Fabrication and performance of atmospheric plasma sprayed solid oxide fuel cells with liquid antimony anodes

A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a liquid antimony anode (LAA) is a potential energy conversion technology for the use of impurity-containing fuels.Atmospher...     

Eventual Clusterer: A Modular Approach to Designing Hierarchical Consensus Protocols in MANETs

This paper proposes a modular approach to the design of hierarchical consensus protocols for the mobile ad hoc network with a static and known set of hosts. A two-layer hierarchy is imposed on the network by grouping mobile hosts into clusters, each with a clusterhead. The messages from and to the hosts in the same cluster are merged/unmerged by the clusterhead so as to reduce the message cost and improve the scalability. The proposed modular approach separates the concerns of clustering hosts from achieving consensus. A clustering function, called eventual clusterer (denoted as diamC), is designed for constructing and maintaining the two-layer hierarchy. Similar to unreliable failure detectors, diamC greatly facilitates the design of hierarchical protocols by providing the fault-tolerant clustering function transparently. We propose an implementation of diamC based on the failure detector diamS. Using diamC, we design a new hierarchical consensus protocol. As shown by the performance evaluation results, the proposed consensus protocol can save both message cost and time cost. Our proposed modular design is therefore effective and can lead to efficient solutions to achieving consensus in mobile ad hoc networks.     

基于LCC理论的软件项目多目标权衡

传统的软件项目成本模型只反映出与工作量有关的费用,对于因质量不足而引起的成本无法度量.将全寿命周期成本(LCC)理论应用于软件项目成本计算,按照分部分项方法建立了软件项目的完全成本模型.在软件项目工期-成本二维权衡模型的基础上,通过设置多级指标体系对软件项目质量进行量化,从而将软件质量纳入权衡目标,在此基础上构建了软件项目工期、成本、质量的多目标权衡离散模型,运用改进的禁忌搜索算法求解模型,以可视化三维曲面输出帕累托非劣解,最后分析了项目决策者获得项目最佳实施模式的途径.     

Influence of hexapod robot foot shape on sinking considering multibody dynamics

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology - Hexapod robots have attracted attention for their excellent terrain adaptabilities. When a robot walks on soft soil, dynamic subsidence and slippage...     

工艺参数对马氏体不锈钢激光冲击区表面轮廓的影响

激光功率密度和搭接率对马氏体不锈钢的激光冲击区的表面轮廓有较大影响.激光功率密度从3.79 GW/cm2到7.25 GW/cm2,冲击区塑性变形程度随功率密度增大而增大,当激光功率密度为6.09 GW/cm2时,冲击区塑性变形程度适中,其残余应力平均值达-569.1 MPa.搭接率试验结果表明,搭接率为33%时,可获得较大面积无挤出的激光冲击区,无挤出区域的塑性均匀,变形深度波动幅度在2μm以内,而且此搭接率下冲击区挤出面积较小,分布具有规律,便于再次冲击以降低冲击区的表面波纹度.     

Terahertz Direct Modulation Techniques for High-speed Communication Systems

Terahertz communication technology can provide abundant frequency resources,strong confidentiality,antijamming capability,communication tracking capability and ...     

规整填料在5 Mt/a常减压装置减压塔提馏段中的应用

介绍了新型规整填料Zugrid 64 X和Zupak125 Y在中国石油兰州石化分公司5 Mt/a常减压装置减压塔提馏段的工业应用情况.运行结果表明,新型规整填料具有明显的节能降耗优势,分离效果好,渣油中500 ℃以下的馏分质量分数仅为2.58%,且蒸汽用量较低[m(蒸汽)/m(渣油)为9 kg/t],操作成本低,抗堵塞性能良好.     

Possible Role of GnIH as a Novel Link between Hyperphagia-Induced Obesity-Related Metabolic Derangements and Hypogonadism in Male Mice

Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) is a reproductive inhibitor and an endogenous orexigenic neuropeptide that may be involved in energy homeostasis and reproduction. However, whether GnIH is a molecular signal link of metabolism and the reproductive system, and thus, regulates reproductive activity as a function of the energy state, is still unknown. In the present study, we investigated the involvement of GnIH in glycolipid metabolism and reproduction in vivo, and in the coupling between these two processes in the testis level. Our results showed that chronic intraperitoneal injection of GnIH into male mice not only increased food intake and altered meal microstructure but also significantly elevated body mass due to the increased mass of liver and epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT), despite the loss of testicular weight. Furthermore, chronic intraperitoneal administration of GnIH to male mice resulted in obesity-related glycolipid metabolic derangements, showing hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance through changes in the expression of glucose and lipid metabolism-related genes in the pancreas and eWAT, respectively. Interestingly, the expression of GnIH and GPR147 was markedly increased in the testis of mice under conditions of energy imbalance, such as fasting, acute hypoglycemia, and hyperglycemia. In addition, chronic GnIH injection markedly inhibited glucose and lipid metabolism of mice testis while significantly decreasing testosterone synthesis and sperm quality, inducing hypogonadism. These observations indicated that orexigenic GnIH triggers hyperphagia-induced obesity-related metabolic derangements and hypogonadism in male mice, suggesting that GnIH is an emerging candidate for coupling metabolism and fertility by involvement in obesity and metabolic disorder-induced reproductive dysfunction of the testes.     

聚合物与水气交替联驱提高采收率试验研究

采用三种不同沉积韵律平面模型试验研究水驱后聚合物与水气交替联驱提高原油采收率的驱替特征。结果表明,聚合物与水气交替联驱对正韵律油藏提高采收率效果很好;对反韵律油藏和复合韵律油藏也有不同程度提高采收率效果。通过分析两种不同韵律砂岩油藏水气交替提高采收率矿场试验成功实例,认为聚合物与水气交替联驱法可综合发挥两种方法的优势,在类似油藏中比单一方法有更好的提高采收率效果。