Performance of Ion-gel Actuator Containing Ionic Liquids

1 Results Electroactive polymers (EAPs) driven by transducing electric energy into mechanical energy have been the subjects of recent interest[1].“Ionic liquids“,consisting entirely of cation and anion,have characteristic features such as negligible volatility,non-flammability,thermal and chemical stability,and high ionic conductivity.We proposed an EAP actuator utilizing ion-gels[2-3],which consist of ionic liquids and polymers,sandwiching with two carbon material sheets as shown in Fig.1.This electrol...     

鲫幼鱼易钓性与标准代谢及形态特征的关联

【目的】考察鲤科(Cyprinidae)鱼类的标准代谢率(Standard metabolic rate)及形态参数与易钓性是否存在关联。【方法】以广布种鲤科鱼类鲫(Carassius auratus)幼鱼为实验对象,在(25±0.5)℃条件下测定体质量相近、体格健康的40尾幼鱼的标准代谢率,随后在实验室环境中连续进行5d垂钓,每日垂钓20尾幼鱼即停止当日垂钓活动。【结果】1)第1d被钓出幼鱼的标准代谢率高于未被钓出幼鱼,具有统计学意义(p<0.05);随后连续4d中被钓出幼鱼与未被钓出幼鱼的标准代谢率之间的差异均不具有统计学意义。另外,每日被钓出幼鱼与未被钓出幼鱼的体质量之间的差异也无统计学意义,但被钓出幼鱼的体长在第3d和第5d大于未被钓出幼鱼,且具有统计学意义(p<0.05),并且被钓出幼鱼的肥满度在第3d高于未钓出组,具有统计学意义(p<0.05)。2)在5d的连续垂钓中,被钓上5次的幼鱼有3尾,被钓上1~4次的幼鱼分别为7,7,6,10尾,仅7尾幼鱼从未被钓出,单因素方差分析显示不同被钓出频次的幼鱼的标准代谢率之间差异不具有统计学意义。3)对5d中均被钓出的幼鱼的钓出顺序进行分析,发现它们每日被钓排序在整体上保持一致,而幼鱼的平均被钓次序号与它们的标准代谢率和形态参数均无统计学意义上的相关性。【结论】鲫幼鱼的首次被钓经历并不影响自身再次被钓;在体质量相近条件下,鲫的易钓性与外部形态(如体质量、体长或肥满度等)以及维持代谢有关。
     

The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 13

Chromosome 13 is the largest acrocentric human chromosome. It carries genes involved in cancer including the breast cancer type 2 (BRCA2) and retinoblastoma (RB1) genes, is frequently rearranged in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, and contains the DAOA locus associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. We describe completion and analysis of 95.5 megabases (Mb) of sequence from chromosome 13, which contains 633 genes and 296 pseudogenes. We estimate that more than 95.4% of the protein-coding genes of this chromosome have been identified, on the basis of comparison with other vertebrate genome sequences. Additionally, 105 putative non-coding RNA genes were found. Chromosome 13 has one of the lowest gene densities (6.5 genes per Mb) among human chromosomes, and contains a central region of 38 Mb where the gene density drops to only 3.1 genes per Mb.     

谐波小波样本熵与HMM模型的轴承故障模式识别

根据谐波小波分解非平稳振动信号优良特性与隐马尔科夫(HMM)模型的时序模式分类能力,提出了一种基于谐波小波样本熵与HMM模型结合的轴承故障模式识别方法.该方法首先利用谐波小波对轴承各个状态故障信号进行分解,进而由谐波小波三维时频网格图的频率层数特征计算合理的样本熵维数和阈值,依次提取轴承振动信号各层的样本熵构成特征向量序列;然后将序列前120组输入HMM模型中进行训练得到对应故障模型,剩余80组进行测试与识别,通过对比对数似然估计概率输出值确定轴承故障类型.实验通过与BP和RBF神经网络模型进行不同训练组数的正确识别率对比,验证了该组合方法具有识别准确率高,稳定性强的优点.     

Fringe is a glycosyltransferase that modifies Notch

Notch receptors function in highly conserved intercellular signalling pathways that direct cell-fate decisions, proliferation and apoptosis in metazoans. Fringe proteins can positively and negatively modulate the ability of Notch ligands to activate the Notch receptor. Here we establish the biochemical mechanism of Fringe action. Drosophila and mammalian Fringe proteins possess a fucose-specific beta1,3 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity that initiates elongation of O-linked fucose residues attached to epidermal growth factor-like sequence repeats of Notch. We obtained biological evidence that Fringe-dependent elongation of O-linked fucose on Notch modulates Notch signalling by using co-culture assays in mammalian cells and by expression of an enzymatically inactive Fringe mutant in Drosophila. The post-translational modification of Notch by Fringe represents a striking example of modulation of a signalling event by differential receptor glycosylation and identifies a mechanism that is likely to be relevant to other signalling pathways.     

Chemistry of ion coordination and hydration revealed by a K+ channel-Fab complex at 2.0 A resolution.

Ion transport proteins must remove an ion's hydration shell to coordinate the ion selectively on the basis of its size and charge. To discover how the K+ channel solves this fundamental aspect of ion conduction, we solved the structure of the KcsA K+ channel in complex with a monoclonal Fab antibody fragment at 2.0 A resolution. Here we show how the K+ channel displaces water molecules around an ion at its extracellular entryway, and how it holds a K+ ion in a square antiprism of water molecules in a cavity near its intracellular entryway. Carbonyl oxygen atoms within the selectivity filter form a very similar square antiprism around each K+ binding site, as if to mimic the waters of hydration. The selectivity filter changes its ion coordination structure in low K+ solutions. This structural change is crucial to the operation of the selectivity filter in the cellular context, where the K+ ion concentration near the selectivity filter varies in response to channel gating.     

钼-硫氰酸盐-甲基紫高灵敏离子缔合体系的研究和应用

本文研究了在聚乙烯醇存在下,钼(Ⅵ)—SCN—甲基紫高灵敏离子缔合体系,在0·10—0·14M硫酸介质中,该体系λ_(max)=530nm,表观摩尔吸光系数_(530)=9·20×10~5l·mol~(-1)·cm~(-1),0～μgM_0/25ml符合比尔定律,选择性较好,并用于钢铁中钼的测定。对显色反应机理作了初步探讨。     

Zr(0001)-(2×2)-O表面结构的分析

LEED强度的多重散射分析,进一步确定Zr与氧作用在低覆盖量下(<1ML),形成(2×2)-O结构,是氧吸附后进入Zr表面原子层下,占据八面体空位,形成有两层氧的under layer结构,Zr表面原子层有Fcc重构。分析得到的Zt-O键距为0.232nm,而Zr-Zr间距增大为0.268nm,比原来的距离增大约4.3％,这是由于氧插入的结果。     

On the complexity of self.

Self peptides bound to self major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules have been implicated both in positive and in negative selection of T cells during intrathymic development. We report here that the novel MHC-restricted monoclonal antibody Y-Ae detects the MHC class II bound form of a major self peptide. Y-Ae binds approximately 12% of the relevant MHC class II molecules on self antigen presenting cells. The peptide detected by Y-Ae is one of several major peptides eluted from the MHC molecule. These data suggest that self peptides presented by self MHC class II molecules at densities sufficient to signal a CD4 T cell are of very limited complexity. Furthermore, as Y-Ae stains antigen presenting cells that mediate negative selection but not thymic cortical epithelial cells that drive positive selection, differential expression of self peptide:self MHC class II complexes may be a key feature of intrathymic selection.     

Homeobox gene expression correlated with the bifurcation process of limb cartilage development.

The complex architecture of the limb cartilage pattern probably develops by the sequential segmentation and branching process of precartilaginous cell condensation under the control of positional signalling provided by the zone of polarizing activity (anteroposterior) and the apical ectodermal ridge (proximodistal). This signalling is monitored and interpreted in the mesenchymal cells and induces the position-specific response of subsets of genes. Homeobox genes may be responsible for the interpretation of signalling. A correlation between limb pattern and expression domains of the homeobox genes in the upstream region of Hox/Chox-4 has been proposed. We have analysed the spatial expression pattern of the Chox-1 genes during development of chick limb buds. In contrast to genes in Hox/Chox-4 expressed coordinately along the anteroposterior axis, homeobox genes in Chox-1 have unique and mutually exclusive expression domains along the proximodistal axis. We report here that the expression domains of the Chox-1 genes are closely related to the segmental structure of cartilage along the proximodistal axis, whereas the expression domains of the Chox-4 genes are related to the cartilage branching pattern.