Research progress of tunnel-type sodium manganese oxide cathodes for SIBs

Among the large energy storage batteries, the sodium ion batteries（SIBs） are attracted huge interest due to the fact of its abundant raw materials and low cost, and has become the most promising secondary battery. Tunnel-type sodium manganese oxides（TMOs） are industrialized cathode materials because of their simple synthesis method and proficient electrochemical performance. Na_0.44MnO₂（NMO） is considered the best candidate material for all tunnel-type structural materials. ...     

The roles of cysteines in the heme domain of human soluble guanylate cyclase

Soluble guanylate cyclase(sGC) is a critical heme-containing enzyme involved in NO signaling.The dimerization of sGC subunits is necessary for its bioactivity and its mechanism is a striking and an indistinct issue.The roles of heme domain cysteines of the sGC on the dimerization and heme binding were investigated herein.The site-directed mutations of three conserved cysteines(C78A,C122A and C174S) were studied systematically and the three mutants were characterized by gel filtration analysis,UV-vis spectroscopy and heme transfer examination.Cys78 was involved in heme binding but not referred to the dimerization,while Cys174 was demonstrated to be involved in the homodimerization.These results provide new insights into the cysteine-related dimerization regulation of sGC.     

Incremental Web Usage Mining Based on Active Ant Colony Clustering

To alleviate the scalability problem caused by the increasing Web using and changing users＇ interests, this paper presents a novel Web Usage Mining algorithm-Incremental Web Usage Mining algorithm based on Active Ant Colony Clustering. Firstly, an active movement strategy about direction selection and speed, different with the positive strategy employed by other Ant Colony Clustering algorithms, is proposed to construct an Active Ant Colony Clustering algorithm, which avoid the idle and ＂flying over the plane＂ moving phenomenon, effectively improve the quality and speed of clustering on large dataset. Then a mechanism of decomposing clusters based on above methods is introduced to form new clusters when users＇ interests change. Empirical studies on a real Web dataset show the active ant colony clustering algorithm has better performance than the previous algorithms, and the incremental approach based on the proposed mechanism can efficiently implement incremental Web usage mining.     

An approach to 3D NURBS modeling of complex fault network considering its historic tectonics

Fault disposal is a research area that presents difficulties in 3D geological modeling and visualization. In this paper, we propose an integrated approach to reconstructing a complex fault network (CFN). Based on the non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) techniques, fault surface was constructed, reflecting the regulation of its spatial tendency, and correlative surfaces were enclosed to form a fault body model. Based on these models and considering their historic tectonics, a method was put forward to settle the 3D modeling problem when the intersection of two faults in CFN induced the change of their relative positions. First, according to the relationships of intersection obtained from geological interpretation, we introduced the topological sort to determine the order of fault body construction and rebuilt fault bodies in terms of the order; then, with the disposal method of two intersectant faults in 3D modeling and applying the Boolean operation, we investigated the characteristic of faults at the intersectant part. An example of its application in hydropower engineering project was proposed. Its results show that this modeling approach can increase the computing efficiency while less computer memory is required, and it can also factually and objectively reproduce the CFN in the engineering region, which establishes a theoretical basis for 3D modeling and analysis of complex engineering geology.     

Improvement of Identity-Based Threshold Proxy Signature Scheme with Known Signers

0 IntroductionIdentity-based (ID-based) cryptography[1]is rapidly emer-gingin recent years .The concept of the proxy signature scheme was first in-troduced by Mamboet al[2]in 1996 .The concept of thresholdproxy signature was proposed[3 ,4]. Apractical and secure (t,n) threshold proxy signature scheme should satisfy the secre-cy,the proxy protected,the unforgeability,the non-repudia-tion,the ti me constraint ,andthe known signers[5].In 2006 , Baoet al[6]proposed an ID-based thresholdproxy si…     

Correlation of coral fluorescence with nearshore rainfall and runoff in Hainan Island, South China Sea

Under UV-laser excitation, the Porites coral from Longwan bay waters. Hainan Island, could emit yellow-green fluorescence. After fitting the data of the fluorescent intensity (FI) of the coral with the rainfall (RF) in nearshore area of Qionghai. a good relationship between FI and RF was found with a linear formula of RF = 889 — 4.54 FI and a correlation coefficient of 0.78. Based on this formula, the rainfall sequence from 1982 to 1997 has been reconstructed. The peak annual rainfall is usually related to global El nino events. By fitting the data of the fluorescent intensity and the runoff (RO). a quadric formula was obtained as RO = — 0.0279FI —18.59 FI - 950.9 with a correlation coefficient of 0.74. The reconstructed runoff sequence from 1982 to 1997 coincided with the rainfall occurrence. The results indicate that flood and drought incidents in coastal areas of the south China are affected by global change to a great extent.     

A New Method for the Synthesis of C/D Ring Synthon of Vitamin D

Inrecentyears,vitaminDresearchareahasbeenstimulatedbythediscoveriesthatIQ,25-dihydroxyvitaminD,,theactivemetaboliteofvitaminD,,inadditiontotheclassicalrolesofregulatingcalciumandphosphorusmetabolisms',hasamuchbroaderspectrumofactivitiesthanoriginallythought,suchaspromotingcelldifferelltiationandinhibitingcellproliferation"'.Thebiologicalsignificanceandmedicalneedshaveledeffortstowardthesearchforanaloguesofpotentcelldifferelltiationandantiproliferationactivitywithouttoxichypercalcemiaassociate…     

Terminalic Acid, a New Tannin from the Fruit of Terminalia chebula

AsatheraPeuticherbusedintraditionalChinesemedicine,TerminaliachebulaisconventionallygrowninGuangdong,Guangxi,andtheYunnanprovinceofChina.Itsripefruitisefficaciouslycurativewhenusedintreatingdiarrheaandhoarsenessofthethroatandcanalsobeusedasanastringenttobringabouthemostasisortoremovesomepathogenic"internalheat"ortoxicelementsfromwithinhumanphysique'.SeveralstudiesonhydroIysabletanninswithchebuloylgrouphavebeenreportedsofar2.AspartofaprogramforasystematicstudyofTchebula,wehavesuccessfullyis…     

干涉理论对bottle beam的描述

对轴棱锥产生的贝塞尔光聚焦特性的描述，我们提出一种有别于惠更斯-菲涅耳衍射积分理论的解析表达.这种解析表达基于干涉理论的基础，它能够模拟计算出聚焦透镜置于最大准直距离之外以及在聚焦透镜焦平面以后的光束行为，能够更好地描述bottle beam的形成过程，这些结果用衍射积分理论是得不到的.我们还得到了与Wei用几何光学分析所得出的当z_0max将产生hollow beam的不同结论.所有理论计算结果都得到实验的有力验证. 关键词： bottle beam 贝塞尔光 轴棱锥 光镊