Bow-tie topological features of metabolic networks and the functional significance

Exploring the structural topology of genome-based large-scale metabolic network is essential for in- vestigating possible relations between structure and functionality.Visualization would be helpful for obtaining immediate information about structural organization.In this work,metabolic networks of 75 organisms were investigated from a topological point of view.A spread bow-tie model was proposed to give a clear visualization of the bow-tie structure for metabolic networks.The revealed topological pattern helps to design more efficient algorithm specifically for metabolic networks.This coarse- grained graph also visualizes the vulnerable connections in the network,and thus could have important implication for disease studies and drug target identifications.In addition,analysis on the reciprocal links and main cores in the GSC part of bow-tie also reveals that the bow-tie structure of metabolic networks has its own intrinsic and significant features which are significantly different from those of random networks.     

Ecosystem vulnerability of China under B2 climate scenario in the 21st century

This paper applies climate change scenarios in China based on the SRES assumptions with the help of RCMs projections by PRECIS （providing regional climates for impacts studies） system introduced to China from.the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at a high-resolution （50 kmx50 km） over China. This research focuses on B2 scenario of SRES. A biogeochemical model ＂Atmosphere Vegetation Integrated Model （AVIM2）＂ was applied to simulating ecosystem status in the 21st century. Then vulnerability of ecosystems was assessed based on a set of index of mainly net primary production （NPP） of vegetation. Results show that climate change would affect ecosystem of China severely and there would be a worse trend with the lapse of time. The regions where having vulnerable ecological background would have heavier impacts while some regions with better ecological background would also receive serious impacts. Extreme climate even would bring about worse impact on the ecosystems. Open shrub and desert steppe would be the two most affected types. When the extreme events happen, vulnerable ecosystem would extend to part of defoliate broad-leaved forest, woody grassland and evergreen conifer forest. Climate change would not always be negative. It could be of some benefit to cold region during the near-term. However, in view of mid-term to long-term negative impact on ecosystem vulnerability would be enormously.     

Investigation of adsorption of surfactant at the air-water interface with quantum chemistry method

Density functional theory （DFT） of quantum chemistry was used to optimize the configuration of the anionic surfactant complexes CH3（CH2）7OSO3^- （H2O）n （n=0-6） and calculate their molecular frequencies at the B3LYP/6-311＋G^＊ level. The interaction of CH3（CH2）7OSO3^- with 1 to 6 water molecules was investigated at the air-water interface with DFT. The results revealed that the hydration shell was formed in the form of H-bond between the hydrophilic group of CH3（CH2）7OSO3^- and 6 waters. The strength of H-bonds belongs to medium. Binding free energy revealed that the hydration shell was stable. The increase of the number of water molecules will cause increases of the total charge of hydrophilic group and S10-O9-C8 bond angle, but decreases of the alkyl chain length and the bond lengths of S10-O11, S10-O12 as well as S10-O13, respectively.     

极近距离煤层刀柱下长壁采场顶板结构稳定性研究

通过对上部煤层刀柱破坏特征和稳定性的有限元数值分析,以及对下部煤层工作面顶板稳定性的研究,得出了下部煤层回采工作面顶板结构的稳定性特征。     

贵州省苔藓植物新记录

对贵州省香纸沟风景区苔藓植物进行了系统调查,野外采集苔藓植物标本908份。根据对标本的初步研究,报道贵州省苔藓植物新记录34种。     

Authigenic sulfide minerals and their sulfur isotopes in sediments of the northern continental slope of the South China Sea and their implications for methane flux and gas hydrate formation

This is a report of the study of the authigenic sulfide minerals and their sulfur isotopes in a sediment core (NH-1) collected on the northern continental slope of the South China Sea, where other geo-physical and geochemical evidence seems to suggest gas hydrate formation in the sediments. The study has led to the findings: (1) the pyrite content in sediments was relatively high and its grain size relatively large compared with that in normal pelagic or hemipelagic sediments; (2) the shallowest depth of the acid volatile sulfide (AVS) content maximum was at 437.5 cm (>2 μmol/g), which was deeper than that of the authigenic pyrite content maximum (at 141.5-380.5 cm); (3) δ 34S of authigenic pyrite was positive (maximum: 15‰) at depth interval of 250-380 cm; (4) the positive δ 34S coincided with pyrite enrichment. Compared with the results obtained from the Black Sea sediments by Jorgen-sen and coworkers, these observations indicated that at the NH-1 site, the depth of the sulfate-methane interface (SMI) would be or once was at about 437.5-547.5 cm and the relatively shallow SMI depth suggested high upward methane fluxes. This was in good agreement with the results obtained from pore water sulfate gradients and core head-space methane concentrations in sediment cores collected in the area. All available evidence suggested that methane gas hydrate formation may exist or may have existed in the underlying sediments.     

Phylogenetic relationships of native and introduced Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera:Aleyrodidae) from China and India based on mtCOI DNA sequencing and host plant comparisons

Phylogenetic relationships for Bemisia tabaci were reconstructed by analysis of a ～780 bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) gene with an emphasis on geographic range and distribution among eight eudicot plant families that are common hosts of B. tabaci worldwide to elucidate key phylogeographic linkages between populations extant in China (n=31) and India (n=34). Bootstrap values for the Maximum Parsimony tree were highly robust for all major nodes involving the major Asian clade, subgroups, and sister groups within, at 92%—100%. Between-clade distances for the Southeast Asia and three other major clades, e.g. from sub-Sahara Africa, North Africa-Mediterranean, and the Americas, were approximately >16% divergent. Two major Asian subgroups (I, II) were resolved, which represented populations indigenous to the region, comprising two (I a, I b) and five (II a—e) sister groups, respectively, which diverged by 11%. Two distinct populations from sunflower in Hyderabad grouped separately within the two Asian subgroups. All other populations grouped uniquely within Asian subgroup II or I. The “B” biotype was identified in 23 collections from China at 97.3%—99.5% nucleotide identity with “B” biotype reference sequences; it was not identified in collections from India. The majority of haplotypes were associated with 3—4 plant families, with one exception that for sister group IId (sesame, India), it might be monophagous. Thus, B. tabaci from the southeastern and near eastern regions of the Asian continent comprise of a large number of ancestral, richly divergent, mostly polyphagous populations. This region is therefore hypothesized to constitute an important Old World center of diversification for the B. tabaci complex, together with sub-Saharan Africa.     

Linux系统中守护进程的创建方法

介绍了Linux中守护进程的特点及其创建方法和步骤,并给出了一个C语言的具体实例.     

普通高校加强职业技术教育的必要性与可行性探讨

随着经济的全球化和高等教育的大众化,一些普通高校在人才培养的目标定位上产生偏差,造成人才培养与社会需求相差甚远。本文根据我国人才的培养现状,就高校加强职业技术教育的必要性与可行性进行分析,旨在为我国普通高校人才培养的规格定位提供一些参考。     

加载方式对大理岩碎块分布影响的试验研究

通过对大理岩的标准岩石试件进行单轴压缩和巴西劈裂试验，探讨了不同加载方式对破坏后岩石碎块分布的影响．结果表明：径向劈裂加载破坏后的大理岩碎块在0．5～20．0mm的粒径范围内是一个分形分布，平均分维数Dt为1．9761．单轴压缩破坏后大理岩的碎块分布存在双重尺度下的自相似分形，在0．1～1．0mm和2．0—40．0mm两个粒径范围内均呈分形分布，其平均分维数Dc1,Dc2分别为2．135 0，1．5499．分维数在一定程度上表现出随抗压强度增加而增加的趋势，但与抗拉强度的关系不明显，这与大理岩的各向异性密切相关．岩样破坏后碎块分布的分维数也是岩样荷载形式的恰当表征，引入岩石破碎过程的等效概率模型，从理论上给予了较好的解释．