During an experiment to transmit Tetracapsula bryosalmonae Canning, Curry, Feist, Longshaw et Okamura, 1999 to a laboratory-cultured bryozoan, Plumatella repens L. a previously undescribed malacosporean species was noted. This parasite produced sacs of spores in the host that reached 1.2 mm in length. The spores released from the sacs appeared similar in size to the two species of Tetracapsula previously described although slight differences in form were noted. Release of spores from the bryozoans was observed associated with the lophophore of the host. The use of experimental bryozoan cultures for the examination of malacosporeans is described and discussed.
This paper describes the contacts the lecturers of the Czech Technical University had with third world countries in the 1960s. The general processes in preparing these contacts in Czechoslovakia are described, together with the specific strategy of the school and its lecturers.
The finite volume method is applied for solving the conservative Saint-Venant equations in case of a one-dimensional open channel flow with high temporal and spatial variability. A new shock-capturing discretisation scheme is proposed for computation of flow equations with source terms. The proposed scheme, called hybrid, combines adventages of flux-splitting and flux-difference-splitting schemes. Five benchmark tests are used to verify the hybrid scheme. The tests are: (1) Flow in a rectangular cross-section rough channel, (2) instantaneous dambreak over an horizontal, initially dry bed, (3) undercritical flow over a bump, (4) undercritical flow over a bump with change to supercritical flow, and (5) supercritical flow over a bump with hydraulic jump. The quality of the proposed scheme is evaluated and compared with that of well known flux-splitting and flux-difference-splitting schemes, on the base of the average percentual error. Results show that the hybrid scheme has a good precision for calculation of highly unsteady, varied flow and that the model is able to consider a partially dry bed. The average percentual errors of the computations ranged from 0.0 to 5.4 % for flow depth and from 0.0 to 6.3 % for specific discharge. and Metoda konečných objemů se používá při řešení Saint-Venantových rovnic pro jednorozměrné proudění v otevřeném kanále a při velkých časových a prostorových změnách. V práci je navrženo nové diskretizační schéma schopné zachytit rázové jevy pro řešení tokových rovnic se zdrojovými členy. Navržený postup nazýváme hybridním, neboť kombinuje výhody modelování pomocí dvou schémat, nazývaných fluxsplitting a flux-difference-splitting. Pro ověření hybridního schématu bylo testováno pět různých uspořádání. Byly zkoušeny: 1. proudění v drsném korytě s obdélníkovým průřezem, 2. okamžitý vtok do horizontálního původně suchého koryta, 3. podkritické proudění přes práh, 4. podkritické proudění přes práh s přechodem na nadkritické proudění a 5. nadkritické proudění přes práh s hydraulickým skokem. Kvalita navrženého postupu je vyhodnocena a porovnána s výsledky získanými pomocí známých výše uvedených schémat. Byly vyhodnoceny průměrné chyby v procentech. Výsledky naznačují, že hybridní schéma vykazuje dobrou přesnost při výpočtu neustáleného, proměnlivého proudění, a že tento model je schopen vzít v úvahu částečně suché koryto. Průměrné chyby v procentech se pohybovaly od nuly do 5,4 % pro hloubku a od nuly do 6,3 % pro specifický průtok.
Mining-induced ground fissure (MIGF) contributes to vegetation deterioration, landslides and other natural hazards. The study is an attempt to reveal the development type, dynamic development process, and formation mechanism of MIGF for MIGF-induced natural hazard prevention of shallow burial coal seam mining. A novel approach including in situ measurement, theoretical analysis, and numerical simulation was implemented. There are two typical types of fissures, namely sliding-type ground fissures and stepped-type ground fissures. Sliding-type ground fissures generally develop in a mountainous slope with a large gradient while steppedtype ground fissures typically occur in a mountainous slope with a small gradient and especially near a valley. Dynamic development process of MIGF is significantly affected by roof periodic movement. The advancing distance of a sliding-type ground fissure is 1.35 times periodic weighting step distance while it corresponds to 0.89 times the periodic weighting step distance for a stepped-type ground fissure. A positive relationship exists between horizontal tensile deformation and MIGF width. The movement mode of “voussoir beam” is favorable for slidingtype ground fissure development while the movement mode of “stepped beam” leads to steppedtype ground fissure development. These results can contribute to MIGF treatment and ecological protection in the southwestern mountainous area.
Autonomous robotic wheelchairs based on visual guidance have been devoted to road edge detection. However, the after-detection process, especially the physical interpretation of what had been detected, needs more investigation. There is a wide gap between the scene model based on image processing algorithms and the physical model of the environment where the robotic wheelchair progresses. The aim of this paper is to investigate the interaction between the scene model and the world model; and also a visual control scheme for robot guidance that minimizes the model error induced by processing raw image data is proposed. This solution is developed based on a fuzzy control system, which uses the knowledge base information and the scene model to control the robot motion. On the other hand, the fuzzy control system is finely tuned by feed-backing the mean square errors between the scene model parameters and the knowledge-base data. Finally, the fuzzy controller uses results of these calculations to home the robot on the planned path. This paper also shows the principle of this system and the simulation results confirming the feasibility of the approach.
The aim of this study is development of biomechanical model of the thorax by the creation of the new factual model of this part of human’s body through the medium of hexahedral grid. The whole model is based on the Finite element method and it has been generated with respect to the real anatomical human data, since the photographs of Visible Human Project have been used for the determination of the spatial arrangement of individual organs. The material properties and contacts have been implemented into the model for the completion of the spatial arrangement and for the completion of the model. The Kroell test has been applied for the validation of the thoracic model. The thoracic injury criteria can be determined from the results of the Kroell test. These injury criteria play considerable role during the accidents. One of these injury criteria is just chest defíection, which has-been investigated during the Kroell test. The validated model will be utilized for the simulation of the vehicle crash situations and for the observation of motion of thoracic organs during the impact. The created model is of great scientific importance since the model is much closer to the biological reality. and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) changes control the cardiac interbeat intervals (IBI) duration via baroreflex. Conversely, SBP is influenced by IBI via non- baroreflex mechanisms. Both causal pathways (feedback - baroreflex and feedforward - non- baroreflex) form a closed loop of the SBP- IBI interaction. The aim of this study was to assess the age -related changes in the IBI - SBP interaction. We have non -invasively recorded resting beat -to- beat SBP and IBI in 335 healthy subjects of different age, ranging from 11 to 23 years. Using a linear autoregressive bivariate model we obtained gain (Gain SBP,IBI, used traditionally as baroreflex sensitivity) and coherence (CohSBP,IBI) of the SBP-IBI interaction and causal gain and coherence in baroreflex (Gain SBP → IBI , Coh SBP → IBI ) and coherence in non- baroreflex (CohIBI→SBP) directions separately. A non -linear approach was used for causal coupling indices evaluation (C SBP → IBI , C IBI → SBP ) quantifying the amount of information transferred between signals. We performed a correlation to age analysis of a ll measures. CohIBI→SBP and CIBI→SBP were higher than CohSBP→IBI and CSBP→IBI, respectively. Gain SBP,IBI increased and Coh SBP → IBI decreased with age. The coupling indices did not correlate with age. We conclude that the feedforward influence dominated at rest. The increase of Gain SBP,IBI with age was not found in the closed loop model. A decrease of Coh SBP → IBI could be related to a change in the cardiovascular control system complexity during maturation., J. Svačinová, M. Javorka, Z. Nováková, E. Závodná, B. Czippelová, N. Honzíková., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Elevated temperature inhibited the accumulation of chlorophyll and photosynthetic proteins, and the development of photochemical activity, however, carotenoids continued to accumulate. Signal transduction pathway involved in protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase was unaffected by elevated temperature of 38°C. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of stroma proteins showed similar patterns in the dark-grown seedlings and seedlings irradiated at elevated temperature, although some low molecular mass proteins accumulated at 38°C. In contrast, seedlings irradiated at 25°C showed complex pattern of proteins. Hence the development of chloroplast and its associated functions during irradiation of etiolated seedlings are inhibited by elevated temperature. and A. K. Singh, G. S. Singhal.
Nowadays we can commonly encounter with revitalizations of an original HPPs which were earlier fitted with Francis turbines. They were often placed to the locations with low head and higher discharge, which means high specific speed (ns > 400). Generally it is quite complex to design Francis turbines for such high specific speed. These very old turbines usually have lower efficiency due to the earlier limited possibilities of hydraulic design. An exchange of a water turbine with another type can be quite expensive and therefore it can be more suitable to change only an old runner for a new one. In this article the design process of high specific speed turbine ns = 430 is described. Optimization was done as the full-automatic cycle and was based on a simplex optimization method as well as on a genetic algorithm. For the parameterization of the runner blade, the BladeGen software was used and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis was run in Ansys CFX v.14 software. The final shape runner blade was reached after computing about 1000 variants, which lasted about 250 computational hours. and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Models were developed to estimate nondestructively chlorophyll (Chl) content per unit of leaf area (Chlarea) and nitrogen content per unit of leaf area (Narea) using readings of two optical meters for five warm-temperate, evergreen, broadleaved tree species (Castanopsis sieboldii, Cinnamomum tenuifolium, Eurya japonica, Machilus thunbergii, and Neolitsea sericea). It was determined whether models should be adjusted seasonally. Readings (were obtained six times during a year period and Chlarea and Narea were determined using destructive methods. Bayesian inference was used to estimate parameters of models that related optical meter readings to Chlarea or Narea for each species. Deviance information criterion values were used to select the best among models, including the models with seasonal adjustment. The selected models were species-specific and predicted Chlarea accurately (R2 = 0.93-0.96). The best model included parameters with seasonal adjustments for one out of five species. Model-based estimates of Narea were not as accurate as those for Chlarea, but they were still adequate (R2 = 0.64-0.82). For all species studied, the best models did not include parameters with seasonal adjustments. The estimation methods used in this study were rapid and nondestructive; thus, they could be used to assess a function of many leaves and/or repeatedly on individual leaves in the field. and D. Mizusaki, K. Umeki, T. Honjo.