Influence of prey movement on the aim of predatory strikes of the western rattlesnake ( Crotalus Viridis )

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the western rattlesnake ( Crotalus viridis ) aims its predatory strike at the head/thorax region of mice primarily on the basis of cues related to the direction of prey movement. We hypothesized that when rattlesnakes strike at anesthetized, backward-moving mice, most strikes would be aimed at the forward-most-moving region, i.e., the posterior (abdomen/tail) region of prey. However, most mice were struck in the anterior (head/thorax) region, implying that the visual-infrared image of mice, rather than directional movement, guides the aim of predatory strikes.     

以课题研究为主导的预防医学毕业生综合创新能力培养

通过对正确选题、规范训练和严格质控等几个方面的探讨,提出并分析了环境卫生学专业在本科生专题毕业实习中构建的"以课题研究为主线,培养学生综合创新能力"的教学模式与理念.     

基于时间序列的灰色预测技术在估产模型中的应用

在建立估产模型过程中，引进基于时间序列的灰色预测技术，通过对样本点建立基于时间序列的灰色预测模型和常规的多元线性回归气象模型的分析比较，试图找到一种计算简单，数据要求少而精度较高，时效性较好的建模方法，为时间序列预测在农作物估产方面的应用作出一点探索。     

图书财产号两种印制方法的比较研究

介绍了图书馆图书财产号印制方法的两次变革,探讨了两种印制方法的影响因素,比较了两种印制方法的优点及不足,指出使用不干胶的条形码取代财产号是图书馆藏与时俱进的必然选择。     

毕加索《格尔尼卡》的中美鉴赏对比研究——从中西思维方式的角度

通过《格尔尼卡》的中美鉴赏对比和基于认知方式的鉴赏,提高外语学习者的跨文化交际意识;从对一件作品的多元看法使中西鉴赏方法得到互补,加深对作品的理解,提高审美和批判性思维能力。     

江苏省优秀射箭运动员年龄结构特征分析

采用问卷调查、文献资料等方法,以江苏省射箭教练员、运动员作为调查对象,对其始训年龄、实际训练年限、出成绩的年龄段的特点和规律等问题进行调查分析,以全面了解射箭训练适应原理及与早期基础训练的关系,为青少年早期训练提供参考与建议.     

Evidence for a spectral basis of texture perception in bat sonar

Bats obtain information about the structure of objects in the outside world from their echolocation signals, an extremely useful method when hunting non-flying prey in densely cluttered habitats, for example. Information about object structure is contained both in the time and in the spectral interference patterns of signals reflected from surfaces at different distances from the bat. I report here an experiment designed to test the extent to which bats use these two types of information. A 'phantom target' is generated by playing back to an echolocating bat signals that mimic the result of reflection from two planes set at different distances. The ability of the bat to discriminate between two such targets is investigated as a function of the separations of the planes. Several of the results do not fit the hypothesis that the bat simply uses time-delay information: the very small time difference that can be discriminated, the fall off in ability to discriminate planes at a particular separation and the symmetry of the discrimination ability measured in the frequency domain. The empirical data can best be fitted by a function based on spectral correlation.     

RAGE is a multiligand receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily: implications for homeostasis and chronic disease

Receptor for AGE (RAGE) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that engages distinct classes of ligands. The biology of RAGE is driven by the settings in which these ligands accumulate, such as diabetes, inflammation, neurodegenerative disorders and tumors. In this review, we discuss the context of each of these classes of ligands, including advance glycation end-products, amyloid beta peptide and the family of beta sheet fibrils, S100/calgranulins and amphoterin. Implications for the role of these ligands interacting with RAGE in homeostasis and disease will be considered.     

高性能混凝土早期抗裂研究

为减小高性能混凝土早期开裂,利用非接触测量技术,测量了高性能混凝土早期自生及单面干燥条件下的收缩,研究了减缩剂、聚丙烯纤维等几种作用机理不同的物质对高性能混凝土早期自生及干燥收缩的影响．在此基础上,利用板式混凝土早期收缩开裂试验架,对高性能混凝土进行了约束试验,研究了减缩剂、减缩剂+聚丙烯纤维等对高性能混凝土早期抗裂的作用．结果表明:减缩剂、聚丙烯纤维、减缩剂+聚丙烯纤维及渗透结晶防水涂料均有减缩抗裂效果,其作用大小为渗透结晶防水涂料>减缩剂>减缩剂+聚丙烯纤维>聚丙烯纤维．     

CO2/环氧丙烷共聚合成聚碳酸亚丙酯多元醇

利用双金属氰化物作为催化剂,催化CO2/环氧丙烷调节共聚制备聚碳酸亚丙酯多元醇(PPC),详细考察了催化剂用量、相对分子质量调节剂及其用量、CO2用量等对聚合的影响.研究发现PPC的相对分子质量与相对分子质量调节剂的用量成线性关系,可以根据需要合成具有规定相对分子质量的PPC树脂.最后提出聚合过程中碳酸丙烯酯可能按照解拉链的方式生成.