按Logistic增长且具有连续预防接种和潜伏期密度依赖的SEIRS流行病模型

本文在种群按Logisti增长情况下研究了预防接种和潜伏期密度依赖对SEIRS流行病模型的影响,得到了无病平衡点和地方病平衡点的存在性以及稳定性条件.     

基于热压块的不锈钢粉尘还原实验

为了从不锈钢粉尘中回收利用Fe,Cr和Ni等,对不锈钢粉尘热压块制备及其自还原过程进行了研究.在热压温度为200℃,热压压力为35 MPa条件下,抗压强度达到900 N/个以上.高温条件下,煤热解产生的挥发分可参与不锈钢粉尘还原反应,当还原温度为1 400,1 450℃时,挥发分还原作用率达到0.4.据XRD分析和热力学计算,自还原过程中含铬物质的物相转变顺序为Fe Cr2O4,Cr2O3,Cr7C3,[Cr]Fe-Cr-Ni-C.当还原温度为1 450℃,烟煤中固定碳与粉尘中可去除氧的物质量的比(xc/xo)为0.72时,不锈钢粉尘热压块不能完全还原;当xc/xo大于0.8,还原20 min时,不锈钢粉尘热压块能完全还原.     

NaOH-Ca(OH)2分解独居石精矿的研究

为降低独居石分解工艺的加碱量,并提高独居石分解率,本研究在NaOH-Ca(OH)₂体系中对独居石精矿进行焙烧分解,采用XRD对焙烧产物进行物相分析,并结合焙烧矿中稀土元素在盐酸中的浸出率判断独居石分解效果.实验分别研究了NaOH添加量、Ca(OH)₂添加量、焙烧温度以及焙烧时间对独居石精矿分解的影响.结果表明,在NaOH-Ca(OH)₂体系中,独居石精矿分解的最佳工艺条件:NaOH添加量为25%,Ca(OH)₂添加量为20%,焙烧温度为800℃,焙烧时间为1.5h.该焙烧条件下独居石全部分解为稀土氧化物,浓盐酸对稀土浸出率可达到98%左右.与现有工业生产工艺相比,本研究工艺中碱添加量降低55%左右,独居石分解率提高2%左右.     

低迟滞PMN-PT叠层型驱动器件的制备

研究了PMN-PT电致应变陶瓷材料的铌铁矿法制备及其电致应变性能,以及该陶瓷膜叠层型驱动器件的制备条件及性能.结果表明,0.94PMN-0.06PT陶瓷的应变迟滞最小;利用压延法可以提高叠层陶瓷膜的密度等特性;叠层型驱动器件的成型压力、预烧和烧结阶段的压力分别为200和0.01 MPa时,驱动器件的应变迟滞小于百分之一,并且驱动特性优异.     

Specific recognition of staphylococcal enterotoxin A by human T cells bearing receptors with the V gamma 9 region

T cells bearing the alpha beta receptor can specifically react with target cells coated with staphylococcal enterotoxin and expressing major histocompatibility complex class II molecules; these responses depend on which variable region (V) of the receptor's beta-subunit is used. We have now examined whether a similar situation exists for human T cells bearing the gamma delta receptor. We found that reactivity to staphylococcal enterotoxin A is strictly dependent on the presence of the V gamma 9 variable region in the gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR). These cytotoxic responses required the expression of HLA class II molecules by the target cell and could be inhibited by anti-gamma delta TCR and by anti-HLA-class-II monoclonal antibodies. In contrast to alpha beta TCR+ cell clones, no proliferative response of V gamma 9+ T-cell clones towards stimulator cells coated with enterotoxin A was observed in vitro. These results indicate that the gamma delta TCR repertoire might be influenced by enterotoxin A produced during staphylococcal infections in vivo. This could provide a molecular basis for the observation that V gamma 9+ T cells form the large majority of peripheral gamma delta TCR+ cells but only a small proportion of thymic gamma delta TCR+ cells.     

Isolation of CD4- CD8- mycobacteria-reactive T lymphocyte clones from rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid

The majority of peripheral T cells express a heterodimeric, alpha/beta T-cell receptor, which recognizes specific antigenic peptides bound to self major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, and either the CD4 or CD8 surface markers. An additional subset of T cells, whose physiological function is unknown, express a distinct CD3-associated receptor composed of gamma and delta chains. This subset includes cells lacking both CD4 and CD8 surface markers, which may be involved in autoimmunity. The recognition specificity of the gamma/delta receptors is not well characterized and has been defined in only one case to date, a murine cell line which shows MHC-linked specificity. In this report, we describe the isolation of CD4- CD8-, gamma/delta TCR bearing T cell clones from the synovial fluid of a rheumatoid arthritis patient. These T cell clones respond specifically to mycobacterial antigens without MHC restriction.     

微滤膜部分堵塞过滤模型的建立和机理探讨

膜过滤机理是目前膜过滤工艺需要研究解决的关键问题之一。为描述微滤过程的速率变化数学模型,通过假设膜通道均为连通的网络型通道,将Kozeny-Carman方程与Darcy方程联立,建立了微滤膜部分堵塞过滤机理模型,并以孔隙率与水力半径为关键因素,推导了基于Darcy方程的微滤速率变化规律。在恒压条件下,通过醋酸纤维素(CA)平板膜死端过滤实验对上述模型进行了验证,在线测定了微滤速率和滤液量随时间的变化关系。结果表明:实验测得的数据和推导的模型基本吻合;且微滤存在Hermans-Bredee的3种机理(即机理指数n=2,3/2,1)以外的堵塞过滤机理,即n=4/3次方的机理。本文提出的部分堵塞过滤机理,可以与传统精密过滤中的基于Poiseuilles方程的堵塞过滤理论一起,应用于包括微-超滤的精密过滤研究中。     

Mutations in MVK, encoding mevalonate kinase, cause hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome.

Hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome (HIDS; MIM 260920) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever associated with lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, gastrointestinal dismay and skin rash. Diagnostic hallmark of HIDS is a constitutively elevated level of serum immunoglobulin D (IgD), although patients have been reported with normal IgD levels. To determine the underlying defect in HIDS, we analysed urine of several patients and discovered increased concentrations of mevalonic acid during severe episodes of fever, but not between crises. Subsequent analysis of cells from four unrelated HIDS patients revealed reduced activities of mevalonate kinase (MK; encoded by the gene MVK), a key enzyme of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Sequence analysis of MVK cDNA from the patients identified three different mutations, one of which was common to all patients. Expression of the mutant cDNAs in Escherichia coli showed that all three mutations affect the activity of the encoded proteins. Moreover, immunoblot analysis demonstrated a deficiency of MK protein in patient fibroblasts, indicating a protein-destabilizing effect of the mutations.     

和谐伦理:和谐发展的伦理学基础

所谓和谐发展,就是以心和、人和、天和为特征和向度的发展模式。和谐发展的伦理学基础理应是和谐伦理。和谐伦理,就是调节自我、人我、物我之间的道德规范。“三和”——心和、人和、天和,是和谐伦理的终极指向。心和指自我身心的和谐,是和谐发展的微观伦理基础;人和包括人与人的和谐以及人与社会的和谐,是和谐发展的中观伦理基础;天和指人与自然界万有存在之间的和谐,是和谐发展的宏观伦理基础。实现了“三和”,方能求得人类需要和非人类需要的和谐,达致“保合太和”的境界。     

Structure of the E. coli signal recognition particle bound to a translating ribosome

The prokaryotic signal recognition particle (SRP) targets membrane proteins into the inner membrane. It binds translating ribosomes and screens the emerging nascent chain for a hydrophobic signal sequence, such as the transmembrane helix of inner membrane proteins. If such a sequence emerges, the SRP binds tightly, allowing the SRP receptor to lock on. This assembly delivers the ribosome-nascent chain complex to the protein translocation machinery in the membrane. Using cryo-electron microscopy and single-particle reconstruction, we obtained a 16 A structure of the Escherichia coli SRP in complex with a translating E. coli ribosome containing a nascent chain with a transmembrane helix anchor. We also obtained structural information on the SRP bound to an empty E. coli ribosome. The latter might share characteristics with a scanning SRP complex, whereas the former represents the next step: the targeting complex ready for receptor binding. High-resolution structures of the bacterial ribosome and of the bacterial SRP components are available, and their fitting explains our electron microscopic density. The structures reveal the regions that are involved in complex formation, provide insight into the conformation of the SRP on the ribosome and indicate the conformational changes that accompany high-affinity SRP binding to ribosome nascent chain complexes upon recognition of the signal sequence.