Cu and Ni in the OD process are significantly higher than those in the anaerobic-anoxic-oxic(A2-O) process. These results highlight the differences of removal efficiencies for heavy metals in different processes and should be considered when selecting a wastewater treatment process.

Effects of Exogenous Nutrient Additions on Azodye Wastewater Treatment

Since the azo dyes widely used in textile-dyeing industry are toxic, highly persistent, and ubiquitously distributed in the environment, their treatment efficiencies and fade in ecosystems have received worldwide attention. Due to the microbes play important roles in azo-dye degradation, exogenous nutrient addition is used as a promising biostimulation strategy to improve the treatment efficiencies of azo-dye wastewater. However, little is known about the effects of different kinds of exogenous nutrients on the azo-dye wastewater treatment directly. Here, three kinds of common nutrients, glucose, starch and yeast extract, were added to the sequencing batch reactors （SBR） for the treatment of wastewater containing acid red 73 to compare the biostimulation efficiencies by investigating the dye＇s removal efficiencies and the changes of related water qualities. Our results showed that the reactors added yeast extract had highest removal efficiencies and chemical oxygen demand （COD） as well, followed by glucose and starch. The removal rates of acid red 73 and COD were 90.63% and 8713% in the reactors added yeast extract, respectively, while 86.49% and 78.4% in those with glucose and 85.38% and 75.2% in those with starch. This study provided some useful information for the biostimulation strategy of azo-dye wastewater treatment and preliminarily suggested that yeast extract would be the optimal choice.

Transformation and performance of granular sequence batch reactor under conventional organic loading rate condition

Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the transformation and performance of a granular sequence batch reactor(SBR) under the conventional organic loading rate(OLR) condition.Aerobic granules were successfully cultivated in a SBR by means of alternative feeding load combined with reducing settling time after 60 d operational period.Subsequently,the black fungal granules were presented in reactor because of the filamentous overgrowth on the surface of aerobic granules.A small amount of fungal granules had no effect on the performance of granular SBR.Aerobic granules completely vanished and fungal granules eventually became the dominant species in subsequent 90 d operation after granulation.The three-dimensional excitation emission matrix(EEM) spectra result shows that the extracellular polymeric substances(EPS) component in both granules has no much difference,whereas the content of EPS in fungal granules is higher than that in bacterial granules.Due to their low bioactivity,the chemical oxidation demand(COD) and NH4-N removal efficiencies gradually decrease from 90.4%–96.5% and 99.5% to 71.8% and 32.9% respectively while the fungal granules become dominant in the SBR.

Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Sequencing Batch Reactor

Biological treatment efficiency of six pharmaceutical compounds （acetazolamide, metronidazole, opipramol, piracetam, salicylamide and tinidazole） was evaluated using lab-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor （SBR）. Comparative biological degradation processes of two types of activated sludge from municipal and pharmaceutical industry sewage treatment plants were examined. Three different organic loadings （0.05 g COD/g MLSS.d, 0.1 g COD/g MLSS.d and 0.2 g COD/g MLSS-d） and reaction time on the efficiency of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient （API） decomposition were examined. Chemical oxygen demand, non-purgeable organic carbon as well as ammonium nitrogen contents were monitored by standard methods. Percentage of API decomposition was analysed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography （HPLC）. The overall API removal efficiency was strictly dependent on the type of activated sludge origin. The main biodegradation products were identified using HPLC-MS,1H NMR and 13C NMR methods as e.g. （{4-[3-（5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepin-5-yl]piperazin-l-yl}methanamine） and （2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazol-5-sulfonamide） for opipramol and acetazolamide respectively.

Multifunctional organically modified graphene with super-hydrophobicity

In order to bring graphene materials much closer to real world applications, it is imperative to have simple, efficient and eco-friendly ways to produce processable graphene derivatives. In this study, a hydrophilic low-temperature thermally functionalized graphene and its super-hydrophobic organically modified graphene derivative were fabricated. A unique structural topology was found and some of the oxygen functionalities were retained on the thermally functionalized graphene surfaces, which facilitated the subsequent highly effective organic modification reaction and led to the super-hydrophobic organically modified graphene with multi functional applications in liquid marbles and polymer nanocomposites. The organic modification reaction also restored the graphenic conjugated structure of the thermally functionalized graphene, particularly for organic modifiers having longer alkyl chains, as confirmed by various characteri- zation techniques such as electrical conductivity measurements, ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy and selected area electron diffraction. The free-standing soft liquid marble was fabricated by wrapping a water droplet with the super-hydrophobic organically modified graphene, and showed potential for use as a microreactor. As for the polymer nanocomposites, a strong interfacial adhesion is believed to exist between an organic polymer matrix and the modified graphene because of the organophilic coating formed on the graphene base, which resulted in large improvements in the thermal and mechanical properties of the polymer nanocomposites with the modified graphene, even at very low loading levels. A new avenue has therefore been opened up for large-scale production of processable graphene derivatives with various practicable applications.

Succession of Denitrifying Community Composition in Coastal Wetland Soils Along a Salinity Gradient

To better understand the effect of salinity on denitrification communities, soils along a salinity gradient （ranging from 7.32 to 1.70 mS cm 1） in a wetland along the Yellow Sea coastline in Jiangsu Province, China, were studied using both culture-dependent and -independent methods. Culture efforts yielded 82 isolates in total, 81.7% of which were close relatives of Bacillus sp. based on partial sequences of their 16S rRNA genes. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis （DGGE） analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences suggested possible existence of bacterial community succession along the salinity gradient. Clone library analysis based on nosZ gene sequences （coding nitrous oxide reductase） showed that operational taxonomic units （OTUs） associated with α-proteobacteria dominated in all three soils, whereas those associated with β- and γ-subdivisions showed a clear succession. In the high salinity soil, only the OTUs associated with a-subdivision were found. In the medium salinity soil, small proportions of β- （6.5%） and γ-associated （19.6%） OTUs were found. In the low salinity soil, the proportions were further increased to 33% and 25% for β- and γ-Proteobacteria, respectively. Statistic analysis using Unifrac P test showed that nosZ-communities in different saline soils were significantly different from each other. It could be concluded that α-subdivision of nosZ-community tended to be sustained in high salinity environments whereas β and γ-subdivisions, especially the former, tended to be sustained in low salinity environments. Salinity was the key determinant of nosZ-community composition in the environment.

Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Soil Ammonia-Oxidizing Microorganisms Under Temperatures of 25 and 5℃

The excellent bactericidal performance of silver nanoparticles （Ag NPs） has led to their wide applications, resulting in increasing concerns about their potential environmental impacts. This study evaluated the influences of different concentrations of Ag NPs （0, 1, 10, and 100 μg g^-1 dry soil） on the ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in soil at cultivation temperatures of 25 and 5 ℃ for 37 d. The results showed that 1μg g^-1 dry soil of Ag NPs had no acute effects on the ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms. However, 10 and 100μg g^-1 dry soil of Ag NPs levels were found to significantly inhibit the activities of soil nitrification, with a decrease of 69.89% and 94.55%, respectively, at 25 ℃ and 61.65% and 83.79%, respectively, at 5℃ compared to the control （0 μg g^-1 dry soil of Ag NPs）. These levels of Ag NPs also obviously decreased soil urease activity from about 380.47 ± 0.07 （at 5℃） and 529.76 ± 13.44 （at 25℃） mg N g^-1 dry soil d^-1 to 61.70 ± 2.97 and 68.29 ± 8.22 mg N g^-1 dry soil d^-1, respectively, after 37 d of cultivation. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria. For the same exposure time, the effects of Ag NPs on the activities of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms and urease decreased with decreasing temperature. The threshold concentration of Ag NPs that induced negative effects on ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms was higher at 5 -C than at 25 -C. Therefore, the temperature has a major impact on the toxicity of Ag NPs to ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms and on the urease activity, with toxicity being reduced with decreasing temperature.

Applications of CBT-Cys click reaction: past, present, and future

Herein, we review the development, applications and potential prospects of CBT-Cys click reaction. This click condensation reaction is based on the condensation reaction between 2-cyanobenzothiazole(CBT) and D-cysteine(D-Cys) in fireflies and has high biocompatibility and controllability in physiological solutions. Under the control of p H, reduction, or enzyme, this CBTbased click reaction has been widely applied to a wide range of biomedical fields such as protein labeling, molecular imaging(e.g., optical imaging, nuclear imaging, magnetic resonance imaging and photoacoustic imaging), nanomaterial fabrication, cancer therapy, and other potentialities.

Cross-reactivity of anti-programmed death ligand 2 polyclonal antibody in mouse tissues

The inhibitory co-receptor programmed death 1 （PD-1, encoded by pdcdl） and its two ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 comprise an important immune inhibitory signaling pathway for defense against microbes and for self-tolerance. Unlike other members of the B7-CD28 family, expression of PD-L1 and PD-L2 is not limited to the immune system. In this study, we determined that a polyclonal antibody （pAb） （R＆D Systems） against extracellular domains of mouse PD-L2 （mPD-L2） could recognize anti- gen（s） in diverse mouse tissues, including the anterior and intermediate pituitary gland, olfactory bulbs and olfactory epitheli- um, tongue epithelium, keratinized epithelial ceils and skin and whisker hair follicles. These findings differed from previous reports of mPD-L2 localization. Reverse transcription PCR and Western blot analyses, however, were unable to detect any mPD-L2 transcripts or proteins of the 25-kD predicted molecular weight in RNA and protein extracts, respectively, from the above tissues, suggesting that the anti-mPD-L2 pAb cross-reacts with certain novel antigen（s）. Developmental studies revealed that the earliest expression of mPD-L2-1ike antigen was in the olfactory epithelium at embryonic day 12.5 （E12.5）. At E14.5, mPD-L2-1ike antigen was present in the skin, tongue and follicles of the skin and whiskers. The distribution patterns of mPD-L2-1ike antigen remained similar from E18.5 to adulthood. The results of bioinformatic analysis and other experiments suggested neural cell adhesion molecule and hemicentin-1 as candidate proteins with cross-reactivity to the anti-mPD-L2 pAb. These results demonstrate that care is required in interpreting staining patterns generated when anti-PD-L2 pAb is used to lo-cate PD-L2-expressing cells in the central nervous system and epithelial tissues, such as the olfactory epithelium. In addition, this anti-PD-L2 pAb may be used as an alternative antibody for labeling the olfactory epithelium during embryonic develop-ment in mice.