The role of repair in radiobiology

Summary Apart from cancer and mutation induction, radiobiological effects on mammals are mostly attributable to cell death, defined as loss of proliferative capacity. Survival curves relate retention of that capacity to radiation dose, and often manifest a quasi-threshold (shoulder). The shoulder is attributable to an initial mechanism of repair (Q-repair) which is gradually depleted as dose increases. Another form of repair, which is not depleted (P-repair), increases the dose required to deliver an average of one lethal event per cell (dose D₀). Neither form of repair can unambiguously be linked with repair of defects in isolated DNA. An important initial lesion may well be disruption of the complex structural relationship between the DNA, nuclear membrane and associated proteins. One form of P-repair may be restoration of that structural relationship.     

Bromocriptine-induced removal of endoplasmic membranes from prolactinoma cells

Summary Adenomatous prolactin cells lose 39% of their cytoplasm volume within 7 days after the beginning of bromocriptine treatment. A simultaneous reduction of the rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus occurs. Their membranes are removed by rapid transport along the secretory pathway to the cell surface and to lysosomal destruction.We thank Prof. E. del Pozo, Sandoz Ltd, Basle, for the generous gift of injectable bromocriptine, Prof. E.R. Weibel, Dept. of Anatomy, University of Bern, for his technical advice, Dr U. Helfenstein, Institute of Biostatistics, University of Zürich, for his help in the statistical evaluation of the results and the EMDO-Foundation, Zürich, for financial support.     

微生物共培养产生新颖活性次生代谢产物的研究进展

微生物源天然产物是药物先导化合物的重要资源之一.近年来,利用微生物共培养产生各类天然产物的研究发展迅速.微生物共培养是一种通过模拟（微生物）栖息地/栖息环境以激活可能的沉默生物合成基因簇并进而诱导微生物产生新次生代谢物的有效方法.与菌株纯培养相比,共培养不仅增加了次级代谢产物的种类多样性,而且其生物活性及产量也得到了提高.文章就近5年来真菌与真菌、真菌与细菌、细菌与细菌等3种类型的微生物共培养研究成果进行了综述,同时简要介绍了用于分析共培养作用机制的多组学技术,并在此基础上探讨了微生物共培养相互作用机制研究的进展及挑战.综述旨在为微生物共培养的深入研究提供借鉴,并为微生物药物的开发提供新思路.     

基于层次注意力机制的垃圾用户检测模型

目前基于网络的垃圾用户检测方法只考虑了简单社会关系,缺乏对更多复杂社会语义关系的利用,难以达到最优性能.针对这一挑战,提出一种基于层次注意力机制的垃圾用户检测模型(HAM-SD).模型首先使用异质信息网络对社交媒体进行建模,挖掘丰富的语义与结构信息,接着利用节点级注意力层聚合元路径邻居增强节点表示,同时利用自适应层级聚合模块选择不同层级特征提升表征能力,然后通过语义级注意力层融合不同元路径下的节点表示,最后带入分类检测模块实现垃圾用户检测.在公开数据集上的实验结果表明该模型能够有效检测垃圾用户,并在不平衡数据分布时保持较强的稳定性.     

基于量子微粒群优化算法的半透明介质光学参数反演

针对半透明介质光学参数估计问题,建立了脉冲激光辐照下半透明介质光学参数反演模型,采用量子微粒群优化(QPSO)算法反演了折射率和吸收系数,分析了测量误差、热物性参数对反演结果的影响,并利用敏感性分析揭示了反演精度与测量误差的关系.计算结果表明：建立的反演模型和采用的QPSO算法可以精确估计折射率和吸收系数,即使人为添加10%的测量误差,反演结果依然具有较强的鲁棒性和准确度.本研究可为半透明介质物性参数获取提供技术参考.     

利用时域间断伽辽金算法 求解Tellegen介质中的电磁波

目前,利用时域间断伽辽金方法（DGTD）求解各类介质中的电磁传播问题时,通常考虑求解普通介质本构关系的麦克斯韦方程组。 然而,具有非互易性本构关系的Tellegen介质中的电磁传播非常复杂,且少有研究。基于Tellegen介质的本构关系,推导出了一种适用于该介质的时域间断伽辽金系统矩阵离散方案,准确模拟了平面波在Tellegen介质中的时域传播特性。利用所提出的算法,计算了空气与Tellegen介质的分层空间模型,分析了Tellegen介质对电磁波极化偏转角度的影响;同时,针对不同电磁参数的Tellegen介质,计算了反射波与透射波的电场偏转角度,并将时域间断伽辽金方案计算的结果与文献［1］以及解析解进行了对比,验证了该方法的有效性与可行性。     

Energy flow and community structure in freshwater ecosystems

The goal of this article is twofold: 1) It aims at providing an overview on some major results obtained from energy flow studies in individuals, populations, and communities, and 2) it will also focus on major mechanisms explaining community structures. The basis for any biological community to survive and establish a certain population density is on the one hand energy fixation by primary producers together with adequate nutrient supply and the transfer of energy between trophic levels (bottom-up effect). On the other hand, predator pressures may strongly control prey population densities one or more trophic levels below (top-down effect). Other interpopulation effects include competition, chemical interactions and evolutionary genetic processes, which further interact and result in the specific structuring of any community with respect to species composition and population sizes.     

海南岛美洲斑潜蝇生物学特性及其防治研究

通过室内饲养观察和田间系统调查,研究了海南岛美洲斑潜蝇的生物学特性,并采用干扰作用控制指数（ＩＰＣ）评价了几种杀虫剂对美洲斑潜蝇种群的控制作用．结果表明：１）该虫在海南年发生１９～２０代,卵历期２～４ｄ,幼虫历期３～７ｄ,蛹历期７ｄ,成虫寿命在１５ｄ左右;２）１．８％集琦虫螨克和１％农哈哈对美洲斑潜蝇种群控制效果较好,其干扰作用控制指数分别为０．１１６和０．１１１;而９８％的巴丹对美洲斑潜蝇种群控制效果较差,ＩＰＣ值为０．２４６;４０％的氧化乐果的控制效果最差,ＩＰＣ值为０．３０１     

多孔介质应力关系方程

Ｔｅｒｚａｇｈｉ方程（σ＝σＧ＋Ｐ）是描述多孔介质应力关系的经典方程,由于方程同时定义了二个不可测量,因而是不实用的;方程没有引入反映多孔介质特性的最重要参数（φ）,因而是不妥当的;鉴于方程存在的问题,本文对其进行了深入的研究,重新建立了多孔介质应力之间的关系方程：σ＝φＰ＋（１－φ）σＧ;由于φ的引入,新方程更全面、更合理地反映了多孔介质固有的力学特性．     

激光照射对金鱼受精卵生物效应的研究

本文采用He－Ne632．8um激光照射金鱼受精卵,实验结果表明不同剂量的激光照射对金鱼的受精率、孵化时间和孵化率等的影响是不同的,存在一个最佳照射剂量,在此剂量下各生物性能指标均有较大的提高．跟踪观察发现经激光照射而孵化出的金鱼有较大的变异。