New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Systemic Mastocytosis

Mastocytosis is a type of myeloid neoplasm characterized by the clonal, neoplastic proliferation of morphologically and immunophenotypically abnormal mast cells that infiltrate one or more organ systems. Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a more aggressive variant of mastocytosis with extracutaneous involvement, which might be associated with multi-organ dysfunction or failure and shortened survival. Over 80% of patients with SM carry the KIT D816V mutation. However, the KIT D816V mutation serves as a weak oncogene and appears to be a late event in the pathogenesis of mastocytosis. The management of SM is highly individualized and was largely palliative for patients without a targeted form of therapy in past decades. Targeted therapy with midostaurin, a multiple kinase inhibitor that inhibits KIT, has demonstrated efficacy in patients with advanced SM. This led to the recent approval of midostaurin by the United States Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency. However, the overall survival of patients treated with midostaurin remains unsatisfactory. The identification of genetic and epigenetic alterations and understanding their interactions and the molecular mechanisms involved in mastocytosis is necessary to develop rationally targeted therapeutic strategies. This review briefly summarizes recent developments in the understanding of SM pathogenesis and potential treatment strategies for patients with SM.     

Some Molecular and Cellular Stress Mechanisms Associated with Neurodegenerative Diseases and Atherosclerosis

Chronic stress is a combination of nonspecific adaptive reactions of the body to the influence of various adverse stress factors which disrupt its homeostasis, and it is also a corresponding state of the organism’s nervous system (or the body in general). We hypothesized that chronic stress may be one of the causes occurence of several molecular and cellular types of stress. We analyzed literary sources and considered most of these types of stress in our review article. We examined genes and mutations of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes and also molecular variants which lead to various types of stress. The end result of chronic stress can be metabolic disturbance in humans and animals, leading to accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), oxidative stress, energy deficiency in cells (due to a decrease in ATP synthesis) and mitochondrial dysfunction. These changes can last for the lifetime and lead to severe pathologies, including neurodegenerative diseases and atherosclerosis. The analysis of literature allowed us to conclude that under the influence of chronic stress, metabolism in the human body can be disrupted, mutations of the mitochondrial and nuclear genome and dysfunction of cells and their compartments can occur. As a result of these processes, oxidative, genotoxic, and cellular stress can occur. Therefore, chronic stress can be one of the causes forthe occurrence and development of neurodegenerative diseases and atherosclerosis. In particular, chronic stress can play a large role in the occurrence and development of oxidative, genotoxic, and cellular types of stress.     

Stress distribution in thick-walled cylinder due to non-uniform radial pressure on the example of reinforcement corrosion in concrete

This paper presents an analytical solution to the non-uniform pressure on thick-walled cylinder. The formulation is based on the linear elasticity theory (plain strain) and stress function method. As an example, the proposed solution is used to model the stress distribution due to non-uniform steel reinforcement corrosion in concrete. The model is formulated considering different scenarios of corrosion pressure distribution. It is validated against the finite element model for different cases of non-uniform pressure distributions. The results show that the corrosion-induced cracks are likely to start just beyond the anodic zone. This is confirmed by the experimental tests on concrete cylinder exposed to non-uniform accelerated corrosion of steel reinforcement. The model can be effectively used to calculate the distribution of corrosion-induced stresses in concrete.     

An Improved Immune Genetic Algorithm for Solving the Optimization Problems of Computer Communication Networks

1　IntroductionIndesigningacomputercommunicationnet work ,thenetworkaveragedelayisanimportantpa rameterinthenetworkperformance .Inthispaper,weonlyconsiderM /M/1networks,whichmeansthatthemessageprocessingtimeisaprobabilisticdensityfunctionwithnegativepower,thegroupar rivalandsendingisofPoissiondistributionwithasinglequeue .Supposethatthenetworktopologicalstructureandtheestimatesoftheexternaltrafficrequirementsaregiven ,howtoselecttheoptimalroutestobeusedbythecommunicatingnodesinthenetworksoast…     

一种抗NLOS的TDOA定位算法

本文提出了一种抗非视线传播(Non-Line-of-Sight)干扰的TDOA定位算法。该算法采用退火与遗传算法相结合的方式，在满足给定条件的空间内搜索源点坐标值。数值仿真表明，该算法具备抗NLOS干扰的能力，与传统TDOA算法相比，该算法无需知道各基站的非视线传播干扰分布，是一种实用有效的定位算法。     

基于非均匀星座的改进ARQ方案及其性能分析

本文针对调制阶数大于4的MPSK和MQAM调制，在重传中采用非均匀星座图和符号比特重新排序，提出了一种改进的ARQ方案。通过对AWGN信道下ARQ方案进行理论分析和数值仿真，表明基于非均匀星座的新方案在信道条件较差时能有效地提高重要比特的可靠性，若重传中结合符号比特重排和分组合并，则可使接收端解调合并后的比特可靠性趋于均匀且总体得到提高，从而有效地减少重传次数，提高系统的吞吐率。由于本文所提方案并不改变调制解调规则和数据分组长度，故容易实现和控制。     

27例乙型血友病患者Ⅸ因子基因突变研究

采用ＰＣＲ（聚合酶链反应）及ＧＡＷＴＳ（ＧｅｎｏｍｉｃＡｍｐｌｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｗｉｔｈＴｒａｎｓｃｒｉｐｔｓＳｅｑｕｅｎｃｉｎｇ）技术，研究了江苏、湖北、山东、广东、福建、宁夏六省区２７例乙型血友病患者及其家系成员ＦⅨ（九因子）基因各２．２Ｋｂ　ＤＮＡ序列。在２ｌ例中发现２０种不同类型的突变。其中１２种是未曾报道的新突变。３８％的突变发生在ＣｐＧ二核苷致序列上，进一步证实了ＣｐＧ确系突变热点。同时检出６例女性为致病基因携带者。对开展基因产前诊断及优生优育等，具有重要意义。     

An integrated automatic test data generation system

The Godzilla automatic test data generator is an integrated collection of tools that implements a relatively new test data generation method—constraint-based testing—that is based on mutation analysis. Constraint-based testing integrates mutation analysis with several other testing techniques, including statement coverage, branch coverage, domain perturbation, and symbolic evaluation. Because Godzilla uses a rule-based approach to generate test data, it is easily extendible to allow new testing techniques to be integrated into the current system. This article describes the system that has been built to implement constraint-based testing. Godzilla's design emphasizes orthogonality and modularity, allowing relatively easy extensions. Godzilla's internal structure and algorithms are described with emphasis on internal structures of the system and the engineering problems that were solved during the implementation.Parts of this research were supported by Contract F30602-85-C-0255 through Rome Air Development Center while the author was a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.     

3DFD Simulation of Asymmetric Wave Field by Side-wall Acoustic Tool in Open and Cased Wells

1. Introduction Side-wall acoustic logging tools, such as the Segmented Bond Tool (SBT) from Baker Atlas and the tools for open hole measurements, utilize acoustic transducers mounted on six pads to make compensated acoustic velocity and attenuation measurements which are not affected by mud weight, gas cut, fast formation effects, casing surface conditions or reasonable tool de- centralizing. Studies on the wave fields generated by these tools are very important to tool design and data int…     

筛查基因突变的新技术——循环双脱氧指纹图谱法及其应用

建立了适用于大批量标本基因突变筛查的双脱氧指纹图谱法即ｄｄＦ。该技术民测定ＤＮＡ序列的双脱氧末端终止法及ＳＳＣＰ二者长处于一身，即只作一个双脱氧末端终止反应，然后将反应产物在与ＳＳＣＰ相同的电泳条件下进行聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳，这样有突变的样品不会漏检，阳性检出率高达１００％。