The evaporation signal from α particles stopped in superfluid helium

Alpha particles stopped in a 3 liter volume of liquid helium at 30 mK are observed by the calorimetric detection of helium atoms evaporated from the free surface of the liquid. Quantum evaporation of the helium is produced by the rotons that are created by the particle. While the energy spectrum of the 5.5 MeV 's from the²⁴¹Am source has a width of less than 0.5%, the energy distribution of the observed evaporation signals extends from the low energy threshold of several keV up to a maximum of several 100 keV, depending on geometrical factors and the collection area of the calorimeter. The origin of the observed distribution may result in part from the presence of the substrate and a dependence on the direction of the track of the particle. A simple model of the generation of rotons by the particle will be discussed.     

What hospitals expect today from clinical systems

Technology will always be a factor in hospital information system buys. But customers are increasingly looking for vendors that create a sincere, responsive sales relationship. In the end, the quality of support and understanding users receive can make or break a sale.     

有限字符集信号传输的互信息计算

针对目前有限字符集上衰落信道下的数字通信传输方法无法既简洁又准确地计算互信息值问题,提出了一种新的互信息值计算方法.通过分析对数似然比与互信息之间的关系,对高信噪比和低信噪比两种情况下的简化计算进行加权组合,实现了宽信噪比区间内的低复杂度和准确的互信息值计算.实验结果表明,该算法不仅能够准确地计算互信息值,而且能够简洁、准确地评估无线传输的差错概率.与目前常用算法相比,本文算法具有准确、简便和直观的优势,对数字通信系统性能的理论分析具有较好的指导意义.     

基于ANSYS的汽车排气消声器改进设计

建立消声器的ANSYS仿真模型,分析原消声器的消声性能,通过建立三维仿真模型,研究两腔串联的复杂式结构消声器的消声性能,结果表明,改进后增加了消声器低频带的宽度和中频范围内的消声量,同时稳定高频振荡,但在1 550 Hz和2 300 Hz仍存在问题,加入端部共振腔后,低频段的消声量明显增加,2 300 Hz高频带得到改善.     

Neural basis for the genesis and control of digitalis arrhythmias

The author discussed the increase in the frequency of traumatic paralyses of the ocular muscles, and reported 6 cases of inferior oblique muscle paresis caused by local blunt or sharp traumas (haematoma, contusion, rupture, incarceration) and one case of traumatic Brownian pseudo-paralysis. The localisation of the injuries in 3 cases was on the inferior temporal part and in the other 3 cases on the superior part of the bulbar conjunctiva. Atypical horizontal deviation and characteristic vertical deviation, torsion and torticollis were observed in the majority of cases. One patient recovered spontaneously. 3 patients became asymptomatic after correction by prisms and one after recession of contralateral superior rectus muscle. The symptoms remained unchanged in the case of a "blow out" fracture (in spite of operation) and a Brown's syndrome (without treatment).     

Abdominoperineal resection following anterior resection

A series of 11 patients undergoing abdoninoperineal resection for "suture line recurrence" following anterior resection is presented. Five-year survival is 10%. Technically, the procedure is difficult and major problems are encountered, including large blood loss and ureteral complications. These patients had an inadequate distal margin of resection at the time of anterior resection. The survival of this group of patients underscores the importance of making the correct judgment about anterior or abdominoperineal resection at the time of the initial presentation of the patient. The phrase "suture line recurrence" is a misnomer; all of these patients had advanced pelvic malignancy. If the adequacy of the distal margin is questionable or a distal margin of 5 cm cannot be obtained safely at the time of anterior resection, abdominoperineal resection should be performed, as the opportunity for cure of a recurrence should this rule be compromised is limited.     

Comparative structural and immunochemical properties of leghaemoglobins

Circular dichroism studies on leghaemoglobins from snake bean, lupin, serradella and other plants show that, in common with soybean (reported earlier) they have a similar overall polypeptide chain conformation and haem environment and orientation. Immunochemical studies, on the other hand, suggest that the antigenic determinants on the surface of the leghaemoglobins vary considerably. Thus, firstly the alpha-helix content of the leghaemoglobins as a class is very similar (60-65%) and approaches that of the myoglobins, secondly, the sign, magnitude and shape of their circular dichroism spectra in the near ultraviolet, Soret and visible regions suggest close similarities in the environment and orientation of a structurally important tryptophan residue and of the haem moiety, and thirdly, there is comparatively weak haem-protein interaction. The extent of immuno cross-reactivity was found to be best deomonstrated using the Farr radioimmunoassay procedure. The results were (a) 5 leghaemoglobins from one plant (soybean) crossreacted completely but with varying affinities. (b) The extent of cross reactivity between leghaemoglobins from different plants was compared to that within a single plant; the reaction of antiserum to a soybean leghaemoglobin with a serradella leghaemoglobin was weak, with a snake bean leghaemoglobin still weaker (and incomplete) while lupin leghaemoglobins showed no cross reactivity at all. (c) The "rapid" attenuation of cross reactivity among different plant leghaemoglobins is explicable in terms of the extensive amino acid substitutions which have been demonstrated in the literature and in the present studies. (d) In view of this rapid divergence it is not surprising that sperm whale and horse heart myoglobins showed no cross reactivity with soybean leghaemoglobins. In summary, amino acid substitutions in the leghaemoglobin family are conformationally but not immunochemically conservative.     

镁基储氢合金寿命改善方法研究概况

镁基储氢合金是一种很有发展前景的储氢合金材料,但其在碱性电解液中极易腐蚀,循环性能较差,这限制了它在镍氢电池中的实际应用.因此,采用不同方法对镁基储氢合金的性能进行改进研究成为近年来的一个研究热点.主要针对几种改善镁基储氢合金循环性能的方法进行了综述.     

初始展开面积对一步成形模拟收敛效率的影响

通过典型件方盒，针对一步模拟法初始场预示的截面线展开法和反向变形法，研究了板成形冲压件表面积与初始展开面积之比对收敛性和收敛速度的影响，得出了适当调整该面积比，可以提高收敛速度的结论，并通过某轿车翼子板的一步成形模拟验证了该结论，为进一步提高一步成形模拟的计算效率提供了一个简便而有效的方法．