The effect of ethanol on the biosynthesis and regulation of opioid peptides

Summary Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are serious health problems. Alcohol is known to influence the activity of a number of biological systems, for example the hormonal and neuronal systems. One of the biological systems whose activity is greatly influenced by alcohol is the endogenous opiate system. Alcohol modifies the function of both opiate receptors and opioid peptides. In fact it has been proposed that many of the effects of ethanol are mediated by its effects on the endogenous opiate system. This review will present results from various laboratories on the effects of acute and chronic ethanol treatments on various species, and on the release, biosynthesis and post-translational processing of the endorphins, enkephalins and dynorphins, the three known families of endogenous opioid peptides. Furthermore, the effect of acute and chronic ethanol consumption on the -endorphin system in man, and the possible implications of the functional activity of the endogenous opiate system for the genetic predisposition to alcoholism will be discussed.     

空间机构的位置分析

本文以“基本方向”确定空间机构中各构件的位置,并基于“基本方向”之间的关系以及机构的环路封闭条件,建立了机构位置分析的数学模型。将优化技术和求解非线性方程组迭代技术结合起来,提高了解决问题的可靠性及效率。     

凸轮—连杆机构运动的计算机辅助分析

本文提出了旋转坐标系的概念,从而不仅可将文献对低付机构的运动分析方法运用到含有高付的凸轮一连杆机构中,而且不必“高付低代”,即可进行机构在一个运动循环中的运动分析。本文编制了程序设计框图和程序,并通过实例给出了部分计算结果及线图。该程序设计框图和子程序“SUB”对其他机构运动分析具有一定的通用性。     

Determination of diel periodicity of sex pheromone release in three species of Lepidoptera by ‘closed-loop-stripping’

Summary By means of closed-loop-stripping and subsequent GC analyses the diel periodicity of release of (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate, (E)-8-dodecenyl acetate, and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, the main constituents of the respective sex pheromone blends ofMamestra brassicae, Cryptophlebia leucotreta andSpodoptera sunia females, was determined.Pheromones, 64. For the 63rd contribution we have taken from: Szöcs, G., Toth, M., Bestmann, H. J., Vostrowsky, O., Heath, R. R., and Tumlinson, J. H., Z. Naturforsch.42c (1987) 165; Pheromones, 62: Bestmann et al.¹³.     

Evaluation of the hepatotoxicological effects of a drug in an in vivo/in vitro model

Both in vivo and in vitro models have certain disadvantages for the study of the chronic hepatotoxicity of drugs. The aim of this work was to evaluate a new approach based on an in vivo/in vitro model. After chronic in vivo treatment of rats with Vincamine and Vindeburnol (an eburnamenine derivative which exhibits hepatotoxic properties in man) liver cells were isolated, and functional and metabolic disorders (metabolic utilization of fructose and protein biosynthesis) were studied to determine injury. The results showed no modification of blood parameters, but a direct relationship between the dose of Vindeburnol administered in vivo and the metabolic disorders observed in vitro, evidencing the high sensitivity and reliability of this model.     

Determination of certain physical and chemical characteristics of the activating serum factor from preparturient women and women with habitual abortions

Summary Follow-up investigation of the blood sera from preparturient women and women with habitual, abortions showed the presence of a factor which has an activating effect on smooth muscle preparations because it causes the release of prostaglandins. Gel-chromatographic counter flow separation and microelectrophoresis of the blood sera have shown that the isolated serum factor is a water soluble glycopeptide with a molecular weight of about 2000.     

Juvenile hormone titre and regulation in the cockroachDiploptera punctata

Summary Titres of juvenile hormone (JH) have been determined in both hemolymph and whole body extracts of femaleDiploptera punctata during the first gonotrophic cycle using a method employing gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for qualitative and quantitative analysis. JH III is the sole JH found in both adult and last instarD. punctata. Maximum values of 1500 ng/ml (6M) were observed at the middle of the gonotrophic cycle, when basal oocyte growth rate was greatest. Changes in rates of JH release in vitro by corpora allata paralleled closely the changes in JH titre, suggesting that biosynthesis is a major regulator of titre. JH levels per animal were calculated from observed JH titres, and at certain time points in the gonotrophic cycle JH levels obtained from analysis of whole bodies were significantly greater than those predicted from hemolymph titres. These results suggest the existence of a nonhemolymph JH pool inD. punctata. Decay in JH titre after allatectomy of 5 day females has also been studied. Following a rapid initial decline, the rate of decay slowed appreciably 4 h post-operation. Thus, use of a first-order rate constant to estimate half-life of JH significantly underestimated the longevity of the hormone. The apparent persistence of JH following allatectomy may be due to the existence of a nonhemolymph JH pool.     

Adrenocortical metabolism and plasma corticosterone in soman intoxicated rabbits

Summary The organophosphate neurotoxin soman produced impairments in adrenocortical RNA and protein metabolism. Fasciculate and reticular cell RNA and protein contents were supporessed with sublethal to acutely lethal dosages (20, 30 and 40 g/kg, s.c.) during the acute excitatory phase of intoxication and at 6–8 h post injection. All three dosages produced ca 90% inactivation of plasma cholinesterase. A transient elevation of plasma corticosterone occurred with 20 g/kg soman whereas there was a protracted increase with 30 g/kg. Corticosterone was not significantly elevated with 40 g/kg, but death occurred at 13±4 min. Thus, the magnitude and/or nature of soman-induced metabolic impairments does not appear to prevent adrenal activation.Supported by US Army Medical Research and Development Command Contract DAMD 17-81-C-1202.     

凹坑板式空气预热器的传热特性及多目标优化

以全焊接型凹坑板式空气预热器为对象,基于最优设计试验方案,运用Workbench Fluent软件数值模拟凹坑板片特征结构参数对传热流阻性能的影响。基于参数敏感度分析,得到单因素作用下对传热流阻性能的影响程度为凹坑的纵向间距>长轴>横向间距>深度。基于响应曲面法分析,得到多因素协同作用时,凹坑之间的结构参数横纵距对性能影响比凹坑自身的结构参数深径比大。基于遗传算法以摩擦因子f最小、努塞尔数Nu与综合换热因子J_F最大为优化目标,得到给定范围内的3组较优结构组合。     

基于深度学习的红外与可见光图像融合综述

图像融合技术是指从不同的源图像中提取并融合互补的信息,生成一幅信息量更丰富、对后续高级视觉任务提供足够支持的图像.红外与可见光图像融合（Infrared and Visible Image Fusion,IVIF）是图像融合领域的一个重要分支.近年来,深度学习技术在视觉计算领域表现出了良好的性能,尤其是基于自编码器、卷积神经网络、生成对抗网络等几种基于深度学习的IVIF技术得到了蓬勃发展.为此,对基于深度学习的IVIF算法的方法、数据集和评估指标等进行了总结和阐述;通过大量的实验,进行定性和定量的结果分析,对比了各类基于深度学习IVIF算法的性能;最后,讨论了该领域未来发展的一些前景和研究方向.