'Rejuvenation' protects neurons in mouse models of Parkinson's disease

Why dopamine-containing neurons of the brain's substantia nigra pars compacta die in Parkinson's disease has been an enduring mystery. Our studies suggest that the unusual reliance of these neurons on L-type Ca(v)1.3 Ca2+ channels to drive their maintained, rhythmic pacemaking renders them vulnerable to stressors thought to contribute to disease progression. The reliance on these channels increases with age, as juvenile dopamine-containing neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta use pacemaking mechanisms common to neurons not affected in Parkinson's disease. These mechanisms remain latent in adulthood, and blocking Ca(v)1.3 Ca2+ channels in adult neurons induces a reversion to the juvenile form of pacemaking. Such blocking ('rejuvenation') protects these neurons in both in vitro and in vivo models of Parkinson's disease, pointing to a new strategy that could slow or stop the progression of the disease.     

空间解几、高等几何的教学与师范性

本文论述了空间解析几何、高等几何与师范教学的关系。一、逻辑思维与空间想象力，二、观察有关几何学的联系，三、设计中学几何题，四、教学科研的方向，五、加强科学性的教学．     

德英电子学、计算学、电信学和传媒学词典第三版

这是一本涵盖了电子学、计算学、电信学及传媒学词汇的词典。第三版较上一版本增加了约9000条德英双语词条。     

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.     

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。     

化学教学中文献探究教学模式初探

文章对文献探究教学模式的概念、特点、功能、评价以及适用范围进行了介绍;设计出文献探究教学模式在中学化学教学中的使用程序,并且指出了运用文献探究模式教学时需要注意的事项.     

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.     

多酸衍生物非线性光学性质的理论研究新进展

近年来,分子基非线性光学材料因其优异的非线性光学特性受到了人们集中的关注,多金属氧酸盐具有多样的结构和良好的电子性质,作为优良的无机构筑模块参与到分子设计中,可以获得有较好应用前景的非线性光学材料.本文在微结构非线性光学材料方面综合概述了Keggin型和Lindqvist型多酸衍生物类非线性光学材料的理论研究及分子设计进展.     

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     

ICOS is essential for effective T-helper-cell responses

The outcome of T-cell responses after T-cell encounter with specific antigens is modulated by co-stimulatory signals, which are required for both lymphocyte activation and development of adaptive immunity. ICOS, an inducible co-stimulator with homology to CD28, is expressed on activated, but not resting T cells, and shows T-cell co-stimulatory function in vitro. ICOS binds specifically to its counter-receptor B7RP-1 (refs 5,6,7), but not to B7-1 or B7-2. Here we provide in vivo genetic evidence that ICOS delivers a co-stimulatory signal that is essential both for efficient interaction between T and B cells and for normal antibody responses to T-cell-dependent antigens. To determine the physiological function of ICOS, we generated and characterized gene-targeted ICOS-deficient mice. In vivo, a lack of ICOS results in severely deficient T-cell-dependent B-cell responses. Germinal centre formation is impaired and immunoglobulin class switching, including production of allergy-mediating IgE, is defective. ICOS-deficient T cells primed in in vivo and restimulated in vitro with specific antigen produce only low levels of interleukin-4, but remain fully competent to produce interferon-gamma.