城市绿地暴露与人群健康效应研究

城市绿地是城市绿色基础设施和基于自然解决方案的主要载体,为人群提供了多种生态系统服务,关注人群健康和绿地布局的城市绿地暴露研究已经成为城市生态学、城市可持续发展等学科的前沿热点。目前国内外城市绿地暴露与人群健康研究仍处在兴起的初步发展状态,缺乏有效和公认的研究范式。尝试通过暴露科学的视角,研究城市绿地暴露及其人群健康效应的研究的热点领域:(1)从城市人群的绿地暴露特征来看,绿地暴露研究与现有旨在预防和减少环境污染暴露风险的传统环境健康研究的视角有显著不同,其目标是充分理解人群的绿地暴露特征及其产生健康效应的机制,鼓励和提高人群与绿地的有效和有益接触,服务于城市绿地和健康社区营造的科学规划和决策。(2)从城市绿地暴露的量化表征来看,现有的多种绿地暴露评价指标包括绿地可得性、绿地可及性和绿地可视性等多是表征了绿地的供给状况,并非直接的绿地暴露过程描述,未来可以结合城市人群的绿地暴露时空动态模式,参照总暴露数学方程来综合量化不同途径、访问周期、暴露时长等因素。(3)从城市绿地暴露的人群健康效应机制来看,现有绿地暴露的健康效应机制研究获得的通用理论性成果还不多,面临的挑战主要是:不同绿地健康效应研究采用的暴露特征指标不同,绿地暴露特征影响人群健康存在显著的尺度性,以及缺乏统一的绿地暴露健康效应调查方法。绿地在城市规划和建设中的作用尤其突出,但绿地的人群健康促进功能在我国城市规划和建设中还鲜有应用,作为城市生态学与环境风险、公共健康以及可持续发展的交叉前沿领域,相关成果将为指导健康导向的可持续城市/社区规划与建设提供直接的科学依据与理论支撑。     

暴露生态学视角下绿地暴露健康效益研究进展

城市绿地与居民健康福祉密切相关,绿地暴露所带来的多重健康效益已经成为耦合城市生态与健康科学的前沿热点议题。尽管绿地健康效应的综述研究并不鲜见,但是目前仍缺乏基于统一理论框架视角下对绿地暴露健康效益的系统综述。近期提出的暴露生态学作为一个耦合"自然生态系统-生态暴露-健康效应"框架体系,能够全面剖析、归纳已有绿地暴露健康效应研究,并指引未来相关领域研究发展。因此,研究在暴露生态学研究视域下,在主体-现实,客体-现实,主体-虚拟,客体-虚拟界面下进行了研究进展的综述分析,并指出了研究截面(尺度)单一、阈值研究与虚拟(及多感官)研究不足等问题。最后提出了未来研究展望:(1)构建跨时空、多尺度的绿地暴露测度模型,并量化绿地健康之间的因果效应;(2)构建阈值模型,分析健康促进的绿地暴露主体阈值与客体阈值;(3)探索绿地特征、暴露方式和剂量、多感体验对健康的影响。研究成果可以进一步加深对相关领域前沿与不足的认识,也可以进一步促进暴露生态学理论体系的丰富和完善。     

珠三角地区PM2.5浓度估算及其健康效应评估

快速的社会经济发展导致城市出现以PM_2.5为首要污染物的空气污染问题,PM_2.5污染严重危害人群健康。因此,厘清PM_2.5时空分布特征并估算其带来的健康影响,对于PM_2.5的区域联防联控具有重要意义。现有研究中,为弥补地面监测数据的不足,借助机器学习算法估算PM_2.5浓度成为研究热点,此外,基于流行病学研究结果的健康效应模型也被广泛用于评估PM_2.5健康影响的研究中。利用珠江三角洲地区2014-2018年56个空气质量监测站的PM_2.5实时监测数据、气象数据、社会经济数据和归一化植被指数,构建随机森林模型,多要素联合估算2000-2018年监测站点的PM_2.5浓度,并采用克里金插值方法获得PM_2.5浓度的空间分布,在此基础上应用全球暴露死亡（GEMM）模型,评估珠三角地区的PM_2.5健康效应。结果表明：（1）2000-2018年期间,珠三角地区的PM_2.5算术年均浓度维持在35μg/m³左右,呈现"西北-东南"递减空间分异;降水量、温度、风速和水汽压等气象因子对PM_2.5浓度具有负向影响,GDP和人口密度等社会经济因子对PM_2.5浓度具有正向影响。（2）2000-2018年期间,珠三角地区PM_2.5人口加权年均浓度均低于PM_2.5算术年均浓度,表明珠三角地区人口密度和PM_2.5浓度未呈现明显的空间匹配关系,例如肇庆PM_2.5浓度较高但人口密度较低,深圳PM_2.5浓度较低但人口密度较高。（3）2000-2018年期间,珠三角地区PM_2.5污染对于缺血性心脏病和中风的健康影响较显著,而对下呼吸道感染的健康影响较弱。区域PM_2.5相关过早死亡人数逐渐增多,主要集中在PM_2.5浓度和人口密度较高的地区,例如珠三角中心地区,以广州中心城区表现明显。本研究建议珠三角地区加大空气污染治理力度,提高医疗服务水平,同时关注城市人口结构,引导城市人口有序流动迁移,以缓解PM_2.5带来的健康影响,实现城市化的健康发展。     

降雨对草地土壤呼吸季节变异性的影响

利用土壤碳通量自动观测系统(LI-8150)对呼伦贝尔草原在自然降雨条件下的土壤呼吸作用进行了野外定位连续观测,研究结果表明:降雨对土壤呼吸作用存在激发效应和抑制效应,降雨发生后1-2 h内土壤呼吸速率可增加约1倍,当单次或者连续降雨累积量大于7-8 mm,或土壤含水量大于29%-30%时,降雨对土壤呼吸会产生明显的抑制作用。土壤呼吸的激发效应往往体现在次日,表现为次日平均土壤呼吸速率的显著升高;而抑制效应则在当日即可体现出来,表现为观测当日平均土壤呼吸速率的明显下降。土壤呼吸季节变异性与降雨频率和降雨强度密切相关,在降雨量一定的情况下,较低的降雨频率和较高的降雨强度会增加土壤呼吸的变异性。呼伦贝尔草甸草原而言,在生长季土壤平均含水量为16.5%时,土壤呼吸的温度敏感性值(Q₁₀)为2.12;而平均土壤含水量为26%时,Q₁₀值为2.82,明显高于前者,土壤含水量与Q₁₀之间存在正相关关系。降雨导致土壤呼吸的激发效应和抑制效应交替发生,使草地土壤呼吸的季节变异性增加,降雨格局变化必然会对草地碳循环和碳通量特征产生深刻影响。     

国内外老年人膳食模式及影响因素相关研究进展

膳食模式是直接影响老年人营养相关疾病的发生和进展的重要影响因素,开展老年人群膳食模式与健康相关研究已成为国内外营养与健康领域的重要方向。本研究对国内外老年人常见膳食模式、不同膳食模式与营养相关疾病之间的关系以及膳食模式的影响因素进行综述,为老年人群的健康膳食模式建立研究提供科学依据。     

甘南地区二氧化碳施肥效应对生态系统的影响

陆地生态系统是全球第二大碳库,其碳收支一直是气候变化研究的热点领域,而研究二氧化碳（CO₂）施肥效应又是全球变化碳循环领域较为关注的前沿部分。CO₂与生态系统关系复杂,当前仍无法厘清CO₂对陆地生态系统碳循环的影响作用。基于太阳辐射数据、气温数据及归一化植被指数数据等,利用光能利用率遥感模型,模拟2019年甘南地区的碳循环,选取三个指标,即GPP （陆地生态系统总初级生产力）、NPP （净初级生产力）和NEP （净生态系统生产力）来分析甘南地区植被固碳的时空变化特征及CO₂施肥效应。结果表明：（1）甘南地区2019年植被固碳总量约为2611 tC。甘南地区生态系统GPP、NPP和NEP季节性特征明显,其值均在夏季达到最高;而在空间上,GPP、NPP表现为东高西低的特征,NEP呈现出北高南低的分布特征。（2） CO₂对GPP、NPP存在正向的施肥效应,分别增加了14.4%和14.3%;而对NEP具有负向反馈效应,使其减少了0.3%,并且CO₂对NEP的影响整体也表现为北高南低的特征。研究揭示出：虽然CO₂在提升GPP和NPP时,正向的施肥效应明显,但是对甘南地区的NEP,即固碳量来说,CO₂的影响却很有限。因此在研究CO₂施肥效应时不应一概而论,生态地理环境对其的影响不可忽视。研究可以为揭示陆地生态系统碳循环的动态机制提供一定的理论依据。     

PM2.5对呼吸系统的影响及其作用机制的研究

现如今PM_2.5已成为我国主要的大气污染物,它会导致各种呼吸系统疾病的发生。PM_2.5是粒径小于2.5 μm的细颗粒物,可以携带多种有毒物质。PM_2.5与其他颗粒物相比,体积较小,表面积较大,更容易进入人体,对人体健康造成危害,其中呼吸系统首当其冲。许多流行病学证据表明PM_2.5与呼吸系统疾病密切相关,在体内和体外均证实了细颗粒物对呼吸系统的损伤。而PM_2.5对呼吸系统的毒性机制是国内外专家和学者研究的重点,主要包括氧化应激、炎性损伤、细胞内钙稳态失衡、免疫细胞功能不全和功能障碍、致突变性、微生态学改变、气道上皮防御功能缺陷等。本文综述了PM_2.5的定义、特征和对呼吸系统的影响及毒性机制。     

城市街道绿化对空气质量及微气候影响的综合模拟研究

植被对街道峡谷行人水平空气质量的影响得到了广泛关注,然而,污染物浓度与真实街道几何的宽街谷下复杂的绿化条件之间的关系没有得到足够的重视,也很少有研究对这种街道绿地对空气质量和微气候的综合影响进行评价。研究探讨街道绿化如何影响慢行道空气质量及微气候,其因子相关性、影响效果如何,并评估其综合生态效益。结果表明,街道绿化有正负两方面生态效益,可增加慢行道PM_2.5浓度9.34%-99.70%,平均降低气温1.06℃。近源冠层体积分数与浓度变化率极显著正相关,最能表征绿化引起的慢行道空气质量变化。绿化覆盖率、慢行道SVF与温湿度、风速变化率显著相关。各道路等级下中等覆盖度的场景具有最佳综合生态效益,主次干道综合生态效益高的场景特点是机非绿带为乔灌结构,水平结构为均匀型。研究可促进对宽阔街道绿化生态功能权衡的深入认识,为街道绿地配置方法及生态效益评估提供依据。     

老年数字化健康管理研究进展

当前数字健康技术发展迅速，逐渐延伸到健康服务各个领域。通过推动数字健康技术深度融入老年健康管理，探索老年数字化健康管理模式，从而为老年人群提供更加便捷、高效和个性化的健康管理服务，对于提升老年人健康预期寿命、推动实现健康老龄化具有重要意义。老年数字化健康管理模式在本文中被创新性地概括为：利用适老化的数字健康技术手段，对老年人实施健康监测、评估和干预，高效、便捷、精准满足老年人生理-心理-社会等各层次健康需求，从而达到提升老年人健康水平的目的。远程监测、移动健康、物联网、智能家居、人工智能、数字孪生等数字健康技术在老年人健康管理中得到探索应用，老年数字化健康管理技术在蓬勃发展的同时，也面临信息系统造价较高、创新技术支撑不足、缺乏临床验证、科研成果转化不足、个人隐私泄露等问题。同时，由于身体机能下降，老年人在利用数字化健康服务时存在“数字鸿沟”，这也给老年人数字化健康管理发展造成阻碍。建议在老年数字化健康管理发展过程中，应进一步加强技术创新，注意开发适老化产品，注重保障个人隐私安全，特别是要加强科技成果转化，让研究成果走出实验室，走进临床实践和日常生活。该文重点就老年数字化健康管理发展机遇...     

斑块面积对城市绿地降温效应的影响研究进展

在气候变化和快速城市化的双重影响下,全球城市面临日益加剧的热岛效应。绿地能够有效改善城市热环境。城市土地资源紧缺,优化绿地布局,使有限面积的绿地发挥更大的降温效果具有重要的理论意义和实践价值。其中,如何设置绿地斑块大小则是优化绿地布局的首要考虑因素之一。从斑块和景观的尺度总结了现有绿地斑块大小对其降温效应影响的研究进展,结果表明：1）在斑块尺度,随着绿地斑块面积增加,绿地的降温效应相应增加,但增加的趋势为非线性变化,表现为温度随绿地斑块面积的增加先下降,后趋于平稳,表明可能存在降温效率（单位面积绿地降温能力）最强的斑块大小;2）在景观尺度,绿地斑块大小在空间上的配置对热环境的影响研究结果存在差异,尚无一致性定论。基于已有研究,本文指出了现有绿地斑块大小对其降温效应影响研究中的问题与不足：1）主要关注绿地斑块大小与温度的统计关系,缺乏对其具体影响过程和内在机制的深入探讨;2）更多关注地表温度,而对与人体舒适度和健康直接相关的其他热环境指标的研究较少;3）研究中缺少对城市中数量巨大,分布最广的小型绿地斑块的考量。未来的研究应加强从遮阴和蒸腾等降温过程深入解析绿地斑块大小对热环境影响的内在机理机制,从降温效率的角度,探讨是否存在最优的斑块大小,并进一步探讨绿地周围建筑环境对绿地斑块大小与其降温效应关系的影响,为优化城市绿地分布,改善城市热环境提供科学依据。     

The identification and metabolism of GA9 and its metabolites in seed coats and shoots of pea,line G2

[³H]gibberellin A₉ was applied to shoots or seed parts of G2 pea to produce radiolabeled metabolites. These were used as markers during purification for the recovery of endogenous GA₉ and its naturally occurring metabolites. GA₉ and its metabolites were purified by HPLC, derivatized and examined by GC-MS. Endogenous GA₉, GA₂₀, GA₂₉ and GA₅₁ were identified in pea shoots and seed coats. GA₅₁-catabolite and GA₂₉-catabolite were also detected in seed coats. GA₇₀ was detected in seed coats following the application of 1 g of GA₉. Applied [³H]GA₉ was metabolized through both the 13-hydroxylation and 2-hydroxylation pathways. Labeled metabolites were tentatively identified on the basis of co-chromatography on HPLC with endogenous compounds identified by GC-MS. In shoots [³H]GA₅₁ and [³H]GA₅₁-catabolite were the predominant metabolites after 6 hrs, but by 24 hrs there was little of these metabolites remaining, while [³H]GA₂₉-catabolite and an unidentified metabolite predominated. In seed coats [³H]GA₅₁ was the initial product, later followed by [³H]GA₅₁-catabolite and an unidentified metabolite (different from that in shoots), with lesser amounts of [³H]GA₂₀, [³H]GA₂₉ and [³H]GA₂₉-catabolite. [³H]GA₇₀ was a very minor product in both cases. [³H]GA₉ was not metabolized by pea cotyledons.Edited by T.J. Gianfagna.Author for correspondence     

Comparison of effects of salt and alkali stresses on the growth and photosynthesis of wheat

The seedlings of wheat were treated by salt-stress (SS, molar ratio of NaCl: Na₂SO₄ = 1: 1) and alkali-stress (AS, molar ratio of NaHCO₃: Na₂CO₃ = 1: 1). Relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area, and water content decreased with increasing salinity, and the extents of the reduction under AS were greater than those under SS. The contents of photosynthetic pigments did not decrease under SS, but increased at low salinity. On the contrary, the contents of photosynthetic pigments decreased sharply under AS with increasing salinity. Under SS, the changes of net photosynthetic rate (P _N), stomatal conductance (g _s), and transpiration rate (E) were similar and all varied in a single-peak curve with increasing salinity, and they were lower than those of control only at salinity over 150 mM. Under AS, P _N, g _s, and E decreased sharply with rising salinity. The decrease of g _s might cause the obvious decreases of E and intercellular CO₂ concentration, and the increase of water use efficiency under both stresses. The Na⁺ content and Na⁺/K⁺ ratio in shoot increased and the K⁺ content in shoot decreased under both stresses, and the changing extents under AS were greater than those under SS. Thus SS and AS are two distinctive stresses with different characters; the destructive effects of AS on the growth and photosynthesis of wheat are more severe than those under SS. High pH is the key feature of the AS that is different from SS. The buffer capacity is essentially the measure of high pH action on plant. The deposition of mineral elements and the intracellular unbalance of Na⁺ and K⁺ caused by the high pH at AS might be the reason of the decrease of P _N and g _s and of the destruction of photosynthetic pigments.     

Structural and functional analysis of the coupling subunit F in solution and topological arrangement of the stalk domains of the methanogenic A1AO ATP synthase

The first low-resolution shape of subunit F of the A₁A_O ATP synthase from the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 in solution was determined by small angle X-ray scattering. Independent to the concentration used, the protein is monomeric and has an elongated shape, divided in a main globular part with a length of about 4.5 nm, and a hook-like domain of about 3.0 nm in length. The subunit-subunit interaction of subunit F inside the A₁A_O ATP synthase in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide EDC was studied as a function of nucleotide binding, demonstrating movements of subunits F relative to the nucleotide-binding subunit B. Furthermore, in the intact A₁A_O complex, crosslinking of subunits D-E, A-H and A-B-D was obtained and the peptides, involved, were analyzed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Based on these data the surface of contact of B-F could be mapped in the high-resolution structure of subunit B of the A₁A_O ATP synthase.     

Overexpression, Purification, and Characterization of Human and Bovine Mitochondrial ATPase Inhibitors: Comparison of the Properties of Mammalian and Yeast ATPase Inhibitors

Mitochondrial ATP synthase (F₁F₀-ATPase) is regulated by an intrinsic ATPase inhibitor protein. In this study, we overexpressed and purified human and bovine ATPase inhibitors and their properties were compared with those of a yeast inhibitor. The human and bovine inhibitors inhibited bovine ATPase in a similar way. The yeast inhibitor also inhibited bovine F₁F₀-ATPase, although the activity was about three times lower than the mammalian inhibitors. All three inhibitors inhibited yeast F₁F₀-ATPase in a similar way. The activities of all inhibitors decreased at higher pH, but the magnitude of the decrease was different for each combination of inhibitor and ATPase. The results obtained in this study show that the inhibitory mechanism of the inhibitors was basically shared in yeast and mammals, but that mammalian inhibitors require unique residues, which are lacking in the yeast inhibitor, for their maximum inhibitory activity. Common inhibitory sites of mammalian and yeast inhibitors are suggested.     

Assessing the Impact of Advected African Dust on Air Quality and Health in the Eastern United States

Large quantities of African dust are carried into the southeastern United States each summer with concentrations typically in the range of 10 to 100?µg m^?3. Because approximately one-third to one-half of the dust mass is in the size range under 2.5?µm diameter, the advection of African dust has implications for the EPA's newly implemented standard for PM_2.5 particulate matter and for the assessment of human health effects. It will be difficult to assess the impact of African dust events on air quality because they occur during the summer (maximum in July) when photochemical pollution events are frequent and intense in the eastern United States. Indeed, the presence of dust could affect the evolution of photochemical dust events. In order to assess the role of African dust in air quality in the United States, it will be necessary to develop a set of diagnostic indicators; it appears that dust mineralogy and elemental composition might be useful for this purpose. Various satellite products can be used to characterize the spatial coverage of dust events and, when coupled with meteorological tools, to predict impact regions.     

Synthesis, biological activity and molecular modelling studies of tricyclic alkylimidazo-, pyrimido- and diazepinopurinediones

Syntheses and biological activities of imidazo-, pyrimido- and diazepino[2,1-f]purinediones containing N-alkyl substituents (with straight, branched or unsaturated chains) are described. Tricyclic derivatives were synthesized by the cyclization of 8-bromo-substituted 7-(2-bromoethyl)-, 7-(3-chloropropyl)- or 7-(4-bromobutyl)-theophylline with primary amines under various conditions. Compound 22 with an ethenyl substituent was synthesized by dehydrohalogenation of 9-(2-bromoethyl)-1,3-dimethyltetrahydropyrimido[2,1-f]purinedione. The obtained derivatives (5–35) were initially evaluated for their affinity at rat A₁ and A_2A adenosine receptors (AR), showing moderate affinity for both adenosine receptor subtypes. The best ligands were diazepinopurinedione 28 (K_i = 0.28 μM) with fivefold A_2A selectivity and the non-selective A₁/A_2A AR ligand pyrimidopurinedione 35 (K_i A₁ = 0.28 μM and K_i A_2A = 0.30 μM). The compounds were also evaluated for their affinity at human A₁, A_2A, A_2B and A₃ ARs. All of the obtained compounds were docked to the A_2A AR X-ray structure in complex with the xanthine-based, potent adenosine receptor antagonist—XAC. The likely interactions of imidazo-, pyrimido- and diazepino[2,1-f]purinediones with the residues forming the A_2A binding pocket were discussed. Furthermore, the new compounds were tested in vivo as anticonvulsants in maximal electroshock, subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (ScMet) and TOX tests in mice (i.p.). Pyrimidopurinediones showed anticonvulsant activity mainly in the ScMet test. The best derivative was compound 11, showing 100 % protection at a dose of 100 mg/kg without symptoms of neurotoxicity. Compounds 6, 7, 8 and 14 with short substituents showed neurotoxicity and caused death. In rat tests (p.o.), 9 was characterized by a high protection index (>13.3). AR affinity did not apparently correlate with the antiepileptic potency of the compounds.

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Oriented solids as a colloid suspension in nematic liquid crystal – New tool for IR-spectroscopic and structural elucidation of inorganic compounds and glasses

Possibilities of the linear-polarized infrared (IR-LD) spectroscopy of oriented colloid suspensions in nematic liquid crystals, for structural and local structural elucidation for first time are demonstrated of inorganic compounds and glasses. The advantages of the method for tellurite and borate glasses are shown. The IR-band assignment of the typical local structural units in the glasses are proposed by a comparison with the IR-characteristics of appropriate crystalline analogues as α-TeO₂, V₂O₅, MoO₃ · H₂O and its high temperature form. The IR-spectroscopic characteristics of BO₃, BO₄ and boroxol ring are elucidated, using crystalline β-BaB₂O₄, SrB₄O₇, H₃BO₃ and B₂O₃ as model systems, where the structural moieties have been refined by single crystal X-ray diffraction.     

The behavior of R-ovalbumin and its individual components A1, A2, and A3 in urea solution: kinetics and equilibria

Procedures are described for the isolation of the individual components A₁, A₂, and A₃ of native R-ovalbumin from freshly laid domestic hen eggs. Because heavy metal ion contaminants result in spurious irreproducible kinetics, particularly at high pH, considerable care is taken to avoid their presence. Kinetics studies are made of the behavior of whole R-ovalbumin and its individual components in urea solution over the pH range 3.7–9.6 following the reaction by determining absorbance differences at 233, 287, and 293 nm and ORD and CD changes at 350 and 221 nm, respectively. Reaction is rapid at low pH, slowing with increasing pH. Except under limited conditions, the reaction is not simple first order. Equations are presented for describing the reactions, and the nature of the reaction products is considered. Unfolding equilibrium profiles were also determined by ORD at several wavelengths and were not stigmoidal in shape and the normalized curves were not superimposed.Deceased December 8, 2001