The effect of shape on the adhesion of fibrillar surfaces.

Experimental data have demonstrated that mushroom-shaped fibrils adhere much better to smooth substrates than punch-shaped fibrils. We present a model that suggests that detachment processes for such fibrils are controlled by defects in the contact area that are confined to its outer edge. Stress analysis of the adhered fibril, carried out for both punch and mushroom shapes with and without friction, suggests that defects near the edge of the adhesion area are much more damaging to the pull-off strength in the case of the punch than for the mushroom. The simulations show that the punch has a higher driving force for extension of small edge defects compared with the mushroom adhesion. The ratio of the pull-off force for the mushroom to that of the punch can be predicted from these simulations to be much greater than 20 in the friction-free case, similar to the experimental value. In the case of sticking friction, a ratio of 14 can be deduced. Our analysis also offers a possible explanation for the evolution of asymmetric mushroom shapes (spatulae) in the adhesion organ of geckos.

Inference approach to grammar construction

A system of computer assisted grammar construction (CAGC) is presented in this paper. The CAGC system is designed to generate broad-coverage grammars for large natural language corpora by utilizing both an extended inside-outside algorithm and an automatic phrase bracketing (AUTO) system which is designed to provide the extended algorithm with constituent information during learning. This paper demonstrates the capability of the CAGC system to deal with realistic natural language problems and the usefulness of the AUTO system for constraining the inside-outside based grammar re-estimation. Performance results, including coverage, recall and precision, are presented for a grammar constructed for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) corpus using the Penn Treebank.

大蹼铃蟾非晶状体βγ-晶状体蛋白与三叶因子蛋白复合物和基因及制法及用途

本发明涉及一种大蹼铃蟾非晶状体βγ-晶状体蛋白与三叶因子蛋白复合物和基因及制法及用途。其天然表观分子量为72kDa，由α亚基和β亚基按αβ2的分子形式以非共价键连接而成，为一类新的ATPase和GTPase酶，具有多种细胞生物活性，在体外纳摩尔水平能够杀死多种肿瘤细胞、抑制肿瘤细胞生长和诱导肿瘤细胞脱落和凋亡。在皮摩尔水平具有促进创伤修复的活性。在细胞外经单泛素化修饰，能够直接转运到细胞核中进行基因表达的调控从而调节细胞状态，包括细胞迁移、脱落、生长。本发明的蛋白复合物提供了非晶状体βγ-晶状体蛋白全新的细胞生物学功能及其能够与三叶因子蛋白协同作用的机制，可应用于生物医学试剂制备和抗肿瘤以及促进创伤修复制药

Species diversification in coastal aquaculture: production potentials of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) with mono and mixed sex tilapia

An experiment of 120 days of culture was conducted in brackishwater earthen ponds having an area of 0.2ha each. The hatchery produced shrimp (Penaeus monodon) post larvae were stocked in the 40m² fine meshed nylon net nursery enclosures were fed with commercial pellet feed. After two weeks of nursing, juveniles were allowed to spread in cultural pond by opening the fence. Fingerlings of three different strain of tilapia were stocked as shrimp and Strain-1 all male (monosex) (T1), shrimp and Strain-2 all male (T2), shrimp and Strain-3 mixed sex population (T3) @ 20.000/ha and 10.000/ha, respectively and shrimp only (monoculture) (T4) @ 20.000/ha. The shrimp and fish were fed with farm made feed consisting of a mixture of fishmeal 29%, MOC 15%, rice bran 30%, soybean meal 16%, wheat flour 9% and vitamin premix 0.1%. The average final weight of shrimp was 24.9±1.13g, 23.41±3.26g and 26.67±1.89g that stocked with tilapia in treatments T1, T2, and T3 respectively. The final average weight of shrimp in monoculture (T4) was 27.41±0.76g, apparently higher but insignificant in treatments. The survival of shrimp was 42.17%, 32.38%, 39.45% and 61.98% in treatments T1 T2, T3 and T4 respectively. The production of shrimp in concurrent culture was 193.67, 154.26 and 210.41kg/ha in T1, T2 and T3, respectively, while in monoculture (T4) was 339.77 kg/ha. The growth and survival of tilapia among the treatments was insignificant. The growth of monosex tilapia ranged 225.29 and 291.31g and survival 62.77 and 72.20% in T1 and T2, respectively, in mixed sex was 193.0g and 83.20% (T3). The production of tilapia monosex strains was 1676.69kg/ha (Strain-2 all male) and 1668.98 kg/ha (Strain-1 all male) while that of Strain-3 mixed sex population was 1622.92 kg/ha.

云南小中甸硕多岗河水利枢纽工程区两栖爬行类及鱼类资源调查

实地调查了香格里拉县小中甸水利枢纽工程周边评价区域内的两栖动物、爬行动物以及鱼类的生物多样性。项目评价区共有鱼类20种(其中17种为土著物种) , 两栖动物10种, 爬行动物11种。同时, 分析了工程建设将对其造成的影响, 并提出相关建议和保护措施。

伊乐藻对Cu Cd污染底泥修复的应用研究

在自然条件下,采用人工模拟水缸培养方法,研究了湖泊底泥不同Cu、Cd处理对沉水植物伊乐藻生长、叶绿素含量以及Cu、Cd吸收和积累的影响。结果表明,较低浓度Cu刺激伊乐藻的生长(生物量、叶绿素),高浓度抑制伊乐藻的生长;随着Cd处理浓度的增加,伊乐藻的生物量、叶绿素含量均一直降低,在底泥Cd含量为168.69mg·kg-1DW(含背景值)时,植株出现死亡。随着Cu处理浓度的增加,伊乐藻体内的Cu含量一直增加,在底泥Cu含量为414mg·kg-1DW(含背景值)时,根部、叶部的富集系数均达到最大(0.21和0

螅状独缩虫自然种群同工酶的研究

利用聚丙烯酰氨凝胶电泳技术 ,对采自武汉沙湖螅状独缩虫自然种群的酯酶 (EST)、苹果酸脱氢酶 (MDH)、乳酸脱氢酶 (LDH)和酸性磷酸酶 (ACP)四种同工酶酶系进行了研究。实验表明 :EST同工酶酶系由六个基因座位(Est 1—Est 6 )控制 ,其中Est 1、Est 2、Est 3和Est 5为杂合基因座位 ,而Est 4和Est 6为纯合基因座位。螅状独缩虫物种中EST同工酶四级结构既有单体也有二聚体 ;MDH同工酶酶系由五个基因座位 (Mdh 1—Mdh 5 )控制 ,其中Mdh 2和M

感湖菱群落的数量特征

　研究了湖北省感湖菱群落的水生植物种类组成、物种多样性指数、群落的垂直结构以及各种类的相对频度、相对生物量、优势度.结果表明:2002年,感湖菱群落共分布有水生植物20种,相对频度、相对生物量与优势度最高的种类均为野菱,其次是双角菱;该群落Shannon-Wiener物种多样性指数为2.3025,单位面积生物量是2183.8g/m2(鲜重);群落明显分为两层,浮叶植物层与沉水植物层,浮叶植物层的主体为野菱与双角菱,其优势度分别为21.59%和18.22%,沉水植物层的主体是密齿苦草、金鱼藻和穗花狐尾藻,其

地统计学在水生植物群落格局研究中的应用

为了研究水生植物群落的镶嵌分布格局和随着尺度变化的空间特征,应用地统计学中半方差法、半方差理论模型和分形理论,研究了湖北省保安湖沿岸带水生植物群落分布格局.在沿岸带设置了一个160 m×160 m的方形样方,采用覆盖法将整个样方划分为32×32个格子,记录各格子内出现的物种数。格子内如果有某物种,则将该格子对应的区域化随机变量赋值为1,否则赋值为0.另将群落各格内区域化随机变量赋值为各物种在该采样点随机变量值的总和.运用地统计软件GS+for Windows分析苦草、狐尾藻、金鱼藻和群落的32×32格随机

Synchronization with partial state feedback on SO(n)

In this paper we consider the problem of constructing a distributed feedback law to achieve synchronization for a group of k agents whose states evolve on SO(n) and which exchange only partial state information along communication links. The partial state information is given by the action of the state on reference vectors in ℝn. We propose a gradient based control law which achieves exponential local convergence to a synchronization configuration under a rank condition on a generalized Laplacian matrix. Furthermore, we discuss the case of time-varying reference vectors and provide a convergence result for this case. The latter helps reach synchronization, requiring less communication links and weaker conditions on the instantaneous reference vectors. Our methods are illustrated on an attitude synchronization problem where agents exchange only their relative positions observed in the respective body frames. ©2009 IEEE.

Genetic variation of fish parasite populations in historically connected habitats: undetected habitat fragmentation effect on populations of the nematode Procamallanus fulvidraconis in the catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco

Habitat fragmentation may have some significant effects on population genetic structure because geographic distance and physical barriers may impede gene flow between populations. In this study, we investigated whether recent habitat fragmentation affected genetic structure and diversity of populations of the nematode Procamallanus fulvidraconis in the yellowhead catfish, Pelteobagrus fin't4draco. The nematode was collected from 12 localities in 7 floodplain lakes of the Yangtze River. Using I I intersirnple sequence repeat markers, analysis of molecular variance showed that genetic diversity occurred mainly within populations (70.26%). Expected heterozygosity (He) of P. fulvidraconis was barely different between connected (0.2105) and unconnected lakes (0.2083). Population subdivision (Fst) between connected lakes (0.2177) was higher than in unconnected lakes (0. 1676). However, the connected and unconnected lakes did not Cluster into 2 clades. A Mantel test revealed significant positive correlation between genetic and geographic distances (R = 0.5335, P < 0.01). These results suggest that habitat fragmentation did not cause genetic differentiation among populations or a reduction of diversity in isolated populations of P. fulvidraconis. At least 2 factors may increase the dispersal range of the nematode, i.e., flash flooding in summer and other species of fish that may serve as the definitive hosts. Moreover, lake fragmentation is probably a recent process; population size of the nematode in these lakes is large enough to maintain Population structure.

NK-lysin of channel catfish: Gene triplication, sequence variation, and expression analysis

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important components of the host innate immune response against microbial invasion. In addition to the previously known four classes of antimicrobial peptides, a fifth class of antimicrobial peptides has been recently identified to include NK-lysins that have a globular three-dimensional structure and are larger with 74-78 amino acid residues. NK-lysin has been shown to harbor antimicrobial activities against a wide spectrum of microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and parasites. To date, NK-lysin genes have been reported from only a limited number of organisms. We previously identified a NK-lysin cDNA in channel catfish. Here we report the identification of two noveltypes of NK-lysin transcripts in channel catfish. Altogether, three distinct NK-lysin transcripts exist in channel catfish. In this work, their encoding genes were identified, sequenced, and characterized. We provide strong evidence that the catfish NK-lysin gene is tripled in the same genomic neighborhood. All three catfish NK-lysin genes are present in the same genomic region and are tightly linked on the same chromosome, as the same BAC clones harbor all three copies of the NK-lysin genes. All three NK-lysin genes are expressed, but exhibit distinct expression profiles in various tissues. In spite of the existence of a single copy of NK-lysin gene in the human genome, and only a single hit from the pufferfish,genome, there are two tripled clusters of NK-lysin genes on chromosome 17 of zebrafish in addition to one more copy on its chromosome 5. The similarity in the genomic arrangement of the tripled NK-lysin genes in channel catfish and zebrafish suggest similar evolution of NK-lysin genes. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.