潜在表示学习框架下的低冗余多视图聚类算法

基于潜在空间学习的多视图聚类研究得到了较大发展,但其通常忽略了原始数据中冗余信息的存在可能会带来不理想的聚类结果。为解决这个问题,提出一种潜在表示学习框架下的低冗余多视图聚类算法。基于k-means的方法,直接从各视图数据学习其低维表示,由于该低维表示的各个特征相互正交,学习到的低维表示通常含有较少的冗余信息。基于潜在空间的假设,各视图的低维表示可由同一个潜在表示投影得到。将两者结合,就能得到一个具有低冗余信息的统一的潜在表示。设计了一个优化算法来求解目标问题,在多个公开数据集上的实验表明了该算法的有效性。     

竖向荷载作用下悬索桥纵向变位特征与机理

为揭示竖向荷载作用下悬索桥纵向变位特征与机理,以主缆变形理论为基础研究了其竖向荷载下的变位特征,并得出了其竖向及纵向位移解析解;在此基础上,分析了竖向荷载作用下传统悬索桥和设有中央扣悬索桥的纵向变位特征及加劲梁纵向位移,揭示了中央扣纵向约束机制,并分别推导了加劲梁在竖向荷载下的纵向位移计算公式;最后,通过算例分析验证所提位移计算公式计算精度. 结果表明：由于主缆的几何非线性特征,竖向位移与纵向位移相互耦合,在非对称竖向荷载作用下,主缆发生非同步纵向位移,而加劲梁主要以类似“摆锤体”发生刚体的纵向位移;跨中处主缆、加劲梁及中央扣因中央扣的存在形成一个“刚域”区,从而导致加劲梁纵向位移减小;所提计算方法与有限元数值解法在不同竖向荷载工况下吻合良好.     

Self-labeling of human polymorphonuclear leucocyte myeloperoxidase with125iodine

In order to obtain a radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique for the measurement of human plasma myeloperoxidase (MPO), we purified the enzyme from polymorphonuclear granulocytes (neutrophils), and compared three methods of labeling it with¹²⁵Iodine: chloramine T, lactoperoxidase, and an original technique of self labeling based on the ability of the enzyme to oxidize and bind¹²⁵I in the presence of H₂O₂. The chloramine T technique produced a degraded protein, as well shown by a high non-specific binding of tracer to antibody. The lactoperoxidase technique did not succeed in labeling MPO with an adequate specific activity. In contrast, the self-labeling method gave a stable tracer with a specific activity of 23 Ci/gmg MPO (85 MBq), a satisfactory level of immunoreactivity, and a low-specific binding (3%). After labeling, purification of tracer was achieved by gel filtration chromatography in phosphate buffer (0.05 M; pH7) to which 0.1% poly-L-lysine was added. The labeled molecule remained stable for 40 days and could be used for RIA with a polyclonal antibody raised in rabbits.     

The phytotoxins ofMycosphaerella fijiensis,the causative agent of Black Sigatoka disease of bananas and plantains

Black Sigatoka is the most costly to control disease of bananas and plantains in the world. Currently, a worldwide search is underway either to find or to produce cultivars that are disease-resistant or-tolerant. Phytotoxins isolated from the pathogen might facilitate the discovery of such cultivars. Several aromatic compounds from liquid cultures ofMycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of Black Sigatoka disease of bananas and plantains, have been isolated. The most abundant and phytotoxic of these compounds is 2,4,8-trihydroxytetralone, which induces necrotic lesions at 5 g/5 l in less than 12 h on sensitive cultivars of bananas. This compound exhibits host-selectivity that mimics that of the pathogen. Other phytotoxins isolated from this fungus, in lesser amounts, were juglone, the novel compound 2-carboxy-3-hydroxycinnamic acid, isoochracinic acid and 4-hydroxyscytalone. Some of the phytotoxins isolated are melanin shunt pathway metabolites, which makes this fungus unique among plant pathogens.