Habitat-induced reciprocal transformation in the root phenotype of Oriental ginseng is associated with alteration in DNA methylation

Oriental ginseng is an important medicinal plant that grows in 2 major forms or ecotypes, wild and domesticated. Each form differs conspicuously in root phenotype, but can be converted from one type to another by habitat. Here we show that the habitat-induced transformation of ginseng root phenotype was accompanied by alteration in cytosine methylation at a large number of 5′-CCGG-3′ sites detected by the methylation-sensitive polymorphism (MSAP) marker. The collective CG and CHG methylation levels of all 4 landraces of the domesticated form were significantly lower than those of the wild form. Interestingly, artificially transplanted ginseng plants recreated in both directions the methylation levels (at least in CHG) of their natural counterparts. The methylation differences between the 2 ginseng ecotypes were validated at 2 isolated MSAP loci bearing homology to a 5S rRNA gene or a copia retrotransposon. Our results implicate a link between epigenetic variation and habitat-induced phenotypic flexibility in Oriental ginseng.     

Evaluation of humic acid removal by a flat submerged membrane photoreactor

A flat submerged membrane combined with a TiO 2 /UV photocatalytic reactor (FSMPR) was employed in batch mode to remove humic acid (HA). HA removal efficiency was characterized by UV 254 absorbance, UV-vis spectra, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration, specific UV absorbance (SUVA), and trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP). The FSMPR process was effective in removing more than 86% of DOC and nearly 100% of UV 254 absorbance, while the THMFPs of samples were reduced to < 19 μ g/L after 150 min of treatment. In addition, changes in transmembrane pressure (TMP) with and without UV were evaluated; TiO 2 /UV was effective at controlling membrane fouling by HA. Analysis of the molecular weight (MW) distributions and three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectra of HAs revealed that the effectiveness in membrane fouling control is a result of changes in HA molecular characteristics. The TiO 2 /UV photocatalytic reactor caused the degradation of high MW, hydrophobic humic-like molecules to low MW, hydrophilic protein-like molecules, although this fraction was not completely removed during 150 min of treatment and was less responsible for membrane fouling.     

单臂氮氧自由基-抗磁金属Cd(Ⅱ)配合物的合成、结构和磁性研究

采用吡啶取代的单臂氮氧自由基与抗磁金属Cd(Ⅱ)进行配位,得到了一个新的单核配合物[Cd(1M4Py)3(OCN)2·2H2O](其中IM4Py=2-(4'-吡啶基)-4,4,5,5-四甲基咪唑啉-1-氧基自由基).单晶X-射线衍射结果表明,配合物属四方晶系,I4(1)/a空间群;晶胞参数a=1 443 9(3)nm,...     

一种基于声-地震耦合的室内声波探雷实验系统

为了研究声波探雷机理,设计了一个基于声-地震耦合原理的室内声波探雷实验系统.首先,简述声波探雷技术的基本原理;然后,详细介绍室内声波探雷实验系统的硬件组成及实验方案;最后,用一种反坦克塑料教练地雷进行实验,重点讨论实验系统的可重复性.实验结果显示,在相同实验条件下,测得的3条地表振动曲线基本重合,表明所设计的实验系统的可重复性良好,满足测试要求,可用于实验室条件下声波探雷机理的研究.     

低温-秋水仙素诱导甜瓜多倍体研究

以刚展开子叶的甜瓜植株为材料,采用低温-秋水仙素处理,植株全部成活,通过检测气孔-叶绿体的变化情况,选出4株定植于营养箱内,采收全部植株所结果实,保留种子并测量.采收期过后,用嫩芽叶尖为材料,对3株甜瓜进行染色体计数检测,检出1个四倍体.结果表明:低温-秋水仙素处理可以有效降低秋水仙素的毒害作用,提高植株成活率.植株后期,有由四倍体回复到二倍体的现象,说明在植株生长后期倍性稳定性有所改变.     

土地利用类型变化对城市大气边界层特征影响的数值模拟

利用ENVI和IDL,GIS以及上海市航片,将ARW-WRF中尺度模式中的下垫面土地利用类型数据中上海市部分做了修正:对照模式中24种土地类型分类,将原本定义为农作物耕地和草场,草地,灌木丛,以及沙土和淤泥的部分,根据实际情况改为城区和在建城区,扩大了城市的范围,获取城市建筑物高度信息以得到更精确地粗糙度数据,使其与实...     

一种计算冲压零件轮廓相似度的快速算法

为了适应网络应用对轮廓相似度计算在速度和数据传输量方面的要求,文中提出了一种非离散的快速算法,该算法采用直线和圆弧来表达轮廓曲线．在对图形进行范化处理后,将待匹配轮廓按照一定步距进行旋转．然后依次以待匹配轮廓或目标轮廓作为模板,计算模板的所有顶点与其在另一个轮廓中对应点的距离平方的平均值．在所有角度中,平均值之和的最小值即为两个轮廓的匹配度．该算法同时适用于凸多边形和凹多边形,并具有较好的区分度和匹配准确性．和以往的离散方式相比,该算法减少了需要传递的数据量．提高了运算速度．     

量子点-菠萝蛋白酶与纤维蛋白原的相互作用

用量子点标记菠萝蛋白酶, 以此为荧光探针, 监测其与纤维蛋白原的反应过程. 实验结果表明, 随着反应时间的增加, 荧光光谱逐渐蓝移, 荧光强度也逐渐下降.     

Forecasting economic indicators using a consumer sentiment index: Survey‐based versus text‐based data

Given the confirmed effectiveness of the survey‐based consumer sentiment index (CSI) as a leading indicator of real economic conditions, the CSI is actively used in making policy judgments and decisions in many countries. However, although the CSI offers qualitative information for presenting current conditions and predicting a household's future economic activity, the survey‐based method has several limitations. In this context, we extracted sentiment information from online economic news articles and demonstrated that the Korean cases are a good illustration of applying a text mining technique when generating a CSI using sentiment analysis. By applying a simple sentiment analysis based on the lexicon approach, this paper confirmed that news articles can be an effective source for generating an economic indicator in Korea. Even though cross‐national comparative research results are suited better than national‐level data to generalize and verify the method used in this study, international comparisons are quite challenging to draw due to the necessary linguistic preprocessing. We hope to encourage further cross‐national comparative research to apply the approach proposed in this study.     

基于RFID技术的电子围栏内施工人员行为预判与告警算法

在电子围栏内施工人员行为预判与告警研究中,面对不确定的行为信息,常见的告警算法存在大量时隙分配冲突,导致算法的自适应性较差。为此,提出基于射频识别(Radio Frequency Identification, RFID)技术的电子围栏内施工人员行为预判与告警算法。通过远程通信和RFID读写器实时读取施工人员的位置信息和行为信息,将逻辑运算符与时间约束运算符相结合预判施工人员行为,在预判到危险行为后,产生相应的告警信息,设计防冲突算法,将告警信息传递到对应的电子标签上,实现对施工人员的告警。实验结果表明：面对不确定的行为信息,设计的告警算法对施工人员行为信息识别水平高,在时隙分配中未发生冲突事件,且分配成功率在99%以上,其自适应性得到提升。