Single-Frequency Matching Pursuits Based Time-of-Flight Measurement in Viscoacoustic Medium

Broadband ultrasound signals will produce distortion in viscoacoustic medium, which may influence the accuracy of time-of-flight (TOF) measurement. Under the condition of single-frequency acoustic source, the wave propagation process in viscoacoustic medium was analyzed and an approximate solution of the wave propagation was given. Instances of broadband ultrasound were analyzed and simulated based on the single-frequency results. A single-frequency matching pursuits (SFMP) algorithm was then introduced to solve the waveform distortion problem. Time-frequency decomposition was applied to extracting the single-frequency compositions from broadband ultrasound signals, and then these compositions were sent to the matching pursuits (MP) algorithm for calculating the TOF parameters. Compared with the broadband signals, the shapes of extracted single-frequency signals change more slightly as distance and attenuation coefficient increase. The residuals of SFMP were far less than those of MP algorithm. Experimental results show that the SFMP algorithm is able to eliminate waveform distortion of broadband ultrasound in viscoacoustic medium, which helps improve the accuracy of TOF measurement.

Analytical approach to quantum phase transitions of ultracold Bose gases in bipartite optical lattices using the generalized Green＇s function method

In order to investigate the quantum phase transitions and the time-of-flight absorption pictures analyt- ically in a systematic way for ultracold Bose gases in bipartite optical lattices, we present a generalized Green＇s function method. Utilizing this method, we study the quantum phase transitions of ultracold Bose gases in two types of bipartite optical lattices, i.e., a hexagonal lattice with normal Bose-Hubbard interaction and a d-dimensional hypercubic optical lattice with extended Bose-Hubbard interaction. Furthermore, the time-of-flight absorption pictures of ultracold Bose gases in these two types of lat- tices are also calculated analytically. In hexagonal lattice, the time-of-flight interference patterns of ultracold Bose gases obtained by our analytical method are in good qualitative agreement with the exDerimental results of Soltan-Panahi, et al. [Nat. Phys. 7, 434 （2011）]. In square optical lattice, the emergence of peaks at（±π/a,±π/a） in the time-of-flight absorption pictures, which is believed to bea sort of evidence of the existence of a supersolid phase, is clearly seen when the system enters the compressible phase from charge-density-wave phase.

Purification and Characterization of a New Heme-Binding （HBP59） from the Mutant Strain DJ35 of Azotobacter vinelandii

A new protein, an approximately 59-kDa monomer containing iron atoms, was first isolated from the mutant strain DJ35 of Azotobacter vinelandii Llpmann. After analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorptlon ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, the protein was Identified as the product of a predicted gene. Thus, the protein was tentatively called HBP59. Its absorption spectra （ABS） In the reduced state exhibited three peaks at 421,517, and 556 nm and the maximal peak was shifted from 421 to 413 nm after exposure of HBP59 to air. The Soret circular dichrolsm （CD） spectrum of HBP59 In the reduced state displayed four positive peaks at 364, 382, 406, and 418 nm and two negative peaks at 398 and 433 nm; the △ε （CD extinction coefficient） values of these peaks were found to be 0.92, 0.58, 0.87, 0.72, -0.65 and -1.12 L/mol per cm, respectively. Titration with heme showed that the protein has 0.1 heme molecules/protein molecule. After HBP59 had fully Interacted with heme, Its maximal ABS value and Soret CD Intensity were increased by approximately 10-fold compared with values before Interaction. Therefore, It seems that one molecule of HBP59 can be interacted with only one heme. These results indicate that HBP59 contains heme with low spin and may be Involved In heme utilization or adhesion.

北宋初期佛教融摄道教初探——以赣州慈云寺塔所出《行瘟使者皈佛图》为例

佛教与道教的相互文化交流向来一直备受研究者关注,但由于文献缺乏的缘故,北宋初期佛教对道教文化的融摄问题却罕有研究。2004年江西赣州慈云寺塔所出的五代宋初绘本《行瘟使者皈佛图》为解决这一问题提供了重要图像资料。通过对此图中“五方行瘟使者”的源流及其与梵僧灵严大圣关系的分析发现,北宋初期的佛教依然在积极融摄道教知识,并且将道教神祇(行瘟使者)佛教化,但此一融摄过程却并非显而易见,而是通过满足民众需求与对民俗知识的继承来隐晦体现出来的。