Role of semiochemicals in mate location by parasitic sea louse,Lepeophtheirus salmonis

The role of olfaction and diffusible pheromones in mate location behavior of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, was assessed with Y-tube behavioral bioassays. The pheromone emitting animals were located in a chamber in one arm of a Y-tube arena, with artificial seawater flowing through both arms. Adult male sea lice displayed both activation and directional responses to seawater conditioned with preadult II virgin females, but were only activated by mated adult female conditioned water. Further, when males were given the choice of preadult II virgin females or mated adult females, a significant number of males chose the arm with the preadult II virgin females. Adult males showed activation responses when presented with water conditioned with adult males but were not attracted to them. When presented with adult males, preadult II virgin females showed only directional responses, but not activation responses. Preadult II virgin female conditioned water was extracted using solid-phase extraction (SPE) protocols pioneered for semiochemical isolation. Adult male sea lice showed significant directional responses to the preadult II virgin female SPE extract. Distillation under vacuum was performed on the extract to give a distillate comprising components with a molecular weight range and physical properties comparable to those of compounds utilized as volatile semiochemicals by terrestrial organisms and a residue comprising components with higher molecular weight range comparable to those utilized as involatile semiochemicals. Adult males were found to be both significantly activated and attracted to the distillate, but not to the residue. This research provides evidence that small, lipophilic organic molecules are used by sea lice as sex pheromone signals to locate a member of the opposite sex.     

浅谈化工企业的采购管理

化工企业应重视采购计划预算，开发和管理供应商，考核采购绩效，增强企业竞争力。     

Oil supply between OPEC and non-OPEC based on game theory

The competing strategies between OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC producers make the oil supply market a complex system, and thus, it is very difficult to model and to make predictions. In this paper, we combine the macro-model based on game theory and micro-model to propose a new approach for forecasting oil supply. We take into account the microscopic behaviour in the clearing market and also use the game relationships to adjust oil supplies in our approach. For the supply model, we analyse and consider the different behaviour of non-OPEC and OPEC producers. According to our analysis, limiting the oil supply, and thus maintaining oil price, is the best strategy for OPEC in the low-price scenario, while the rising supply is the best strategy in the high-price scenario. No matter what the oil price is, the dominant strategy for non-OPEC producers is to increase their oil supply. In the high-price scenario, OPEC will try to deplete non-OPEC’s share in the oil supply market, which is to OPEC’s advantage.     

Electroantennogram responses ofCampoletis sonorensis (hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) to chemicals in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Combined gas chromatography-electroantennogram (GC-EAG) recording ofCampoletis sonorensis (Cameron) responses to cotton plant volatile chemicals was performed.C. sonorensis antennal olfactory receptors respond differentially to green leaf, mono-, and sesquiterpene chemicals that have been identified previously in cotton. EAG depolarizations to green leaf chemicals were greater than to terpenes.     

硕士学位授权点审核系统设计与实现

为了使传统的审核过程信息化、数字化,对硕士学位授权点审核系统将要实现的管理功能进行分析,并介绍了开发技术和发布平台的设计,以及在建设过程中要解决的关键性问题。该系统开发之后,已在本省上线并运行,效果良好。希望该系统的设计、实现和实际运行能够为其他兄弟省份提供借签。     

自适应收扩系数的双中心协作QPSO算法

针对量子粒子群优化(QPSO)算法迭代后期种群多样性下降、收敛速度慢、易陷入局部最优的缺点,提出一种自适应收缩-扩张系数的双中心协作最子粒子群优化算法。该算法从2个方面进行改进:(1)自适应调节收缩-扩张系数,其目的是帮助粒子跳出局部最优点,提高粒子的全局搜索能力;(2)双重更新全局最优位置,即在每次迭代中,先后分别采用2种不同的方式更新全局最优位置。第1种方式与QPSO算法一致,第2种方式则引入双中心粒子,使其和当前全局最优位置在相应维度上合作,从而达到更新全局最优位置的目的。从固定迭代次数和固定精度角度分析算法性能,仿真结果表明,相比于QPSO算法,该算法在保证复杂度较低的情况下,可提高收敛速度,增强全局和局部搜索能力。     

基于梯度的受限空间安全定位方法

现有的无线传感器网络定位技术消耗了大量的计算和处理资源,并且受到了环境因素以及对手攻击等干扰,在受限空间中定位精度较低,无法满足定位需求。为了提高受限空间中的定位精度,提出了一种基于梯度的安全定位算法,算法在双曲线定位模型基础上,引入梯度的概念,降低了算法的计算复杂度,使算法能够适应受限空间的环境要求,实现高效高精度的定位;为了提高算法的安全性,增加了对不一致性测量的选择性剪枝过程,增强了算法对恶意攻击的抵抗能力。最后,以室内走廊为实验环境进行了仿真验证,通过主频计时策略,提高了算法的定位精度。分析结果表明,在室内受限空间中,提出的算法在定位精度、能量消耗和抗干扰能力上优于现有算法。     

基于互相关定位法的干涉仪分析与仿真

首次提出用时域互相关法处理Sagnac/Mach-Zehnder分布式光纤传感系统的干涉输出信号, 对扰动进行检测和定位。首先对Sagnac/Mach-Zehnder分布式光纤传感系统进行了扰动检测和定位的理论分析, 推导出扰动引起的干涉输出信号的表达式, 利用Bessel函数展开, 确定了该系统的两路干涉输出满足时域互相关的特性。在此基础上进一步分析了两路干涉信号的表达式, 提出基频定位法和微分定位法两种时域互相关方法处理干涉信号, 确定扰动位置。对两种扰动定位方法进行了Matlab仿真, 并通过实验在多个扰动位置多次验证了两种方法的正确性。     

一种利用历史数据构造虚拟标签的定位算法

在RFID定位算法中,利用接收信号强度统计模型进行直接定位的精确度不高,而利用实际参考标签定位存在信号易碰撞、外出部署不便等问题,因此提出一种基于虚拟标签的RFID定位算法VIREH以克服以上缺点.该算法利用历史数据构建虚拟参考标签,然后利用虚拟参考标签代替实际参考标签进行定位.依据VIREH算法,开发基于Android移动设备的RFID定位系统,在系统中使用VIREH算法进行定位,对定位误差进行了统计以测试算法性能.测试结果表明,VIREH算法的定位精度较直接定位有显著提高,较使用实际参考标签没有明显降低,有助于提高RFID定位精度.     

Orientation ofMicroplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to green leaf volatiles: Dose-response curves

FemaleMicroplitis croceipes wasps were tested in a wind tunnel for their ability to orient to various concentrations of eight different green leaf volatile (GLV) substances [hexanal, (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, (E)-2-hexenyl acetate, (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (Z)-3-hexenyl propionate, and (Z)-3-hexenyl butyrate]. Overall, the esters elicited the greatest percentage of successful orientation flights, the alcohols elicited an intermediate response, and the aldehydes elicited a low response. The semilog dose-response curves were generally hill-shaped with high responses at medium release rates and low responses at high or low release rates. For the aldehydes, positive responses occurred at all GLV release rates between 0.01 and 100 nl/min. For some alcohols and esters, positive responses occurred at release rates as low as 1 pl/min and as high as 1μl/min. These data show thatM. croceipes wasps are strongly attracted to GLVs and are capable of orienting to GLV concentrations that would occur in nature when a caterpillar feeds on a green leaf. Hence, in nature, GLVs may be important clues, enablingM. croceipes to locate their hosts.