Neural encoding of individual words and faces by the human hippocampus and amygdala

Patients with lesions in the medial temporal lobe (MTL) of the brain, which includes the hippocampus, amygdala and parahippocampal gyrus, are severely impaired in their ability to remember and recognize words or faces which they saw only a short time ago. These lesions also prevent the effect of word repetition on cortical event-related potentials that are associated with these tasks. We have been able to study the response of individual neurons in the human medial temporal lobe to such delayed recognition tasks in epileptic patients undergoing neurosurgery. We found that some MTL neurons preferentially fired on sight of one particular word from a set of ten words used in a memory task, and others fired in response to one particular face. This stimulus-specific firing was maximal during the time that the neocortical event potentials are most sensitive to stimulus repetition, suggesting that the MTL contributes specific information to the cortex during the retrieval of recent memories.     

半胱氨酸亚金铵的合成、理化性质及电镀金应用

以半胱氨酸为配体合成一种新型亚金配合物NH4Au(Cys)2,对该配合物进行元素分析、红外光谱、紫外光谱、热失重分析和导电性测量等理化性质研究;以该亚金配合物为金源开展相关的电镀金工艺探索,并通过四因素三水平的正交试验获得其最佳条件参数;采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和X线衍射(XRD)对镀金层的表面质量进行探讨。研究结果表明:该目标产物的分子式为NH4Au(Cys)2·2H2O,该配合物中以半胱氨酸的巯基和金配位为成健特征,在170℃以下热稳定性较好,该亚金配合物是一个典型的离子化合物。在电流密度为200~300 A/m2,p H为10.5~12.0,温度为35~45℃,金质量浓度为15~25 g/L的电镀工艺条件下,得到粒度为0.5~1.0μm的单质金,且主要沿着(111)面进行生长。     

随机纳米碳管网络及其渗流性质

数值模拟了实验上构造纳米碳管网络的溶液沉积方法.与一般的随机网络模型不同,将碳管的长度计算在内,而且考虑了不同的空间相交位形.数值模拟发现网络的度分布为高斯分布,平均集聚系数约为0.11.当网络中碳管平均面密度取值在σ0=179 200根/cm2附近时,网络系综达到渗流.在临界点附近,网络的连通概率p、两极之间电导G、...     

十六位微机教学实验系统分析与改进

本文在分析CCT－88／51／98教学实验系统监控程序的基础上，对该教学实验系统监控程序中存在的问题作出了一些改进。     

Calcineurin/NFAT signalling regulates pancreatic beta-cell growth and function

The growth and function of organs such as pancreatic islets adapt to meet physiological challenges and maintain metabolic balance, but the mechanisms controlling these facultative responses are unclear. Diabetes in patients treated with calcineurin inhibitors such as cyclosporin A indicates that calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) signalling might control adaptive islet responses, but the roles of this pathway in beta-cells in vivo are not understood. Here we show that mice with a beta-cell-specific deletion of the calcineurin phosphatase regulatory subunit, calcineurin b1 (Cnb1), develop age-dependent diabetes characterized by decreased beta-cell proliferation and mass, reduced pancreatic insulin content and hypoinsulinaemia. Moreover, beta-cells lacking Cnb1 have a reduced expression of established regulators of beta-cell proliferation. Conditional expression of active NFATc1 in Cnb1-deficient beta-cells rescues these defects and prevents diabetes. In normal adult beta-cells, conditional NFAT activation promotes the expression of cell-cycle regulators and increases beta-cell proliferation and mass, resulting in hyperinsulinaemia. Conditional NFAT activation also induces the expression of genes critical for beta-cell endocrine function, including all six genes mutated in hereditary forms of monogenic type 2 diabetes. Thus, calcineurin/NFAT signalling regulates multiple factors that control growth and hallmark beta-cell functions, revealing unique models for the pathogenesis and therapy of diabetes.     

用模糊综合评判法评价变电所所址

变电所选址是电力系统规划的一个重要环节。但与变电所所址有关的因素错综复杂,很难仅凭经验就能确定最佳所址。本文采用模糊综合评判方法对备选所址进行评判,确定其优先次序。在模糊综合评判中,各因素的权重分配对结果起决定性作用,用层次分析法确定与所址密切相关的各个因素相对总体目标而言的权重,使得权重的确定更科学。算例表明该方法是可行的。     

Reasons for relativism: Feyerabend on the ‘Rise of Rationalism’ in ancient Greece

This paper argues that essential features of Feyerabend's philosophy, namely his radicalization of critical rationalism and his turn to relativism, could be understood better in the light of his engagement with early Greek thought. In contrast to his earlier, Popperian views he came to see the Homeric worldview as a genuine alternative, which was not falsified by the Presocratics. Unlike socio–psychological and externalist accounts my reading of his published and unpublished material suggests that his alternative reconstruction of the ancient beginnings of the Western scientific tradition motivate and justify his moderate Protagorean relativism.     

用脸谱图对太子河本溪市区段河流沉积物中重金属污染进行评价的研究

本文将沉积学原理及国际上新发展的两种重金属污染评价方法与多变量的图表示法——脸谱图相结合,对太子河本溪市区段河道沉积物中重金属的污染状况及潜在生态危害进行了综合性的评价研究。从脸谱图上可以直观地看出各采样点重金属的污染情况和潜在生态危害程度。从研究结果可以看出,太子河本溪市区段河道沉积物中重金属的污染是很严重的。     

寻找四元域上n维线性空间中n/2维自对偶子空间的方法

本文讨论F4上n维线性空间的k维子空间W，这些子空间都有特定的自同构群(实际上是典型群GLn(F4)的一个子群)，根据群中元素形式的不同可将子空间W分为两类，并对寻找n维空间中形如这两类的n／2维自对偶子空间提供了一种采用降低维数寻找的方法。     

多梯度复杂图像的分割

图像分割是一种重要的图像分析技术,它不仅得到人们广泛的重视和研究,也在实际中得到大量的应用。本文针对一些经典分割算法对多梯度复杂图像分割边缘定位不准确,易受噪声干扰的特点,提出了一种利用图像边缘区域对多梯度复杂图像进行自适应阈值分割的算法。通过对各种算法的比较,本算法抗干扰能力较强,稳定性好,而且完全自动,不需预先设定任何参数。对多种图像的实验表明本文方法十分有效。