A powerful HUPAN on a pan-genome study: significance and perspectives

Recently,a report explaining the construction of a Human Pangenome ANalysis(HUPAN)system attracted wide attention in the biomedicine community.The original article was published in Genome Biology,a leading international journal in genomics1.Many researchers,particularly those conducting basic medical research.

An In-Depth Study of Complex Power System Dynamic Behavior Characteristics for Chinese UHV Power Grid Security

In this paper,a series of major policy decisions used to improve the power grid reliability,reduce the risk and losses of major power outages,and realize the modernization of 21st century power grid are discussed. These decisions were adopted by American government and would also be helpful for the strategic development of Chinese power grid. It is proposed that China should take precaution,carry out security research on the overall dynamic behaviour characteristics of the UHV grid using the complexity theory,and finally provide safeguard for the Chinese UHV grid. It is also pointed out that,due to the lack of matured approaches to controll a cascading failure,the primary duty of a system operator is to work as a "watchdog" for the grid operation security,eliminate the cumulative effect and reduce the risk and losses of major cascading outages with the help of EMS and WAMS.

A Study of High-Power Thyristor Switch of Poloidal-Field Power Supply System in HT-7U Super-Conductive Tokamak

Through theoretical analysis of thyristor switch, criterion of turn-off was derived for the design of thyristor switch. The expression of parameter design and its math model during the turn-off were deduced. The simulation and experiment have been accomplished to validate the analysis.

A Study on Renewable Power Pricing Mechanism and Price Incentive Policies in China

The basic framework of price policies for promoting renewable power de- velopment in China is introduced. The background, concept and implementation of price policies, focused on wind power, biomass power and solar power, are summarized in the article. The experiences and lessons of implementation of these price policies are analyzed. It is concluded that reasonable price policy is quite effective for promoting re- newable power development. According to the requirement of China's renewable power development, the suggestions for improving renewable power pricing mechanism and price incentive policies are proposed.

Multi-train modeling and simulation integrated with traction power supply solver using simplified Newton–Raphson method

Multi-train modeling and simulation plays a vital role in railway electrification during operation and planning phase. Study of peak power demand and energy consumed by each traction substation needs to be deter- mined to verify that electrical energy flowing in its railway power feeding system is appropriate or not. Gauss-Seidel, conventional Newton-Raphson, and current injection methods are well-known and widely accepted as a tool for electrical power network solver in DC railway power supply study. In this paper, a simplified Newton-Raphson method has been proposed. The proposed method employs a set of current-balance equations at each electrical node instead of the conventional power-balance equation used in the conventional Newton-Raphson method. This concept can remarkably reduce execution time and computing complexity for multi-train simulation. To evaluate its use, Sukhumvit line of Bangkok transit system （BTS） of Thai- land with 21.6-km line length and 22 passenger stopping stations is set as a test system. The multi-train simulation integrated with the proposed power network solver is developed to simulate 1-h operation service of selected 5-min headway. From the obtained results, the proposed method is more efficient with approximately 18 % faster than the conventional Newton-Raphson method and just over 6 % faster than the current injection method.

Defects in Chinas Independent Director System: A Case Study of Leshan Power Company

A system has been set up in China which provides for independent directors of listedcompanies. Whether these independent directors could play an effective role has, however,always been a matter for dispute. The recent case of Leshan Power shows that under thelegal framework and share structure which currently exists in China, there is very narrowscope for independent directors to carry out their function. After discussing the main obstaclesto implementation of independent directorship of Chinas listed companies, the authorpoints out several measures that must be taken in order to enhance the effectiveness ofboards of directors. Finally this paper concludes that without the necessary conditions forindependent directors to actually have a functioning role to play, invitation of independentdirectors by listed companies will be a matter of form only.

A Comparative Study of Epi-up and Epi-Down Bonding of High Power 980 nm Single-Mode Semiconductor Lasers

Epi-up and epi-down bonding of high power 980nm lasers have been studied in terms of bonding process, thermal behavior, optical performances, thermal stress effects and long-term laser reliability. We demonstrated that epi-down bonding can offer lower thermal resistance and improved optical performances without significantly degrading the long-term laser reliability.

Study Shows Oscillating Power Toothbrushes Superior

选注者言:标题出现的Power Toothbrushes就是“动力牙刷”的意思,前面还有Oscillating,其含义是“振动的”。因此,标题可直译:研究表明动力振动牙刷具有优越性。读完全文,我们才明白,Oscillating Power Toothbrushes的全称应该是:rotational oscillation toothbrushes(旋转振动牙刷)。因为有了电动的旋转振动牙刷,我们现在使用的牙刷也就获得了一个新名:manual toothbrushes(手动牙刷)。语言就是这么随科技的发展而发展的。商界朋友读了此文,是否觉得本文藏匿着良好商机?

A Hero Can Be the Power for Our Studies

Although there are many famous stars I like very much, Mao Zedong is my most respected hero in my heart.

Empirical Likelihood Ratio-Based Goodness-of-Fit Test for the Laplace Distribution

The Laplace distribution can be compared against the normal distribution.The Laplace distribution has an unusual,symmetric shape with a sharp peak and tailsthat are longer than the tails of a normal distribution.It has recently become quitepopular in modeling financial variables(Brownian Laplace motion)like stock returnsbecause of the greater tails.The Laplace distribution is very extensively reviewed in themonograph(Kotz et al.in the laplace distribution and generalizations-a revisit withapplications to communications,economics,engineering,and finance.Birkhauser,Boston,2001).In this article,we propose a density-based empirical likelihood ratio(DBELR)goodness-of-fit test statistic for the Laplace distribution.The test statisticis constructed based on the approach proposed by Vexler and Gurevich(Comput StatData Anal 54:531-545,2010).In order to compute the test statistic,parameters of theLaplace distribution are estimated by the maximum likelihood method.Critical valuesand power values of the proposed test are obtained by Monte Carlo simulations.Also,power comparisons of the proposed test with some known competing tests are carriedout.Finally,two illustrative examples are presented and analyzed.