Simple Sequence Repeat Markers in Genetic Divergence and Marker-Assisted Selection of Rice Cultivars: A Review

Sequencing of rice genome has facilitated the understanding of rice evolution and has been utilized extensively for mining of DNA markers to facilitate marker-assisted breeding. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers that are tandemly repeated nucleotide sequence motifs flanked by unique sequences are presently the maker of choice in rice improvement due to their abundance, co-dominant inheritance, high levels of allelic diversity, and simple reproducible assay. The current level of genome coverage by SSR markers in rice is sufficient to employ them for genotype identification and marker-assisted selection in breeding for mapping of genes and quantitative trait loci analysis. This review provides comprehensive information on the mapping and applications of SSR markers in investigation of rice cultivars to study their genetic divergence and marker-assisted selection of important agronomic traits.     

超大面积混凝土地面结构无缝施工数值模拟研究

随着科技的发展和社会的进步,各种建筑物的规模都在大幅度提升,随之产生的大面积混凝土整体地面在建筑工程中得到了广泛的应用。为了预防和控制大面积混凝土地面裂缝的出现,无缝施工技术得到了越来越广泛的认可。该文以实际工程为依托,对短距离释放应力无缝施工技术进行了研究,利用有限元软件ABAQUS模拟分析施工过程中混凝土水化热与温度的关系,探究相邻混凝土浇筑块的温度传导关系,以期能对类似工程无缝施工起到一定借鉴作用。     

港里矿软破围岩采矿的分析与研究

港里矿围岩软弱破碎，随开采深度延伸，地压显现越来越剧烈，严重影响港里矿正常回采。为研究港里矿软破围岩采矿，分析了影响采矿正常进行的因素和机理，调整采矿的顺序，使港里矿软破围岩采矿的困难得到根本扭转，保证了采矿生产的正常进行，选择围岩稳固及充分卸压部位布置斜坡道和联巷、优先回采围岩破碎的高应力区是地压管理的关键问题。     

醇脱氢酶在聚乙烯膜表面的固定化研究

以聚丙烯酸（PAA）改性的聚乙烯（PE）膜为载体，研究了醇脱氢酶（ADH）的两种固定化路线，并以甲醛为底物考察了固定化酶的催化性能。路线1用聚乙烯亚胺（PEI）进一步改性，使用戊二醛（GA）固定化ADH。最优固定化pH为6.0，温度为5～15℃，酶浓度为1.0 mg/ml，GA浓度为0.01%(质量)；固定化酶的最适反应pH为6.5，温度为15～30℃，反应速率最高为9.6 μmol/(L·min)；重复利用10次后可保持47.3%的活性。路线2以PAA-PE为载体，用1-(3-二甲氨基丙基)-2-乙基碳二亚胺盐酸盐（EDC）和N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺（NHS）为活化剂，固定化ADH。EDC和NHS最优摩尔比为1∶0.5，固定化时间为24 h；固定化酶的最适反应pH为6.5，温度为20～37℃，反应速率为15.58 μmol/(L·min)；重复利用10次后可保持53.8%的活性。     

老年人肠道乳酸菌的分离与鉴定及其来源发酵乳杆菌的遗传进化分析

首先对湖北襄阳和恩施地区的健康老年人肠道乳酸菌进行分离与鉴定，然后从中选择发酵乳杆菌（Lactobacillus fermentum）进行多位点序列分型（multilocus sequence typing，MLST）分析。结果显示，基于可培养方法，湖北襄阳与恩施地区老年人肠道乳酸菌可以鉴定为以乳杆菌属（Lactobacillus）为主的5 个菌属，15 个种。总的来说，发酵乳杆菌和唾液乳杆菌（L. salivarius）占老年人肠道源乳酸菌分离株总量的55%左右，表明人体肠道可以作为发酵乳杆菌的重要分离来源。基于8 个持家基因的MLST分析表明，25 株来源于肠道的发酵乳杆菌可以划分为25 个序列型，具有极高的遗传多样性；基于选择压力分析与phi-test，选用的8 个持家基因均受到纯化选择作用，且其中仅基因rpoB显著经历了基因重组事件；另外，基于Prim’s和goeBURST的进化分析表明，一半左右的肠道源发酵乳杆菌倾向于形成单独的分支，表明它们具有一定的宿主特异性，可能的原因是为适应肠道环境，这些发酵乳杆菌经历了有异于发酵食品生境的进化历程。     

In-situ immobilization of Sr radioactive isotope using nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite

Hydroxyapatite was used as the inert matrix for in-situ immobilization of strontium (Sr) radioactive isotopes at room temperature. A nano-emulsification method was applied to synthesize Sr-substituted calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca_1?xSr_x)₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂. The concentration of incorporated Sr was in the range of 0 ≤ x ≤ 1. Immobilization of Sr was evaluated using a stable isotope instead of radioactive isotope. The effect of strontium concentration on the crystal structure was studied and the results have showed that in the whole concentration range, Sr forms solid solutions with the host hydroxyapatite crystal structure. Powders comprised of nanometre sized particles were obtained and their properties, such as crystallite and particle size, changes in lattice parameters as function of dopant content and thermal stability, were further examined. It was found that the crystal structure of obtained powders is thermally stable at high temperatures. No secondary phases were formed in as-prepared powders or during calcination. The results in this study showed that nano-emulsion strategy provides a simple pathway for synthesis of a single-phase Sr-substituted hydroxyapatite, which can be used for immobilization of Sr radioactive isotopes.     

采用轮廓特征匹配的红外-可见光视频自动配准

为了精确地配准近平面场景下的红外-可见光视频序列,本文提出了一种基于轮廓特征匹配的自动配准方法,通过迭代匹配目标轮廓特征来解决异源图像中配准特征的提取和匹配难题。首先,采用运动目标检测技术获取目标轮廓,并由曲率尺度空间(CSS)角点检测算法提取轮廓特征点。此后,建立全局形状上下文描述子和局部边缘方向直方图描述子描述特征,从而实现可靠的特征匹配。来自不同时刻的匹配点对被保存在一个基于高斯距离准则的特征匹配库中。最后,为了克服近平面场景中目标深度变化的影响,本文结合前景样本随机抽样策略计算配准矩阵的损失函数,完成对全局配准矩阵的更新。在LITIV数据库上对方法进行实验验证,结果表明本文方法的配准精度优于当前先进的对比方法,在9个测试视频上的平均重叠率误差仅为0.194,与对比方法相比下降了18.5%。基本满足了近平面场景下红外-可见光视频序列配准的精度要求,且具有较高的鲁棒性。     

Immobilization of lipase onto metal–organic frameworks for enantioselective hydrolysis and transesterification

Enzyme immobilization enhances the catalytic activity and stability of the enzyme, and also improves reusability. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), which possess diversified structures and porosity, have been used as excellent carriers for enzyme immobilization. Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase (PFL) has been successfully immobilized onto MOFs by covalent cross-linking to obtain a series of immobilized lipase (PFL@MOFs). PFL@MOFs are used for catalytic enantioselective hydrolysis of 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid ethyl ester enantiomers (2-HPPAEE) in aqueous medium and transesterification of 4-methoxymandelic acid enantiomers (4-MMA) in organic medium. The experimental results indicated that PFL@Uio-66(Zr) exhibits excellent enzymatic catalysis performances and high enantioselectives. In addition, to improve catalytic activity and reusability, PFL is modified by the polyethylene glycol (PEG) to prepare PEG-modified lipase (PFL-PEG), then PFL-PEG is immobilized onto Uio-66(Zr) to prepare PFL-PEG@Uio-66(Zr), demonstrating better reusability and catalytic activity compared with PFL@Uio-66(Zr).     

Rapid synthesis of Gd2Zr2O7 ceramics by flash sintering and its aqueous durability

The high radiation resistance and long time stability of Gd₂Zr₂O₇ ceramics make it a promising candidate for high level waste (HLW) immobilization materials. In this study, single phase nanocrystalline Gd₂Zr₂O₇ was successfully synthesized and consolidated at temperatures around 1050 °C for only 1 min by flash sintering for the first time. The phase evolution and microstructural development during flash sintering were systematically studied and compared with the conventionally sintered samples. The flash sintered Gd₂Zr₂O₇ exhibit defect fluorite structure, and a following heat treatment at 1400 °C could transform the Gd₂Zr₂O₇ ceramics from defect fluorite phase into pyrochlore phase. The MCC-1 leaching test shows that the flash sintered Gd₂Zr₂O₇ samples exhibit good aqueous durability.