Removal of meteoric iron on polar mesospheric clouds

Polar mesospheric clouds are thin layers of nanometer-sized ice particles that occur at altitudes between 82 and 87 kilometers in the high-latitude summer mesosphere. These clouds overlap in altitude with the layer of iron (Fe) atoms that is produced by the ablation of meteoroids entering the atmosphere. Simultaneous observations of the Fe layer and the clouds, made by lidar during midsummer at the South Pole, demonstrate that essentially complete removal of Fe atoms can occur inside the clouds. Laboratory experiments and atmospheric modeling show that this phenomenon is explained by the efficient uptake of Fe on the ice particle surface.     

Anomeric bond-character in the pyranose sugars

Evidence from determinations of crystal structure relating to the shortening of carbon-oxygen bonds in the anomeric position in pyranose sugars is presented. There is a high degree of probability that the C(1)-O(1) bond is shortened by about 0.04 A relative to the other C-O single-bond lengths, except in the case of an axially oriented glycosidic group where there is evidence of a distinction between the two ring C-O bonds.     

Boron isotope effect in superconducting zirconium dodecaboride

The boron isotope effect in ZrB(12) has been determined to be T(c) infinity M(alpha), where alpha is equal to - 0.09 +/- 0.05, M is the boron mass, and T(c) is the supercondiucting transition temperature.     

实验性慢性氟中毒家兔肝、肾动态超微病理学研究

２４只２０～３０日龄体重０．７～１．２ｋｇ新西兰白兔随机分为实验组１５只（每日每只随饮水摄取ＮａＦ４５ｍｇ／ｋｇ体重）及健康对照组９只（饮用自来水）．两组在相同饲养管理条件下实验观察．分别在实验第３０，６０．９０ｄ时迫杀，对肝和肾进行超微病理学研究．结果表明，肝和肾实质细胞膜系统损伤明显，胶原原纤维再生增多，且有再生障碍及再生后的损伤性变化．     

A high-resolution radiation hybrid map of the human genome draft sequence

We have constructed a physical map of the human genome by using a panel of 90 whole-genome radiation hybrids (the TNG panel) in conjunction with 40,322 sequence-tagged sites (STSs) derived from random genomic sequences as well as expressed sequences. Of 36,678 STSs on the TNG radiation hybrid map, only 3604 (9.8%) were absent from the unassembled draft sequence of the human genome. Of 20,030 STSs ordered on the TNG map as well as the assembled human genome draft sequence and the Celera assembled human genome sequence, 36% of the STSs had a discrepant order between the working draft sequence and the Celera sequence. The TNG map order was identical to one of the two sequence orders in 60% of these discrepant cases.     

粗糙集神经网络在昆虫总科阶元分类学上的应用

为研究粗糙集和神经网络相结合方法的实践性,以及昆虫的数学形态特征在总科阶元上作为分类特征的可行性、可靠性和重要性。从总科角度对鳞翅目(Lepidoptera)和鞘翅目(Coleoptera)5个总科23种虫体图像中提取的昆虫面积、周长等11项数学形态特征进行粗糙集神经网络分析。结果表明:在总科阶元上,11项特征的可靠性大小为,面积、亮斑数>周长、横轴长、形状参数、圆形性、似圆度、偏心率>纵轴长、叶状性、球状性,与赵汗青等的统计分析结果中属性特征的重要性大多数一致;神经网络模式识别结果与传统分类结果完全一致。应用粗糙集理论进行昆虫数学形态特征分类结果准确;在昆虫总科阶元分类上粗糙集神经网络较统计学方法具有优势。     

培养条件对嗜水气单胞菌胞外蛋白酶合成与分泌的影响

对体外培养嗜水气单胞菌的胞外蛋白酶 (ECPase)产生条件进行了优化。结果发现 ,其产量与碳源、氮源、培养温度、培养基初始pH值等有关。蔗糖能促进蛋白酶的产生 ,NH4 + 抑制蛋白酶的产生。其最佳产酶条件为 :pH 7 5的0 0 2mol·L-1KC1,0 0 6mol·L-1K2 HPO4 ,5g·L-1的蔗糖和 5g·L-1的胰蛋白胨水 ,2 8℃ ,15 0r·min-1摇床培养 6 5h。在此条件下酶活性可达 2 0 8U·mL-1。     

Crystal structure of inhibitor-bound human 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein

Leukotrienes are proinflammatory products of arachidonic acid oxidation by 5-lipoxygenase that have been shown to be involved in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The integral membrane protein FLAP is essential for leukotriene biosynthesis. We describe the x-ray crystal structures of human FLAP in complex with two leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitors at 4.0 and 4.2 angstrom resolution, respectively. The structures show that inhibitors bind in membrane-embedded pockets of FLAP, which suggests how these inhibitors prevent arachidonic acid from binding to FLAP and subsequently being transferred to 5-lipoxygenase, thereby preventing leukotriene biosynthesis. This structural information provides a platform for the development of therapeutics for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.     

Carotenogenesis up-regulation in Scenedesmus sp. using a targeted metabolomics approach by liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry

Carotenoids have potent antioxidant activity as well as therapeutic value, and their formation has been seen to be induced in algae by stress, including high-salt culture conditions. A differential profiling of carotenoids was conducted using a targeted metabolomics approach with accurate mass data generated by liquid chromatography-electrospray-time-of-flight (LC-ESI-TOF) mass spectrometry followed by postacquisition filtering based on isotope patterns and mass defects to detect carotenoids up-regulated in Scenedesmus sp. exposed to high-salt conditions. Algal cultures treated with high concentrations of sodium acetate or sodium chloride were found to cause an increase in various carotenoids. On the basis of differential analysis, astaxanthin and canthaxanthin increased upon salt treatment. Astaxanthin, in its free form and as fatty acid esters, was seen to increase in Scenedesmus sp. using accurate mass MS. A few other carotenoid compounds increased upon salt treatment, including echinenone and adonirubin, involved in the pathway of astaxanthin biosynthesis from β-carotene, as well as isomers of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin. A time course study of acetate treatment was done to observe the time-dependent up-regulation of carotenogenesis.     

猪粪麦秆不同比例混合厌氧发酵特性试验

以猪粪、麦秆为原料,研究了35℃下二者按不同比例混合对厌氧消化产沼气的影响,分析了消化过程中日产气量、累积产气量、甲烷含量、原料去除率、pH值以及氨态氮质量浓度的变化。结果表明,猪粪与麦秆配比（干物质量比）1∶1时产气量最大,为383.0mL/g,是麦秆单独发酵产气量（231.8mL/g）的1.6倍;混合原料（猪粪和麦秆配比分别为1∶1、2∶1、3∶1）的VS去除率均在37%以上,比麦秆提高12.0%～26.9%;添加猪粪可提高发酵液中氨态氮含量,较麦秆提高35.6%～64.8%。因此,合理调控粪秆混合厌氧发酵的比例,能提高秸秆的产气率和利用率。