Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

With the advent of dense maps of human genetic variation, it is now possible to detect positive natural selection across the human genome. Here we report an analysis of over 3 million polymorphisms from the International HapMap Project Phase 2 (HapMap2). We used 'long-range haplotype' methods, which were developed to identify alleles segregating in a population that have undergone recent selection, and we also developed new methods that are based on cross-population comparisons to discover alleles that have swept to near-fixation within a population. The analysis reveals more than 300 strong candidate regions. Focusing on the strongest 22 regions, we develop a heuristic for scrutinizing these regions to identify candidate targets of selection. In a complementary analysis, we identify 26 non-synonymous, coding, single nucleotide polymorphisms showing regional evidence of positive selection. Examination of these candidates highlights three cases in which two genes in a common biological process have apparently undergone positive selection in the same population:LARGE and DMD, both related to infection by the Lassa virus, in West Africa;SLC24A5 and SLC45A2, both involved in skin pigmentation, in Europe; and EDAR and EDA2R, both involved in development of hair follicles, in Asia.     

河北省御道口牧场气候生产潜力估算

御道口牧场位于河北省围场县北部坝上地区,是河北省畜牧业生产的重要产区.根据牧场多年降水和气温等气象观测资料,同时考虑地形因素和最小面积的限制,对御道口牧场的气候生产潜力进行了估算.得出牧场的气候生产潜力在3.75～5 t·hm-2·a-1之间,牧场内适合发展人工草地的平地和缓坡(＜5°)约占总土地面积的76.5%.     

塔里木河流域中下游典型地物光谱变化规律

由于塔里木河流域中下游距离河道在垂直向的差别,以及气候与人为因素的影响,使植被的空间分布具有异构性.典型地物光谱变化的研究为中下游生态环境的遥感监测提供了基础,实验研究表明:绿色全荣植物中,棉花由于其具有明显绿峰、水分吸收谷和近红外的高反射峰而更加容易识别,其他植物主要差别则集中在550,680,1420 nm附近的反射峰、吸收谷和1920～2500 nm之间的反射率;与绿色植被相比,枯枝的光谱在可见光部分的绿峰和红光吸收谷不明显,但在可见光部分波形有所差别,而与流沙土壤光谱相比,各波段反射率变化较大;对比不同荣枯比例的植物光谱发现,同一种植物随着荣枯配比的变化,除可见光绿峰、近红外反射峰和各水分吸收谷变化外,最明显的是在近红外1420～1820 nm之间和短波红外1920～2500 nm之间反射率随着枯枝的比例增加而明显升高;关于土壤光谱,中下游各断面占主要类型的流沙土光谱相差不大,但是盐碱土和含有一定水分的盐碱土则变化较大,而且反射率基本低于流沙土,结壳土则除在近红外和短波红外部分变化更加平缓而有所差别外,其余波段接近流沙土;同样的土壤背景下,近红外和短波红外部分反射率的差别能够在一定程度上反映覆盖度的变化.     

基于人的信息处理模型分析操作人员视觉信息处理过程

报告了由知觉、思维、运动３个处理器和短期记忆、工作记忆和长期记忆构成的研究用计算机实现 人的信息处理模型;把人的信息处理模型安装在一台PC机上,模拟生产操作人员监视锅炉厂模拟机计算机屏幕 的过程表明,视觉信息处理过程取决于画面因素、人的身心状态和知觉处理器参数等与实际生产操作人员的行 为特征相符。此模型可以用来分析工业生产中人为操作失误的发生机制,以预防和减少事故发生。     

安全性第一准则下的组合贷款模型

提出了一种在概率准则意义下的组合贷款模型,并设计了基于随机模拟的混合优化算法进行求解。 该算法突破了各种贷款收益率必须服从正态分布的假定,可对贷款收益率是任意分布形式的模型进行求解。 经数值仿真,验证了算法的可行性。     

基于聚类非参数检验的动态停车需求分布特征

为了探索动态停车需求的分布特征,提出聚类非参数检验分析方法.该方法按照个体-组-类的顺序对多时段随机变量进行聚合,在各聚合阶段运用相应的非参数检验方法校核结果,在确保拟合精度的同时,采用相应的模型描述动态随机变量的分布特征.结合该方法的运用,从问题确定、数据调查、数据处理与分析以及分布特征的归纳总结等环节详细阐述了动态...     

滚压对6061铝合金微动磨损性能的影响

应用一种恒力式滚压工具,依据Box-Behnken中心组合设计原理,以车削进给量、滚压力和滚压次数为自变量,以在SRV IV实验机上实现的100℃下的无润滑条件和润滑条件下的微动磨损体积为响应值,对6061铝合金进行滚压后的微动实验,推导出了非平面微动磨损体积的计算公式,并对微动实验中的摩擦系数、试样初始表面粗糙度和磨...     

高职院校旅游英语专业国际化实用型人才培养研究

旅游英语专业国际化实用型人才培养研究目的是通过对国内外旅游企业人才需求标准的调研,确立了旅游英语专业人才培养的核心能力,通过构建课程体系和实践教学体系,改革课堂教学方法,培养国际化双师素质师资队伍,建设校内外实训基地等措施,完善旅游英语专业的人才培养模式,达到人才培养与市场需求接轨的目标,提高高职院校旅游英语专业人才培养水平.     

均匀棒纯纵向运动初值问题混合有限元方法的H(div)模误差估计

笔者继续考虑均匀棒纯纵向运动初值问题的混合有限元方法[1],利用广义混合椭圆投影的误差估计,给出了H(div)模最优误差估计,使得该问题得到进一步的解决.     

Response of the northwestern Pacific upper water δ~(13)C to the last deglacial ventilation of the deep Southern Ocean

The deglacial δ~13C minimum events that originated from the ventilation of the deep Southern Ocean around Antarctica, have been recorded in a range of marine sediments from the southern to tropical oceans in late Pleistocene. However, the broad δ~13C minimum event was also reported as far as to the northern middle latitudes, in northwestern Pacific marginal sea areas, during the last deglaciation. In the northwestern Pacific, forcing from the northern high latitudes is strongly expressed, while the records of in- fluence from the southern high latitudes are few. The Kuroshio Source Region (KSR) forms a boundary between the northwestern Pacific and the southern, tropical Pacific. So, high-resolution planktonic foraminiferal records in core MD06-3054 from the KSR are well positioned to identify signals from the southern hemisphere in the northwestern Pacific. Planktonic foraminiferal tests from the upper 1030 cm of the core were subject to AMS14C, carbon and oxygen isotopic measurements. A negative excursion was found to occur from about 20.0-6.0 ka BP in δ~13C records of both surface (Globigerinoides ruber) and subsurface (Pulleni- atina obliquiloculata) dwellers, but the overall trends of the two curves have reversed since 26.5 ka BP. Moreover, the δ~13C rec- ord of G. ruber (the surface dweller) shows a robust link to the record of atmospheric CO2, and its changes precede the records of P. obliquiloculata (the subsurface dweller). According to the hydrologic conditions, the broad δ~13C minimum event recorded in the KSR is also a response to the increasing ventilation of the deep Southern Ocean around Antarctica during the last deglaciation. The inconsistency between the records of the surface and subsurface dwellers was possibly caused by the ways that the low δ~13C signal was transmitted. Subsurface water primarily received the low δ~13C signal from the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW), whereas the surface water was probably mainly impacted by atmospheric CO2 in the KSR. The records from the KSR confirm the deduction that the broad δ~13C minimum event in the Okinawa Trough was due to the impact of tropical Pacific surface water dur- ing the last deglaciation, and suggest that signals from the southern high latitudes also can be delivered to the northern middle latitudes.