中国空军的志愿队

空中作战出现有志愿队 ,乃起自西班牙的佛朗哥内战时代 ,当时双方参与作战的飞行员 ,有来自英、美、苏联、德、意、法等国 ,他们参与的动机 ,多少与其本国的政治背景有关。彼此使用不同的机种 ,互相在空中逞强逞勇 ,借机表演一场国际性的空中比武而已 ,反正胜负都是西班牙人自己的事。我国自七七芦沟桥对日抗战之后 ,于翌年春中国空军已成立一志愿队 ,名为十四队 ,直属于航空委员会。当时航委会的主任是钱大钧将军。队部设在汉口公园内 ,队中的飞行员与地勤人员 ,中外国藉皆有 ,队长是美人史密斯( SMITH) ,年近四十 ,机务员是英人司密时 ,…     

Impact disruption and recovery of the deep subsurface biosphere

Although a large fraction of the world's biomass resides in the subsurface, there has been no study of the effects of catastrophic disturbance on the deep biosphere and the rate of its subsequent recovery. We carried out an investigation of the microbiology of a 1.76 km drill core obtained from the ～35 million-year-old Chesapeake Bay impact structure, USA, with robust contamination control. Microbial enumerations displayed a logarithmic downward decline, but the different gradient, when compared to previously studied sites, and the scatter of the data are consistent with a microbiota influenced by the geological disturbances caused by the impact. Microbial abundance is low in buried crater-fill, ocean-resurge, and avalanche deposits despite the presence of redox couples for growth. Coupled with the low hydraulic conductivity, the data suggest the microbial community has not yet recovered from the impact ～35 million years ago. Microbial enumerations, molecular analysis of microbial enrichment cultures, and geochemical analysis showed recolonization of a deep region of impact-fractured rock that was heated to above the upper temperature limit for life at the time of impact. These results show how, by fracturing subsurface rocks, impacts can extend the depth of the biosphere. This phenomenon would have provided deep refugia for life on the more heavily bombarded early Earth, and it shows that the deeply fractured regions of impact craters are promising targets to study the past and present habitability of Mars.     

Bacterial communities and the nitrogen cycle in the gypsum soils of cuatro ciénegas basin, coahuila: a Mars analogue

Abstract The OMEGA/Mars Express hyperspectral imager identified gypsum at several sites on Mars in 2005. These minerals constitute a direct record of past aqueous activity and are important with regard to the search of extraterrestrial life. Gale Crater was chosen as Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity's landing site because it is rich in gypsum, as are some desert soils of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) (Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico). The gypsum of the CCB, which is overlain by minimal carbonate deposits, was the product of magmatic activity that occurred under the Tethys Sea. To examine this Mars analogue, we retrieved gypsum-rich soil samples from two contrasting sites with different humidity in the CCB. To characterize the site, we obtained nutrient data and analyzed the genes related to the N cycle (nifH, nirS, and nirK) and the bacterial community composition by using 16S rRNA clone libraries. As expected, the soil content for almost all measured forms of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus were higher at the more humid site than at the drier site. What was unexpected is the presence of a rich and divergent community at both sites, with higher taxonomic diversity at the humid site and almost no taxonomic overlap. Our results suggest that the gypsum-rich soils of the CCB host a unique microbial ecosystem that includes novel microbial assemblies. Key Words: Cuatro Ciénegas Basin-Gale Crater-Gypsum soil microbial diversity-Molecular ecology-Nitrogen cycle. Astrobiology 12, 699-709.     

Comparative metagenomics of two microbial mats at cuatro ciénegas basin I: ancient lessons on how to cope with an environment under severe nutrient stress

Abstract The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) is an oasis in the desert of Mexico characterized by low phosphorus availability and by its great diversity of microbial mats. We compared the metagenomes of two aquatic microbial mats from the CCB with different nutrient limitations. We observed that the red mat was P-limited and dominated by Pseudomonas, while the green mat was N-limited and had higher species richness, with Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria as the most abundant phyla. From their gene content, we deduced that both mats were very metabolically diverse despite their use of different strategies to cope with their respective environments. The red mat was found to be mostly heterotrophic, while the green mat was more autotrophic. The red mat had a higher number of transporters in general, including transporters of cellobiose and osmoprotectants. We suggest that generalists with plastic genomes dominate the red mat, while specialists with minimal genomes dominate the green mat. Nutrient limitation was a common scenario on the early planet; despite this, biogeochemical cycles were performed, and as a result the planet changed. The metagenomes of microbial mats from the CCB show the different strategies a community can use to cope with oligotrophy and persist. Key Words: Microbial mats-Metagenomics-Metabolism. Astrobiology 12, 648-658.     

实时OTF动态GPS系统定位结果

1988年,美国陆军工程部正式开始研究利用GPS载波相位的实时定位系统。该项研究的最终目标是在1993年做成一台实用样机,能实时获得厘米级的三维定位精度。这一目标实现了,1993年3月开始对样机进行测试。1993年8月进行了首次演示,10月进行了首次公开演示。该设备一般能在“动中”(OTF)15秒时间内分辨模糊整周数,不需要作静态初始化。任一相距20km左右的移动平台可利用该设备进行可靠而稳健的精密定位。在各种工作条件下作了试验,以评价动平台精密定位OTF解模糊的极限。本文总结了这些试验的结果。早期所作的实时试验证明三维方向的定位精度可达1—3cm。本文还介绍了最终实时系统的设计方案以及与水文监测平台的结合问题。     

EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSIS OF HYSTERESIS OF VORTEX BREAKDOWN OVER PITCHING-UP DELTA WINGS

Thehigh-liftgenerationonapitching-upwingisbeneficialtothesupermaneuverofafighter.Flowvisualizationhasshownthatflowpatternsofpitching-updeltawingscomprisemaincharacteristicsofdynamicstall:evolutionofseparatedshearlayer,generation,develop-mentandbreakdownofleading-edgevortex,aswellashysteresis'ofvortexbreakdown.Whenadeltawingundergoespitching-up,thestallincidenceispostponedandthernaxi-mumliftcoefficientisenhanced.Theoreticalresearch[1]indicatesthatliftcomesmainlyfromthetimerateofchangeoffirstmom…     

西南航空公司为无票旅行者选择计算机联网

美国西南航空公司正在利用信息高速公路,以求进一步降低营运成本.到1995年底,该航空公司预计通过计算机联网,在其可进入联网的全航线系统中,实施无票旅行.现在,计算机的用户可以通过联网查询西南航空公司的票价和时刻表,但不能为自己安排无票旅行.据该公司负责售票自动化与商业开发的经理查尔斯·朱格称,今年年底这种状况将会改变.     

雷锡恩公司的价值工程计划

价值工程是在事实形成之前、之后,或在形成的过程中,用集体工作分析成本和工程的方法来辨别出不必要的成本费用.用这一系统的有效性要依靠对用户的训练和技能的了解,以及了解在价值工程运用环境中的所有有关业务人员.它把工程、制造和采购注意力集中到一个目标上去——以较低成本达到所需性能.以此为中心,它用下列方法提供逐步改进所有起作用的部门的成本有效性:防止不必要的成本进入产品中;将存在的成本问题转变成额外的利润.