Olfactory metacognition

The current paper focuses on the subjective knowledge people have about their ability to name odors. Previous investigations of such metacognitive aspects of olfactory cognition are very scarce and have yielded results that need further scrutiny. In two experiments, we investigated three metamemory judgments about odor identity. As opposed to previous findings, participants' feeling of knowing judgments about odor identity predicted later recognition. Participants were also accurate but highly overconfident in their retrospective confidence in odor identification. A strong and imminent feeling of being able to name an odor, a so-called 'tip of the nose' experience, was found to predict later recall, but was otherwise poorly related to any partial activation of the odor name or other information associated with the odor. This makes it different from the commonly investigated 'tip of the tongue' phenomenon. The current study shows that olfactory metamemory is related to actual knowledge, a finding that is in line with what has been observed for other modalities.     

Demographic and cognitive predictors of cued odor identification: evidence from a population-based study

This study investigated demographic and cognitive correlates of cued odor identification in a population-based sample from the Betula project: 1906 healthy adults varying in age from 45 to 90 years were assessed in a number of tasks tapping various cognitive domains, including cognitive speed, semantic memory and executive functioning. The results revealed a gradual and linear deterioration in cued odor identification across the adult life span. Overall, females identified more odors than men, although men and women performed at the same level in the oldest age cohort (85-90 years). Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that age, sex, education, cognitive speed and vocabulary were reliable correlates of performance in the odor identification task. In addition, age-related deficits in the included demographic and cognitive variables could not fully account for the observed age-related impairment in identification, suggesting that additional factors are underlying the observed deterioration. Likely candidates here are sensory abilities such as olfactory detection and discrimination.     

Sniff magnitude test: relationship to odor identification, detection, and memory tests in a clinic population

Recently a novel measure of olfactory function, the Sniff Magnitude Test (SMT), was developed that relies on changes in inhalation in response to an odor. The relationship of this unique test to that of other olfactory tests has received little investigation. In this study, we assessed, in 132 patients presenting to a chemosensory disorders clinic, the relationship of SMT scores to those from 3 standardized psychophysical tests: the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT), a phenyl ethyl alcohol odor detection threshold test, and a short-term odor memory/discrimination test. SMT scores were roughly related to olfactory dysfunction categories defined for the UPSIT and correlated moderately with the other tests. Malodors (1% and 3% methylthiobutyrate [MTB], 1% ethyl 3-mercaptoproprionate) exhibited stronger correlations than nonmalodors (3% phenyl ethyl alcohol [PEA], 3% amyl acetate, 3% n-butanol) and elicited greater sniff suppression. In a principal component analysis, the SMT measures loaded on components different from those of the other tests, which loaded on a separate component. Anticipatory responses (i.e., smaller sniffs) occurred across trials for the first malodor (1% MTB), but not for the first nonmalodor (3% PEA), that was encountered. These results, along with those of an earlier factor analysis, suggest that sniff magnitude is influenced by odorant quality and intensity, as well as by cognitive factors.     

中国西双版纳傣族与泰国泰族民间植物命名方法与土著名字的相似性探讨

通过对中国西双版纳与泰国都有分布和栽培的641种植物的傣、泰土著名字相似性比较,发现这两个民族具有基本相同的民间植物命名的"双名法"。西双版纳傣族与泰国的兰纳地区、北—东北部和其它地区泰族的植物土著名相同、相似的分别占0.69、0.57和0.37,主要包括药用植物在内的经济植物和与南传上座部佛教文化密切相关的植物。其主要成因包括他们的语言文字、宗教信仰、生活习俗等的傣、泰历史渊源及其所具有的传统文化密切程度相关。其中,兰纳地区地处泰国北部,它不仅邻近西双版纳,而且在历史上,它们曾经同属于"兰纳王国",两地的边界曾是"犬牙交错",成为"曼比勐农"(兄弟之邦)。这样,使包括土著名字在内的佛教植物、野生植物和栽培植物等的交流比泰国其它地区更加密切,相似性便最高。西双版纳傣族和兰纳泰族被视为尚存的标准"Tai"人区。因此,该研究对于中国Dai、泰国Thai、缅甸Siam和老挝Laos等国家民族的科学文化交流及其植物资源的利用和保护等具有重要的意义。     

放射污染区古菌分离及多样性分析

【目的】研究放射污染区古菌多样性。【方法】放射污染区采集土样,采用甘油-精氨酸培养基(GJ)、甘油-天冬氨酸培养基(C1)、海藻糖-肌酸培养基(B7)、甘露醇-丙氨酸培养基(Z5)、干酪素-甘露醇培养基(CMKA)、壳聚糖-天冬酰胺培养基(F6)、甘露醇-酸水解酪蛋白培养基(GW1)、CM培养基、HP培养基和KC培养基10种分离培养基,采用梯度稀释法对古菌进行分离,将分离获得的菌株经形态特征,16S rRNA基因片段扩增及限制性内切酶酶切,选取酶切图谱中存在差异性的条带进行测序,最终通过序列比对,聚类分析,获得不同种类的古菌资源。【结果】从该土样中共获得了256株古菌,最终筛选出71株不同类型的古菌,这71株古菌均属于广古菌门,盐杆菌纲,盐杆菌目,盐杆菌科,分布于盐陆生菌属(Haloterrigena)、纳白菌属(Natrialba)、盐球菌属(Halococcus)、盐红菌属(Halorubrum)、盐长寿菌属(Halovivax)、纳线菌属(Natrinema)、盐碱球菌属(Natronococcus)、盐二型菌属(Halobiforma)、盐惰菌属(Halopiger)、盐池栖菌属(Halostagnicola)、富盐菌属(Haloferax)11个属,26个种,其中31株菌的16S rRNA基因序列与已有效发表菌株的序列相似性小于98%,Haloterrigena为该土样的优势菌属。对于分离效果较好的F6培养基采用了梯度营养成分的稀释,最终获得了19株古菌,这些菌株相互之间存在一定的差异性。【结论】本次分离获得了大量的古菌,表明放射污染区存在着较为丰富的古菌资源,其中蕴藏着多种新的物种类型,具有较大的研究价值。     

多育赛多孢菌性鼻窦炎1例——致病菌的鉴定和体外抗真菌药物敏感性研究

目的报告国内首例多育赛多孢菌致鼻窦炎,并探讨致病菌的鉴定及其对抗真菌药物体外敏感性。方法取患者左侧上颌窦分泌物进行真菌培养和形态学鉴定,分离菌株β-球蛋白、rDNAITS序列分析确切鉴定,对分离菌进行7种抗真菌药体外药敏试验。结果根据菌株的形态学特点和基因序列结果鉴定为多育赛多孢菌。体外药敏试验显示该菌对7种抗真菌药物耐药。结论多育赛多孢菌所致的真菌病较少见,其确切鉴定靠形态学特征和基因分析。该菌株对多种抗真菌药物耐药。     

土鳖虫与其混淆品的微性状鉴别研究

为对目前药材市场流通的中药材土鳖虫进行微性状特征研究,探究土鳖虫与其混淆品的区别。实验通过查阅资料,对市场土鳖虫品种进行调查,运用中药微性状鉴定法对土鳖虫的不同部位采用体视显微镜、生物显微镜、扫描仪等仪器进行图像采集,并利用Photoshop CS5软件景深合成高清晰度微性状特征图片来对其进行鉴别研究。实验结果表明,土鳖虫口器、腹背板边缘、肛上板、生殖板、触角、单眼间距与复眼间距比例、单眼、复眼、前足胫节、跗节、爪、尾须、背甲及腹甲刚毛等方面与混淆品有比较明显的区别。     

中药饮片有害微生物负载及鉴定技术研究进展

中药饮片在种植、采收、加工和储藏等过程中均有可能受到多种微生物的污染,特别是有害微生物如致病细菌、产毒真菌等的存在会影响中药饮片的安全性。本文综述了近年来中药饮片有害微生物的污染情况,比较不同国家药典对中药饮片微生物限度和真菌毒素限量的差异,归纳当前用于不同微生物鉴定方法的适用性,以期为中药饮片质量安全研究工作提供参考。     

A computationally efficient optimisation-based method for parameter identification of kinematically determinate and over-determinate biomechanical systems

This paper introduces a general optimisation-based method for identification of biomechanically relevant parameters in kinematically determinate and over-determinate systems from a given motion. The method is designed to find a set of parameters that is constant over the time frame of interest as well as the time-varying system coordinates, and it is particularly relevant for biomechanical motion analysis where the system parameters can be difficult to accurately determine by direct measurements. Although the parameter identification problem results in a large-scale optimisation problem, we show that, due to a special structure in the linearised Karush–Kuhn–Tucker optimality conditions, the solution can be found very efficiently. The method is applied to a set of test problems relevant for gait analysis. These involve determining the local coordinates of markers placed on the model, segment lengths and joint axes of rotation from both gait and range of motion experiments.     

高效净水细菌的分离鉴定及其净水能力分析

[目的]分离筛选获得能高效净化污水的净化细菌。[方法]利用氨氮降解筛选培养基对某污水处理厂的活性污泥进行净水细菌的分离筛选,并研究分离菌株对污水有机质、氨态氮、总磷与总氮含量的去除效果以及药敏性分析。[结果]比较去除效果,获得了1株最高效的净水细菌,该菌株对污水有机质、氨态氮、总氮与总磷均具有较强的净化效果,其去除率分别达58. 90%、65. 45%、51. 91%和35. 00%。结合菌落形态特征观察、生理生化分析及分子鉴定,鉴定该菌株为暹罗芽胞杆菌(Bacillus siamensis)。该菌株对7种常见抗生素均具有一定敏感性,其中对氨苄青霉素最敏感,卡那霉素次之,对庆大霉素最不敏感。[结论]分离筛选获得1株能高效净化污水的暹罗芽胞杆菌,对常见抗生素具有一定敏感性。     

Woodlands at the edge: A European perspective on the Atlantic Oakwood Plant Communities

Summary

The Atlantic Oakwoods can be seen as ‘at the edge’ in two ways. First, they lie at the extreme oceanic end of a series of Quercus robur and Q. petraea woodlands which stretches eastwards from the North Atlantic coast to the continental heartland of Europe. Second, they are at the northern limit of a range of oceanic oakwoods which extends southwards to Iberia where Q. pyrenaica is an important canopy companion. This paper outlines the main variations in trees, shrubs, herbs and cryptogams that can be seen along these two climatic gradients, so as to highlight what is truly distinctive about the Atlantic Oakwoods and how we might rightly value them.     

短时高温暴露下东亚飞蝗雌虫血淋巴蛋白表达分析及质谱鉴定

为研究短时高温对东亚飞蝗Locusta migratoria manilensis Meyen血淋巴蛋白的影响,采用Bradford法、SDSPAGE电泳和质谱等方法,对东亚飞蝗雌虫血淋巴样品进行检测。结果表明:短时高温对血淋巴蛋白含量有显著影响(P0.01),36℃-42℃范围内,随温度升高,血淋巴蛋白浓度亦升高,其中39℃、42℃处理组与对照组差异显著(P0.01);短时高温对血淋巴蛋白种类存在一定影响,对照组雌虫血淋巴中存在11种蛋白,高温处理后,4种蛋白含量逐渐增加,6种蛋白含量没有明显变化,1种蛋白消失;经质谱检测,鉴定了5种蛋白,分别为载脂蛋白前体、酚氧化酶原、2个储存蛋白和19 kDa血淋巴蛋白,另外6条蛋白未被鉴定。推测载脂蛋白前体、酚氧化酶原、储存蛋白在东亚飞蝗应对高温胁迫过程中发挥重要作用。     

明清时期江南私家园林景点题名中的竹文化研究

中国古典园林中竹文化的研究对于弘扬我国优秀传统文化和提升现代园林中竹景观的文化内涵都具有重要意义,现有研究主要集中在竹的空间营造、种植形式等方面,而从品题学角度对传统私家园林中的竹文化系统研究得还比较薄弱。以明清时期江南私家园林的景点题名为研究对象,采用文献查询和实地调研相结合的方法,对江南园林中的竹景点、常见题名意象及其所表达的精神内涵进行研究。结果表明明清时期竹在江南私家园林景点题名中应用非常普遍,常见的题名意象主要表达了道家的隐逸思想、儒家的比德思想、佛教的心无思想和民俗吉祥思想。从中可以看出,明清时期文人阶层天人合一的哲学观、三教并存的宗教观和雅俗共赏的审美观。     

中国海梨甲藻科几种甲藻的分类与形态鉴定

由于生活史特殊以及分类学历史复杂, 国内外有关梨甲藻科物种的分类学研究比较少。本研究通过形态分类学方法, 详细阐述了梨甲藻物种的分类学历史沿革, 对我国海域的11种梨甲藻科物种的孢囊进行了分类学研究。我们认为其中的1种应隶属于球甲藻属(Dissodinium), 其余10种可归为梨甲藻属(Pyrocystis)(包括2个变种, 2个变型), 对每个物种都进行了详细的形态学描述, 认为拟新月球甲藻(Dissodinium pseudolunula)与新月梨甲藻(Pyrocystis lunula)、优美梨甲藻(Pyrocystis elegans)与粗梨甲藻(Pyrocystis robusta)的分类学关系还需要进一步研究。     

基于细胞热漂移测定(CETSA)技术鉴定活细胞内药物靶标的标准操作流程

【目的】细胞热漂移测定(cell thermal shift assay, CETSA)技术是一种检测细胞内药物(配体)和蛋白质(靶标)相互作用的技术,原理是当蛋白质结合药物后,其热稳定性会发生变化,通过测定这种变化去鉴定药物和蛋白之间的相互作用。本研究以治疗多发性骨髓瘤的靶向药帕比司他(panobinostat)为例,建立基于蛋白印迹杂交(Western blotting)和CETSA技术的药物靶蛋白鉴定的标准操作流程。【方法】首先用药物panobinostat处理培养的K562细胞,然后加热处理细胞、裂解细胞及提取可溶性蛋白,以及用抗靶蛋白的抗体经Western blotting定量可溶性蛋白。【结果】经Western blotting定量及曲线拟合,成功得到3个蛋白——组蛋白去乙酰化酶(histone deacetylase,HDAC1)、人突触蛋白(humansyntaxin-4,STX4)以及四三肽重复结构域(tetratricopeptiderepeat domain38,TTC38)随温度变化的热熔解曲线和恒定温度条件下的药物剂量反应曲线。【结论】HDAC1、STX4及T...     

Bacterial and archaeal globins — A revised perspective

A bioinformatics survey of putative globins in over 2200 bacterial and some 140 archaeal genomes revealed that over half the bacterial and approximately one fifth of archaeal genomes contain genes encoding globins that were classified into three families: the M (myoglobin-like), and S (sensor) families all exhibiting the canonical 3/3 myoglobin fold, and the T family (truncated myoglobin fold). Although the M family comprises 2 subfamilies, flavohemoglobins (FHbs) and single domain globins (SDgbs), the S family encompasses chimeric globin-coupled sensors (GCSs), single domain Pgbs (protoglobins) and SSDgbs (sensor single domain globins). The T family comprises three classes TrHb1s, TrHb2s and TrHb3s, characterized by the abbreviated 2/2 myoglobin fold. The Archaea contain only Pgbs, GCSs and TrHb1s. The smallest globin-bearing genomes are the streamlined genomes (~ 1.3 Mbp) of the SAR11 clade of alphaproteobacteria and the slightly larger (ca. 1.7 Mbp) genomes of Aquificae. The smallest genome with members of all three families is the 2.3 Mbp genome of the extremophile Methylacidiphilum infernorum (Verrumicrobia). Of the 147 possible combinations of the eight globin subfamilies, only 83 are observed. Although binary combinations are infrequent and ternary combinations are rare, the FHb + TrHb2 combination is the most commonly observed. Of the possible functions of bacterial globins we discuss the two principal ones — nitric oxide detoxification via the NO dioxygenase or denitrosylase activities and the sensing of oxygen concentration in the environmental niche. In only few cases has a physiological role been demonstrated in vivo. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Oxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins.     

基于供需视角的黄河流域甘肃段生态安全格局识别与优化

利用多源空间数据,计算生态系统服务的高值区,识别生态源地,在计算土地利用程度、地均GDP和人口密度确定生态系统高需求区的基础上,通过夜间灯光数据修正生态阻力面系数,利用最小累积阻力模型提取源地与高需求区之间的生态廊道,以此构建并优化区域生态安全格局。结果表明：(1)黄河流域甘肃段生态源地总面积4.59×10⁴ km²,占研究区总面积的32.1%,集中分布于甘南和陇东中部地区。(2)生态系统服务高需求区总面积2.18×10⁴ km²,占研究区总面积的15.2%,主要集中于陇中及陇东的城市建成区,生态系统服务供应和需求空间匹配度差。(3)生态廊道总长度2908.3 km,整体格局上形成了东西向与南北向两大主要廊道轴线。生态廊道的识别中重点考虑了生态需求空间,提出了基于"两带-三区"的流域生态安全格局优化建议。     

基于赤水河流域生态补偿的政府和社会资本合作项目风险识别与分担

赤水河流域为生态脆弱区域,现行的流域生态补偿机制存在补偿资金来源单一、总量不足且持续性较差、补偿方式较为单一等问题。将政府和社会资本合作（Public-Private Partnership,PPP）模式应用于建立赤水河流域生态补偿机制,有助于拓宽补偿资金来源、增加资金总量、丰富补偿方式,推动各利益相关方收益共享、风险共担。与传统PPP项目相比,基于流域生态补偿的PPP项目具有更为复杂的风险结构,风险因素的正确识别和合理分担是成功运用PPP模式完善赤水河流域生态补偿机制的关键。识别基于赤水河流域生态补偿的PPP项目运作关键环节,甄别各环节面临的主要风险因素;基于云理论建立风险分担模型;将有关风险在政府和社会资本间进行分担。研究结果表明：（1）基于赤水河流域生态补偿的PPP项目运作过程共包括项目准备、项目实施和项目合同终结等三个阶段、共11个关键环节,各环节共面临26个主要风险因素。（2）分析了有关风险因素可能对赤水河流域生态补偿机制或PPP项目产生的不利影响,并指出了风险引致方。（3）在项目准备阶段,政府拥有绝对的资源优势,以政府为主承担主要风险;在项目实施阶段,项目风险总体上由政府承担为主向社会资本承担为主转移,80%的风险主要由社会资本承担;特许经营期满后,社会资本将项目的经营权（或所有权与经营权同时）向政府移交,在项目合同终结阶段,有关风险再次以政府承担为主。     

microRNA-21对人舌鳞癌细胞的增殖和凋亡的影响

目的:探讨micro RNA-21(mi R-21)对人舌鳞癌细胞增殖和凋亡的影响。方法:选取8例舌鳞癌组织和4例癌旁组织为研究材料,采用实时荧光定量聚合酶链式反应(q RT-PCR)法对舌鳞癌及癌旁组织中的mi R-21相对表达量进行检测,利用人工合成的mi R-21mimic对人舌鳞癌Tca8113细胞进行瞬时转染,采用q RT-PCR法对Tca8113细胞中mi R-21相对表达量进行检测,采用四唑盐比色法(MTT)法对Tca8113细胞增殖情况进行检测,采用流式细胞术对Tca8113细胞周期与凋亡情况进行检测。结果:舌鳞癌组织中mi R-21的相对表达量(3.502±0.674),高于癌旁组织(0.998±0.192),差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。mi R-21mimic导致了Tca8113细胞中的mi R-21相对表达量上调(6.864±1.324),明显高于对照scramble组[(0.997±0.187),P0.05],对Tca8113细胞的增殖发挥了促进作用(P0.05)。经mi R-21mimic转染之后,Tca8113细胞进入S期的细胞出现了明显的增加[(27.4±5.1)%vs(48.6±8.7)%,P0.05],处于G1期的细胞出现了显著的减少[(56.3±9.6)%vs(36.2±7.2)%,P0.05],细胞凋亡数量出现了显著减少[(9.4±2.3)%vs(18.6±3.9)%,P0.05]。结论:mi R-21在舌鳞癌组织中高表达,过表达mi R-21有效促进了Tca8113细胞的增殖,抑制细胞的凋亡,mi R-21在舌鳞癌诊断和治疗可能具有一定的新型靶点价值。     

一株耐受低pH、高浓度硒菌株的筛选鉴定及两阶段pH调控高效除硒的研究

通过酸性含硒平板和摇瓶筛选出一株对低pH、高浓度硒有很好耐受性的菌株Y1,通过菌落形态特征分析和26S rDNA测序,鉴定该菌株为Pichia kudriavzevii,多抗性实验结果显示该菌是一株多重耐受性毕赤酵母。通过摇瓶实验研究了温度、接种量、摇床转速、pH对菌株除硒性能的影响,结果显示当温度为25℃,接种量为12%(v/v),摇床转速为250 r/min,pH为3.0时,菌株对硒的去除率最高为58.3%。基于不同pH发酵过程中菌体生物量及富硒量的不同表现:pH 3.0时生物量最高,pH 5.0时富硒量最高,提出两阶段pH调控策略:发酵0 h~14 h将pH控制在3.0,14 h~28 h将pH控制在5.0,最终除硒率可达78.6%,分别比pH恒定在3.0及5.0条件下提高了15.4%和21.7%。