Regulating Near-Space Activities: Using the Precedent of the Exclusive Economic Zone as a Model?

Abstract

The deployment of high-altitude vehicles in near space with the purpose of providing Internet, communication, and other services represents the new frontier of aerospace activities. Near-space operations are attracting growing interest due to their mult-purpose nature and their anticipated high profitability. Despite such positive perceptions, near-space plans are, however, hampered by the uncertain international legal status of near space. Using the precedent of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), this article suggests a new categorization of the near space as the exclusive utilization space (EUS) and a set of rules to manage its utilization.     

Comparing methods for metabolic network analysis and an application to metabolic engineering

Bioinformatics tools have facilitated the reconstruction and analysis of cellular metabolism of various organisms based on information encoded in their genomes. Characterization of cellular metabolism is useful to understand the phenotypic capabilities of these organisms. It has been done quantitatively through the analysis of pathway operations. There are several in silico approaches for analyzing metabolic networks, including structural and stoichiometric analysis, metabolic flux analysis, metabolic control analysis, and several kinetic modeling based analyses. They can serve as a virtual laboratory to give insights into basic principles of cellular functions. This article summarizes the progress and advances in software and algorithm development for metabolic network analysis, along with their applications relevant to cellular physiology, and metabolic engineering with an emphasis on microbial strain optimization. Moreover, it provides a detailed comparative analysis of existing approaches under different categories.     

鞘翅目形态结构的三维重建与功能之间关系探讨的有效方法评估

本文简要介绍了计算机三维重建技术在鞘翅目形态学研究中的应用,并对所涉及到的成像设备及相关技术做了简要的介绍和评估。同时,本文也对计算机三维重建技术的未来发展方向做了初步的展望。     

太湖流域生态风险评价

随着城镇的急剧扩张和经济的快速增长,流域生态环境遭到极大冲击和破坏,致使生态系统出现资源退化、环境恶化与灾害风险加剧的趋势,生态环境面临前所未有的挑战.从复合生态系统入手,深入分析流域内各生态系统要素之间的相互作用与影响机制,综合考虑多风险源、多风险受体和生态终点共存情况下的风险大小,从风险源危险度、生境脆弱度及受体损失度三方面构建了流域生态风险评价技术体系,并选取太湖流域为实证区域,对太湖流域2000年、2008年两个时期生态风险的时空演化特征进行评价与分析.结果表明:太湖流域生态风险指数介于0.015-0.253之间,以中等和较低生态风险为主.至2008年,高、较高生态风险所占面积逐渐扩大,已由2000年的5.66％、13.42％增加至6.05％、18.42％,主要集中在流域北部的常州市区、江阴市大部分地区以及无锡市区.     

家域研究进展

家域是动物行为学和保护生物学的重要概念之一,它在动物对资源环境的适应与选择,种群密度及社会关系等生态学过程研究中有着重要的作用.对家域的内涵、特征、估算方法(包括取样方法,样本含量,位点数据自相关,模型评价等)等方面进行阐述,总结了家域估算模型的发展过程及发展方向,评述了3种主要家域估算模型的优势与不足,并结合最新的理论和应用,对未来的研究方向提出建议.     

宁夏10种观赏灌木叶片解剖结构及其抗旱性综合评价

采用显微制片技术,对宁夏10种主要灌木树种叶片的解剖结构进行了观察,分别测定了叶片厚度、上下角质层厚度、栅栏组织、海绵组织、气孔密度等15个与抗旱性相关的指标,并对15个指标进行主成分分析,用隶属函数法对10种灌木的抗旱性进行了综合评价。结果表明:10种灌木的叶片具有典型的旱生结构,大多数具有表皮毛,且具有明显的角质层结构;上、下表皮细胞及叶肉细胞排列紧密。15个指标在各灌木树种间的差异均极显著,其中叶片厚度、上角质层、栅栏组织厚度、气孔密度和主脉维管束直径为叶片旱性结构的主要因子。通过5个主要因子的综合评价,10种灌木的抗旱性大小顺序依次为:沙冬青>花棒>蒙古莸>金叶莸>互叶醉鱼草>蒙古扁桃>鞑靼忍冬>葱皮忍冬>金花忍冬>台尔曼忍冬。     

上海市医院预约诊疗服务实施效果分析

?????? 目的 对上海市医院预约诊疗服务的实施效果进行分析,为今后预约诊疗服务工作的推进提供参考依据。方法 通过现场问卷、专家小组访谈、数据采集等方式,了解预约诊疗服务实施效果。结果 预约诊疗服务的信息系统、服务系统、管理系统和评价系统逐渐完善,并在预约诊疗服务的实施过程中发挥出巨大作用。结论 预约就医模式已经逐步被患者所接受,其能有效减少患者就医中的无效等候时间,缓解目前存在“看病难”、医疗资源分配不合理等问题,但无法从根本上解决医疗资源稀缺、供求关系不均等的问题。