Hormonal induction of steroid sulphatase in the mouse

Summary By comparing steroid sulphatase levels per se, and also ratios to -galactosidase, in 6 sets of mice — normal females, entire and castrated males both with and without exogenous testosterone administration — we obtained support for the contention that induction of this enzyme is in part controlled by male hormones.     

Examination of naturally occurring polyacetylenes and α-terthienyl for their ability to induce cytogenetic damage

Summary -Terthienyl and 5 polyacetylenes were examined for chromosome damaging activity using Syrian hamster cells. None of these naturally occurring compounds induced sister chromatid exchanges and neither -terthienyl nor phenylheptatriyne induced chromosome aberrations.The authors wish to thank the National Science and Engineering Research Council for financial support of this research.     

Chu Shih-chieh's Suan-hsüeh ch'i-meng (introduction to mathematical studies)

Conclusion The multi-faceted content of the SHCM and its collection of rules and tables made it an important mathematical work not only in China, but also in Korea and Japan. This book clearly demonstrated Chu's predominant interest in the field of algebra and his contribution to the solution of numerical equations of higher degree, which was a prelude to his famous treatise the Ssu-yüan yü-chien.     

用子波变换分析方法实时监测视觉诱发电位的潜伏期

诱发电位的实时监测在临床中有重要意义。本文提出利用多分辨率子波分析技术来实时监测视觉诱发电位的潜伏期。为克服随机噪声的影响，我们引入相邻响应的相关系数来修正所检测得的潜伏期的偏移，并应用前一次响应的波峰位置来决定当前的搜寻范围。实验表明，本方法能实时监测视觉诱发电位的潜伏期。     

球形棕囊藻北部湾株对不同形态磷源的利用及碱性磷酸酶特性研究

【目的】探讨球形棕囊藻(Phaeocystis globosa)北部湾株BBW PG-01对不同磷源利用能力的差异以及碱性磷酸酶(Alkaline phosphatase,AP)特性,揭示溶解有机磷(Dissolved organic phosphorus,DOP)在该藻赤潮发生时的重要作用。【方法】在实验室培养条件下,以KH_2PO_4(PO_4~(3-))、核糖核酸(RNA)、葡萄糖-6-磷酸钠盐(G-6-P)、三磷酸腺苷二钠(ATP)和卵磷脂(LEC)作为磷源,对比研究BBW PG-01在这5种不同磷源培养条件下的生长特征及碱性磷酸酶活性(Alkaline phosphatase activity,APA),并结合磷饥饿条件下的无机磷吸收动力学及碱性磷酸酶动力学分析其对无机磷和有机磷的竞争机制。【结果】5种形态磷源均可被BBW PG-01利用,RNA为其最优生长磷源,而以大分子有机磷LEC为磷源时生长最差,两者最大细胞密度分别为4.40×10~8 cells/L和2.39×10~8 cells/L,水解大分子DOP可能需要更高的酶活性。动力学研究结果表明,在磷缺乏的条件下,BBW PG-01具有通过高亲和力来竞争磷源以维持生长的能力。【结论】球形棕囊藻北部湾株在AP的作用下,能够利用多种DOP进行生长,且在低磷条件下对无机磷(DIP)和DOP均具有较强的竞争能力,海洋中DOP可能是球形棕囊藻赤潮暴发和维持的重要磷源。     

南大西洋至几内亚湾冬季海浪传播特性

为解决南大西洋至几内亚湾海域的海浪组成成分、传播特性及来源这3个该海域一直需要解决的问题，建立SWAN （Simulating WAves Nearshore）双层嵌套海浪模型对南大西洋至几内亚湾冬季海浪时空分布进行模拟分析，结果表明：南大西洋海浪有效波高呈高纬度区（30°S以南）向低纬度区（30°S以北）递减的趋势 ，高纬度区海浪传播方向与风场关系密切，低纬度区则与风场差异明显；南大西洋涌浪波高与混合浪波高分布高度相关，涌浪在混合浪中所占比例较大，尤其在风速较小的低纬度海域更为显著；南大西洋中部至几内亚湾存在相对固定的S-SW涌浪系统，其能量在二维海浪谱上分布集中，空间方向上分布范围较窄；模拟时段内几内亚湾呈明显的涌浪主导状态，通过对有效波高最大时刻的一次涌浪过程溯源发现，影响几内亚湾的涌浪可追溯至约6.5天前南大西洋咆哮西风带海域的强风浪。     

初道屏蔽效应对低能电子碰撞H(e,2e)反应的影响

考虑初道屏蔽效应,研究了低能电子碰撞H(e,2e)的反应过程.计算了共面非对称几何条件下能量为27.2 eV的入射电子碰撞H(e,2e)反应的三重微分截面(TDCS),将其计算结果与3C、DS3C和CDS3C模型所得结果及实验数据进行了比较,结果表明CDS3C模型能对上述碰撞过程成功描述,改善了与实验结果的符合程度.     

材料科学与工程专业综合实验的教学改革与实践

针对人才培养及专业特点，开设了应用型、模块化、综合性的材料科学与工程专业综合实验，经过改革和实践，在培养学生综合实践能力和创新意识等方面取得了较好的效果，同时也提出了进一步改革和完善的设想。     

Sensitivity to antitubulin chemotherapeutics is regulated by MCL1 and FBW7

Microtubules have pivotal roles in fundamental cellular processes and are targets of antitubulin chemotherapeutics. Microtubule-targeted agents such as Taxol and vincristine are prescribed widely for various malignancies, including ovarian and breast adenocarcinomas, non-small-cell lung cancer, leukaemias and lymphomas. These agents arrest cells in mitosis and subsequently induce cell death through poorly defined mechanisms. The strategies that resistant tumour cells use to evade death induced by antitubulin agents are also unclear. Here we show that the pro-survival protein MCL1 (ref. 3) is a crucial regulator of apoptosis triggered by antitubulin chemotherapeutics. During mitotic arrest, MCL1 protein levels decline markedly, through a post-translational mechanism, potentiating cell death. Phosphorylation of MCL1 directs its interaction with the tumour-suppressor protein FBW7, which is the substrate-binding component of a ubiquitin ligase complex. The polyubiquitylation of MCL1 then targets it for proteasomal degradation. The degradation of MCL1 was blocked in patient-derived tumour cells that lacked FBW7 or had loss-of-function mutations in FBW7, conferring resistance to antitubulin agents and promoting chemotherapeutic-induced polyploidy. Additionally, primary tumour samples were enriched for FBW7 inactivation and elevated MCL1 levels, underscoring the prominent roles of these proteins in oncogenesis. Our findings suggest that profiling the FBW7 and MCL1 status of tumours, in terms of protein levels, messenger RNA levels and genetic status, could be useful to predict the response of patients to antitubulin chemotherapeutics.     

饱和消费者的经济均衡存在定理

研究当消费者处于饱和状态时经济均衡的存在性问题,利用角谷不动点定理,给出了一个均衡存在性定理.