Regional Climate Simulations on EU-INDIA Grid Infrastructures: Methodologies and Performance

In this paper, we present a possible approach to use different Grid infrastructures across Europe and India for regional climate simulations and discuss in details the advantages and limitations in using them. The application taken into consideration is the Regional Climate Model RegCM4, which has been recently re-written for making it more efficient and easier to be fully exploited on any kind of computational infrastructure. We describe here the methods applied to port this package on the Grid infrastructures made available by the EU-IndiaGrid project. We also discuss different approaches, the way to run the model on both European and Indian infrastructures and our promising approach to deal with data management issues. Use of RegCM on Grid infrastructure has further been compared with that on HPC resources. The domain worked upon for these tests is the South-Asia CORDEX domain, which is of great importance for the Indian Summer Monsoon. Our final conclusion is that, for certain class of experiments, RegCM4 model can be efficiently and easily integrated on Grid infrastructures, by means of the procedures described in this paper.     

一种基于对等网络的云资源定位算法

提出用分布式哈希表(DHT)为每台云服务器产生一个唯一的节点编号,该编号作为网络拓扑结构、检索信息存储和信息查询共同的标志符,从而形成一个适合分布式计算的结构化P2P覆盖网.设计了新的拓扑和路由协议来解决云资源的常数跳定位问题.仿真实验表明,经典的P2P算法平均查找跳数与网络规模成正相关,无法依据云计算的实际需要人为地控制查找跳数;该算法的平均查找跳数与网络规模无关,随着网络规模的增大而趋向于设定值,可以解决云资源的常数跳定位问题.     

考虑资源闲置成本的多项目调度问题研究

针对资源受限多项目整体进度优化问题,考虑资源分配过程中的资源闲置成本,提出了一种集成工期延迟和资源闲置成本的多目标调度协同优化模型。通过该模型提高了资源的利用效率,理论上实现了多项目在目标成本最小情况下的整体进度方案。综合利用模拟退火算法和遗传算法的优点,设计退火遗传算法对该模型进行求解,通过算例验证了算法和模型的有效性。     

Effect of the metal oxide loading on the activity of silica supported MoO3 and V2O5 catalysts in the selective partial oxidation of methane

Precipitated silica catalysts loaded with either MoO₃ (0.2–4.0 wt%) or V₂O₅ (0.2–5.3 wt%) have been studied in the selective partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde with molecular oxygen at 520 °C. The functionality of the SiO₂ surface towards the formation of HCHO is significantly promoted by V₂O₅, while it is depressed by the MoO₃.     

Specificity of anodic processes in cyclic voltammetry to the type of carbon used in electrolysis of cryolite-alumina melts

Anodic processes associated with oxidation of carbon anodes used in electrolysis of cryolite-alumina melts, simulating the Hall-Héroult process, were studied by means of cyclic voltammetry in a comparative way at four graphitic carbon materials and at glassy carbon. Conditions were sought that give a current response function characteristic of diffusion-controlled oxidation of the anode by O^2– or oxyfluoride complex anions. Only at glassy carbon anodes are such conditions realized with a linear relation between response current in cyclic voltammetry and Al₂O₃ content in the melt. At the graphitic materials, complex mixed activation and diffusion controlled processes arise that are also relatively irreproducible from one experiment to the next, probably due to irreversible changes of the graphite surfaces. The effects of aluminium metal dissolved in the melt, to simulate practical smelter cell conditions, were also evaluated.     

Lithium-deficient LiYMn2O4 spinels (0.9 ≤ Y < 1): Lithium content, synthesis temperature, thermal behaviour and electrochemical properties

Lithium-deficient Li_YMn₂O₄ spinels (LD-Li_YMn₂O₄) with nominal composition (0.9 ≤ Y < 1) have been synthesized by melt impregnation from Mn₂O₃ and LiNO₃ at temperatures ranging from 700 °C to 850 °C. X-ray diffraction data show that LD-Li_YMn₂O₄ spinels are obtained as single phases in the range Y = 0.975-1 at 700 °C and 750 °C. Morphological characterization by transmission electron microscopy shows that the particle size of LD-Li_YMn₂O₄ spinels increases on decreasing the Li-content. The influence of the Li-content and the synthesis temperature on the thermal and electrochemical behaviours has been systematically studied. Thermal analysis studies indicate that the temperature of the first thermal effect in the differential thermal analysis (DTA)/thermogravimetric (TG) curves, T_C1, linearly increases on decreasing the Li-content. The electrochemical properties of LD-Li_YMn₂O₄ spinels, determined by galvanostatic cycling, notably change with the synthesis conditions. So, the first discharge capacity, Q_disch., at C rate increases on rising the Li-content and the synthesis temperature. The sample Li_0.975Mn₂O₄ synthesized at 700 °C has a Q_disch. = 123 mAh g⁻¹ and a capacity retention of 99.77% per cycle. This LD-Li_YMn₂O₄ sample had the best electrochemical characteristics of the series.     

Gas-liquid mass transfer in a circulating jet-loop nitrifying MBR

Based on airlift configuration, a novel circulating jet-loop submerged membrane bioreactor (JLMBR) adapted to ammonium partial oxidation has been developed. Membrane technology and combined air and water forced circulation are adopted to obtain a high biomass retention time and to achieve a separate control of mixing and aeration. This study is intended to determine how gas-liquid mass transfer is affected by operating conditions. In a first approximation, liquid was assumed to be perfectly mixed. A classical non-steady state clean water test, known as the “gas out-gas in” method, was used to determine the gas-liquid mass transfer coefficient k_La. Air and recirculated liquid superficial velocities were gradually increased from 0.013 to cal-align:bottom" width="86" alt="View the MathML source" title="View the MathML source" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0009250905003222-si17.gif"> and 0.0056 to cal-align:bottom" width="86" alt="View the MathML source" title="View the MathML source" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0009250905003222-si18.gif">, respectively. Subsequently, the gas-liquid mass transfer coefficient k_La varied from 0.01 to cal-align:bottom" width="60" alt="View the MathML source" title="View the MathML source" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0009250905003222-si20.gif">. It appears to be influenced by the combined action of air and recirculated liquid flowrates in the range cal-align:bottom" width="141" alt="View the MathML source" title="View the MathML source" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0009250905003222-si21.gif"> and cal-align:bottom" width="126" alt="View the MathML source" title="View the MathML source" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0009250905003222-si22.gif">, respectively, for air and liquid. Correlations are proposed to describe this double influence. Experiments were performed on tap water and a culture medium used for the autotrophic growth of nitrifying bacteria, respectively. Oxygen transfer appeared to be not significantly affected by the mineral salt cal-align:bottom" width="81" alt="View the MathML source" title="View the MathML source" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0009250905003222-si23.gif"> encountered in this medium.     

Study of the impedance of a platinum electrode in the system Br2/Br (HClO4, aq.)—II. Mechanism of the electrode reaction

The Randles circuit well represents impedance measurements carried out with activated Pt electrodes. This enables us to study the variation of j_o for redox reactions with concentration of the reactants, at constant potential, and also the variation of j_o with potential, keeping constant the concentration of one of the reactants. The results thus obtained indicate that the step Br₂ + e Br₂⁻ is rate-determining; it is followed or preceded by the rapid equilibria Br₂⁻ Br⁻ + Br 2Br Br₂. The mechanisms proposed hitherto for the electrochemical behaviour of the halogen/halide systems at inert electrodes are discussed, and it is reasoned that the ‘reversibility’ of these systems increases in the order Cl₂/Cl⁻ c; Br₂/Br⁻ c; I₂/I.     

Biochemical and physiological studies of certain ticks (Ixodoidea): Isolation and partial identification of a new fatty acid in eggs ofDermacentor andersoni Stiles (Ixodidae)

Gas liquid chromatographic analysis of the fatty acid methyl esters from eggs ofDermacentor andersoni Stiles (Ixodidae) revealed the presence of significant quantities (15% total fatty acids) of an unidentified component with a retention time between C_18∶3−C_22∶0 fatty acids. Smaller amounts of the unidentified component (ca. 5% total fatty acid) also were detected in host rabbit serum. Purified, the unidentified component's methyl ester collected from the tick eggs by preparative gas liquid chromatography was partially identified and characterized by chemical and spectroscopic analyses. The evidence suggests that the unidentified component is a methyl branched C₁₅ tricarboxylic acid containing two vicinal carboxylic acid groups. Biosynthesis of the unidentified component by the tick is under investigation.     

一种无线传感器网络匿名安全路由协议*

为了能在有限资源的无线传感器网络上进行安全的匿名通信,使用双线性函数的双线性对和异或运算提出了一种匿名安全路由协议,与目前现有的无线网络匿名通信方案相比,协议不仅能提供身份的机密性、位置隐私性和路由的匿名性,而且还满足前向和后向安全性,并且大大提高了系统的计算复杂度和带宽消耗,更适合无线传感器网络。