Chemical basis of pupal cannibalism in a caterpillar (Utetheisa ornatrix).

The moth Utetheisa ornatrix derives protection against predation from systemic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) that it sequesters as a larva from its foodplants (Leguminosae, Crotalaria spp.). We here show, in laboratory tests, that Utetheisa deficient in body PA can make up for the chemical shortfall by cannibalizing pupae. We present evidence indicating that cannibalism in larvae is elicited not by hunger, but possibly by PA deficiency itself, and that in making cannibalistic choices larvae prefer PA-containing over PA-free pupae. PAs themselves, either in crystalline form or as additives to food items, proved phagostimulatory to larvae. In nature Utetheisa tend to pupate away from their foodplant, essentially out of reach of larval attack. The threat of cannibalism may have contributed to the evolution of this pupation behavior.     

足球裁判员控制比赛气氛的探讨

足球裁判员有效地控制比赛气氛是圆满完成裁判工作的重要课题,我们对比赛气氛的变化规律进行分析研究后,制订的控制对策与方法经临场实践取得了较好的效果.     

Probing met repressor-operator recognition in solution.

The three-dimensional crystal structure of the Escherichia coli methionine repressor, MetJ, complexed with a DNA operator fragment is described in an accompanying article. The complex exhibits several novel features of DNA-protein interaction. DNA sequence recognition is achieved largely by hydrogen-bond contacts between the bases and amino-acid side chains located on a beta-ribbon, a mode of recognition previously hypothesized on the basis of modelling of idealized beta-strands and DNA, and mutagenesis of the Salmonella phage P22 repressors Arc and Mnt. The complex comprises a pair of MetJ repressor dimers which bind to adjacent met-box sites on the DNA, and contact each other by means of a pair of antiparallel alpha-helices. Here we assess the importance of these contacts, and also of contacts that would be made between the C-helices of the protein and DNA in a previous model of the complex, by studying mutations aimed at disrupting them. The role of the carboxy-terminal helix face in operator binding was unclear, but we demonstrate that recognition of operator sequences occurs through side chains in the beta-strand motif and that dimer-dimer interactions are required for effective repression.     

单片机在数控机床上的应用研究

本文研究将ＭＣＳ－５１型单片机用于普通数控机床，通过监控程序设计，进一步完善机床性能，使该系统具有显示功能，快速点动、自动四零、自动升降频率、自动换刀、自动齿隙补偿、刀具磨损补偿，暂停等多种功能．     

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOVALENT AND MIXED-VALENCE COMPLEXES OF COPPER WITH 2-THIOURACIL

Five polynuclear monovalent and mixed-valence complexes of copper with 2-thiouracil were synthesized. They were characterized by the molar conductivity, electromc spectra, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Their coordination properties and tentative structures were discussed.     

处理优化约束条件的微分方程法

在文[1]中,作者曾提出求解一般约束优化问题的一种新方法。本文利用微分方程对约束条件做进一步的讨论,证明了从一可行点的某邻域出发的该微分方程组的解关于部分变元总收敛到问题(1.1)的可行点。     

Overcompensation and population cycles in an ungulate.

Although theoretical studies show that overcompensatory density-dependent mechanisms can potentially generate regular or chaotic fluctuations in animal numbers, the majority of realistic single-species models of invertebrate populations are not overcompensatory enough to cause sustained population cycles. The possibility that overcompensation may generate cycles or chaos in vertebrate populations has seldom been considered. Here we show that highly overcompensatng density-dependent mortality can generate recurrent population crashes consistent with those observed in a naturally limited population of Soay sheep. The observed interval of three or more years between crashes points to sharp 'focusing' of mortality over a narrow range of population density.     

基于可能性理论的柴油机故障诊断方法

本文提出了基于可能性测度的柴油机故障诊断方法.与概率测度相比,可能性测度更为适合,计算更为简单,在故障诊断中有着广泛的适用性。     

透射和反射组合系统的基点基面

本文研究了由透射和反射系统构成的组合系统的基点基面,推导出了其位置公式,结果表明这样的组合系统等效于一个反射镜,等效反射镜就是反射系统经透射系统所成的象,最后对其性质进行了讨论.