Requirement of cysteine-rich repeats of the Fas receptor for binding by the Fas ligand

The Fas receptor is a member of a family of cell death receptors, including tumor necrosis factor receptor I (TNFR I), death receptor 3 and 4 (DR3 and DR4), and cytopathic avian receptor 1 (CAR1). The Fas receptor is composed of several discrete domains, including three cysteine-rich domains (CRDs), a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain responsible for transmitting an apoptotic signal. While the mechanism of Fas-mediated cell death has become elucidated, the requirements for Fas ligand binding to the receptor have not been fully defined. Using a series of chimeric Fc-receptor fusion proteins between the human Fas receptor and TNFR I, each cysteine-rich domain of Fas was found to be required for interaction with the Fas ligand. Interestingly, TNFR I CRD1 could partially substitute for the Fas CRD1. The importance of this domain was underscored by the analysis of a Fas extracellular mutation (C66R), which resulted in a complete loss of ligand binding. This mutation was cloned from a human patient suffering from Canale-Smith syndrome, which is characterized by autoimmunity resembling that observed in the lpr and lprcg mice. The localization of essential ligand binding domains in the Fas receptor correlated exactly with the ability of the Fas receptor fusion proteins to prevent cell death mediated by the Fas ligand.     

镇沅金精矿选择性固砷焙烧—氰化浸出新工艺研究

对云南镇沅金矿的难当金精矿进行了选择性固砷焙烧－氰化浸出的试验研究，取得了满意结果。砷固定率大于９２％，硫挥发率为７８％－８４％，金浸出率可达９１％－９３％。选择性固砷焙烧－氰化浸出新工艺可有效消除砷害，综合利用有价成分硫，特别适宜于含砷高硫，同时含碳等杂质的细粒浸染型难浸金矿石的处理，在我国有较大的发展前景。     

An extraction method to determine interconnect parasitic parameters

Interconnect parasitic parameters in integrated circuits have significant impact on circuit speed. An accurate monitoring of these parameters can help to improve interconnect performance during process development, provide information for circuit design, or give useful reference for circuit failure analysis. Existing extraction methods either are destructive (such as SEM measurement) or can determine only partial parasitic parameters (such as large capacitor measurement). In this paper, we present a new method for extracting interconnect parasitic parameters, which can simultaneously determine the interlayer and intralayer capacitances, line resistance, and effective line width. The method is based on two test patterns of the same structure with different dimensions. The structure consumes less wafer area than existing methods. The method shows good agreement with SEM measurement of dielectric thickness in both nonglobal planarized and chemical-mechanical polished processes, and gives accurate prediction of the process spread of a ring oscillator speed over a wafer     

铝带材冷轧机机前展平辊重叠量的探讨

目前国内大多数铝加工厂对铝带材冷轧机机前展平辊的作用缺乏足够的认识，甚至弃而不用。本文主要论述展平辊的作用及展平辊重叠量的计算方法。     

军械调运方案优化算法的设计与仿真

军械调运问题的数学模型和手工算法过去已有研究,但是当问题较为复杂时,手工算法就要花费大量时间而且准确性也难以保证。针对这一缺陷,本文在已有的数学模型和手工算法的基础上,设计了一种可以用计算机实现的基于递归的算法来寻求军械紧急调运问题的最优方案,并使用面向对象的java语言将算法实现。     

用C语言链表解决大整数运算的精度问题

介绍用C语言链表解决大整数运算的精度问题的方法。     

Holmium-doped Porous Silicon Prepared by a New Electrochemical Approach and Its Photoluminescence

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A FISH technique for simultaneous detection of fluorescent R-band and in situ hybridization signals]

BACKGROUND: Because of serious adverse effects of centrally acting antitussive agents, is necessary to find new drugs with cough-suppressing activity. Medicinal herbs are a potential source of polysaccharides with high antitussive efficiency and on the other with minimal side effects. AIM: The study was to assess the antitussive action of mixture of a polysaccharides (RL) and polysaccharide-xylan (XY), both isolated from above-ground parts of Rudbeckie fulgida var. sullivantii. The observed activity was compared to those of narcotic and nonnarcotic antitussive substances used in clinical practice. METHODS: Cough was evoked by mechanical irritation of the airways in nonanaesthetized cats with chronic tracheal cannuly. The plant substances were administered perorally in the dose of 50 mg per kg body weight. RESULTS: Results indicate, that administration of RL induced a suppression of the followed cough parameters from both areas of airways (total fall in cough parameters by 46.6%). Administration of xylan induced the fall in the followed cough parameters with more significant influence on the laryngopharyngeal area of the airways (total fall in cough parameters 48.2%). CONCLUSION: Administration of RL and xylan did not achieve the effect of codeine, but had a more intensive antitussive effect than the peripherally acting droprozine and prenoxdiazine. (Fig. 3, Ref. 11.)