Global awareness, future city design and decision making

Our world has been changing at an exponential rate.As a result of this rapid growth,we will be forced to make changes in not only the way we live in the environment but also in the environment itself such as designing the cities of the future to be in greater harmony with the increasing population and growing complexity.The paper contains both reflections on global awareness and comprehensive criteria and their priorities for choosing the most desirable city.     

鹿茸的组织结构及离体细胞的显微结构观察

本文对鹿茸的组织结构、鹿茸皮肤及顶端肉质部分的显微结构进行了较详尽的观察,同时对从鹿茸分离的细胞及由鹿茸组培养出的细胞形态结构也作了初步研究。     

考虑轴颈偏斜时滑动轴承的动力特性

本文建立了同时考虑轴颈径向位移和歪斜时的滑动轴承动力学模型.对于这种模型,油膜力将扩展为四个广义力分量.文章将相应的动力系数矩阵分解为对称和反对称两部分并讨论其物理性质.然后,本文推导得出该模型的正交变换矩阵,在此基础上导得各向同性的动力系数矩阵表达式,并讨论了诸元素的物理意义.文章最后引入动力系数椭圆的概念以分析非对称动力系数矩阵的变换性质.     

DNA重组体技术在作物改良中的应用

引言近几十年来,DNA技术已获得重大进展。尽管遗传工程仍处在发展阶段,但它必将成为控制植物特性的一种强有力的工具,诸如除草剂与杂草的竞争性、光合效率、营养增强能力、应激忍耐力、固N能力和次生植物再生的生产。传统的常规遗传控制手段是进行品种改良的育种方法。植物的育种,就是从具不良性状的亲本杂交后代中选择优良性状,也许同时存在一个或两个以上的性状是不需要的。植物育种的一个典型的步骤,通常是通过选择优     

一种计算平衡相图的新方法

列举了当前国际上一些主要相图计算程序的数值计算方法，即牛顿－拉夫森迭代法和单纯形法，分析了这些方法的优缺点，并提出了一种新的计算方法，该法既具有解几个变量的非线性方程组的牛顿－拉夫森法的优点，也具有可优化体系自由能的单纯形法的优点，并且避开了上述两法在计算相图的不足之处，该法适宜于寻求复杂二、三体系的稳定解。     

RAGE is a multiligand receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily: implications for homeostasis and chronic disease

Receptor for AGE (RAGE) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that engages distinct classes of ligands. The biology of RAGE is driven by the settings in which these ligands accumulate, such as diabetes, inflammation, neurodegenerative disorders and tumors. In this review, we discuss the context of each of these classes of ligands, including advance glycation end-products, amyloid beta peptide and the family of beta sheet fibrils, S100/calgranulins and amphoterin. Implications for the role of these ligands interacting with RAGE in homeostasis and disease will be considered.     

Multiple ionization of atom clusters by intense soft X-rays from a free-electron laser

Intense radiation from lasers has opened up many new areas of research in physics and chemistry, and has revolutionized optical technology. So far, most work in the field of nonlinear processes has been restricted to infrared, visible and ultraviolet light, although progress in the development of X-ray lasers has been made recently. With the advent of a free-electron laser in the soft-X-ray regime below 100 nm wavelength, a new light source is now available for experiments with intense, short-wavelength radiation that could be used to obtain deeper insights into the structure of matter. Other free-electron sources with even shorter wavelengths are planned for the future. Here we present initial results from a study of the interaction of soft X-ray radiation, generated by a free-electron laser, with Xe atoms and clusters. We find that, whereas Xe atoms become only singly ionized by the absorption of single photons, absorption in clusters is strongly enhanced. On average, each atom in large clusters absorbs up to 400 eV, corresponding to 30 photons. We suggest that the clusters are heated up and electrons are emitted after acquiring sufficient energy. The clusters finally disintegrate completely by Coulomb explosion.     

Active transport of Ca2+ by an artificial photosynthetic membrane

Transport of calcium ions across membranes and against a thermodynamic gradient is essential to many biological processes, including muscle contraction, the citric acid cycle, glycogen metabolism, release of neurotransmitters, vision, biological signal transduction and immune response. Synthetic systems that transport metal ions across lipid or liquid membranes are well known, and in some cases light has been used to facilitate transport. Typically, a carrier molecule located in a symmetric membrane binds the ion from aqueous solution on one side and releases it on the other. The thermodynamic driving force is provided by an ion concentration difference between the two aqueous solutions, coupling to such a gradient in an auxiliary species, or photomodulation of the carrier by an asymmetric photon flux. Here we report a different approach, in which active transport is driven not by concentration gradients, but by light-induced electron transfer in a photoactive molecule that is asymmetrically disposed across a lipid bilayer. The system comprises a synthetic, light-driven transmembrane Ca2+ pump based on a redox-sensitive, lipophilic Ca2+-binding shuttle molecule whose function is powered by an intramembrane artificial photosynthetic reaction centre. The resulting structure transports calcium ions across the bilayer of a liposome to develop both a calcium ion concentration gradient and a membrane potential, expanding Mitchell's concept of a redox loop mechanism for protons to include divalent cations. Although the quantum yield is relatively low (approximately 1 per cent), the Ca2+ electrochemical potential developed is significant.     

Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14

The mosquito-borne malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum kills an estimated 0.7-2.7 million people every year, primarily children in sub-Saharan Africa. Without effective interventions, a variety of factors-including the spread of parasites resistant to antimalarial drugs and the increasing insecticide resistance of mosquitoes-may cause the number of malaria cases to double over the next two decades. To stimulate basic research and facilitate the development of new drugs and vaccines, the genome of Plasmodium falciparum clone 3D7 has been sequenced using a chromosome-by-chromosome shotgun strategy. We report here the nucleotide sequences of chromosomes 10, 11 and 14, and a re-analysis of the chromosome 2 sequence. These chromosomes represent about 35% of the 23-megabase P. falciparum genome.