Recent temperature increase recorded in an ice core in the source region of Yangtze River

Interests on climate change in the source region of Yangtze River have been raised since it is a region with the greatest warming over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). A 70-year history of precipitation δ~(18)O has been recovered using an ice core record retrieved in a plat portion of the firn area in the Guoqu Glacier (33°34′37.8″N, 91°10′35.3″E, 5720 m a.s.l.), Mt. Geladaindong (the source region of Yangtze River), in November, 2005. By using a significant positive relationship between ice core δ~(18)O record and summer air temperature (July to September) from the nearby meteorological stations, a history of summer air temperature has been reconstructed for the last 70 years. Summer temperature was relatively low in 1940s and high in 1950s to the middle of 1960s. The lowest temperature occurred in the middle of 1970s. Temperature was low in 1980s and dramatically increased since 1990s, keeping the trend to the begin-ning of the 21st century. The warming rate recorded in the ice core with 0.5℃/10 a since 1970s is much higher that that in the central TP and the Northern Hemisphere (NH), and it becomes 1.1℃/10 a since 1990s which is also higher than these from the central TP and the NH, reflecting an accelerated warm-ing and a more sensitive response to global warming in the high elevation region.     

A novel salicylaldehyde dehydrosenase-NahV involved in catabolism of naphthalene from Pseudomonas putida ND6

A novel salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase involved in catabolism of naphthalene from Pseudomonas putida ND6, NahV, has been identified. NahV exhibited lower identity in amino acid sequence with the classic salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase, NahF, from P. putida ND6. This is the first report of an isofunctional enzyme of bacterial salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase. Comparison of Km and Vmax values of NahV and NahF demonstrated that NahF has a more efficient catalytic reaction than NahV, while NahV has much higher affinity for salicylaldehyde and NAD^＋. Both enzymes exhibited broad substrate specificities and catalyzed the oxidation of salicylaldehyde, 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde, formaldehyde, m-nitrobenzaldehyde, o-nitrobenzaldehyde, o-methoxybenxaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, caprylic aldehyde, and glyoxal. However, the relative rates at which the substituted analogs are transformed differ considerably. NahV activity could be enhanced by Fe^2＋, Cu^2＋ and Zn^2＋; whereas NahF activity could only be stimulated by Fe^2＋, NahF is more stable than NahV at elevated temperatures. Dot-blot hybridization analyses showed that nahF-like genes occurred in all naphthalene-degradation bacteria isolated in this study, whereas nahV-like genes were present in only some naphthalene-degrading bacteria.     

物理气相沉积法制备TP/TFA纳米薄膜与光致发光特性探究

为了探究有机荧光材料在微纳尺寸上的荧光特性，采用低真空物理气相沉积方法制备了茶碱（TP）和2，3，5，6-四氟对苯二甲酸（TFA）有机纳米薄膜。通过对TP和TFA薄膜的荧光性质进行表征发现：与TP粉末相比薄膜的荧光发射峰由1个增加到4个，发射波长范围拓宽了100 nm，TFA的荧光发射峰之间的相对荧光强度发生了变化，与原料粉末相比在408 nm处的荧光发射峰蓝移了7 nm，362 nm处的荧光发射峰红移了3 nm。另外随着纳米薄膜厚度的逐渐增加，其荧光效率也逐渐增大。通过对TP和TFA纳米薄膜的表面形貌表征发现：随着薄膜厚度的增加，颗粒的聚集形态尺寸逐渐增大，从而验证了荧光效率随膜厚增加而逐渐提升的特性。     

钢筋混凝土靶侵彻过程中空腔膨胀响应分区研究

本文以钢筋混凝土动态空腔膨胀理论模型为基础,分析了体积配筋率及混凝土强度对各分区界面速度的影响;提出了侵彻过程中不同速度下,混凝土破裂区、粉碎区区域大小的计算方法,并讨论了配筋率、混凝土强度对各区域大小的影响,得到了侵彻过程中混凝损伤区域的变化规律.利用LS-DYNA有限元软件对钢筋混凝土靶侵彻过程进行了数值模拟,提出以混凝土极限压应变和极限拉应变两阈值为依据,对混凝土靶空腔膨胀响应区域进行识别划分,得到了侵彻过程中混凝土各响应区的区域大小;分析了配筋率、网眼间距等参数对混凝土各响应区域大小的影响.     

Review and prospect of transgenic rice research

Rice is one of the most important crops as the staple food for more than half of the world＇s population. Rice improvement has achieved remarkable success in the past half-century, with the yield doubled in most parts of the world and even tripled in certain regions, which has contributed greatly to food security globally. Rapid population growth and economic development pose a constantly increased food requirement. However, rice yield has been hovering in the past decade, which is mainly caused by the absence of novel breeding technologies, reduction of genetic diversity of rice cultivars, and serious yield loss due to increasingly severe occurrences of insects, diseases, and abiotic stresses. To address these challenges, Chinese scientists proposed a novel rice breeding goal of developing Green Super Rice to improve rice varieties and realize the sustainable development of agriculture, by focusing on the following 5 classes of traits： insect and disease resistance, drought-tolerance, nutrient-use effi- ciency, quality and yield potential. As a modern breeding approach, transgenic strategy will play an important role in realizing the goal of Green Super Rice. Presently, many transgenic studies of rice have been conducted, and most of target traits are consistent with the goal of Green Super Rice. In this paper, we firstly review technical advances of rice transformation, and then outline the main progress in transgenic rice research with respect to the most important traits： insect and disease-resistance, drought-tolerance, nutrient-use efficiency, quality, yield potential and herbicide-tolerance. The prospects of developing transgenic rice are also discussed.     

Fragmentation mechanism of product ions from protonated proline-containing tripeptides in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

The dissociation chemistry of primary fragment ions from the protonated proline-containing tripeptides glycylprolylglycine,prolylglycylglycine,and prolylprolylglycine was investigated by electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry.Calcula-tions showed the a 2 ions generated from b 2 ions were cyclic,which is energetically more favorable than the linear form.The prolyl residue in the structure affected the energy hypersurface of the dissociation reaction from the b 2 ion to the a 2 ion.In the fragmen-tation of a 2 ions,the iminium-imine complex corresponding to loss of CO from the a 2 ion was suggested to be an ion-neutral com-plex (INC).The a 1 ion was generated from direct separation of this INC,and the internal iminium ion,which was absent in PGG,was generated from another INC that was formed from the first INC via proton-bridged complex-mediated intramolecular proton transfer.Although these intermediates are unstable,their existence is supported by experiments and density functional theory calculations.     

Cloning,expression and binding specificity analysis of odorant binding protein 3 of the lucerne plant bug, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Adelphocoris lineolatus</Emphasis> (Goeze)

Credible evidence shows that odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are required for insect olfaction perception and play a key role in transporting hydrophobic odorants across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs). In the present study, a novel OBP (AlinOBP3) gene from the lucerne plant bug, Adelphocoris lineolatus, was cloned and expressed. The expression pattern of AlinOBP3 was evaluated by qPCR, which indicated that AlinOBP3 was dominantly expressed in antennae. The binding properties of AlinOBP3 with 9 cotton volatiles and 5 sex pheromone analogs were measured by fluorescence competitive binding assays with the fluorescence probe 1-NPN. The results revealed that of 9 cotton volatiles, Myrcene, β-Ocimene and α-Phellandrene can bind with AlinOBP3. α-Phellandrene especially bound to AlinOBP3 with a high binding affinity, with a dissociation constant of 56.68 μmol/L. Of the 5 sex pheromone analogs, Hexyl butyrate had the strongest binding affinity with AlinOBP3, with a dissociation constant as 59.53 μmol/L. Butyl butyrate, trans-2-Hexenyl butyrate and Ethyl butyrate had medium binding affinities with AlinOBP3, with dissociation constants of 227.39, 108.77 and 143.47 μmol/L, respectively. The results suggest that AlinOBP3 might be a pheromone binding protein (PBP) with a dual-function for the perception of sex pheromones and plant volatiles.     

The liquid phase separation of Bi-Ga hypermonotectic alloy under acoustic levitation condition

Containerless treatment of Bi-58.5at%Ga hypermonotecUc alloy is successfully performed with acoustic levitation technique. Under acoustic levitation condition, the second phase （Ga） distributes almost homogeneously in solidification sample, opposite to macrosegregation in solidification sample under conventional condition. Stokes motion of the second liquid droplet （Ga） is significantly restrained under acoustic levitation condition. The analyses indicate that the melt vibration in the gravity direction forced by acoustic field can induce steady flow around the second liquid droplet, which influences droplet shape during its moving upward and consequently restrains Stokes motion velocity of the second liquid droplet.     

Thermoluminescence of Al2O3 crystals grown by temperature gradient techniques

Color center concentrations of the Al2O3 crystal grown by temperature gradient techniques were calculated from Gaussian fits to absorption spectra. The concentrations for F- and F + -centers at 204, 232, and 255 nm were determined to be 1.361×10 17 , 0.098×10 17 , and 0.325×10 17cm-3 , respectively. Studies have shown that the thermoluminescence (TL) glow curve exhibits a prominent 450 K peak that matches well the first-order fitting curve. The thermal activation energy E and frequency factor s of the trap were determined to be 0.94456±0.00545 eV and 5.8703×10 11 s-1 . With this theoretical analysis, a simple one-trap/one-center TL model is presented to provide a theoretical explanation of the TL process.