New Beta-lactamases in Candidate Phyla Radiation: Owning Pleiotropic Enzymes Is a Smart Paradigm for Microorganisms with a Reduced Genome

The increased exploitation of microbial sequencing methods has shed light on the high diversity of new microorganisms named Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR). CPR are mainly detected via 16S rRNA/metabarcoding analyses or metagenomics and are found to be abundant in all environments and present in different human microbiomes. These microbes, characterized by their symbiotic/epiparasitic lifestyle with bacteria, are directly exposed to competition with other microorganisms sharing the same ecological niche. Recently, a rich repertoire of enzymes with antibiotic resistance activity has been found in CPR genomes by using an in silico adapted screening strategy. This reservoir has shown a high prevalence of putative beta-lactamase-encoding genes. We expressed and purified five putative beta-lactamase sequences having the essential domains and functional motifs from class A and class B beta-lactamase. Their enzymatic activities were tested against various beta-lactam substrates using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and showed some beta-lactamase activity even in the presence of a beta-lactamase inhibitor. In addition, ribonuclease activity was demonstrated against RNA that was not inhibited by sulbactam and EDTA. None of these proteins could degrade single- and double-stranded-DNA. This study is the first to express and test putative CPR beta-lactamase protein sequences in vitro. Our findings highlight that the reduced genomes of CPR members harbor sequences encoding for beta-lactamases known to be multifunction hydrolase enzymes.     

Pseudo-Stokes Vector Correlation From Complex Signal Representation of a Speckle Pattern and Its Applications to Micro-Displacement Measurement

Abstract:  As an improvement of the intensity correlation used widely in conventional electronic speckle photography, we propose a new technique for displacement measurement based on correlating Stokes-like parameters derivatives for transformed speckle patterns. The method is based on a Riesz transform of the intensity speckle pattern, which converts the original real-valued signal into a complex signal. In closest analogy to the polarisation of a vector wave, the Stokes-like vector constructed from the spatial derivative of the generated complex signal has been applied for correlation. Experimental results are presented that demonstrate the validity and advantage of the proposed pseudo-Stokes vector correlation technique over conventional intensity correlation technique.     

Binuclear aluminum complex as an efficient orange emitter in single-layer electroluminescent devices

A binuclear aluminum complex with a chelating anilido-imine conjugated Schiff base ligand, 1,4-{o-C₆H₄[N(2,6-ⁱPr₂C₆H₃)][CH  N]Al(CH₃)₂}₂C₆H₄ (3), was synthesized from the alkane elimination reaction of trimethylaluminum with the free ligand, 1,4-{o-C₆H₄[NH(2,6-ⁱPr₂C₆H₃)][CH  N]}₂C₆H₄ (2), at room temperature. The photophysical properties of complex 3 were briefly examined and it was found that complex 3 displays bright orange luminescence in solution and in solid state. Electroluminescent devices were fabricated by doping complex 3 in polymer blend host of poly(vinylcarbazole) and 2-tert-butylphenyl-5-biphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol using simple solution spin-coating technique. Efficient orange light emission was obtained from the fabricated single-layer organic light-emitting devices with a maximum current efficiency of 3.2 cd/A.     

禹门口提水工程基坑开挖控制爆破

该项工程的开挖爆破中,采用塑料导爆管非电起爆技术等措施,成功地解决了复杂环境条件下的爆破安全问题,为同类工程施工提供了可借鉴的经验。     

Newton法对应单参有理函数族的广义M-J集

讨论了Newton法对应单参数有理函数族的广义Mandelbrot集和Julia集,给出了它们的构造算法,证明了其广义Mandelbrot集的有界性,并给出了其周期点个数的计算公式.利用数学实验的方法研究了广义Mandelbrot集周期芽苞分布规律,并通过对比分析得到了它们与z~n+c的Mandelbrot集和Julia集之间的族相似性类似的新的族相似关系.文中算法为Mandelbrot集和Julia集的发展提供了新的思路.     

Molecular Dynamics of CYFIP2 Protein and Its R87C Variant Related to Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy

The CYFIP2 protein (cytoplasmic FMR1-interacting protein 2) is part of the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC). CYFIP2 was recently correlated to neurological disorders by the association of the R87C variant with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) patients. In this set of syndromes, the epileptic spasms and seizures since early childhood lead to impaired neurological development in children. Inside the WRC, the variant residue is at the CYFIP2 and WAVE1 protein interface. Thus, the hypothesis is that the R87C modification weakens this interaction, allowing the WRC complex’s constant activation. This work aimed to investigate the impacts of the mutation on the structure of the WRC complex through molecular dynamics simulation. For that, we constructed WRC models containing WAVE1-NCKAP1 proteins complexed with WT or R87C CYFIP2. Our simulations showed a flexibilization of the loop comprising residues 80–110 due to the loss of contacts between internal residues in the R87C CYFIP2 as well as the key role of residues R/C87, E624, and E689 in structural modification. These data could explain the mechanism by which the mutation impairs the stability and proper regulation of the WRC.     

综合体内儿童活动场所执行消防规范的问题探讨

近年来,我国城市商业综合体的总数和规模出现了前所未有的增长,各种儿童活动场所在商业综合体内遍地开花,不少商业综合体甚至主打儿童品牌,成为满足儿童游乐、教育、摄影、零售、美食等多种需求的一站式基地。但此类场所的快速发展也带来了极大的火灾风险,相对消防法规和技术标准也出现了一些不适应、难执行的情况。文章对在商业综合体内设置的儿童活动场所执行现行消防法规和技术标准存在的问题及相应的解决措施进行分析,希望可以起到借鉴作用。     

基于文本挖掘的WUI火灾致灾因子网络构建及特征分析

为预防和减少WUI火灾的发生, 挖掘WUI火灾关键致灾因子, 厘清致灾因子间的作用机制. 本文首先基于本文挖掘技术从WUI火灾事故案例中得到致灾因子, 使用Apriori算法得到致灾因子之间的关联规则. 然后使用复杂网络理论构建WUI火灾致灾因子网络, 计算网络拓扑特征参数, 探析WUI火灾致灾因子网络特征. 最后引入WUI火灾致因链风险度指标, 挖掘出高风险连边, 并提出断链措施. 结果表明: WUI火灾致灾因子网络具有小世界特性, 高温、强风、干旱等对其他致灾因子影响较大. 燃烧废弃物、植物起火、应急响应速度、人为纵火、强风在不同致灾因子转换中具有重要作用, 应加强管控. 网络中风险度最高的边是燃烧废弃物→植物起火, 通过颁布禁止擅自燃烧废弃物等规定, 即可切断该风险链, 实现对WUI火灾的预防和主动控制.     

基于复小波变换全监督学习的微震波形降噪与相位拾取

由于井下微震信号有着更低的信噪比, 导致信号拾取精度降低. 现阶段基于小波阈值的信号降噪算法等在面对信噪比较低的信号时存在泛化性差, 阈值难以衡量等问题. 为解决这一问题, 本文研究了一种复小波变换全监督学习的微震波形降噪方法. 该方法首先利用复小波变换结合卷积自编器设计一个具有多个卷积和反卷积操作的编码-解码器完成图像的降噪过程. 为验证此方法的有效性, 首先在Stanford的Earthquake数据集上构建了Earthquake2023进行训练和测试, 并有着较好地拟合效果和训练结果. 同时基于该方法降噪后信号设计了一种震相拾取方法, 并达到了较高的拾取精度. 本文设计了多组对比实验, 结果表明此降噪方法能有效提高信号的峰值信噪比和均方根误差, 两者分别提高了16 dB和24%, P波、S波初至到时拾取的误差相较于STA/LTA减小了0.3 ms.