Histological analysis of pollen-pistil interactions in sour passion fruit plants (Passiflora edulis Sims)

The success of sexual plant reproduction is directly influenced by specific interactions between the pollen and pistil. Light, fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy techniques were used to evaluate the steps of pollination in sour passion fruit plants (Passiflora edulis Sims). In the compatible interaction, pollen tubes grow through stigma projections towards the ovary. The pollen grain surface was found to be spheroidal and to consist of heteroreticulate exine with six colpi. Furthermore, analysis in vivo of pollenpistil interactions indicated that stigmas of flowers 24 hours before anthesis are unable to discriminate compatible (genetically unrelated) and incompatible (genetically related) pollen grains. Taken together, these results provide insight into the cellular mechanisms underlying pollination in passion fruit plants.     

一种基于局部描述符的三维人脸识别方法

提出一种局部描述符进行三维人脸识别。每个采样点的局部特征定义为该点根据其法向量与3个主轴之间的角度自适应选取的邻域点集向人脸主轴平面投影所得的面积。文中提出的三维人脸识别算法首先对人脸进行预处理,归一化到较统一的姿态后,提取与鼻尖等距的轮廓线,并对轮廓线进行重采样以剔除无用点。然后对每个采样点提取局部特征。最后建立人脸之间的点对应关系,将加权融合后的局部特征用于识别。通过实验认证,文中方法识别效果较好,且对遮挡和噪声有较好的鲁棒性。     

Transition Temperatures in Sliding Systems

A pin-on-disk type of apparatus is used to study the effect of operating variables on transition temperatures with dilute solutions of pure fatty acids in pure paraffinic hydrocarbons and with a straight paraffinic mineral oil. It is found that the temperature at which the sudden transition from low to high friction and wear occurs increases with sliding speed, decreases with load, and is otherwise independent of operating variables. Empirically, the reciprocal of the absolute transition temperature varies linearly with the logarithm of the ratio of load to speed. The absence of conventional hydrodynamic lubrication in this system is demonstrated.

It is concluded that these results are inconsistent with the widely accepted concept that boundary lubricants must form a “solid” adsorbed film to be effective. It appears necessary to adopt a modified view of the role of the boundary lubricant, in which rheological and other diverse physical characteristics must be considered, and not simply the state of matter in which it exists. In addition, it appears necessary to consider the interrelated kinetics of boundary film formation and welding between asperities.     

建设“主动+被动”综合安全体系 打造煤矿“不停电”供电系统

介绍了为提高煤矿供电的可靠性,建设"主动+被动"安全体系的主要内容,重点阐述了被动安全体系的构成、作用和实际运行效果,说明了被动安全体系在煤矿安全供电中的重要保障意义。     

镍钼共生矿加压酸浸动力学研究

采用氧压酸浸工艺处理镍钼共生矿。结果表明,钼、镍、铁的浸出率均随着温度的升高、时间的延长基本呈线性上升的趋势,钼、镍的浸出率最高分别达到67.50%、99.62%,而铁的浸出率被抑制在50%以下。经氧压酸浸处理得到的钼渣基本以H_2MO_4形态存在,常规碱浸工艺能将其高效浸出且碱耗量大大降低。动力学研究表明,镍钼共生矿氧压酸浸过程中钼、镍、铁浸出反应的表观活化能分别为11.37、34.95、18.44kJ/mol,钼、镍、铁的浸出反应速率受内扩散控制。     

玻纤增强聚苯硫醚复合材料的增韧研究

针对玻纤增强聚苯硫醚材料韧性差的问题，对聚苯硫醚傲璃纤维复合体系的增韧进行了研究，考察了玻纤、改性聚合物、有机超细粒子对复合材料力学性能的影响。采用基体增韧（预增韧）与有机超细粒子增韧技术，在保持复合材料拉伸强度和模量的同时，较大地提高了冲击强度，获得了综合力学性能优异的纤维增强聚苯硫醚材料。     

Effects of substitutions in the binding surface of an antibody on antigen affinity

The interactions between the Fab and single-chain Fv (scFv) fragments of an antibody (NC10) and its antigen, influenza virus neuraminidase, were analysed in the crystal structures of the Fab-neuraminidase and scFv-neuraminidase complexes. To investigate the contribution to binding made by cavities, salt links and hydrogen bonds in the antibody- antigen interface, 14 single amino acid replacements were made at six contact residues in the scFv fragment by site-directed mutagenesis. The binding affinity of each mutant scFv antibody for neuraminidase was determined with a BIAcore optical biosensor. Four of the mutations resulted in large changes in the free energy of binding to neuraminidase (deltadeltaG > 1 kcal/mol) and together may account for approximately 70% of the free energy of binding. Hence these data support the theory that a small number of residues form the 'functional epitope' and are most important for binding of NC10 to neuraminidase. The salt link between antibody residue (Asp)H56 and (Lys)N432 from neuraminidase was demonstrated to be important for affinity, since substitution of (Asp)H56 with Asn caused a large reduction in the free energy of binding (deltadeltaG = +2.8 kcal/mol). Hydrogen bonds provided by (Tyr)L32 and (Asp)H56 were also important for binding: mutation of (Tyr)L32 to Phe resulted in a significant reduction in binding affinity (deltadeltaG = +1.7 kcal/mol). Disruption of hydrophobic interactions (van der Waals contacts) led to significant reductions in affinity also ((Tyr)H99 to Ala, deltadeltaG = +1.5 kcal/mol; (Leu)L94 to Ala, deltadeltaG > +3.0 kcal/mol). An attempt to increase binding affinity by filling a cavity in the interface with a larger antibody side chain was unsuccessful, as the free energy gained by new antibody-antigen interactions did not compensate for the removal of cavity-bound water molecules.      

分布式环境下全局序列模式挖掘技术研究

由于分布式环境下挖掘全局序列模式常常产生过多候选序列,加大了网络通信代价.为此提出一种基于分布式环境下的全局序列模式快速挖掘算法.该算法将各站点得到的局部序列模式压缩到一种语法序列树上,避免了重复的序列前缀传输;基于合并树中节点序列规则和简单的特点,提出一种项扩展和序列扩展剪枝策略,有效地约减了候选序列,减少了网络传输量,从而快速生成全局序列模式.理论和实验表明,在大数据集环境下该算法性能优越,能够有效地挖掘全局序列模式.     

Stereological estimation of surface area and barrier thickness of fish gills in vertical sections

Previous morphometric methods for estimation of the volume of components, surface area and thickness of the diffusion barrier in fish gills have taken advantage of the highly ordered structure of these organs for sampling and surface area estimations, whereas the thickness of the diffusion barrier has been measured orthogonally on perpendicularly sectioned material at subjectively selected sites. Although intuitively logical, these procedures do not have a demonstrated mathematical basis, do not involve random sampling and measurement techniques, and are not applicable to the gills of all fish. The present stereological methods apply the principles of surface area estimation in vertical uniform random sections to the gills of the Brazilian teleost Arapaima gigas. The tissue was taken from the entire gill apparatus of the right‐hand or left‐hand side (selected at random) of the fish by systematic random sampling and embedded in glycol methacrylate for light microscopy. Arches from the other side were embedded in Epoxy resin. Reference volume was estimated by the Cavalieri method in the same vertical sections that were used for surface density and volume density measurements. The harmonic mean barrier thickness of the water‐blood diffusion barrier was calculated from measurements taken along randomly selected orientation lines that were sine‐weighted relative to the vertical axis. The values thus obtained for the anatomical diffusion factor (surface area divided by barrier thickness) compare favourably with those obtained for other sluggish fish using existing methods.