Cooperative attitude synchronization in satellite swarms: A consensus approach

The present paper considers the problem of autonomous synchronization of attitudes in a swarm of spacecraft. Building upon our recent results on consensus on manifolds, we model the spacecraft as particles on SO(3) and drive these particles to a common point in SO(3). Unlike the Euler angle or quaternion descriptions, this model suffers no singularities nor double-points. Our approach is fully cooperative and autonomous: we use no leader nor external reference. We present two types of control laws, in terms of applied control torques, that globally drive the swarm towards attitude synchronization: one that requires tree-like or all-to-all inter-satellite communication (most efficient) and one that works with nearly arbitrary communication (most robust).

卵巢发育阻滞的人工三倍体鱼减数分裂染色体配对的光镜观察

采用界面铺张制片和硝酸银一步染色的方法，对人工三倍体水晶彩鲫卵巢发育阻滞型个体的减数分裂染色体配对进行了光镜观察。在分化有初级卵母细胞的卵巢发育阻滞型的三倍体鱼中，减数分裂粗线期细胞主要由二价体和单价体组成，也见有少量三价体和其它多价体。其染色体成员数大多在９０左右；在不同细胞间，染色体的大小变化较大；配对联会过程中形成的配对叉和产生的特异蛋白在一些细胞中明显可见。文中讨论了三倍体染色体配对紊乱与卵母细胞发育受阻的关系，并认为人工三倍体鱼是进行减数分裂染色体配对和联会机理研究的好材料。

综合生物塘处理城镇污水研究

报道了一种新的高效低能耗的污水处理塘系统的中试研究结果．本生物塘系统分为三个功能区域，分别为污水净化区，水质修饰区和综合利用区．水生维管束植物呈带状分布于塘系统中，在时间上和空间上进行不同搭配组合．较之传统氧化塘和一般的水生植物塘、综合生物塘的处理效果较好，ＣＯＤ、ＢＯＤ、ＴＳＳ、氮、磷等污染组分去除效率较高，细菌，病毒及诱变活性明显下降。在污水净化的同时，收获大量的水生植物及鱼，蚌等水产品．水质明显改善，出水可用于水产养殖和农业灌溉．

水质酸化和模拟酸雨对浮游动物影响的研究

在水质酸化和模拟酸雨试验中,共出现浮游动物17种,其中包括轮虫9种、枝角类6种和桡足类2种。在pH5.0—8.3各试验组出现种类数(10—13种)和个体数(223.0—334.5个·L~(-1))较多,而在pH3.0和4.5试验组出现种类数(5—9种)和个体数(16.8—182.0个·L~(-1))较少,表明pH5.0以下对浮游动物群落有明显的影响。从不同类群出现所占比例看,在pH5.5以下,随着pH的下降,存在着轮虫逐渐取代桡足类的趋势。

鱼类微细胞和小分离细胞制备技术的研究

本文以3种鱼类组织细胞系为材料,对鱼类微细胞和小分离细胞制备技术及其形成机制进行了研究。在微细胞制备中,观察了细胞的微核化过程,微核是由间期状态的细胞核不规则分裂而成。光镜和扫描电镜观察表明,在小分离细胞聚集体形成过程中,细胞核的变化与微细胞的微核化过程相一致,但其细胞质的分裂机制不同,当细胞质进行异常分裂的同时,细胞的微核也随同细胞质不规则分裂而被分配至各个小分离细胞内。

东湖屈挠杆菌的分离及其生物学特性研究

由蒙金娜培养基上分离获得了东湖中的屈挠杆菌。研究了其中4个代表株的生物学特性,并与中华屈挠杆菌、加拿大屈挠杆菌、皮纳屈挠杆菌等3种屈挠杆菌的模式株作了比较和数值分类,讨论了屈挠杆菌在水生态系统中的作用、分离方法及其应用前景。

淡水青虾幼体发育的初步研究

作者观察了淡水青虾在实验室条件下幼体发育的情况。在幼体发育的全过程中,有的个体蜕皮9次,有的蜕皮11、14次。本文是描述蜕皮9次的个体的发育情况。从第一至第九期幼体以及后期幼体都附有详细的附肢图和部分整体图。幼体发育所需的时间随水温而变,在26.5±1.3℃条件下,幼体完成变态达到后期幼体需21天,在30.9±1-2℃仅需16天。

Improving the safety and security of the pharmaceutical supply chain

This paper discusses various techniques that may be used to combat counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical supply chain. These include the use of electronic pedigrees (to ensure the integrity of the supply chain), together with mass-serialization (to provide for a unique lifecycle history of each individual package) and authentication of the product (to check for any discrepancies in the various attributes of the product and its packaging are as intended for that individual package). Management of the pedigree process and product authentication is discussed in some detail, together with various other learnings from the Drug Security Network, including identification of some remaining vulnerabilities and suggestions for tightening these loopholes. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

黑龙江的白鲢

<正> 白鲢,东北地区又称胖头,在黑龙江流域内分布很广。黑龙江中下游、松花江、嫩江等干流中都很丰盛,黑龙江上游呼玛以上的水体中,则尚未见其棲息。本文是根据1957—1958两年内,黑龙江流域渔业考察队在上述地区所采的标本和野外观察的新鲜材料共约70多尾,而整理分析的。白鲢是一种闻名的淡水饲养鱼,生长迅速,市上常见的大小多为2—7市斤,黑龙江中10斤和10斤以上的个体也十分多,下面是1958年4—8月从黑龙江、松花江、嫩江等地所采到的40尾白鲢的体重记录:

Feeding rates affect heat shock protein levels in liver of larval white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

A two-week trial was conducted to study the effect of feeding rates on heat shock protein levels in larval white sturgeon. The larvae (30 day post hatch, 230 mg initial body weight) were fed a commercial feed (12.6% moisture, 49.5% crude protein. 20.7% Crude fat, and 8.6% ash) at 5, 15. or 25% body weight per clay (BW d(-1)). Liver heat shock proteins (Hsp) were measured before and after the larvae were subjected to a heat shock from 18 to 26 degrees C at 1 degrees C/15 min and maintained at 26 degrees C for 4 h thereafter. Before heat shock, larvae fed 5% BW d(-1) had significantly (P<0.05) lower final body weight, RNA/DNA ratio, whole body lipid and protein content, and Hsp60 and Hsp70 levels but higher protein efficiency ratio, and whole body moisture content than larvae fed the two higher feeding rates. Heat shock significantly induced Hsp60 and Hsp70 levels in the liver of all fish but they were lower in larvae fed the 5% than those fed 15 and 25% BW d(-1). Hsp70 level increased much more than Hsp60 after the heat shock Suggesting that Hsp70 is a more sensitive biomarker under our experimental conditions. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Metabolism traits of 'all-fish' growth hormone transgenic common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

Transgenic animals with improved qualities have the potential to upset the ecological balance of a natural environment. We investigated metabolic rates of 'all-fish' growth hormone (GH) transgenic common carp under routine conditions and during starvation periods to determine whether energy stores in transgenic fish would deplete faster than controls during natural periods of starvation. Before the oxygen uptake was measured, the mean daily feed intake of transgenic carp was 2.12 times greater than control fish during 4 days of feeding. The average oxygen uptake of GH transgenic fish was 1.32 times greater than control fish within 96 h of starvation, but was not significantly different from controls between 96 and 144 h of starvation. At the same time, GH transgenic fish did not deplete energy reserves at a faster rate than did the controls, as the carcass energy contents of the two groups following a 60-d starvation period were not significantly different. Consequently, we suggest that increased routine oxygen uptake in GH transgenic common carp over that of control fish may be mainly due to the effects of feeding, and not to an increase in basal metabolism. GH transgenic fish are similar to controls in the regulation of metabolism to normally distribute energy reserves during starvation. (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Identification of one intron loss and phylogenetic evolution of Dfak gene in the Drosophila melanogaster species group

Intron loss and its evolutionary significance have been noted in Drosophila. The current study provides another example of intron loss within a single-copy Dfak gene in Drosophila. By using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we amplified about 1.3 kb fragment spanning intron 5-10, located in the position of Tyr kinase (TyK) domain of Dfak gene from Drosophila melanogaster species group, and observed size difference among the amplified DNA fragments from different species. Further sequencing analysis revealed that D. melanogaster and D. simulans deleted an about 60 bp of DNA fragment relative to other 7 Drosophila species, such as D. elegans, D. ficusphila, D. biarmipes, D. takahashii, D. jambulina, D. prostipennis and D. pseudoobscura, and the deleted fragment located precisely in the position of one intron. The data suggested that intron loss might have occurred in the Dfak gene evolutionary process of D. melanogaster and D. simulans of Drosophila melanogaster species group. In addition, the constructed phylogenetic tree based on the Dfak TyK domains clearly revealed the evolutionary relationships between subgroups of Drosophila melanogaster species group, and the intron loss identified from D. melanogaster and D. simulans provides a unique diagnostic tool for taxonomic classification of the melanogaster subgroup from other group of genus Drosophila.

Benthic algae of the Xiangxi River, China

From June 2000 to June 2002, four sites on the mainstem of the Xiangxi River and one site on each of its major tributaries were sampled 16 times each for benthic algae. All total, 223 taxa (most to species and variety levels) were found (193 Bacillariophyta, 20 Chlorophyta, nine Cyanophyta and one Xanthophyta). The diatoms Cocconeis placentula, Achnanthes linearis, and Diatoma vulgare dominated the system, with relative abundance of 33.3%, 18.8%, and 6.4%, respectively. The abundances of all the other taxa were under 5%, and 210 taxa collectively contributed less than 1% of the total abundance. Taxa diversity peaked in winter and reached a minimum in summer. Species richness varied considerably but was not significantly different over time. Maximum algal density occurred in later winter/spring (1.4 x 10(9) ind./m(2)) but was not significantly different from the minimum density, which occurred in August. Chlorophyll a showed similar seasonal fluctuation but also was not significantly different over time. Canonical correspondence analysis demonstrated that water hardness, depth, conductivity, and alkalinity had important influences on variation of epilithic algae in the Xiangxi River system.

Genetic structure of Chinese sucker population Myxocyprinus asiaticus in the Yangtze River based on mitochondrial DNA marker

The sequencing analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region (mtCR DNA) was performed to assess the genetic divergence and population structure of the Chinese sucker Myxocyprinus asiaticus (Cypriniformes Catostomidae) using four sample lots from natural populations of the Yangtze River. The mtCR DNA sequences of approximately 920 base pairs were obtained. A total of 223 nucleotide positions were polymorphic, and these defined 39 haplotypes. Of the 39 haplotypes, 37 (90%) were not shared, and among the populations as a whole there was little sharing of haplotypes. The average haplotype diversity (0.958) and the average nucleotide diversity (0.052) indicated a higher level of genetic diversity of Chinese sucker through the river. Analysis of molecular variation (AMOVA) of data revealed significant partitioning of variance (P<0.001) among populations (60.29%), and within populations (39.71%). The topology according to the neighbor joining and maximum parsimony methods showed mosaic composition of the 39 haplotypes, suggesting that the populations wore not completely divergent. The pairwise F statistic values, however, indicated that the population structuring existed to some extent among the geographic populations. There was a positive relationship between the aquatic distance and the genetic distance (Fst) among the populations (P<0.05). Based on our data, it is suggested that genetic drift, gene flow, and stochastic events are the possible factors influencing the population structure and genetic variation.