Oxygen consumption and the evolution of order: negentropy criteria applied to the evolution of ants

Optimization of energy use by evolving organisms, predicted by theoretical extensions of the neo-Darwinian theory, i. contrasted with that of irreversible thermodynamics, which predicts an increase in orderliness and thus an increase in energy consumption per unit of biomass. We compared this index with estimates of social complexity among ant genera and species. Our results show that simple optimization models cannot explain experimental data, and that social complexity correlates differently with negentropy at different levels of analysis. Comparing the genera among Formicidae, workers (not colonies) from genera with highly social species are less negentropic than those of socially primitive ones. At the sub-generic level, social complexity correlated positively with negentropy among species, for major workers inAcromyrmex and for minor workers inAtta. The results illustrate the complexity of thermodynamic criteria in the study of evolution but also hint at their usefulness. In this case, they show that two different evolutionary routes to the complex Attini ant societies may exist.     

转座子的起源及其和物种进化的关系

关于转座子的属性及其起源问题现在还没有解决,在这篇论文中,作者经过分析提出了转座子由病毒或逆转录病毒退化而来的观点,并且阐述了转座子与物种进化之间的关系,主要从转座子影响物种适应性和引起基因突变,染色体畸变两个方面进行了说明。     

核酸序列的模糊聚类与分子进化

将核酸序列(编码区)分成几类,求出每类的平均信息参数(D_L),用模糊聚类的方法研究它们的相似性和同源性,求出各级相似分岔值并导出动态聚类图.证明了短程相似分岔与序列进化有明显的相性,即L=2-5的一级相似分岔值与物种出现地质年代的对数保持较好的线性关系.     

发展方程Ut=aup的恒稳定的差分格式

对发展方程u_t=au_p(a是常数,u_p=■~pu/■x~p,P=1,2,…)引入稳定项,构造了一组新的带参数、相容且恒稳定的三层差分格式.其中P为偶数的格式(2.6)是显格式,是Du Fort—F■ankel格式的推广;P为奇数的格式(3.2),(3.3)及(3.4)是半显格式,可显式计算,(3.5)与(3.6)是隐格式,它们对应的线性方程组的系数矩阵为三对角线阵,可用追赶法求解.     

New structure model of oxygen-evolving center and mechanism for oxygen evolution in photosynthesis

So far, many important questions and problems concerning the structure and mechanism of photosynthetic oxygen evolution are still unsolved. On the basis of recent achievements in this field, a new structure model is proposed whereby two H2O molecules bind asymmetrically to two manganese ions (Mn1Ⅱ and Mn4Ⅲ) at the open end of "C" shaped cluster and keep rather large distance. Two histidine residues coordinate to the other two manganese ions in higher oxidation state (Mn2Ⅳ and Mn3Ⅳ ) through their nitrogen atoms of the imidazole. Cl bound as terminal ligand to Mn4Ⅲl is connected to Ca, and the latter is needed to maintain the special configuration of two Mn2O2 units by bridged-oxo and bridged-carboxylate ligands. The whole structure of oxygen evolution center is asymmetry. A new mechanism for oxygen evolution invokes predictions of asymmetric oxidation of two H2O molecules, dynamic structural changes of oxygen e-volving center and indirect proton transport, etc. Only in S2 state, could Mn1Ⅳ = O. intermediate with high oxidation potential be formed. The S2→S3 process occurs with significant structural changes, as well as intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen transfer. The S3 state corresponds to intermediate of Mn1Ⅳ-O… H… O-Mn4Ⅳ . During S3→ [S4] →S0, the O-O bond is formed only in S4 state. The change of nucleophilic interaction between Cl and manganese ions different oxidation states has consequence for the significant structural changes in H2O oxidation process.     

法律教育的实效性研究——论学生法律思维的积淀与养成

学生法律思维的培养是提高学校法律教育实效的基础性环节。它可通过案例分析、模拟法庭训练、法律诊所等诸多方式来实现，进而提高法律教育的实效性。     

浙江金衢盆地八十年代气候变化趋势及灾害演变特征分析

本文分析了本世纪八十年代金衢盆地的气候变化趋势。与前三个年代（五十、六十、七十年代）比较，八十年代具有变冷，少光，洪涝灾害频繁的趋势特征。同时，春季“三寒”（倒春寒、种田寒、５月寒），晚春初夏异常高温危害，夏凉，冬暖等异常现象突出。着重分析了气候变化及灾害演变对农林环境的不利影响，讨论了九十年代气候变异趋势及其对策。     

组织协作网与决策树

基于组织基本组成元素(决策者、平台和任务)的定义描述了组织协作网与决策树。通过对组织协作网与决策树的描述分析提出了组织结构设计的新思路:基于决策个体在任务上的协作关系设计最佳的决策树(组织决策的层次结构)。并描述了从组织协作网到决策树的生成过程,对生成过程的求解采用了优化协作树算法。针对案例对决策树的产生进行了求解和分析。