Epigenetic Effects of Special Plant Nutritional Elements(SPNE) on Four Generations of Conventional Rice

[Objective] The epigenetic effects of special plant nutritional elements （SP-NE） on 4 generations of conventional rice were investigated. [Method] The 4 gener-ations of a conventional rice cultivar were al treated with the SPNE. The effects of SPNE on the yield of the 4 generations were investigated. From the 1st generation to the 4th generations, some seeds were treated with the SPNE and water alterna-tively, and some seeds were treated with the SPNE persistently. Under these condi-tions, the effects of SPNE on the yield of rice were studied. In addition, the epige-netic effects of spraying times of SPNE on the yield of rice within the same gener-ation were studied. According to the national standard for pol utant content in food （GB 2762-2012）, the heavy metal content, particularly the Cd content, and the pro-tein content in rice grains were determined. [Result] The increase and the epigenetic increase of yield of rice treated with SPNE were al enlarged generation by genera-tion. The yield differed among different plots even under the same SPNE treatment. But the yield increase was similar within the same plot. The epigenetic effects of spraying times of SPNE on the yield were also similar. The pol utant content in rice grains was al less than the limited content required by the national standard. The Cd content was lower and the protein content was higher in the rice treated with SPNE compared to that in the rice treated with water, indicating the rice treated with SPNE was more safe and nutritional. [Conclusion] We hope to provide a theo-retical basis for the production of conventional rice.

A Reconstruction and Discussion of the Effect of Diagenetic Environment on Hydrocarbon Generation Based on Diagenetic Mineral Assemblage in Mudstone

Inorganic minerals in mudstone are composed of clay minerals,carbonate and detrital minerals.Detrital minerals(such as quartz and feldspar)are mainly original deposit.However,clay minerals(kaolinite,illite,and chlorite)and carbonate(calcite and dolomite)are mostly diagenetic minerals.Furthermore,conversion of the four kinds of clay minerals are common.The formation of clay minerals and carbonate is controlled by temperature,pressure,p H,Eh and type of cations during diagenesis.Therefore mineral assemblage can indicate the characteristics and change of diagenetic environment.In addition to inorganic minerals,there are also organic matter of different sources and chemical properties in mudstone.Traditionally,it is considered that evolution of organic matter is controlled by thermal effect.Now studies show that inorganic and organic matter can interact with each other and form clay-organic complexes.This suggest that attention should be paid to the influence of diagenetic mineral assemblage and diagenetic environment on the evolution of organic matter* Samples of mudstone from 1500-4500m of the Palaeogene in the Dongying Depression,China,were collected to investigate the changes of mudstone diagenetic environment.XRD,thin section and SEM were used to detect diagenetic minerals and assemblage characteristics.Results showed that content of detrital minerals,which are floating in mud matrix or preserved as silt laminae,is basically unchanged from shallow to deep strata.Clay minerals which are gathered as argillaceous matrix or preserved as argillaceous laminae have growth and decline relation to carbonate which mainly appear as micropoikilitic ferriferous calcite and ferriferous dolomite.All these characteristics indicate that detrital minerals are exogenetic,whereas carbonate is diagenetic minerals.Based on the SEM analysis of the clay minerals,it was found that smectite present honeycomb and reticulate structure,while illite present filiform and schistose structure and there are growth and decline relationship between them.Nevertheless,hexagonal tabular and stratified kaolinite has the highest content from 2400m to3300m.Rosette and stratified chlorite shows increase trend when the burial depth is deeper than 3300m.These characteristics indicated that clay minerals are diagenetic minerals and there are conversions among the four types.Therefore form shallow to deep,three diagenetic mineral assemblage zones can be divided based on the characteristics of carbonate and clay minerals in mudstone.Namely,smectite+illite/smectite zone in the depth of 2000-2500m;kaolinite+illite/smectite zone in the depth of 2500-3300m and illite+chlorite+carbonate zone below 3300m.Previous studies showed that kaolinite is stable under acidic conditions,while other clay minerals and carbonate are stable under alkaline conditions.Hence according to mineral assemblages feature,it was inferred that diagenetic environment of mudstonehasundergonethechangeof alkaline-acid-alkaline.For the organic matter with different chemical properties in mudstone,the hydrocarbon generation will be different in the acidic and alkaline diagenetic environment even if the conditions of temperature and pressure are the same.Therefore,for hydrocarbon generation we should not only focus on thermal effect,but also pay more attention to the differences of diagenetic environment which have great significance for the understanding of hydrocarbon generation,hydrocarbon expulsion and reservoir formation in mudstone.

Review on second-harmonic generation of ultrasonic guided waves in solid media(Ⅰ): Theoretical analyses

Considering the high sensitivity of the nonlinear ultrasonic measurement technique and great advantages of the guided wave testing method, the use of nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves provides a promising means for evaluating and characterizing the hidden and/or inaccessible damage/degradation in solid media. Increasing attention on the development of the testing method based on nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves is largely attributed to the theoretical advances of nonlinear guided waves propagation in solid media. One of the typical acoustic nonlinear responses is the generation of second harmonics that can be used to effectively evaluate damage/degradation in materials/structures. In this paper, the theoretical progress of second-harmonic generation（SHG） of ultrasonic guided wave propagation in solid media is reviewed. The advances and developments of theoretical investigations on the effect of SHG of ultrasonic guided wave propagation in different structures are addressed. Some obscure understandings and the ideas in dispute are also discussed.

Crystal Structure and Properties of a Sodium Terbium Borate Na_(2.67)Tb_(2.11)B_3O_9

A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solution by employing NaBO2 as flux. The structure was deter- mined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Amm2 with a = 5.0744（10）, b = 10.990（2）, c = 6.9078（14） A, V = 385.24（13） A3, Dc = 4.941 g/cm3, F（000） = 250, Z = 2, μ= 9.205 mm-1, the final R = 0.0253 and wR = 0.0610. Its three-dimensional network structure is constructed from isolated BO33-, Na（1）O8, Na（2）O6, Na（3）O6 and Tb（1）O9 polyhedra. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is paramagnetic （μj = 7.04 μb）. The intensity of the second harmonic generation of Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9 is 2.5 times that of KDP.

Multipartite entanglement generation with dipole induced transparency effect in indirectly coupled dipole-microcavity systems

We propose a feasible scheme of generating multipartite entanglement with the dipole induced transparency （D/T） effect in indirectly coupled dipole-microcavity systems. It is shown that the transmission spectrum is closely related with the interference of dipole-microcavity systems, and we can generate different classes of multi- partite entanglement, e.g., the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state, the W state, and the Dicke state, of the di- pole emitters just by choosing an appropriate frequency of the incident photon. Benefiting from the DIT effect, the schemes may work in the bad or low-Q cavity regime only if the large Purcell factor of the dipole-microcavity system is fulfilled, and they are also insensitive to experimental noise, which may be feasible with present acces- sible technology.

Effective generation of optical quadruple frequency millimeter-wave based on fiber laser using injection rational harmonic mode-locked technique

A method to generate the optical quadruple frequency millimeter-wave with high power efficiency is pro- posed and demonstrated based on the combination of the injection 2nd-order rational harmonic mode- locked fiber ring laser technique and the fiber grating notch filter. In this approach, the fiber Bragg grating notch filter is inserted into the laser cavity to prevent the undesired optical carrier, so that the pump power can be converted to 2nd-order harmonic wave more efficiently. In our experiment, the power efficiency of optical quadruple frequency millimeter-wave （40 GHz） generation is ten folds of that of our previous method based only on the rational harmonic mode-locked technique.

Ordering effects of cholesterol on sphingomyelin monolayers investigated by high-resolution broadband sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

This report investigated the ordering of the alky chain of sphingomyelin （SMs） monolayers induced by cholesterol at the air/water interface using high-resolution broadband sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy （HR-BB-SFG-VS）. The SFG spectra of the three nature sphingomyelin/cholesterol mixture monolayers with two concentrations of the cholesterol at the air/water interface are performed under different polarization combination. A new resolved CH2 symmetric stretching （d＋, ~2834 cm-1） and the CH3 symmetric stretching （r＋, ~2874 cm-1） mode are applied to characterize the conformational order in the sphingomyelin/cholesterol mixture monolayers. It was found that the cholesterol make the sphingosine backbones more conformational order. During this process, the conformational order of the N-linked acyl chain remains unaltered. Moreover, the sphingosine backbones of SMs have much larger contributions to gauche defects of SMs than one in the N-linked acyl chain. These results presented here not only shed lights on understanding of the interactions of sphingomyelin molecules with cholesterol molecules at interface but also demonstrates the ability of HR-BB-SFG to probe such complicated molecular systems.

Effects of Smoking May Be Passed Down Through Generations

吸烟对人体健康的负面作用,以及怀孕妇女吸烟对子女健康的潜在危害早已是家喻户晓的健康常识。然而令人意想不到的是,妇女在怀孕期间吸烟,不仅会提高子女感染儿童哮喘病的几率,甚至还会增加其外孙的患病危险!

Effect of acidity on morphologies and photodimerization kinetics in Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers of styrylquinoline derivatives

The real-time second harmonic generation was employed to investigate the[2＋2]photodimerization of styrylquinoline（SQ） derivatives in Langmuir-Blodgett（LB） monolayers deposited from aqueous subphases with different acidity.It was discovered that the photodimerization rate constant significantly decreased upon the addition of acid.The additional atomic force microscopy measurements revealed that surface morphologies were correlated to the photodimerization kinetics.These experimental results provide direct evidence for the topo-chemical mechanisms of[2＋2]photodimerization in LB films.The current study demonstrates that the intermolecular interactions and aggregation structures play important roles in the photochemical properties at surfaces.