The organization of biological sequences into constrained and unconstrained parts determines fundamental properties of genotype–phenotype maps

Biological information is stored in DNA, RNA and protein sequences, which can be understood as genotypes that are translated into phenotypes. The properties of genotype–phenotype (GP) maps have been studied in great detail for RNA secondary structure. These include a highly biased distribution of genotypes per phenotype, negative correlation of genotypic robustness and evolvability, positive correlation of phenotypic robustness and evolvability, shape-space covering, and a roughly logarithmic scaling of phenotypic robustness with phenotypic frequency. More recently similar properties have been discovered in other GP maps, suggesting that they may be fundamental to biological GP maps, in general, rather than specific to the RNA secondary structure map. Here we propose that the above properties arise from the fundamental organization of biological information into ‘constrained'' and ‘unconstrained'' sequences, in the broadest possible sense. As ‘constrained'' we describe sequences that affect the phenotype more immediately, and are therefore more sensitive to mutations, such as, e.g. protein-coding DNA or the stems in RNA secondary structure. ‘Unconstrained'' sequences, on the other hand, can mutate more freely without affecting the phenotype, such as, e.g. intronic or intergenic DNA or the loops in RNA secondary structure. To test our hypothesis we consider a highly simplified GP map that has genotypes with ‘coding'' and ‘non-coding'' parts. We term this the Fibonacci GP map, as it is equivalent to the Fibonacci code in information theory. Despite its simplicity the Fibonacci GP map exhibits all the above properties of much more complex and biologically realistic GP maps. These properties are therefore likely to be fundamental to many biological GP maps.     

Ballistic behavior of plain and reinforced concrete slabs under high velocity impact

This work presents a numerical simulation of ballistic penetration and high velocity impact behavior of plain and reinforced concrete slabs. In this paper, we focus on the comparison of the performance of the plain and reinforced concrete slabs of unconfined compressive strength 41 MPa under ballistic impact. The concrete slab has dimensions of 675 mm × 675 mm × 200 mm, and is meshed with 8-node hexahedron solid elements in the impact and outer zones. The ogive-nosed projectile is considered as rigid element that has a mass of 0.386 kg and a length of 152 mm. The applied velocities vary between 540 and 731 m/s. 6 mm of steel reinforcement bars were used in the reinforced concrete slabs. The constitutive material modeling of the concrete and steel reinforcement bars was performed using the Johnson-Holmquist-2 damage and the Johnson-Cook plasticity material models, respectively. The analysis was conducted using the commercial finite element package Abaqus/Explicit. Damage diameters and residual velocities obtained by the numerical model were compared with the experimental results and effect of steel reinforcement and projectile diameter were studies. The validation showed good agreement between the numerical and experimental results. The added steel reinforcements to the concrete samples were found efficient in terms of ballistic resistance comparing to the plain concrete sample.     

Synthesis of double perovskite La2MnNiO6 nanoparticles as highly efficient oxygen evolution electro-catalysts

Double perovskite La₂MnNiO₆ nanoparticles (approximately 30 nm in diameter) were synthesized using a modified sol-gel method followed by a firing process and used as promising electrode materials for oxygen evolution reactions (OERs). The phase purity of the nanoparticles was verified using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy measurements. La₂MnNiO₆ nanoparticles crystallize in a monoclinic structure (P2₁/n space group) with refined lattice parameters of a = 5.461(5) Å, b = 5.512(3) Å, c = 7.760(5) Å, and β = 90.10(2)°. The elemental composition, particle size, size distribution, and surface area of the La₂MnNiO₆ nanoparticles were also investigated. La₂MnNiO₆ nanoparticles are ferromagnetic in nature and exhibit hysteresis with a saturation magnetization value of approximately 9 emu/g. La₂MnNiO₆ nanoparticles exhibit highly efficient electro-catalytic activity for OERs with a low onset over-potential (approximately 65 mV) and low Tafel slope values (120 mV/dec) in alkaline media. The over-potential of La₂MnNiO₆ nanoparticles at a current density of 10 mA/cm² is in good agreement with the reported over-potential (ƞ₁₀) of double perovskites, commercial Pt/C and IrO₂ electro-catalysts for promoting OERs.     

FeOOH–CoS composite catalyst with high catalytic performances for oxygen evolution reaction at high current density

Water electrolysis is an efficient approach for high-purity hydrogen production. However, the anodic sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) always needs high overpotential and thus brings about superfluous electricity cost of water electrolysis. Therefore, exploiting highly efficient OER electrocatalysts with small overpotential especially at high current density will undoubtedly boost the development of industrial water electrolysis. Herein, we used a simple hydrothermal method to prepare a novel FeOOH–CoS nanocomposite on nickel foam (NF). The as-prepared FeOOH–CoS/NF catalyst displays an excellent OER performance with extremely low overpotentials of 306 and 329 mV at 500 and 1000 mA cm⁻² in 1.0 M KOH, respectively. In addition, the FeOOH–CoS/NF catalyst can maintain excellent catalytic stability for more than 50 h, and the OER catalytic activity shows almost no attenuation no matter after 1000 repeated CV cycles or 50 h of stability test. The high catalytic activity and stability have exceeded most non-noble metal electrocatalysts reported in literature, which makes the FeOOH–CoS/NF composite catalyst have promising applications in the industrial water electrolysis.     

氧气底吹熔炼氧枪浅析

系统地论述了氧气底吹熔炼氧枪的结构、工作原理、设计计算方法、材质及蚀损机理．指出了延长氧枪使用寿命的措施。     

双河油田注入水适应性及注水井酸化解堵研究

考察了双河油田双河联、江河联注入水堵塞地层的因素;膨胀性黏土，悬浮固体颗粒。细菌及悬浮污油。含膨胀性黏土的双河南、双河北及不含膨胀性黏土的双江岩心粉，在注入水中相对于地层水中的体积膨胀度分别为14．5％、11．1％及0．02％；注入100PV不含悬浮颗粒的等体积比地层水、注入水混合水使双河、双江岩心渗透率分别下降7％和4％、9％和7％。注入水中悬浮颗粒引起岩心渗透率下降，粒径越大、颗粒浓度越大、注入量越大，则渗透率越低。在粒径2．1μm或颗粒浓度3mg／L前后下降幅度变化较大。注入水中硫酸盐还原菌引起岩心渗透率下降，含菌量越大则渗透率开始下降时的注水量越小，注入含菌50个／L的水100PV使岩心渗透率下降7％。岩心对注水合油量敏感，注入含油量20mg／L的水50PV使岩心渗透率下降20％。在岩心注水实验中渗透率下降最严重的是双河南岩心，其次是双河北岩心．江河岩心较轻，注入精细过滤水的双河北岩心渗透率下降大大减少．说明悬浮固体是造成注水堵塞的主要因素。为了解除双河油田注水井的堵塞，研制了含黏土稳定剂、缓蚀剂、铁离子稳定剂、互溶剂的土酸液，与南阳油田使用的低伤害酸液一起，用于1口注水井的解堵，效果良好。图7表4参5。     

基于进化算法的常减压装置模拟

提出了基于优选优生进化算法（Select—best and prepotency evolution algorithm，SPEA）的常减压装置模拟方法。以各塔的温度分布为目标，基于生产过程和分析数据，采用SPEA确定各塔板Murphree效率，从而精确描述各塔板平衡偏离程度。在实际应用中，获得具有良好精度的常减压装置模型。系统分析了SPEA算法的关键参数——优选领域大小与计算复杂性及寻优性能之间的关系，结果显示其取值为群体规模的10％最为合适。     

清洁压裂液在煤层气井压裂中的应用

清洁压裂液自1997年首次被斯伦贝谢公司研制出以来，已经在国内外油气井的压裂改造中取得了良好的效果。由于清洁压裂液易于彻底破胶、流变性好、携砂能力强，可以提高压裂规模且对地层伤害较小，中联煤层气有限责任公司在陕西省韩城地区选用清洁压裂液对煤层进行了压裂试验，共压裂3口井、8层煤层，施工成功率100%，并取得了良好的压裂效果，压完后的火把高度2～4 m，平均砂比均在30%以上，最高单层加砂68 m³，压后放喷液显示完全破胶（未添加任何破胶剂），放喷初期黏度一般低于10 mPa·s，放喷4 ｈ后黏度均低于5 mPa·s。此次清洁压裂液成功应用于煤层压裂改造在国内外尚属首次，为大规模改造煤层同时尽量降低煤层伤害提供了一条新的途径，文章对清洁压裂液及煤层特点所做的室内研究情况及现场应用情况进行了详细的介绍。     

H.264/AVC技术进展及其务实发展策略思考

结合NGN及3G演进的固定、移动视频业务实际需求状况，论述H．264／AVC的重要技术进展及其务实发展策略。     

Antenna-array pattern nulling using a differential evolution algorithm

A new method based on the differential evolution (DE) algorithm is proposed for antenna-array pattern synthesis with prescribed nulls. The array excitation amplitudes are the only controlling parameters, and the objectives are to synthesize array patterns with nulls imposed on directions of interferences while keeping the sidelobe levels (SLLs) below prescribed levels. Many factors such as the excitation dynamic range ratio, null depth level, null width, and SLLs are taken into account in the synthesis. Simulation results of several typical problems are compared with published results to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 14: 57–63, 2004.