一类无穷时滞微分系统的周期解和全局吸引性

考虑如下具有无穷时滞的微分系统:x′(t)=A(t,x(t))x(t) (integral from -∞to 0)f(t,s,x(s t))ds (sum from i=1 to p) fi(t,x(t-T_i(t)))的周期解.利用重合度理论和构造适当的Lyapunov泛函得到上述系统周期解存在性和全局吸引性的充分条件,推广了已有的结论,得到了新的结果.     

雄安新区生态基础设施建设与城市发展协同度评价

雄安新区的建设目标是构建“绿色生态宜居新城区”,将城市发展与生态宜居并行。生态基础设施作为城市中提供生态系统服务的条件与过程,对构建绿色生态宜居新城区起到主要支撑作用。构建了生态基础设施建设与城市发展的指标体系。在现状分析的基础上,根据雄安新区规划文件,采用地区类比法等方法对生态基础设施建设与城市发展情况进行预测,以形态学空间格局分析(MSPA)模型处理得到的7类景观类型作为生态基础设施指标,并从人口、经济、产业、城镇化4方面构建雄安新区城市发展指标;其次建立耦合协同模型,分析2010、2015、2017、2025、2035、2050年6个年度雄安新区生态基础设施建设与城市发展的协同度水平。研究结果表明,雄安新区生态基础设施建设与城市发展在早期处于濒临失调状态,后续经过政策引导,雄安新区生态基础设施建设与城市发展协同程度逐渐提高,至2050年已达到良好协同状态。研究结果可为促进雄安新区生态基础设施建设与城市协同发展提供科学参考。     

秦岭南坡锐齿栎次生林空间结构特征分析

该研究采用坐标定位方法对秦岭南坡不同坡向锐齿栎次生林样地内胸径DBH≥5cm的乔木进行调查,记录树种名称、坐标、胸径、高度、冠幅、生长状况等因子,运用角尺度、大小比数和混交度3个指数分析不同坡向锐齿栎次生林的空间结构,探寻不同坡向锐齿栎林空间结构的形成和差异。结果显示:(1)调查样地内物种多样性丰富,锐齿栎重要值最大,长势良好,占据主要生态空间。(2)两种坡向中,角尺度取值为0.5的个体数均过半,表明随机分布是锐齿栎次生林的主要分布方式。(3)优势木、亚优势木、中庸木、劣态木和绝对劣态木所占比重均为20%左右,表明林木大小差异不明显,在空间结构单元中,林木较稳定,阳坡优势木个体数高于阴坡。(4)两种坡向中,混交度取值大于0.5林木个体分别为84%和73%,表明多数林木个体处于中度、强度和极强度混交状态。研究表明,秦岭南坡锐齿栎次生林聚集度不高、混交良好、分化程度较高,锐齿栎种群优势度明显,林分整体暂时处于相对稳定状态。     

全程无缝隙护理模式在护理质量管理中的应用

目的 探讨全程无缝隙护理模式对肿瘤科护理工作质量的影响。方法 2013年1月-12月我院肿瘤科采用无缝隙护理模式的患者120例为观察组,2012年1月-12月采用常规护理的120例肿瘤科患者为对照组,对比两组患者的心理舒适度、患者对护理工作的满意度。结果 观察组患者的安全感、满足感、尊重感所占比例均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。观察组患者对护士的工作能力、关爱与沟通、服务热情主动、病区管理、健康教育满意度均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论 全程无缝隙护理模式应用于肿瘤科护理,能够有效改善患者不良情绪,提高护理工作质量及患者满意度。     

Tuning of Pectin Methylesterification: PECTIN METHYLESTERASE INHIBITOR 7 MODULATES THE PROCESSIVE ACTIVITY OF CO-EXPRESSED PECTIN METHYLESTERASE 3 IN A pH-DEPENDENT MANNER*

Pectin methylesterases (PMEs) catalyze the demethylesterification of homogalacturonan domains of pectin in plant cell walls and are regulated by endogenous pectin methylesterase inhibitors (PMEIs). In Arabidopsis dark-grown hypocotyls, one PME (AtPME3) and one PMEI (AtPMEI7) were identified as potential interacting proteins. Using RT-quantitative PCR analysis and gene promoter::GUS fusions, we first showed that AtPME3 and AtPMEI7 genes had overlapping patterns of expression in etiolated hypocotyls. The two proteins were identified in hypocotyl cell wall extracts by proteomics. To investigate the potential interaction between AtPME3 and AtPMEI7, both proteins were expressed in a heterologous system and purified by affinity chromatography. The activity of recombinant AtPME3 was characterized on homogalacturonans (HGs) with distinct degrees/patterns of methylesterification. AtPME3 showed the highest activity at pH 7.5 on HG substrates with a degree of methylesterification between 60 and 80% and a random distribution of methyl esters. On the best HG substrate, AtPME3 generates long non-methylesterified stretches and leaves short highly methylesterified zones, indicating that it acts as a processive enzyme. The recombinant AtPMEI7 and AtPME3 interaction reduces the level of demethylesterification of the HG substrate but does not inhibit the processivity of the enzyme. These data suggest that the AtPME3·AtPMEI7 complex is not covalently linked and could, depending on the pH, be alternately formed and dissociated. Docking analysis indicated that the inhibition of AtPME3 could occur via the interaction of AtPMEI7 with a PME ligand-binding cleft structure. All of these data indicate that AtPME3 and AtPMEI7 could be partners involved in the fine tuning of HG methylesterification during plant development.     

Expression of a bacterial 3‐dehydroshikimate dehydratase reduces lignin content and improves biomass saccharification efficiency

Lignin confers recalcitrance to plant biomass used as feedstocks in agro‐processing industries or as source of renewable sugars for the production of bioproducts. The metabolic steps for the synthesis of lignin building blocks belong to the shikimate and phenylpropanoid pathways. Genetic engineering efforts to reduce lignin content typically employ gene knockout or gene silencing techniques to constitutively repress one of these metabolic pathways. Recently, new strategies have emerged offering better spatiotemporal control of lignin deposition, including the expression of enzymes that interfere with the normal process for cell wall lignification. In this study, we report that expression of a 3‐dehydroshikimate dehydratase (QsuB from Corynebacterium glutamicum) reduces lignin deposition in Arabidopsis cell walls. QsuB was targeted to the plastids to convert 3‐dehydroshikimate – an intermediate of the shikimate pathway – into protocatechuate. Compared to wild‐type plants, lines expressing QsuB contain higher amounts of protocatechuate, p‐coumarate, p‐coumaraldehyde and p‐coumaryl alcohol, and lower amounts of coniferaldehyde, coniferyl alcohol, sinapaldehyde and sinapyl alcohol. 2D‐NMR spectroscopy and pyrolysis‐gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (pyro‐GC/MS) reveal an increase of p‐hydroxyphenyl units and a reduction of guaiacyl units in the lignin of QsuB lines. Size‐exclusion chromatography indicates a lower degree of lignin polymerization in the transgenic lines. Therefore, our data show that the expression of QsuB primarily affects the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Finally, biomass from these lines exhibits more than a twofold improvement in saccharification efficiency. We conclude that the expression of QsuB in plants, in combination with specific promoters, is a promising gain‐of‐function strategy for spatiotemporal reduction of lignin in plant biomass.     

N-酰化低聚壳聚糖衍生物还原能力的研究

对低聚壳聚糖进行N-酰化改性,制得取代度相同的N-马来酰低聚壳聚糖(NMCOS),N-琥珀酰低聚壳聚糖(NSCOS),N-邻苯二甲酰低聚壳聚糖(NPCOS),其中NMCOS1、NSCOS1、NPCOS1的取代度均为0.25;NMCOS2、NSCOS2、NPCOS2的取代度均为0.49。考察了6种N-酰化低聚壳聚糖衍生物的还原能力。结果表明:当取代度相同时,N-邻苯二甲酰低聚壳聚糖的还原能力最强,其次是N-马来酰低聚壳聚糖,N-琥珀酰低聚壳聚糖的还原能力最差。这可能是由取代基的性质不同所致。     

苏南地区典型城镇建设用地扩展的时空分异

选择江苏省常熟市南部的辛庄镇为研究区,采用该区1980、1991、2001和2009年4期高分辨率遥感影像,利用GIS技术,结合现有的建设用地扩展指标构建了综合扩展程度指数模型,定量分析了研究区1980-2009年间3个时段建设用地扩展的总体特征和时空分异特征.结果表明:随着农村城镇化和工业化进程的加快,辛庄镇建设用地显著扩展,1980-2009年间共增加19.24 km2,其中,2001-2009年该区建设用地进入高速扩展期,扩展面积、扩展贡献率和扩展强度均最大.研究区建设用地扩展具有明显的空间分异特征:1980-1991年,新增建设用地主要集中于镇区所在村域,1991年后,辛庄镇建设重心逐渐向工业发达的村庄转移.研究期间,辛庄镇的新增建设用地主要源于水田和旱地,二者共占建设用地总增加面积的88.1%,其余土地类型对建设用地的转入贡献率相对较小.     

1949-2008年黄土高原沟壑区农业生态经济系统耦合分析——以陕西长武县为例

在分析农业经济系统与农业生态系统相互胁迫、动态演进关系的基础上,采用改进的熵值法确定了位于黄土高原沟壑区的长武县农业生态经济系统评价指标权重,利用耦合度模型分析了1949-2008年长武县农业生态经济系统耦合规律.结果表明:1949-2008年,长武县农业生态经济系统的发展经历了"粗放式传统农业阶段-农业机械化进程阶段-前现代化农业协调发展阶段"3个历史时期,与国家宏观经济政策调控效应基本吻合,系统耦合在"协调发展"和"极限发展"间经历了两起两落的急剧变化过程.1955-1961年、1984-1992年,长武县农业生态经济系统处于极限化耦合态势;1962-1965年、1981-1983年,为纠正前阶段宏观政策后的快速过渡期;1949-1954年、1966-1980年为生态系统与经济系统的低水平协调发展阶段;1993年以后,农业生态经济系统经过螺旋式发展,进入高水平协调发展阶段.目前,长武县农业生态经济系统有突破协调发展水平,并向极限化发展的潜在危险.良好的农业政策和外部环境能够促进农业生态经济系统在协调发展的水平上稳定发展,反之,容易出现系统相悖发展的局面.     

Climate change effects on walnut pests in California

Increasing temperatures are likely to impact ectothermic pests of fruits and nuts. This paper aims to assess changes to pest pressure in California's US$0.7 billion walnut industry due to recent historic and projected future temperature changes. For two past (1950 and 2000) and 18 future climate scenarios (2041–2060 and 2080–2099; each for three General Circulation Models and three greenhouse gas emissions scenarios), 100 years of hourly temperature were generated for 205 locations. Degree‐day models were used to project mean generation numbers for codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.), navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella Walker), two‐spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch), and European red mite (Panonychus ulmi Koch). In the Central Valley, the number of codling moth generations predicted for degree days accumulated between April 1 and October 1 rose from 2–4 in 1950 to 3–5 among all future scenarios. Generation numbers increased from 10–18 to 14–24 for two‐spotted spider mite, from 9–14 to 14–20 for European red mite, and from 2–4 to up to 5 for navel orangeworm. Overall pest pressure can thus be expected to increase substantially. Our study did not include the possibility of higher winter survival rates, leading to higher initial pest counts in spring, or of extended pest development times in the summer, factors that are likely to exacerbate future pest pressure. On the other hand, initiation of diapause may prevent an extension of the season length for arthropods, and higher incidence of heat death in summer may constrain pest population sizes. More information on the impact of climate change on complex agroecological food webs and on the response of pests to high temperatures is needed for improving the reliability of projections.