Many reviewers have contributed their expertise and time to the peer review,a critical process to ensure the quality of World Journal of Gastroenterology.The editors and authors of the articles submitted to the journa...Many reviewers have contributed their expertise and time to the peer review,a critical process to ensure the quality of World Journal of Gastroenterology.The editors and authors of the articles submitted to the journal are grateful to the following reviewers for evaluation the articles（including those published in this issue and those rejected for this issue）during the last editing time period.展开更多
Long-term meteorological observation series are fundamental for reflecting climate changes.However,almost all meteorological stations inevitably undergo relocation or changes in observation instruments,rules,and metho...Long-term meteorological observation series are fundamental for reflecting climate changes.However,almost all meteorological stations inevitably undergo relocation or changes in observation instruments,rules,and methods,which can result in systematic biases in the observation series for corresponding periods.Homogenization is a technique for adjusting these biases in order to assess the true trends in the time series.In recent years,homogenization has shifted its focus from the adjustments to climate mean status to the adjustments to information about climate extremes or extreme weather.Using case analyses of ideal and actual climate series,here we demonstrate the basic idea of homogenization,introduce new understanding obtained from recent studies of homogenization of climate series in China,and raise issues for further studies in this field,especially with regards to climate extremes,uncertainty of the statistical adjustments,and biased physical relationships among different climate variables due to adjustments in single variable series.展开更多
Configuration-constrained calculations of potential-energy surfaces for ^292 122 show the occurrence of multiquasiparticle high-K isomeric state at oblate superdeformation. Such state could play a unique role in super...Configuration-constrained calculations of potential-energy surfaces for ^292 122 show the occurrence of multiquasiparticle high-K isomeric state at oblate superdeformation. Such state could play a unique role in superheavy nuclei, with possible long life time from enhanced difficulty in fission due to additional barrier at oblate deformation, retardation in a decay due to unpaired nucleons, and hindrance in γ-ray transition due to K forbiddenness.展开更多
文摘Many reviewers have contributed their expertise and time to the peer review,a critical process to ensure the quality of World Journal of Gastroenterology.The editors and authors of the articles submitted to the journal are grateful to the following reviewers for evaluation the articles（including those published in this issue and those rejected for this issue）during the last editing time period.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA05090105)the R&D Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry(Meteorology)(Grant No.GYHY201206013)the National Key Technology R&D program(Grant No.2012BAC22B04)
文摘Long-term meteorological observation series are fundamental for reflecting climate changes.However,almost all meteorological stations inevitably undergo relocation or changes in observation instruments,rules,and methods,which can result in systematic biases in the observation series for corresponding periods.Homogenization is a technique for adjusting these biases in order to assess the true trends in the time series.In recent years,homogenization has shifted its focus from the adjustments to climate mean status to the adjustments to information about climate extremes or extreme weather.Using case analyses of ideal and actual climate series,here we demonstrate the basic idea of homogenization,introduce new understanding obtained from recent studies of homogenization of climate series in China,and raise issues for further studies in this field,especially with regards to climate extremes,uncertainty of the statistical adjustments,and biased physical relationships among different climate variables due to adjustments in single variable series.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11205120
文摘Configuration-constrained calculations of potential-energy surfaces for ^292 122 show the occurrence of multiquasiparticle high-K isomeric state at oblate superdeformation. Such state could play a unique role in superheavy nuclei, with possible long life time from enhanced difficulty in fission due to additional barrier at oblate deformation, retardation in a decay due to unpaired nucleons, and hindrance in γ-ray transition due to K forbiddenness.
