Effect of diacetyl piquerol on H+-ATPase activity of microsomes fromIpomoea purpurea

The effect of an allelopathic compound, diacetyl-piquerol on the H⁺ -ATPase activity of the microsomal fraction from the radicles of a common weedIpomoea purpurea was studied. The diacetyl-piquerol inhibited the germination and radicle growth fromI. purpurea; the radicle growth was increasingly inhibited (10% to 100%) as piquerol concentrations were raised (10 M to 1000 M). The H⁺-ATPase activity was inhibited (48%) by 500 M diacetyl-piquerol, and this inhibition was higher in plasma membrane ATPase (67.2%) than in tonoplast membrane ATPase (31.4%). Additional studies of the precise physiological mechanisms of interference caused by allelopathic compounds are needed.This study was sponsored by Project PCECCCNA-050954 of Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT).     

Pursue or shoot? Effects of exercise-induced fatigue on the transition from running to rifle shooting in a pursuit task

To investigate to what degree exercise-induced fatigue influences behavioural choices, participants' transition from running to rifle shooting in a pursue-and-shoot task was assessed. Participants ran on a treadmill and chased a target in a virtual environment and were free to choose when to stop the treadmill and shoot at the target. Fatigue increased progressively throughout the 20-minute test. Results indicated that shooting accuracy was not affected by fatigue. However, the distance to the target at which participants decided to shoot showed a U-shaped relationship with fatigue, R² = 0.884, p = 0.013. At low fatigue levels (ratings of perceived exertion [RPE] < 6.5), the distance to the target at which participants shot decreased, whereas at higher fatigue levels (RPE > 6.5) shooting distance increased again. At high levels of fatigue, participants stopped running sooner, aimed at the target longer and shot less often. Findings indicate that physiological parameters influence not only perception but also actual transitions between different actions.     

Towards a goal‐driven approach to action selection in self‐adaptive software

Self‐adaptive software is a closed‐loop system, since it continuously monitors its context (i.e. environment) and/or self (i.e. software entities) in order to adapt itself properly to changes. We believe that representing adaptation goals explicitly and tracing them at run‐time are helpful in decision making for adaptation. While goal‐driven models are used in requirements engineering, they have not been utilized systematically yet for run‐time adaptation. To address this research gap, this article focuses on the deciding process in self‐adaptive software, and proposes the Goal‐Action‐Attribute Model (GAAM). An action selection mechanism, based on cooperative decision making, is also proposed that uses GAAM to select the appropriate adaptation action(s). The emphasis is on building a light‐weight and scalable run‐time model which needs less design and tuning effort comparing with a typical rule‐based approach. The GAAM and action selection mechanism are evaluated using a set of experiments on a simulated multi‐tier enterprise application, and two sample ordinal and cardinal action preference lists. The evaluation is accomplished based on a systematic design of experiment and a detailed statistical analysis in order to investigate several research questions. The findings are promising, considering the obtained results, and other impacts of the approach on engineering self‐adaptive software. Although, one case study is not enough to generalize the findings, and the proposed mechanism does not always outperform a typical rule‐based approach, less effort, scalability, and flexibility of GAAM are remarkable. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

社会转型期背景下地方政府行为负外部性研究

外部性又称溢出效应,是指一个经济主体的行为对另一个经济主体的福利所产生的效应,而这种效应并没有通过货币或市场交易反映出来。负外部性即引起他人效用的降低或成本的增加。通过对政府行为负外部性的分析认为,在社会转型时期,地方政府应加强政府间合作,改变其传统的执政理念,完善公共决策机制使得地方政府行为负外部性向正外部性转变,以实现经济与社会文化生活的协调可持续发展。     

考场异常行为检测算法

以智能视频监控理论为依据,结合考试现场特点,提出了一种能够进行考场异常行为检测的高效算法。该算法从考生信息结构和内容方面作了科学设计,提出了行为覆盖区、3维考场关注度等概念。仿真实验针对分析器的准确率和效率两方面进行,并特别比较了本算法设计的分析器和普通方式分析器的效率。实验结果表明,本算法能很好地挖掘视频帧间的历史关系,与未采用本算法的普通方式相比检测效率有较大提高。     

油菜和荷花蜂花粉提取物的抗氧化性研究

采用超声法,分别以甲醇、水为溶剂提取油菜和荷花的蜂花粉活性成分,通过测定油菜和荷花蜂花粉的提取物对超氧阴离子自由基、羟基自由基的清除率及对脂质过氧化的抑制率,评价两种蜂花粉的抗氧化能力。结果表明:两种蜂花粉提取物均具有较强的抗氧化作用,油菜蜂花粉提取物比荷花蜂花粉提取物有更强的抗氧化性。油菜蜂花粉甲醇提取物对超氧阴离子自由基、羟基阴离子自由基清除率可达到83.2%,99.2%,对脂质过氧化的抑制率可达到92.2%。将蜂花粉抗氧化提取物分为甲醇部、水部溶剂萃取物,经抗氧化活性比较,其强弱顺序为甲醇部>水部。     

季节温差作用对超长高层建筑的影响

选取一座典型超长高层建筑结构为计算实例,采用有限元方法,分别考虑季节升温和季节降温两种计算工况,对该超长高层建筑整体结构进行温度效应计算.通过对比分析两种计算工况下的结构温度变形、各种构件温度内力或应力的计算结果,找出了该超长高层建筑结构在不同时期遭受季节温差产生温度效应的共性与差异,给出了季节降温工况对该超长高层建筑结构的不利影响.     

顶板隔水层关键层耦合作用规律研究

在煤矿开采过程中，如果覆岩裂隙扩展至贯穿隔水层，则会诱发地下水或地表水大量涌向采场，导致煤矿淹井事故．利用RFPA^2D-Flow软件建立了隔水层关键层耦合的采场推进模型，计算并分析了裂隙场的发育和分布，绘制了顶板水渗流量曲线．讨论了与裂隙发育密切相关的覆岩支承压力与中间岩层厚度、关键层厚度及破断闻的关系．结果表明：关键层未破断时，中问岩层厚度对隔水层裂隙发育作用不明显；厚关键层对隔水层能起较好的保护作用．     

发电机微机保护装置误动原因分析及解决方案

通过对一起发电机微机保护动作后的相关现象进行分析,查出引起微机保护误动作的根本原因,并提出整改方案,弥补了设计存在的不足。