Microstructure evolution during reheating of a Nb-bearing steel I. Metallographic examination

Cooled in water after the isothermal relaxation of deformed austenite for different timea, a Nb-bearing microalloyed steel always exhibits synthetic microstructures of bainitic ferrite, granular bainite and acicular ferrite. When these samples were reheated to and held at 650 or 700℃, the non-equilibrious microstructures tend to evolve into equilibrious ones. The sample relaxed for 60 s displays the highest thermostability, while the microstructure evolution is the quickest in the sample relaxed for 1000 s even though it is the softest before reheating. Softening is not a single process occurring during reheating, in which the hardness fluctuates with time. There are two peaks in the hardness-time curve of each sample having undergone relaxation, while a single peak occurs in the curve of the sample having not been relaxed. Pre-strain accelerates the evolution process. These results indicate that the thermostability of microstructures is determined by their history of formation to a considerable degree.     

水泥砂浆的率型损伤演化

实验结果表明,水泥砂浆在受力变形中的损伤演化是率相关的,因此,类似于位错运动的热激活机制;给出了水泥砂浆的率型损伤演化律．     

夹杂物问题应力场的数值计算

等效夹杂物方法是细观力学中的一种重要方法，文中编制的数值计算程序能在考虑多个夹杂物相互响应的情况下计算材料应力、应变场，并实现了计算结果的三维显示．计算结果与文献中的计算结果非常吻合．本文编制的数值计算程序不仅可以用于研究复合材料的损伤演化及失效，而且利用特殊构型的椭球空洞来模拟裂纹，可以计算裂纹群的应力、应变场。     

基于微分进化求解多目标优化问题中的退化现象

基于微分进化(DE)的多目标进化算法(MOEA)在求解过程中存在着退化现象,导致算法的收敛性无法保证,同时也降低了求解的效率。针对这一问题,分析了算法中存在的两种退化现象,提出了针对两种退化现象相应的解决办法,最后给出了一种新的基于DE的MOEA。新算法克服了已有算法中存在的退化现象,保证了算法的收敛性和解的多样性,有效地提高了算法的效率,通过数值实验验证了新算法的可行性和有效性。     

Review of Evolution, culture and the human mind.

Reviews the book, Evolution, culture and the human mind edited by M. Schaller, et al. (see record 2009-20004-000). This current volume, Evolution, culture and the human mind, follows the lead of Wundt where an attempt is made to provide a synthesis of theory and data across psychological subfields into a holistic framework. Norenzayan, Schaller, and Heine begin the volume with an overview of the scope and themes that arose from their 2004 conference at the University of British Columbia on “Mind, Culture and Evolution.” Explicit throughout this volume is an effort to bridge the “yawning chasm” between perspectives of evolutionary determinism and cultural constructionism. In doing so, there is interest in providing a rigorous multidisciplinary scientific effort to solve this foundational problem for psychology. As such this volume provides an interesting and insightful examination of the evolution of consciousness, cognition, decision-making, actions, and cultural norms in terms of collective consequences and genetic mechanisms. The volume is divided into three sections where several dialectical themes (theory/data, top-down/bottom-up, ecological/social, diversification/integration) are woven throughout. Overall the volume offers nice flow from one collection of essays to the next as themes are picked up and let go, only to return later on. This volume shows a dominance of natural science (cross-cultural) inclinations where some readers may call for more voice given to phenomenological and hermeneutical (cultural) human science contributions. Other critics may challenge the reliance upon correlational, comparative, and post hoc data to bolster claims of causality in support of various theoretical suppositions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

多目标差分演化算法研究综述

多目标差分演化算法是一种简单有效的演化算法,已引起学术界的广泛关注,并在许多领域得到应用。首先描述了差分演化算法的基本思想;接着分析了有代表性的多目标差分演化算法,并给出了改进多目标差分演化算法的一些措施;然后讨论了多目标差分演化算法的性能度量指标,并介绍了多目标差分演化算法的一些应用领域;最后,指出了多目标差分演化算法今后的研究方向。     

Lithium Intercalation Compound Dramatically Influences the Electrochemical Properties of Exfoliated MoS2

MoS₂ and other transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have recently gained a renewed interest due to the interesting electronic, catalytic, and mechanical properties which they possess when down‐sized to single or few layer sheets. Exfoliation of the bulk multilayer structure can be achieved by a preliminary chemical Li intercalation followed by the exfoliation due to the reaction of Li with water. Organolithium compounds are generally adopted for the Li intercalation with n‐butyllithium (n‐Bu‐Li) being the most common. Here, the use of three different organolithium compounds are investigated and compared, i.e., methyllithium (Me‐Li), n‐butyllithium (n‐Bu‐Li) and tert‐butyllithium (t‐Bu‐Li), used for the exfoliation of bulk MoS₂. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and cyclic voltammetry (CV) are adopted for a comprehensive characterization of all materials under investigation. In addition, catalytic properties towards the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and capacitive properties are also tested. Different organolithium compounds exhibit different extent of Li intercalation resulting in different degrees of exfoliation. The inherent electrochemical behavior of MoS₂ consisting of significant anodic and cathodic peaks as well as its capacitive behavior and catalytic properties towards hydrogen evolution reaction are strongly connected to the exfoliation compound used. This research significantly contributes to the development of large‐scale synthesis of electrocatalytic MoS₂‐based materials.     

CtpB Facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth in Copper-Limited Niches

Copper is required for aerobic respiration by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human host, but this essential element is toxic in abundance. Copper nutritional immunity refers to host processes that modulate levels of free copper to alternately starve and intoxicate invading microbes. Bacteria engulfed by macrophages are initially contained within copper-limited phagosomes, which fuse with ATP7A vesicles that pump in toxic levels of copper. In this report, we examine how CtpB, a P-type ATPase in M. tuberculosis, aids in response to nutritional immunity. In vitro, the induced expression of ctpB in copper-replete medium inhibited mycobacterial growth, while deletion of the gene impaired growth only in copper-starved medium and within copper-limited host cells, suggesting a role for CtpB in copper acquisition or export to the copper-dependent respiration supercomplex. Unexpectedly, the absence of ctpB resulted in hypervirulence in the DBA/2 mouse infection model. As ctpB null strains exhibit diminished growth only in copper-starved conditions, reduced copper transport may have enabled the mutant to acquire a “Goldilocks” amount of the metal during transit through copper-intoxicating environments within this model system. This work reveals CtpB as a component of the M. tuberculosis toolkit to counter host nutritional immunity and underscores the importance of elucidating copper-uptake mechanisms in pathogenic mycobacteria.     

市场生态环境选择机制下的企业进化

企业外部市场生态环境包括企业广义生存域(间接外部环境)和企业活动域(直接外部环境)两个层次.文章基于企业基因和企业生态位构建企业进化框架,提出了企业进化的4个维度,即企业机制、优势技术、企业文化和信息系统.从企业进化面临的外部压力与内部动力分析入手,对企业进化结果进行了完全性分析,并提出市场生态环境选择、企业外部构建和企业内部构建是企业进化的3种主要动力,由此体现了企业进化的多样性、遗传变异和环境选择3种机制.