Dynamics of spread of Salmonella enterica in the systemic compartment.

Traditional microbiological and immunological tools, combined with modern imaging, and molecular and mathematical approaches, have revealed the dispersive nature of Salmonella infections. Bacterial escape from infected cells, spread in the tissues and attempts to restrain this process by the host give rise to fascinating scenarios that underpin the pathogenesis of salmonelloses.

Dynamics of spread of Salmonella enterica in the systemic compartment

Traditional microbiological and immunological tools, combined with modern imaging, and molecular and mathematical approaches, have revealed the dispersive nature of Salmonella infections. Bacterial escape from infected cells, spread in the tissues and attempts to restrain this process by the host give rise to fascinating scenarios that underpin the pathogenesis of salmonelloses. © 2013 Institut Pasteur.

Molecular identification and expression analysis of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella

Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) is a crucial component of almost the entire tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily signaling pathway. In the present study, a TRAF2 gene has been cloned from grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The full-length cDNA is 3162 bp, including a 60 bp 5' untranslated region (UTR), a 1611 bp open reading frame, and a 1491 bp 3' UTR. The polyadenylation signal (AATAAA) and the mRNA instability motifs (ATTTTA, ATTTA) were followed by a poly(A) tail in the 3' UTR. No signal peptide or transmembrane region has been found in the putative amino acids of grass carp TRAF2 (gcTRAF2). Phylogenetic tree analysis clearly showed that gcTRAF2 is nearest to the TRAF2 gene of goldfish. The identity of gcTRAF2 with its homologs in other vertebrates ranges from 56% to 97%. It is characterized by one RING-type signature at the N-terminus, one zinc finger in the middle part, and one conserved TRAF domain consisting of a C-proximal (TRAF-C) subdomain and a N-proximal (TRAF-N) subdomain. The identity of TRAF-C among all TRAF2 homologs in vertebrates varies from 78% to 97%, whereas the identity of TRAF-N ranges from 56% to 100%. The recombinant gcTRAF2 has been expressed in Escherichia coli using pET-32a expression vector. The rabbit anti-gcTRAF2 polyclonal antibody was obtained. The expression of gcTRAF2 in different organs was examined by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis. It was widely distributed in heart, head kidney, thymus, brain, gill, liver, spleen, and trunk kidney. This is the first report of a TRAF2 homolog molecule in fish.

Optical properties of GaN wurtzite quantum wires

The electronic structure and optical properties of freestanding GaN wurtzite quantum wires are studied in the framework of six-band effective-mass envelope function theory. It is found that the electron states are either twofold or fourfold degenerate. There is a dark exciton effect when the radius R of GaN wurtzite quantum wires is in the range of [0.7, 10.9] nm. The linear polarization factors are calculated in three cases, the quantum confinement effect (finite long wire), the dielectric effect and both effects (infinitely long wire). It is found that the linear polarization factor of a finite long wire whose length is much less than the electromagnetic wavelength decreases as R increases, is very close to unity (0.979) at R = I nm, and changes from a positive value to a negative value around R = 4.1 nm. The linear polarization factor of the dielectric effect is 0.934, independent of radius, as long as the radius remains much less than the electromagnetic wavelength. The result for the two effects shows that the quantum confinement effect gives a correction to the dielectric effect result. It is found that the linear polarization factor of very long (treated approximately as infinitely long) quantum wires is in the range of [0.8, 1]. The linear polarization factors of the quantum confinement effect of CdSe wurtzite quantum wires are calculated for comparison. In the CdSe case, the linear polarization factor of R = I nm is 0.857, in agreement with the experimental results (Hu et al 2001 Science 292 2060). This value is much smaller than unity, unlike 0.979 in the GaN case, mainly due to the big spin-orbit splitting energy Delta(so) of CdSe material with wurtzite structure.

Photoluminescence of Mg-doped GaN grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

Two Mg-doped GaN films with different doping concentrations were grown by a metalorganic chemical vapor deposition technique. Photoluminescence (PL) experiments were carried out to investigate the optical properties of these films. For highly Mg-doped GaN, the PL spectra at 10 K are composed of a blue luminescence (BL) band at 2.857 eV and two excitonic luminescence lines at 3.342 eV and 3.282 eV, in addition to a L2 phonon replica at 3.212 eV. The intensity of the L1 line decreases monotonously with an increase,in temperature. However, the intensity of the L2 line first slowly increases at first, and then decreases quickly with an increase in temperature. The two lines are attributed to bound excitonic emissions at extended defects. The BL band is most likely due to the transition from deep donor Mg-V-N complex to Mg shallow acceptor. From the temperature dependence of the luminescence peak intensity of the BL band, the activation energy of acceptor Mg was found to be 290 meV. (C) 2003 American Vacuum Society.

Fabrication of Nano-structured VOx Film by Low Temperature Ion Beam Sputtering and Reductive Annealing

VOx thin films have been fabricated by low temperature ion beam sputtering and post reductive annealing process. Semiconductor-metal phase transition is observed for the film annealed at 400 degrees C for 2 hours. The film also shows a polycrystal structure with grain size from 50nm to 150nm. The VOx thin films fabricated by this process have a TCR up to -2.7% at room temperature. Our results indicate a promising fabrication method of the nano-structured VOx film with relatively high TCR and semiconductor-metal phase transition.

低轮Camellia的碰撞攻击

Camellia是欧洲密码大计划NESSIE的最终获胜者, 首先构造了Camellia的4轮区分器, 然后利用这些区分器和碰撞搜索技术分析Camellia的安全性. 在密钥长度为128比特的情况下, 攻击6轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于210个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于215次加密; 攻击7轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于212个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于254.5次加密; 攻击8轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于213个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于2112.1次加密; 攻击9轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于2113.6个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于2121次加密. 在密钥长度为192/256比特的情况下, 攻击8轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于213个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于2111.1次加密; 攻击9轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于213个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于2175.6次加密; 攻击10轮Camellia的数据复杂度小于214个选择明文, 时间复杂度小于2239.9次加密. 结果显示碰撞攻击是目前对低轮Camellia最有效的攻击方法.

玻璃盖板与45°膜复合结构透过率的研究

讨论了一种类似蜂窝或V型膜的玻璃盖板与45°膜复合结构(简称45°膜结构)的光热性能。其透过率比蜂窝结构高，隔热性能与蜂窝结构和V型膜结构相当，在低纬地区应用效果甚好。

Transient flow patterns and bubble slug lengths in parallel microchannels with oxygen gas bubbles produced by catalytic chemical reactions

Transient flow patterns and bubble slug lengths were investigated with oxygen gas (O-2) bubbles produced by catalytic chemical reactions using a high speed camera bonded with a microscope. The microreactor consists of an inlet liquid plenum, nine parallel rectangular microchannels followed by a micronozzle, using the MEMS fabrication technique. The etched surface was deposited by the thin platinum film, which is acted as the catalyst. Experiments were performed with the inlet mass concentration of the hydrogen peroxide from 50% to 90% and the pressure drop across the silicon chip from 2.5 to 20.0 kPa. The silicon chip is directly exposed in the environment thus the heat released via the catalytic chemical reactions is dissipated into the environment and the experiment was performed at the room temperature level. It is found that the two-phase flow with the catalytic chemical reactions display the cyclic behavior. A full cycle consists of a short fresh liquid refilling stage, a liquid decomposition stage followed by the bubble slug flow stage. At the beginning of the bubble slug flow stage, the liquid slug number reaches maximum, while at the end of the bubble slug flow stage the liquid slugs are quickly flushed out of the microchannels. Two or three large bubbles are observed in the inlet liquid plenum, affecting the two-phase distributions in microchannels. The bubble slug lengths, cycle periods as well as the mass flow rates are analyzed with different mass concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and pressure drops. The bubble slug length is helpful for the selection of the future microreactor length ensuring the complete hydrogen peroxide decomposition. Future studies on the temperature effect on the transient two-phase flow with chemical reactions are recommended.

黄土高原植被演替不同阶段植物系数的变化与适应性评价

用4年长期定位试验资料,利用植物系数、蒸散量、土壤含水量和土壤水分对植物的有效性等指标,研究了黄土高原植被群落不同演替阶段(草本群落→灌木群落→早期森林群落→顶级群落)的耗水特性与生态适应性。结果表明:不同演替阶段,群落实际蒸散量主要受降水控制,群落间差异不显著(P>0.05);土壤含水量是早期森林群落明显高于其它群落,草本群落明显高于灌木群落(P<0.05);植物系数是灌木群落>草本群落>乔木群落,而顶级群落大于早期森林群落;土壤水分对植物的有效性是早期森林和顶级群落明显高于草本和灌木群落(P<0.05)。因此,进行植被建设不但要考虑植物系数还要考虑土壤水分对不同植物的有效性。

提高二极管激光阵列外腔锁相效率的实验研究

采用1/4 Talbot外腔实现宽条二极管激光阵列的锁相,在工作电流是35 A时,获得7.56 W的锁相输出功率,输出光束的远场图像是多瓣结构,锁相前后输出光的光谱宽度从2.0 nm压缩到0.2 nm.腔内插入焦距大约为5倍腔长的柱透镜,在相同电流下获得8.75 W的锁相输出功率,输出光的远场图像是多瓣结构,输出超模的数目有所减少,能量向中部集中,输出光的光谱宽度是0.2 nm.

光探测器芯片的高频特性测量

为了克服用共面探针测量光探测器芯片的高频特性对电极结构的限制,提出了一种精确测量光探测器芯片的阻抗和频率响应的新方法.对于任意电极结构的探测器芯片,首先把芯片与测试夹具连接,通过一系列的校准和测量,可以得到夹具的S参数,进而利用微波理论扣除整个测试夹具的影响,得到探测器芯片的S参数,计算出光探测器的阻抗和频率响应特性.用该方法对P极和N极共面的光探测器芯片的阻抗和频率响应特性进行了测量,并与直接用微波探针测量的结果相比较,验证了该方法在50 MHz～16 GHz的频率范围内的正确性.

一种新型的SOI灵敏放大器

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