Visual perception and memory systems: from cortex to medial temporal lobe

Visual perception and memory are the most important components of vision processing in the brain. It was thought that the perceptual aspect of a visual stimulus occurs in visual cortical areas and that this serves as the substrate for the formation of visual memory in a distinct part of the brain called the medial temporal lobe. However, current evidence indicates that there is no functional separation of areas. Entire visual cortical pathways and connecting medial temporal lobe are important for both perception and visual memory. Though some aspects of this view are debated, evidence from both sides will be explored here. In this review, we will discuss the anatomical and functional architecture of the entire system and the implications of these structures in visual perception and memory.     

The histidine triad nucleotide-binding protein 1 supports mu-opioid receptor–glutamate NMDA receptor cross-regulation

A series of pharmacological and physiological studies have demonstrated the functional cross-regulation between MOR and NMDAR. These receptors coexist at postsynaptic sites in midbrain periaqueductal grey (PAG) neurons, an area implicated in the analgesic effects of opioids like morphine. In this study, we found that the MOR-associated histidine triad nucleotide-binding protein 1 (HINT1) is essential for maintaining the connection between the NMDAR and MOR. Morphine-induced analgesic tolerance is prevented and even rescued by inhibiting PKC or by antagonizing NMDAR. However, in the absence of HINT1, the MOR becomes supersensitive to morphine before suffering a profound and lasting desensitization that is refractory to PKC inhibition or NMDAR antagonism. Thus, HINT1 emerges as a key protein that is critical for sustaining NMDAR-mediated regulation of MOR signaling strength. Thus, HINT1 deficiency may contribute to opioid-intractable pain syndromes by causing long-term MOR desensitization via mechanisms independent of NMDAR.     

基于结点关系结构的三维拓扑数据模型

结点关系结构是一种可有效地简化三维空间实体间复杂关系的拓扑结构。通过二元性转换,将三维空间中实体及其间关系转换成点与边的简单二元关系,并将其所有的拓扑属性保留下来。首先介绍了结点关系结构的二元性、图论及层次数据结构,在此基础上详述了结点关系结构的两种数据模型,最后讨论了结点关系结构的应用。     

受控线性Schr(o)dinger方程的温和解

用Fourier变换,得到在有界区域上i△所生成的半群表达式,并用它引进了受控Schr(o)dinger方程的温和解,证明了解的存在唯一性及解对初值和控制的连续依赖性.为Schr(o)dinger方程的最优控制问题的研究打下了基础.     

浅析当前网络信息检索与过滤技术

通过对网上信息检索技术发展现状的概述,分析了当今网上信息检索、信息过滤所采用的技术与方法,阐述了存在的问题,重点介绍了网上信息检索与过滤中新出现的一些智能技术,如智能Agent、聚类、网络自组织等。     

Design and passive analysis of a novel softness display device

Simulating the softness property of object is quite a challenge in virtual reality system. A novel softness display system was developed based on the principle of deformable length of elastic element control （DLEEC）. In the system, the equivalent stiffness of the device is adjustable, and is inversely proportional to the third power of the deformable length of elastic beam. PD position control is employed to guarantee the accurate softness display. The softness of the virtual objects in large scale can be felt with the softness display device. Compared with other haptic devices, the device is passive and exert the react force only when the operator ＂actively touch＂ the virtual objects. The stability of the softness display system was analyzed. It was theoretical proved that the system satisfied the criteria of wide impedance range ＂Z-width＂, and the performance was superior to an active system. The experimental results were presented.     

污水处理芽孢杆菌的抗盐诱变育种技术研究

污染海水的处理是沿海城市生态环境治理中迫切需要解决的问题,培育耐盐污水处理菌种具有重要实践意义.对处理污水的芽孢杆菌Y进行抗盐诱变育种,分别采用紫外线照射、NTG、及60Coγ等方法,选出最佳诱变方法为NTG900μg/m与60Coγ200 Gy的复合处理.     

Spatial prisoner’s dilemma games with increasing size of the interaction neighborhood on regular lattices

We studied the evolution of cooperation in the prisoner’s dilemma game on a square lattice where the size of the interaction neighborhood is considered. Firstly, the effects of noise and the cost-to-benefit ratio on the maintenance of cooperation were investigated. The results indicate that the cooperation frequency depends on the noise and cost-to-benefit ratio: cooperation reaches a climax as noise increases, but it monotonously decreases and even vanishes with the ratio increasing. Furthermore, we investigated how the size of the interaction neighborhood affects the emergence of cooperation in detail. Our study demonstrates that cooperation is remarkably enhanced by an increase in the size of the interaction neighborhood. However, cooperation died out when the size of the interaction neighborhood became too large since the system was similar to the mean-field system. On this basis, a cluster-forming mechanism acting among cooperators was also explored, and it showed that the moderate range of the neighborhood size is beneficial for forming larger cooperative clusters. Finally, large-scale Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to visualize and interpret these phenomena explicitly.