Evaluating the reliability of microsatellite genotyping from low-quality DNA templates with a polynomial distribution model

Molecular studies using trace DNA, such as from museum specimens, ancient or forensic samples and samples obtained noninvasively, often have a common problem of low quality of DNA templates. Amplification errors, such as allelic dropout and false allele, may arise during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using such samples. A mathematical model which treats homozygotes and heterozygotes discriminately has been developed to measure sample quality and compute the confidence level of using multipletube approaches. We use plucked hair samples collected from 26 individual Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxel- lana) to test the model. In this case, a confidence level of 99% can be achieved by three positive PCRs. If the sample quality is very poor and requires many PCR replicates, an alternative multiplestep genotyping method is recommended. This model enables researchers to optimize experimental protocols through pilot studies and obtain reliable genetic information using noninvasive sampling method.     

Preliminary regional estimation of carbon sink flux by carbonate rock corrosion: A case study of the Pearl River Basin

The formation of carbonate rocks has had a dramatic sink effect on atmospheric CO2 throughout geological time.The wide global distribution of carbonate rocks and their strong sensitivity to climate change mean that carbonate rock corrosion consuming air/soil CO2 can play an important role in the global carbon cycle.The carbon sink accounts for 12.00%-35.29% of the missing carbon in the global carbon cycle.Using the Pearl River Basin as a case study,we analyzed comprehensively the factors impacting karstific...     

盐酸介质中松香基季铵盐Gemini表面活性剂对碳钢的缓蚀性能

用静态失重法和电化学方法研究了4种松香基双季铵盐缓蚀剂:二(N-脱氢枞基-N,N-二甲基)-N,N-′(1,4-亚丁基)溴化二铵(DDMBDAB)、二(N-脱氢枞基-N,N-二甲基)-N,N-′(1,6-亚己基)溴化二铵(DDMHDAB)、二(N-脱氢枞基-N,N-二甲基)-N,N-′(1,3-(2-羟基)亚丙基)氯化二铵(DDMHPDAC)、二(N-脱氢枞基-N,N-二甲基)-N,N′-对二亚甲苯基溴化二铵(DDMXDAB)在HCl介质中对碳钢的缓蚀性能和吸附行为.结果表明,在1.0 mol.L-1HCl溶液中4种松香基双季铵盐对碳钢的缓蚀性能优异,在碳钢表面上的吸附过程为放热过程,属于物理吸附.     

含纳米银的抗菌水凝胶研究

 为赋予水凝胶的抗菌性能,该文对含有纳米银的水凝胶进行了研究。首先在硝酸银溶液加入硼氢化钠还原剂和聚乙烯砒咯烷酮分散剂,合成纳米银;然后将不同体积的纳米银分散液加入到卡波姆溶液中,搅拌下滴加氢氧化钠溶液,制备含纳米银的水凝胶。紫外-可见光谱法的结果表明硝酸银被还原成纳米银,X-射线粉末衍射法证实纳米银被分散在水凝胶中,并通过Scherrer公式计算出纳米银的尺寸约为5 nm。溶胀性能测试结果表明水凝胶的溶胀率约为900%。抑菌性能测试结果显示,当水凝胶中纳米银浓度为10 μg/mL（低于纳米银的安全浓度25 μg/mL）,水凝胶能有效抑制大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的生长。所制备的抗菌水凝胶可望应用于创伤皮肤和皮肤疾病的外用治疗。     

关于切比雪夫型方程组的研究

研究了2类二维切比雪夫型方程组的全体复数解,得到了2类二维切比雪夫型方程组的全体复数解的个数定理、解结构定理、解的相关性质及其求解的一般步骤.     

RTK-GPS与全站仪在公路工程测量中长度投影的改正方法

文章结合实际项目阐述了公路工程中RTK-GPS与全站仪在测量长度投影变形值的改正方法.     

太原东山地区湿陷性黄土处理方法的探讨

随着社会经济的迅速发展,高层建筑也越来越多,湿陷性黄土地区的地基湿陷处理已经引起了各方的高度关注,文章就湿陷性黄土处理方法进行了详细的探讨。     

Senescence surveillance of pre-malignant hepatocytes limits liver cancer development

Upon the aberrant activation of oncogenes, normal cells can enter the cellular senescence program, a state of stable cell-cycle arrest, which represents an important barrier against tumour development in vivo. Senescent cells communicate with their environment by secreting various cytokines and growth factors, and it was reported that this 'secretory phenotype' can have pro- as well as anti-tumorigenic effects. Here we show that oncogene-induced senescence occurs in otherwise normal murine hepatocytes in vivo. Pre-malignant senescent hepatocytes secrete chemo- and cytokines and are subject to immune-mediated clearance (designated as 'senescence surveillance'), which depends on an intact CD4(+) T-cell-mediated adaptive immune response. Impaired immune surveillance of pre-malignant senescent hepatocytes results in the development of murine hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), thus showing that senescence surveillance is important for tumour suppression in vivo. In accordance with these observations, ras-specific Th1 lymphocytes could be detected in mice, in which oncogene-induced senescence had been triggered by hepatic expression of Nras(G12V). We also found that CD4(+) T cells require monocytes/macrophages to execute the clearance of senescent hepatocytes. Our study indicates that senescence surveillance represents an important extrinsic component of the senescence anti-tumour barrier, and illustrates how the cellular senescence program is involved in tumour immune surveillance by mounting specific immune responses against antigens expressed in pre-malignant senescent cells.     

S-nitrosylation of NADPH oxidase regulates cell death in plant immunity

Changes in redox status are a conspicuous feature of immune responses in a variety of eukaryotes, but the associated signalling mechanisms are not well understood. In plants, attempted microbial infection triggers the rapid synthesis of nitric oxide and a parallel accumulation of reactive oxygen intermediates, the latter generated by NADPH oxidases related to those responsible for the pathogen-activated respiratory burst in phagocytes. Both nitric oxide and reactive oxygen intermediates have been implicated in controlling the hypersensitive response, a programmed execution of plant cells at sites of attempted infection. However, the molecular mechanisms that underpin their function and coordinate their synthesis are unknown. Here we show genetic evidence that increases in cysteine thiols modified using nitric oxide, termed S-nitrosothiols, facilitate the hypersensitive response in the absence of the cell death agonist salicylic acid and the synthesis of reactive oxygen intermediates. Surprisingly, when concentrations of S-nitrosothiols were high, nitric oxide function also governed a negative feedback loop limiting the hypersensitive response, mediated by S-nitrosylation of the NADPH oxidase, AtRBOHD, at Cys 890, abolishing its ability to synthesize reactive oxygen intermediates. Accordingly, mutation of Cys 890 compromised S-nitrosothiol-mediated control of AtRBOHD activity, perturbing the magnitude of cell death development. This cysteine is evolutionarily conserved and specifically S-nitrosylated in both human and fly NADPH oxidase, suggesting that this mechanism may govern immune responses in both plants and animals.     

脱硫废弃物改良盐碱地对水稻生长发育及土壤的影响

采用田间试验方法,以改良龟裂碱土为目标,研究施用脱硫废弃物改良盐碱地对水稻生长发育及土壤的影响.结果表明,水稻常规栽培、管理条件下,在盐碱地中施加脱硫废弃物能够改善水稻的生长发育,即增大水稻叶面积指数,提高水稻生物量和产量.当脱硫废弃物+改良剂施用量为(2.5 t+0.5 t)/666.7 m2,泡水量定额为100 m...