Composition of waters of lakes and rivers in east and west Africa

Thirty-three groups of geochemically related natural lake and river waters collected from 368 sites scattered over East and West Africa, were investigated to determine correlations between their various ions and the patterns of change in their ionic composition across the African continent. The following nine significant correlations were found to exist in the entire area or in a major part of it: sodium and potassium; sodium and chloride; sodium and sulphate; potassium and ammonium; potassium and chloride; ammonium and nitrate; calcium and magnesium; magnesium and chloride; sulphate and chloride. When compared with the world average composition. The concentration of potassium in these waters was found to be high, that of calcium and nitrate was low. With respect to the area of East Africa only, trends in the pattern of change involving the ionic composition of the lake and river water and the longitude at which the sites were present, were found to exist for the ratio of sodium: conductivity (which showed an increase in the direction of West to East), magnesium: conductivity, and for the sum of calcium and magnesium: phosphate was generally found to increase in East Africa in the direction of west to East.

Energy efficiency, resilience to future climates and long-term sustainability: the role of the built environment

Just under half of all energy consumption in the UK today takes place indoors, and over a quarter within our homes. The challenges associated with energy security, climate change and sustainable consumption will be overcome or lost in existing buildings. A background analysis, and the scale of the engineering challenge for the next three to four decades, is described in this paper.

Energy efficiency, resilience to future climates and long-term sustainability: the role of the built environment.

Just under half of all energy consumption in the UK today takes place indoors, and over a quarter within our homes. The challenges associated with energy security, climate change and sustainable consumption will be overcome or lost in our existing buildings. A background analysis, and the scale of the engineering challenge for the next three to four decades, is described in this paper.

滇西苍山蝶类及其分布

在滇西苍山采到的175种蝶类, 经鉴定隶属于8科89属。其中风蝶科分属20种 , 粉蝶科16属27种, 斑蝶科5属5种, 眼蝶科6属27种, 蛱蝶科16属31种, 蚬蝶科 2属6种, 灰蝶科21属28种, 弄蝶科16属30种。对其主要种类的垂直分布及区系 概况进行了分析。

云南茶叶茸毒蛾的生物学特性与综合防治

云南茶园内常见的6个茸毒蛾种类,以茶茸毒蛾、皱茸毒蛾和蔚茸毒蛾危害为主。茶茸毒蛾在茶园中1年发生4-5个世代;生长时期完成1个世代需要61.2-71.5d;越冬代长达146.8d。

p53蛋白质C端的三维结构及生物功能区

利用p53 C端118个氨基酸的mRNA二级结构和Chou-Fasman蛋白质二级结构预测原则,预测p53蛋白质C端289-325为卷曲肽段,368-393段包括两段螺旋结构:#alpha#_(1)368-373、#alpha#_(2)381-388。其中三段已知的蛋白质二级结构与此mRNA二级结构单元间有准确的对应关系。与四种以多重序列联配为基础的蛋白质二级结构预测方法(准确率均为73.20%左右)相对照,预测结果基本一致。结合单体聚合区31个氨基酸晶体结构,在SGI INDIGO~(2)工作站上构建了p53 C端108个残基的三维结构。进一步揭示了p53 C端诸多生物功能区之间的空间构象关系。

The three dimensional structure and biological domains of the p53 C-terminus.

It was expected that there are a coil (289 similar to 325) and two a helix (alpha(1)368 similar to 373, alpha(2)381 similar to 388) structures in p53 protein C-terminal region based on its mRNA secondary structure template and Chou-Fasman's protein secondary structure principle of prediction. The result was conformed by the other four methods of protein secondary structure prediction that are based on the multiple sequence alignment (accuracy = 73.20%). Combine with the 31 amino acids crystal structure of the oligomerization, the three dimensional conformation of p53 C-terminal 108 residues was built using the SGI INDIGO(2) computer. This structure further expounds the relationship among those biological function domains of p53 C- terminus at three-dimensional level.

新疆额尔齐斯河水系银鲫克隆多样性研究

银鲫(Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch)由于其独特的遗传背景和繁殖方式而成为研究进化遗传学和选择育种的一个独特的模式生物。到目前为止,我们对新疆额尔齐斯河水系银鲫群体的多样性状况一直知之甚少。为了更好地了解额尔齐斯河水系银鲫群体的克隆多样性状况,本研究中,我们采集了来自新疆额尔齐斯河水系的4个鲫鱼群体。通过流式细胞术分析血细胞样品,结果证实这些鲫鱼均为三倍体银鲫。通过血清转铁蛋白电泳表型分析,我们从这些银鲫群体中鉴定出总共8个不同的克隆。在这些鉴定的克隆中,有4个克隆(克隆A

三峡水库成库期间鱼类空间分布的水声学研究

2007年4月18日～5月1日,利用SIMRAD EY60回声探测仪(又称鱼探仪)对三峡水库坝前到丰都干流以及9条主要支流进行了水声学探测。采用垂直探测结合"之"字形路线的方法对库区整个水体鱼类的分布状况进行了研究。调查水域长度约有600km,回波数据分成1232个片段进行分析。结果表明:在5m以下水层,体长大于6cm的鱼类在该区域平均密度为567.68尾/dam3,且鱼类分布不均匀。在巫山至奉节江段鱼类的密度最低,密度的平均值和标准误(mean±S.E)为(8.1±0.47)尾/dam3;在忠县到丰都江