航天器及部位投影形状不确定性的建模与仿真

在未来空间作战中,航天器将成为重要的作战装备,同时也将是敌对双方重点打击的对象.通过投影形状确定航天器类型或者航天器毁伤部位的毁伤度,可以为及时采取相应的措施提供决策依据.结合航天器的三维空间实体描述,给出了航天器投影多边形的误差带模型以及航天器毁伤部位投影多边形的面积误差模型.通过实例仿真分析得出,通过构建航天器及其毁伤部位多方位投影形状数据库,建立多边形面元不确定性模型,结合先进的计算机技术和人工智能技术,确定航天器类型及其可能毁伤部位的毁伤度是可行的.     

Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

We have genotyped 14,436 nonsynonymous SNPs (nsSNPs) and 897 major histocompatibility complex (MHC) tag SNPs from 1,000 independent cases of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), multiple sclerosis (MS) and breast cancer (BC). Comparing these data against a common control dataset derived from 1,500 randomly selected healthy British individuals, we report initial association and independent replication in a North American sample of two new loci related to ankylosing spondylitis, ARTS1 and IL23R, and confirmation of the previously reported association of AITD with TSHR and FCRL3. These findings, enabled in part by increased statistical power resulting from the expansion of the control reference group to include individuals from the other disease groups, highlight notable new possibilities for autoimmune regulation and suggest that IL23R may be a common susceptibility factor for the major 'seronegative' diseases.     

求解Po-函数非线性互补问题的一个下降牛顿算法

构建了一个新的光滑价值函数来求解Po-函数非线性互补问题.区别于以往所构建的价值函数,构建的新的光滑价值函数不含任何光滑参数.对于Po-函数,可以得到,此价值函数的任一稳定点都是非线性互补问题的解.基于这个简单的光滑价值函数,提出了求解Po-函数非线性互补问题的一个下降牛顿算法.在适当的条件下,该算法的全局收敛性及局部超线性(二次收敛性)也得到了证明.     

Alternative exon usage selectively determines both tissue distribution and subcellular localization of the acyl-CoA thioesterase 7 gene products

Acyl-CoA thioesterases (ACOTs) catalyze the hydrolysis of acyl-CoAs to free fatty acids and coenzyme A. Recent studies have demonstrated that one gene named Acot7, reported to be mainly expressed in brain and testis, is transcribed in several different isoforms by alternative usage of first exons. Strongly decreased levels of ACOT7 activity and protein in both mitochondria and cytosol was reported in patients diagnosed with fatty acid oxidation defects, linking ACOT7 function to regulation of fatty acid oxidation in other tissues. In this study, we have identified five possible first exons in mouse Acot7 (Acot7a–e) and show that all five first exons are transcribed in a tissue-specific manner. Taken together, these data show that the Acot7 gene is expressed as multiple isoforms in a tissue-specific manner, and that expression in tissues other than brain and testis is likely to play important roles in fatty acid metabolism. Received 5 February 2007: received after revision 3 April 2007; accepted 19 April 2007