The modernity of Dedekind’s anticipations contained in What are numbers and what are they good for?

Archive for History of Exact Sciences - We show that Dedekind, in his proof of the principle of definition by mathematical recursion, used implicitly both the concept of an inductive cone from an...     

The expansion of GPCR transactivation-dependent signalling to include serine/threonine kinase receptors represents a new cell signalling frontier

G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signalling is mediated through transactivation-independent signalling pathways or the transactivation of protein tyrosine kinase receptors and the recently reported activation of the serine/threonine kinase receptors, most notably the transforming growth factor-β receptor family. Since the original observation of GPCR transactivation of protein tyrosine kinase receptors, there has been considerable work on the mechanism of transactivation and several pathways are prominent. These pathways include the “triple membrane bypass” pathway and the generation of reactive oxygen species. The recent recognition of GPCR transactivation of serine/threonine kinase receptors enormously broadens the GPCR signalling paradigm. It may be predicted that the transactivation of serine/threonine kinase receptors would have mechanistic similarities with transactivation of tyrosine kinase pathways; however, initial studies suggest that these two transactivation pathways are mechanistically distinct. Important questions are the relative importance of tyrosine and serine/threonine transactivation pathways, the contribution of transactivation to overall GPCR signalling, mechanisms of transactivation and the range of cell types in which this phenomenon occurs. The ultimate significance of transactivation-dependent signalling remains to be defined but it appears to be prominent and if so will represent a new cell signalling frontier.     

高考走向的争鸣与思考

高考走向何方,成为人们热议的话题。有人主张废除高考,有人反对废除,主张改革;有人赞成统一高考,有人赞成高校单独招考……笔者认为高考要改不宜废,但改革要考虑国情,要遵循一定原则,要有比较稳定的思路,要有灵活应变的策略和科学的方法。     

深孔分段爆破法掘进采空区充填井成井的研究

采空区掘进充填井是一次回采嗣后块石胶结充填采矿法的关键。如不解决,采空区将不断扩大,势必造成地压危害和残留空场硫铁矿矿石氧化自然发火。而新桥硫铁矿采空区已达10~4m~3以上。解决采空区充填井已是燃眉之急。采用SQZ-1型潜孔钻车钻凿深孔而后分段爆破成充填井的成功,既解决了新桥矿采空区充填问题,又解决了其他方法不能掘进采空区充填井的问题,对类似矿山有较大的推广应用价值。