REEVALUATION OF 2,2-BIPYRIDINE AND PYRAZINE AS PROMOTERS FOR DIRECT ELECTRON-TRANSFER BETWEEN CYTOCHROME-C AND METAL-ELECTRODES

Results from previous electrochemical studies have indicated that 2,2'-bipyridine and pyrazine do not function as promoters for heterogeneous electron transfer between cytochrome c and metal electrodes. Their lack of activity was attributed to the improper positioning of the two functional groups in 2,2'-bipyridine and the inefficient length of pyrazine. In the present study it was determined that both 2,2'-bipyridine and pyrazine act as promoters when self-absorbed over a sufficiently long dipping time or at roughened electrodes. The promoter characteristics of these two molecules were studied and compared with those of 4,4'-bipyridine. The difference in their promoter behavior appears to result primarily from their different strengths of adsorption and not because electrodes modified with 2,2'-bipyridine or pyrazine are unsuitable for accelerating direct electron transfer reactions in cytochrome c. These results have implications regarding the mechanism(s) of promoter effects in electrochemical reactions of cytochrome c.

Effect of lanthanum on expression of recombinant allophycocyanin gene in Pichia pastotis

The enhancing effect of lanthanum on gene expression of recombinant allophycocyanin (rAPC), a potential antitumor medicine, in Pichia pastoris was studied. PCR and sequence analysis were used in order to prove whether the APC gene had integrated into the yeast genome. The expression level of the recombinant allophycocyanin (rAPC) in BMMY medium containing LaCl3 was detected by ELISA method. The recombinant allophycocyanin was determined by Western blot. The results show that the recombinant Pichia pastoris chromosome contained allophycocyanin gene. Expression efficiency of rAPC gene in Pichia pastoris was promoted by proper LaCl3 concentration like 2, 5, 10 mmol (.) L-1, among which 5 mmol (.) L-1 was the most effective. The highest expression yield of rAPC in the BMMY medium containing 5 mmol (.) L-1 LaCl3 was 4.4 mg (.) L-1 at 48 h, that was increased by 110% compared with 2.1 mg (.) L-1 of control, in the meantime, the optimum culture time is shortened from 72 to 48 h. The result of western blot analysis indicates that the rAPC consisted of two kinds of subunits with molecular weight of 19 and 21 kDa respectively.

Genetic structure analysis of natural Sargassum muticum (Fucales, Phaeophyta) populations using RAPD and ISSR markers

Sargassum muticum is important in maintaining the structure and function of littoral ecosystems, and is used in aquaculture and alginate production, however, little is known about its population genetic attributes. In this study, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers were used to investigate the genetic structure of four populations of S. muticum and one outgroup of S. fusiforme (Harv.) Setchell from Shandong peninsula of China. The selected 24 RAPD primers and 19 ISSR primers amplified 164 loci and 122 loci, respectively. Estimates of genetic diversity with different indicators (P%, percentage of polymorphic loci; H, the expected heterozygosity; I, Shannon's information index) revealed low or moderate level of genetic variations within each S. muticum population, and a high level of genetic differentiations were determined with pairwise unbiased genetic distance (D) and fixation index (F-ST ) among the populations. The Mantel test showed that two types of matrices of D and F-ST were highly correlated whether from RAPD (r = 0.9706, P = 0.009) or ISSR data (r = 0.9161, P = 0.009). Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) was conducted to apportion the variations among and within the S. muticum populations. It indicated that variations among populations were higher than those within populations, being 55.82% verse 44.18% by RAPD and 55.21% verse 44.79% by ISSR, respectively. Furthermore, the Mantel test suggested that genetic differentiations among populations were related to the geographical distances (r > 0.6), namely, conformed to the IBD (isolation by distance) model, as expected from UPGMA (unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averages) cluster analysis. On the whole, the high genetic structuring among the four S. muticum populations along the distant locations was clearly indicated in RAPD and ISSR analyses (r > 0.9, P < 0.05) in our study.

Short-term morphological changes after sand-digging during a sand sculpture activity

The morphology of the beach backshore and foreshore at Huiquan Bay, Qingdao, China, is characterized by a single intertidal sandbar system with a spring tide range of 4.59 m. The beach was measured with a laser total station of Leica TPS402. Contours of the beach were generated using data collected in March and November 2005. The survey method provided 2 mm measuring accuracy and 4-10 m horizontal spacing. The net accretion volume of the foreshore was about 11, 215 m(3) from March to November. After sand sculpture activity, the axis of the sand trough migrated onshore from about 3.5 m to 17.5 m on the foreshore beach in November. At the same time, the axis of the sandbar crest migrated onshore no more than 42.25 m on the northwest foreshore; and it migrated offshore no more than 23.75 m on the southeast foreshore. On the northwest and southeast foreshore beach, two strips of erosion areas with a thickness of 0-0.2 m appeared on the sandbar crest. Accretion occurred at the bottom of the sand trough with a thickness of similar to 0.2-0.6 m. The sandbar height decreased after sand sculpture activity, and it was no more than 0.7 m in March and 0.6 m in November. Human activities, such as sand digging on the sandbar crest during sand sculpture activity, also can disturb the beach morphology of intertidal bar systems. This phenomenon also was validated by comparison of beach morphology, the results of a color artificial tracer experiment and a sediment transportation trend prediction.

A parametric method of retrieving ocean wave spectra from synthetic aperture radar images

A parametric method that extracts the ocean wave directional spectra from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image is presented. The 180 degrees ambiguity of SAR image and the loss of information beyond the azimuthal cutoff can be overcome with this method. The ocean wave spectra can be obtained from SAR image directly by using iteration inversion mapping method with forward nonlinear mapping. Some numerical experiments have been made by using ERS-1 satellite SAR imagette data. The ocean wave direction retrieved from SAR imagette data is in agreement with the wind direction from the scatterometer data.

马尾藻种群遗传及早期发育的研究

本研究运用RAPD和ISSR两种分子标记技术，对采自山东半岛4个不同地理位置的鼠尾藻（Sargassum thunbergii）和海黍子（S. muticum）种群进行了遗传多样性和遗传结构的研究，从而对其种群间的地理隔离、基因流动水平及其影响因素做出估计和判断，为马尾藻自然资源的保护和开发提供依据。在室内对鼠尾藻有性生殖幼苗的早期发育和生长进行了研究，了解其繁殖生物学特性，为鼠尾藻人工种苗的培育提供依据。主要研究结果如下： 对4个鼠尾藻（S. thunbergii）地理种群的遗传多样性研究中，筛选出了28条RAPD 引物和19条ISSR引物，分别扩增产生了174和125个位点。选用的三种不同指标，即多态位点比率（P％，percentage of polymorphic loci），平均预期杂合度（H，the expected heterozygosity）和 Shannon's 信息多样性指数（I，Shannon's information index），均可反映出鼠尾藻种群内部的遗传多样性呈较低水平。而群体间遗传距离（D，Nei’s unbiased genetic distance）矩阵和固定化指数（FST,the fixation index）矩阵均反映出群体间高度的遗传分化。通过分子变异分析（AMOVA，Analysis of molecular variance）来区分来自种群内部和种群之间的遗传变异，揭示出多数的遗传变异（57.57% 或59.52%）来自于鼠尾藻种群之间。另外，Mantel分析表明，4个鼠尾藻种群间的遗传分化与地理距离呈正相关（r>0.5），遵循传统的IBD（isolation by distance）模式，UPGMA（unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averages）聚类分析也反映出相似的结果。 对4个海黍子（S. muticum）地理种群遗传结构的研究中，筛选出的24条RAPD 引物和19条ISSR引物分别扩增出164和122个位点。遗传多样性评估结果表明，海黍子种群内部存在较低或者中等水平的遗传多样性，而D矩阵和FST 矩阵均显示种群间存在高水平的遗传分化。并且，发现D和FST 矩阵在RAPD和ISSR分析中均具有高且显著的相关性。AMOVA分析显示，种群之间的遗传变异高于种群内部。Mantel分析和UPGMA聚类分析均发现海黍子种群间的遗传分化遵循IBD模式，即与地理隔离呈正相关（r>0.6）。 并且，RAPD和ISSR分析的结果高度一致（r>0.9，P<0.05），均揭示4个海黍子种群之间存在高度的遗传分化。 对鼠尾藻有性生殖幼苗早期生长发育的研究结果表明，其早期发育过程属于马尾藻科（Sargassaceae）中典型的“8核1卵”型。在一定条件下培养两个月后，产生了1～2个小叶，幼苗的长度达2～3毫米。生长实验发现，温度（10, 15, 20, 25℃）和光照强度（9, 18, 44, 88 µEm-2s-1）对培养第一周幼苗的生长均有显著的影响（ANOVA, P<0.01）。在两个月的培养中，幼苗对温度和光强的耐受范围较宽，在10℃～25℃，9～88 µEm-2s-1条件下均可生长，最适温度和光强为25℃，44 µEm-2s-1；低温（10℃）对幼苗的生长有显著抑制。不同光质对幼苗生长的影响显著（P<0.01），相同光强条件下，蓝光和白光相比较，蓝光显然不能满足鼠尾藻幼苗早期生长的需要。

Analysis of the monosaccharide composition of fucoidan by precolumn derivation HPLC

We developed an HPLC method for analysis of the monosaccharide composition of fucoidans. The fucoidan was hydrolyzed into monosaccharides with 2 mol/L trifluoroacetic acid. Using ribose as the internal standard, the monosaccharide derivatives, obtained with 1-Phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP), were separated by reverse-phase HPLC using a gradient elution process, and monitored by ultraviolet detection at 245 nm. In the concentration range of 0.1-2.0 mmol/L, the peak area of each monosaccharide had a good linear relationship with its concentration (r(2)> 0.998). The average recoveries of mannose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, glucose, galactose, xylose, and fucose were 86.2%, 95.1%, 62.5%, 102.0%, 94.8%, 66.6%, and 105.1%, respectively. This method was accurate and had good reproducibility and could be used to determine the monosaccharide contents of fucoidans.

Characterization of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin) chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization with bacteriophage P1 clones

Chromosome identification is an essential step in genomic research, which so far has not been possible in oysters. We tested bacteriophage P1 clones for chromosomal identification in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). P1 clones were labeled with digoxigenin-11-dUTP using nick translation. Hybridization was detected with fluorescein-isothiocyanate-labeled anti-digoxigenin antibodies and amplified with 2 layers of antibodies. Nine of the 21 P1 clones tested produced clear and consistent FISH signals when Cot-1 DNA was used as a blocking agent against repetitive sequences. Karyotypic analysis and cohybridization positively assigned the 9 P1 clones to 7 chromosomes. The remaining 3 chromosomes can be separated by size and arm ratio. Five of the 9 P1 clones were sequenced at both ends, providing sequence-tagged sites that can be used to integrate linkage and cytogenetic maps. One sequence is part of the bone morphogenetic protein type 1b receptor, a member of the transforming growth factor superfamily, and mapped to the telomeric region of the long arm of chromosome 2. This study shows that large-insert clones such as P1 are useful as chromosome-specific FISH probes and for gene mapping in oysters.

Simultaneous Determination of Multi-Organotin Compounds in Seawater by Liquid-Liquid Extraction-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

The hyphenated technique of high performance liquid chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS) was applied to the simultaneous determination of five organotin compounds (trimethyltin, dibutyltin, tributyltin, diphenyltin and triphenyltin) in seawater samples. Agilent TC-C18 column was used for the separation, the mobile phase of HPLC was CH3CN : H2O: CH3COOH=65 : 23 : 12 (phi), 0.05% TEA, and pH value was adjusted to 3.0 by diluent ammonia. The flow rate was 0.6 mL . min(-1). Five mixed organotin compounds in a mix standard solution from 100 to 0.5 mu g . L-1 were applied for the method assessment. The experimental results indicate that the correlation coefficient of calibration curves (R-2) for each organotin compound was over 0.998 and the detection limits of the five organotin compounds were lower than 3 ng . L-1. Different mixed organic solvents including dichloromethane or toluene were used for extraction of organotin and the extraction condition of organotin from seawater was optimized. The 100 mL seawater acidized by hydrochloric acid was extracted by 10 mL carbon dichloride (CH2Cl2) with 2% tropolone for 10 min twice. Extracted organic solvents were mixed And blown to one drop by nitrogen with the rate of 1.7 mL . min(-1), then 1 mL acetonitrile was added to the drop for redissolving the organotin compounds. Finally, the mixed redissolution was filtered by 0.22 mu m organic filter membrane before analysis. it was found that the only organotin compound in seawater was triphenyltin (TPHT) and the content was 53.2 ng . L-1. The recoveries test from the standard addition for diphenyltin (DPHT), dibutyltin (DBT), tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPHT) were over 80%. However, the recovery for trimethyltin (TMT) was relatively low and the value was 50%. The reason might be attributed to the decomposition or adsorption of those compounds during the extraction procedure. Further study on this subject is in progress.

Synthesis and. crystal structure of N '-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-yl) acetohydrazide

N'-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-2-(1H-1 2,4-triazole-1-yl) acetohydrazide was synthesized by the reaction of 4-fluorobenzaldehyde with 2-(1H-1 2,4-triazole-1-yl) acetohydrazide. The structure was confirmed via elemental analysis, MS, H-1 NMR, IR, and X-ray diffraction. It crystallized in a monoclinic system with space group P2 (1) a = 0.4905 (1) nm, b = 0.8160 (2) nm, c = 1.4105 (3) nm, beta = 93.33 (3)degrees, Z = 2, V = 0.5636 (2) nm(3), D-c = 1.457 Mg/m(3), mu = 0.112 mm(-1), F(000) = 256, and final R-1 = 0.0685. Several intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions existed in the crystal structure, facilitating the stabilization of the compound.

基于MIT规则的自适应Unscented卡尔曼滤波及其在旋翼飞行机器人容错控制的应用

提出一种新颖的基于MIT规则的自适应Unscented卡尔曼滤波(Unscented Kalman filter,UKF)算法,用来进行参数以及状态的联合估计。针对旋翼飞行机器人执行器提出一种执行器健康因子(Actuator health coefficients,AHCs)的故障模型结构,应用自适应UKF对AHCs参数进行在线估计,将联合估计的状态以及故障参数引入基于模型的反馈线性化控制结构,组成完整的容错控制系统。提出的自适应UKF算法以及容错控制结构经过中科院沈阳自动化研究所ServoHeli-20旋翼无人智能平台数学模型进行仿真试验验证,效果良好。

Robust Guaranteed Cost Control for Yaw Control of Helicopter

针对具有时变不确定性且不确定性界为椭球的线性系统提出了一种新的具有自适应机制的鲁棒保性能控制器设计方法。首先,引入一个具有可由自适应律在线调整的可调参数的目标模型,通过该参数来保证由目标模型与被控模型所获得的误差系统渐近稳定。结合保证目标模型稳定性的设计,最终形成保证闭环系统稳定且控制器增益仿射依赖于可调参数的鲁棒保性能跟踪控制器。应用于安装在试验平台上的小型直升机航向控制中,仿真试验表明了该方法的有效性。

自适应LQR方法在载人潜水器动力定位中的应用研究

根据我国正在研制开发的某深海载人潜水器的特性及其对载人潜水器动力定位控制的要求,采用最优控制方法LQR与递推辨识系统参数相结合的方法———自适应LQR方法进行控制。仿真结果表明这种方法具有良好的控制效果。

海洋机器人变参数大时延控制系统补偿方法的研究

本文提出一种变参数大时延系统的补偿方法，具有传输滞后系统的幅相频率特性和时域特性，流体动力学变参数的修正方法和具有传输滞后和零阶保持器滞后的补偿仿真。

动态补偿的水下机器人路径规划

本文研究水下机器人在障碍位置未知条件下,进行路径规划的方法,使自治水下机器人以最短的行程距离,避开障碍,达到预定目标.针对变化的、复杂的海洋情况,本文采用动态与静态相结合、规划与控制相结合的手段,应用人工势场理论,引入距离误差做动态反馈补偿,实现全局规划控制.本文提出的这种适于自治水下机器人导航的动态路径规划-控制方法,可以解决障碍环境参数已知、未知的路径规划问题.仿真结果表明该方法具有较强的稳定性和适应性.