Lessons from a Minimal Genome: What Are the Essential Organizing Principles of a Cell Built from Scratch?

One of the primary challenges facing synthetic biology is reconstituting a living system from its component parts. A particularly difficult landmark is reconstituting a self-organizing system that can undergo autonomous chromosome compaction, segregation, and cell division. Here, we discuss how the syn3.0 minimal genome can inform us of the core self-organizing principles of a living cell and how these self-organizing processes can be built from the bottom up. The review underscores the importance of fundamental biology in rebuilding life from its molecular constituents.     

不同热解工艺下半焦的微观结构特点及其对燃烧性能的影响

摘要：对比研究了3种直立内热炉半焦(熄焦方式分别为水泡熄焦、喷水熄焦及烟气干熄焦)及一种流化床热解半焦的微观结构及燃烧性能。通过对半焦组成、孔隙结构、有机官能团、碳化学结构及半焦微晶结构分析，获得了不同低温热解工艺半焦的组成及微观结构特点，明确了组成及微观结构与燃烧性能之间的关系。结果表明，不同热解工艺半焦的组成和微观结构差异明显，其对半焦的燃烧性能影响显著。干熄焦碳化学结构缺陷比例大，快速热解半焦孔隙结构发0达、挥发分高，与水喷焦相比水泡焦石墨化程度低；水喷焦燃烧性能优于水泡焦，干法所得半焦的燃烧性优于湿法；半焦的挥发分含量决定其燃点，在快升温速率条件下孔隙结构对半焦的燃烧性能影响较大，而慢升温速率条件下有序化度对半焦的燃烧性能影响较大。     

三塘湖盆地中—下侏罗统煤层甲烷风化带划分

以三塘湖盆地中、低煤阶煤层含气量和主要气体成分为基础,结合盆地构造、沉积及水文地质特征,对汉水泉凹陷和条湖凹陷煤层甲烷风化带进行了划分,并对库木苏凹陷、马朗凹陷、淖毛湖凹陷和苏鲁克凹陷煤层甲烷风化带进行了预测。结果表明,三塘湖盆地甲烷风化带深度为400~1000 m.由于受东北冲断隆起带的影响,三塘湖盆地北部甲烷风化带浅于南部。沉积方面,盆地东部淖毛湖凹陷、马朗凹陷和条湖凹陷深湖—半深湖和辫状河三角洲成煤环境优于盆地西部汉水泉凹陷和库木苏凹陷扇三角洲成煤环境,盆地东部甲烷风化带普遍浅于西部;水文地质方面,条湖凹陷和马朗凹陷中开启性局部滞留水文地质单元形成的甲烷风化带浅于其他凹陷封闭性弱径流水文地质单元的甲烷风化带。初步预测马朗凹陷北部为下一步煤层气勘探开发的优势区块,条湖凹陷北部为下一步煤系气勘探开发的优势区块。     

不同煤阶煤孔隙特征及其吸附能力响应

我国是煤炭资源大国，煤层气储量规模相当可观，但煤储层又具有低孔、低渗的不足，照搬国外或常规石油天然气的开采程序和方法已被证实是走不通的。应结合实际，根据不同地质条件、不同煤阶的开采程序，进行孔隙特征研究。煤孔隙特征、连通性和吸附能力对煤层气开采影响尤为重要，为研究煤孔隙结构特征随煤变质程度的变化关系及其吸附能力的响应特点，采取不同地区不同变质程度煤样，进行压汞测试和等温吸附实验。实验结果表明，煤孔隙度和平均孔径均随变质程度增加呈现降低—升高—降低的趋势；煤中孔隙连通性随煤变质程度增加逐渐变差；随煤变质程度增加，其最大吸附能力也呈现降低—升高—降低的总体趋势。     

EMA-PRBDS: efficient multi-attribute packet rank based data scheduling in wireless sensor networks for real-time monitoring systems

ABSTRACT

In recent years, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are widely placed in real-time monitoring systems like environmental, structural, patient monitoring, etc. The major criterion for WSN includes energy efficiency and network lifetime. Scheduling is used as a large number of data packets focus on the same queue at the same time. Only limited data scheduling schemes have been implemented in WSN to enhance the performance. The existing First Come First Serve (FCFS) and Dynamic Multilevel Priority (DMP) have some technical challenges like delay, packet drop and high energy consumption due to starvation and deadlock. In this paper, we proposed a new algorithm to optimise and rank the incoming data packets based on multi-attributes decision-making methodology named as Packet Rank Based Data Scheduling (PRBDS), the algorithm selects packet priority, deadline, and size as the metrics to rank the incoming data packets. A simulation result shows when compared with existing scheduling, PRBDS not only provides less energy consumption, also significantly reduces the packet drop and increases the lifetime. Thus, the proposed algorithm is most suitable for real-time monitoring system since it combines data ranking method with scheduling algorithm to create accurate and reliable results to evaluate the incoming data packets.     

A general class of nonparametric control charts

In this article, we introduce a new general class of nonparametric Shewhart‐type control charts using the lengths of runs of test sample observations between successive observations of a reference sample. Several control charts that have appeared in the literature are members of the new family. In addition, 3 new nonparametric control charts that belong to the class are introduced and studied. Numerical results depict that the proposed charts attain competitive in‐control and out‐of‐control performance as compared with existing nonparametric charts.     

煤红外快速热解过程中床层对二次反应的影响

针对煤快速热解研究中样品添加量少(mg级)、焦油收集难等问题，本研究利用压片法制备微薄厚度(mm级)的煤层，并采用红外加热装置考察大添加量(g级)、微薄煤层的快速热解特性。对比堆积煤样和不同煤压片厚度(1.5~3 mm)与个数(1~2)的压片煤样热解特性发现，压片煤层热解过程的二次反应受到明显抑制，焦油产率急剧增加，在1000℃时达9.96%，为格金分析的1.5倍，实现油气产量的同步增长。模拟蒸馏分析发现，堆积状态下焦油以沥青质为主，而微薄煤层制焦油含大量轻油、酚油、萘油、洗油和蒽油。GC-MS和FTIR分析表明，随煤层厚度和个数的减少，焦油组分和含量提高，芳香烃类和含氧官能团吸收增加，进一步验证煤快速热解过程中煤层厚度对焦油产率和品质的影响，揭示在二次反应充分抑制下煤高温热解的初级反应特性。     

An EWMA signed ranks control chart with reliable run length performances

During the design phase of a control chart, the determination of its exact run length properties plays a vital role for its optimal operation. Markov chain or integral equation methods have been extensively applied in the design phase of conventional control charts. However, for distribution-free schemes, due to the discrete nature of the statistics being used (such as the sign or the Wilcoxon signed rank statistics, for instance), it is impossible to accurately compute their run length properties. In this work, a modified distribution-free phase II exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA)-type chart based on the Wilcoxon signed rank statistic is considered and its exact run length properties are discussed. A continuous transformation of the Wilcoxon signed rank statistic, combined with the classical Markov chain method, is used for the determination of the average run length in the in- and out-of control cases. Moreover, its exact performance is derived without any knowledge of the distribution of sample observations. Finally, an illustrative example is provided showing the practical implementation of our proposed chart.     

菱铁矿直接还原-低阶煤提质一体化扩大试验

摘要：菱铁矿作为中国重要的铁矿资源，因具有“贫、细、杂”的特点，常规选矿工艺无法对其进行有效分选；此外，中国低阶煤通常被用作低级燃料直接燃烧使用，导致大气污染严重。因此，开发复杂难选铁矿石及低阶煤资源高效清洁利用新技术，将具有重要现实意义。以难选的低品位菱铁矿和难利用低阶煤为对象，开展菱铁矿直接还原与低阶煤提质一体化扩大试验研究。以神府烟煤为还原剂，在直接还原温度为1050℃，时间为120min，C/Fe质量比为250，脱硫剂配比为6%，干式磁选磁场强度为015 T，一段磨矿细度小于0074mm占50%左右，湿式磁选磁场强度为008 T，二段磨矿细度小于0074mm占90%左右，磁选磁场强度为0043 T的条件下，可获得直接还原铁（DRI）粉铁品位9103%、铁总回收率8133%的良好指标；同时每吨DRI固定碳质量分数为7611%的半焦产品产出率为1340kg，其质量达到工业及民用燃料兰炭Ⅰ级品标准。在煤基直接还原工艺中一步成功实现低阶煤半焦化提质和铁矿直接还原，不仅可制备电炉炼钢原料，还可以生产新型的清洁燃料半焦。