In the context of the prevalent winter air quality issues in China marked by declining PM_(2.5)and rising O_(3),this study employed amodified WRF-Chem model to examine the aerosol radiation interaction(ARI),heterogene...In the context of the prevalent winter air quality issues in China marked by declining PM_(2.5)and rising O_(3),this study employed amodified WRF-Chem model to examine the aerosol radiation interaction(ARI),heterogeneous chemistry(AHC),and their combined impact(ALL)on the variations in O_(3)and PM_(2.5)during the 2014–2020 in eastern China.Our analysis confirmed that ARI curtailed O_(3)while elevating PM_(2.5).AHC reduced O_(3)through heterogeneous absorption of NOx and hydroxideswhile notably fostering fine-grained sulfate,resulting in a PM_(2.5)increase.Emission reductions mitigated the inhibitory impact of ARI on meteorological fields and photolysis rates.Emission reduction individually without aerosol feedback led to a 5.43 ppb O_(3)increase and a 22.89μg/m^(3)PM_(2.5)decrease.ARI and AHC amplified the emission-reduction-induced(ERI)O_(3)rise by 1.83 and 0.31 ppb,respectively.The response of ARI to emission diminution brought about a modest PM_(2.5)increase of 0.31μg/m^(3).Conversely,AHC,acting as the primary contributor,caused a noteworthy PM_(2.5)decrease of 4.60μg/m^(3).As efforts concentrate on reducing PM_(2.5),the promotion of ARI on PM_(2.5)counterbalanced the efficacy of emission reduction and the AHC-induced strengthening of PM_(2.5)decrease.The ALL magnified the ERI O_(3)increase by 38.9%and PM_(2.5)decrease by 18.7%.Sensitivity experiments with different degrees of emission reduction demonstrated a consistent linear relationship between the ALL-induced enhancement of O_(3)increase and PM_(2.5)decrease to the ERI PM_(2.5)decline.Our investigation revealed the complex connection between emissions and aerosol feedback in influencing air quality.展开更多
Hot torsion tests for AZ80 magnesium alloy were carried out in the temperature range of 380℃-260℃,with a constant decreasing temperature rate of 10℃/s in order to weaken the basal texture and refine the grains.The ...Hot torsion tests for AZ80 magnesium alloy were carried out in the temperature range of 380℃-260℃,with a constant decreasing temperature rate of 10℃/s in order to weaken the basal texture and refine the grains.The results indicated that the average grain sizes were refined forming gradient structure with increasing specimen radial position from center(12.2-5.4μm),and that the initial basal texture intensity of the extruded magnesium alloy was weakened from 46.2 to 8.3.Furthermore,the extension twins(ETs)could be disintegrated from the twins forming separated twins with smaller sizes.Interestingly,ETs with the same twin variant intersecting with each other could be coalesced forming grains with similar orientation,while ETs with different twin variants were separated by twins boundaries contributing to grain refinement.Moreover,in addition to the conventional continuous dynamic recrystallized(CDRX)grains with 30˚orientation rotated around C-axis of the parent grains,CDRXed grains with 30˚rotation around a-axis and random rotation axis were also discerned.Besides,the CDRX evolution induced twins were also elaborated,exhibiting the complex competition between CDRX and twining.Hot torsion deformation with constant decreasing temperatures rate is an effective way of grain refinement and texture modification.展开更多
In order to solve the multiple power extreme value point problem caused by system frequency splitting during wireless energy transmission at short distances a transmission model of the system is established.With the c...In order to solve the multiple power extreme value point problem caused by system frequency splitting during wireless energy transmission at short distances a transmission model of the system is established.With the comprehensive consideration of the resonance frequency load parameters and the coupling between coils the internal factors of frequency splitting and boundary conditions are discussed.The results show that under the condition of the fixed load the higher the natural resonance frequency the easier the frequency splitting. As the frequency splitting occurs the frequency of the maximum power transfer is no longer with the natural resonance frequency which can make the system unstable and the transfer power more difficult to control. Therefore a decreasing-frequency method is proposed to avoid the system frequency splitting. And decreasing the system resonance frequency can make the system successfully withdraw the frequency splitting area at a short-distance range.Under the fixed load condition the transmission power of the system can be increased by 400% and the transmission efficiency is reduced by only 14% which greatly improves the transmission performance of the system.展开更多
High temperature is an abiotic stress factor that threatens plant growth and development.Autophagy in response to heat stress involves the selective removal of heat-induced protein complexes.Previously,we showed that ...High temperature is an abiotic stress factor that threatens plant growth and development.Autophagy in response to heat stress involves the selective removal of heat-induced protein complexes.Previously,we showed that a crucial autophagy protein from apple,MdATG18a,has a positive effect on drought tolerance.In the present study,we treated transgenic apple(Malus domestica)plants overexpressing MdATG18a with high temperature and found that autophagy protected them from heat stress.Overexpression of MdATG18a in apple enhanced antioxidase activity and contributed to the production of increased beneficial antioxidants under heat stress.Transgenic apple plants exhibited higher photosynthetic capacity,as shown by the rate of CO_(2) assimilation,the maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II(PSII),the effective quantum yield,and the electron transport rates in photosystems I and II(PSI and PSII,respectively).We also detected elevated autophagic activity and reduced damage to chloroplasts in transgenic plants compared to WT plants.In addition,the transcriptional activities of several HSP genes were increased in transgenic apple plants.In summary,we propose that autophagy plays a critical role in basal thermotolerance in apple,primarily through a combination of enhanced antioxidant activity and reduced chloroplast damage.展开更多
The authors examine the effects of external forcing agents such as greenhouse gases （GHGs） and aerosols, as well as solar variability and ozone, on global land monsoon precipitation by using a coupled climate model ...The authors examine the effects of external forcing agents such as greenhouse gases （GHGs） and aerosols, as well as solar variability and ozone, on global land monsoon precipitation by using a coupled climate model HadGEM1, which was developed by the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Research. The results indicate that HadGEM1 performs well in simulating the observed decreasing trend of global land monsoon precipitation over the past 50 years. This trend mainly occurred in the Northern Hemisphere and is significantly different from the trend of natural variability due to ocean-atmosphere-land interactions. The coherence between the simulation and the observations indicates that the specified external forcing agents, including GHGs and aerosols as well as solar variability and ozone, are important factors that have affected the decreasing trend of global land monsoon precipitation in the past 50 years.展开更多
The effects of warm-rolling process on the microstructure, ordering, mechanical properties and cold- rolling workability of Fe-6.Swt%Si alloy were investigated, where three processes of warm-rolling with the same tota...The effects of warm-rolling process on the microstructure, ordering, mechanical properties and cold- rolling workability of Fe-6.Swt%Si alloy were investigated, where three processes of warm-rolling with the same total reduction of 93% were used, including （1） 500 ℃/12 passes/total reduction of 93%, （2） 500 ℃13 passes/total reduction of 50% ＋ 400 ℃19 passes/total reduction of 86%, and （3） 500 ℃13 passes/total reduction of 50% ＋ 400 ℃15 passes/total reduction of 60% ＋ 300 ℃14 passes/total reduction of 64%. The results show that compared with process （1） warm-rolling with constant temperature of 500 ℃, process （2） and process （3） warm-rolling with gradually decreasing temperature can significantly improve the room temperature plasticity and cold-rolling workability of the Fe-6.5wt%Si alloy. For example, the three point bending fracture deflections are increased by 54.5% and 81.8% for processes （2） and （3）, respectively, and the maximum reductions of single pass cold-rolling without edge crack are increased from 50% of process （1） to 55% of process （2） and 62% of process （3）, respectively. The plasticity improvement of the Fe- 6.5wt%Si alloy can be attributed to both reductions of surface oxidation degree and order degree of the alloy by warm-rolling with gradually decreasing temperature.展开更多
Changing precipitation in the densely populated Sichuan basin may have a great impact on human life. This study analyzes the change in summer precipitation since 1951 over the western Sichuan basin, one of the regions...Changing precipitation in the densely populated Sichuan basin may have a great impact on human life. This study analyzes the change in summer precipitation since 1951 over the western Sichuan basin, one of the regions of the heaviest rainfall in China, by using two datasets provided by the Chinese Meteorological Data Center. The results indicate that summer (from June to September) precipitation over the western Sichuan basin shows a significantly decreasing trend. The summer precipitation over this region has decreased by about 20% since the 1950s, with a rate of decrease of about 40 mm per decade.展开更多
An an alytical model based on linear decreasi ng leveli ng scheme was proposed to inv estigate the longitu din ally profiled plate leveling process.Considering the variable cross-sectional thickness of longitudinally ...An an alytical model based on linear decreasi ng leveli ng scheme was proposed to inv estigate the longitu din ally profiled plate leveling process.Considering the variable cross-sectional thickness of longitudinally profiled plate and the dynamic reductions in leveling rolls,the reduction models of upper and lower rolls,the leveling force model and the leveling moment model were established,respectively,based on linear decreasing leveling scheme.Moreover,the finite element model of longitudinally profiled plate leveling process was established based on ABAQUS.Then,the total displacements of upper and lower rolls,the leveling force and the stress distribution of longifudinally profiled plate in the leveling process were calculated.To verify the validity of the proposed models,calculated leveling forces were compared with the measured values,and very good agreements are found.Calculated results show that linear decreasing leveling scheme is suitable for leveling longitudinally profiled plate.展开更多
Periodic solitons are studied in dispersion decreasing fibers with a cosine profile. The variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrrdinger equation, which can be used to describe the propagation of solitons, is investigated ...Periodic solitons are studied in dispersion decreasing fibers with a cosine profile. The variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrrdinger equation, which can be used to describe the propagation of solitons, is investigated analytically. Analytic soli- ton solutions for this equation are derived with the Hirota＇s bilinear method. Using the soliton solutions, we obtain periodic solitons, and analyze the soliton characteristics. Influences of physical parameters on periodic solitons are discussed. The presented results can be used in optical communication systems and fiber lasers.展开更多
Estimation of density and hazard rate is very important to the reliability analysis of a system. In order to estimate the density and hazard rate of a hazard rate monotonously decreasing system, a new nonparametric es...Estimation of density and hazard rate is very important to the reliability analysis of a system. In order to estimate the density and hazard rate of a hazard rate monotonously decreasing system, a new nonparametric estimator is put forward. The estimator is based on the kernel function method and optimum algorithm. Numerical experiment shows that the method is accurate enough and can be used in many cases.展开更多
In this present paper, an inventory model with a generalised exponential decreasing demand is considered. A numerical example is used to illustrate the application of the model. Sensitivity analysis of the optimal sol...In this present paper, an inventory model with a generalised exponential decreasing demand is considered. A numerical example is used to illustrate the application of the model. Sensitivity analysis of the optimal solution with respect to various parameters is carried out to see the effect of parameter changes on the solution.展开更多
In this paper,the non-harmonic resonance of Bernoulli viscoelastic beams,Kirchhoff viscoelastic plates,Timoshenko viscoelastic beams,and Mindlin viscoelastic plates subjected to time-dependent exponentially decreasing...In this paper,the non-harmonic resonance of Bernoulli viscoelastic beams,Kirchhoff viscoelastic plates,Timoshenko viscoelastic beams,and Mindlin viscoelastic plates subjected to time-dependent exponentially decreasing transverse distributed load is investigated for the first time.The constitutive equations are expressed utilizing Boltzmann integral law with a constant bulk modulus.The displacement vector is approximated by employing the separation of variables method.The Laplace transformation is used to transfer equations from the time domain to the Laplace domain and vice versa.The novel point of the proposed method is to express,prove and calculate the critical time in which the displacement will be several times the displacement at time zero.In addition,this new method calculates the maximum deflection at the critical time,explicitly and exactly,without any need to follow the time-displacement curve with a low computational cost.Additionally,the proposed method introduces the critical range of time so that the responses are greater than the responses at time zero.展开更多
We study localized waves on continuous wave background in an exponential dispersion decreasing fiber with two orthogonal polarization states. We demonstrate that asymmetric W-shaped and M-shaped soliton pulse can be g...We study localized waves on continuous wave background in an exponential dispersion decreasing fiber with two orthogonal polarization states. We demonstrate that asymmetric W-shaped and M-shaped soliton pulse can be generated from a weak modulation on continuous wave background. The numerical simulation results indicate that the generated asymmetric soliton pulses are robust against small noise or perturbation. In particular, the asymmetric degree of the asymmetric soliton pulse can be effectively controlled by changing the relative frequency of the two components. This character can be used to generate other nonlinear localized waves, such as dark-antidark and antidark-dark soliton pulse pair, symmetric W-shaped and M-shaped soliton pulse. Furthermore, we find that the asymmetric soliton pulse possesses an asymmetric discontinuous spectrum.展开更多
We derive analytical bright and dark solitons of the modified nonlinear Schroedinger equations with variable coefficients. Under constraint conditions between system parameters, the optical soliton transmission in the...We derive analytical bright and dark solitons of the modified nonlinear Schroedinger equations with variable coefficients. Under constraint conditions between system parameters, the optical soliton transmission in the dispersiondecreasing fibers can be exactly controlled by proper dispersion management. The analytical description of the interactions between the bright and dark solitons are first obtained.展开更多
A chemosensitivity test for ovarian cancer using tritiated thymidine incorporation assay was carried out. A dose-response relationship for cisplatin and potentiation of verapamil in increasing vincristine inhibition t...A chemosensitivity test for ovarian cancer using tritiated thymidine incorporation assay was carried out. A dose-response relationship for cisplatin and potentiation of verapamil in increasing vincristine inhibition to ovarian cancer were investigated. A 5- fold increase of cisplatin density converted the tumors which were initially resistance to standard-dose cisplatin Into drug-sensitive ones. Vera-pamil was found to be able to overcome vincristine-resistance of some tumors in vitro. These results suggest that using high dose cisplatin therapy or increasing local drug concentration by using other administration way, we could expect some ovarian cancers that had failed to standard dose cisplatin therapy to be effective. Combination of vincristine with verapamll may be helpful in treating some vincristineresistant cases.展开更多
In the paper the problem on the assignment of the bounds of decreasing rate for a time-varying linear control system is discussed. The sufficient and necessary condition for bounds of decreasing rate of a time-varying...In the paper the problem on the assignment of the bounds of decreasing rate for a time-varying linear control system is discussed. The sufficient and necessary condition for bounds of decreasing rate of a time-varying linear system to be assigned arbitrarily is presented. It is pointed out that for any given real number m, M, m<M, there exists a linear state feedback with time-varying gain matrix which makes the corresponding closed-loop system possess M and m as its upper bound and lower bound of the decreasing rate respectively. For the purposes of its application to system design the concept of the asymptotic assignment of the bounds of decreasing rate is also proposed. The method dealing with the asymptotic assignment is given too.展开更多
Pre-stressed structure and its application for civil engineering.Specificity of external loads of ships.Corresponded specificity of controllable pre-stressing.An example of pre-stressed structure and an decreasing est...Pre-stressed structure and its application for civil engineering.Specificity of external loads of ships.Corresponded specificity of controllable pre-stressing.An example of pre-stressed structure and an decreasing estimation of its mass(about 10%of the full displacement).Possibility of wider application.展开更多
Human activities and climate changes are deemed to be two primary driving factors influencing the changes of hydrological processes, and quantitatively separating their influences on runoff changes will be of great si...Human activities and climate changes are deemed to be two primary driving factors influencing the changes of hydrological processes, and quantitatively separating their influences on runoff changes will be of great significance to regional water resources planning and management. In this study, the impact of climate changes and human activities was initially qualitatively distinguished through a coupled water and energy budgets analysis, and then this effect was further separated by means of a quantitative estimation based on hydrological sensitivity analysis. The results show that: 1) precipitation, wind speed, potential evapotranspiration and runoff have a significantly decreasing trend, while temperature has a remarkably increasing tendency in the Weihe River Basin, China; 2) the major driving factor on runoff decrease in the 1970 s and 1990 s in the basin is climate changes compared with that in the baseline 1960 s, while that in the 1980 s and 2000 s is human activities. Compared with the results based on Variable Infiltration Capacity(VIC) model, the contributions calculated in this study have certain reliability. The results are of great significance to local water resources planning and management.展开更多
Arctic sea ice is a keystone indicator of greenhouse-gas induced global climate change, which is expected to be amplified in the Arctic. Here we directly compare observed variations in arctic sea-ice extent and CO 2 s...Arctic sea ice is a keystone indicator of greenhouse-gas induced global climate change, which is expected to be amplified in the Arctic. Here we directly compare observed variations in arctic sea-ice extent and CO 2 since the beginning of the 20th century, identifying a strengthening linkage, such that in recent decades the rate of sea-ice decrease mirrors the increase in CO 2 , with r ～ -0.95 over the last four decades, thereby indicating that 90% (r 2 ～ 0.90) of the decreasing sea-ice extent is empirically "accounted for" by the increasing CO 2 in the atmosphere. The author presents an empirical relation between annual sea-ice extent and global atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, in which sea-ice reductions are linearly, inversely proportional to the magnitude of increase of CO 2 over the last few decades. This approximates sea-ice changes during the most recent four decades, with a proportionality constant of 0.030 million km 2 per ppmv CO 2 . When applied to future emission scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this relationship results in substantially faster ice decreases up to 2050 than predicted by IPCC models. However, departures from this projection may arise from non-linear feedback effects and/or temporary natural variations on interannual timescales, such as the record minimum of sea-ice extent observed in September 2007.展开更多
Background Recent studies have reported a significant decline in human semen quality worldwide,raising concerns about climate change and its extensive effects on human health and biodiversity.Methods This article inve...Background Recent studies have reported a significant decline in human semen quality worldwide,raising concerns about climate change and its extensive effects on human health and biodiversity.Methods This article investigates the correlation between deteriorating semen quality and changing climate conditions,within the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).It aims to explore the linkage between decreasing semen quality and climate change,and to understand its implications for population dynamics,reproductive health and sustainabillity.Results Integrating findings within the SDGs framework,the study emphasises SDG 3(good health and well-being),SDG 13(climate action)and SDG 15(life on land).A multidisciplinary approach,incorporating data from environmental science,epidemiology and demography,is used to statistically analyse global and regional trends in semen quality against climate variability indicators,such as temperature fluctuations and pollution levels.Preliminary findings indicate a strong correlation between adverse climate conditions and reduced semen quality,suggesting potential impacts on fertility rates and population health.The research highlights the importance of climate action(SDG 13)in protecting human reproductive health and ensuring population stability(SDG 3),while emphasising the interconnectedness of ecosystem health and human well-being(SDG 15).Conclusion The article calls for integrated palicy responses addressing climate change and reproductive health as interconnected challenges,advocating for enhanced cross-sectoral collaboration to achieve the SDGs through comprehensive strategies encompassing environmental protection,reproductive healthcare and population management for a sustainable future.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42077192)the National Key Basic Research&Development Program of China(No.2020YFA0607802).
文摘In the context of the prevalent winter air quality issues in China marked by declining PM_(2.5)and rising O_(3),this study employed amodified WRF-Chem model to examine the aerosol radiation interaction(ARI),heterogeneous chemistry(AHC),and their combined impact(ALL)on the variations in O_(3)and PM_(2.5)during the 2014–2020 in eastern China.Our analysis confirmed that ARI curtailed O_(3)while elevating PM_(2.5).AHC reduced O_(3)through heterogeneous absorption of NOx and hydroxideswhile notably fostering fine-grained sulfate,resulting in a PM_(2.5)increase.Emission reductions mitigated the inhibitory impact of ARI on meteorological fields and photolysis rates.Emission reduction individually without aerosol feedback led to a 5.43 ppb O_(3)increase and a 22.89μg/m^(3)PM_(2.5)decrease.ARI and AHC amplified the emission-reduction-induced(ERI)O_(3)rise by 1.83 and 0.31 ppb,respectively.The response of ARI to emission diminution brought about a modest PM_(2.5)increase of 0.31μg/m^(3).Conversely,AHC,acting as the primary contributor,caused a noteworthy PM_(2.5)decrease of 4.60μg/m^(3).As efforts concentrate on reducing PM_(2.5),the promotion of ARI on PM_(2.5)counterbalanced the efficacy of emission reduction and the AHC-induced strengthening of PM_(2.5)decrease.The ALL magnified the ERI O_(3)increase by 38.9%and PM_(2.5)decrease by 18.7%.Sensitivity experiments with different degrees of emission reduction demonstrated a consistent linear relationship between the ALL-induced enhancement of O_(3)increase and PM_(2.5)decrease to the ERI PM_(2.5)decline.Our investigation revealed the complex connection between emissions and aerosol feedback in influencing air quality.
基金supported by key technology research and development project of ShanXi province(20201102019)Natural science foundation of Shanxi Province(201901D111167)+2 种基金Shanxi Scholarship Council of China(2020-117)JCKY2018408B003Magnesium alloy high-performance XXX multi-directional extrusion technologyXX supporting scientific research project(xxxx-2019-021).
文摘Hot torsion tests for AZ80 magnesium alloy were carried out in the temperature range of 380℃-260℃,with a constant decreasing temperature rate of 10℃/s in order to weaken the basal texture and refine the grains.The results indicated that the average grain sizes were refined forming gradient structure with increasing specimen radial position from center(12.2-5.4μm),and that the initial basal texture intensity of the extruded magnesium alloy was weakened from 46.2 to 8.3.Furthermore,the extension twins(ETs)could be disintegrated from the twins forming separated twins with smaller sizes.Interestingly,ETs with the same twin variant intersecting with each other could be coalesced forming grains with similar orientation,while ETs with different twin variants were separated by twins boundaries contributing to grain refinement.Moreover,in addition to the conventional continuous dynamic recrystallized(CDRX)grains with 30˚orientation rotated around C-axis of the parent grains,CDRXed grains with 30˚rotation around a-axis and random rotation axis were also discerned.Besides,the CDRX evolution induced twins were also elaborated,exhibiting the complex competition between CDRX and twining.Hot torsion deformation with constant decreasing temperatures rate is an effective way of grain refinement and texture modification.
基金Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by Ministry of Education of Chinathe Scientific Innovation Research of College Graduates in Jiangsu Province(No.CXZZ11-0150)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51177011)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)(No.2012AA050210)
文摘In order to solve the multiple power extreme value point problem caused by system frequency splitting during wireless energy transmission at short distances a transmission model of the system is established.With the comprehensive consideration of the resonance frequency load parameters and the coupling between coils the internal factors of frequency splitting and boundary conditions are discussed.The results show that under the condition of the fixed load the higher the natural resonance frequency the easier the frequency splitting. As the frequency splitting occurs the frequency of the maximum power transfer is no longer with the natural resonance frequency which can make the system unstable and the transfer power more difficult to control. Therefore a decreasing-frequency method is proposed to avoid the system frequency splitting. And decreasing the system resonance frequency can make the system successfully withdraw the frequency splitting area at a short-distance range.Under the fixed load condition the transmission power of the system can be increased by 400% and the transmission efficiency is reduced by only 14% which greatly improves the transmission performance of the system.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD1000300)the Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System(CARS-27).
文摘High temperature is an abiotic stress factor that threatens plant growth and development.Autophagy in response to heat stress involves the selective removal of heat-induced protein complexes.Previously,we showed that a crucial autophagy protein from apple,MdATG18a,has a positive effect on drought tolerance.In the present study,we treated transgenic apple(Malus domestica)plants overexpressing MdATG18a with high temperature and found that autophagy protected them from heat stress.Overexpression of MdATG18a in apple enhanced antioxidase activity and contributed to the production of increased beneficial antioxidants under heat stress.Transgenic apple plants exhibited higher photosynthetic capacity,as shown by the rate of CO_(2) assimilation,the maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II(PSII),the effective quantum yield,and the electron transport rates in photosystems I and II(PSI and PSII,respectively).We also detected elevated autophagic activity and reduced damage to chloroplasts in transgenic plants compared to WT plants.In addition,the transcriptional activities of several HSP genes were increased in transgenic apple plants.In summary,we propose that autophagy plays a critical role in basal thermotolerance in apple,primarily through a combination of enhanced antioxidant activity and reduced chloroplast damage.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under GrantNos. 40625014, 40821092, and 90711004the National Basic Research Program of China (2006CB403603)the China Meteorological Administration (GYHY200706010,GYHY200706005)
文摘The authors examine the effects of external forcing agents such as greenhouse gases （GHGs） and aerosols, as well as solar variability and ozone, on global land monsoon precipitation by using a coupled climate model HadGEM1, which was developed by the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Research. The results indicate that HadGEM1 performs well in simulating the observed decreasing trend of global land monsoon precipitation over the past 50 years. This trend mainly occurred in the Northern Hemisphere and is significantly different from the trend of natural variability due to ocean-atmosphere-land interactions. The coherence between the simulation and the observations indicates that the specified external forcing agents, including GHGs and aerosols as well as solar variability and ozone, are important factors that have affected the decreasing trend of global land monsoon precipitation in the past 50 years.
基金financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2011CB606300)the National HighTech Research and Development Program of China(No.2012AA03A505)
文摘The effects of warm-rolling process on the microstructure, ordering, mechanical properties and cold- rolling workability of Fe-6.Swt%Si alloy were investigated, where three processes of warm-rolling with the same total reduction of 93% were used, including （1） 500 ℃/12 passes/total reduction of 93%, （2） 500 ℃13 passes/total reduction of 50% ＋ 400 ℃19 passes/total reduction of 86%, and （3） 500 ℃13 passes/total reduction of 50% ＋ 400 ℃15 passes/total reduction of 60% ＋ 300 ℃14 passes/total reduction of 64%. The results show that compared with process （1） warm-rolling with constant temperature of 500 ℃, process （2） and process （3） warm-rolling with gradually decreasing temperature can significantly improve the room temperature plasticity and cold-rolling workability of the Fe-6.5wt%Si alloy. For example, the three point bending fracture deflections are increased by 54.5% and 81.8% for processes （2） and （3）, respectively, and the maximum reductions of single pass cold-rolling without edge crack are increased from 50% of process （1） to 55% of process （2） and 62% of process （3）, respectively. The plasticity improvement of the Fe- 6.5wt%Si alloy can be attributed to both reductions of surface oxidation degree and order degree of the alloy by warm-rolling with gradually decreasing temperature.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2009CB421400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40725016)
文摘Changing precipitation in the densely populated Sichuan basin may have a great impact on human life. This study analyzes the change in summer precipitation since 1951 over the western Sichuan basin, one of the regions of the heaviest rainfall in China, by using two datasets provided by the Chinese Meteorological Data Center. The results indicate that summer (from June to September) precipitation over the western Sichuan basin shows a significantly decreasing trend. The summer precipitation over this region has decreased by about 20% since the 1950s, with a rate of decrease of about 40 mm per decade.
基金Key R&D Program of China(No.20I7YFB0306404)Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(No.E2016203179)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(No.2016M590211).
文摘An an alytical model based on linear decreasi ng leveli ng scheme was proposed to inv estigate the longitu din ally profiled plate leveling process.Considering the variable cross-sectional thickness of longitudinally profiled plate and the dynamic reductions in leveling rolls,the reduction models of upper and lower rolls,the leveling force model and the leveling moment model were established,respectively,based on linear decreasing leveling scheme.Moreover,the finite element model of longitudinally profiled plate leveling process was established based on ABAQUS.Then,the total displacements of upper and lower rolls,the leveling force and the stress distribution of longifudinally profiled plate in the leveling process were calculated.To verify the validity of the proposed models,calculated leveling forces were compared with the measured values,and very good agreements are found.Calculated results show that linear decreasing leveling scheme is suitable for leveling longitudinally profiled plate.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61205064,51272202,and 61234006)the Visiting Scholar Funds of the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems of Chongqing University(Grant No.0902011812401 5)
文摘Periodic solitons are studied in dispersion decreasing fibers with a cosine profile. The variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrrdinger equation, which can be used to describe the propagation of solitons, is investigated analytically. Analytic soli- ton solutions for this equation are derived with the Hirota＇s bilinear method. Using the soliton solutions, we obtain periodic solitons, and analyze the soliton characteristics. Influences of physical parameters on periodic solitons are discussed. The presented results can be used in optical communication systems and fiber lasers.
文摘Estimation of density and hazard rate is very important to the reliability analysis of a system. In order to estimate the density and hazard rate of a hazard rate monotonously decreasing system, a new nonparametric estimator is put forward. The estimator is based on the kernel function method and optimum algorithm. Numerical experiment shows that the method is accurate enough and can be used in many cases.
文摘In this present paper, an inventory model with a generalised exponential decreasing demand is considered. A numerical example is used to illustrate the application of the model. Sensitivity analysis of the optimal solution with respect to various parameters is carried out to see the effect of parameter changes on the solution.
文摘In this paper,the non-harmonic resonance of Bernoulli viscoelastic beams,Kirchhoff viscoelastic plates,Timoshenko viscoelastic beams,and Mindlin viscoelastic plates subjected to time-dependent exponentially decreasing transverse distributed load is investigated for the first time.The constitutive equations are expressed utilizing Boltzmann integral law with a constant bulk modulus.The displacement vector is approximated by employing the separation of variables method.The Laplace transformation is used to transfer equations from the time domain to the Laplace domain and vice versa.The novel point of the proposed method is to express,prove and calculate the critical time in which the displacement will be several times the displacement at time zero.In addition,this new method calculates the maximum deflection at the critical time,explicitly and exactly,without any need to follow the time-displacement curve with a low computational cost.Additionally,the proposed method introduces the critical range of time so that the responses are greater than the responses at time zero.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11475135)the Fund from Shaanxi Province Science Association of Colleges and Universities(Grant No.20160216)Guangxi Provincial Education Department Research Project,China(Grant No.2017KY0776)
文摘We study localized waves on continuous wave background in an exponential dispersion decreasing fiber with two orthogonal polarization states. We demonstrate that asymmetric W-shaped and M-shaped soliton pulse can be generated from a weak modulation on continuous wave background. The numerical simulation results indicate that the generated asymmetric soliton pulses are robust against small noise or perturbation. In particular, the asymmetric degree of the asymmetric soliton pulse can be effectively controlled by changing the relative frequency of the two components. This character can be used to generate other nonlinear localized waves, such as dark-antidark and antidark-dark soliton pulse pair, symmetric W-shaped and M-shaped soliton pulse. Furthermore, we find that the asymmetric soliton pulse possesses an asymmetric discontinuous spectrum.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant No. 11005092)the Program for Innovative Research Team of Young Teachers (Grant No. 2009RC01)the Scientific Research and Developed Fund of Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University (Grant No. 2009FK42).
文摘We derive analytical bright and dark solitons of the modified nonlinear Schroedinger equations with variable coefficients. Under constraint conditions between system parameters, the optical soliton transmission in the dispersiondecreasing fibers can be exactly controlled by proper dispersion management. The analytical description of the interactions between the bright and dark solitons are first obtained.
文摘A chemosensitivity test for ovarian cancer using tritiated thymidine incorporation assay was carried out. A dose-response relationship for cisplatin and potentiation of verapamil in increasing vincristine inhibition to ovarian cancer were investigated. A 5- fold increase of cisplatin density converted the tumors which were initially resistance to standard-dose cisplatin Into drug-sensitive ones. Vera-pamil was found to be able to overcome vincristine-resistance of some tumors in vitro. These results suggest that using high dose cisplatin therapy or increasing local drug concentration by using other administration way, we could expect some ovarian cancers that had failed to standard dose cisplatin therapy to be effective. Combination of vincristine with verapamll may be helpful in treating some vincristineresistant cases.
文摘In the paper the problem on the assignment of the bounds of decreasing rate for a time-varying linear control system is discussed. The sufficient and necessary condition for bounds of decreasing rate of a time-varying linear system to be assigned arbitrarily is presented. It is pointed out that for any given real number m, M, m<M, there exists a linear state feedback with time-varying gain matrix which makes the corresponding closed-loop system possess M and m as its upper bound and lower bound of the decreasing rate respectively. For the purposes of its application to system design the concept of the asymptotic assignment of the bounds of decreasing rate is also proposed. The method dealing with the asymptotic assignment is given too.
文摘Pre-stressed structure and its application for civil engineering.Specificity of external loads of ships.Corresponded specificity of controllable pre-stressing.An example of pre-stressed structure and an decreasing estimation of its mass(about 10%of the full displacement).Possibility of wider application.
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51190093,51179149,51179149,51309098)National Basic Research Program of China(No.2011CB403306)+2 种基金Non-profit Industry Financial Program of Ministry of Water Resources(No.201301039)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Ministry of Education(No.NCET-10-0933)Key Innovation Group of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province(No.2012KCT-10)
文摘Human activities and climate changes are deemed to be two primary driving factors influencing the changes of hydrological processes, and quantitatively separating their influences on runoff changes will be of great significance to regional water resources planning and management. In this study, the impact of climate changes and human activities was initially qualitatively distinguished through a coupled water and energy budgets analysis, and then this effect was further separated by means of a quantitative estimation based on hydrological sensitivity analysis. The results show that: 1) precipitation, wind speed, potential evapotranspiration and runoff have a significantly decreasing trend, while temperature has a remarkably increasing tendency in the Weihe River Basin, China; 2) the major driving factor on runoff decrease in the 1970 s and 1990 s in the basin is climate changes compared with that in the baseline 1960 s, while that in the 1980 s and 2000 s is human activities. Compared with the results based on Variable Infiltration Capacity(VIC) model, the contributions calculated in this study have certain reliability. The results are of great significance to local water resources planning and management.
基金supported by the Mohn-Sverdrup Center for Global Ocean StudiesOperational Oceanography at the Nansen Center and the Research Council of Norway+1 种基金is a contribution to the International Polar Year―Climate of the Arcticits Role for Europe (IPY-CARE) project, headed by the author
文摘Arctic sea ice is a keystone indicator of greenhouse-gas induced global climate change, which is expected to be amplified in the Arctic. Here we directly compare observed variations in arctic sea-ice extent and CO 2 since the beginning of the 20th century, identifying a strengthening linkage, such that in recent decades the rate of sea-ice decrease mirrors the increase in CO 2 , with r ～ -0.95 over the last four decades, thereby indicating that 90% (r 2 ～ 0.90) of the decreasing sea-ice extent is empirically "accounted for" by the increasing CO 2 in the atmosphere. The author presents an empirical relation between annual sea-ice extent and global atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, in which sea-ice reductions are linearly, inversely proportional to the magnitude of increase of CO 2 over the last few decades. This approximates sea-ice changes during the most recent four decades, with a proportionality constant of 0.030 million km 2 per ppmv CO 2 . When applied to future emission scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this relationship results in substantially faster ice decreases up to 2050 than predicted by IPCC models. However, departures from this projection may arise from non-linear feedback effects and/or temporary natural variations on interannual timescales, such as the record minimum of sea-ice extent observed in September 2007.
文摘Background Recent studies have reported a significant decline in human semen quality worldwide,raising concerns about climate change and its extensive effects on human health and biodiversity.Methods This article investigates the correlation between deteriorating semen quality and changing climate conditions,within the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).It aims to explore the linkage between decreasing semen quality and climate change,and to understand its implications for population dynamics,reproductive health and sustainabillity.Results Integrating findings within the SDGs framework,the study emphasises SDG 3(good health and well-being),SDG 13(climate action)and SDG 15(life on land).A multidisciplinary approach,incorporating data from environmental science,epidemiology and demography,is used to statistically analyse global and regional trends in semen quality against climate variability indicators,such as temperature fluctuations and pollution levels.Preliminary findings indicate a strong correlation between adverse climate conditions and reduced semen quality,suggesting potential impacts on fertility rates and population health.The research highlights the importance of climate action(SDG 13)in protecting human reproductive health and ensuring population stability(SDG 3),while emphasising the interconnectedness of ecosystem health and human well-being(SDG 15).Conclusion The article calls for integrated palicy responses addressing climate change and reproductive health as interconnected challenges,advocating for enhanced cross-sectoral collaboration to achieve the SDGs through comprehensive strategies encompassing environmental protection,reproductive healthcare and population management for a sustainable future.
