千岛湖生态保护与建设对景观格局的影响研究

生态保护和生态建设过程对景观格局产生影响并使之发生变化,这种变化又会影响景观的生态过程。应用3s技术和景观指数分析了39年(1964-2003年)内千岛湖库区土地利用和土地覆盖格局的变化。结果显示,斑块总数和景观破碎度基本保持不变,但是各斑块类型的斑块数量、面积和优势度变化非常显著。最优势斑块类型由荒山(占陆地面积的47．44％)演变为马尾松( Pinus massoniana)林(占陆地面积的52．8l％),研究区域内森林植被覆盖率增加。研究还发现景观多样性指数略微下降。景观多样性是对土地利用和覆盖类型丰富度和均匀度的概要度量,并不一定总是和景观功能呈正相关关系。上述变化归因于多项生态保护措施的实施使得自然演替得以实现。景观格局的优化使生态系统的生态功能得到提高,包括生境恢复、生物多样性增加、水土流失减少。森林植被恢复以后,马尾松林斑块的单一化趋势应在今后的生物多样性保护、生态规划和可持续发展中得到重视。     

中国土地利用格局及其影响因子分析

在遥感技术与 GIS技术的支持下 ,对中国土地利用空间格局及其影响因子进行了分析。首先通过 1∶1 0万中国土地利用数据库经过分层提取 ,生成中国土地利用类型空间分布格局数据库 ,在此基础上对中国土地利用空间格局进行了分析 ;而后在引入景观多样性指数、优势度指数、均匀度指数、破碎度指数的基础上 ,对中国土地利用景观格局进行了定量分析。研究结果表明 :中国土地利用景观多样性指数、优势度指数、均匀度指数、破碎度指数空间分布上具有明显的规律性 :随着人类活动的逐渐增强 ,景观的多样性指数逐渐增加 ,优势度指数逐渐减少 ,破碎度指数逐渐增加 ;而当人类已经彻底改变自然景观 ,多样性指数则逐渐减少 ,优势度指数增加 ,而破碎度指数逐渐减少。同时 ,针对中国土地利用景观格局及其生态背景的特点 ,选择北纬 40°、2 8°和 2 4°三条样带 ,东经 1 0 8°和 1 1 4°两条样带 ,对中国土地利用格局的影响因子进行了分析。     

黄土高原小流域景观多样性动态分析

以纸坊沟为例,在地理信息系统支持下获得计算景观多样性的有关参数,运用斑块大小及数量、平均分维数、多样性指数、优势度、均匀度、破碎度和聚集度等指标,对黄土高原小流域40年来景观多样性动态变化进行了分析．结果表明,40年来,在以人类活动干预和植被内源演替为主要驱动力的共同作用下,该流域斑块总数增加,旱地基质逐渐被林地、草地等其它景观基质所取代,景观格局趋于破碎,景观类型多样性和均匀度增加,且后20年景观多样性的变化幅度远远大于前20年的变化幅度．目前流域已经由1958年以旱地为基质的高度均质化的景观生态系统转化为与当地地带性景观相适应的以草地和林地为基质的高度异质化的景观生态系统,生态系统结构、功能已具有较强的稳定性．     

月亮山景区景观格局分析研究

根据景观生态学原理,区域的景观空间格局与生态过程具有较大关系。运用GIS技术,选取了景观多样性指数(H)、优势度(D)、均匀度(E)、景观破碎度(C)、景观分离度(I)五个景观指数,分析了"三江并流"国家级风景名胜区月亮山景区规划前后的格局变化。结果表明:规划后,景区内增加了风景游赏用地、游赏设施用地、交通设施用地、滞留用地等四种新的土地利用类型,形成了新的景观格局。景观层面:整体优势度下降、多样性上升、均匀度上升;斑块层面:林地、灌木林、荒草地和水域的破碎度上升,耕地的破碎度下降。林地的分离度上升,灌木林、荒草地的分离度下降。总的来说,规划对生态环境的影响不明显,且增加了景区趣味性,有利于生态保护及旅游活动的开展。     

广州市花都区景观动态变化研究

应用遥感和GIS技术,采用多样性指数、破碎度指数和分维数等指数,分析了广州市花都区1979年到2000年的景观动态变化,结果表明:(1)各景观类型的斑块数量增加,面积变化较大,且斑块形状复杂性增加;(2)景观破碎度增大,景观类型稳定性增加,优势度减少,受人类干扰程度加深;(3)景观斑块间的转移中,林地、耕地不断转移为城市用地、农村居民点以及工矿等用地,农村居民点以及工矿等用地也成为景观格局中的主要组成要素;(4)整体上景观变化后10年比前10年的幅度稍大。     

嘉峪关市城市化进程及景观格局动态变化

绿洲城市是中国干旱区人类活动最集中、人地关系最为敏感和复杂的代表性区域。本文以快速城市化绿洲城市——嘉峪关市为例,基于RS和GIS技术等从人口、经济、城市空间布局3个方面来分析嘉峪关市城市化水平,同时从斑块特征指数、景观多样性指数和景观空间构型指数等对绿洲城市景观格局进行定量分析。结果表明:1978—2009年间嘉峪关市城市化过程明显,城市人口比重从1978年的69.9%升至2009年的90.3%,城市建设用地年均扩张指数高达5.6%;嘉峪关市景观格局变化显著,景观多样性和异质性增强,耕地、林地和建设用地破碎度增加,草地和水域呈波动状态,未利用地破碎度减少;各斑块受干扰的程度增大,斑块几何形状更趋向规律性,基质成分减少;嘉峪关市城市化过程强烈影响着城市景观格局及其变化,人类活动对城市生态环境的影响作用逐渐增加。     

1980—2015年秦岭地区景观格局变化及其对人为干扰的响应

了解景观格局变化及其对人为干扰的响应对于生态系统保护和管理具有重要意义.本研究利用秦岭地区1980—2015年土地利用数据,基于景观格局指数和地表覆盖分类系统,构建景观格局脆弱度指数和人为干扰度,研究了秦岭地区景观格局时空变化及其对人为干扰的响应.结果表明: 1980—2015年,秦岭地区景观破碎化程度逐渐增加,景观形状变得复杂,景观聚集度、连通性降低,景观格局指数空间分布呈现明显的地形分异特征;景观格局脆弱性整体呈下降趋势,其中,低脆弱区空间格局变化比较明显,主要以西安市、汉中市为中心向周围区域扩张;景观格局人为干扰程度逐渐增加,空间分布表现为东部高、西部低,北坡高、南坡低,周边高、中间低;人为干扰度越大,景观格局脆弱度、斑块密度、Shannon多样性指数越大,聚集指数、最大斑块指数越小;人为干扰程度对景观格局脆弱度影响逐渐减弱,对Shannon多样性指数、最大斑块指数的影响逐渐增强,而对斑块密度、聚集指数的影响变化不明显.     

西双版纳大卡老寨农地景观与物种保护的关系

应用参与式农村评估法从村级水平对西双版纳大卡老寨农地景观与物种保护关系进行了初步调查与分析。斑块物种丰富度与斑块的平均大小、破碎度和分离度相关性较复杂。由于橡胶、西番莲、砂仁斑块面积的迅速发展,多样性、均匀度有所增加,而以集体林为主的景观优势度下降,景观格局的改变使得物种保护呈现出两种不同结果,一是新增加的斑块类型使物种数增加,提高了农业生态系统的多样性,另一方面则是减少或消失的斑块类型造成物种流失。而森林景观是整个农地景观的重要环节,应严格加以保护和合理利用。     

新疆阜康荒漠绿洲景观格局动态及其影响因子分析

阜康荒漠绿洲土地利用景观格局受自然分异和水土资源开发利用程度的制约,通过划分景观样带和选取景观空间格局指标,重点揭示了该区域景观格局的变化及其影响因子．结果表明,1987～1998年间阜康土地利用景观格局变化主要表现为耕地面积在洪积扇上增加,在冲积平原上下降;荒地则刚好相反,林地面积在低山丘陵带和洪积扇带下降,在冲积平原上没有变化．牧草地面积在低山丘陵带上升,其它各带均下降城镇面积在各样带上都有所增加,水域各带基本不变．低山丘陵带和洪积扇带景观多样性和均匀度下降,优势度上升;而冲积平原则多样性和均匀度上升,优势度下降,景观破碎度有增加的趋势,表明了人为影响的不断增强,阜康荒漠绿洲景观格局的变化,集中体现在位于洪积扇与冲积平原的耕地和荒地面积变动上,关键影响因子是水土资源利用下的水盐动态变化,地形和土地利用是影响地下水位变化的关键因素,而地下水位的连续变化又影响了土壤水盐在空间的分布。     

快速城市化过程中土地覆盖格局研究——以深圳市为例

研究一个以城市化过程为主的土地利用/覆盖变化可以从不同的角度出发。选择景观生态学中的景观格局的研究方法,对快速城市化地区——深圳市的城市化过程中的土地利用/覆盖的动态变化进行研究。具体选择景观格局指数中的破碎度指数、Shannon-Weaver多样性指数和聚集度指数,来表征斑块水平、景观水平、区域水平3个不同层次的土地覆盖格局。首先在区域水平上,分析了深圳全市,以及经济特区和特区外的宝安区、龙岗区的土地覆盖格局变化。在此基础上,以研究区的镇级行政单元为景观单元,计算了镇级行政区域以及镇级行政区海拔0～30m的区域的景观格局指数,在景观水平上分析了区域经济发展水平和速度,以及地形因素对土地覆盖格局变化的影响。随后分析了研究区各土地覆盖类型以及不同时期的斑块水平上的土地覆盖格局。最后以城镇用地比例表征城市化水平,讨论了城市化水平与土地覆盖格局变化的关系。在城市化初期,景观类型多样性和斑块破碎化程度出现上升趋势,空间聚集性下降,生态安全问题开始突现。在城市化水平20%～40%之间,其景观类型多样性和斑块破碎化程度达到较高水平,而空间聚集度水平较低,生态安全水平明显下降;随着城市化过程的不断深入,城市化水平不断提高,景观类型多样性和斑块破碎化程度又出现了较为明     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.