U.S. agrigenetics: suit filed against NIH

Three environmental groups have filed suit against the National Institutes of Health in an attempt to block an experiment approved in April by the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. The experiment, designed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to enhance the frost resistance of crops, would release genetically engineered organisms into the general environment for the first time. The suit, filed in a federal court in the District of Columbia, claims that releasing frost-resistant bacteria into the environment could have damaging ecological consequences, that NIH should have issued an environmental impact assessment before approving any experiment involving the release of genetically engineered organisms, and that the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee lacks the expertise to assess environmental risks.     

Land vehicle positioning using GPS and dead reckoning

To ensure reliable land vehicle positioning, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is one of the best techniques commonly used in present-day positioning systems. However, GPS signals are not available if line of sight with the satellites is lost. In this respect, the addition of the Dead Reckoning (DR) method to complement the GPS unit would enhance the reliability of land vehicle positioning system. For implementing the DR method, the magnetic sensor and accelerometer are used for obtaining heading and velocity or distance information. Calibration of two sensors' dynamic model and DR algorithm are also introduced in this paper. The test result utilizing the GPS and DR methods is analyzed in this paper. It utilize spositioning information from GPS receiver when GPSsignal is available, otherwise DR is started to compensate GPS outage with the GPS output as the original point. The results showed that the error in east and north produced by the DR algorithm for a short time interval can be limitedwithin an acceptable range.     

In-vehicle GPS/DR navigation system development and test results in Singapore

This paper introduces the in-car navigation system prototype development and test results under the context of Singapore. In the system, integrated GPS/DR is used for continuous vehicle positioning. A digital road network map database is built for the whole Singapore. The database is designed to support map matching, route determination, and route guidance functions. The prototype system demonstrates GPS positioning of the vehicle in real-time, tracking the vehicle onto a digital map with fix updates every one or two seconds.With the map matched vehicle location on the map, voice and/or text guidance is provide to the driver. The vehicle position can also be transferred to control centre through communication data link for the purpose of fleet management.     

用cpDNA matK基因和nrDNA ITS区序列确定我国特有植物四棱草属的系统位置

测定了我国特有植物四棱草属以及马鞭草科6属和唇形科13属共27个代表种的叶绿体DNA matK基因和核核糖体DNA ITS区序列.应用相对表观衍征分析方法(RASA)对所测DNA序列的系统发育信号及所选择外类群的有效性进行了统计评价.应用最大简约法(MP)、邻接法(NJ)和最大似然法 (ML)对matK和ITS序列进行了独立的和联合的分子系统发育分析.结果表明,四棱草与三花莸为姐妹群;Contino等提出的莸属复合群不构成单系类群,莸属4种具有复系演化关系;Contino系统中的筋骨草亚科形成一个单系分支.此外,本文结果支持马鞭草科与唇形科构成复系类群以及白骨壤属从马鞭草科中独立的观点.RASA分析和多基因联合分析为确定复杂类群间的系统发育关系提供了有效的途径.     

数字通信系统 第三版

本书全面介绍了数字通信系统的理论和实际应用方法，并且包含了在数字信号传输中需要运用的关于设计、实现和测试的最新方法和技术。此书介绍的基本技术有：纠错码、多路复用、数字调制、数字用户线路、电缆调制、移动无线网络、城域网和光纤网络。新的工业标准有：声音／视频编码、SONET/SDH、DWDM、ATM、宽带无线网、网络同步和网络管理。每一章节后都有评述和参考文献和大量习题（无答案）。     

侦查中强制到案措施的不足与整合

在我国的侦查中强制侦查到案措施包括：拘传、拘留、逮捕，立法的不足在于这样三个方面，第一，没有明确强制到案措施与羁押的分离，混淆了羁押防范措施与强制到案措施之间的关系；第二，拘留所附带的关押期限太长，而使其变成一种准羁押的诉讼防范措施；第三，没有明确公安机关的无证强制到案措施，不能满足侦查实践的需要，从而导致本属警察法所规范的留置盘问措施在侦查中滥用，成为刑事诉讼法规定的强制到案措施体系之外，被最为广泛运用的强制到案措施。要解决这些问题，需要：第一，建立羁押与强制到案措施分离的刑事诉讼强制措施体系；第二，缩短拘留所附带的监禁期限；第三，整合留置盘问与其他强制到案措施之间的关系，在刑事诉讼法中明确将留置盘问作为紧急情形下的侦查强制到案措施。     

略论唐朝治桂政策实施的背景

唐朝以前，桂东地区的封建庄园经济。土地私有制已有所发展，而桂西地区大体上仍停留在前封建制阶段，社会经济相当落后，尤其是农业经济与桂东有着相当大的差距。唐朝统治者审时度势，根据当时广西社会发展的变化，调整了其治桂政策，在桂东地区设立正州正县，而在桂西地区则继续沿袭前代的的羁縻政策。