矿物和岩石的魔幻世界

这是一本图册集，收录了欧洲、美国、澳大利亚和冰岛等国的135张精美的彩色照片，从辽阔的岩石风景照片，到微小的细节特写，范围跨度极大。图册中水晶、宝石和化石的特写镜头与岩石和矿物的薄而透明的细微纹理图案的微缩图像交替出现。作者或如实记录或添加修饰地“放大”了主题，带领读者走进各种各样令人惊讶的新形态和透视的空间，时而抽象，时而现实。     

SLAC1 is required for plant guard cell S-type anion channel function in stomatal signalling

Stomatal pores, formed by two surrounding guard cells in the epidermis of plant leaves, allow influx of atmospheric carbon dioxide in exchange for transpirational water loss. Stomata also restrict the entry of ozone--an important air pollutant that has an increasingly negative impact on crop yields, and thus global carbon fixation and climate change. The aperture of stomatal pores is regulated by the transport of osmotically active ions and metabolites across guard cell membranes. Despite the vital role of guard cells in controlling plant water loss, ozone sensitivity and CO2 supply, the genes encoding some of the main regulators of stomatal movements remain unknown. It has been proposed that guard cell anion channels function as important regulators of stomatal closure and are essential in mediating stomatal responses to physiological and stress stimuli. However, the genes encoding membrane proteins that mediate guard cell anion efflux have not yet been identified. Here we report the mapping and characterization of an ozone-sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana mutant, slac1. We show that SLAC1 (SLOW ANION CHANNEL-ASSOCIATED 1) is preferentially expressed in guard cells and encodes a distant homologue of fungal and bacterial dicarboxylate/malic acid transport proteins. The plasma membrane protein SLAC1 is essential for stomatal closure in response to CO2, abscisic acid, ozone, light/dark transitions, humidity change, calcium ions, hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide. Mutations in SLAC1 impair slow (S-type) anion channel currents that are activated by cytosolic Ca2+ and abscisic acid, but do not affect rapid (R-type) anion channel currents or Ca2+ channel function. A low homology of SLAC1 to bacterial and fungal organic acid transport proteins, and the permeability of S-type anion channels to malate suggest a vital role for SLAC1 in the function of S-type anion channels.     

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.     

铁铬铝合金晶粒长大及合金中稀土元素

研究了不同稀土含量铁铬铝合金,在高温下晶粒长大及界面结构。结果表明:在1200℃以上高温,稀土组元(以La为主)对抑制合金的晶界长大有一定效果,La_2O_3可作为TiN相析出的形核中心,细小TiN质点可在晶界上出现,阻碍晶界迁移;在变温过程中,La向界而扩散,在晶界以La_2O_3形式出现,同时稀土加速氧穿过氧化膜向基体中渗透,导致Al_2O_3及La_2O_3在基体中形成。     

光聚合和热聚合蒙脱土插层纳米复合材料的制备

利用光引发聚合和热引发聚合研究了单体(MMA)和蒙脱土(Mot)插层复合材料(PMMA/Mot)的制备.用X衍射技术对两种产物内蒙脱土的结构进行了表征.结果表明,蒙脱土经改性后能很好地使聚合单体插入蒙脱土层内并在光或热的作用下发生原位聚合反应生成复合材料.利用DSC、SEM研究了产物的结构和形态,并对两种聚合方法制备蒙脱土纳米复合材料的特点进行了初步讨论.     

民办高校党组织与董事会关系探究

随着民办高校的发展,民办高校党建工作在逐渐步入正轨的同时面临许多发展难题,其中最核心的是民办高校党组织与董事会的关系问题。从理论来看,二者之间的关系为决策与参与决策、监督与被监督、引导与被引导、分工协作,但在实践中却出现分权不清、失衡、权力运作失范、制度缺失严重、机制运作失调等问题,因此,只有转变观念,准确定位,建立框架科学、细节完备的制度体系,打造良性互动的科学机制,夯实基础、循序渐进才能处理好二者的关系,推进民办高校健康发展。     

环氧丙烯酸酯/蒙脱土插层材料的研究

通过溶液的方法实现了环氧丙烯酸酯和蒙脱土的插层,并在紫外光作用下利用光固化反应制备了环氧丙烯酸酯/蒙脱土纳米复合材料.利用X-衍射对材料样品进行了插层表征,对有机蒙脱土的流变性进行了测试,对样品的力学性能(拉伸强度?冲击强度)进行了测试.结果表明:有机化的蒙脱土具有一定的触变性;插层后有机蒙脱土的片层被撑开剥离;少量的有机化蒙脱土的加入可较大提高材料的性能.     

Both thermal and nociceptive afferents influence the unit activity of the neurons in the corpus striatum

Summary Both thermal and nociceptive stimulation in the periphery were shown to influence the neuronal activity recorded in the striatal area. Both the thermal and nociceptive sensitivity of the striatal neurons were closely related.The authors are grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany) for donations of the necessary equipment for the present study. The research reported here was supported by grants from the National Science Council (Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China)     

血管流动模拟实验的计算机控制及数据处理系统

对血管脉动流模拟实验提出了一种新型的计算机控制系统和数据处理系统．着重论述了这一系统的原理、功能和实施控制的各种软件处理方法．