ANALYSIS OF “BIMODAL PATTERN” STORM ACTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

Storms that occur at the Bay of Bengal(Bo B) are of a bimodal pattern, which is different from that of the other sea areas. By using the NCEP, SST and JTWC data, the causes of the bimodal pattern storm activity of the Bo B are diagnosed and analyzed in this paper. The result shows that the seasonal variation of general atmosphere circulation in East Asia has a regulating and controlling impact on the Bo B storm activity, and the "bimodal period" of the storm activity corresponds exactly to the seasonal conversion period of atmospheric circulation. The minor wind speed of shear spring and autumn contributed to the storm, which was a crucial factor for the generation and occurrence of the"bimodal pattern"storm activity in the Bo B. The analysis on sea surface temperature(SST) shows that the SSTs of all the year around in the Bo B area meet the conditions required for the generation of tropical cyclones(TCs). However,the SSTs in the central area of the bay are higher than that of the surrounding areas in spring and autumn, which facilitates the occurrence of a "two-peak"storm activity pattern. The genesis potential index(GPI) quantifies and reflects the environmental conditions for the generation of the Bo B storms. For GPI, the intense low-level vortex disturbance in the troposphere and high-humidity atmosphere are the sufficient conditions for storms, while large maximum wind velocity of the ground vortex radius and small vertical wind shear are the necessary conditions of storms.

Analysis of genotype differences of rice response to low Zn^(2+) activity and some morphological characteristics

Zinc deficiency is one of the most widespreadmicro-nutritional disorder for rice. To solve the problem, screening Zn-efficient cultivars isan available method and understanding geno-

Activation Characteristics of Ml_ (1-x)Mm_x(Ni_ ( 3.550Co_ ( 0.750Mn_ (0.4)Al_ ( 0.3)) Hydrogen Storage Alloys After Surface Modification

The surface of multicomponents Ml_ 1-xMm_x(Ni_ 3.55Co_ 0.75Mn_ 0.4Al_ 0.3)(x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) hydrogen storage alloys was impregnated in the vitriol liquor (0.01, 0.02, 0.04 mol·L -1) for five minutes at room temperature. With the following charge/discharge procedure, I_c=60 mAh·g -1×7.5 h, I_d=60 mAh·g -1, the final cutoff voltage was -0.60 V (vs. Hg/HgO), activation characteristics of the alloys with different Ml∶Mm ratio were investigated. And the effects on activation characteristics of alloys modified by different surface methods were also investigated. The results indicate that Ml:Mm ratio and different surface modification process have a prominent effect on activation characteristics of the alloys. Activation characteristics and initial discharge capacities of the alloys have a great improvement after surface modification. The effects of activation characteristics are more obvious with the vitriol concentration increasing. The alloy Ml_ 0.7Mm_ 0.3(Ni_ 3.55Co_ 0.75Mn_ 0.4Al_ 0.3) shows the best activation characteristics and a maximum discharge capacity. With surface modification, the alloy was activated after 2 cycles, and the maximum discharge capacity is 250.1 mAh·g -1.

Kinetic Characteristics in Pyrolysis of RPF with Additives

PVC（polyvinyl chloride） was isolated from waste plastic before manufacturing RPF（refuse paper ＆ plastic fuel）, and the characteristics of manufactured RPF including properties, calorific value, pyrolysis, chlorine content and kinetics analysis were analyzed. Based on the result of TGA（Thermogravimetric analysis）, the kinetics characteristics was analyzed by using Kissinger method and Ozawa method which are the most common methods for obtaining activation energy, and the experimental conditions of TGA were set as follows： in a nitrogen atmosphere, with gas flow rate of 20mL/min, heating rate of 5-50 ℃/min, and maximum temperature of 800 ℃. In conclusion, the activation energy showed a tendency to gradually increase by a rise of reaction rate. Although the activation energy with pyrolysis of RPF was irregularly scattered, it was shown that the activation energy was stabilized by co-pyrolysis of RPF and additives（rice bran and sawdust）.

Analysis of Some Characteristics of the Fault Activities in Eastern China by Satellite Images

Active faults have special electromagnetic effect and remote sensing characteristics, and exhibit unique im-agery marks in satellite images. A comprehensive comparison of images of active faults in eastern China and ananalysis of geologic and geomorphic data can tell us some characteristics of fault activity in the area during theneotectonic period: 1) The fault activities of the north-south tectonic zone, North China and Taiwan werestronger than those of southeastern and northeastern China; 2) the faulting in the north-south tectonic zone,North China and Taiwan has continued up to now, and most of the fault activites in southeastern andnorth-eastern China have become weaker since the Middle Pleistocene; 3) the activity is unsteady in time, mostbeing intermittent, or episodic, i.e. alternately strong and weak; 4) most active faults of a definite size can be di-vided into several segments which somewhat differ from each other in the characteristics of the activity.

LINEAR ACTIVE STRUCTURES AND MODES (Ⅱ) —DISCRETE SYSTEMS AND BEAMS

The basic concepts about the active structures and some attributes of the modes were presented in paper “Liner Active Structures and Modes]( I) ". The characteristics of the active discrete systems and active beams were discussed, especially, the stability of the active structures and the orthogonality of the eigenvectors. The notes about modes were portrayed by a model of a seven-storeyed building with sensors and actuators. The concept of the adjoint active structure was extended from the discrete systems to the beams that were the representations of the continuous structures. Two types of beams with different placements of the measuring and actuating systems were discussed in detail. One is the beam with the discrete sensors and actuators, and the other is the beam with distributed sensor and actuator function. The orthogonality conditions were derived with the modal shapes of the active beam and its adjoint active beam. An example shows that the variation of eigenvalues with feedback amplitude for the homo-configuration and non-homo-configuration active structures.

Combustion Characteristics and Kinetics of Anthracite Blending with Pine Sawdust

The combustion characteristics and kinetics of anthracite,pine sawdust and their blends were investigated under combustion condition by thermogravimetric analysis,respectively.The fractions of pine sawdust in the blended samples were set to be 30%,50%,and 80%.The results showed that the ignition and burnout temperatures of pine sawdust were lower and the maximum combustion rate was higher than those of anthracite.With the increase of pine sawdust content,the ignition temperature and burnout temperature of the blends decreased,while the maximum mass loss rate and the combustible index of the blends increased;that is,the comprehensive combustion property became better.The kinetic parameters for the blends combustion under air condition were calculated based on experimental results using Coats-Redfern model.When the pine sawdust content varied in the range of 30%-80%,the combustion processes of these blends could be divided into two stages and the combustion reactions belong to the first-order reaction.The values of apparent activation energy at two individual stages decreased from 68.78to47.28kJ·mol-1 and from 113.53 to 46.43kJ·mol-1,respectively.

Clinical characteristics of macrophage activation syndrome secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus

Objective To investigate the clinical features of macrophage activation syndrome(MAS)associated with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE).Methods The clinical data of 15 patients with SLE-induced MAS diagnosed in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from July

Association of secretory IgA with clinical pathological characteristics and complement activation in IgA nephropathy

Objective To further investigate the association among clinical pathology,complement activation and renal secretory IgA(SIgA)deposition in patients with IgA nephropathy(IgAN).Methods The activation of serum complements was detected by immunoturbidimetry and ELISA.Renal deposition of SIgA and activation of complements were detected by immunofluorescence.

Hot Deformation Behavior of a Novel Ni-Cr-Mo-B Ultra-heavy Plate Steel by Hot Compression Test

Hot deformation behavior of a novel Ni-Cr-Mo-B heavy plate steel was studied by hot compression tests,which were conducted on a Gleeble-3800thermo-mechanical simulator corresponding to the temperature range of850-1 150℃ with the strain rates of 0.01-10s-1 and the true strain of 0.8.The results suggest that the majority of flow curves exhibit a typical dynamic recrystallization（DRX）behavior with an apparent single peak stress followed by agradual fall towards a steady-state stress.Important characteristic parameters of flow behavior as critical stress/strain for initiation of DRX and peak and steady-state stress/strain were derived from curves of strain hardening rate versus stress and stress versus strain,respectively.Material constants of the investigated steel were determined based on Arrhenius-type constitutive equation,and then the peak stress was predicted by the equation with the hot deformation activation energy of 379 139J/mol,and the predicted values agree well with the experimental values.Furthermore,the effect of Zener-Hollomon parameter on the characteristic points of flow curves was studied using the power law relation,and the ratio of critical stress and strain to peak stress and strain were found to be 0.91and0.46,respectively.