Interspecies Behavioral Variability of Medaka Fish Assessed by Comparative Phenomics

Recently, medaka has been used as a model organism in various research fields. However, even though it possesses several advantages over zebrafish, fewer studies were done in medaka compared to zebrafish, especially with regard to its behavior. Thus, to provide more information regarding its behavior and to demonstrate the behavioral differences between several species of medaka, we compared the behavioral performance and biomarker expression in the brain between four medaka fishes, Oryzias latipes, Oryzias dancena, Oryzias woworae, and Oryzias sinensis. We found that each medaka species explicitly exhibited different behaviors to each other, which might be related to the different basal levels of several biomarkers. Furthermore, by phenomics and genomic-based clustering, the differences between these medaka fishes were further investigated. Here, the phenomic-based clustering was based on the behavior results, while the genomic-based clustering was based on the sequence of the nd2 gene. As we expected, both clusterings showed some resemblances to each other in terms of the interspecies relationship between medaka and zebrafish. However, this similarity was not displayed by both clusterings in the medaka interspecies comparisons. Therefore, these results suggest a re-interpretation of several prior studies in comparative biology. We hope that these results contribute to the growing database of medaka fish phenotypes and provide one of the foundations for future phenomics studies of medaka fish.     

Boron Nitride Nanosheets Strengthened PVA/Borax Hydrogels with Highly Efficient Self-Healing and Rapid pH-Driven Shape Memory Effect

Self-healing hydrogels often possess poor mechanical properties which largely limits their applications in many fields. In this work, boron nitride nanosheets are introduced into a network of the poly(vinyl alcohol)/borax (PVA/borax) hydrogels to enhance the mechanical properties of the hydrogel without compromising the self-healing abilities. The obtained hydrogels exhibit excellent mechanical properties with a tensile strength of 0.410 ± 0.007 MPa, an elongation at break of 1712%, a Young's Modulus of 0.860 ± 0.023 MPa, and a toughness of 3.860 ± 0.075 MJ m⁻³. In addition, the self-healing efficiency of the hydrogels is higher than 90% within 10 min at room temperature. Benefiting from the excellent self-healing properties, the shapeability of the hydrogel fragments is observed using different molds. In addition, the hydrogels display rapid pH-driven shape memory effects and can recover to their original shape within 260 s. Overall, this work provides a new approach to hydrogels with integrated excellent mechanical properties, self-healing abilities, and rapid pH-driven shape memory effects.     

Surface modification of K2TiF6:Mn4+ phosphor with SrF2 coating to enhance water resistance

K₂TiF₆:Mn⁴⁺ is an attractive narrow-band red-emitting phosphor for warm white light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Nevertheless, the hexafluoride phosphor is liable to deliquesce in moist environments, which leads to a sharp deterioration performance of luminescence. Surface modification of K₂TiF₆:Mn⁴⁺ phosphor with SrF₂ coating has been introduced, with the aid of KHF₂ transition layer to moderate the lattice mismatch. The reaction mechanism is discussed in detail, as so as the influence of SrF₂ coating on the luminescence intensity. The SrF₂ coating is able to prevent the hydrolysis of internal [MnF₆]²⁻ group; thereby, the luminescence intensity retains over 90% of initial value after being immersed in distilled water for 2 h. The LED devices fabricated with commercial Y₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺ and as-modified K₂TiF₆:Mn⁴⁺ phosphors exhibit bright white light with tunable chromaticity coordinate, correlated color temperature, and color rendering index. It enlightens a convenient method to enhance the moisture resistance of Mn⁴⁺ doped fluoride phosphors for commercial application in the field of white LEDs.     

Processing,microstructure, and mechanical properties of hot-pressed ZrB2 ceramics with a complex Zr/Si/O-based additive

Densification behavior, microstructure, and mechanical properties of zirconium diboride (ZrB₂) ceramics modified with a complex Zr/Si/O-based additive were studied. ZrB₂ ceramics with 5–20 vol.% additions of Zr/Si/O-based additive were densified to >95% relative density at temperatures as low as 1400°C by hot-pressing. Improved densification behavior of ZrB₂ was observed with increasing additive content. The most effective additive amount for densification was 20 vol.%, hot-pressed at 1400°C (∼98% relative density). Microstructural analysis revealed up to 7 vol.% of residual second phases in the final ceramics. Improved densification behavior was attributed to ductility of the silicide phase, liquid phase formation at the hot-pressing temperatures, silicon wetting of ZrB₂ particles, and reactions of surface oxides. Room temperature strength ranged from 390 to 750 MPa and elastic modulus ranged from 440 to 490 GPa. Vickers hardness ranged from 15 to 16 GPa, and indentation fracture toughness was between 4.0 and 4.3 MPa·m^1/2. The most effective additive amount was 7.5 vol.%, which resulted in high relative density after hot-pressing at 1600°C and the best combination of mechanical properties.     

Pd／Ag纤维复合材料的制备工艺

用包套拉伸法和挤压法制备Ｐｄ／Ａｇ纤维复合材料，并通过金相和电子显微镜分别观察其微镜分别观察其微观结构，测试其性能，如电阻率，硬度，强度及接触电阻等。通过对比其工艺性及所得材料的微观结构和性能，认为挤压法优于包套拉伸法。此种Ｐｄ／Ａｇ纤维复合材料适合Ｐｄ／Ａｇ型复合铆钉和生产复铜铆钉。     

Accu Roll轧管机的背景、现状及前景

对Accu Roll轧管机的产生背景进行了回顾,对目前国内Accu Roll轧管机的使用现状进行了分析,在肯定其优点的同时,指出了该类轧管机存在的共同问题,提出了完善轧管机性能的可能途径及选择轧管机应注意的问题。     

冷弯管模具有限元优化设计

采用基于有限元理论的优化设计方法对应用于反变形冷弯管弯曲的模具进行设计研究.将需要进行大量试验来改进的弯管工艺通过计算机模拟仿真来替代,预测出模具的变形和优化工艺参数,从而大大降低了生产加工成本.     

WX-Ⅰ型酸洗缓抑剂的应用试验

介绍了 WX—Ⅰ型缓抑剂的缓蚀抑酸雾机理,通过降低酸耗及金属损耗的使用试验结果表明,采用该缓抑剂可使钢管成材率提高o.5%,年直接经济效益达到5.2万元,并且大大减少环境污染。     

Sn-9Zn-3Bi/Cu钎焊接头在170℃时效过程中的显微结构

采用ST50润湿实验仪完成了钎焊并研究分析了Sn-9Zn-3Bi/Cu接头在170℃下长期时效的显微结构变化.结果表明:Sn-9Zn-3Bi/Cn接头时效至200 h后在界面处形成单一连续的Cu5Zn8化合物层;时效至500 h和1000 h后,界面处形成了3层化合物层,从铜母材侧起,分别为Cu-Sn化合物层,Cu-Zn化合物层和Sn-Cu化合物层;随着时效时间的增加,整个金属化合物层变厚,而Cu-Zn化合物层减薄,表明Cu-Zn化合物层在时效过程中具有不稳定性.     

Conductivity enhancement in transparetn ZnO films via Al-dopping produced by CW-CO2 laser-induced evaporation

Highly conductive transparent aluminium-doped ZnO (ZnO:A1) films were successfully deposited by CW-CO₂ laser-induced evaporation. Optimisation of evaporation parameters was based on laser power, substrate temperature, O₂ partial pressure in the vacuum chamber and amount of Al in the ZnO source pellet. ZnO:A1 films with an electrical resistivity as low as 6.6 × 10⁻²Ω·cm and an optical transmission of 80% at 500nm were obtained at laser power of 15 W, substrate temperature of about 200°C, O₂ partial pressure of 6—7 × 10⁻⁴ Torr and 5wt.% Al. Conductivity of ZnO films can be increased one order via Al-doping in ZnO films. The films obtained by laser-induced evaporation have compared quite favorably with the high quality films obtained by sputtering.