The yellow meal worm (Tenebrio molitor L.) is an important resource insect typically used as animal feed additive. It is also widely used for biological research. The first complete mitochondrial genome of T. rnolit...The yellow meal worm (Tenebrio molitor L.) is an important resource insect typically used as animal feed additive. It is also widely used for biological research. The first complete mitochondrial genome of T. rnolitor was determined for the first time by long PCR and conserved primer walking approaches. The results showed that the entire mitogenome of T. molitor was 15 785 bp long, with 72.35% A+T content [deposited in GenBank with accession number KF418153]. The gene order and orientation were the same as the most common type suggested as ancestral for insects. Two protein-coding genes used atypical start codons (CTA in ND2 and AAT in COX1), and the remaining 11 protein-coding genes started with a typical insect initiation codon ATN. All tRNAs showed standard clover-leaf structure, except for tRNASer (AGN), which lacked a dihydrouridine (DHU) arm. The newly added T. molitor mitogenome could provide information for future studies on yellow meal worm.展开更多
We present a global optimization method, called the real-code genetic algorithm (RGA), to the ground state energies. The proposed method does not require partial derivatives with respect to each variational parameter ...We present a global optimization method, called the real-code genetic algorithm (RGA), to the ground state energies. The proposed method does not require partial derivatives with respect to each variational parameter or solving an eigenequation, so the present method overcomes the major difficulties of the variational method. RGAs also do not require coding and encoding procedures, so the computation time and complexity are reduced. The ground state energies of hydrogenic donors in GaAs-(Ga,Al)As quantum dots have been calculated for a range of the radius of the quantum dot radii of practical interest. They are compared with those obtained by the variational method. The results obtained demonstrate the proposed method is simple, accurate, and easy implement.展开更多
According to a mathematical model which describes the curing process of composites constructed from continuous fiber-reinforced, thermosetting resin matrix prepreg materials, and the consolidation of the composites, t...According to a mathematical model which describes the curing process of composites constructed from continuous fiber-reinforced, thermosetting resin matrix prepreg materials, and the consolidation of the composites, the solution method to the model is made and a computer code is developed, which for flat-plate composites cured by a specified cure cycle, provides the variation of temperature distribution, the cure reaction process in the resin, the resin flow and fibers stress inside the composite, the void variation and the residual stress distribution.展开更多
The aim of the study was to describe the binding of cholic acid by hemicellulose and pectin of yard-long bean at gastrointestinal system (in vitro), through variation of acidity (pH 3, 5 and 7) and boiling time (...The aim of the study was to describe the binding of cholic acid by hemicellulose and pectin of yard-long bean at gastrointestinal system (in vitro), through variation of acidity (pH 3, 5 and 7) and boiling time (raw/0, 5, 20 and 35 minutes) of yard-long bean. Two-way Anova (α= 5%) and functional groups analysis by infrared spectrophotometer were applied for the binding description. The results of the study showed: (1) The highest binding percentage of cholic acid by dietary fiber of yard-long bean at pH 3-raw treatment (76.603%); (2) Cholic acid binding via C = O/ester or acid of hemicellulose, C-O-C/cyclic ether of pectin, while C = O/ester or acid of oectin through iron.展开更多
The purpose of the present study is to develop a methodology to evaluate fuel discharge through the CRGT (control-rod guide tube) during CDAs (core-disruptive accidents) of SFRs (sodium-cooled fast reactors), si...The purpose of the present study is to develop a methodology to evaluate fuel discharge through the CRGT (control-rod guide tube) during CDAs (core-disruptive accidents) of SFRs (sodium-cooled fast reactors), since fuel discharge will decrease the core reactivity and CRGTs have a potential to provide an effective discharge path. Fuel discharge contains multi-component fluid dynamics with phase changes, and, in the present study, the SFR safety analysis code SIMMER (Sn, implicit, multifield, multicomponent, Eulerian recriticality) was utilized as a technical basis. First, dominant phenomena affecting fuel discharge through the CRGT are identified based on parametric calculations by the SIMMER code. Next, validations on the code models closely relating to these phenomena were carried out based on experimental data. It was shown that the SIMMER code with some model modifications could reproduce the experimental results appropriately. Through the present study, the evaluation methodology for the molten-fuel discharge through the CRGT was successfully developed.展开更多
Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite is regarded as the favorable candidate backfilling material for a potential repository in China. It is important to understand the diffusion behavior of ^125I in GMZ bentonite and compare t...Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite is regarded as the favorable candidate backfilling material for a potential repository in China. It is important to understand the diffusion behavior of ^125I in GMZ bentonite and compare the diffusion behavior in GMZ and other types of bentonite like MX-80, Avonlea, etc. Therefore, through- and out-diffusion experiments were conducted to obtain the effective diffusion coefficient (De) and distribution coefficient (Kd). A computer code named Fitting for diffusion coefficient (FDP) was used for the experimental data processing and theoretical modeling. At the dry density of GMZ bentonite from 1600-2000 kg/m^3, the De values of ^125I were (2.4-20.4)×10 ^-12 m^2/s and Ka values were constants. At dry density above 1800 kg/m^3, the diffusion behaviors were almost the same, indicating that the anion exclusion was ineffective. Out-diffusion results showed that the species of ^125I may be changed during the diffusion processing. It was probably caused by some organic mat- ters or reducing substances in GMZ bentonite. Since the main composition of bentonite is montmorillonite, similar diffusion parameters were obtained in GMZ and other types of bentonite. The relationship of DE and accessible porosity (εacc) could be described by Archie's law with exponent n = 1.2-2.8 for ^125I diffusion in bentonite, whereas n = 2.0 in GMZ bentonite. Fur- thermore, bentonite with the dry density of 1800 kg/m^3 was proposed as the backfilling materials used in the construction of high level radioactivity waste repository.展开更多
The elements in the periodic table are the building blocks used to form substances with different compositions. Nevertheless, it is the properties of substances that are decisive for their existence and practical appl...The elements in the periodic table are the building blocks used to form substances with different compositions. Nevertheless, it is the properties of substances that are decisive for their existence and practical applications. Searching for new class of materials with exotic properties has always been challenging because of the complexity of both the theoretical and the experimental approaches developed so far. Here, we propose that the three ubiquitous and paramount attributes of all existing matter charge(Q), spin(S) or rotational motion, and linear motion(K) can be used to account for the formation of different types of matter/materials and their properties that have been or will be known to us. The three attributes or original codes can produce six primary codes which can further produce another sixty codes. The physical meanings represented by each code are unlocked. The table consisting of the 60 codes is introduced as the table of properties of codes of matter. We demonstrate that these codes can be used as building blocks to form new properties and new materials. Many new types of quasiparticles and new classes of materials with exotic properties of Q, S and K are predicted. Their possible experimental realizations are proposed. The possible applications of the codes of matter in other fields such as elementary particles, photonics and chemistry are briefly discussed. We know that there should be more new materials and new electronic, spin and photonic states to be discovered, but we do not know what they are. The codes of matter clearly reveal to us how many and what they are and how easily we can recognize what they are. Experimental and theoretical exploration for new forms of matter, new quasiparticles, or new electronic and spin states, or new states of photon or properties of light, as well as macroscopic entities with exotic properties represented by the codes of matter, is imminent.展开更多
A mirror-image protein-based information barcoding and storage technology wherein D-amino acids are used to encode information into mirror-image proteins that are chemically synthesized is described.These mirror-image...A mirror-image protein-based information barcoding and storage technology wherein D-amino acids are used to encode information into mirror-image proteins that are chemically synthesized is described.These mirror-image proteins were then fused into various materials from which information-encoded objects were produced.Subsequently,the mirror-image proteins were extracted from the objects using biotin-streptavidin resin-mediated specific enrichment and cleaved using an Ni(Ⅱ)-mediated selective peptide cleavage.Protein sequencing was accomplished using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS)and then transcoded into the recorded information.We demonstrated the use of this technology to encode Chinese words into mirror-image proteins,which were then fused onto a poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)film and retrieved and decoded by LC-MS/MS sequencing.Compared to information barcoding and storage technologies using natural biopolymers,the mirrorimage biopolymers used in our technology may be more stable and durable.展开更多
As perovskite quantum dots(PeQDs)are performing their outstanding characteristics,incremental efforts have been devoted to such materials.Here,inspired by the spider spinning process,we present novel PeQDs microfibers...As perovskite quantum dots(PeQDs)are performing their outstanding characteristics,incremental efforts have been devoted to such materials.Here,inspired by the spider spinning process,we present novel PeQDs microfibers with tailorable morphologies and functions from a multi-injection microfluidic approach.The microfibers were generated by introducing PeQDs precursors into each barrel of the inner capillary array and mixing them in the spindle middle channel,where the poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)dissolved in N,N-dimethyl formamide(DMF)was also injected as their sheath fluid.During this process,the PeQDs were in situ synthesized with the connection of precursor cations and anions in the core fluid;while the PVDF formed solidified microfibers to encapsulate PeQDs with the fast dispersion of DMF into the outer aqueous solution.Thus,the good encapsulation of PeQDs was achieved in PVDF microfibers,which effectively protected them from different hostile environments.Because of the highly tunable spinning processes,the microfibers exhibited controllable diameters and helical geometric structures,and the encapsulated PeQDs could yield adjustable emission peaks.Based on the PeQDs microfibers,we have explored their potential as luminescent materials in barcodes and as flexible photodetectors,which make such microfibers highly versatile for different areas.展开更多
基金This work was supported by grant from the Science and Technology Committee of Yunnan Province (2011 FB141 ) We thank Dr. Zhong-Bao ZHAO for helpful suggestions during manuscript preparation.
文摘The yellow meal worm (Tenebrio molitor L.) is an important resource insect typically used as animal feed additive. It is also widely used for biological research. The first complete mitochondrial genome of T. rnolitor was determined for the first time by long PCR and conserved primer walking approaches. The results showed that the entire mitogenome of T. molitor was 15 785 bp long, with 72.35% A+T content [deposited in GenBank with accession number KF418153]. The gene order and orientation were the same as the most common type suggested as ancestral for insects. Two protein-coding genes used atypical start codons (CTA in ND2 and AAT in COX1), and the remaining 11 protein-coding genes started with a typical insect initiation codon ATN. All tRNAs showed standard clover-leaf structure, except for tRNASer (AGN), which lacked a dihydrouridine (DHU) arm. The newly added T. molitor mitogenome could provide information for future studies on yellow meal worm.
文摘We present a global optimization method, called the real-code genetic algorithm (RGA), to the ground state energies. The proposed method does not require partial derivatives with respect to each variational parameter or solving an eigenequation, so the present method overcomes the major difficulties of the variational method. RGAs also do not require coding and encoding procedures, so the computation time and complexity are reduced. The ground state energies of hydrogenic donors in GaAs-(Ga,Al)As quantum dots have been calculated for a range of the radius of the quantum dot radii of practical interest. They are compared with those obtained by the variational method. The results obtained demonstrate the proposed method is simple, accurate, and easy implement.
文摘According to a mathematical model which describes the curing process of composites constructed from continuous fiber-reinforced, thermosetting resin matrix prepreg materials, and the consolidation of the composites, the solution method to the model is made and a computer code is developed, which for flat-plate composites cured by a specified cure cycle, provides the variation of temperature distribution, the cure reaction process in the resin, the resin flow and fibers stress inside the composite, the void variation and the residual stress distribution.
文摘The aim of the study was to describe the binding of cholic acid by hemicellulose and pectin of yard-long bean at gastrointestinal system (in vitro), through variation of acidity (pH 3, 5 and 7) and boiling time (raw/0, 5, 20 and 35 minutes) of yard-long bean. Two-way Anova (α= 5%) and functional groups analysis by infrared spectrophotometer were applied for the binding description. The results of the study showed: (1) The highest binding percentage of cholic acid by dietary fiber of yard-long bean at pH 3-raw treatment (76.603%); (2) Cholic acid binding via C = O/ester or acid of hemicellulose, C-O-C/cyclic ether of pectin, while C = O/ester or acid of oectin through iron.
文摘The purpose of the present study is to develop a methodology to evaluate fuel discharge through the CRGT (control-rod guide tube) during CDAs (core-disruptive accidents) of SFRs (sodium-cooled fast reactors), since fuel discharge will decrease the core reactivity and CRGTs have a potential to provide an effective discharge path. Fuel discharge contains multi-component fluid dynamics with phase changes, and, in the present study, the SFR safety analysis code SIMMER (Sn, implicit, multifield, multicomponent, Eulerian recriticality) was utilized as a technical basis. First, dominant phenomena affecting fuel discharge through the CRGT are identified based on parametric calculations by the SIMMER code. Next, validations on the code models closely relating to these phenomena were carried out based on experimental data. It was shown that the SIMMER code with some model modifications could reproduce the experimental results appropriately. Through the present study, the evaluation methodology for the molten-fuel discharge through the CRGT was successfully developed.
基金supported by Qianjiang Talents Project in Zhejiang ProvinceProject Supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry
文摘Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite is regarded as the favorable candidate backfilling material for a potential repository in China. It is important to understand the diffusion behavior of ^125I in GMZ bentonite and compare the diffusion behavior in GMZ and other types of bentonite like MX-80, Avonlea, etc. Therefore, through- and out-diffusion experiments were conducted to obtain the effective diffusion coefficient (De) and distribution coefficient (Kd). A computer code named Fitting for diffusion coefficient (FDP) was used for the experimental data processing and theoretical modeling. At the dry density of GMZ bentonite from 1600-2000 kg/m^3, the De values of ^125I were (2.4-20.4)×10 ^-12 m^2/s and Ka values were constants. At dry density above 1800 kg/m^3, the diffusion behaviors were almost the same, indicating that the anion exclusion was ineffective. Out-diffusion results showed that the species of ^125I may be changed during the diffusion processing. It was probably caused by some organic mat- ters or reducing substances in GMZ bentonite. Since the main composition of bentonite is montmorillonite, similar diffusion parameters were obtained in GMZ and other types of bentonite. The relationship of DE and accessible porosity (εacc) could be described by Archie's law with exponent n = 1.2-2.8 for ^125I diffusion in bentonite, whereas n = 2.0 in GMZ bentonite. Fur- thermore, bentonite with the dry density of 1800 kg/m^3 was proposed as the backfilling materials used in the construction of high level radioactivity waste repository.
基金supported by the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship(Professorial)Program(FT130100778)
文摘The elements in the periodic table are the building blocks used to form substances with different compositions. Nevertheless, it is the properties of substances that are decisive for their existence and practical applications. Searching for new class of materials with exotic properties has always been challenging because of the complexity of both the theoretical and the experimental approaches developed so far. Here, we propose that the three ubiquitous and paramount attributes of all existing matter charge(Q), spin(S) or rotational motion, and linear motion(K) can be used to account for the formation of different types of matter/materials and their properties that have been or will be known to us. The three attributes or original codes can produce six primary codes which can further produce another sixty codes. The physical meanings represented by each code are unlocked. The table consisting of the 60 codes is introduced as the table of properties of codes of matter. We demonstrate that these codes can be used as building blocks to form new properties and new materials. Many new types of quasiparticles and new classes of materials with exotic properties of Q, S and K are predicted. Their possible experimental realizations are proposed. The possible applications of the codes of matter in other fields such as elementary particles, photonics and chemistry are briefly discussed. We know that there should be more new materials and new electronic, spin and photonic states to be discovered, but we do not know what they are. The codes of matter clearly reveal to us how many and what they are and how easily we can recognize what they are. Experimental and theoretical exploration for new forms of matter, new quasiparticles, or new electronic and spin states, or new states of photon or properties of light, as well as macroscopic entities with exotic properties represented by the codes of matter, is imminent.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0505200 and 2019YFA0706902)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22022703,91753205,and 21750005)the Science and Technological Fund of Anhui Province for Outstanding Youth(1808085J04)。
文摘A mirror-image protein-based information barcoding and storage technology wherein D-amino acids are used to encode information into mirror-image proteins that are chemically synthesized is described.These mirror-image proteins were then fused into various materials from which information-encoded objects were produced.Subsequently,the mirror-image proteins were extracted from the objects using biotin-streptavidin resin-mediated specific enrichment and cleaved using an Ni(Ⅱ)-mediated selective peptide cleavage.Protein sequencing was accomplished using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS)and then transcoded into the recorded information.We demonstrated the use of this technology to encode Chinese words into mirror-image proteins,which were then fused onto a poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)film and retrieved and decoded by LC-MS/MS sequencing.Compared to information barcoding and storage technologies using natural biopolymers,the mirrorimage biopolymers used in our technology may be more stable and durable.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0908200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52073060 and 61927805)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu(BE2018707)Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program(JCYJ20190813152616459)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M680652)。
文摘As perovskite quantum dots(PeQDs)are performing their outstanding characteristics,incremental efforts have been devoted to such materials.Here,inspired by the spider spinning process,we present novel PeQDs microfibers with tailorable morphologies and functions from a multi-injection microfluidic approach.The microfibers were generated by introducing PeQDs precursors into each barrel of the inner capillary array and mixing them in the spindle middle channel,where the poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)dissolved in N,N-dimethyl formamide(DMF)was also injected as their sheath fluid.During this process,the PeQDs were in situ synthesized with the connection of precursor cations and anions in the core fluid;while the PVDF formed solidified microfibers to encapsulate PeQDs with the fast dispersion of DMF into the outer aqueous solution.Thus,the good encapsulation of PeQDs was achieved in PVDF microfibers,which effectively protected them from different hostile environments.Because of the highly tunable spinning processes,the microfibers exhibited controllable diameters and helical geometric structures,and the encapsulated PeQDs could yield adjustable emission peaks.Based on the PeQDs microfibers,we have explored their potential as luminescent materials in barcodes and as flexible photodetectors,which make such microfibers highly versatile for different areas.