N-terminal of L protein of vesicular stomatitis virus contains a new signal sequence

The L protein (241kD) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is the most important snbnnit of the replication complex. The existence of specific localization signal in the L protein was investigated by making recombinant constructs expressing truncated mutants of the L protein fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) in transient transfection assays. The chimeric genes encoding varied N-terminal of L and GFP gene were put under the control of T7 promoter or CMV promoter. The fusion proteins were transiently expressed in BHK-21, COS-7, CHO or Hep G2 cells. When more than 120 residues were deleted or only 96 residues were kept on the N-terminal, the fusion proteins were shown to be distributed throughout the cells, cytoplasm and nucleus under the confocal microscope. However, other chimeric proteins with 120 or more amino acids were dotted and distributed in the perinuclear regions. And the fusion protein with 96—120 aa has the similar distribution. A thirteen-residue peptide QGYSFLHEVDKEA (108—120) was identified as localization signal, whose function would be absolutely distributed with the deficiency of D or V. Our results show that there is an independent localizing signal in N-terminal domain of L protein of VSV and this functional signal is conserved in different cell lines.     

The age of formation of the mirabilite and sand wedges in the Hexi Corridor and their paleoclimatic interpretation

The Hexi Corridor is located at the transition zone of the Asian summer monsoon and westerly airflow, and lies in an important position in terms of its ecological fragility and climatic sensitivity. During a recent field expedition to this region, we found a sedimentary mirabilite layer in a number of localities including Suwushan, Yanchi, Baitujing, Yanchi Gaotai, Huahai, Yumen, Halanuo扙r, and Dunhuang (Fig. 1), which have the potential to provide important information about environmenta…     

Temperature variations on the Tibetan Plateau over the last two millennia

The paleoclimate data recovered from ice cores,tree rings and lake sediments indicate regional features of cfimatic change on the Tibeta n Plateau (TP) during the last 2000 years. The composite temperature reconstructions in-dicate that several main climatic episodes, such as the “LittleIce Age“ between 1400 and 1900, the “Medieval Warm Pe-riod“ in 1150-1400, a less warm period in 800-1100, and an earlier cold period between the 3rd and 5th centuries,occurred in the TP. In addition, temperature varied from region to region. The period from AD 800 to 1100, which waswarm in northeastern TP, was contemporaneous with cool-ing in the western and southern TP. The southern TP ex-perienced warming between 1150 and 1400. For western TP,the δ^18O records of the Guliya ice core indicate that the pe-Hod 1250-1500 witnessed a clear warming. Large-scaletrends in the temperature history from northeastern TP aremore similar to those in eastern China than are the trendsfrom the Guliya ice cap far to the west and southern TP. The most prominent similarities between the temperature varia-tions of the TP and eastern China are such cold phases as 1100-1150, 1500-1550, 1650-1700 and 1800-1850, andthe latter three cold events match with three widespreadg lacial advances which occurred on the TP during the Little Ice A2e.     

Time-division phase modulated single-photon interference in a Sagnac interferometer

We introduce a stable, long-distance singlephoton Sagnac interferometer, which has a balanced configuration to efficiently compensate phase drift caused by change of the fiber-optic path. By using time-division phase modulation, single-photon interference was realized at 1550nm in a 5-km-long as well as 27-km-long Sagnac fiber loops,with a fringe visibility higher than 90% and long-term stability. The stable performance of the single-photon interference indicated that the time-division phase-modulated Sagnac interferometer might readily lead to practical applications in single-photon routing and quantum cryptography.     

Contributions of different land cover types in Otindag Sandy Land and Bashang area of Hebei Province to the material source of sand stormy weather in Beijing

Different land cover types in Otindag Sandy Land and Bashang area of Hebei Province are linked to a material source of sand stormy weather in Beijing based on results of field vegetation and soil survey and laboratory works. Results of grain size analysis show that dust release potential in per unit area of moving sandy land is small,while lowland meadow and meadow steppe in stony hills have high potential of releasing dusts in per unit area during sand stormy weather occurrence. Further considering the effects of vegetation, it is inferred that the moving sandy land served as a material source of past dust storm and the possibility of dust release in per unit area is low in current time.Typical steppe in stony hills is undergoing desertification and its dust release possibility in per unit area is high. Farmland has strong potential of release dusts when they are ploughed in spring, but a large amount of therophytes grow and thus prevent dusts from release when cultivation was terminated.Potentials of dust release in per unit area in fixed sand dunes,stony mountain meadow steppe and low land meadow are lowdue to high cover of perennials. Sand dune reactivation and desiccation of lakes and lowlands under estimated future climatic change will make them serve as a future material source of sand stormy weather.     

离子选择性电极直接电位法测定牙膏中游离氟

利用氟离子选择性电极直接电位法测定了牙膏中的游离氟．讨论了总离子强度调节缓冲剂(TISAB)的组成及用量，氟电极在测定后快速恢复到空白值，以及不同空白值对测定结果的影响．实验结果表明游离氟的浓度在0．1000-9．000mg／ml范围内线性关系良好．方法的最低检出限为0．02000μg／ml，相对标准偏差RSD≤2．5％，加标平均回收率为100．8％～104．7％，方法简便，准确．     

高层建筑桩基础对邻近隧道影响的监测与分析

在高层建筑施工期间,对邻近隧道的变形进行了监测,同时对高层建筑桩基础沉降对邻近隧道可能产生的附加沉降进行了计算分析。计算桩基础对邻近隧道产生的附加沉降要小于隧道沉降的监测值,最远的观测点距离主楼达1倍桩长,可近似认为处在桩基础的影响边缘,如果以该测点为基准点,隧道附加沉降的计算值与实测值就较为接近。这表明了有其它产生附加沉降的因素存在,为此讨论了振陷和地面沉降对隧道产生附加沉降的可能性,地面下沉使长桩基础的实测沉降偏小。     

狐狸在两型包虫病传播途径中所起的重要作用

本旨在通过回顾全球范围内对两型包虫病(细粒棘球蚴病cystic echinococcosis．CE；多房棘球蚴病alveolar echinococcosis,AE)的生态学和流行病学研究现状，结合对狐狸与寄生虫病关系的生态学研究成果，探讨狐狸与两型包虫病传播之间的关系。全总结了世界各重要地区两型包虫病的流行与狐狸之间的关系，叙述了我国对于两型包虫病的生态学研究现状，指出我国分布的三种狐狸均为该病的终末宿主，同时强调我国在这方面的研究刚刚起步，狐狸的野生动物包虫病生态学研究几乎空白，本指出，犬科等野生动物以及一些家善对于寄生虫病，尤其是人畜共患寄生虫病的传播起着非常重要的作用，同时就寄生虫病和其他疾病导致濒危物种受到严重威胁的现状进行了探讨，认为关于对包虫病易感的珍稀物种的保护的生物学的研究应该在今后的研究中得到充分重视。     

AIP吸收器传质特性中试装置及KLa测试方法研究

基于不依赖空气动力装置（AIP）排出CO2气体旋转床吸收器传质特性研究要求，选择S-195型柴油机为AIP排出气体发生器，优化设计了气、水流程，建立了波纹碟片填料旋转床吸收器的传质特性中间试验装置（简称中试装置），该装置具有多参数调节和测试功能。针对在较高气体压力下，AIP排出气体旋转床传质试验无法直接测算其体积传质系数（Kla），提出了一种间接测算Kla实验值的方法。实验结果表明，用间接测算方法求取的Kla实验值与直接测算值相对误差小于10％。