光谱仪设计基础

近年来光谱学领域发生了很大变化。经典的光谱仪已变得陈旧，而装配了CCD检测器的摄谱仪具有更好的性能。虽然基本光学原理没有改变，但是在很多情况下对光谱仪的设计提出了更多要求，与经典光谱仪很不同。计算机光线跟踪技术以及计算机辅助设计技术的发展能很好地应对这些变化，并已制造出新一代的光谱仪。     

浅谈现代教育技术在汉语课堂中的应用

我国“入世”后，国际交流的范围进一步扩大，人们有更多的机会借助汉语这一语言工具进行对外联络、交往，用汉语进行交际的机会明显增加。社会对各类人才的汉语知识与能力提出了更高的要求，这对我们汉语教学既是一种挑战，也是一种机会。如何激发学生的学习兴趣，怎样活跃课堂气氛，提高学习效率，现代教育技术为我们解决了这一难题。     

简牍所见王莽对匈奴采取的政策

王莽即位后，对匈奴采取一系列错误政策。首先是更改匈奴名号，其次是分封匈奴十五位单于。简牍中不仅记载了这两件事情，而且还补充了非常重要的细节。     

未来十年的全球水源状况

1940年至1980年间,全球的用水量翻了一番,预计到2000年还要再翻一番。由于生活水平的差异,每人每天的生活用水量也相差甚大,为20～500升。全世界有4％的人均日用水量达300～400升(美国为580升),而全世界67％的人口(主要集中在非洲和亚洲)人均日用水量小于50升。时至今日,全球范围内,仍有65％的农村人口,35％的城市人口没有供水系统。尽管如此,在过去的10年里,又有13亿人喝上了卫生的水。但是,在现在52亿的世界人口中,仍有约12亿人喝不上卫生的水。     

双湖记

长期以来,俄国都拥有着本文将着力研究的两个湖的主权:西伯利亚的贝加尔湖和南极的罗斯托克湖。它们都有着诱人的秘密:关于气候的变化、物种的进化、生物怎样在极端恶劣的环境下生存,也许还有关于其他星球上的生命。     

Family I.3 lipase: bacterial lipases secreted by the type I secretion system

Based on the classification of bacterial lipolytic enzymes, family I.3 lipase is a member of the large group of Gram-negative bacterial true lipases. This lipase family is distinguished from other families not only by the amino acid sequence, but also by the secretion mechanism. Lipases of family I.3 are secreted via the well-known type I secretion system. Like most of proteins secreted via this system, family I.3 lipases are composed of two domains with distinct yet related functions. Recent years have seen an increasing amount of research on this lipase family, in terms of isolation, secretion mechanism, as well as biochemical and biophysical studies. This review describes our current knowledge on the structure-function relationships of family I.3 lipase, with an emphasis on its secretion mechanism. Received 18 April 2006; received after revision 3 July 2006; accepted 24 August 2006     

Common variation in three genes, including a noncoding variant in CFH, strongly influences risk of age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common, late-onset disease with seemingly typical complexity: recurrence ratios for siblings of an affected individual are three- to sixfold higher than in the general population, and family-based analysis has resulted in only modestly significant evidence for linkage. In a case-control study drawn from a US-based population of European descent, we have identified a previously unrecognized common, noncoding variant in CFH, the gene encoding complement factor H, that substantially increases the influence of this locus on AMD, and we have strongly replicated the associations of four other previously reported common alleles in three genes (P values ranging from 10(-6) to 10(-70)). Despite excellent power to detect epistasis, we observed purely additive accumulation of risk from alleles at these genes. We found no differences in association of these loci with major phenotypic categories of advanced AMD. Genotypes at these five common SNPs define a broad spectrum of interindividual disease risk and explain about half of the classical sibling risk of AMD in our study population.