Relationship between prospective memory and vigilance: Evidence from ERP

Event-related potentials (ERPs) were used in this study to investigate the neural correlates of prospective memory (PM) and vigilance. Twenty college or graduate students participated in this study. They were administered a PM and a vigilance task and physiological data were collected at the same time. Behavioral results showed that the RT associated with PM cues was longer than those associated with vigilance targets. ERP results showed that PM cues and vigilance targets did not show significant difference in the N2 but PM cues evoked greater N300 than vigilance targets, and vigilance targets evoked greater parietal positivity/P3 than PM cues, suggesting vigilance and PM have similar but also distinctive neural basis.     

A small-molecule screen in C. elegans yields a new calcium channel antagonist

Small-molecule inhibitors of protein function are powerful tools for biological analysis and can lead to the development of new drugs. However, a major bottleneck in generating useful small-molecule tools is target identification. Here we show that Caenorhabditis elegans can provide a platform for both the discovery of new bioactive compounds and target identification. We screened 14,100 small molecules for bioactivity in wild-type worms and identified 308 compounds that induce a variety of phenotypes. One compound that we named nemadipine-A induces marked defects in morphology and egg-laying. Nemadipine-A resembles a class of widely prescribed anti-hypertension drugs called the 1,4-dihydropyridines (DHPs) that antagonize the alpha1-subunit of L-type calcium channels. Through a genetic suppressor screen, we identified egl-19 as the sole candidate target of nemadipine-A, a conclusion that is supported by several additional lines of evidence. egl-19 encodes the only L-type calcium channel alpha1-subunit in the C. elegans genome. We show that nemadipine-A can also antagonize vertebrate L-type calcium channels, demonstrating that worms and vertebrates share the orthologous protein target. Conversely, FDA-approved DHPs fail to elicit robust phenotypes, making nemadipine-A a unique tool to screen for genetic interactions with this important class of drugs. Finally, we demonstrate the utility of nemadipine-A by using it to reveal redundancy among three calcium channels in the egg-laying circuit. Our study demonstrates that C. elegans enables rapid identification of new small-molecule tools and their targets.     

Evaluation of Woven Fabrics for Comfort Properties in Children’s Summer Wear

This paper evaluates the comfort properties of eightkinds of woven fabric commonly used for children'ssummer wear in Hong Kong,China.Due to the expan-sion of children's wear market and the quality require-ment for parents,objective and subjective measurementsare the main methods used to evaluate the chosen fabricsfor garment deslgners and consumers as reference. Objective measurement was carried out through ex-periments by means of the Kawabata Evaluation Systemfor Fabrics(KES-F).Experimental tests on fabrics in-clude compression,surface,bending,air permeability,thermal and tensile.Subjective measurement was con-ducted by a market research on consumers' opinions onfabrics for children's summer wear in the form of ques-tionnaire survey.These two ways of measurement onfabrics were analyzed and compared. It was found that Fabric Sample 6 which is com-posed of polyester and cotton fibre has the best perfor-mance in terms of its comfort properties.Besides,Sam-ple 4 composes of rayon and cotton fibre also ha     

中药发酵技术及其在畜牧业中的应用

中药作为中华民族的瑰宝,在防治人类和动物疾病方面做出了巨大贡献.但是,中药成分和结构复杂,有效成分含量较低,且人工不易合成,加之中药的人工栽培成本高、周期也长,所以很难达到工业化生产的要求,远远不能满足市场的需求.近年来,中药发酵制药技术为实现中药现代化开辟了新的思路和途径.本文拟从中药发酵技术、中药发酵的特点和优势以及发酵中药在畜牧业中的应用等几个方面进行阐述.     

弹性摆动瓦气体润滑推力轴承——转子系统的稳定性分析

对弹性摆动瓦气体的润滑推力轴承－转子系统的稳定性进行了分析计算了这种轴承的线性气膜刚度系数和阻尼系数,并对线性情况下轴向瞬态响应作了分析,计算,给出了计算工线和高速转子系统的稳定性判据,为推力轴承－转子系统的可靠性评估提供了依据。     

Buyer - seller Relationships in Hong Kong's Clothing Industry

The aim of this study is to examine the buyer-seller re-lationship in Hong Kong's clothing industry.The initialpart investigated the industry's environment.Four hy-pothesis were developed which were based on the long-term buyer-seller relationships'features.The benefitsthat can enjoy within the stage of long-term buyer-seller relationships was the defined and suggested.     

Distortional Properties of the Bijective Pattern Map (Part II: Change of Reference)

This is the part n of the study of distortion property of the Bijective Pattern Map maps. In part I, the generic distortion was presented. In this article, the distortion using different set of reference points and pre - image is compared with the result in part I. Moreover, the distortion induced by a change of reference is illustrated with examples. The formulation of the relationship between the distortion and the Gaussian curvature will be followed.     

LDCQ的选择区域更新策略

提出在位置相关连续查询(LDOQ)中保证满足误差限制的选择区域更新策略。通过给予不同区域内固定大小的偏差限来减少移动对象的更新次数和对计算容量的占用;同时通过延迟广播来减少广播信息数量。从而进一步优化了系统结构,减轻了系统负荷。     

准噶尔盆地乌伦古坳陷中南部石炭系烃源岩生烃潜力分析

目前已在准噶尔盆地乌伦古坳陷石炭系、二叠系、三叠系和侏罗系等发现了工业油气流或油气显示,这些油气主要来源于石炭系烃源岩。但目前研究区石炭系有效烃源岩分布及生烃演化特征不清楚。笔者对比分析了研究区石炭系不同层段、不同岩性类型烃源岩的生烃潜力和热演化特征。结果表明：巴塔玛依内山组凝灰质泥岩、泥岩和姜巴斯套组炭质泥岩有机质丰度较高,有机质类型以Ⅱ2—Ⅲ型为主,处于成熟—过成熟演化阶段,具有倾气性特征。综合应用地球化学实验数据得出姜巴斯套组烃源岩都是有效气源岩,而目前钻井揭示巴塔玛依内山组烃源岩成熟度偏低,未能达到有效气源岩的标准。通过系统对比研究区与滴水泉凹陷石炭系烃源岩地球化学参数,认识到两地区具有高度相似性。可见准噶尔盆地乌伦古坳陷中南部石炭系姜巴斯套组是一套极具潜力的烃源岩,为下一步油气勘探指明方向。     

平台-平台惯性系统传递对准技术

分析了平台-平台系统传递对准技术与捷联-捷联系统传递对准技术的差异,在此基础上,推导了平台-平台传递对准中主、子惯导系统速度误差方程和框架角误差方程,建立了平台-平台传递对准数学模型,给出了角速度与角加速度的获取方法,设计的低通滤波能够有效抑制角速度与角加速度中的高频噪声。仿真计算表明,基于速度与框架角匹配的平台-平台传递对准方法能够得到优于0.15°的对准精度。