EFFECTS OF FORGETTING ON PERFORMANCE ON VARIOUS INTENSITY SCALING PROTOCOLS: MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION AND LABELED MAGNITUDE SCALE (GREEN SCALE)

Judges rated the intensity of NaCl solutions using magnitude estimation and the labeled magnitude scale. They performed under four response conditions that varied in reliance on memory: (1) verbal response, (2) written response with no retasting and the response sheet removed, (3) written response with a single response sheet which allowed past scores to be reviewed and amended but with no retasting, (4) the same as '3' but with retasting. Discrimination errors tended to decrease from conditions '1' through '4' yet the major and significant effect was allowing judges to retaste stimuli. The effects of how forgetting lowered discrimination were discussed in the context of experimental design and the absolute versus relative cognitive models of scaling.     

精准医学基础研究与临床实践的回顾与展望

精准医学是健康卫生和医学科学的发展方向,是发展了一个多世纪的现代医学实践的升级版。本文研究了医学科研和医疗实践的发展趋势,从分子遗传、环境变迁及医疗信息管理等领域,分析和总结了影响精准医学发展的一些因素,提出了精准医学基础研究和临床实践的一些新思路,希望对精准医学的发展、医学科研实践及医疗卫生政策的制定产生积极的影响。     

凋落物和根系去除对滨海沙地土壤微生物群落组成和功能的影响

通过在亚热带滨海防护林湿地松、尾巨桉、纹荚相思和木麻黄人工林中设置去除凋落物、去除根系和对照处理,分析改变地上、地下碳输入对沙地人工林土壤微生物生物量、群落结构和功能的影响.2015年9月,在处理设置一年后采集各处理样方0～10 cm土壤样品,分别采用磷脂脂肪酸分析方法和微孔板酶检测技术对土壤样品的微生物群落组成和6种酶活性进行测定.结果表明: 碳输入处理对土壤微生物生物量的影响因树种而异,并主要取决于凋落物和根系的质量.在尾巨桉林中,去除根系使得脂肪酸总量、革兰氏阳性细菌、革兰氏阴性细菌、真菌和放线菌生物量分别显著减少了31%、30%、32%、36%和26%,去除凋落物使得革兰氏阳性细菌、真菌和放线菌生物量显著减少了24%、27%和24%,而其他树种处理对微生物生物量无显著影响.碳输入处理对土壤微生物群落结构的影响主要表现为真菌丰度下降而放线菌丰度上升.不同树种的土壤酶活性对处理的响应表现不一致:湿地松、纹荚相思和木麻黄林分去除凋落物显著降低土壤中纤维素水解酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶、酸性磷酸酶和乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶活性,去除根系仅分别降低和提高了湿地松和纹荚相思林β-葡萄糖苷酶的活性;湿地松、木麻黄人工林去除凋落物显著降低了多酚氧化酶和过氧化物酶活性;去除根系对所有树种土壤氧化酶活性影响不显著.不同树种的凋落物、根系特性是影响土壤微生物群落组成和酶活性的重要因子,碳输入处理造成的土壤温度、水分等微环境的改变也是土壤微生物性质变化的重要驱动力.     

病原性真菌蛋白酶致病机制研究进展

蛋白酶在真菌的生存和生长过程中具有重要作用,同时也被认为是病原真菌重要的毒力因子之一。病原真菌的蛋白酶可能参与真菌在宿主的黏附、定植和播散以及逃避宿主的免疫应答过程。部分蛋白酶还被认为是变应原,可诱发哮喘和过敏性疾病。在不同的病原真菌中,蛋白酶作用也不同。研究蛋白酶的致病机制,可进一步了解真菌感染机制,为诊断及治疗真菌感染提供线索。     

家蝇β-葡萄糖苷酶基因的克隆及重组表达

克隆家蝇内源性β-葡萄糖苷酶(beta-glucosidase,BG)基因并建立原核表达体系,检测其表达产物的活性,了解家蝇内源性BG酶特点,为进一步解释家蝇极强环境适应能力和发现新的种群控制措施提供分子生物学基础。以草地贪夜蛾等结构信息相对完整且研究较为透彻的6种代表性昆虫的BG酶基因序列为参照对象,利用同源克隆结合RACE-PCR的方法,从家蝇cDNA中克隆得到BG酶基因的全长cDNA序列并对其进行生物信息学分析。分别采用原核表达载体pET-28a(+)构建原核表达体系并在大肠杆菌E.coli BL21(DE3)中诱导表达BG酶基因的融合蛋白。采用七叶苷平板显色法和DNS法检测表达体系融合蛋白的酶活性,并对其性质进行初步的分析。家蝇体内克隆得到了长度为1933 bp的家蝇BG酶基因全长cDNA序列,推导其为562个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白多肽。重组原核质粒经诱导表达后,在65 kDa附近均出现特异性蛋白条带,证实重组质粒成功表达。重组表达的家蝇BG酶兼具内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶、外切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶和BG的酶活性。家蝇BG酶是一种新的多功能纤维素酶,是昆虫纤维素酶研究的重要补充。     

Characteristics of Vaginal Microbiome in Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Korea

Human vaginal microorganisms play an important role in maintaining good health throughout the human life cycle. An imbalance in the vaginal microbiota is associated with an increased risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). This study aimed to characterize and compare vaginal microbial profiles of premenopausal Korean women with and without PID. 74 Korean premenopausal female vaginal samples were obtained; 33 were from healthy women (a control group) and 41 from PID patients. Vaginal fluid samples were collected from the vaginal wall and posterior cervix and then analyzed by 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene-based amplicon sequencing. Results showed a significant difference between the vaginal microbial communities of the two groups (Jensen-Shannon, p = 0.014; Bray-Curtis, p = 0.009; Generalized UniFrac, p = 0.007; UniFrac, p = 0.008). Lactobacillus accounted for the highest percentage (61.0%) of the control group but was significantly decreased (34.9%) in PID patients; this was the most significant difference among all bacterial communities (p = 0.028, LDA effect size = 5.129). In addition, in the PID patient group, species diversity significantly increased (Simpson, p = 0.07) as the proportion of various pathogens increased evenly, resulting in a polymicrobial infection. Similarly, lactate, which constituted the highest percentage of the organic acids in the control group, was significantly decreased in the PID patient group (p = 0.04). The present study’s findings will help understand PID from the microbiome perspective and are expected to contribute to the development of more efficient PID diagnosis and treatment modalities.     

组蛋白去甲基化酶LSD1及其生物学功能

赖氨酸特异性组蛋白去甲基化酶1(Lysine specific demethylase 1, LSD1) 的发现, 表明组蛋白的甲基化修饰是一个动态可调节的过程。结构分析显示, LSD1 是一个黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸(Flavin adenine dinulcleotide, FAD) 依赖性胺氧化酶, 它能够特异性脱去单甲基化和二甲基化组蛋白H3第4位赖氨酸(H3K4) 和H3K9 位点上的甲基基团。功能研究显示, LSD1 定位于细胞核内, 调控着基因转录的激活和抑制, 被誉为细胞深处的基因“开关”, 在胚胎发育和肿瘤发生过程中起着重要的作用。文章主要综述了LSD1 的结构、作用机制及其调控作用研究的新进展。     

Biomass,production and nutrient distribution of a natural oak forest in central Korea

Biomass, production, and nutrient distribution of a pure Quercus variabilis Bl. stand (stand 1) and two mixed Q. variabilis–Q. mongolica Fisch. stands (stand 2 and 3) were investigated in central Korea. Stand 1 naturally occurred on a site with a southern aspect while stand 2 and stand 3 occurred on sites with a northern aspect. Total (overstory+understory vegetation) biomass (tha^-1) and annual production (tha^–1year^–1) were 137.8 and 11.1 for stand 1, 216.2 and 16.6 for stand 2, and 253.3 and 19.7 for stand 3. Nutrient contents (kgha^–1) in the vegetation were distributed as follows: K, 478–860; N, 471–839; Ca, 428–791; Mg, 72–125; Na, 77–141; and P, 37–71, and were greatest in stand 3 followed by stand 2, and stand 1. Stand density influenced the differences in biomass, annual production and nutrient contents in the vegetation. Forest floor dry mass and N content (kgha^–1) were 13400 and 169 for stand 1, 10400 and 133 for stand 2, and 11200 and 127 for stand 3. Total amounts of N, P and Na in the ecosystem were greatest in the upper 40cm of mineral soil followed by the vegetation and forest floor. However, the vegetation contained a greater amount of K than the mineral soil. It appeared that microenvironments, such as, aspect influenced the distribution of natural oak species within a relatively small area and resulted in differences in biomass, production and nutrient distribution among the stands.     

东灵山地区落叶阔叶林长期动态的模拟

用林窗模型研究了暖温带辽东栎林的长期动态变化。用森林经营历史和实际调查数据求得模型的参数。经过与实际数据检验证明所得模型能合理地预测辽东栎林的物种组成动态变化。通过对辽东栎交生裸地的模拟,可以得到：辽东栎种群在森林动态变化过程中呈现波动的形式,波动的周期为１１０ａ左右,叶面积指数的动态变化过程与林分的竞争状况有密切的关系,生产力的变化有着明显的无规律性,变化极水稳定,在３０ａ进有一个变化的高峰期,