3S技术在哈尔滨市郊景观生态规划中的应用

利用哈尔滨市遥感数据资料,在RS、GIS 和GPS技术支持下,获取哈尔滨市郊景观格局现状及哈尔滨数字高程模型(DEM).选取平均斑块面积、景观优势度、平均坡度、平均海拔和破碎度因子对其进行综合分析,并借助 DEM 模型进行景观生态规划.结果表明,3S技术为典型景观类型的确定提供了科学依据;建立了市郊景观类型数据库,并生成景观类型专题图;土地利用现状和景观空间分布以及地形地貌和土地利用类型相结合.DEM和遥感影像的叠加,从大尺度上定性刻画市郊的景观生态规划,而景观生态规划和DEM 的叠加,更加直观地反映了市郊的景观结构,为提高区域生态功能,促进城乡一体化的健康发展提供科学依据.     

A Comparison between Teaching Methods in Secondary School Biology

The advent of cheaper SLR digital cameras and associated software has allowed the rapid creation of digital images. We explain three simple techniques that allow the generation of micrographs. A further technique is described that allows the production of an image from a full section of the microscope slide. Class sets of micrographs greatly enhance any discussion before or after the practical session.     

The Threaded Dental Implant as a Reference Object for Image Alignment

This paper presents a method that uses the threaded dental implant as a reference object for the inter-image alignment necessary for digital subtraction radiography. The implant is furthermore used to define a measurement coordinate system and to automate the placement of reference areas used for contrast correction. The method is intended for studies of diffuse bone density changes in the vicinity of the implant. The method is shown to be insensitive to large variations in exposure time and geometry, and is together with the contrast correction method of Ruttimann et at., able to detect clinically invisible simulated bone density changes.     

A comparative assessment of support vector regression,artificial neural networks,and random forests for predicting and mapping soil organic carbon stocks across an Afromontane landscape

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key indicator of ecosystem health, with a great potential to affect climate change. This study aimed to develop, evaluate, and compare the performance of support vector regression (SVR), artificial neural network (ANN), and random forest (RF) models in predicting and mapping SOC stocks in the Eastern Mau Forest Reserve, Kenya. Auxiliary data, including soil sampling, climatic, topographic, and remotely-sensed data were used for model calibration. The calibrated models were applied to create prediction maps of SOC stocks that were validated using independent testing data. The results showed that the models overestimated SOC stocks. Random forest model with a mean error (ME) of −6.5 Mg C ha⁻¹ had the highest tendency for overestimation, while SVR model with an ME of −4.4 Mg C ha⁻¹ had the lowest tendency. Support vector regression model also had the lowest root mean squared error (RMSE) and the highest R² values (14.9 Mg C ha⁻¹ and 0.6, respectively); hence, it was the best method to predict SOC stocks. Artificial neural network predictions followed closely with RMSE, ME, and R² values of 15.5, −4.7, and 0.6, respectively. The three prediction maps broadly depicted similar spatial patterns of SOC stocks, with an increasing gradient of SOC stocks from east to west. The highest stocks were on the forest-dominated western and north-western parts, while the lowest stocks were on the cropland-dominated eastern part. The most important variable for explaining the observed spatial patterns of SOC stocks was total nitrogen concentration. Based on the close performance of SVR and ANN models, we proposed that both models should be calibrated, and then the best result applied for spatial prediction of target soil properties in other contexts.     

128 层螺旋CT在透析患者上肢CT血管成像中的临床应用价值

目的：研究128 层螺旋CT 在透析患者上肢CT 血管成像中的临床应用价值。方法：回顾性分析30 例患者的64 层CT 图像 （64 层组）与39 例患者128 层CT 图像（128 层组）,对扫描数据进行三维重建后比较两组患者的动脉分支级别、血管边缘、静脉干 扰评分及瘘口显示情况的差异。结果：128 层组前臂与手部动脉分支级别显示评分高于64 层组,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）;128 层组肩部、上臂及前臂的血管边缘光滑度显示评分高于64 层组,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。结论：128 层螺旋CT 在透析患者上 肢血管成像中血管、内瘘口以及流入流出道等细节方面显示效果更理想。     

The impact of PSA and digital rectal examination on the risk of prostate cancer specific mortality in men with a PSA level <2.5 ng/ml

IntroductionIt is unknown whether a normal range, diagnostic serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level's influence on prostate cancer specific mortality (PCSM) is dependent upon digital rectal examination (DRE) findings.MethodsBetween 2004 and 2007, 9081 men diagnosed with non-palpable (T1c, N = 1710) or palpable (T2–T4, N = 7371) and non-metastatic prostate cancer (PC) were identified from surveillance, epidemiology, and end results data, selected based on pre-treatment PSA < 2.5 ng/ml. A multivariable competing risks regression model evaluated whether DRE findings interacted with PSA level in predicting risk of PCSM.ResultsAfter median follow-up of 2.83 years, 118 of 548 deaths (21.5%) were due to PC. Increasing diagnostic PSA was associated with increased risk of PCSM (AHR = 3.52; 95% CI: 1.25–9.89; P = .017) in men with T1c, Gleason score 7–10 PC, but decreased PCSM risk (AHR = 0.66; 95% CI: 0.52–0.83; P < .001) for men with T2–T4 PC and any Gleason score.DiscussionFor men with diagnostic PSA level <2.5 ng/ml and palpable PC, risk of early PCSM increases by 34% for a 1 point decrease in PSA from 2. This suggests the existence of clinically detectable, low PSA secreting disease with an elevated risk of early PCSM, highlighting the importance of the DRE in men with PC and normal range, diagnostic PSA.     

冠状动脉CT造影对冠心病的临床诊断价值研究

目的：探讨研究冠状动脉CT造影检查对冠心病的临床诊断价值。方法：收集我院2012年1月至2013年10月共计70例临床怀疑为冠心病的患者,对这些患者分别进行冠状动脉CT造影检查和数字减影冠状动脉造影（DSA）检查,记录这两项检查所得结果及数据,以检查数据为基础对冠状动脉CT造影和数字减影冠状动脉造影检查的临床实验效果进行对比研究。结果：70例病人均可顺利完成以上两种检查,按照数字减影冠状动脉造影检查的标准,冠状动脉CT造影的敏感度为92.2%,特异度为97.4%、阳性预测率为90.5%、阴性预测率98%。结论：相对于数字减影冠状动脉造影检查,冠状动脉CT造影检查是一种更加安全、可靠、无创且更具临床指导意义的检测技术,因此可以推荐作为冠心病诊断的首选方法。     

128层螺旋CT在透析患者上肢CT血管成像中的临床应用价值

目的：研究128层螺旋CT在透析患者上肢CT血管成像中的临床应用价值。方法：回顾性分析30例患者的64层CT图像（64层组）与39例患者128层CT图像（128层组）,对扫描数据进行三维重建后比较两组患者的动脉分支级别、血管边缘、静脉干扰评分及瘘口显示情况的差异。结果：128层组前臂与手部动脉分支级别显示评分高于64层组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）;128层组肩部、上臂及前臂的血管边缘光滑度显示评分高于64层组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。结论：128层螺旋CT在透析患者上肢血管成像中血管、内瘘口以及流入流出道等细节方面显示效果更理想。     

EVIDENCE FOR MECHANOSENSITIVE TRANSMEMBRANE ION CHANNELS OF SMALL CONDUCTANCE IN MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA

To determine whether or not mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels are present in the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum, techniques for spheroplast preparation in Escherichia coli were adapted for this bacterium. This resulted in the formation of 2–3-μm spheroplasts, which were used for patch clamp analysis. Ion channel activity in M. magnetotacticum was compared with that of the MS of small conductance (MscS) in E. coli. This comparison reveals the presence of MscS-like channels in M. magnetotacticum and, as this bacterium produces intracellular magnetite (Fe₃O₄) particles similar to those found in the human brain, provides a model for investigation of the effects of magnetic fields on MS ion channels in magnetite-bearing cells.     

Cryo-EM density maps adjustment for subtraction,consensus and sharpening

Electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) has emerged as a powerful structural biology instrument to solve near-atomic three-dimensional structures. Despite the fast growth in the number of density maps generated from cryo-EM data, comparison tools among these reconstructions are still lacking. Current proposals to compare cryo-EM data derived volumes perform map subtraction based on adjustment of each volume grey level to the same scale. We present here a more sophisticated way of adjusting the volumes before comparing, which implies adjustment of grey level scale and spectrum energy, but keeping phases intact inside a mask and imposing the results to be strictly positive. The adjustment that we propose leaves the volumes in the same numeric frame, allowing to perform operations among the adjusted volumes in a more reliable way. This adjustment can be a preliminary step for several applications such as comparison through subtraction, map sharpening, or combination of volumes through a consensus that selects the best resolved parts of each input map. Our development might also be used as a sharpening method using an atomic model as a reference. We illustrate the applicability of this algorithm with the reconstructions derived of several experimental examples. This algorithm is implemented in Xmipp software package and its applications are user-friendly accessible through the cryo-EM image processing framework Scipion.