Genome-wide association study of flowering time and grain yield traits in a worldwide collection of rice germplasm

A high-density haplotype map recently enabled a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in a population of indica subspecies of Chinese rice landraces. Here we extend this methodology to a larger and more diverse sample of 950 worldwide rice varieties, including the Oryza sativa indica and Oryza sativa japonica subspecies, to perform an additional GWAS. We identified a total of 32 new loci associated with flowering time and with ten grain-related traits, indicating that the larger sample increased the power to detect trait-associated variants using GWAS. To characterize various alleles and complex genetic variation, we developed an analytical framework for haplotype-based de novo assembly of the low-coverage sequencing data in rice. We identified candidate genes for 18 associated loci through detailed annotation. This study shows that the integrated approach of sequence-based GWAS and functional genome annotation has the potential to match complex traits to their causal polymorphisms in rice.     

CEP152 is a genome maintenance protein disrupted in Seckel syndrome

Functional impairment of DNA damage response pathways leads to increased genomic instability. Here we describe the centrosomal protein CEP152 as a new regulator of genomic integrity and cellular response to DNA damage. Using homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing, we identified CEP152 mutations in Seckel syndrome and showed that impaired CEP152 function leads to accumulation of genomic defects resulting from replicative stress through enhanced activation of ATM signaling and increased H2AX phosphorylation.     

混流式水轮机内部流动的整体解析及气蚀预测

采用计算流体力学方法,将整个水轮机划分为蜗壳、固定导叶叶栅、活动导叶叶栅、转轮和尾水管等几个域,对混流式水轮机进行整体解析,并根据各个域的残差履历,以转轮残差的充分收敛作为迭代计算是否收敛的判据.最后以某水电厂的混流式水轮机作为研究对象,得到了混流式水轮机的静态压力场,并利用压力场预测了转轮叶片出口负压面气蚀的发生时刻及发生部位,所得结果与实际转轮出口负压面气蚀结果一致,表明了文中方法的有效性.     

微波辅助萃取的微波吸收系数与吸收功率密度

微波吸收系数和吸收功率密度是反映微波辅助萃取效率的两个重要参量,前者代表了溶液对微波能的整体吸收比率,后者代表了溶液中某一点处微波能转化为热能的强度.文中根据微波在介质中的传播规律,导出了微波吸收系数与溶液复介电常数间的关系式;并以微波与物质相互作用的基本原理为基础,导出了微波吸收功率密度与物质复介电常数以及空间位置间的量化关系式.所得结论可为微波辅助萃取中溶剂的选择以及特定溶剂中微波频率的选择提供理论参考.     

谐波合成法模拟随机风场的优化算法

为解决传统谐波合成法模拟多变量随机脉动风场效率低下的问题,首先将互谱密度函数矩阵分块,然后采用递归优化算法进行矩阵的Cholesky分解,同时引入矩阵乘法算法来代替传统算法的叠加过程,从而减少了互谱密度矩阵中元素生成的数量,加快了矩阵分解和脉动风场合成的速度.工程实例表明,上述优化算法可有效减少整个模拟过程的计算时间,提高模拟效率.     

半相依回归系统参数的c-k型改进估计

针对设计矩阵Xi呈病态时的半相依线性回归系统,提出了系统参数iβ的一种c-k型改进估计,并证明了这种估计在均方误差意义下的若干优良性质.     

绩效评价体系研究

项目绩效评价是一项复杂的系统工程管理过程.以项目管理绩效考评为基线,从绩效考评的含义、内容、方式、方法、目的、原则、程序、种类到绩效考评的限制、心理效应等方面作了系统分析,旨在项目绩效评价体系研究、建立和实施等方面建立完整的体系和思想.     

含有氨基酸基团的聚(ε-己内酯)合成与表征

采用氨基酸钠游离的氨基引发ε-己内酯单体开环得到酯肽齐聚物,并以六亚甲基二异氰酸酯为扩链剂,将这些齐聚物扩链合成4种聚酯酰胺.将4种天然氨基酸(L-丙氨酸、L-亮氨酸、L-谷氨酸、L-赖氨酸)引入到聚(ε-己内酯)(poly(ε-caprolactone),PCL)中,合成和表征了4种含有氨基酸残基的聚合物.通过1H-NMR、FT-IR、水接触角、水吸收率和降解实验对该聚酯酰胺进行了表征.实验结果表明:经氨基酸改性PCL的亲水性和降解性得到了改善,其中含有L-赖氨酸残基的聚酯酰胺因亲水性最高,降解速率最快.