简介:TheendoftheColdWarhasunderminedNATO’sraisond’être.Butinsteadofdisintegrating,NATOhassurvivedand,moreover,reformedandexpanded.Anepitomeoftheswiftlychanginginternationalsecuritylandscape,NATO’sdevelopmentistheproductofpolicyadjustmentacrosstheAtlanticandisconstrainedbyconflictinginterestsbothwithinandoutsidetheorganization.Inthefuture,theextenttowhichNATOcanexertitsinfluencedependsonitscapacitytotacklenewthreats.TransformingNATOhasposedasternchallengetoboththeUnitedStatesandEurope.Overall,NATOwillstillberegardedonbothsidesoftheAtlanticasapillaroftheirforeignpolicy,despitetheimportantfactthatthetransatlanticallianceisonthedecline.
简介:Inthecontextofquantuminformation,weinvestigateextensivelysomeimportantclassesofageneralformofatwo-qubitsystemunderLorentztransformation.ItisshownLorentztransformationcausesadecayofentanglementandconsequentlyinformationloses.Ontheotherhand,itgeneratesentangledstatesbetweensystemspreparedinitiallyinaseparablestates.ThepartialentangledstatesaremorerobustunderLorentztransformationthanmaximallyentangledstates.Thereforetherateofinformationloseislargerformaximumentangledstatescomparedwiththatforpartiallyentangledstates.
简介:ChinaLongyuanPowerwaslistedonthemainboardofHongKongStockExchangein2009.ThesuccessfullistingprovedthecorrectnessandtimelinessofChinaGuodian'sstrategyof"leadingenterprisestotransformationbyexploringnewenergyresourcesenergetically."
简介:TransformationandreformaretwomajorthemesofChina'surbanizationatthepresentstage.Thispaperarguesthatpopulationurbanization,whichlagsbehindlandurbanization,isignoredintheprocessoftraditionalurbanization.Themostimportanttransformationofurbanizationiscitizenshipprocessforruralmigrantswhohavebeensemiurbanized.Inordertopromoteurbantransformation,acoordinatedimprovingreformmustconsiderthefollowingbasicissues:population,financing,landandurbansystem.
简介:Anewhyperspectralimagecompressionmethodofspectralfeatureclassificationvectorquantization(SFCVQ)andembeddedzero-treeofwavelet(EZW)basedonKarhunen-Loevetransformation(KLT)andintegerwavelettransformationisrepresented.Incomparisonwiththeothermethods,thismethodnotonlykeepsthecharacteristicsofhighcompressionratioandeasyreal-timetransmission,butalsohastheadvantageofhighcomputationspeed.AfterliftingbasedintegerwaveletandSFCVQcodingareintroduced,asystemofnearlylosslesscompressionofhyperspectralimagesisdesigned.KLTisusedtoremovethecorrelationofspectralredundancyasone-dimensional(1D)lineartransform,andSFCVQcodingisappliedtoenhancecompressionratio.Thetwo-dimensional(2D)integerwavelettransformationisadoptedforthedecorrelationof2Dspatialredundancy.EZWcodingmethodisappliedtocompressdatainwaveletdomain.ExperimentalresultsshowthatincomparisonwiththemethodofwaveletSFCVQ(WSFCVQ),themethodofimprovedBiBlockzerotreecoding(IBBZTC)andthemethodoffeaturespectralvectorquantization(FSVQ),thepeaksignal-to-noiseratio(PSNR)ofthismethodcanenhanceover9dB,andthetotalcompressionperformanceisimprovedgreatly.
简介:Thisreviewbeginswithabriefcommentaryonthediversityofplacentationmechanisms,andthengoesontoexaminetheextensivealterationswhichoccurintheplasmamembraneofuterineepithelialcellsduringearlypregnancyacrossspecies.Ultrastructural,biochemicalandmoregeneralmorphologicaldatarevealthatstrikinglycommonphenomenaoccurinthisplasmamembraneduringearlypregnancydespitethediversityofplacentaltypes-fromepitheliochorialtohemochorial,whichultimatelyformindifferentspecies.Toencapsulatetheconceptthatcommonmorphologicalandmolecularalterationsoccuracrossspecies,thattheyarefoundbasolaterallyaswellasapically,andthatmoreovertheyareanongoingprocessduringmuchofearlypregnancy,notjustaneventatthetimeattachment,braneduringearlypregnancyarekeytouterinereceptivity.
简介:DNAisthegeneticmaterialofvariousorganisms.ExtracellularDNAadsorbedorboundonsurface-activeparticlesinsoilshasbeenshowntopersistforlongperiodsagainstnucleasesdegradationandstillretaintheabilitytotransformcompetentcells.ThispaperreviewssomerecentadvancesonthebindingandtransformationofextracellularDNAinsoils,whichisfundamentaltounderstandingthenatureofthesoil,regulatingbiodiversity,andassessingtheriskofreleasinggeneticallyengineeredmicroorganisms(GEMs)aswellasbeinghelpfulfordevelopmentofthegeneticevolutionaltheoryofbacteria.Severalinfluencingfactors,suchassoilpH,ionicstrength,soilsurfaceproperties,andcharacteristicsoftheDNApolymer,arediscussed.Todate,theunderstandingofthetypeofmolecularbindingsitesandtheconformationofadsorbedandboundDNAtosoilparticlesisstillinitsinfancy.
简介:Twodiagnosticsarepresentedforthetransformationofexplanatoryvariablesinregression.OneisbasedonthelikelihooddisplacementproposedbyCookandWeisberg(1982)forassessingtheinfluenceofindividualcasesonthemaximumlikelihoodestimateofatransformationparameter.Theotherisbasedonthelocalin-fluencetheoryproposedbyCook(1986)forassessingtheinfluenceofsmallperturba-tionsontheparameterestimates.Computationsarcperformedforadatasettoillus-tratetheusefulnessofthesediagnostics.
简介:ThetalentistheenginefactorforShanghaiwhiletransformingtheeconomicdevelopmentmodelinthe12the-five-year-planperiod.TodaythetalentdevelopmentstrategyinShanghaiisnotonlyfacingthegreatchallengesfrominternationalmetropolisanddomesticcities,butalsoexistsaseriesofstructuralproblemsforitself.Toacquireandmaintainitscompetitiveadvantagesinaneraofglobalbrainbattleinfuture,Shanghaineedstodefinitelyorientitsmissiontowardsaglobaltalenthub,acceleratethepaceoftalentsinternationalization,strengthentheadjustmentefforttotalentstructures,enforcethemarketallocationmechanism,optimizethetalentecosystemandinnovatethesystemandmechanism.
简介:Anewinorganicphosphorus(IP)fractionationschemedevelopedbyJiangandGuwasusedinanincubationexperimenttoinvestigatethetransformationofappliedPinacalcareousfluvisol.Theresultsshowthatafteradditionofcommonsuperphosphate(CSP),theCa2-PinthesoildecreasedgraduallyandtransformedlargelytothelessavailableFe-P,Al-PandCa8-P,ratherthantotheunavailableformsofCa10-PandO-P.ThedifferentIPfractionsrankedinthefollowingorderwithrespecttotheincrementbyadditionofCSPafter120daysofincubation:Fe-P>Al-P>Ca8-P>Ca2-P.Afteradditionofpigmanure,thecontentofCa2-Pinthesoilincreasedrapidlyatfirstandthendecreasedslowly,andtheamountofdifferentIPfractionsaccumulatedafter120daysofincubationrankedinthefollowingorder:Ca2-P>Fe-P>Ca8-P>Al-P.Evidently,thevariationincontentofCa2-PandtheorderofincreaseindifferentIPfractionsinincubationinducedbyapplicationofpigmanurewerequitedifferentfromthatofCSP.TheincreaseinIPfractionsintheincubationofbroadbeangreenmanure(BBGM)for120dayswasintherankofFe-P>Ca2-P>Ca8-P;butbecauseorganicphosphorus(OP)ofBBGMdegradedrelativelyslowly,theincrementinIPfractionswaslowerthanthatofpigmanure.WheatstrawwasdifficulttomineralizeandinducedastrongbiologicalfixationofsoilP,resultinginadecreaseofthecontentofCa2-P,evenCa8-P,Fe-PandAl-P.
简介:INMay2013,YunnanChihongZincandGermaniumCo.,Ltd.(Chi-hongZn&Ge)bought51percentofthesharesoftwoBolivianminingcompaniesandundertookamonth-longevaluationofthemines'localenviron-ments.LaRazonnewspaper,whichhasthebiggestcirculationinBolivia,reportedChihong'sacquisitionwiththeheadline"Chinaassessestheenviron-mentalimpactoftheirinvestments,"claimingthattheminingprojectswerethefirsttopassthetestinBolivia.