Role of polymerase β in DNA metabolism and genomic instability

The major role of DNA polymerase β was thought to be limited in its involvement in short patch base excision repair by removing 5’-deoxyribose phosphate and base insertion. However, the recent researches indicate that polymerase β might take part in a wide spectrum of DNA metabolism reactions, including long patch base excision repair, DNA replication, recombination, meiosis and transleisional DNA synthesis. Because of its wide and important cellular function, an inappropriate intracellular polymerase β level might be associated with genomic instability. Down-regulation or mutation of polymerase β is mutagenic due to deficient in DNA repair, while overexpression of this error-prone β polymerase might perturb the normal function of other accurate polymerases and cause genomic instability as well.     

径向谐和激励下圆形隧道衬砌的动力稳定性

对径向谐和激励下圆形隧道的动力稳定性进行了研究，从动荷载下衬砌结构的振动方程出发，得到了隧道衬砌动力失稳临界频率计算公式，对可能影响隧道衬砌动力稳定性的因素进行了参数分析，探讨了系统参数，如地基土的性质、衬砌径厚比、外激励的性质以及系统的阻尼对衬砌动力稳定性的影响，计算结果表明：隧道周围土体的性质以及系统阻尼对衬砌的动力稳定性影响不大；相反，衬砌的厚度和外激励特性对衬砌的动力不稳定区域影响较大     

液液系统中荷电射流不稳定性

针对生物柴油液液静电雾化乳化过程,建立了色散方程并应用Matlab进行数值计算,分析了水射流速度、荷电电压、水与生物柴油各自的黏度、表面张力对生物柴油中水射流不稳定性的影响.研究结果表明,在水-生物柴油系统中,提高水射流的速度或荷电电压,均能使界面波最大增长率增大,对应的最优波数也随之增加.水的黏度阻碍水射流的破碎雾化,而生物柴油黏度对水射流的破碎雾化却起着促进作用.水-生物柴油的界面张力越小,对液液静电雾化乳化过程越有利.在水-生物柴油液液静电雾化乳化实际应用过程中,除提高水射流速度和荷电电压外,提高水的温度同时尽可能地降低生物柴油的温度,可以形成粒径细小均匀离散相液滴,获得优质的生物柴油乳化燃油.     

Pilot study of the ultrasonographic examination of the intact and transected medial glenohumeral ligament in dogs

Medial glenohumeral ligament injury is commonly reported during medial shoulder joint instability in dogs. Arthroscopy is considered the gold standard procedure, but it is invasive and requires distension of the joint. Ultrasonographic examination of the medial glenohumeral ligament has been studied as a possible, less invasive alternative to arthroscopy however it has not been considered a useful method of assessment due to the interference of the probe with the pectoral muscles. The aims of this prospective analytical randomized pilot study were to develop a standardized ultrasound protocol for visualizing the canine medial glenohumeral ligament and to compare goniometry and ultrasound findings in cadaver dogs with versus without transection of the medial glenohumeral ligament. Nine adult Beagle cadavers (18 shoulders) were used. The first six shoulders were used in a preliminary study to describe an ultrasound technique to identify the medial glenohumeral ligament. Arthroscopy was performed on the remaining 12 shoulders, with six randomly selected medial glenohumeral ligaments from these shoulders, transected during the procedure. Ultrasound examination was performed after each arthroscopic procedure by an ultrasonographer blinded to the patient group. Four medial glenohumeral ligaments (67%) were correctly identified during the preliminary study. Ultrasonographic examination failed to diagnose the transection of all six medial glenohumeral ligaments in the second part of the study. No difference was observed in the ligament thickness between the dogs with and without a transected medial glenohumeral ligament. Dogs with a transected medial glenohumeral ligament had a wider articular space compared to dogs without a transected ligament (P < 0.001), and an articular space wider than 8.2 mm was discriminatory of a transected medial glenohumeral ligament in all the shoulders. In conclusion, the medial glenohumeral ligament could be identified with a medial ultrasonographic approach of the shoulder and a wider articular space can be a sign of a medial shoulder joint instability. Further studies are needed to confirm these preliminary findings in living dogs, with and without shoulder instability.     

水流作用下临水岸坡稳定性计算模型

河流崩岸是我国堤防安全面临的重大问题,汛期前后崩岸诱发大量的滑体进入河道,影响航运,给沿岸人民正常生产生活带来重大影响。针对水流作用下临水岸坡失稳问题,综合考虑坡表静水压力、内部孔隙水压力、边坡几何形状等因素的影响,构建了楔形岸坡稳定计算模型,并结合长江干流芙蓉大堤段崩岸实例,分析了各因素对岸坡稳定的作用。结果表明,坡表与地下水位升降及二者之差,对岸坡稳定影响较大,且水流的淘刷深度也直接影响着岸坡整体稳定。     

不同叶顶间隙下斜流泵内部 流动特性的数值模拟

为研究轮缘叶顶间隙对斜流泵性能和流动不稳定特性的影响,基于SST k-ω湍流模型对某斜流泵选取了0, 0.25, 1.00, 2.00 mm 4种尺寸的叶顶间隙进行数值计算,分析间隙区域内压差分布、泄漏量、叶顶泄漏涡旋强度以及进口轴面速度分布.结果表明:不同运行工况下,斜流泵泄漏量从叶轮进口到叶轮出口先增大后减小,其与间隙区内压差变化趋势相吻合.叶顶泄漏量随着间隙尺寸的增大而增大,导致泵的能量损失增大.经对比发现,间隙尺寸是影响叶顶泄漏量的主要因素.小流量工况下,随着叶顶间隙尺寸的增大,叶顶泄漏流与主流卷吸作用形成的泄漏涡强度逐渐增强.部分泄漏流进入相邻叶片通道,导致其流动失稳.随着叶顶间隙的增大,斜流泵能量损失明显增多,且内流不稳定性明显加剧.增大流量后,不同间隙下叶顶泄漏涡旋转强度均逐渐降低.     

一次春季冰雹天气的中尺度系统分析

对2007年5月5日江苏出现的大范围雷雨、大风和区域性冰雹天气的环流背景场进行了分析,结果表明：这次强对流天气是由北方南下的冷空气触发所致,锋前对流层低层的增温和500hPa冷空气的先行南下使潜在的对流不稳定性加剧;地面冷锋前中尺度低压的发展是对流性天气发展的主要因素;强烈的上升运动和低层水汽通量辐合提供了有利于冰雹产生的过冷水滴的碰撞增长条件;冰雹天气的产生与地面物理量场有很好的配置关系。     

我国克服油菜细胞质雄性不育系(CMS)育性不稳定的研究进展

油菜细胞质雄性不育系(CMS)育性不稳定是一个较为复杂的问题,它受遗传、地理、气候和栽培条件的影响。从CMS育性不稳定的成因,传统育种方法的改进,油菜不育新材料的利用以及油菜杂种优势利用新途径的开创4方面阐述了我国克服油菜CMS育性不稳定育种工作的成绩和进展,并展望了油菜CMS育性稳定性研究工作的前景。     

途安车怠速不稳故障的诊断与排除

针对途安车怠速不稳等故障现象,介绍了故障排除过程,为专业及维修人员提供参考。     

Relationship between genetic instability of nm23H1 gene and clinical pathological characteristic in hepatocellular carcinoma

AIM: The aim of this study was to examine the microstatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity(LOH) of locus D17S396 on chromosome 17 and their influence on the expression of nm23H1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),which may provide experimental evidence for the mechanism of nm23H1 gene and tumor metastasis.METHODS: Techniques such as DNA extraction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues,PCR-SSCP,ordinary silver stain were used to study MSI and LOH of locus D17S396.Envision immunohistochemistry and Leica-Qwin computer imaging techniques were used to assess the expression of nm23H1.RESULTS: ① The frequency of heredity instability of HCCs was 35.42%.The frequency of LOH in the cases with lymph node or distant organs metastasis or not and with intrahepatic metastasis or embolus of portal vein or not was significantly different (P<0.01),it was higher in stage TNM Ⅲ than that in stageⅠ and Ⅱ.Moreover,it was higher in high tendency to invasion or metastasis cases than that in the low tendency cases (P<0.01).② The expression of nm23H1 was 56.25%.It was significantly different in Edmondson grade,TNM stage and in lymph node or distant organ metastasis cases (P<0.01).The cases with high tendency of invasion or metastasis exhibited lower nm23H1 expression compared with low tendency cases (P<0.01).③ The positive rate of nm23H1 protein in LOH positive group was lower than that in LOH negative group (P<0.05).CONCLUSION: The results indicate that both MSI and LOH of nm23H1 gene control the development of HCC independently in different pathways.LOH inhibits the expression of nm23H1,which endows it with high aggressive and poor prognosis.Increase in the amount of nm23H1 protein expression effectively restrains the tendency to invasion or metastasis of HCCs and improves prognosis of patients.