基于数字高程模型的生态净化系统分析与设计

采用现场调查与系统模拟的方法,以辽东湾复合湿地生态系统为研究对象,全面分析了生态系统内各生态单元对有机污染物的净化能力,提出了复合生态系统的污染物净化量估算模型,并基于研究区的数字高程模型(DEM)信息,对整个湿地生态系统重新进行了优化设计.结果表明：各生态单元对化学需氧量(COD_Cr）、生化需氧量(BOD₅）、石油类等污染物的净化能力存在差异,导致不同组成与结构的生态系统净化负荷有所不同;系统原COD_Cr净化量为188.9 kg·d^-1、净化负荷量为2.84 g·m^-2·d^-1,而根据研究区DEM信息对系统进行优化设计后的COD_Cr净化量为313.3 kg·d^-1、净化负荷量达4.72 g·m^-2·d^-1,净化效率提高了近20%.     

外来入侵杂草假苍耳在新疆地区的适生性分析及风险评估

【目的】假苍耳是一种恶性入侵杂草,预测其在新疆地区的潜在适生区并进行风险评估,旨在为其科学防控提供参考。【方法】采用MaxEnt模型与Arc GIS 10.4软件进行分析,预测假苍耳在新疆的潜在分布区,并划分风险等级。运用多指标综合评估方法,对假苍耳的危害风险性进行综合分析评估。【结果】假苍耳在新疆的适生区主要在北疆地区,适生区范围较广。高适生区主要包括克拉玛依市、昌吉回族自治州北部及塔城地区中部。年平均温(bio1)、最干季平均温(bio9)、最冷季平均温(bio11)及最热季平均温(bio10)是影响假苍耳分布的主要环境因子。假苍耳的危险性综合评价值为2.238,属于高度危险的有害生物。【结论】假苍耳目前在新疆仅分布在塔城地区,预测结果表明其在北疆地区继续扩散的趋势较大,需要提前制定好相应的管理和控制措施。     

Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase 2 (GFPT2) Is Upregulated in Breast Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition and Responds to Oxidative Stress

Breast cancer cells that have undergone partial epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) are believed to be more invasive than cells that have completed EMT. To study metabolic reprogramming in different mesenchymal states, we analyzed protein expression following EMT in the breast epithelial cell model D492 with single-shot LFQ supported by a SILAC proteomics approach. The D492 EMT cell model contains three cell lines: the epithelial D492 cells, the mesenchymal D492M cells, and a partial mesenchymal, tumorigenic variant of D492 that overexpresses the oncogene HER2. The analysis classified the D492 and D492M cells as basal-like and D492HER2 as claudin-low. Comparative analysis of D492 and D492M to tumorigenic D492HER2 differentiated metabolic markers of migration from those of invasion. Glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 2 (GFPT2) was one of the top dysregulated enzymes in D492HER2. Gene expression analysis of the cancer genome atlas showed that GFPT2 expression was a characteristic of claudin-low breast cancer. siRNA-mediated knockdown of GFPT2 influenced the EMT marker vimentin and both cell growth and invasion in vitro and was accompanied by lowered metabolic flux through the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP). Knockdown of GFPT2 decreased cystathionine and sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase (SQOR) in the transsulfuration pathway that regulates H₂S production and mitochondrial homeostasis. Moreover, GFPT2 was within the regulation network of insulin and EGF, and its expression was regulated by reduced glutathione (GSH) and suppressed by the oxidative stress regulator GSK3-β. Our results demonstrate that GFPT2 controls growth and invasion in the D492 EMT model, is a marker for oxidative stress, and associated with poor prognosis in claudin-low breast cancer.     

"台湾甜桃"引种试验及主要栽培技术

1999年福建省龙岩市引进短低温型水蜜桃品种－－“台湾甜桃”示范种植，表现速生、早产、丰产、稳产、适应性强，适宜龙岩地区中低海拔的城郊地带推广种植。生产上应采取择地建园、适期配方施肥、培养树体合理结构、高效低毒农药防治病虫、适时疏果等栽培技术措施。     

Impact of iterative reconstructions on image quality and detectability of focal liver lesions in low-energy monochromatic images

PurposeTo assess the impact of iterative reconstructions on image quality and detectability of focal liver lesions in low-energy monochromatic images from a Fast kV-Switching Dual Energy CT (KVSCT) platform.MethodsAcquisitions on an image-quality phantom were performed using a KVSCT for three dose levels (CTDI_vol:12.72/10.76/8.79 mGy). Raw data were reconstructed for five energy levels (40/50/60/70/80 keV) using Filtered Back Projection (FBP) and four levels of ASIR (ASIR30/ASIR50/ASIR70/ASIR100). Noise power spectrum (NPS) and task-based transfer function (TTF) were measured before computing a Detectability index (d′) to model the detection task of liver metastasis (LM) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as function of keV.ResultsFrom 40 to 70 keV, noise-magnitude was reduced on average by −68% ± 1% with FBP; −61% ± 3% with ASIR50 and −52% ± 6% with ASIR100. The mean spatial frequency of the NPS decreased when the energy level decreased and the iterative level increased. TTF values at 50% decreased as the energy level increased and as the percentage of ASIR increased. The detectability of both lesions increased with increasing dose level and percentage of ASIR. For the LM, d′ peaked at 70 keV for all reconstruction types, except for ASIR70 at 12.72 mGy and ASIR100, where d' peaked at 50 keV. For HCC, d’ peaked at 60 keV for FBP and ASIR30 but peaked at 50 keV for ASIR50, ASIR70 and ASIR100.ConclusionsUsing percentage of ASIR above 50% at low-energy monochromatic images could limit the increase of noise-magnitude, benefit from spatial resolution improvement and hence enhance detectability of subtle low contrast focal liver lesions such as HCC.     

Investigations of line scanning proton therapy with dynamic multi-leaf collimator

PurposeScanning proton therapy has dosimetric advantage over passive treatment, but has a large penumbra in low-energy region. This study investigates the penumbra reduction when multi-leaf collimators (MLCs) are used for line scanning proton beams and secondary neutron production from MLCs.MethodsScanning beam plans with and without MLC shaping were devised. Line scanning proton plan of 36 energy layers between 71.2 and 155.2 MeV was generated. The MLCs were shaped according to the cross-sectional target shape for each energy layer. The two-dimensional doses were measured through an ion-chamber array, depending on the presence of MLC field, and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations were performed. The plan, measurement, and MC data, with and without MLC, were compared at each depth. The secondary neutron dose was simulated with MC. Ambient neutron dose equivalents were computed for the line scanning with 10 × 10 × 5 cm³ volume and maximum proton energy of 150 MeV, with and without MLCs, at lateral distances of 25–200 cm from the isocenter. The neutron dose for a wobbling plan with 10 × 10 × 5 cm³ volume was also evaluated.ResultsThe lateral penumbra width using MLC was reduced by 23.2% on average, up to a maximum of 32.2%, over the four depths evaluated. The ambient neutron dose equivalent was 18.52% of that of the wobbling beam but was 353.1% larger than the scanning open field.ConclusionsMLC field shaping with line scanning reduced the lateral penumbra and should be effective in sparing normal tissue. However, it is important to investigate the increase in neutron dose.     

High apex predator biomass on remote Pacific islands

On coral reefs in Palmyra—a central Pacific atoll with limited fishing pressure—total fish biomass was 428 and 299% greater than on reefs in nearby Christmas and Fanning Islands. Large apex predators, groupers, sharks, snappers, and jacks larger than 50 cm in length, accounted for 56% of total fish biomass in Palmyra on average, but only 7 and 3% on Christmas and Fanning. These biomass proportions are remarkably similar to those previously reported for the remote and uninhabited Northwest Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and densely populated Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), although Palmyra’s reefs are dominated in biomass by sharks (44% of the total), whereas the NWHI by jacks (39%). Herbivorous fish biomass was also greater on Palmyra than on Christmas and Fanning (343 and 207%, respectively). These results and previous findings indicate that remote, uninhabited islands support high levels of consumers, and highlight the importance of healthy coral reef ecosystems as reference points for assessment of human impacts and establishment of restoration goals.