Possible tornado-like tracks on Mars

Distinct atmospheric conditions suggest that dark, ephemeral, filamentary lineations on the martian surface may be formed during the passage of intense atmospheric vortices.     

Surficial deposits at Gusev Crater along Spirit Rover traverses

The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has traversed a fairly flat, rock-strewn terrain whose surface is shaped primarily by impact events, although some of the landscape has been altered by eolian processes. Impacts ejected basaltic rocks that probably were part of locally formed lava flows from at least 10 meters depth. Some rocks have been textured and/or partially buried by windblown sediments less than 2 millimeters in diameter that concentrate within shallow, partially filled, circular impact depressions referred to as hollows. The terrain traversed during the 90-sol (martian solar day) nominal mission shows no evidence for an ancient lake in Gusev crater.     

The chemistry of sexual deception in an orchid-wasp pollination system

The "sexually deceptive" orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis attracts males of its pollinator species, the thynnine wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides, by emitting a unique volatile compound, 2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also produced by female wasps as a male-attracting sex pheromone.     

Morphological correlates of differences in pheromone sensitivity in insect sensilla

Scanning electron microscopy and single unit recordings of male Trichoplusia ni antennae reveal at least two classes of pheromone-sensitive sensilla trichodea. The longer sensillum contains two receptor neurons each with small amounts of spontaneous activity. One neuron responds to large (10-microgram) doses of (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate, a component of the female sex pheromone. The shorter sensillum contains two receptor neurons both with larger amounts of spontaneous activity and increased sensitivity to low (0.01-microgram) doses of pheromone.     

Reversal of neurological defects in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

Rett syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder caused by mosaic expression of mutant copies of the X-linked MECP2 gene in neurons. However, neurons do not die, which suggests that this is not a neurodegenerative disorder. An important question for future therapeutic approaches to this and related disorders concerns phenotypic reversibility. Can viable but defective neurons be repaired, or is the damage done during development without normal MeCP2 irrevocable? Using a mouse model, we demonstrate robust phenotypic reversal, as activation of MeCP2 expression leads to striking loss of advanced neurological symptoms in both immature and mature adult animals.     

基于AutoCAD环境前处理接口程序的开发

本文通过分析传统的结构数据处理方法的缺陷，提出了基于AutoCAD环境下的前处理模式的开发；详细研究了Auto CAD的DXF文件结构，叙述了如何运用嵌套于AutoCAD内部的AutoLISP语言来读取、处理AutoCAD图形文件，进而生成计算程序所需要的数据文件；最后总结了前处理的主要工作。     

Temporal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 degrees N

The vigor of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is thought to be vulnerable to global warming, but its short-term temporal variability is unknown so changes inferred from sparse observations on the decadal time scale of recent climate change are uncertain. We combine continuous measurements of the MOC (beginning in 2004) using the purposefully designed transatlantic Rapid Climate Change array of moored instruments deployed along 26.5 degrees N, with time series of Gulf Stream transport and surface-layer Ekman transport to quantify its intra-annual variability. The year-long average overturning is 18.7 +/- 5.6 sverdrups (Sv) (range: 4.0 to 34.9 Sv, where 1 Sv = a flow of ocean water of 10(6) cubic meters per second). Interannual changes in the overturning can be monitored with a resolution of 1.5 Sv.     

套作玉米产量与栽培密度及氮磷钾肥施用量的关系

采用二次回归通用旋转组合设计方法试验,以马铃薯套作玉米产量为目标,以套作的玉米密度、氮、磷、钾肥施用量为探讨对象,建立了套作玉米产量与密度、氮、磷、钾肥施用量间关系的数学模型(y=7396.05-536.7x1 129.0x2 135.6x3 104.7x4-19.65x1x2-5.4x1x3 147.75x1x4 165.15x2x3-86.55x2x4 113.7x3x4-478.8x12-407.7x22-446.25x32-450.3x42),通过模拟寻优,提出了玉米产量≥6750.00kg/hm2的综合农艺栽培方案(玉米密度44856-51135株/hm2,平均48000株/hm2;N279.30-350.70kg/hm2,平均315.00kg/hm2;P2O5189.00-231.00kg/hm2,平均210.00kg/hm2;K2O167.70-222.30kg/hm2,平均195.00kg/hm2。N:P:K=1:0.667:0.619)。