To fully extract and mine the multi-scale features of reservoirs and geologic structures in time/depth and space dimensions, a new 3D multi-scale volumetric curvature (MSVC) methodology is presented in this paper. W...To fully extract and mine the multi-scale features of reservoirs and geologic structures in time/depth and space dimensions, a new 3D multi-scale volumetric curvature (MSVC) methodology is presented in this paper. We also propose a fast algorithm for computing 3D volumetric curvature. In comparison to conventional volumetric curvature attributes, its main improvements and key algorithms introduce multi-frequency components expansion in time-frequency domain and the corresponding multi-scale adaptive differential operator in the wavenumber domain, into the volumetric curvature calculation. This methodology can simultaneously depict seismic multi-scale features in both time and space. Additionally, we use data fusion of volumetric curvatures at various scales to take full advantage of the geologic features and anomalies extracted by curvature measurements at different scales. The 3D MSVC can highlight geologic anomalies and reduce noise at the same time. Thus, it improves the interpretation efficiency of curvature attributes analysis. The 3D MSVC is applied to both land and marine 3D seismic data. The results demonstrate that it can indicate the spatial distribution of reservoirs, detect faults and fracture zones, and identify their multi-scale properties.展开更多
The responses of the growth and metabolism activity of Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium) to cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and their combined pollution stress, were investigated in plate and liquid culture...The responses of the growth and metabolism activity of Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium) to cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and their combined pollution stress, were investigated in plate and liquid culture conditions. The diameter of colony, biomass ofP. chrysosporium, ligninolytic enzyme activities and bioaccumulation quantity of heavy metals were detected. The results indicated that Cd was more toxic than Pb to P. chrysosporium and the toxicity of Cd and Pb to P. chrysosporium was further strengthened under Cd+Pb combined pollution in different culture conditions. Heavy metals Cd and Pb had indirect influence on the production of ligninolytic enzymes by directly affecting the fungal growth and metabolic activity, and by another way in liquid culture. In addition, the results provided an evidence of the accumulation of Cd and Pb on the mycelia ofP. chrysosporium.展开更多
Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is an attractive process method to produce bulk uhra-fine grained materials. There are many experiment evidences showing that the nature of the microstructural evolution in mult...Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is an attractive process method to produce bulk uhra-fine grained materials. There are many experiment evidences showing that the nature of the microstructural evolution in multi-pass ECAP depends on process routes. Isothermal three dimensional FEM simulations for muhi-pass ECAP were performed using DEFORM3D finite element code. The material model of 6061A1-T6 was employed. Flow nets, effective strain distribution in the workpiece and loads during multi-pass ECAP using different routes were analysed respectively, The simulations show process routes influence material flow and effective strain distri- bution in the workpiece obviously but have few influence on loads.展开更多
The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of VSb in zincblende, and NiAs phases, VSb (001) film surfaces and its interfaces with GaSh (001) have been investigated within the framework of the density func...The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of VSb in zincblende, and NiAs phases, VSb (001) film surfaces and its interfaces with GaSh (001) have been investigated within the framework of the density functional theory using the FPLAPW+lo approach. The NiAs structure is more stable than the ZB phase, ZB VSb is found to a half-metallic ferromagnetic. The V-terminated surfaces retain the half-metallic character, while the half-metallicity is destroyed for Sb-terminated surfaces due to surface states, which originate from p electrons. The phase diagram obtained through the ab-initio atomistic thermodynamics shows that the formation energy of ZB VSb is about 0.1 Ryd. The half-metallicity character is also preserved at VSb/GaSb (001) interface. The conduction band minimum (CBM) of VSb in the minority spin case lies about 0.47 eV above that of GaSb, suggesting that the majority spin can be injected into GaSb without being flipped to the conduction bands of the minority spin.展开更多
The attribute recognition model (ARM) has been widely used to make comprehensive assessment in many engineering fields, such as environment, ecology, and economy. However, large numbers of experiments indicate that th...The attribute recognition model (ARM) has been widely used to make comprehensive assessment in many engineering fields, such as environment, ecology, and economy. However, large numbers of experiments indicate that the value of weight vector has no relativity to its initial value but depends on the data of Quality Standard and actual samples. In the present study, the ARM is enhanced with the technique of data driving, which means some more groups of data from the Quality Standard are selected with the uniform random method to make the calculation of weight values more rational and more scientific. This improved attribute recognition model (IARM) is applied to a real case of assessment on seawater quality. The given example shows that the IARM has the merits of being simple in principle, easy to operate, and capable of producing objective results, and is therefore of use in evaluation problems in marine environment science.展开更多
A field experiment with cotton was conducted on a well drained, calcareous, clay loamy Typic Xerochreptto investigate the utility of sewage sludge as a partial substitute for fertilizers and the influence of its appli...A field experiment with cotton was conducted on a well drained, calcareous, clay loamy Typic Xerochreptto investigate the utility of sewage sludge as a partial substitute for fertilizers and the influence of its application on the basic soil properties and heavy metal concentrations. The experimental design was completelyrandomized blocks with five treatments replicated four times each. Sewage sludge came from the treatmentplant of the municipality of Volos, Central Greece, with the following characteristics: organic matter content36.6 %, pH (H2O 1:5) 6.89, CaCO3 53.4 g kg-1 , total N 26.5 g kg--1, total P 33.5 g kg--1 , and total K 968mg kg--1 soil. Heavy metal concentrations were Cd 5.24, Pb 442, Ni 38, Cu 224, Zn 1 812, and Mn 260 mgkg--1 dry weight, respectively. The soil was high in potassium (K) and poor in available phosphorus (P). Theresults showed that sewage sludge application increased cotton yield and K and P concentrations in cottonleaves. Soil pH was reduced in the case of higher sewage sludge rate. Electrical conductivity, organic mattercontent, total N, and available P were significantly increased. Total concentrations of Zn, Pb, and Cu wereslightly increased. DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu and Mn were also significantly increased. Available forms ofall heavy metals, except Cd, were significantly correlated with organic matter content in a positive way andnegatively with soil pH.展开更多
We found a novel lipase gene in the Paenibacillus pasadenensis CS0611 strain.The lipase gene sequence was cloned into the pET-28a expression vector to construct a recombinant lipase protein containing 6×His tags ...We found a novel lipase gene in the Paenibacillus pasadenensis CS0611 strain.The lipase gene sequence was cloned into the pET-28a expression vector to construct a recombinant lipase protein containing 6×His tags at the C-and N-termini,respectively.High-level expression of the lipase in E.coli BL21(DE3)was obtained upon induction with IPTG at 20°C.The recombinant lipase activity was approximately 1631-fold higher than the wild type.His-tagged recombinant lipase was purified rapidly and efficiently by using Ni-charged affinity chromatography with 63.5%recovery and a purification factor of 10.78.The purified lipase was stable in a broad range of temperatures and pH values,with the optimal temperature and pH being 50°C and 7.0,respectively.Its activity was stimulated to different degrees in the presence of metal ions such as Ca2+,Mg2+,and some non-ionic surfactants.In addition,the purified lipase was activated by a series of water-miscible organic solvents such as some short carbon chain alcohols and was highly tolerant to some water-immiscible organic solvents.展开更多
Physical, chemical, and microbial properties of forest soils subjected to long-term fly ash depositions were analyzed in spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands of eastern Germany on three forest sites along an emissi...Physical, chemical, and microbial properties of forest soils subjected to long-term fly ash depositions were analyzed in spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands of eastern Germany on three forest sites along an emission gradient of 3 (high input), 6, and 15 km (low input) downwind of a coal-fired power plant. Past emissions resulted in an atypical high mass of mineral fly ash constituents in the organic horizons at the high input site of 128 t ha-1 compared to 58 t ha-1 at the low input site. Magnetic susceptibility measurements proved that the high mineral content of the forest floor was a result of fly ash accumulation in these forest stands. Fly ash deposition in the organic horizons at Site I versus III significantly increased the pH values, effective cation exchange capacity, base saturation and, with exception of the L horizon, concentrations of mobile heavy metals Cd, Cr, and Ni, while stocks of organic C generally decreased. A principal component analysis showed that organic C content and base status mainly controlled soil microbial biomass and microbial respiration rates at these sites, while pH and mobile fractions of Cd, Cr, and Ni governed enzyme activities. Additionally, it was hypothesized that long-term fly ash emissions would eventually destabilize forest ecosystems. Therefore, the results of this study could become a useful tool for risk assessment in forest ecosystems that were subjected to past emissions from coal-fired power plants.展开更多
In our study, entropy weight coefficients, based on Shannon entropy, were determined for an attribute recognition model to model the quality of groundwater sources. The model follows the theory previously proposed by ...In our study, entropy weight coefficients, based on Shannon entropy, were determined for an attribute recognition model to model the quality of groundwater sources. The model follows the theory previously proposed by Chen Q S. In the model, firstly, the author establishes the attribute space matrix and determines the weight based on Shannon entropy theory; secondly, calculates attribute measure; thirdly, evaluates that with confidence criterion and score criterion; finally, an application example is given. The results show that the water quality of the groundwater sources for the city comes up to the grade II or III standard. There is no pollution that obviously exceeds the standard and the water can meet people’s needs .The results from an evaluation of this model are in basic agreement with the observed situation and with a set pair analysis (SPA) model.展开更多
Measurements of the magnetic properties and total contents of Cu, Cd, Pb and Fe in 30 automobile emission particulate samples indicated the presence of magnetic particles in them. The values of frequency dependent sus...Measurements of the magnetic properties and total contents of Cu, Cd, Pb and Fe in 30 automobile emission particulate samples indicated the presence of magnetic particles in them. The values of frequency dependent susceptibility (Xfd) showed the absence of superparamagnetic (SP) grains in the samples. The IRM20mT (isothermal remanent magnetization at 20 mT) being linearly proportional to SIRM (saturation isothermal remanent magnetization) (R^2=0.901), suggested that ferrimagnetic minerals were responsible for the magnetic properties of automobile emission particulates. The average contents of Cu, Cd, Pb and Fe in automobile emission particulates were 95.83, 22.14, 30.58 and 34727.31 mg/kg, respectively. Significant positive correlations exist between the magnetic parameters and the contents ofPb, Cu and Fe. The magnetic parameters of automobile emission particulates reflecting concentration of magnetic particles increased linearly with increase of Pb and Cu content, showed that the magnetic measurement could be used as a preliminary index for detection of Pb and Cu pollution.展开更多
The structural and electronic properties of Li2Mg(NH)2 for hydrogen storage have been studied by first-principles calculation. The optimal unit cell parameters and the distance of N-H are determined, which are in go...The structural and electronic properties of Li2Mg(NH)2 for hydrogen storage have been studied by first-principles calculation. The optimal unit cell parameters and the distance of N-H are determined, which are in good agreement with the experimental data. The bulk modules and the energies of zero pressure are obtained by using Murnaghan equation of states. The results show that the α-Li2Mg(NH)2 is a ground state configuration. The overlap population analysis shows that the N-Li/Mg ionic characteristics and N-H interaction of αphase are weaker than those of βphase. The valence band is dominated by the presence of N s and p states, hybridized with the H s state.展开更多
The group-contribution (GC) methods suffer from a limitation concerning to the prediction of process-related indexes, e.g., thermal efficiency. Recently developed analytical models for thermal efficiency of organic Ra...The group-contribution (GC) methods suffer from a limitation concerning to the prediction of process-related indexes, e.g., thermal efficiency. Recently developed analytical models for thermal efficiency of organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) provide a possibility of overcoming the limitation of the GC methods because these models formulate thermal efficiency as functions of key thermal properties. Using these analytical relations together with GC methods, more than 60 organic fluids are screened for medium-low temperature ORCs. The results indicate that the GC methods can estimate thermal properties with acceptable accuracy (mean relative errors are 4.45%-11.50%);the precision, however, is low because the relative errors can vary from less than 0.1% to 45.0%. By contrast, the GC-based estimation of thermal efficiency has better accuracy and precision. The relative errors in thermal efficiency have an arithmetic mean of about 2.9% and fall within the range of 0-24.0%. These findings suggest that the analytical equations provide not only a direct way of estimating thermal efficiency but an accurate and precise approach to evaluating working fluids and guiding computer-aided molecular design of new fluids for ORCs using GC methods.展开更多
An extracellular chitinase produced by Paenibacillus pasadenensis CS0611was purified by ammoniumsulfate precipitation,HiTrap DEAE FF and HiLoad26/600Superdex200pg column chromatography.The apparent molecular mass dete...An extracellular chitinase produced by Paenibacillus pasadenensis CS0611was purified by ammoniumsulfate precipitation,HiTrap DEAE FF and HiLoad26/600Superdex200pg column chromatography.The apparent molecular mass determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis was69kDa.The optimum pH and optimum temperature of the chitinase were5.0and50°C,respectively.The enzyme showed high stability at alkaline pH values and temperaturesbelow40°C.Additionally,the metal ions Mn2+,Mg2+,and Co2+inhibited activity of the chitinase.Thechitinase was active on colloidal chitin with an apparent Km of4.41mg/mL and Vmax of1.08mg/min.Substrate spectrum analysis indicated that the chitinase reacted preferentially with the glucosidicbond between GlcNAc‐GlcNAc.The enzymatic hydrolysate was analyzed by high‐performance liquidchromatography and thin layer chromatography,and clearly showed that a subunit of(GlcNAc)2was the main hydrolysis product.展开更多
The objective of this paper is to analyze consumers' perceptions about risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in the Argentinean d...The objective of this paper is to analyze consumers' perceptions about risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in the Argentinean domestic market. Data derives from a food consumption survey on organic and non-organic consumers conducted in Buenos Aires City, Argentina, in April 2005.The Lancaster model (1966) provided the theoretical basis. The results yielded by the estimated logistic model suggest that consumers with higher educational level, who eat healthy food, and consider food control organisms as "inefficient" are more likely to buy organic products. A high percentage of consumers read and trust label information in Argentina. This has interesting policy implications to promote differentiated and high value products, and to reduce information asymmetries.展开更多
The effects of different feeds and feeding regimes on growth performance, flesh quality and fecal viscosity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in recirculating aquaculture systems (R.AS) were investigated. Fish ...The effects of different feeds and feeding regimes on growth performance, flesh quality and fecal viscosity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in recirculating aquaculture systems (R.AS) were investigated. Fish (initial body weight of 1677 g+ 157 g) were fed with four commercial feeds (Nosan salmon-NS, Aller gold-AG, Skretting salmon-SS and Hart ye-HY) in two feeding regimes (80% and 100% satiation) for 78 d. The results showed that salmon specific growth ratio (SGR) and weight gain ratio (WGR) were significantly affected by feed type and feeding regime (P〈0.05). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) varied between 0.93 and 3.40, which was significantly affected by feed type (P〈0.05), and slightly improved with increased satiation degree. The activities of digestive enzymes including protease, lipase and amylase were also significantly affected by feed type and feeding regime (P〈0.05), increasing with satiation degree. Flesh qualities for vitamin E, hydroxyproline (HYP), liquid loss and muscle pH among all groups showed significant differences (P〈0.05), ranging from 26.67 to 29.67, while no obvious difference was found in flesh color. Fecal viscosity for different treatments showed no significant difference, though improvement was found in 100% satiation group. From present experiment, it was concluded that both feed type and feeding regime can affect the important quality attributes of Atlantic salmon.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41004054) Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20105122120002)Natural Science Key Project, Sichuan Provincial Department of Education (No. 092A011)
文摘To fully extract and mine the multi-scale features of reservoirs and geologic structures in time/depth and space dimensions, a new 3D multi-scale volumetric curvature (MSVC) methodology is presented in this paper. We also propose a fast algorithm for computing 3D volumetric curvature. In comparison to conventional volumetric curvature attributes, its main improvements and key algorithms introduce multi-frequency components expansion in time-frequency domain and the corresponding multi-scale adaptive differential operator in the wavenumber domain, into the volumetric curvature calculation. This methodology can simultaneously depict seismic multi-scale features in both time and space. Additionally, we use data fusion of volumetric curvatures at various scales to take full advantage of the geologic features and anomalies extracted by curvature measurements at different scales. The 3D MSVC can highlight geologic anomalies and reduce noise at the same time. Thus, it improves the interpretation efficiency of curvature attributes analysis. The 3D MSVC is applied to both land and marine 3D seismic data. The results demonstrate that it can indicate the spatial distribution of reservoirs, detect faults and fracture zones, and identify their multi-scale properties.
基金Projects(21477027,51278176)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2014A020216048)supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province,ChinaProject(2015M582363)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
文摘The responses of the growth and metabolism activity of Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium) to cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and their combined pollution stress, were investigated in plate and liquid culture conditions. The diameter of colony, biomass ofP. chrysosporium, ligninolytic enzyme activities and bioaccumulation quantity of heavy metals were detected. The results indicated that Cd was more toxic than Pb to P. chrysosporium and the toxicity of Cd and Pb to P. chrysosporium was further strengthened under Cd+Pb combined pollution in different culture conditions. Heavy metals Cd and Pb had indirect influence on the production of ligninolytic enzymes by directly affecting the fungal growth and metabolic activity, and by another way in liquid culture. In addition, the results provided an evidence of the accumulation of Cd and Pb on the mycelia ofP. chrysosporium.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No50474028)
文摘Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is an attractive process method to produce bulk uhra-fine grained materials. There are many experiment evidences showing that the nature of the microstructural evolution in multi-pass ECAP depends on process routes. Isothermal three dimensional FEM simulations for muhi-pass ECAP were performed using DEFORM3D finite element code. The material model of 6061A1-T6 was employed. Flow nets, effective strain distribution in the workpiece and loads during multi-pass ECAP using different routes were analysed respectively, The simulations show process routes influence material flow and effective strain distri- bution in the workpiece obviously but have few influence on loads.
文摘The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of VSb in zincblende, and NiAs phases, VSb (001) film surfaces and its interfaces with GaSh (001) have been investigated within the framework of the density functional theory using the FPLAPW+lo approach. The NiAs structure is more stable than the ZB phase, ZB VSb is found to a half-metallic ferromagnetic. The V-terminated surfaces retain the half-metallic character, while the half-metallicity is destroyed for Sb-terminated surfaces due to surface states, which originate from p electrons. The phase diagram obtained through the ab-initio atomistic thermodynamics shows that the formation energy of ZB VSb is about 0.1 Ryd. The half-metallicity character is also preserved at VSb/GaSb (001) interface. The conduction band minimum (CBM) of VSb in the minority spin case lies about 0.47 eV above that of GaSb, suggesting that the majority spin can be injected into GaSb without being flipped to the conduction bands of the minority spin.
基金The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50579009, 70471090) the National 10 th Five Year Scientific Project of China for Tackling the Key Problems (2004BA608B-02 - 02) and the Excellence Youth Teacher Sustentation Fund Program of the Ministry of Education of China (Department of Education and Personnel [2002] 350).
文摘The attribute recognition model (ARM) has been widely used to make comprehensive assessment in many engineering fields, such as environment, ecology, and economy. However, large numbers of experiments indicate that the value of weight vector has no relativity to its initial value but depends on the data of Quality Standard and actual samples. In the present study, the ARM is enhanced with the technique of data driving, which means some more groups of data from the Quality Standard are selected with the uniform random method to make the calculation of weight values more rational and more scientific. This improved attribute recognition model (IARM) is applied to a real case of assessment on seawater quality. The given example shows that the IARM has the merits of being simple in principle, easy to operate, and capable of producing objective results, and is therefore of use in evaluation problems in marine environment science.
文摘A field experiment with cotton was conducted on a well drained, calcareous, clay loamy Typic Xerochreptto investigate the utility of sewage sludge as a partial substitute for fertilizers and the influence of its application on the basic soil properties and heavy metal concentrations. The experimental design was completelyrandomized blocks with five treatments replicated four times each. Sewage sludge came from the treatmentplant of the municipality of Volos, Central Greece, with the following characteristics: organic matter content36.6 %, pH (H2O 1:5) 6.89, CaCO3 53.4 g kg-1 , total N 26.5 g kg--1, total P 33.5 g kg--1 , and total K 968mg kg--1 soil. Heavy metal concentrations were Cd 5.24, Pb 442, Ni 38, Cu 224, Zn 1 812, and Mn 260 mgkg--1 dry weight, respectively. The soil was high in potassium (K) and poor in available phosphorus (P). Theresults showed that sewage sludge application increased cotton yield and K and P concentrations in cottonleaves. Soil pH was reduced in the case of higher sewage sludge rate. Electrical conductivity, organic mattercontent, total N, and available P were significantly increased. Total concentrations of Zn, Pb, and Cu wereslightly increased. DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu and Mn were also significantly increased. Available forms ofall heavy metals, except Cd, were significantly correlated with organic matter content in a positive way andnegatively with soil pH.
文摘We found a novel lipase gene in the Paenibacillus pasadenensis CS0611 strain.The lipase gene sequence was cloned into the pET-28a expression vector to construct a recombinant lipase protein containing 6×His tags at the C-and N-termini,respectively.High-level expression of the lipase in E.coli BL21(DE3)was obtained upon induction with IPTG at 20°C.The recombinant lipase activity was approximately 1631-fold higher than the wild type.His-tagged recombinant lipase was purified rapidly and efficiently by using Ni-charged affinity chromatography with 63.5%recovery and a purification factor of 10.78.The purified lipase was stable in a broad range of temperatures and pH values,with the optimal temperature and pH being 50°C and 7.0,respectively.Its activity was stimulated to different degrees in the presence of metal ions such as Ca2+,Mg2+,and some non-ionic surfactants.In addition,the purified lipase was activated by a series of water-miscible organic solvents such as some short carbon chain alcohols and was highly tolerant to some water-immiscible organic solvents.
基金Project financially supported by the Saxonian State Ministry of Sciences and Arts, Germany, by a fellowship supportfor the senior author
文摘Physical, chemical, and microbial properties of forest soils subjected to long-term fly ash depositions were analyzed in spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands of eastern Germany on three forest sites along an emission gradient of 3 (high input), 6, and 15 km (low input) downwind of a coal-fired power plant. Past emissions resulted in an atypical high mass of mineral fly ash constituents in the organic horizons at the high input site of 128 t ha-1 compared to 58 t ha-1 at the low input site. Magnetic susceptibility measurements proved that the high mineral content of the forest floor was a result of fly ash accumulation in these forest stands. Fly ash deposition in the organic horizons at Site I versus III significantly increased the pH values, effective cation exchange capacity, base saturation and, with exception of the L horizon, concentrations of mobile heavy metals Cd, Cr, and Ni, while stocks of organic C generally decreased. A principal component analysis showed that organic C content and base status mainly controlled soil microbial biomass and microbial respiration rates at these sites, while pH and mobile fractions of Cd, Cr, and Ni governed enzyme activities. Additionally, it was hypothesized that long-term fly ash emissions would eventually destabilize forest ecosystems. Therefore, the results of this study could become a useful tool for risk assessment in forest ecosystems that were subjected to past emissions from coal-fired power plants.
文摘In our study, entropy weight coefficients, based on Shannon entropy, were determined for an attribute recognition model to model the quality of groundwater sources. The model follows the theory previously proposed by Chen Q S. In the model, firstly, the author establishes the attribute space matrix and determines the weight based on Shannon entropy theory; secondly, calculates attribute measure; thirdly, evaluates that with confidence criterion and score criterion; finally, an application example is given. The results show that the water quality of the groundwater sources for the city comes up to the grade II or III standard. There is no pollution that obviously exceeds the standard and the water can meet people’s needs .The results from an evaluation of this model are in basic agreement with the observed situation and with a set pair analysis (SPA) model.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40371056)the Foundation for the Author of NationalExcellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (No. 200149)
文摘Measurements of the magnetic properties and total contents of Cu, Cd, Pb and Fe in 30 automobile emission particulate samples indicated the presence of magnetic particles in them. The values of frequency dependent susceptibility (Xfd) showed the absence of superparamagnetic (SP) grains in the samples. The IRM20mT (isothermal remanent magnetization at 20 mT) being linearly proportional to SIRM (saturation isothermal remanent magnetization) (R^2=0.901), suggested that ferrimagnetic minerals were responsible for the magnetic properties of automobile emission particulates. The average contents of Cu, Cd, Pb and Fe in automobile emission particulates were 95.83, 22.14, 30.58 and 34727.31 mg/kg, respectively. Significant positive correlations exist between the magnetic parameters and the contents ofPb, Cu and Fe. The magnetic parameters of automobile emission particulates reflecting concentration of magnetic particles increased linearly with increase of Pb and Cu content, showed that the magnetic measurement could be used as a preliminary index for detection of Pb and Cu pollution.
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20876005). Computational resources were supported by the "Chemical GridProject" of Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
文摘The structural and electronic properties of Li2Mg(NH)2 for hydrogen storage have been studied by first-principles calculation. The optimal unit cell parameters and the distance of N-H are determined, which are in good agreement with the experimental data. The bulk modules and the energies of zero pressure are obtained by using Murnaghan equation of states. The results show that the α-Li2Mg(NH)2 is a ground state configuration. The overlap population analysis shows that the N-Li/Mg ionic characteristics and N-H interaction of αphase are weaker than those of βphase. The valence band is dominated by the presence of N s and p states, hybridized with the H s state.
基金Project(51778626) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The group-contribution (GC) methods suffer from a limitation concerning to the prediction of process-related indexes, e.g., thermal efficiency. Recently developed analytical models for thermal efficiency of organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) provide a possibility of overcoming the limitation of the GC methods because these models formulate thermal efficiency as functions of key thermal properties. Using these analytical relations together with GC methods, more than 60 organic fluids are screened for medium-low temperature ORCs. The results indicate that the GC methods can estimate thermal properties with acceptable accuracy (mean relative errors are 4.45%-11.50%);the precision, however, is low because the relative errors can vary from less than 0.1% to 45.0%. By contrast, the GC-based estimation of thermal efficiency has better accuracy and precision. The relative errors in thermal efficiency have an arithmetic mean of about 2.9% and fall within the range of 0-24.0%. These findings suggest that the analytical equations provide not only a direct way of estimating thermal efficiency but an accurate and precise approach to evaluating working fluids and guiding computer-aided molecular design of new fluids for ORCs using GC methods.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21336002,21376096,21676104)~~
文摘An extracellular chitinase produced by Paenibacillus pasadenensis CS0611was purified by ammoniumsulfate precipitation,HiTrap DEAE FF and HiLoad26/600Superdex200pg column chromatography.The apparent molecular mass determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis was69kDa.The optimum pH and optimum temperature of the chitinase were5.0and50°C,respectively.The enzyme showed high stability at alkaline pH values and temperaturesbelow40°C.Additionally,the metal ions Mn2+,Mg2+,and Co2+inhibited activity of the chitinase.Thechitinase was active on colloidal chitin with an apparent Km of4.41mg/mL and Vmax of1.08mg/min.Substrate spectrum analysis indicated that the chitinase reacted preferentially with the glucosidicbond between GlcNAc‐GlcNAc.The enzymatic hydrolysate was analyzed by high‐performance liquidchromatography and thin layer chromatography,and clearly showed that a subunit of(GlcNAc)2was the main hydrolysis product.
文摘The objective of this paper is to analyze consumers' perceptions about risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in the Argentinean domestic market. Data derives from a food consumption survey on organic and non-organic consumers conducted in Buenos Aires City, Argentina, in April 2005.The Lancaster model (1966) provided the theoretical basis. The results yielded by the estimated logistic model suggest that consumers with higher educational level, who eat healthy food, and consider food control organisms as "inefficient" are more likely to buy organic products. A high percentage of consumers read and trust label information in Argentina. This has interesting policy implications to promote differentiated and high value products, and to reduce information asymmetries.
基金supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program(2011BAD13B04)the earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(CARS-48)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31240012)
文摘The effects of different feeds and feeding regimes on growth performance, flesh quality and fecal viscosity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in recirculating aquaculture systems (R.AS) were investigated. Fish (initial body weight of 1677 g+ 157 g) were fed with four commercial feeds (Nosan salmon-NS, Aller gold-AG, Skretting salmon-SS and Hart ye-HY) in two feeding regimes (80% and 100% satiation) for 78 d. The results showed that salmon specific growth ratio (SGR) and weight gain ratio (WGR) were significantly affected by feed type and feeding regime (P〈0.05). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) varied between 0.93 and 3.40, which was significantly affected by feed type (P〈0.05), and slightly improved with increased satiation degree. The activities of digestive enzymes including protease, lipase and amylase were also significantly affected by feed type and feeding regime (P〈0.05), increasing with satiation degree. Flesh qualities for vitamin E, hydroxyproline (HYP), liquid loss and muscle pH among all groups showed significant differences (P〈0.05), ranging from 26.67 to 29.67, while no obvious difference was found in flesh color. Fecal viscosity for different treatments showed no significant difference, though improvement was found in 100% satiation group. From present experiment, it was concluded that both feed type and feeding regime can affect the important quality attributes of Atlantic salmon.