Connecting Mediterranean countries through electricity corridors: New Institutional Economic and regulatory analysis

A super grid connecting the two shores of the Mediterranean could help Europe meet its targets for integrating renewable energy. This paper assesses the business models for building a platform for wholesale renewable energy trade via electricity corridors linking the two regions of the Mediterranean basin. We demonstrate that the optimal framework for designing the corridor project is a long-term contractual agreement to coordinate bilaterally the necessary investments. Furthermore a hybrid governance structure requiring only limited regulatory adaptation seems to be the most efficient structure for facilitating investment in the corridor's infrastructure.     

Implicitization of Parametric Curves via Lagrange Interpolation

A simple algorithm for finding the implicit equation of a parametric plane curve given by its parametric equations is presented. The algorithm is based on an efficient computation of the Bézout resultant and Lagrange interpolation. One of main features of our approach is the fact that it considerably reduces the problem of computing intermediate expressions.     

钛钒基储氢电极合金研究

研究了铁钒基储氢电极合金(Ti0.8Zr0 2)(V0.533Mn0.107Cr0.16Ni0 2)x(x=5,6,7)的相结构和电化学性能.XRD分析表明合金主要由六方结构的C14型Laves相和体心立方(BCC)结构的钒基固溶体相所组成.C14型LaveS相及钒基固溶体相的晶胞参数和晶胞体积均随着化学计量比x增加而减小.电化学测试表明当化学计量比由x=5增大到x=7时合金放电容量由394.6mAh/g下降到327.8mAh/g,活化次数略有增加,但循环稳定性和高倍率放电能力明显改善.     

改进HDDR工艺制备NdFeCoZrBGa各向异性磁粉

HDDR(氢化-歧化-脱氢-重组)工艺是一种用于生产各向异性Nd2Fe14B基磁粉的特殊方法。本文主要研究了添加微量含金元素Ga、采用改进HDDR工艺(即在HD处理及高真空脱氢处理之间加上低真空脱氢处理)对Nd11.2Fe66.5-xCo15.4B6.8Zr0.1Gax(x=0、0．1、0．3、0．5、1．0)合金磁性能的影响规律。结果表明．改进HDDR工艺对于提高磁粉性能,细化主相晶粒尺寸非常有效。微量合金元素Ga的添加可显著地改变材料歧化分解的特征,同时可提高磁粉的磁性能。由改进HDDR工艺制得磁粉主相晶粒尺寸明显小于由传统HDDR工艺制得磁粉主相晶粒尺寸。     

Population-wide analysis of a QTL affecting milk-fat production in the Israeli Holstein population

A population-wide linkage disequilibrium on bovine chromosome 14 between microsatellite ILSTS039 and DGAT1, a putative quantitative trait locus affecting milk production traits, was found in the Israeli Holstein population. A total of 394 bulls were genotyped for both DGAT1 and ILSTS039, and 1747 cows were genotyped for ILSTS039. The ILSTS039 allele termed "225," and the DGAT1 K allele (substitution of a lysine residue with alanine), were associated with decreased milk production, and increased fat production and fat and protein percent. The number of 225 ILSTS039 and K DGAT1 alleles per individual were the same for 80% of the bulls genotyped. From the effects associated with cows homozygous for the 225 allele, the effect of the quantitative trait locus appears to be approximately codominant. The substitution effect was 0.16% fat. Genotype probabilities for the quantitative gene were determined for the entire Israeli Holstein milk-recorded population, including 507,725 cows and 1442 bulls, using segregation analysis. Overall frequency of the allele that increased fat percent was 8.9% in cows and 15.5% in bulls. The frequency of this allele decreased from 1981 until 1990, from 15 to 5%, and since has increased to 10%. The effects estimated on the population-wide analyses of both cows and bulls were similar to the effect associated with DGAT1 in the daughters of genotyped bulls. Modified animal model evaluations were computed for the entire population with the effect of this gene included in the model. The correlations between the modified and standard animal model evaluations for all traits were > 0.99.     

环境温度对Fe-14Mn-0.22C合金阻尼性能的影响

为了了解Fe-Mn基阻尼合金的高温阻尼性能,用真空感应电炉的方法制备了Fe-14.04Mn-0.22C合金.用倒扭摆内耗仪测试了环境温度在23～400℃变化时合金阻尼性能的变化规律,并用热机械分析仪和光学显微镜分析了合金的组织结构及其相变特点.研究结果表明,在常温条件下合金的阻尼性能随扭转应变的增加而呈线性方式增加,扭转应变在1×10-4时,对数衰减率达0.1,且没有出现峰值;随着环境温度的变化,对数衰减曲线与应变的线性关系没有发生改变,但是曲线发生了整体的上下平移;当环境温度低于200℃时,合金的阻尼性能随温度的升高而增加,但当温度达到或超过200℃后,合金的阻尼性能迅速下降,其原因在于合金发生了奥氏体转变(As为270℃),马氏体的百分含量降低,阻尼源减少.     

New Rare-Earth Containing （Sr1- yEuy）2 Al2Si10S14O4 Phosphors for Light-Emitting Diodes

Remarkable progress was made in the development of white-light-emitting diodes （LEDs）. White LEDs provided a light element having a semiconductor InGaN light-emitting chip （blue or UV LEDs） and luminescent phosphors. Here we reported the sialon s-phase of （Sr,Eu）2A12Si10N14O4. Eu^2＋ activator ions that were substituted for the strontium site represented a new type of yeUow-green phosphor that could be excited by blue LEDs used for application in the fabrication of white LEDs.     

Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe纳米复合永磁的制备和性能

用超声化学法制备纳米Fe颗粒包覆的Nd2Fe14B复合粉体,将其在Ar气保护下经放电等离子烧结(SPS),得到Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe纳米晶复合磁体.Fe名义质量分数为5%的烧结磁体具有较高的磁性能:Br=0.86 T,Hci=683.8 kA/m,(BH)max=95.92 kJ/m3.烧结前对复合粉末进行适当的高能球磨,能促进显微组织进一步细化,增强软磁相与硬磁相之间的交换耦合,使相同Fe含量和烧结工艺的磁体Br和(BH)max分别提高到0.94 T和113.6 kJ/m3.     

THE UNSOLVED MESSAGES OF PEARL HARBOR

In 1941, the United States Navy intercepted enough Japanese naval messages to predict the attack on Pearl Harbor if the code which protected them had been solved. The messages would have disclosed that, while the Japanese government cynically conducted diplomatic negotiations with the United States, the Japanese Combined Fleet under Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, beginning as early as September 1941, systematically prepared ships, crews, weapons, tactics, and a complicated fuel supply system for the most ambitious operation ever undertaken by the Japanese navy. Details of Japan's intentions were hidden from Navy cryptanalysts because of limited manpower resources and because all Japanese navy codes were assigned a lower priority than Japanese diplomatic codes and German submarine threat.