Roles of protein kinase C in oocyte meiotic maturation and fertilization

Protein kinase C (PKC) is a superfamily of Ser/Thr protein kinases that is distributed widely in eukaryotes. It plays key regulatory roles at multiple steps of oocyte meiotic maturation and fertilization. During the process of meiotic maturation, the activation of PKC in cumulus cells stimulates meiotic maturation, whereas the activation of PKC in oocytes results in the inhibition of germinal vesicle breakdown. PKC activity increases following the meiotic maturation, and decreases at the transition of metaphase/anaphase in meiosis I, so as to facilitate the release of the first polar body and the entry of meiosis II. In fertilization of mammalian oocytes, PKC may act as one of the downstream targets of Ca2+ to stimulate the cortical granule exocytosis, release the oocytes from MII arrest and to induce pronucleus formation. PKC is also involved in the regulation of maturation promoting factor (MPF) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Several PKC isoforms have been identified in mammalian oocytes, and there is evidence showing that classical PKCs may be the principal mediator of oocyte cortical reaction.     

Compact difference approximation with consistent boundary condition

For simulating multi-scale complex flow fields it should be noted that all the physical quantities we are interested in must be simulated well. With limitation of the computer resources it is preferred to use high order accurate difference schemes. Because of their high accuracy and small stencil of grid points computational fluid dynamics (CFD) workers pay more attention to compact schemes recently. For simulating the complex flow fields the treatment of boundary conditions at the far field boundary points and near far field boundary points is very important. According to authors' experience and published results some aspects of boundary condition treatment for far field boundary are presented, and the emphasis is on treatment of boundary conditions for the upwind compact schemes. The consistent treatment of boundary conditions at the near boundary points is also discussed. At the end of the paper are given some numerical examples. The computed results with presented method are satisfactory.     

Initial organic geochemical investigation on Late Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian sediments in the Yangtze region, China

Totally 19 samples of typical Upper Proterozoic-Lower Cambrian sedimentary rocks were collected and analyzed for an organic geochemical investigation. Almost all these rocks have high TOCs, super-maturities and similar biomarker distribution. As an exception, however, the Sinian Nantuo Tillite shows much lower TOCs and little phytane and pristane in comparison with those in other strata, which implies a very faint photosynthetic process, and a restricted euphotic zone and quite limited sunlight within the sedimentary water column during the Sinian glaciation age in the western Yangtze region providing an evidence for palaeo-oceanic environment of the Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth age.     

空气水两相段塞流的跟踪模拟及试验研究

分析了前人提出的段塞跟踪模拟方法的优缺点 ,根据液塞头部的加速压降和入口液塞长度分布特征对段塞跟踪模型进行了改进。采用面向对象技术 ,实现了水平和倾斜管道段塞流的跟踪模拟 ,并与多相流试验环道的空气水试验数据进行了对比。模拟结果表明 ,当不考虑加速压降时 ,用跟踪模型预测的压降低于实测值 ;当考虑加速压降时 ,用跟踪模型预测的压降高于实测值。在管道上固定位置测出的压力信号符合正态分布 ,管道上某一固定点处液塞头部和尾部的速度分布也符合正态分布。当不考虑气泡尾波作用时 ,液塞长度沿管线增长较慢 ,分布形状无变化 ;但是考虑气泡尾波作用时 ,在入口附近液塞长度平均值增长较快 ,统计分布沿管轴向呈对数正态分布。     

水力压裂中多裂缝间相互干扰力学分析

将复变函数理论与位错理论相结合 ,在考虑了裂缝表面有流体压力作用且裂缝间存在相互干扰的情况下 ,建立了无限大介质中裂尖应力强度因子的数学模型 ,利用该模型可对水力压裂中多裂缝间的相互干扰进行力学分析。假设裂缝沿着垂直于局部最大周向拉应力方向扩展 ,应用数值方法对所建立的数学模型求解 ,得到裂尖的应力强度因子及转角。数值计算结果表明 ,裂缝间存在相互干扰时所产生的剪切应力强度因子远远小于法向应力强度因子。当两个裂缝尖端垂向距离为零时 ,法向应力强度因子达到最大值。两个裂缝尖端没交叠之前裂缝基本沿着轴线扩展 ;当尖端交叠面积较小时 ,两裂尖偏离自己的轴线向避开对方的方向扩展 ;当尖端交叠面积较大时 ,两裂缝向靠拢对方的方向扩展 ,最终将贯通在一起     

复杂条件下的低渗透油田生产特征

在考虑了启动压力、毛管力、重力等因素的情况下 ,推导了低渗透油田油水两相渗流时含水率和无因次采油、采液指数的数学模型 ,并分析了上述 3种因素在数学模型中的作用。结果表明 ,对于水湿油藏 ,毛管力和启动压力的存在使含水率和无因次采液指数增加 ,重力则使无因次采液指数降低 ,而对含水率的影响与地层倾角有关。 3种因素均对无因次采油指数无影响。在理论分析的基础上 ,对胜利油区大芦湖低渗透油田的含水率和无因次采油、采液指数进行了实例计算 ,进一步验证了理论分析结果的可靠性     

HV/CVD Grown Relaxed SiGe Buffer Layers for SiGe HMOSFETs

High-vacuum/chemical-vapor deposition (HV/CVD) system was used to grow relaxed SiGe buffer layers on Si substrates. Several methods were then used to analyze the quality of the SiGe films. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy showed that the upper layer was almost fully relaxed. Second ion mass spectroscopy showed that the Ge compositions were step-graded. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the misfit dislocations were restrained to the graded SiGe layers. Tests of the electrical properties of tensile-strained Si on relaxed SiGe buffer layers showed that their transconductances were higher than that of Si devices. These results verify the high quality of the relaxed SiGe buffer layer. The calculated critical layer thicknesses of the graded Si1-xGex layer on Si substrate and a Si layer on the relaxed SiGe buffer layer agree well with experimental results.     

导出参数的无偏类区间估计问题（I）

在文献（工科数学，2002，2（18）：59－63．）的基础上，将一个总体的情形拓展到两个总体的情形，在建立了对导出参数的区间估计与假设检验的最优性概念，给出了区间估计与假设检验最优性的关系之后，证明了一个重要区间估计的最优性。     

化学信号小波变换的本质分析

根据墨西哥帽小波的特点，提出两种新的函数，对化学信号进行n次小波变换，得到了信号的近似2n阶导数．由数值微分法和小波变换法对模拟信号计算的结果发现：对于含噪信号，小波变换法有效滤除了噪声，所得结果的信噪比明显高于前一种方法；同时还可分离重叠峰，提高谱图分辨率．该方法函数形式简单，易于编程，为处理化学信号提供了新的途径．     

Bi含量对SrBi4Ti4O15铁电材料性能的影响

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