基于表面肌电的不同脊柱前后倾角坐姿腰部肌肉收缩情况研究

摘要 目的：本研究通过飞行座椅模拟飞行员坐姿状态,利用表面肌电技术对不同脊柱前后倾角坐姿的腰部肌肉收缩情况进行评价,为飞行员的坐姿提供一定的参考。方法：本研究共招募20名被试者,每名被试者先后参加三组实验。在实验过程中,被试者坐于飞行座椅中并保持躯体中立正直状态,通过调节脚踏板位置使脊柱前后倾角分别固定为90 °、100 °和110 °,要求被试者尽全力使全身肌肉收缩15 s,同时记录双侧多裂肌和竖脊肌的肌电信号,为避免发生肌肉疲劳,每组间隔1分钟。结果：四块所测肌肉在100 °脊柱前后倾角下的均方根值（RMS）和积分肌电值（IEMG）均大于90 °（P＜0.01）;右侧多裂肌在110 °脊柱倾角下的RMS值大于90 °（P＜0.05）;左侧多裂肌和左右竖脊肌在100 °脊柱前后倾角下的RMS值大于110 °（P＜0.05）,右侧竖脊肌在100 °脊柱前后倾角下的IEMG值大于110 °（P＜0.01）;在每组肌肉中,其余脊柱前后倾角之间肌电信号的比较没有统计学意义（P＞0.05）。结论：在不同的脊柱前后倾角中,左右多裂肌和竖脊肌在脊柱前后倾角为100 °的坐姿中能发挥更大的肌肉力量。     

The Effect of Positive and Negative Feedback on Risk-Taking across Different Contexts

Preferences for risky choices have often been shown to be unstable and context-dependent. Though people generally avoid gambles with mixed outcomes, a phenomenon often attributed to loss aversion, contextual factors can impact this dramatically. For example, people typically prefer risky options after a financial loss, while generally choosing safer options after a monetary gain. However, it is unclear what exactly contributes to these preference shifts as a function of prior outcomes, as these gain/loss outcomes are usually confounded with participant performance, and therefore it is unclear whether these effects are driven purely by the monetary gains or losses, or rather by success or failure at the actual task. Here, we experimentally separated the effects of monetary gains/losses from performance success/failure prior to a standard risky choice. Participants performed a task in which they experienced contextual effects: 1) monetary gain or loss based directly on performance, 2) monetary gain or loss that was randomly awarded and was, crucially, independent from performance, and 3) success or failure feedback based on performance, but without any monetary incentive. Immediately following these positive/negative contexts, participants were presented with a gain-loss gamble that they had to decide to either play or pass. We found that risk preferences for identical sets of gambles were biased by positive and negative contexts containing monetary gains and losses, but not by contexts containing performance feedback. This data suggests that the observed framing effects are driven by aversion for monetary losses and not simply by the positive or negative valence of the context, or by potential moods resulting from positive or negative contexts. These results highlight the specific context dependence of risk preferences.     

Positive and Negative Effects of Habitat-Forming Algae on Survival,Growth and Intra-Specific Competition of Limpets

Understanding the effects of environmental change on the distribution and abundance of strongly interacting organisms, such as intertidal macroalgae and their grazers, needs a thorough knowledge of their underpinning ecological relationships. Control of grazer-plant interactions is bi-directional on northwestern European coasts: grazing by limpets structures populations of macroalgae, while macroalgae provide habitat and food for limpets. Scottish shores dominated by the macroalga Fucus vesiculosus support lower densities and larger sizes of limpets Patella vulgata than shores with less Fucus. These patterns may be due to differences in inter-size-class competitive interactions of limpets among shores with different covers of Fucus. To examine this model, densities of small and large limpets were manipulated in plots with and without Fucus. Amounts of biofilm were measured in each plot. The presence of Fucus increased survival but hindered growth of small (15 mm TL) limpets, which were negatively affected by the presence of large limpets (31 mm TL). In contrast, large limpets were not affected by the presence of Fucus or of small limpets. This suggests the occurrence of asymmetric inter-size-class competition, which was influenced by the presence of macroalgae. Macroalgae and increased densities of limpets did not influence amounts of biofilm. Our findings highlight the role of interactions among organisms in generating ecological responses to environmental change.     

吗啡对鸡胚胎发育的影响

目的：研究吗啡对胎动、心率、孵化率、孵化时间、雏鸡体重等的影响。方法：以气室给药的方式给鸡胚注射吗啡,记录胎动、心率、孵化率、孵化时间、雏鸡体重。结果：吗啡可以缩短雏鸡的孵化时间,降低雏鸡的孵化率,并导致雏鸡出现运动障碍;20mg／kg吗啡剂量和12—16胚龄的给药时间,鸡胚孵化率最高,残疾率最低;吗啡导致胚胎心率加快,胎动减少（P〈0．05）。结论：吗啡对胚胎发育有损伤作用,损伤程度与吗啡剂量和给药时间有关。     

Analysing the Unequal Effects of Positive and Negative Information on the Behaviour of Users of a Taiwanese On-Line Bulletin Board

The impact of social influence causes people to adopt the behaviour of others when interacting with other individuals. The effects of social influence can be direct or indirect. Direct social influence is the result of an individual directly influencing the opinion of another, while indirect social influence is a process taking place when an individual’s opinion and behaviour is affected by the availability of information about others’ actions. Such indirect effect may exhibit a more significant impact in the on-line community because the internet records not only positive but also negative information, for example on-line written text comments. This study focuses on indirect social influence and examines the effect of preceding information on subsequent users’ opinions by fitting statistical models to data collected from an on-line bulletin board. Specifically, the different impacts of information on approval and disapproval comments on subsequent opinions were investigated. Although in an anonymous situation where social influence is assumed to be at minimum, our results demonstrate the tendency of on-line users to adopt both positive and negative information to conform to the neighbouring trend when expressing opinions. Moreover, our results suggest unequal effects of the local approval and disapproval comments in affecting the likelihood of expressing opinions. The impact of neighbouring disapproval densities was stronger than that of neighbouring approval densities on inducing subsequent disapproval relative to approval comments. However, our results suggest no effects of global social influence on subsequent opinion expression.     

大鼠缺血性脑损伤引起学习记忆障碍及心率变异性改变

本研究通过建立高脂缺血性脑损伤大鼠模型,进行水迷宫实验和心率变异性（heart rate variability,HRV）的功率谱分析,探讨脑损伤前后大鼠学习记忆的变化及缺血对自主神经的影响。23只成年雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组（n=10）、高脂组（n=6）和高脂缺血组（n=7）。高脂组和高脂缺血组大鼠均饲以高脂饲料制成高血脂大鼠模型。各组大鼠进行水迷宫实验后,高脂缺血组用双侧颈总动脉结扎（2-VO）法制作缺血再灌注模型,同时记录心电图。7d后各组大鼠再次进行水迷宫实验和记录心电图,对HRV序列进行基于快速傅立叶转换（fast Fourier transformation,FFT）的功率谱分析。结果：（1）第一次水迷宫测试,3组大鼠空间探索实验和定位航行实验结果无统计学差异;第二次水迷宫实验,高脂缺血组与其它两组相比,空间探索实验中平台所在象限的记忆频度明显下降（P〈0．01）,定位航行实验中平台所在象限的记忆频度显著下降（P〈0．01）,10圆环记忆得分显著下降（P〈0．001）,但高脂组与对照组相比无明显差异。（2）高脂缺血组缺血后心率持续下降;缺血时HRV中频段功率（0．2加．6Hz）呈现明显下降的趋势,高频段功率（0．6-2．5Hz）缓慢下降,中频／高频功率比值明显下降（P〈0．05）。（3）缺血7d后高脂缺血组与高脂组相比,心率明显加快,HRV的中频段功率无显著变化,高频段功率明显下降,中频／高频功率比值显著增高（P〈0．05）。结果表明,缺血过程中高脂缺血组大鼠的自主神经活动降低,交感神经活动相对于迷走神经活动减弱。缺血7d后,由于海马区神经元对缺血敏感易受损,造成高脂缺血组大鼠学习记忆障碍,同时引发迷走神经活动下降,大鼠交感．迷走神经系统平衡失调。     

The Various Sendai Virus C Proteins Are Not Functionally Equivalent and Exert both Positive and Negative Effects on Viral RNA Accumulation during the Course of Infection

Recombinant Sendai viruses were prepared which cannot express their C^prime, C, or C^prime plus C proteins due to mutation of their respective start codons ([C^prime-minus], [C-minus] and [double mutant], respectively). The [C^prime-minus] and [C-minus] stocks were similar to that of wild-type (wt) virus in virus titer and plaque formation, whereas the double-mutant stock had a much-reduced PFU or 50% egg infective dose/particle ratio and produced very small plaques. Relative to the wt virus infection, the [C^prime-minus] and [C-minus] infections of BHK cells resulted in significantly greater accumulation of viral RNAs, consistent with the known inhibitory effects of the C^prime and C proteins. The double-mutant infection, in contrast, was delayed in its accumulation of viral RNAs; however, once accumulation started, overaccumulation quickly occurred, as in the single-mutant infections. Our results suggest that the C^prime and C proteins both provide a common positive function early in infection, so that only the double mutant undergoes delayed RNA accumulation and exhibits the highly debilitated phenotype. Later in infection, the same proteins appear to act as inhibitors of RNA accumulation. In infections of mice, [C^prime-minus] was found to be as virulent as wt virus whereas [C-minus] was highly attenuated. These results suggest that the C^prime and C proteins cannot be functionally equivalent, since C can replace C^prime for virulence in mice whereas C^prime cannot replace C.     

The Effects of a Therapy Dog on the Blood Pressure and Heart Rate of Older Residents in a Nursing Home

The aim of the present project was to investigate whether repeated visits by a therapy dog to nursing homes might affect the older residents’ systolic blood pressure and heart rate. A secondary aim was to investigate and compare effects (differences in responses) in older people with high and normal systolic blood pressure. The project consisted of two consecutive studies; the dog study (two researchers and a therapy dog with a handler visited the residents at three nursing homes, n = 13), and the control study (the two researchers alone visited the residents at three different nursing homes, n = 13). The studies were divided into three periods; period 1 (weeks 1–2), period 2 (weeks 3–4), and period 3 (weeks 5–6) and included two visits per week. The dog and her handler visited during periods 2 and 3 in the dog study. Participants’ heart rate and blood pressure were measured at 0 and 20 minutes at each visit. The data were analyzed using Friedman's two- way analysis of Variance by Rank with post-hoc analysis using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests with a Bonferroni correction, and also with the Mann-Whitney U test for independent samples. In the dog study, participants’ heart rate decreased significantly (p = 0.006) from period 1 to period 3. Participants with an initial systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg had a significant decrease in both systolic blood pressure (p = 0.009) and heart rate (p = 0.009). In the control study, participants’ heart rate and systolic blood pressure did not change significantly. The participants in the dog study had a significantly lower systolic blood pressure during period 3 (p = 0.016) compared with those in the control study. In conclusion, repeated visits by a therapy dog–handler team decreased the older adults’ heart rate, and for those with high initial systolic blood pressure, blood pressure also decreased. In addition, systolic blood pressure decreased significantly in the dog group when compared with the control group.     

温度与盐度对刺松藻生长和营养盐吸收的影响

随着养殖业迅猛发展,海洋富营养化问题日益加剧。利用大型海藻所具有的超吸收氮磷营养盐的能力,可有效治理和修复富营养化海域。从福建省连江县罗源湾海域养殖筏架采取经济价值较高的刺松藻,为分析其在海水养殖区的生长条件,在实验室条件下,研究温度（18、25、32 ℃）和盐度（10、20、30）对刺松藻生长和营养盐吸收的影响。研究结果表明,刺松藻生长受温度影响极显著(P<0.01),受盐度及二者相互作用影响显著(P<0.05);在25 ℃和盐度20的条件下,刺松藻特定生长率（specific growth rate,SGR）最高,达89.45%;在32 ℃和盐度30的条件下,刺松藻对营养盐的吸收效果最好,其中对NH+4-N的吸收效果最佳。研究结果为生物修复种群的选择和刺松藻的人工养殖提供了一定的参考。     

12周高强度间歇训练对大学生健康体适能、能量消耗和心率的影响

目的:探讨高强度间隙训练(HIIT)对大学生健康体适能、能量消耗和心率的影响。方法:以18～19岁男性大学生108人为研究对象,平均配对分为2组,一组为对照组,参加正常体育课;一组为试验组,在正常体育课上进行1次HIIT,课外进行2次HIIT,包含原地高抬腿、开合跳、弓步跳、立卧撑、原地深蹲、平板支撑、俄罗斯转体、俯卧背肌8个动作,每次8～10 min,共持续12周,对试验前后两组大学生的身体成分、能量消耗、肌肉力量、心肺适能和心率进行了测试。结果:与对照组相比,试验组学生心肺适能、肌肉适能、能量消耗均有所提高,其中立定跳远、静息能量消耗、总能量消耗、最大心率以及安静时心率显著升高(P＜ 0.05)。与试验前比较,试验组立定跳远、肺活量和中长跑成绩显著高于试验前(P＜0.05);试验组身体成分改善,BMI下降;静息心率降低。结论:HIIT是一种高效、安全的运动方式,花费时间少,能有效增加能量消耗,提高肌肉和心肺适能,增加最大心率和安静时心率。     

Effects of Biofeedback Training on Voluntary Heart Rate Control During Dynamic Exercise

The aims of this study were to (1) compare the effect of biofeedback with that of verbal instructions on the control of heart rate during exercise on a treadmill, (2) test the possible effect of workload on this control, and (3) examine the effect of workload on baseline heart rate at rest and during exercise. The study involved 35 participants who were randomly assigned to each of 4 experimental conditions generated by combining the 2 independent variables: training strategy for heart rate control (heart rate biofeedback or verbal control instructions) and work level (30 or 50% of maximal heart rate). By the end of 5 experimental sessions, participants trained with heart rate biofeedback showed a greater attenuation of the increase in heart rate produced by exercise than participants trained with verbal control instructions. The workload did not influence the voluntary control of heart rate, nor did it affect resting baseline heart rate, but it did affect exercise baseline heart rate.     

共振呼吸反馈训练对运动员心率变异性和选择反应时的影响

目的:探讨共振呼吸调节对运动员认知任务表现的提升作用。方法:将30名射击运动员随机分为试验组(n=15)和对照组(n=15)。试验组运动员进行每次30～40 min、每周5 d,共计4周的心率变异性生物反馈训练(HRV训练),掌握共振呼吸调节方法,以相同频次进行呼吸调节(每分钟6次);试验采用试验组、对照组前后测的设计,利用第三版神经行为测试评价系统(NES-C3)、生理相干和自主平衡系统SPCS采集运动员的选择反应时和心率变异性(HRV)数据;正式检测,首先让所有运动员经历安静阶段并进行选择反应时测试,随后试验组运动员进行共振呼吸调节,而对照组运动员休息,最后所有运动员再次进行选择反应时测试,测量运动员的心率变异性。结果:与安静阶段相比,试验组运动员心率(HR)显著下降(P<0.05),心脏总功率(TP)和低频功率(LF)与安静阶段相比显著增加(P<0.01),低频/高频功率(LF/HF)也显著增加(P<0.05),自我调节后的选择反应时显著降低(P<0.05);而对照组无显著变化(P>0.05)。结论:共振呼吸调节法可以显著增强运动员的心率变异性水平,...     

The relationship of the slope of the heart rate graph regression with linear and nonlinear heart rate dynamics in stationary short-time series

The relationship of the slope of the heart rate graph regression curve (b ₁) with periodic (linear) and nonlinear heart rate dynamics has been studied in stationary short-time series (256 points). For estimating nonlinear dynamics, a parameter derived from correlation dimension has been used, which has made it possible to estimate chaotic processes in short-time series. According to the results of the study, the heart rate dynamics in short-time series may be represented as a sum of linear (periodic) and nonlinear (stochastic) processes. The relationships of b ₁ with both the linear and the nonlinear heart rate dynamics have been demonstrated. Equations for calculating the absolute and relative (to the periodic oscillation amplitude) noises in the heart rate dynamics in short-time series are proposed. Stochastic nonlinear dynamics in different physiological states of humans have been compared. It has been found that the increase in the relative noise intensity in the heart rate dynamics with an increase in respiration rate is determined not only by the decrease in the amplitude of respiratory waves, but also by an increase in the amplitude of the noise itself. The absolute noise intensity is decreased in the states of neurotic excitement, fatigue, and, especially, mental stress. In the state of rest, nonlinear (stochastic) processes dominate over linear (periodic) ones.     

转基因棉花的专利及可能带来的不良影响

本文概述了美国Ａｇｒａｃｅｔｕｓ公司转基因棉花专利的内容,提出了这一专利对发达国家,尤其是发展中国家的棉花遗传工程研究、棉花生产的影响及贸易冲击。并就这一专利针对我国国情提出了相应的对策。     

绿茶浸出液对蟾蜍离体心脏活动的影响

利用斯氏蛙心灌流方法,以心率和心搏幅度为评价指标,研究了5%、10%、20%、25%、30%、40%6个浓度梯度的绿茶浸出液对蟾蜍离体心脏活动的影响。结果表明,25%～30%的绿茶浸出液对蟾蜍的心率和心肌收缩力都有显著增强作用(P<0.05),低于25%和为40%时,虽有影响,但不显著(P>0.05)。因此25%～30%的绿茶浸出液具有一定的强心效应。     

Effects of long-term microgravity exposure in space on circadian rhythms of heart rate variability

We evaluated their circadian rhythms using data from electrocardiographic records and examined the change in circadian period related to normal RR intervals for astronauts who completed a long-term (≥6-month) mission in space. The examinees were seven astronauts, five men and two women, from 2009 to 2010. Their mean?±?SD age was 52.0?±?4.2 years (47–59?yr). Each stayed in space for more than 160 days; their average length of stay was 172.6?±?14.6 days (163–199 days). We conducted a 24-h Holter electrocardiography before launch (Pre), at one month after launch (DF1), at two months after launch (DF2), at two weeks before return (DF3), and at three months after landing (Post), comparing each index of frequency-domain analysis and 24-h biological rhythms of the NN intervals (normal RR intervals). Results show that the mean period of Normal Sinus (NN) intervals was within 24?±?4?h at each examination. Inter-individual variability differed among the stages, being significantly smaller at DF3 (Pre versus DF1 versus DF3 versus Post?=?22.36?±?2.50 versus 25.46?±?4.37 versus 22.46?±?1.75 versus 26.16?±?7.18?h, p?<?0.0001). The HF component increased in 2 of 7 astronauts, whereas it decreased in 3 of 7 astronauts and 1 was remained almost unchanged at DF1. During DF3, about 6 months after their stay in space, the HF component of 5 of 7 astronauts recovered from the decrease after launch, with prominent improvement to over 20% in 3 astronauts. Although autonomic nervous functions and circadian rhythms were disturbed until one month had passed in space, well-scheduled sleep and wake rhythms and meal times served as synchronizers.     

An Examination of the Relationship Between Resting Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Reactivity to a Mental Arithmetic Stressor

Resting heart rate variability can be an index of sympathetic or parasympathetic dominance, according to the frequency of the variability studied. Sympathetic dominance of this system has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Similarly, rapid and dramatic increases in heart rate reactivity to a stressor task have also been suggested as indicating increased risk of CVD via atherogenesis. Although both of these variables have been related to the development of cardiovascular disease, and both may be related to increased sympathetic activity or parasympathetic withdrawal, most research studies have tended to focus on either variable independently of the other. In order to investigate whether these two indices of stressor reactivity were related in relatively young and healthy subjects, resting heart rate variability data were collected from 80 volunteers for 20 minutes. In addition, heart rate reactivity data were collected during a 2-minute mental arithmetic stressor, which has been previously shown to induce significant increases in heart rate. After classifying subjects according to whether their heart rate variability data were above or below the mean for their gender, heart rate reactivity data were examined via MANOVA to detect significant differences between subject groups. Females showed significant effects, and males showed nonsignificant trends, but these two sets of data were in different directions, suggesting that gender may be a confounding factor in the relationship between heart rate reactivity and heart rate variability.     

Ocean Acidification and Increased Temperature Have Both Positive and Negative Effects on Early Ontogenetic Traits of a Rocky Shore Keystone Predator Species

The combined effect of ocean acidification and warming is expected to have significant effects on several traits of marine organisms. The gastropod Concholepas concholepas is a rocky shore keystone predator characteristic of the south-eastern Pacific coast of South America and an important natural resource exploited by small-scale artisanal fishermen along the coast of Chile and Peru. In this study, we used small juveniles of C. concholepas collected from the rocky intertidal habitats of southern Chile (39°S) to evaluate under laboratory conditions the potential consequences of projected near-future levels of ocean acidification and warming for important early ontogenetic traits. The individuals were exposed long-term (5.8 months) to contrasting pCO₂ (ca. 500 and 1400 μatm) and temperature (15 and 19°C) levels. After this period we compared body growth traits, dislodgement resistance, predator-escape response, self-righting and metabolic rates. With respect to these traits there was no evidence of a synergistic interaction between pCO₂ and temperature. Shell growth was negatively affected by high pCO₂ levels only at 15°C. High pCO₂ levels also had a negative effect on the predator-escape response. Conversely, dislodgement resistance and self-righting were positively affected by high pCO₂ levels at both temperatures. High tenacity and fast self-righting would reduce predation risk in nature and might compensate for the negative effects of high pCO₂ levels on other important defensive traits such as shell size and escape behaviour. We conclude that climate change might produce in C. concholepas positive and negative effects in physiology and behaviour. In fact, some of the behavioural responses might be a consequence of physiological effects, such as changes in chemosensory capacity (e.g. predator-escape response) or secretion of adhesive mucous (e.g. dislodgement resistance). Moreover, we conclude that positive behavioural responses may assist in the adaptation to negative physiological impacts, and that this may also be the case for other benthic organisms.     

The effects of Zn2+ on guinea pig isolated heart preparations

Isolated guinea pig hearts were perfused, by the Langendorff technique, with 30, 15, 7.5, and 1.5 μM Zn²⁺ in Chenoweth solution. Contractile force, coronary flow, and heart rate were recorded by means of Narco IV Physiograph. Calcium inhibitor (Verapamil 1 μM) and anion inhibitor (DIDS: 0.1, 1, and 5 μM) were used subsequently in the perfusing solutions in order to distinguish some of the possible mechanisms that Zn²⁺ uses to exert its action on cardiac myocytes. Isomolar to zinc concentration of Pb (II) and Co (II) were used to elucidate whether zinc effects on heart are specific for this metal. All hearts were used to estimate their zinc and calcium content by means of AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry). Our findings suggest that the higher the Zn²⁺ concentration, the more toxic effects on heart are expressed by rapid reversible contractile force reduction and reversible specific changes of heart rate and flow. Zinc 1.5 μM in the perfusing solution benefits heart performance, but not significantly. Furthermore, the metal exerts specific effects on guinea pig heart, and it is rather possible that these effects on cardiac myocytes are held through cell membrane receptors.