Picturing the moon: Hevelius’s and Riccioli’s visual debate

This article investigates the maps of the moon produced in the mid-seventeenth century by Jesuit Giambattista Riccioli (1598-1671) and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), whose cartographic projects competed for widespread acceptance. Although Hevelius’s Selenographia (1647) was applauded for its many detailed, self-engraved pictures of the moon, his cartography and proposed nomenclature were supplanted by Riccioli’s as offered in Almagestum novum (1651), in spite of the latter’s simplistic pictures and promotion of geocentric cosmology. Exploring this paradox through pictorial analysis, three types of images common to both Selenographia and Almagestum novum are compared, employing an analytical tool developed by Svetlana Alpers in The art of describing (1983). A focus on this debate exposes the tensions evoked by new technologies of vision and competing cultures of visual epistemology in seventeenth-century astronomy. As both selenographers grappled with questions about the role of representation and what kinds of knowledge could be generated visually, the successes and failures of their competing projects present implications for the course of visual astronomy, as well as for our understanding of the use of ‘visual technologies’ in a period of controversy.     

Common Molecular Mechanisms of Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer

During its lifetime, the mammary gland undergoes many phases of development and differentiation. Much of this occurs during puberty, when the ductal epithelium expands by branching morphogenesis, invading the surrounding fat pad to form an organised mammary tree. Throughout its existence, the epithelium will go through several cycles of proliferation and cell death during pregnancy, lactation and involution. Many of the signalling mechanisms which control the initial invasion of the fat pad by the epithelium, and regulate its continuing plasticity, can be harnessed or corrupted by tumour cells in order to support their aberrant growth and progression towards invasion. This is true not just for the epithelial cells themselves but also for cells in the surrounding microenvironment, including fibroblasts, macrophages and adipocytes. This review examines the complex web of signalling and adhesion interactions controlling branching morphogenesis, and how their alteration can promote malignancy. Current in vivo and in vitro mammary gland models are also discussed. (Part of a Multi-author Review)     

1997～2002年《河南大学学报》（自然版）载文及引文分析

运用文献计量学的研究方法，对1997～2002年《河南大学学报》(自然版)所载论文的数量、学科、基金项目及引文进行了统计分析，以期帮助编辑和读者通过数据客观认识《学报》的学术价值和编辑特点。     

核磁共振成像用磁体的计算机辅助设计

核磁共振成像用的磁体要求在一定的磁场强度下保持大范围的均匀度。本文给出球形空芯磁体和环形空芯磁体的计算机辅助设计方法。     

LF拓扑空间中T21/2分离公理的几个性质

给出LF拓扑空间中T212分离公理的三条重要性质,即弱同胚不变性、相对可积性和可和性.     

DEA-based anti-HIV immunotherapy model

Acquiredimmunitydeficiencysyndrome(AIDS)isoneofthemostfataldiseasesthathasspreadacrossthewholeworldsinceitfirstoccurred.Itiscausedbythehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)[1].Mostofthechemotherapiesareaimedatkillingorhaltingthepathogen,butanewtreatmentistoreduceviralpopulationandimprovetheimmuneresponse.Thistreatmentcanboosttheimmunesystemandservetohelpthebodyfightinfectiononitsown,soitiscalledantiHIVimmunotherapy[2,3].TheaimofthisworkistofindefficientstrategiesforsuchtreatmentsusingtheDataEnv…     

谈谈多媒体英语教学

文章介绍综合利用软件，创造良好的多媒体英语教学环境的方法和多媒体在英语课堂上的使用，以及多媒体英语教学需要注意的问题。     

数列{N(u,v)=2uv+u+v}的若干性质

本文得出了数列{N（u,v)=2uv u v}的一些性质，并提出了关于素数的一个猜想。     

籽瓜植株(地上部)的生长发育规律

对内蒙古地区有代表性的四个籽瓜品种植株(地上部)的生长发育进行了研究．结果表明：内蒙古籽瓜的全生育期为92-101d，籽瓜植株的生长发育可分为发芽期、幼苗期、伸蔓期和结果期，结果期分为前期(开花座果期)、中期(果实膨大期)、后期(种子成熟期)．发芽期、幼苗期以叶为生长中心，伸蔓期、结果前期以茎为生长中心，进入结果中期以果实为生长中心不同生育分期长短的差异主要表现在结果中期的差异上．     

中小企业ERP实施成因初探

通过对一个中小企业实施ERP的典型案例分析，归纳出了中小企业实施ERP失败的主要原因。并给出了中小企业实施ERP成功的要点。