Catalytic Combustion of Lean Methane Assisted by Electric Field over Pd/Co<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript> Catalysts at Low Temperature

A series of Pd/Co₃O₄ catalysts were prepared by Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis (SHS) method in this study, and electric field was applied for catalytic combustion of lean methane over Pd/Co₃O₄ catalysts at low temperature. When electric field was applied, the catalytic combustion performance of Pd/Co₃O₄ catalysts was greatly improved, and the application of electric field could reduce the load of active element Pd to some extent while maintaining the same efficiency. Based on experimental tests and the analysis results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), H₂-temperature-programmed reduction (H₂-TPR) and in-situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (in-situ DRIFTS), the mechanism of catalytic oxidation of CH₄ over Pd/Co₃O₄ catalysts in electric field was proposed. The catalytic combustion of CH₄ occurs only when the temperature is higher than 250 °C normally, but when electric field was applied, the whole process of CH₄ oxidation was promoted significantly and the reaction temperature was reduced. Electric field could promote the reduction of the support Co₃O₄ to release the lattice oxygen, resulting in the increase of PdO_x and the surface chemisorbed oxygen, which could provide more active sites for the low-temperature oxidation of CH₄. Furthermore, electric field could accelerate the dehydroxylation of CoOOH to further enhance the activity of the catalysts.     

Effects of Heat Intensity and Inflow Wind on the Reactive Pollution Dispersion in Urban Street Canyon

This paper investigates the impacts of heating intensity and inflow wind speed on the characteristics of reactive pollutant dispersion in street canyons using the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model that includes the transportation of NO, NO₂, and O₃ coupled with NO-NO₂-O₃ photochemistry. The results indicated that the heat intensity and inflow wind speed have a significant influence on the flow field, temperature field and the characteristics of reactive pollutant dispersion in and above the street canyon. With the street canyon bottom heating intensity increasing, NO, NO₂ and O₃ concentrations in street canyon are decreased. The O₃ concentration reductions are even more than the NO and NO₂ concentrations. Improving the inflow wind speed can significantly reduce the NO and NO₂ concentrations within street canyons. But the O₃ concentrations have a slight rise with wind speed increasing. The results would be useful for understanding the interrelation among reactive vehicle emissions, and provide references for urban planners.     

Research on Spatially Adaptive High-Order Total Variation Model for Weak Fluorescence Image Restoration

Photoacoustic imaging acquires the absorption contrast of biological tissue with ultrasound resolution. It has been broadly investigated in biomedicine for animal and clinical studies. Recently, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) scanner has been utilized in photoacoustic imaging systems to enhance their performance and extend the realm of applications. The review provides a recap of recent developments in photoacoustic imaging using MEMS scanner, from instrumentation to applications. The topics include the design of MEMS scanner, its use in photoacoustic microscopy, miniature imaging probes, development of dual-modality systems, as well as cutting-edge bio-imaging studies.     

Full Duplex Communications for Next Generation Cellular Networks: The Capacity Gain

Full duplex communication highly improves spectrum efficiency of a wireless communication link. However, when it is applied to a cellular network, the capacity gain from this technology remains unknown. The reason is that full duplex communication changes the aggregate interference experienced by each communication link in cellular networks. In this paper, the capacity gain from full duplex communication is studied for cellular networks of 4G and beyond, where the same frequency channel is adopted in each cell. A two-layer Poisson point process (PPP) is adopted to model the network topology, and stochastic geometry is employed to derive the coverage probability and the average capacity of typical link in a cellular network. On the basis of these derived parameters, the capacity gain from full duplex communication is determined. Numerical results reveal that without mutual interference cancellation (MIC), the capacity gain is small under various power levels; with perfect MIC at base stations, the capacity gain can exceed 60%; with imperfect MIC at base stations, the capacity gain decreases quickly even with a slight drop of MIC performance.     

Optimal Threshold Policies for Robust Data Center Control

With the simultaneous rise of energy costs and demand for cloud computing, efficient control of data centers becomes crucial. In the data center control problem, one needs to plan at every time step how many servers to switch on or off in order to meet stochastic job arrivals while trying to minimize electricity consumption. This problem becomes particularly challenging when servers can be of various types and jobs from different classes can only be served by certain types of server, as it is often the case in real data centers. We model this problem as a robust Markov decision process (i.e., the transition function is not assumed to be known precisely). We give sufficient conditions (which seem to be reasonable and satisfied in practice) guaranteeing that an optimal threshold policy exists. This property can then be exploited in the design of an efficient solving method, which we provide. Finally, we present some experimental results demonstrating the practicability of our approach and compare with a previous related approach based on model predictive control.     

肿瘤免疫研究的回顾与展望

20多年来,本校免疫病理研究室一直从事肿瘤免疫的研究,从研究肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞的活化和肿瘤逃逸的机制开始,到探索诱导浸润淋巴细胞(tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, TIL)活化的最佳条件,并将这些研究结果转化为肿瘤免疫治疗和免疫预防的实践,从一个侧面反映了人类在征服肿瘤道路上的艰苦历程。     

IAA与HRP联合作用对人胰腺癌BXPC-3的细胞毒效应

目的　研究吲哚乙酸(IAA)与辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)在体外共同作用于人胰腺癌BXPC 3 细胞所产生的细胞毒效应。方法　MTT法测定IAA/HRP对BXPC 3细胞增殖的影响;流式细胞仪分析BXPC 3 细胞周期时相变化;胎盘兰(曲利本兰)排斥试验,研究IAA/HRP对BXPC 3 细胞死亡率的影响;原位细胞凋亡检测试剂盒检测IAA/HRP作用后BXPC 3细胞的凋亡。结果　IAA/HRP体外对BXPC 3 细胞有抑制生长的效应,且这种效应有浓度和时间依赖性;BXPC 3细胞在IAA/HRP作用48 h后细胞周期被阻滞在G1期和G2期;IAA/HRP作用72 h后对照组和药物组的凋亡细胞数存在着显著性差异,且凋亡细胞数有浓度依赖性。结论　IAA/HRP对胰腺癌BXPC 3 细胞有细胞毒作用,可体外抑制细胞的增殖,诱导凋亡。     

萘乙酸抑制K562细胞增殖作用的初步研究

目的研究萘乙酸(NAA)对K562细胞增殖的抑制作用。方法应用MTT法、细胞计数法、流式细胞术、分裂指数分析、tunnel法以及姊妹染色单体交换(sister chromatid exchange,SCE)和微核制备,对NAA处理的K562细胞进行细胞增殖、细胞周期、凋亡以及染色体损伤检测。结果与对照组相比,NAA可以有效抑制K562细胞的生长,并将细胞阻滞在G1期,降低细胞分裂指数,促进细胞凋亡,提高K562细胞SCE频率以及微核形成率。结论NAA具有抑制K562细胞增殖的作用。     

CNG发动机工作过程的一维数值模拟

内燃机模拟计算是一种现代化的计算方法,可以减少试验次数及时间,从而节约内燃机开发和研究工作的人力、物力和财力.采用AVL BOO ST软件建立了某CNG发动机的整机模型,宏观上描述整个发动机的热力学过程,通过全负荷下的速度特性试验验证该模型的可靠性.并在此基础上,对影响CNG发动机性能指标的主要参数进行对比分析,提出改进措施.     

单纯多滤泡卵巢妇女的糖代谢水平的变化

目的研究单纯多滤泡卵巢(MOF)妇女的糖代谢水平,探讨其与胰岛素抵抗及体重的关系。方法46例MOF妇女及30例正常对照女性,口服75g葡萄糖,行糖耐量试验(OGTT)及同步胰岛素释放试验(IRT),用稳态模型胰岛素抵抗指数(HOMA IR)测评胰岛素抵抗。结果①MOF糖耐量低减的发生率为10.87%,明显高于对照组3.33%(P<0.05)。胰岛素抵抗的发生率为30.43%,对照组为10.00%,两组比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。②两组的性激素水平,即FSH、LH、PRL、E2、T和P的差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。③糖耐量低减妇女BMI与胰岛素抵抗呈正相关(r=0.567,P<0.05)。结论单纯多滤泡卵巢妇女存在一定程度的糖代谢异常;肥胖和胰岛素抵抗是导致糖耐量异常的主要原因。MOF肥胖妇女应行OGTT监测糖代谢状况。