The growth characteristics of petroleum-degrader BS-8(Bacillus sp.) and the factors influencing its biosurfactant production were tested; the biosurfactant releasing mode of BS-8 was speculated by measuring OD600, s...The growth characteristics of petroleum-degrader BS-8(Bacillus sp.) and the factors influencing its biosurfactant production were tested; the biosurfactant releasing mode of BS-8 was speculated by measuring OD600, surface tension and oil displacement of fermentation broth; and the effects of carbon source, nitrogen source, temperature, p H, and Na Cl concentration on biosurfactant production by BS-8 were observed in this study. The results showed that the biosurfactant releasing mode of BS-8 was growth-correlated, the surface tension of BS-8 fermentation broth declined with the total bacteria increasing, and the oil displacement was positive correlated with biosurfactant content in fermentation broth; and the optimal culture conditions for effective biosurfactant production included: glucose as carbon source,yeast extract as nitrogen source, Na Cl concentration of 2%, p H of 7.0 and temperature at 30 ℃.展开更多
Using a laser detecting system, solubility data were measured for adipic acid dissolved in six pure solvents, namely, cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol, acetic acid, N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, and dimethy...Using a laser detecting system, solubility data were measured for adipic acid dissolved in six pure solvents, namely, cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol, acetic acid, N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, and dimethylsulfoxide at the temperature range from 293.15K to 353.15K. All these data were regressed by 2h, NRTL, Wilson, and the modified Wilson models. For the study of six, 2h, NRTL, and the modified Wilson models were found to provide an accurate mathematical representation of the experimental results, with overall average absolute relative deviations between measured and calculated values as 1.74%, 2.06%, and 3.06%, respectively. The results showed that the λh model is the most suitable for description of the solid-liquid equilibrium containing adipic acid.展开更多
Five soils derived from different parent materials were sampled from red soilregion of southern China and studied by magnetic methodology to understand to what extent ironreduction would affect soil magnetic propertie...Five soils derived from different parent materials were sampled from red soilregion of southern China and studied by magnetic methodology to understand to what extent ironreduction would affect soil magnetic properties and how iron reduction would affect the magneticminerals in soils. Reduction associated with organic matter decomposition strongly affected soilmagnetic parameters at low pH. The losses of original soil magnetic signals in terms of magneticsusceptibility (X), 'Soft' isothermal remanent magnetization ('Soft' IRM), anhysteretic remanentmagnetization (ARM) and saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) at pH 4~6 during thetwo-month saturation treatment, were 66%~94%, 54%~90%, 64%~95% and 33%~83%, respectively. Thesechanges were interpreted as a consequence of substantial dissolution of maghaemite and haematite inthe soils. At pH 10, however, there was no significant magnetic change observed. Moreover, stablesingle domain soil maghaemite grains were also sensitive to reduction, which suggested that bothpedogenic and detrital maghaemite were not stable in acid and reducing environments. Goethite,instead, was the most stable iron form under reducing conditions.展开更多
Predicting the best shutdown time of a steam ethylene cracking furnace in industrial practice remains a challenge due to the complex coking process. As well known, the shutdown time of a furnace is mainly determined b...Predicting the best shutdown time of a steam ethylene cracking furnace in industrial practice remains a challenge due to the complex coking process. As well known, the shutdown time of a furnace is mainly determined by coking condition of the transfer line exchangers (TLE) when naphtha or other heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks are cracked. In practice, it is difficult to measure the coke thickness in TLE through experimental method in the complex industrial situation. However, the outlet temperature of TLE (TLEOT) can indirectly characterize the coking situation in TLE since the coke accumulation in TLE has great influence on TLEOT. Thus, the TLEOT could be a critical factor in deciding when to shut down the furnace to decoke. To predict the TLEOT, a paramewic model was proposed in this work, based on theoretical analysis, mathematic reduction, and parameters estimation. The feasibility of the proposed model was further checked through industrial data and good agreements between model prediction and industrial data with maximum deviation 2% were observed.展开更多
The research progress in molecular chaperones, unfolded protein response (UPR) and ER-associated degradation (ERAD) involved in the protein quality control was summarized in this paper, and then the existing probl...The research progress in molecular chaperones, unfolded protein response (UPR) and ER-associated degradation (ERAD) involved in the protein quality control was summarized in this paper, and then the existing problems and the future devel- opment prospect were also discussed. It was pointed out that the life process of protein experienced four stages including synthesizing, folding, assembling and degradation, while each stage required strict quality control. In endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a variety of proteins had been synthesized, folded and modified to form func- tional proteins with certain conformation. When the folding was blocked in ER, the unfolded proteins would aggregate and induce the UPR, which up-regulated the level of modification enzymes folded by a series of molecular chaperones and proteins to help them accomplish folding and assembling. If these proteins were still folded incorrectly, they would enter into ERAD for being degraded.展开更多
We propose a new method to obtain the correlation length of gapped XXZ spin 1/2 antiferromagnetic chains. Following the relativistic quantum field theory in space-time dimensions, we use the exact dispersion of massi...We propose a new method to obtain the correlation length of gapped XXZ spin 1/2 antiferromagnetic chains. Following the relativistic quantum field theory in space-time dimensions, we use the exact dispersion of massive spinon to calculate the correlation length for XXZ spin 1/2 chain. We conjecture that the correlation length for other 1D lattice models can be obtained in the same way. Relation between dispersion and the oscillated correlation of gapped incommensurate lattice models is also discussed.展开更多
In nutrient-limited alpine meadows,nitrogen(N) mineralization is prior to soil microbial immobilization;therefore,increased mineral N supply would be most likely immobilized by soil microbes due to nutrient shortage i...In nutrient-limited alpine meadows,nitrogen(N) mineralization is prior to soil microbial immobilization;therefore,increased mineral N supply would be most likely immobilized by soil microbes due to nutrient shortage in alpine soils.In addition,low temperature in alpine meadows might be one of the primary factors limiting soil organic matter decomposition and thus N mineralization.A laboratory incubation experiment was performed using an alpine meadow soil from the Tibetan Plateau.Two levels of NH4NO3(N) or glucose(C) were added,with a blank without addition of C or N as the control,before incubation at 5,15,or 25 ℃ for 28 d.CO2 efflux was measured during the 28-d incubation,and the mineral N was measured at the beginning and end of the incubation,in order to test two hypotheses:1) net N mineralization is negatively correlated with CO2 efflux for the control and 2) the external labile N or C supply will shift the negative correlation to positive.The results showed a negative correlation between CO2 efflux and net N immobilization in the control.External inorganic N supply did not change the negative correlation.The external labile C supply shifted the linear correlation from negative to positive under the low C addition level.However,under the high C level,no correlation was found.These suggested that the correlation of CO2 efflux to net N mineralization strongly depend on soil labile C and C:N ratio regardless of temperatures.Further research should focus on the effects of the types and the amount of litter components on interactions of C and N during soil organic matter decomposition.展开更多
This paper presents a block-based secure and robust watermarking technique for color images based on multi-resolution decomposition and de-correlation.The principal objective of the presented scheme is to simultaneous...This paper presents a block-based secure and robust watermarking technique for color images based on multi-resolution decomposition and de-correlation.The principal objective of the presented scheme is to simultaneously meet all the four requirements(robustness,security,imperceptibility,and capacity)of a good watermarking scheme.The contribution of this study is to basically achieve the four contradictory requirements that a good watermarking scheme must meet.To do so,different approaches are combined in a way that the four requirements are achieved.For instance,to obtain imperceptibility,the three color channels(red,green,and blue)are de-correlated using principal component analysis,and the first principal component(de-correlated red channel)is chosen for watermark embedding.Afterwards,to achieve robustness,the de-correlated channel is decomposed using a discrete wavelet transform(DWT),and the approximate band(the other three bands are kept intact to preserve the edge information)is further decomposed into distinct blocks.The random blocks are chosen based on a random generated key.The random selected blocks are further broken down into singular values and vectors.Based on the mutual dependency on singular values and vectors’matrices,the values are modified depending on the watermarking bits,and their locations are saved and used as another key,required when the watermark is to be extracted.Consequently,two-level authentication levels ensure the security,and using both singular values and vectors increases the capacity of the presented scheme.Moreover,the involvement of both left and right singular vectors along with singular values in the watermarking embedding process strengthens the robustness of the proposed scheme.Finally,to compare the presented scheme with the state-of-the-art schemes in terms of imperceptibility(peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index),security(with numerous fake keys),robustness(normalized correlation and bit error rate),and capacity,the Gonzalez and Kodak datasets are used.The comparison shows significant improvement of the proposed scheme over existing schemes.展开更多
In this paper, a pest control model with state-dependent impulses is firstly established, which relies on releasing of natural enemies, together with spraying pesticides. By using the successor function of differentia...In this paper, a pest control model with state-dependent impulses is firstly established, which relies on releasing of natural enemies, together with spraying pesticides. By using the successor function of differential equation geometry rules, the existence of order one periodic solution is discussed. According to the Analogue of Poincare's Criterion, the orbitally asymptotic stability of the order one periodic solution is obtained. Furthermore, we investigated the global attractor of the system. From a biological point of view, our results indicate that: (1) the pest population can be controlled below some threshold; (2) compared to single measure, it is more efficient to take two measures for reducing the level of the pests.展开更多
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文摘The growth characteristics of petroleum-degrader BS-8(Bacillus sp.) and the factors influencing its biosurfactant production were tested; the biosurfactant releasing mode of BS-8 was speculated by measuring OD600, surface tension and oil displacement of fermentation broth; and the effects of carbon source, nitrogen source, temperature, p H, and Na Cl concentration on biosurfactant production by BS-8 were observed in this study. The results showed that the biosurfactant releasing mode of BS-8 was growth-correlated, the surface tension of BS-8 fermentation broth declined with the total bacteria increasing, and the oil displacement was positive correlated with biosurfactant content in fermentation broth; and the optimal culture conditions for effective biosurfactant production included: glucose as carbon source,yeast extract as nitrogen source, Na Cl concentration of 2%, p H of 7.0 and temperature at 30 ℃.
文摘Using a laser detecting system, solubility data were measured for adipic acid dissolved in six pure solvents, namely, cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol, acetic acid, N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, and dimethylsulfoxide at the temperature range from 293.15K to 353.15K. All these data were regressed by 2h, NRTL, Wilson, and the modified Wilson models. For the study of six, 2h, NRTL, and the modified Wilson models were found to provide an accurate mathematical representation of the experimental results, with overall average absolute relative deviations between measured and calculated values as 1.74%, 2.06%, and 3.06%, respectively. The results showed that the λh model is the most suitable for description of the solid-liquid equilibrium containing adipic acid.
文摘Five soils derived from different parent materials were sampled from red soilregion of southern China and studied by magnetic methodology to understand to what extent ironreduction would affect soil magnetic properties and how iron reduction would affect the magneticminerals in soils. Reduction associated with organic matter decomposition strongly affected soilmagnetic parameters at low pH. The losses of original soil magnetic signals in terms of magneticsusceptibility (X), 'Soft' isothermal remanent magnetization ('Soft' IRM), anhysteretic remanentmagnetization (ARM) and saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) at pH 4~6 during thetwo-month saturation treatment, were 66%~94%, 54%~90%, 64%~95% and 33%~83%, respectively. Thesechanges were interpreted as a consequence of substantial dissolution of maghaemite and haematite inthe soils. At pH 10, however, there was no significant magnetic change observed. Moreover, stablesingle domain soil maghaemite grains were also sensitive to reduction, which suggested that bothpedogenic and detrital maghaemite were not stable in acid and reducing environments. Goethite,instead, was the most stable iron form under reducing conditions.
基金Supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (2012CB720500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1162202, 21276078)+2 种基金the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars (61222303)the Shanghai Key Technologies R&D Program (12dz1125100)the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (B504)
文摘Predicting the best shutdown time of a steam ethylene cracking furnace in industrial practice remains a challenge due to the complex coking process. As well known, the shutdown time of a furnace is mainly determined by coking condition of the transfer line exchangers (TLE) when naphtha or other heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks are cracked. In practice, it is difficult to measure the coke thickness in TLE through experimental method in the complex industrial situation. However, the outlet temperature of TLE (TLEOT) can indirectly characterize the coking situation in TLE since the coke accumulation in TLE has great influence on TLEOT. Thus, the TLEOT could be a critical factor in deciding when to shut down the furnace to decoke. To predict the TLEOT, a paramewic model was proposed in this work, based on theoretical analysis, mathematic reduction, and parameters estimation. The feasibility of the proposed model was further checked through industrial data and good agreements between model prediction and industrial data with maximum deviation 2% were observed.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.30840002,30970223)Science Foundation for Returned Chinese Scholars in Heilongjiang (Grant No.LC08C03)+3 种基金Specialized Fund for Basic Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions of China (Grant No.DL09DA02)Scientific Research Starting Foundation for Introduced Talents in Northeast Forestry University (Grant No.015-602042)National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China (Grant No.200902365)Preferred Foundation of Science-Technology Program for Returned Chinese Scholars in Heilongjiang (Grant No.2009-HLJLixinLi)~~
文摘The research progress in molecular chaperones, unfolded protein response (UPR) and ER-associated degradation (ERAD) involved in the protein quality control was summarized in this paper, and then the existing problems and the future devel- opment prospect were also discussed. It was pointed out that the life process of protein experienced four stages including synthesizing, folding, assembling and degradation, while each stage required strict quality control. In endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a variety of proteins had been synthesized, folded and modified to form func- tional proteins with certain conformation. When the folding was blocked in ER, the unfolded proteins would aggregate and induce the UPR, which up-regulated the level of modification enzymes folded by a series of molecular chaperones and proteins to help them accomplish folding and assembling. If these proteins were still folded incorrectly, they would enter into ERAD for being degraded.
文摘We propose a new method to obtain the correlation length of gapped XXZ spin 1/2 antiferromagnetic chains. Following the relativistic quantum field theory in space-time dimensions, we use the exact dispersion of massive spinon to calculate the correlation length for XXZ spin 1/2 chain. We conjecture that the correlation length for other 1D lattice models can be obtained in the same way. Relation between dispersion and the oscillated correlation of gapped incommensurate lattice models is also discussed.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (Nos.2010CB951704 and 2010CB833502)the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (No.30600070)the West Light Joint Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘In nutrient-limited alpine meadows,nitrogen(N) mineralization is prior to soil microbial immobilization;therefore,increased mineral N supply would be most likely immobilized by soil microbes due to nutrient shortage in alpine soils.In addition,low temperature in alpine meadows might be one of the primary factors limiting soil organic matter decomposition and thus N mineralization.A laboratory incubation experiment was performed using an alpine meadow soil from the Tibetan Plateau.Two levels of NH4NO3(N) or glucose(C) were added,with a blank without addition of C or N as the control,before incubation at 5,15,or 25 ℃ for 28 d.CO2 efflux was measured during the 28-d incubation,and the mineral N was measured at the beginning and end of the incubation,in order to test two hypotheses:1) net N mineralization is negatively correlated with CO2 efflux for the control and 2) the external labile N or C supply will shift the negative correlation to positive.The results showed a negative correlation between CO2 efflux and net N immobilization in the control.External inorganic N supply did not change the negative correlation.The external labile C supply shifted the linear correlation from negative to positive under the low C addition level.However,under the high C level,no correlation was found.These suggested that the correlation of CO2 efflux to net N mineralization strongly depend on soil labile C and C:N ratio regardless of temperatures.Further research should focus on the effects of the types and the amount of litter components on interactions of C and N during soil organic matter decomposition.
文摘This paper presents a block-based secure and robust watermarking technique for color images based on multi-resolution decomposition and de-correlation.The principal objective of the presented scheme is to simultaneously meet all the four requirements(robustness,security,imperceptibility,and capacity)of a good watermarking scheme.The contribution of this study is to basically achieve the four contradictory requirements that a good watermarking scheme must meet.To do so,different approaches are combined in a way that the four requirements are achieved.For instance,to obtain imperceptibility,the three color channels(red,green,and blue)are de-correlated using principal component analysis,and the first principal component(de-correlated red channel)is chosen for watermark embedding.Afterwards,to achieve robustness,the de-correlated channel is decomposed using a discrete wavelet transform(DWT),and the approximate band(the other three bands are kept intact to preserve the edge information)is further decomposed into distinct blocks.The random blocks are chosen based on a random generated key.The random selected blocks are further broken down into singular values and vectors.Based on the mutual dependency on singular values and vectors’matrices,the values are modified depending on the watermarking bits,and their locations are saved and used as another key,required when the watermark is to be extracted.Consequently,two-level authentication levels ensure the security,and using both singular values and vectors increases the capacity of the presented scheme.Moreover,the involvement of both left and right singular vectors along with singular values in the watermarking embedding process strengthens the robustness of the proposed scheme.Finally,to compare the presented scheme with the state-of-the-art schemes in terms of imperceptibility(peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index),security(with numerous fake keys),robustness(normalized correlation and bit error rate),and capacity,the Gonzalez and Kodak datasets are used.The comparison shows significant improvement of the proposed scheme over existing schemes.
基金Research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11271260), Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (No. XTKX2012), the Hujiang Foundation of China (B14005) and the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee (13ZZ116).
文摘In this paper, a pest control model with state-dependent impulses is firstly established, which relies on releasing of natural enemies, together with spraying pesticides. By using the successor function of differential equation geometry rules, the existence of order one periodic solution is discussed. According to the Analogue of Poincare's Criterion, the orbitally asymptotic stability of the order one periodic solution is obtained. Furthermore, we investigated the global attractor of the system. From a biological point of view, our results indicate that: (1) the pest population can be controlled below some threshold; (2) compared to single measure, it is more efficient to take two measures for reducing the level of the pests.