University of Science and Technology Beijing

About: University of Science and Technology Beijing is a education organization based out in Beijing, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Microstructure & Alloy. The organization has 41558 authors who have published 44473 publications receiving 623229 citations. The organization is also known as: Beijing Steel and Iron Institute.

Illumina MiSeq sequencing investigation on the contrasting soil bacterial community structures in different iron mining areas

Abstract: Mine activities leaked heavy metals into surrounding soil and may affected indigenous microbial communities. In the present study, the diversity and composition of the bacterial community in soil collected from three regions which have different pollution degree, heavy pollution, moderate pollution, and non-pollution, within the catchment of Chao River in Beijing City, were compared using the Illumina MiSeq sequencing technique. Rarefaction results showed that the polluted area had significant higher bacterial alpha diversity than those from unpolluted area. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that microbial communities in the polluted areas had significant differences compared with the unpolluted area. Moreover, PCA at phylum level and Matastats results demonstrated that communities in locations shared similar phyla diversity, indicating that the bacterial community changes under metal pollution were not reflected on phyla structure. At genus level, the relative abundance of dominant genera changed in sites with degrees of pollution. Genera Bradyrhizobium, Rhodanobacter, Reyranella, and Rhizomicrobium significantly decreased with increasing pollution degree, and their dominance decreased, whereas several genera (e.g., Steroidobacter, Massilia, Arthrobacter, Flavisolibacter, and Roseiflexus) increased and became new dominant genera in the heavily metal-polluted area. The potential resistant bacteria, found within the genera of Thiobacillus, Pseudomonas, Arthrobacter, Microcoleus, Leptolyngbya, and Rhodobacter, are less than 2.0 % in the indigenous bacterial communities, which play an important role in soil ecosystem. This effort to profile the background diversity may set the first stage for better understanding the mechanism underlying the community structure changes under in situ mild heavy metal pollution.

Boundary Vibration Control of Variable Length Crane Systems in Two-Dimensional Space With Output Constraints

Abstract: A variable length crane system under the external disturbances and constraints is studied in the two-dimensional space. The dynamical analysis of the cable system considers the variable length, variable tension, variable speed, and the coupled vibrations of the cable in longitudinal-transverse directions. Considering output constraint problems, boundary control algorithms with output signal barriers are designed and acted on the boundary of the cable to reduce the coupled vibrations of the flexible crane cable, and to ensure the stability of the system in theory. Effectiveness and performance of the proposed control schemes are depicted via several simulation examples.