The mitochondrial genome from the thermal dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

We present here the sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the pathogenic thermodimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, agent of an endemic disease in most South American countries. The sequenced genome has 71 334 bp and is organized as a circular molecule with two gaps of unknown size flanking the middle exon of the nad5 gene. We located genes coding for the three subunits of the ATP synthase (atp6, atp8 and atp9), the apocytochrome b (cob), three subunits of the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme complex (cox1, cox2 and cox3), seven subunits of the reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ubiquinone oxidoreductase (nad1, nad2, nad3, nad4, nad5, nad6 and nad4L) and the large (rnl) and small (rns) subunits of ribosomal RNA. Two maturases and a ribosomal protein (rms5) are located inside introns. Twenty-five tRNAs were identified with acceptors for all 20 amino acids. Seven polypurine/polypyrimidine tracts (140-240 bp) have been found in this genome. All genes are in the same orientation over the genome, while their order is closest to the mitochondrial genomes from Penicillium marneffei and Aspergillus nidulans.     

蒲公英抑菌物质的提取工艺研究

以大肠杆菌、沙门氏菌为供试菌种,对蒲公英抑菌活性物质的提取工艺进行优化,结果表明:以湖北产蒲公英为原料,以70%醇为提取剂,提取温度为100℃,提取时间为2.5h,料液比为1/25(m/V).在最佳工艺条件下蒲公英抑菌活性物质的提取率可达19.97%,而抑菌圈直径大肠杆菌可达13.15mm,沙门氏菌为18.74mm.     

临界模式Boost功率因数校正电路中电感损耗的分析与比较

介绍了临界模式功率因数校正电路的工作原理和特点.通过对电感损耗的分析发现,高频电流在磁芯气隙附近产生的邻近磁场会在电感绕组上产生较大涡流损耗.避免在气隙附近绕线可以减少这种涡流损耗.根据绕组分布方式不同设计了5个电感,应用于200W的PFC样机上,通过实验比较,验证了这种新的绕组布置方法的优越性.     

DCS系统在锅炉控制系统中的应用

针对辽宁华锦热电厂锅炉实际系统,引入模型预测控制策略,优化了控制量。并且采用霍尼韦尔PKS系统中先进的Profit Loop控制器,实现了锅炉主蒸汽压力的模型预测控制,使主蒸汽压力稳定,执行机构变化平稳,达到了现场工艺的要求,取得了良好的控制效果。     

智能变电站信息物理融合可靠性评估方法

智能变电站具备信息物理融合系统特征,其可靠性评估应从信息物理系统视角展开.分析了智能变电站物理侧和信息侧的可靠性因素及其相互影响,提出了考虑设备重要度的二次设备可靠性指标和考虑传输数据可靠性的通信链路可靠性指标,并给出了设备重要度的层次分析模型;指出智能变电站可靠性评估应考虑电网扰动和复杂运行状态对量测信息正确性的影响...     

(Ba,Pb)TiO_3系高温PTC半导体材料研究

本文研究了含铅高温PTC半导体陶瓷材料的性能和工艺特点。采用快速烧结法获得了性能优良的(Ba,Pb)TiO_3系半导体材料。     

Supplemental methionine and time of supplementation effects on ruminal fermentation, digesta kinetics, and in situ dry matter and neutral detergent fiber disappearance in cattle

Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of methionine supplementation on ruminal fermentation and digesta kinetics. In Exp. 1, nine ruminally cannulated beef heifers (average initial BW = 527 kg) in a crossover design were fed low-quality grass hay and cottonseed meal with or without 11.4 g of supplemental methionine (polysaccharide-coated). Particulate and fluid kinetics, rate of DM and NDF disappearance, ruminal VFA and NH3 N concentrations, and pH were not altered (P > .10) by supplemental methionine; however, ruminal purine concentration was greater (P < .05) in methionine-supplemented heifers than in unsupplemented heifers. In Exp. 2, 12 ruminally cannulated Holstein steers (average initial BW = 622 kg) grazing a fescue pasture were allotted to one of three groups: no supplemental methionine (CON) or 11.4 g of supplemental methionine fed at 0700 (AM) or at 1200 (PM). Forage intake, particulate kinetics, ruminal fluid kinetics, pH, VFA, and NH3 N concentrations were not altered (P > .10) by supplemental methionine or supplementation time. In situ rate of DM and NDF disappearance was greater (P < .05) in supplemented steers than in CON steers; AM steers exhibited faster (P < .05) rates than PM steers. Overall, methionine supplementation of low-quality forage increased ruminal purine concentration but did not alter in situ fermentation or digesta passage, whereas supplementation at 0700, but not at 1200, of steers grazing fescue forage increased rate of NDF fermentation.     

不平衡电网下PWM整流器自抗扰模型预测控制

电网电压不平衡时,脉宽调制(PWM)整流器网侧电流产生大量谐波,导致电能质量下降,此外,当负载突变时,系统将长时间处于暂态运行.针对上述问题,这里提出一种基于自抗扰控制器(ADRC)的改进的有限控制集模型预测控制(FCS-MPC)方法.该方法通过对不平衡电网下的网侧功率分析获得新的功率参考值,以此设计评价函数,降低整流...     

Morphological contrast index based on the Weber's law

In this article, a morphological contrast index based on the Weber's law is proposed to quantify the contrast in a processed image. This measure involves the contours of the image along with its background. The proposal made here is applied to detect the image with higher contrast, and also identify the enhanced image most similar to the original. Moreover, the contrast index is compared with other four indexes reported in the current literature. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 22, 137–144, 2012     

Multi-scale discriminant saliency with wavelet-based Hidden Markov Tree modelling

Supposed saliency is a binary classification between centre and surround classes, saliency value is measured as their discriminant power. As the features are defined by sizes of chosen windows, a saliency value at each location is varied accordingly. This paper proposes computing saliency as discriminant power in multiple dyadic scales of Wavelet Hidden Markov Tree (HMT), in which two consecutive dyadic scales provide surrounding and central features, organized in a quad-tree structure. Their discriminant power is estimated as maximum a posterior probability (MAP) by Expectation-Maximization (EM) iterations. Then, a final saliency value is the maximum discriminant power generated among these scales. Standard quantitative tools and qualitative assessments are used for evaluating the proposed multi-scale discriminant saliency (MDIS) against the well-know information based approach AIM on its image collection with eye-tracking data. Simulation results are presented and analysed to verify the validity of MDIS as well as point out its limitation for further research direction.