Sex-diagnosis of isolated Os coxae by discriminant functions

After methodical preparatory work on the selection of the metric characters and their technical definition, 16 variables were measured on every right hip bone in our standard series (Weisbach series). The discriminant functions performed on our standard series proved to be very sharply discriminant. The methodical foundation gained from the Weisbach series was applied to a control series (Tyrol series), whose sex had not been determined. The application of the discriminant analyses enabled a complete and plausible sex diagnosis to be made.     

Synthesis and in vitro antitumor activity of asperphenamate derivatives as autophagy inducer

In an effort to improve the aqueous solubility and the antitumor activity of natural product asperphenamate, we have designed and synthesized three series of asperphenamate derivatives, including series I (simplifying molecular skeleton series), series II (introducing a hydroxyl group to A-phenyl ring series) and series III (disrupting molecular planarity series). All derivatives have displayed a significantly increased solubility compared with asperphenamate. Their growth inhibitory activities in vitro were screened by the standard MTT method in MCF-7, HeLa, and BEL-7402 cell lines. With the exception of the derivatives in series I, most of derivatives in series II and series III showed growth inhibitory activity. Among all derivatives, IM23b in series III showed the greatest potency in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. The cellular potency of IM23b was approximately 1.5-fold more potent than that of cisplatin. The mechanism of cell death induced by IM23b in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells was further investigated. We concluded that the cell death was induced by autophagy instead of apoptosis or cell cycle arrest.     

Structure-affinity relationships of the affinity of 2-pyrazolyl adenosine analogues for the adenosine A2A receptor

The structure-affinity relationships of two novel 2-substituted adenosine series containing a substituted pyrazole attached at the N-1 or C-4 position for the adenosine (ADO) A2A receptor are described. Compounds in the 2-(N-1-pyrazolyl) adenosine series IV provided the highest affinity for the ADO A2A receptor as compared to the 2-(C-4-pyrazolyl) series V. The main structural differences between the two series point to the N-1 nitrogen of series IV imparting more favorable binding interactions with the receptor than those of series V.     

Le revêtement cutané des raies (Chondrichthyes,Elasmobranchii, Batoidea). II. Morphologie et arrangement des tubercules cutanés

The dermal covering of most batoid fish is constituted by dermal denticles and by different series of tubercles or thorns. The repartition and the morphological variations of these structures can provide complementary information about the taxonomy of skates and rays. The variations in these dermal structures within Pristiforms, Rajiforms and Myliobatiforms have been studied, taking into consideration the number of tubercles, their location and their arrangement in different series. Following Hubbs and Ishiyama [30], two new terms and 15 new series are indicated. The characteristics of the arrangement and of the morphology of these structures can separate the Rajiforms, having spiny tubercles or thorns, from the Myliobatiformes, bearing lanceolate or heart-shaped tubercles. The main taxinomic characters found are: guitar fish characterized by two scapular series, one well-developed rostral series and tubercles with an anterolateral ornamentation (relief). Within this group, Rhinidae and Rhynchobatidae are set apart by the morphology of their tubercles (devoid of any anterolateral ornamentation), by the absence of a middorsal caudal series and by the presence of an outer supraspiracular series. Platyrhina and Platyrhinoidis are distinguishable by the absence of anterolateral relief and by the presence of anterolateral, lateral and parallel series. Rajoids are characterized by thorns, only one scapular series and sometimes a nucho-scapular triangle, malar and alar thorns in adults, and well-developed parallel and lateral series. Myliobatiforms are devoid of rostral, orbito-spiracular, malar, alar, anterolateral, parallel and lateral series but a caudal sting is present in most species. Sawfish are almost entirely devoid of tubercules, except for rostral ‘teeth’. The morphology and arrangement of the rostral teeth can differenciate the two genera within this family.     

中国温带阔叶红松林不同演替系列土壤有机碳矿化特征

土壤有机碳矿化与陆地生态系统碳循环和全球气候变化关系密切,为准确评估中国温带小兴安岭阔叶红松林不同演替系列土壤有机碳矿化特征及变化规律。以年代序列法代替群落次生演替过程,采用室内恒温培养(碱液吸收法)测定阔叶红松林不同演替系列(中生演替系列、湿生演替系列、旱生演替系列)6种群落类型土壤有机碳矿化量和矿化速率。3个演替系列土壤有机碳含量均表现出一致的剖面变化特征,随着土层深度的加深有机碳矿化量逐渐降少。且不同演替系列土层间有机碳矿化量不同,中生演替系列原始阔叶红松林土壤有机碳累计矿化量最大,其次为旱生演替系列,湿生演替系列最小。3个演替系列土壤有机碳矿化速率随时间变化呈现基本一致的趋势,即培养前期快速下降、后期逐渐趋于平稳。3个演替系列6种群落类型土壤有机碳矿化差异显著,表现为原始阔叶红松林白桦次生林云冷杉红松林红松枫桦次生林蒙古栎红松林蒙古栎、黑桦次生林。阔叶红松林不同演替系列土壤有机矿化采用非线性指数拟合效果较好。阔叶红松林不同演替系列土壤有机碳矿化与土壤全氮、凋落物量显著正相关,与土壤含水率、容重、土壤酸碱度显著负相关。不同演替系列群落的演替历史、土壤质地和养分状况等生态因子是导致阔叶红松林不同演替系列土壤有机碳矿化差异的原因。     

Modelling aerobiological time series. Application to Urticaceae

This paper deals with the characterisation ofaerobiological time series. The seriesdiscussed are annual series of mean dailyconcentration of Urticaceae pollen, obtained bymeans of Hirst traps on six sites of theAerobiological Network of Catalonia (XAC).First, some alternatives for fitting a smoothtrend to one of these series are discussed, andtwo satisfactory methods are presented, aGaussian mixture model (parametric) and theFriedman supersmoother (non-parametric).Dividing daily concentrations by trend values,a series of residuals is obtained. The residualseries can be characterised with simpleconventional time series models, and somecommon patterns emerge from the parameterestimates. The long-term patterns of the pollendynamics can be thus characterised by thetrends, and the short-term behaviour by theresiduals. The Spearman correlation is used inthis paper as a measure of the similarity oftwo series.     

Early classification of multivariate temporal observations by extraction of interpretable shapelets

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Early classification of time series is beneficial for biomedical informatics problems suchincluding, but not limited to, disease change detection. Early classification can be oftremendous help by identifying the onset of a disease before it has time to fully take hold. Inaddition, extracting patterns from the original time series helps domain experts to gaininsights into the classification results. This problem has been studied recently using timeseries segments called shapelets. In this paper, we present a method, which we callMultivariate Shapelets Detection (MSD), that allows for early and patient-specificclassification of multivariate time series. The method extracts time series patterns, calledmultivariate shapelets, from all dimensions of the time series that distinctly manifest thetarget class locally. The time series were classified by searching for the earliest closestpatterns. RESULTS: The proposed early classification method for multivariate time series has been evaluated oneight gene expression datasets from viral infection and drug response studies in humans. Inour experiments, the MSD method outperformed the baseline methods, achieving highlyaccurate classification by using as little as 40%-64% of the time series. The obtained resultsprovide evidence that using conventional classification methods on short time series is notas accurate as using the proposed methods specialized for early classification. CONCLUSION: For the early classification task, we proposed a method called Multivariate ShapeletsDetection (MSD), which extracts patterns from all dimensions of the time series. Weshowed that the MSD method can classify the time series early by using as little as40%-64% of the time series' length.     

The action of gramicidin S on the ionic permeability of bilayer lipid membranes

The effect of cyclic decapeptide of gramicidin S on electrical conductivity of bilayer lipid membranes has been studied. The integral conductivity of bilayer has been shown to increase with the growth of antibiotic concentration. The integral conductivity increase occurs as series of conductivity discrete leaps, differing in amplitude from fluctuations of conductivity caused by linear gramicidins. In the series of selectivity of bilayer membranes for cations of alkaline metals the rubidium ion is before the cesium ion. This is the only difference between this series and the series of relative ionic mobility series of cations of alkaline metals in water solutions.     

杉木生长的起伏型时间序列模拟研究

起伏型时间序列法是一种新的时间序列分析法,本文介绍了起伏型时间序列林木模拟与预测方法,以杉木人工林生长为研究对象,对杉木胸径生长进行建模模拟,模拟工达到98．3％,结果令人满意,且比逐步回归法,多维时间序列分析法模拟效果更优,说明起伏型时间序列分析方法可应用于林木生长模拟与预测,从而丰富了林木生长预测与预报方法。     

Plant phenological data and tree-rings as palaeoclimate indicators in south-west Finland since AD 1750

Plant phenological data and tree-rings were tested for their palaeoclimatic value in south-west Finland since AD 1750. The information from fragmentary, partly overlapping, partly non-systematically biased plant phenological records of 14 different phenomena (a total of 3,144 observations) was combined into one continuous time series of phenological indices. All site- and phenomenon-specific series were standardized to present an average of zero and standard deviation of one. The mean phenomenon-specific series were then averaged as arithmetic means for annually resolved time series representing the variability in the particular plant phenomenon. Consequently, each phenomenon-specific mean series was based on spatially normalized site-specific index series. These series were compared to each other, living-tree and subfossil tree-rings, and to early and modern meteorological time series. Phenological indices showed strong positive correlation with February to June temperatures. On the other hand, the correlations between phenological indices and precipitation data were around zero. Analysis using time-dependent running correlations showed non-stationary relationship between the tree-rings and phenological indices and observed spring temperatures. The skill of phenological data for reconstructing the spring temperatures was statistically proved.     

Life stress on the Roman limes in continental Croatia

The purpose of the paper is to analyze and compare the demographic profiles and disease frequencies between a skeletal series from Zmajevac, a settlement on the Danubian limes, and a composite «non-limes» skeletal series consisting of human osteological remains from three large urban settlements to the west of the limes; roman Mursa (modern Osijek), Cibalae (Vinkovci) and Certissia (Štrbinci). To determine if life stresses were different in settlements on the limes the age and sex distribution in Zmajevac was compared to the composite «non-limes» series. All skeletons were also analyzed for the presence of dental pathology, dental enamel hypoplasia, cribra orbitalia, trauma, and physical stress.

Data collected from the skeletal series show that, with the exception of some indicators of physical stress, no significant differences in quality of life is evident. Both series are characterized by an underrepresentation of subadults from the youngest age category and by similar average adult male and female ages at death. In Zmajevac the average ages at death for adult males and females were 40.0 and 39.0 years respectively, in the composite «non-limes» series 37.4 years for both males and females. The frequencies of dental disease, subadult stress indicators, and trauma are similar in both series. The only consistent difference between the two series is noted in the frequencies of skeletal markers of physical stress, in particular the frequencies of vertebral osteoarthritis and Schmorl's defects. Total male and total female vertebral osteoarthritis frequencies in the two series are significantly different, as is the difference in total male frequencies of Schmorl's defects. Young adult males in the Zmajevac series seem to have been experiencing particularly heavy physical strain on the vertebral column. They exhibit significantly higher frequencies of both vertebral osteoarthritis and Schmorl's defects than young adult males from the composite non-limes series.     

An optical determination of the series resistance in Loligo

The resistance in series with the membrane capacitance in the giant axon of the squid Loligo pealei was measured using potentiometric probes that exhibit absorbance changes proportional to the voltage across the plasma membrane proper. The method relies upon the fact that a voltage drop across the series resistance produces a deviation in the true transmembrane voltage from that imposed by a voltage clamp. Optical measurement of the true transmembrane potential, together with electrical measurement of the ionic current, permits the immediate determination of the series resistance by Ohm's law. An alternative method monitored the amount of electronic series resistance compensation required to force the optical signal to match the shape of the reference potential. The value of the series resistance measured in artificial seawater was 3.78 +/- 0.95 omega X cm2. The estimated value of the contribution of the Schwann cell layer to the series resistance was 2.57 +/- 0.89 omega X cm2.     

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND NARCOTIC POTENCY TO GRAIN WEEVILS. ALCOHOLS AND METHYL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

The narcotic and toxic potencies of the first seven homologous alcohols and the methyl esters of the first seven homologous fatty acids have been determined using grain weevils (Calandra granaria). The experiments were designed as balanced incomplete blocks, and Finney's probit plane technique was applied to the results. In both series of compounds the narcotic and toxic potencies expressed in thermodynamic concentrations decreased with increasing number of carbon atoms. The margin between narcotic dose and toxic dose is greater in the alcohol series than in the ester series. The methyl esters of the fatty acids showed a stepwise descent in biological potency, the odd numbered series being more active than the even series. The penetration of these compounds into grain weevils and their biological action are discussed in relation to the coefficients of response to log concentration and log time of exposure.     

Synthesis and SAR of tetrahydroisoquinolines as Rev-erbα agonists

The design and synthesis of a novel series of Rev-erbα agonists is described. The development and optimization of the tetrahydroisoquinoline series was carried out from an earlier acyclic series of Rev-erbα agonists. Through the optimization of the scaffold 1, several potent compounds with good in vivo profiles were discovered.     

Name changes in fungi of microbiological,industrial and medical importance

This is the fourth in a series of reports bringing changes in the names of fungi of microbiological, industrial and medical importance to the attention of workers in these fields. The series is sponsored by the Division of Mycology of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) and prepared under the auspices of the International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF). The first of this series of reports included an introduction to the series explaining the need for name changes.     

Temporal variation in phenetic affinity of early Upper Egyptian male cranial series

We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic-Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to determine the overall pattern of phenetic affinity between temporally sequential series and in relation to the earliest series and, second, to explore the possible meanings of the pattern of relationship to sociohistorical change. The cranial series were designated early predynastic, late predynastic, terminal predynastic, and Dynasty I. Craniometric phenetic affinity was ascertained using Mahalanobis distances; a 5% level of probability was chosen for significance. The distance matrix values were ordered into hierarchies of dissimilarity from each series (distance hierarchies) and tabulated for time-successive groups, including the temporally earliest series (i.e., serialized by time). The principal observations were as follows. The overall pattern was not one in which the values between all series were statistically insignificant; nor was it one of consistent sequential increase of biological distance from the earliest series. There was a notable and statistically significant distance between the early and late predynastic groups, with the late and terminal predynastic groups mutually having the lowest and statistically insignificant distances with each other. The value between the terminal predynastic and Dynasty I series was generally larger than the values between other groups and was statistically significant. The overall pattern is possibly consistent with archeological interpretations that postulate increasing intraregional interactions during the late and terminal predynastic periods and the rise of an Egyptian state that eventually included northern Egypt.     

Calculation of local Hurst exponents in the Ca(2+)-activated K(+)-channel dwell time

A novel method based on the maximum overlap wavelet transform of dwell time series is proposed. Information on local multifractal properties of the series, namely local Hurst exponents or Holder exponents, was obtained. The results confirm the presence of multifractality and intrinsic correlations in the Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel dwell time series. The data on the local multifractal structure of the series can be interpreted in terms of processes having self-organized criticality. The proposed approach allows one to widen the store of methods for the analysis of single ion channel activity.     

Discovery of 4-azaindoles as novel inhibitors of c-Met kinase

A series of 4-azaindole inhibitors of c-Met kinase is described. The postulated binding mode was confirmed by an X-ray crystal structure and series optimisation was performed on the basis of this structure. Future directions for series development are discussed.     

Amide-based inhibitors of p38α MAP kinase. Part 1: Discovery of novel N-pyridyl amide lead molecules

A novel series of N-pyridyl amides as potent p38α kinase inhibitors is described. Based on the structural similarities between the initial hit and a well-known imidazole pyrimidine series of p38α inhibitors, potencies within the newly discovered series were quickly improved by installation of an (S)-α-methylbenzyl moiety at the 2-position of the pyridine ring. The proposed binding modes of the new series to p38α were evaluated against SAR findings and provided rationale for further development of this series of molecules.