The equilibrium solubilities,volumetric gas-liquid mass transfer coefficients kLa of H_2 and CO were measured as functions of temperature(298―513 K),pressure(1―3 MPa),superficial gas velocity(0.5―3 cm/s) and solid ...The equilibrium solubilities,volumetric gas-liquid mass transfer coefficients kLa of H_2 and CO were measured as functions of temperature(298―513 K),pressure(1―3 MPa),superficial gas velocity(0.5―3 cm/s) and solid volume fraction(5%―25%) in liquid paraffin/iron-based catalyst slurry bubble column reactor.The volumetric mass transfer coefficients kLa were obtained by measuring the dissolution rate of H_2 and CO.The influences of the operation conditions,such as pressure,temperature,superficial gas velocity and catalyst concentration on kLa,were investigated.Two empirical correlations were proposed to predict kLa values of H_2 and CO in liquid paraffin/solid particles slurry bubble column reactor.The results showed that the equilibrium solubilities of H-2 and CO increased with an increasing temperature and pressure,and the solubility of CO was greater than that for H_2.It was found that the equilibrium solubility can be expressed by Henry's law.The volumetric mass transfer coefficients of H_2 and CO were of the same order of magnitude,and increased with the increase of pressure,temperature and superficial gas velocity.The presence of solid particles decreased kLa values of both H_2 and CO.展开更多
Plotinus' account of matter in Ennead III 6[26] 11-15 serves two purposes. The terms, evil and ugly, present the negative side of matter's causality, providing for the change characteristic of the sensible world and...Plotinus' account of matter in Ennead III 6[26] 11-15 serves two purposes. The terms, evil and ugly, present the negative side of matter's causality, providing for the change characteristic of the sensible world and the possibility of ontological evil and privation as well as of moral evil among human beings. The receptacle and other images from Plato's Timaeus present the positive side of this causality, matter as allowing for the presence of forms in the bodies of the sensible world. Plotinus explicitly articulates the linguistic problem surrounding the nature of matter, since language is derived from the corporeal and thus needs constant correction when applied to matter as incorporeal. His use of language, thus, always has two phases, first, capturing the nature of matter as aptly as possible, and second, highlighting the difference between matter and the image, analogy, or metaphor used to help explain it.展开更多
CPS (cyber-physics system) engineering brings new revolutionary opportunities for multi-disciplinary and complex processes, like oil extraction from oil sands. Based on an established unified feature modeling scheme...CPS (cyber-physics system) engineering brings new revolutionary opportunities for multi-disciplinary and complex processes, like oil extraction from oil sands. Based on an established unified feature modeling scheme, a software modeling framework to simulate the process of SAGD (steam-assisted gravity drainage) is proposed. The main purpose of this work was to apply CPS in the complex production engineering informatics modeling as it applied to SAGD. Existing physics models and simulation algorithms for main SAGD phenomena were reviewed, and an integrated ontology model via a feature-based approach has been developed. Conservation laws were used as the governing principles, while the transport phenomena were modelled via the primary phenomenon features. The representation of typical data flows targeting to the functional simulation scenarios by applying the concept of phenomenon features was also done. The definition of this feature type represents a new expansion of the emerging unified feature scheme for engineering software modeling. Slotted liners were taken as the well-completion option and their design and specifications were included in the case study model. The unique representation of the planned software design is developed and expressed with graphical diagrams of the UML (unified modelling language) convention.展开更多
Mimicry is widely used to exemplify natural selection's power in promoting adaptation. Nonetheless, it has become increasingly clear that mimicry is frequently imprecise. Indeed, the phenotypic match is often poor be...Mimicry is widely used to exemplify natural selection's power in promoting adaptation. Nonetheless, it has become increasingly clear that mimicry is frequently imprecise. Indeed, the phenotypic match is often poor between mimics and models in many Batesian mimicry complexes and among co-mimics in many Mtillerian mimicry complexes. Here, we consider whether such imperfect mimicry represents an evolutionary compromise between predator-mediated selection favoring mimetic conver- gence on the one hand and competitively mediated selection favoring divergence on the other hand. Specifically, for mimicry to be effective, mimics and their models/co-mimics should occur together. Yet, co-occurring species that are phenotypically similar often compete for resources, successful reproduction, or both. As an adaptive response to minimize such costly interactions, in-teracting species may diverge phenotypically through an evolutionary process known as character displacement. Such divergence between mimics and their models/co-mimics may thereby result in imperfect mimicry. We review the various ways in which character displacement could promote imprecise mimicry, describe the conditions under which this process may be especially likely to produce imperfect mimicry, examine a possible case study, and discuss avenues for future research. Generally, character displacement may play an underappreciated role in fostering inexact mimicry .展开更多
Graphical representation is a very efficient tool for visual analysis of protein sequences. In this paper, a novel 2D graphical representation scheme is proposed on the basis of a newly introduced concept, named chara...Graphical representation is a very efficient tool for visual analysis of protein sequences. In this paper, a novel 2D graphical representation scheme is proposed on the basis of a newly introduced concept, named characteristic model of the protein sequences. After obtaining the 2D graphics of protein sequences, two numerical characterizations of them is designed as descriptors to analyze the nine DN5 protein sequences, simulation and analysis results show that, comparing with existing methods, our method is not only visible, intuitional, and simple, but also has no circuit or degeneracy, and even more important, since the storage space required by our method is constant and has nothing to do with the length of protein sequences, then it can keep excellent visual inspection for long protein sequences.展开更多
A multi-character recognition method based on hidden Markov model (HMM) was presented. The method can reduce the calculation load of correlation and improve recognition accuracy compared with singlecharacter recogni...A multi-character recognition method based on hidden Markov model (HMM) was presented. The method can reduce the calculation load of correlation and improve recognition accuracy compared with singlecharacter recognition in video. The characteristics used for recognizing include the shape character, the color character, the texture character and so on. Even our human being generally uses these characteristics to recognize objects in practice..4, recognition experiment of 17 fishes was carried out in the paper. The experimental results demonstrate the high veracity of the multi-character recognition algorithm. Together with the tracking process, it can handle dynamic objects, so the multi-character recognition is more like the human recognition, and has great application value.展开更多
基金financial supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program 2011AA05A204)
文摘The equilibrium solubilities,volumetric gas-liquid mass transfer coefficients kLa of H_2 and CO were measured as functions of temperature(298―513 K),pressure(1―3 MPa),superficial gas velocity(0.5―3 cm/s) and solid volume fraction(5%―25%) in liquid paraffin/iron-based catalyst slurry bubble column reactor.The volumetric mass transfer coefficients kLa were obtained by measuring the dissolution rate of H_2 and CO.The influences of the operation conditions,such as pressure,temperature,superficial gas velocity and catalyst concentration on kLa,were investigated.Two empirical correlations were proposed to predict kLa values of H_2 and CO in liquid paraffin/solid particles slurry bubble column reactor.The results showed that the equilibrium solubilities of H-2 and CO increased with an increasing temperature and pressure,and the solubility of CO was greater than that for H_2.It was found that the equilibrium solubility can be expressed by Henry's law.The volumetric mass transfer coefficients of H_2 and CO were of the same order of magnitude,and increased with the increase of pressure,temperature and superficial gas velocity.The presence of solid particles decreased kLa values of both H_2 and CO.
文摘Plotinus' account of matter in Ennead III 6[26] 11-15 serves two purposes. The terms, evil and ugly, present the negative side of matter's causality, providing for the change characteristic of the sensible world and the possibility of ontological evil and privation as well as of moral evil among human beings. The receptacle and other images from Plato's Timaeus present the positive side of this causality, matter as allowing for the presence of forms in the bodies of the sensible world. Plotinus explicitly articulates the linguistic problem surrounding the nature of matter, since language is derived from the corporeal and thus needs constant correction when applied to matter as incorporeal. His use of language, thus, always has two phases, first, capturing the nature of matter as aptly as possible, and second, highlighting the difference between matter and the image, analogy, or metaphor used to help explain it.
文摘CPS (cyber-physics system) engineering brings new revolutionary opportunities for multi-disciplinary and complex processes, like oil extraction from oil sands. Based on an established unified feature modeling scheme, a software modeling framework to simulate the process of SAGD (steam-assisted gravity drainage) is proposed. The main purpose of this work was to apply CPS in the complex production engineering informatics modeling as it applied to SAGD. Existing physics models and simulation algorithms for main SAGD phenomena were reviewed, and an integrated ontology model via a feature-based approach has been developed. Conservation laws were used as the governing principles, while the transport phenomena were modelled via the primary phenomenon features. The representation of typical data flows targeting to the functional simulation scenarios by applying the concept of phenomenon features was also done. The definition of this feature type represents a new expansion of the emerging unified feature scheme for engineering software modeling. Slotted liners were taken as the well-completion option and their design and specifications were included in the case study model. The unique representation of the planned software design is developed and expressed with graphical diagrams of the UML (unified modelling language) convention.
基金We thank Karin Pfennig, the members of the Pfennig lab, and two anonymous referees for helpful comments. We also thank Zhi-Yun Jia for inviting us to submit this paper and the U.S. National Science Foundation for fund-ing our research on mimicry and character displacement.
文摘Mimicry is widely used to exemplify natural selection's power in promoting adaptation. Nonetheless, it has become increasingly clear that mimicry is frequently imprecise. Indeed, the phenotypic match is often poor between mimics and models in many Batesian mimicry complexes and among co-mimics in many Mtillerian mimicry complexes. Here, we consider whether such imperfect mimicry represents an evolutionary compromise between predator-mediated selection favoring mimetic conver- gence on the one hand and competitively mediated selection favoring divergence on the other hand. Specifically, for mimicry to be effective, mimics and their models/co-mimics should occur together. Yet, co-occurring species that are phenotypically similar often compete for resources, successful reproduction, or both. As an adaptive response to minimize such costly interactions, in-teracting species may diverge phenotypically through an evolutionary process known as character displacement. Such divergence between mimics and their models/co-mimics may thereby result in imperfect mimicry. We review the various ways in which character displacement could promote imprecise mimicry, describe the conditions under which this process may be especially likely to produce imperfect mimicry, examine a possible case study, and discuss avenues for future research. Generally, character displacement may play an underappreciated role in fostering inexact mimicry .
基金Acknowledgments The authors thank the anonymous referees for suggestions that helped to improve the paper substantially. And the project is partly sponsored by the Colleges and Universities Open Innovation Platform Fund of Hunan Province (No. 13K041), the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 14JJ2070), the construct program of the key discipline in Hunan province, the State Educa- tion Ministry Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, the Introduced Talent Start-up Fund Project of Xiangtan University (No. 11QDZ45).
文摘Graphical representation is a very efficient tool for visual analysis of protein sequences. In this paper, a novel 2D graphical representation scheme is proposed on the basis of a newly introduced concept, named characteristic model of the protein sequences. After obtaining the 2D graphics of protein sequences, two numerical characterizations of them is designed as descriptors to analyze the nine DN5 protein sequences, simulation and analysis results show that, comparing with existing methods, our method is not only visible, intuitional, and simple, but also has no circuit or degeneracy, and even more important, since the storage space required by our method is constant and has nothing to do with the length of protein sequences, then it can keep excellent visual inspection for long protein sequences.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60675024)
文摘A multi-character recognition method based on hidden Markov model (HMM) was presented. The method can reduce the calculation load of correlation and improve recognition accuracy compared with singlecharacter recognition in video. The characteristics used for recognizing include the shape character, the color character, the texture character and so on. Even our human being generally uses these characteristics to recognize objects in practice..4, recognition experiment of 17 fishes was carried out in the paper. The experimental results demonstrate the high veracity of the multi-character recognition algorithm. Together with the tracking process, it can handle dynamic objects, so the multi-character recognition is more like the human recognition, and has great application value.