嵌入式系统中USB Host功能的开发

采用自下向上的设计流程,在没有嵌入式操作系统支持的条件下,自主设计和实现了嵌入式USB Host功能．以ISP1362驱动USB海量存储类设备为例,描述了嵌入式USB Host系统的框架结构和底层驱动的设计方法．实验结果表明,遵从海量存储类子协议的USB设备,都能够被系统驱动,而且数据传输速度优于PC机驱动方式．     

湖北网湖湿地自然保护区两栖爬行动物资源调查

2004年对湖北省阳新县网湖湿地自然保护区的两栖类和爬行类进行了系统调查,分别记录到两栖类27种、爬行类38种．对它们的物种组成、地理区系特点和保护等级进行了研究,并提出了保护建议．     

基于主动学习的资源优化分配方案研究

从实际应用的角度阐述分析了主动学习算法在资源优化分配中的应用问题,首先分析了主动学习的发展问题,并给出了主动学习的数学描述,在此基础上,重点以学生分班为例阐述了主动学习算法的应用问题。     

具有给定共轭类长的有限非可解群

设G是有限非可解群且Z(G)=1.如果G的非中心共轭类长为pq,p r2,qr2,那么G同构于5次交错群A5;如果G的非中心共轭类长为15,5p,15p,5p2,3p3,那么G同构于5次对称群S5.     

基于类别不平衡的企业信用风险违约测度探索 ——以制造业上市公司为例

针对所获取的类别不平衡的深沪A股制造业上市公司财务数据,为了预测制造业上市公司信用违约情况,提出基于欠采样改进的Lasso-Logistic模型;首先通过计算WOE和IV值,剔除风险识别能力和稳定性较差的变量,接着从"数据"层面对现有的Lasso-Logistic模型进行批量欠采样处理,最后结合"算法"层面对Lasso...     

Diversity in enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductases

The enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (ENR) is the last enzyme in the fatty acid elongation cycle. Unlike most enzymes in this essential pathway, ENR displays an unusual diversity among organisms. The growing interest in ENRs is mainly due to the fact that a variety of both synthetic and natural antibacterial compounds are shown to specifically target their activity. The primary anti-tuberculosis drug, isoniazid, and the broadly used antibacterial compound, triclosan, both target this enzyme. In this review, we discuss the diversity of ENRs, and their inhibitors in the light of current research progress. Received 3 November 2008; received after revision 5 December 2008; accepted 8 December 2008     

Digoxin and ouabain increase the synthesis of cholesterol in human liver cells

Digoxin and ouabain are steroid drugs that inhibit the Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase, and are widely used in the treatment of heart diseases. They may also have additional effects, such as on metabolism of steroid hormones, although until now no evidence has been provided about the effects of these cardioactive glycosides on the synthesis of cholesterol. Here we report that digoxin and ouabain increased the synthesis of cholesterol in human liver HepG2 cells, enhancing the activity and the expression of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR), the rate-limiting enzyme of the cholesterol synthesis. This effect was mediated by the binding of the sterol regulatory element binding protein-2 (SREBP-2) to the HMGCR promoter, and was lost in cells silenced for SREBP-2 or loaded with increasing amounts of cholesterol. Digoxin and ouabain competed with cholesterol for binding to the SREBP-cleavage-activating protein, and are critical regulators of cholesterol synthesis in human liver cells. Received 10 January 2009; received after revision 11 February 2009; accepted 6 March 2009     

Sugar-mimicking glycosidase inhibitors: bioactivity and application

A large number of compounds mimicking the structures of monosaccharides or oligosaccharides have been discovered from natural sources. Such sugar mimics inhibit carbohydrate-degrading enzymes because of a structural resemblance to the sugar moiety of the natural substrate. Carbohydrate-degrading enzymes are involved in a wide range of important biological processes, such as intestinal digestion, posttranslational processing of the sugar chain of glycoproteins, their quality control mechanisms, lysosomal catabolism of glycoconjugates, and some viral infections. It has now been realized that inhibitors of the enzymes have enormous therapeutic potential in diabetes and lysosomal storage disorders. In this review, the general bioactivity, current applications, and the prospects for new therapeutic applications are described. Received 27 August 2008; received after revision 08 November 2008; accepted 03 December 2008     

Direct inhibition of phospholipid scrambling activity in erythrocytes by potassium ions

The exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) at the cell surface plays a critical role in blood coagulation and serves as a macrophage recognition moiety for the engulfment of apoptotic cells. Previous observations have shown that a high extracellular [K⁺] and selective K⁺ channel blockers inhibit PS exposure in platelets and erythrocytes. Here we show that the rate of PS exposure in erythrocytes decreases by ~50% when the intracellular [K⁺] increases from 0 to physiological concentrations. Using resealed erythrocyte membranes, we further show that lipid scrambling is inducible by raising the intracellular [Ca²⁺] and that K⁺ ions have a direct inhibitory effect on this process. Lipid scrambling in resealed ghosts occurs in the absence of cell shrinkage and microvesicle formation, processes that are generally attributed to Ca²⁺-induced lipid scrambling in intact erythrocytes. Thus, opening of Ca²⁺-sensitive K⁺ channels causes loss of intracellular K⁺ that results in reduced intrinsic inhibitory effect of these ions on scramblase activity. Received 11 September 2008; received after revision 17 October 2008; accepted 27 October 2008