Induction of hemopoietic chimerism in the caprine fetus by intraperitoneal injection of fetal liver cells

Summary Intraperitoneal injection of allogeneic liver cells from 43-day-old male fetuses into normal 60-day female goat fetuses resulted in persistent hemopoietic chimerism in surviving recipients without clinical evidence of graft-versus-host disease. Transplantation of normal fetal liver cells into preimmunocompetent goat fetuses affected with -D-mannosidosis may provide an alternative strategy for evaluating hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of human lysosomal storage diseases.     

The contents of the pygidial gland of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Summary The principal constituent of the pygidial gland ofNothomyrmecia macrops is 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-2-one, a substance not previously identified in insects. Also identified were 2,6-dimethylhept-5-enal, 2-nonanone, indole, -dodecalactone, and the hydrocarbons pentadecane, heptadecane, heptadecene and heptadecadiene, all in low nanogram quantities.     

Bicuculline and picrotoxin block γ-aminobutryic acid-gated Cl− conductance by different mechanisms

Summary Using isolated, internally perfused bullfrog dorsal root ganglion cells we have studied the dose-response curves for -aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the presence of internally or externally applied GABA antagonists. With external application of antagonists the inhibition of the GABA current by bicuculline was competitive and that by picrotoxin was noncompetitive. Picrotoxin but not bicuculline blocked when internally perfused.To whom reprint requests should be addressed.Acknowledgments. We thank Drs S. Minakami and S. Yasui for helpful discussions and comments.     

Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection

Summary Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection have disporven some of the central tenets of both the handicap mechanism and the sexy son hypothesis. These results suggest that the good genes approach to sexual selection may generally lead to erroneous results.Runaway sexual selection seems possible under a wide variety of circumstances. Quantittive genetic models have revealed runaway processes for sexually selected attributes expressed in both sexes and for attributes of parental care. Furthermore, the runaway could occur simultaneously in a series of populations that straddle an environmental gradient. While the models support the feasibility of runaway processes, empirical studies are needed to evaluate whether runaways actually happen. Estimates of critical genetic parameters are particularly needed, as well as measures of natural and sexual selection acting on the same population.The models also show that sexual selection has tremendous potential to produce population differentiation, particularly in epigamic traits. Differentiation is promoted by indeterminancy of evolutionary outcome, transient differences among populations during the final slow approach to equilibrium, sampling drift among equilibrium populations, and the tendency of sexual selection to amplify geographic variation arising from spatial differences in natural selection. Recent work with two- and three-locus models of sexual selection has produced results that parallel the results of the polygenic models^36–38,58. Thus the feature of indeterminate equilibria (outcome dependent on initial conditions) is common to both types of model.     

A major metabolite of Δ1-tetrahydrocannabinol reduces its cataleptic effect in mice

Summary The results described here demonstrate that THC-induced catalepsy in mice can be substantially inhibited by the prior administration of ¹-THC-7-oic acid, the major metabolite of THC in most species including humans. This raises the possibility that the intensity and duration of action of THC may depend to a large degree on the levels of this metabolite at the sites of action.We thank the National Institute on Drug Abuse for supporting this project by grants DA-02043 and DA-02052 and for supplying all of the cannabinoids. One of us (S.B.) is also the recipient of a Research Scientist Award from NIDA. We are grateful to Kristen Carlson and Thomas Honeyman for helpful suggestions in preparing this report.     

基于改进RPN的孪生小样本电力目标检测

为了解决当前电力系统巡检难度大、效率低、数据不足以支撑大规模训练的问题,提出一种基于孪生网络的小样本检测方法。首先,在Faster RCNN(faster region convolutional neural network)目标识别算法的框架下,搭建支持图片和查询图片共享的孪生网络模型;然后,利用改进的RPN(region proposal network)模块产生更高质量的proposals;最后,在检测头上对支持图片和查询图片的RoI(region of interest)进行关联匹配。结果表明,将算法应用于自主构建的EPD(electric power detection)数据集,在仅利用10张支持图片的情况下,就能实现对电力背景下鸟巢异物和绝缘子相关类别的检测,检测指标mAP达到18.92%。与其他算法相比,应用于电力行业目标检测的孪生网络小样本模型,在极端小样本情况下性能优良,同时具有更加轻量化的优势,可为电力检测新方法研究提供参考。     

面向对象的二叉树装配模型研究

文章研究可装配性设计中的产品装配建模,提出一种以装配体为对象并能充分反映装配过程特点的二叉树装配模型。应用面向对象技术,建立了相应的数据结构及应用框架,为可装配性评价奠定了基础,也可做为通用的产品装配模型应用于ＣＡＰＰ等领域。     

成组技术中面向对象的参数化模型

针对传统成组技术中的编码系统难以使用、编码不够精确和重用困难等问题,提出在成组技术中构造面向对象的参数化模型．该模型用类来描述零件簇,构成零件类的结构层次,生成零件描述的框架;用参数化方法从零件类实例化生成对象,以对象来表示具体的零件;查询时,以零件的特征和零件的具体参数来驱动,加速搜索的过程,并使结果更加精确;找到相同或相近零件对象后,在某个类层次上重用以前的设计．该模型的提出为成组技术的应用提供了新的途径．     

结构化面向对象形式规格说明语言OOZS——设计原理

形式方法与面向对象方法的综合使用可以使它们各自的优点得到充分体现：形式方法使目标软件系统的需求规格说明简明、精确,面向对象方法使目标软件系统的组织和分解工作更加系统、自然．本文讨论了Ｚ规格说明语言的应用限制,并在Ｚ语言的基础上介绍了结构化面向对象形式规格说明语言——ＯＯＺＳ的设计方法．该语言吸收了面向对象程序设计语言ＳｍａｌＴａｌｋ、Ｃ＋＋以及形式规格说明语言ＶＤＭ、Ｚｃ、Ｚ．Ｓ等的优点,引入了类、继承、入口、出口、Ｐｒｅ谓词、Ｐｏｓｔ谓词等机制,并对Ｚ语言的符号进行结构化处理,提高了形式规格说明的层次性和模块化能力,可用于大型面向对象软件系统需求规格说明的编写