Foot-and-mouth disease virus

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is an aphthovirus of the family Picornaviridae and the etiological agent of the economically most important animal disease. As a typical picornavirus, FMD virions are nonenveloped particles of icosahedral symmetry and its genome is a single stranded RNA of about 8500 nucleotides and of positive polarity. FMDV RNA is infectious and it replicates via a complementary, minus strand RNA. FMDV RNA replication is error-prone so that viral populations consist of mutant spectra (quasispecies) rather than a defined genomic sequence. Therefore FMDV in nature is genetically and antigenically diverse. This poses important challenges for the diagnosis, prevention and control of FMD. A deeper understanding of FMDV population complexity and evolution has suggested requirements for a new generation of anti-FMD vaccines. This is relevant to the current debate on the adequacy of non-vaccination versus vaccination policies for the control of FMD.

Résumé

Le virus de la fièvre aphteuse est un aphtovirus de la famille des Picornaviridae et l'agent de la maladie animale la plus importante sur le plan économique. En tant que picornavirus typique, le virus de la fièvre aphteuse est nu, sous forme d'icosaèdre et son génome comprend un acide ribonucléique monobrin avec environ 8500 nucléotides et une polarité positive. L'acide ribonucléique de ce virus est infectieux et il se réplique par l'intermédiaire d'un brin d'ARN moins, complémentaire. La réplication de l'acide nucléique de ce virus conduit à des erreurs, de telle sorte que les populations virales comprennent un ensemble de mutants (quasi espèce) plutôt qu'une séquence génomique bien définie. Par suite, le virus de la fièvre aphteuse est génétiquement et antigéniquement varié. Ceci entraîne des difficultés importantes pour le diagnostic, la prévention et la maîtrise de la fièvre aphteuse. Une connaissance plus approfondie de la complexité et de l'évolution de la population de ce virus a conduit à des besoins pour une nouvelle génération de vaccines aphteux. Ceci est lié au débat actuel sur le choix d'une politique de vaccination ou de non-vaccination dans la lutte contre la fièvre aphteuse.     

Defining and Measuring Forest Health

If forest health is to be approached scientifically, it must be defined and measured. Forest health is a condition of forest ecosystems that sustains their complexity while providing for human needs. We developed this broad definition becaue a wisely acceptable definition is lacking, and forest health is a focal point in discussions of how to sustain forest ecosystems in the United States. Steps for measuring forest health are: (1) select a representative set of indicators for a particular ecosystem; (2) establish baseline data, such as a historical range of variability; (3) develop standards against which to compare current conditions; and (4) establish a monitoring program to assess current conditions and modify baseline data as new trends develop.     

汽车仪表总成终检台系统开发

针对“汽车仪表总成终检台”系统的开发,,论述了系统设计的背景、设计原理和设计思想:该系统应用于汽车仪表总成出厂前的各项性能测试,并把实测的各项指标存放于数据库中,使得产品的可追溯性得以实现,它对国产汽车仪表总成的各项性能检测趋于科学化、规范化、批量化,使其能达到国际汽车工业的同等水平。     

调速器主配中位自动诊断及智能纠偏技术研究与应用

液压随动系统主配电气中位未整定准确和温漂作用是调速器系统出现主配频繁调节的主要原因之一。技术人员对调速器液压随动系统进行深入的理论研究,提出了静态平衡理论和主配中位纠偏原理,探索出了主配电气中位自适应方法,进而通过调速器电气控制系统自适应控制功能软件开发,实现了主配电气中位自动诊断及智能纠偏功能,并通过真机测试验证其功能效果,完美解决了液压随动系统主配电气中位未整定准确或由于温漂作用导致的调速器系统主配频繁调节问题,保证了机组和电网安全稳定运行。     

The value of vegetation cover for ecosystem services in the suburban context

Latin-American cities can be characterized by dynamic processes of urbanization that encroach upon the natural and semi-natural surrounding landscapes. Our study presents the effects of landscape development, transformed from semi-natural conditions into a mostly disperse suburban settlement. We explore the impact that this transformation has had on this context by three ecosystem services that regulate rainwater runoff, enhance microclimate conditions and help to improve air quality by monitoring vegetation cover. We have designed a spatio-temporal hierarchical analysis which employs remote sensing techniques to capture the structural changes of this landscape over long, medium and short term scales on two spatial levels. This methodological approach was tested in the Metropolitan Area of Santiago (MAS) as case study area. Despite of the increase in impervious surfaces due to urban processes, there has also been an increase in vegetation cover, which has led to an improvement in the provision of the above-mentioned ecosystem services. Hence, if diverse urbanization processes continue and they are coupled with an increase in vegetation cover, the provision of ecosystem services could also expand. This phenomenon can be observed in some areas, where public and private green spaces are created and maintained. Our data analyses give evidence that certain types of suburban areas which increase the share of vegetation cover can provide daily ecological benefits for urban neighborhoods, and beyond, for adjacent areas. Moreover, suburban development can successfully provide ecological benefits to citizens. Such processes can only be ecologically sustainable if the composition of vegetation is well-adapted to the regional climatic conditions.     

家禽脂肪酸代谢及其在禽蛋中的沉积和营养调控

在肝脏中载脂蛋白作用下,内源合成或外源获取的脂肪酸以甘油三酯的形式同胆固醇及其他脂类组装形成极低密度脂蛋白(VLDL)。VLDL经血液循环到达卵巢,穿过卵母细胞外层屏障后,经卵母细胞受体介导的内吞作用进入卵母细胞发生沉积。而机体的营养状况或饲粮中营养成分的改变可通过影响脂肪酸的从头合成或VLDL结构直接或间接影响禽蛋中脂肪酸的最终沉积。本文阐述了家禽体内脂肪酸的来源、转运与沉积过程,并探讨了脂肪酸代谢及其在禽蛋中沉积的营养调控。     

雨生红球藻规模化培养工艺的构建与应用

针对雨生红球藻规模化培养中的工艺流程、生物污染、温度控制、溶氧解析和pH值稳定等问题,于2003年到2005年,在山东省潍坊地区,开展了雨生红球藻中试规模的论证研究。建立了可用于雨生红球藻规模化生产的3种不同类型的光生物反应器(柱式、管道、生物幕)和人工调节太阳能的温控车间,并构建了一套二步规模化培养工艺流程。结果表明,研究构建的培养模式降低了培养过程中的潜在风险,并大大提高了雨生红球藻虾青素含量。与传统培养方式相比,年培养天数大约提高了3倍。在每个批次培养中,细胞生长培养效率提高了至少1.75倍,虾青素累积培养所需时间缩短了40%,虾青素含量提高了4倍。总体来看,研究构建的新工艺比传统开放模式的生产效率有很大提高,全年共计提高了35倍。     

Growth and mortality of the narrowbarred Spanish Mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède), in Omani waters

Length composition data from quarterly catches of Omani narrowband Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède), landed between 1987 and 1995 were used to estimate the growth, mortality and exploitation parameters of the stock. Non-linear least square fitting provided a complete set of von Bertalanffy growth estimates: L _∞ = 173.6 cm fork length; K  = 0.28; and t ₀ = −0.86 years. There were no seasonal differences among the growth estimates. The instantaneous natural mortalities determined by three independent methods based on life-history parameters were 0.35, 0.64 and 0.77. Seasonal total mortalities were calculated by the length converted catch curve method for evaluating seasonal exploitation ratios ( E ). The E -values exceeded 0.4, indicating overexploitation during almost all the seasons studied. This was supported by the large reduction in the total landings of S . commerson from 27 762 t in 1988 to 3265 t in 1993.     

基于nanoUPLC-MS/MS的螺旋藻游离肽组成分析

为了研究螺旋藻中的多肽成分,以钝顶螺旋藻为原料,采用超滤法提取螺旋藻中的游离肽,利用nanoUPLC-MS/MS和PEAKS Studio分析谱图信息,结合NCBI数据库进行比对和从头测序分析,获得游离肽的结构组成和百分含量信息。结果表明,利用数据库比对法和从头测序法,分别得到可信的游离肽4 485个和20 597个,匹配到的蛋白质有1 036种。数据库比对结果中的游离肽主要为七肽到二十一肽,少量为二十一肽以上;从头测序结果中游离肽主要为二肽到十六肽,少量为十六肽以上。数据库比对结果中百分含量最高的游离肽是十肽,为15.95%;从头测序结果中百分含量最高的是五肽,达到24.09%。本研究结果为螺旋藻蛋白资源的进一步开发和利用提供了依据。     

实广义正定矩阵的若干性质

矩阵∈AR~(n×n)称为实广义正定矩阵,如果对任意非零向量 X∈R~n,有XTAX>0成立。本文讨论了矩阵的kronecker积。Hadamard积和矩阵乘积的正定性,给出相应一些性质。