Mass Collaboration in Earthquake Risk Management

The mechanism of mass collaboration in risk management was studied during the Sichuan earthquake under a Web-based “PeopleFinder” project, where information is contributed and shared among mass contributors. The case study is provided by a great earthquake that happened in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, of southwestern China at 2:28 p.m. on May 12, 2008. We witnessed and experienced the rescue and relief efforts for the great earthquake. In this article, two fundamental frameworks are developed to study the mechanism of mass collaboration. Mass collaboration is proven to be effective in a big public crisis such as the Sichuan earthquake.     

LncRNA TP73-AS1 enhances the malignant properties of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by increasing MMP14 expression through miRNA -200a sponging

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an invasive and aggressive cancer that remains a major threat to human health across the globe. Despite advances in cancer treatments and diagnosis, the prognosis of PDAC patients remains poor. New and more effective PDAC therapies are therefore urgently required. In this study, we identified a novel host factor, namely the LncRNA TP73-AS1, as overexpressed in PDAC tissues compared to adjacent healthy tissue samples. The overexpression of TP-73-AS1 was found to correlate with both PDAC stage and lymph node metastasis. To reveal its role in PDCA, we targeted TP73-AS1 using LnRNA inhibitors in a range of pancreatic cancer (PC) cell lines. We found that the inhibition of TP73-AS1 led to a loss of MMP14 expression in PC cells and significantly inhibited their migratory and invasive capacity. No effects of TP73-AS1 on cell survival or proliferation were observed. Mechanistically, we found that TP73-AS1 suppressed the expression of the known oncogenic miR-200a. Taken together, these data highlight the prognostic potential of TP73-AS1 for PC patients and highlight it as a potential anti-PDAC therapeutic target.     

多功能农业景观:内涵、进展与研究范式

多功能农业景观是景观尺度下农业多功能性的空间表征，具有生物多样性保护、田园风光留存和地域文化传承等多种重要的非经济功能。构建多功能农业景观是促进区域农业可持续发展与人类福祉提升的重要途径，同时也是多学科交叉的综合性研究。在已有景观生态学研究范式的基础上，探讨了多功能农业景观的内涵和国内外相关研究进展，并提出了"格局-功能-需求-管理"的多功能农业景观研究范式。与此同时，绘制了新研究范式的概念框架，通过划分四大研究模块具体分析了如何基于新研究范式开展多功能农业景观的构建、评价和管理等工作。本研究为实现区域农业景观的可持续发展和阐明多功能农业景观的内在运行机制奠定理论基础提供支持，为乡村生态景观营造关键问题的解决与多功能农业景观的实际构建提供帮助。     

DIFFERENCES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INSECTICIDES BETWEEN ADULTS AND LARVAE OF HOUSEFLY, MUSCA DOMESTICA (L.)

Abstract  In this paper, we reported the differences in susceptibility to insecticides between adults and larvae of housefly, Musca domestica (L.), and the mechanisms for the differences. The larvae of housefly were much more tolerant to insecticides than the adults, and the tolerance ratio to cyhalothrin was as high as 205.5 for susceptible strain. Mechanism studies showed that higher GST activity was associated with higher insecticide tolerance in the larvae. The co-toxicity coefficient of the mixture of cyhalothrin and methylene dithiocyanate(4:1) on pyrehid-resistant houseflies was 188.     

臭参中挥发性臭味的化学成分

臭参(Codonopsis sp.)俗称臭药、云南参、臭党参等,系桔梗科党参属云南特有植物种,种名待分类学家鉴定。其根具有特殊臭味,民间作为廉价滋补佳品,和肉、蛋一起煮食,具有补中益气,生津之功效。同属许多植物如党参(C.pilosula Nannf)、川党参(C.tangshan Oliv.)等的根,均为著名中药,但都没有臭参那种臭味。该植物的化学成分未见报道。为了解臭参植物的药用价值以及同党参、川党参等的相互关系,我们首先对臭参的挥发性臭味化学成分作了气相色谱-质谱法分析,现将结果简要报告如下。     

广西北部罗汉果根结线虫病研究

罗汉果根结线虫是罗汉果的一个重要病害。在室内盆栽接种条件下,该线虫年发生6代。本文叙述了线虫的生物学及其寄主植物。防治试验结果表明。穴施灭克磷等是有效的。土壤翻晒也能消灭大部分土中线虫,病薯用热处理也有很好的效果。