The genome of the extremophile crucifer Thellungiella parvula

Thellungiella parvula is related to Arabidopsis thaliana and is endemic to saline, resource-poor habitats, making it a model for the evolution of plant adaptation to extreme environments. Here we present the draft genome for this extremophile species. Exclusively by next generation sequencing, we obtained the de novo assembled genome in 1,496 gap-free contigs, closely approximating the estimated genome size of 140 Mb. We anchored these contigs to seven pseudo chromosomes without the use of maps. We show that short reads can be assembled to a near-complete chromosome level for a eukaryotic species lacking prior genetic information. The sequence identifies a number of tandem duplications that, by the nature of the duplicated genes, suggest a possible basis for T. parvula's extremophile lifestyle. Our results provide essential background for developing genomically influenced testable hypotheses for the evolution of environmental stress tolerance.     

Frequent mutations of chromatin remodeling genes in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common type of bladder cancer. Here we sequenced the exomes of nine individuals with TCC and screened all the somatically mutated genes in a prevalence set of 88 additional individuals with TCC with different tumor stages and grades. In our study, we discovered a variety of genes previously unknown to be mutated in TCC. Notably, we identified genetic aberrations of the chromatin remodeling genes (UTX, MLL-MLL3, CREBBP-EP300, NCOR1, ARID1A and CHD6) in 59% of our 97 subjects with TCC. Of these genes, we showed UTX to be altered substantially more frequently in tumors of low stages and grades, highlighting its potential role in the classification and diagnosis of bladder cancer. Our results provide an overview of the genetic basis of TCC and suggest that aberration of chromatin regulation might be a hallmark of bladder cancer.     

Models, scientific realism, the intelligibility of nature, and their cultural significance

In this article, I will view realist and non-realist accounts of scientific models within the larger context of the cultural significance of scientific knowledge. I begin by looking at the historical context and origins of the problem of scientific realism, and claim that it is originally of cultural and not only philosophical, significance. The cultural significance of debates on the epistemological status of scientific models is then related to the question of ‘intelligibility’ and how science, through models, can give us knowledge of the world by presenting us with an ‘intelligible account/picture of the world’, thus fulfilling its cultural-epistemic role. Realists typically assert that science can perform this role, while non-realists deny this. The various strategies adopted by realists and non-realists in making good their respective claims, is then traced to their cultural motivations. Finally I discuss the cultural implications of adopting realist or non-realist views of models through a discussion of the views of Rorty, Gellner, Van Fraassen and Clifford Hooker on the cultural significance of scientific knowledge.     

新型手性抗肿瘤药物德氮吡格（TNBG）体外抗肿瘤活性初步研究

目的观察手性旋光异构体德氮吡格（TNBG）对6株人体肿瘤细胞增殖的影响,初步探讨其抗肿瘤作用机制。方法运用MTT法检测手性TNBG对6株肿瘤细胞生长抑制情况;油红O染色法观察QGY-7701细胞中脂质聚集情况;流式细胞仪检测手性TNBG对人肝癌细胞株QGY-7701细胞周期分布和凋亡影响。结果手性TNBG能不同程度抑制肿瘤细胞增殖,且呈剂量依赖性;油红O染色提取显示QGY-7701细胞内脂质量与给药剂量呈正相关;流式细胞仪检测到有s期细胞增加,并且手性TNBG还能诱导QGY-7701细胞发生凋亡。结论手性TNBG在体外具有良好的抗肿瘤活性,其抗肿瘤作用机制可能是通过促使肿瘤细胞产生脂质聚集,抑制肿瘤细胞增殖、诱导其凋亡从而达到抗肿瘤效应。总体看（＋）TNBG体外抗肿瘤活性比（-）TNBG更强。     

烟草内生活性放线菌的筛选

为了发掘抗菌菌株,以分离的烟草内生放线菌为研究对象,用其活体和发酵液分别进行了抑制金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌以及对根结线虫2龄幼虫的押杀实验,结果表明：烟草内生放线菌及其发酵液对供试菌株的抑制效果均较明显,菌株Y12、菌株A7只能分别对金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌有抑制作用,发酵液抑菌圈直径分别为15mm和21mm,而Y7菌株则对金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌都有一定的抑制作用。内生菌及其发酵液抑杀根结线虫的效果并不明显,说明这些菌株的杀根结线虫活性与抑制病原菌活性之间没有相关性。     

基于NVH性能的排气系统悬挂点位置设计

基于平均驱动自由度位移（ADDOFD）理论,同时考虑车身侧与排气系统侧的NVH性能,以及各阶模态频率的不同权值的影响,对某车型排气系统吊点位置进行优化布置,并对布置吊点后的排气系统做声学稳健性分析。实际应用表明该设计方法能对汽车排气系统悬挂点选择提供可行性参考建议,在整车开发的初期,有效预测和控制车身结构的NVH性能。     

工业源挥发性有机物治理功能材料研究进展

挥发性有机物(volatile organic compounds,VOCs)是大气中一类重要的污染物质,即使在低浓度下也会对人类的健康造成威胁。对VOCs的治理刻不容缓,而VOCs治理关键功能材料性能的优劣是整个VOCs治理技术的核心。文章总结了近年来用于吸附法、光催化法以及催化燃烧法治理VOCs的功能材料的最新科研成果,希望以此能够为将来VOCs治理材料的设计与研发提供一定的参考。     

考虑成本限制的最小化最大延迟时间平行机调度问题

以绿色制造为背景,假定机器设备具有不同的能源消耗成本或维护成本,研究了一类考虑成本限制的平行机调度问题.调度的目标是最小化最大延迟时间.为该问题建立了整数规划模型MIP,设计了改进的EDD (earliest due date firstly)算法,命名为MEDD.由于考虑成本限制,证明了MEDD算法的可行性,并进而理论分析了算法的最坏误差界.通过算例说明了算法的执行情况,同时采用大量随机数据实验验证算法的性能.对于小规模问题,将MEDD的解与MIP的精确解进行了对比;对于大规模问题,由于MIP精确解难以获得,以MIP对应的线性规划松弛模型MLP的最优值为下界对MEDD算法的解进行了衡量.实验结果表明了所构建MEDD算法的有效性.     

A review of three species of Hesperonoe (Annelida: Polynoidae) in Asia,with descriptions of two new species and a new record of Hesperonoe hwanghaiensis from Korea

A taxonomic review of three Asian species of Hesperonoe (Annelida: Polynoidae) is presented. Hesperonoe hwanghaiensis Uschakov and Wu, 1959 Uschakov PV, Wu B. 1959. [The polychaete worms of the families Phyllodocidae and Aphroditidae (Polychaeta, errantia) from the Yellow Sea]. Arch Inst Oceanol Sinica. 1:1–40, pls. I–X. (In Chinese and Russian). [Google Scholar] (type locality: Qingdao, China) is redescribed based on five specimens collected from an intertidal site in the Korean coast of the Yellow Sea, as a new record of this species from Korea, which is the only known habitat outside the type locality. Hesperonoe coreensis sp. nov. is described based on nine specimens collected from two intertidal sites in the Korean coast of the Yellow Sea, including the same site as the habitat of H. hwanghaiensis. Hesperonoe japonensis sp. nov. is described by re-examination of many specimens collected from eight intertidal sites and a subtidal one in Japan, which was previously misidentified as H. hwanghaiensis. The three species are clearly distinguishable from one another by the species-specific morphology of the macrotubercles (or marked ridges) on the surface of elytra. All of the three species seemed to be commensal with the burrowing mud shrimp Upogebia major in intertidal flats, except for an additional probable host of another upogebid shrimp Austinogebia narutensis for H. japonensis sp. nov. in a subtidal habitat. The morphological characteristics and host species of the three Asian species are compared with all of the other five congeners known from the North American Pacific and Arctic Sea.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:51CB5C5B-0838-48AC-A0BA-8E63AA7628CB     

三峡水库二期蓄水初期螺山站水位流量变化响应

三峡工程二期蓄水对坝下游江段水情的变化产生了一定的影响.在水库蓄水的初期阶段,分析螺山江段水位流量的变化响应,采用综合落差指数法描述了该河段水位流量关系的变化,并通过同流量水位法初步撂悉了访河段近几年河床冲淤变化情况.结果表明,水库蓄水后.枯水期该站月径流量占径流量的百分比上升了0.43%,丰水期和平水期分别下降了0.2%和0.23%;从该站水位距平值来看,枯水期有所上升,丰水期和平水期均有所下降.时该站水位流量关系进行单值化处理后,发现蓄水后水位流量关系曲线较蓄水前偏左.同时,同流量下水位的变化也反映了该河段泥沙冲淤情况,对此本文作了初步探悉,发琨在同一江段的不同时段都有冲淤的变化.