Alcohol dehydrogenase 2 is a major hepatic enzyme for human retinol metabolism

The metabolism of all-trans- and 9-cis-retinol/ retinaldehyde has been investigated with focus on the activities of human, mouse and rat alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (ADH2), an intriguing enzyme with apparently different functions in human and rodents. Kinetic constants were determined with an HPLC method and a structural approach was implemented by in silico substrate dockings. For human ADH2, the determined K_m values ranged from 0.05 to 0.3 μM and k_cat values from 2.3 to 17.6 min⁻¹, while the catalytic efficiency for 9-cis-retinol showed the highest value for any substrate. In contrast, poor activities were detected for the rodent enzymes. A mouse ADH2 mutant (ADH2Pro47His) was studied that resembles the human ADH2 setup. This mutation increased the retinoid activity up to 100-fold. The K_m values of human ADH2 are the lowest among all known human retinol dehydrogenases, which clearly support a role in hepatic retinol oxidation at physiological concentrations. Received 12 October 2006; received after revision 6 December 2006; accepted 8 January 2007     

Homology Priority Task Scheduling in μC/OS-Ⅱ Real-Time Kernel

μC/OS-Ⅱ is an open source real-time kernel adopting priority preemptive schedule strategy. Aiming at the problem of μC/OS-Ⅱ failing to support homology priority tasks scheduling, an approach for solution is proposed. The basic idea is adding round-robin scheduling strategy in its original scheduler in order to schedule homology priority tasks through time slice roundrobin. Implementation approach is given in detail. Firstly, the Task Control Block （TCB） is extended. And then, a new priority index table is created, in which each index pointer points to a set of homology priority tasks. Eventually, on the basis of reconstructing μC/OS-Ⅱ real-time kernel, task scheduling module is rewritten. Otherwise, schedulability of homology task supported by modified kernel had been analyzed, and deadline formula of created homology tasks is given. By theoretical analysis and experiment verification, the modified kernel can support homology priority tasks scheduling, meanwhile, it also remains preemptive property of original μC/OS-Ⅱ.     

基于GSPN方法的柔性制造系统过程模型和性能分析

应用广义随机Petri网方法,对柔性制造系统进行建模和分析,提出了控制策略和优化方法.针对柔性制造系统的离散性,对整个系统的过程模型进行分析.利用广义随机Petri网结合马尔可夫链的方法,确立了系统的配置参数,得出了系统的平均运行时间,机床的平均使用率,系统的生产率,故障概率,对系统的优化和生产效率的提高以及柔性的提高提供了理论支持.最后,通过柔性制造系统实例,对该方法进行了检验.     

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.     

北桥设计中的总线周期精确事务级建模

总线周期精确事务级建模能解决系统设计中的仿真精度和速度之间的矛盾。以北桥中的总线设计为背景,采用SystemC中接口方法调用的原理,实现了对Wishbone总线的周期精确事物级建模,并给出了具体的实现方法和测试方法,具有一定的通用性。     

论山西民营企业品牌塑造与价值提升

指出山西民营企业品牌塑造与价值提升是山西民营企业发展以及山西经济发展的需要,并从多方面探讨了这种需要的有利之处。     

Molecular cloning and expression of interleukin Ibeta (IL-1β) from red seabream (Pagrus major)

The interleukin 1β (IL-1β) cDNA was cloned from the red seabream (Pagrus major) by homology cloning strategy. A cDNA fragment was amplified by PCR using two degenerated primers, which were designed according to the conserved regions of other known IL-1β sequences, and elongated by 3' ends and 5' ends RACE PCR to get the full length coding sequence of red seabream IL-1β (RS IL-1β). The sequence contained 1252 nucleotides that included a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 84bp, a 3' UTR of 410 bp and an open reading frame (ORF) of 759 nucleotides which could be translated into a putative peptide of 253 amino acids with molecular weight of 28.6 kD and putative isoelectric point pI of 5.29. The deduced peptide contained two potential N-glycosylation sites and an identifiable IL1 family signature, but lacked the signal peptide and the clear ICE cut site, which were common in other nonmammalian IL-1β genes. The RS IL-1β had the highest homology with piscine IL-1β according to phylogenetic tree analysis.     

基于集总电感传输线建模的控制系统数字仿真

应用集总电感元件的传输线建模方法(TLM)构造了一种基于数值求解微分方程的数字仿真算法。通过把状态变量对应于电感中的电流，利用电感元件的传输线模型得到状态方程的仿真模型来实现控制系统的数字仿真计算。由于TLM方法是以传输线的等效无源线性网络作为建模基础，从而使算法具有无条件的数值稳定性。     

红外遥控键盘单片机接口实现技术

本介绍了一种利用电视机遥控器作为单片机输入键秀的接口原理和方法，并讨论了如何使用单片机来指令的解码，实践证明这种接口方式可以节省单片机的硬件资源，缩小单片机系统的体积，同时也方便了单片机的操作，尤其是某些需要远距离操作场合。