Land degradation, government subsidy, and smallholders＇ conservation decision： the case of the loess plateau in China

Land degradation is one of the severe environmental problems in China. In order to combat land degradation, a soil conservation program was introduced since 2000 to reduce soil erosion by converting slope-cultivated land into forestry and pasture. This paper represents the first systematic attempt to investigate the impact of the soil conservation program on land degradation in the loess plateau. The results indicate that the soil conservation program to convert slope fields into forest or pasture is an effective way to combat soil erosion. However, a subsidy that is higher than profit of land use activity of slope fields before their conversion into forest and pasture is needed to encourage farmers to join the conservation program. A policy measure to encourage and assist farmers to develop sedentary livestock by using crops produced from fields as well as fodder and forage grass from the converted slope fields might contribute to combat soil erosion. Increase in off-farm job opportunities may encourage households to reduce cultivation in slope fields. That implies a policy measure to encourage rural urbanization might contribute to combat soil erosion.     

供应链中供应商评价模型的构建及优化选择

供应链管理 ( SCM)是在 IT技术广泛应用的基础上产生的一种先进、新颖的管理哲理与方法 .SCM强调“双赢”竞合模式下的优化问题 .而对供应商的正确评价与选择则是实现其全局性优化的重要一环 .本文从制造商的角度构建了一个对供应商的评价模型 ,并采用 AHP方法进行了优化选择研究     

汽车虚拟设计中UG的应用

三维模型虚拟设计是机械设计的必然趋势 ,本文阐述了三维设计软件UG在生成汽车的各部件中的应用 ,实现了UG环境下三维汽车模型虚拟装配过程。实践证明 ,采用UG软件可以把机械设计从“二维平面”设计引入到“三维世界”。     

计算机教学机房的建设、管理与维护

针对计算机教学机房的建设、管理与维护,介绍了一些有效可行的保证机房正常、稳定运行的“软”保护方法,不需任何投资、不存在兼容性问题,且快速、方便。     

设计:沟通科学与人文的第三种文化

设计既与现实生产的制造和运行相联系 ,又与美学和社会伦理道德规范相联系 ,因而成为科学文化与人文文化统一的微观现实机制和中介环节。在信息时代 ,设计者为了控制硬件结构的非秩序幽灵 ,创造出了一种“非物质文化” ,即“软件形式”。设计的重心已经不再是一种有形的产品 ,而是一套抽象的“关系” ,即无形的、人与机器的语言对话。为此 ,应该更新工业社会关于技术、产品、市场的开发设计等传统观念 ,克服传统的工业设计在“满足人的无限丰富的需要”这一本质层面上的盲区 ,确立包括工业工程设计和社会工程设计相统一的广义设计观念。最后 ,文章分析了现代艺术与现代设计的关系 ,展示了两者日趋融合的发展趋势     

Molecular identification of a danger signal that alerts the immune system to dying cells

In infections, microbial components provide signals that alert the immune system to danger and promote the generation of immunity. In the absence of such signals, there is often no immune response or tolerance may develop. This has led to the concept that the immune system responds only to antigens perceived to be associated with a dangerous situation such as infection. Danger signals are thought to act by stimulating dendritic cells to mature so that they can present foreign antigens and stimulate T lymphocytes. Dying mammalian cells have also been found to release danger signals of unknown identity. Here we show that uric acid is a principal endogenous danger signal released from injured cells. Uric acid stimulates dendritic cell maturation and, when co-injected with antigen in vivo, significantly enhances the generation of responses from CD8+ T cells. Eliminating uric acid in vivo inhibits the immune response to antigens associated with injured cells, but not to antigens presented by activated dendritic cells. Our findings provide a molecular link between cell injury and immunity and have important implications for vaccines, autoimmunity and inflammation.     

Role of the prolyl isomerase Pin1 in protecting against age-dependent neurodegeneration

The neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies include senile plaques and/or neurofibrillary tangles. Although mouse models have been created by overexpressing specific proteins including beta-amyloid precursor protein, presenilin and tau, no model has been generated by gene knockout. Phosphorylation of tau and other proteins on serine or threonine residues preceding proline seems to precede tangle formation and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Notably, these phospho(Ser/Thr)-Pro motifs exist in two distinct conformations, whose conversion in some proteins is catalysed by the Pin1 prolyl isomerase. Pin1 activity can directly restore the conformation and function of phosphorylated tau or it can do so indirectly by promoting its dephosphorylation, which suggests that Pin1 is involved in neurodegeneration; however, genetic evidence is lacking. Here we show that Pin1 expression is inversely correlated with predicted neuronal vulnerability and actual neurofibrillary degeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Pin1 knockout in mice causes progressive age-dependent neuropathy characterized by motor and behavioural deficits, tau hyperphosphorylation, tau filament formation and neuronal degeneration. Thus, Pin1 is pivotal in protecting against age-dependent neurodegeneration, providing insight into the pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies.     

临氢条件下CO偶联合成草酸二乙酯反应的原位红外研究

利用原位红外光谱技术测定了临氢条件下CO和亚硝酸乙酯在催化剂上吸附的红外光谱,发现氢气会影响CO在催化剂活性中心上的吸附,且氢气与CO会发生甲烷化反应,氢气与亚硝酸乙酯反应生成乙醇和少量的乙腈,因此,CO催化偶联反应中加入氢气后,CO的转化率和草酸二乙酯选择性均降低。     

Research on data combination for Phased-array Ground Penetrating Radar

0　IntroductionGroundPenetratingRadar (GPR)isanewandefficientex ploringmeanstodetecttheobjectinshallowsubsurface.Comparedwithotherdetectingmethods,GPRhasmanyadvan tages,suchasquickness,highresolution ,convenientoperationetc.SoGPRisappliedtonationaldefenseandnationaleconomy .IndevelopmentofGPRtechnology ,therecomeforthcontinuous waveradar,FMcontinuous waveradar,andshockpulseradar.Amongoftheseradars,shockpulseradarsendsgreatamplitudeimpulsewithperiodinns,receivingequivalentsamplingtoreali…     

Code Component Reuse Supporting Environment (CCRSE) and its design strategy

Code Component Reuse Supporting Environment (CCRSE), which has been developed by us, is an integrated development environment. CCRSE can provide comprehensive supports for the whole process of reusing code component in the manner of dynamic composition. The architecture and functionality of CCRSE are introduced in this paper.The key achievement of this paper is giving the three strategies that are vital to successfully design CCRSE. The three strategies include: (1) according to the three pivotal technologies ( encapsulation, composition and management) for supporting composition reuse of code component, design three tools respectively. (2) keep tool for supporting code component development independent of tool for supporting code component composition. (3) strictly restrict code component specification, provide the strong "plug and play" support for code component composition reuse, and furthest provide transparence to strictly restricted specification of code component in development of component itse