视觉假体的研究进展与面临的挑战

人工视觉假体是当今国际上对视网膜色素变性和老年性黄斑病变患者进行视觉修复的研究热点,该人工装置采集外界图像信息,并进行编码处理,通过微电流刺激器将刺激微电流信号加载到微电极阵列,对视觉神经系统进行作用,从而在视觉中枢产生光幻视,实现视觉功能修复。根据目前的国际研究现状,视觉假体可以对视觉通路的任意位置进行电刺激,以期产生视光感。按照植入位置的不同,视觉假体基本上可以分为视皮层假体、视网膜上假体、视网膜下假体和视神经假体。本文着重介绍了中国的C-Sight小组在视神经假体方面的工作进展和面临的挑战。     

当鱼鳍变成吸盘时

鱼鳍是鱼的运动器官和平衡器官．般来说分为两对偶鳍和三个奇鳍。按鳍的发生位置——偶鳍包括脚鳍和腹鳍：奇鳍包括背鳍、臀鳍和尾鳍。但并不是所有鱼的鳍都是按这五个位置出现的,有些种类的鱼会有一砦鱼鳍的缺失和变化。例如丝鳗科Nettastomidae、海鳝科Muraenidae、     

《自然》：造血干细胞起源位置和时间表

美国宾夕法尼亚大学医学院的研究人员完成了大多数骨髓干细胞在小鼠胚胎中形成的位置和发育时间表。相关论文发表在1月7日的《自然》杂志。成年哺乳动物骨髓中的造血干细胞能产生身体的所有血液细胞类型,因此解密其来源可能会帮助研究人员更好地操纵胚胎干细胞．以产生新的血液细胞来进行疾病治疗。先前有研究指出,造血干细胞源自血管内一种数量很少的细胞-内皮细胞,     

利用支持向量机和马氏判别式预测人类polⅡ启动子

通过选取人类启动子与非启动子序列中不同的k-mer作为预测算法的基础特征,分别以三个区域（-249～-1;0～＋50;-30～＋30）的6-mer频数作为离散源参数构建离散增量,同时选取24个位点（-31～-21;-4-＋2;＋25-＋29）的3-mer频数作为位置打分函数的参数,分别利用支持向量机和马氏判别式为判别函数对启动子进行预测。用10折叠交叉检验来衡量两种算法的预测能力,预测结果成功率分别达到87．0％和87．9％。对于独立检验集,敏感性分别为62．7％和76．0％,特异性分别为77．5％和66.8％。     

浅析基因位置的判定

通过对高中生物的学习我们知道,真核生物的基因既存在于细胞核中,也存在于细胞质中,既有位于常染色体上的也有位于性染色体上的。既有存在于性染色体XY同源区段的,也有位于非同源区段的,那么如何判断控制某个性状的基因存在的准确位置呢？笔者对此进行了初步思考和总结。     

Patterns of flower morphology and structural changes during interconversion between chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers in Viola philippica

Aims Viola philippica is a species with a typical chasmogamous-cleistogamous (CH-CL) mixed breeding system. It provides a flower model system to investigate floral organs development under different photoperiods. Morphological changes of intermediate cleistogamous (inCL) flowers have been observed, the trends in variation of changes from CH flowers to CL flowers or from CL flowers to CH flowers have been analyzed, the localized effects of poorly developed stamens and petals in CL and inCL flowers have been identified. This research provided morphology and structural changes with implication for the evolutionary significance of the dimorphic flower formation for further study in dimorphic flower development.Methods We used methods of anatomy and structural analysis to observe the morphological structures of flowers under different photoperiods.Important findings Photoperiod played an important role in the development of CH and CL flowers in V. philippica. Under short-day light and intermediate-day light, both CH and inCL flowers developed simultaneously. Most of the floral buds were CH flowers under a photoperiod of short-day light, but most of the floral buds were inCL flowers under mid-day light. Complete CL flowers formed under long-day lights. However, there were a series of transitional types in the number and morphology of stamens and petals among inCL flowers, including five stamens with three petals related to CH flowers and two stamens with one petal related to CL flowers. The former type was dominant under short-day light conditions, and the latter type was dominant under mid-day light. Further more, there were localized effects in stamen and petal development for CL and inCL flowers. The development of ventral lower petal (corresponding to the lower petal with spur of CH flower) and the adjacent two stamens in inCL flowers were best, and the back petal was similar to that of CL flowers, an organ primordium structure. The adjacent stamens with the back petals tended to be poorly developed. In extreme cases, these stamens in inCL flowers had no pollen sac, only a membranous appendage or even a primordium structure. When the plants with CL or CH flowers were placed under short-day light or long-day light, the newly induced flowers all showed a series of inCL flower types, finally the CL flowers transformed into CH flowers, and the CH flowers transformed into CL flowers. This result indicates the gradual effects of different photoperiods on dimorphic flowers development of V. philippica. A long photoperiod could inhibit the development of partial stamens and petals, and a short photoperiod could prevent the suppression of long-day light and promote the development of stamens and petals.     

蛋白药物的聚乙二醇定点修饰策略与最佳位点

聚乙二醇修饰是一种改善蛋白质药物临床药效行之有效的方法。聚乙二醇修饰具有延长蛋白质药物在体内的半衰期、降低免疫原性和延缓蛋白酶降解、提高稳定性和溶解性等优点。而聚乙二醇的定点修饰由于能够获得均一性和高活性保留率的产物,并能提高产率,已经引起了广泛关注。综述了近年来聚乙二醇定点修饰蛋白质药物方面的研究进展,着重介绍了聚乙二醇定点修饰的策略及最佳修饰位点,并对聚乙二醇定点修饰技术的发展趋势进行了展望。     

达标污水离岸排海末端处置技术研究综述

达标污水离岸排海处置具有低成本、高处理率等优点,是国内外沿海港口和临港工业园区进行污水处置的重要选择。介绍了国内外达标污水离岸排海末端处置技术的发展情况,分析了排污口位置选划、扩散器射流参数及水力结构优化等研究技术上存在的问题。认为排污口位置选划应在水动力、污染物扩散、泥沙冲淤及工程经济因素分析的基础上,还需要重点考虑污水排放对区域生态要素长期的影响;排海末端扩散器射流参数及水力结构优化也尤为关键,不仅直接影响稀释扩散效果,而且涉及到主管、上升管、喷口等多个可控因子,可以采用建立物理模型、数值模型及量纲分析等方法,合理优化扩散器的结构参数和扩散器的型式,对提高达标污水离岸处置的效果具有重要意义。     

几种药物对吗啡相关的条件位置偏好影响的研究进展

条件化位置偏好（conditionedplacepreference,CPP）,常用于研究药物成瘾的相关记忆。这里主要综述了一些药物对CPP的影响。神经肽S,神经肽FF,肌肽,孤啡肽,α-2受体激动剂,L-左旋千金藤啶碱,东莨菪碱,丙戊酸钠,巴氯芬对吗啡CPP有抑制效应;聚肌胞苷酸,氟伏沙明和金刚烷胺能增强吗啡CPP;阿坎酸能抑制乙醇和某些类别的滥用药物的条件化奖赏效应,但不影响吗啡引起的条件化奖赏效应;褪黑激素逆转吗啡诱导的奖赏效应;人重组干扰素-α导致吗啡CPP的恢复。     

Patient-Specific Design and Biomechanical Evaluation of a Novel Bipolar Femoral Hemi-Knee Prosthesis

While total knee replacement is successful, hemiarthroplasty is necessary for some young, obese and active patients who are especially not suitable for unicompartmental or total knee prostheses. Hemiarthroplasty also provides an opportunity for children with bone tumors. The design ofhemiarthroplasty should be patient-specific to reduce contact stress and friction as well as instability, compared to conventional hemi-knee prosthesis. A novel bipolar hemi-knee prosthesis with two flexion stages was developed according to a healthy male＇s knee morphological profile. The motion mode of the bipolar hemi-knee prosthesis was observed through roentgenoscopy in vitro experiment. The biomechanical properties in one gait cycle were evaluated though finite element simulation. The bipolar hemi-knee prosthesis was found to produce knee flexion at two stages through X-ray images. The first stage is the motion from upright posture to a specified 60~ flexion, followed by the second stage of motion subsequently to deep flexion. The finite element simulation results also show that the designed hemi-knee prosthesis has the ability to reduce stresses on the joint contact surfaces. Therefore, it is possible for the bipolar hemi-knee prosthesis to provide better biotribological performances because it can reduce stresses and potentially wear on the opposing contacting surface during a gait cycle, orovidin~ a t~romisin~ treatment strate~v in future Joint renair znd renlneement