高茶氨酸茶树新品系‘福黄2号’黄化变异机理

为了探讨茶树黄化变异和高茶氨酸形成机理,文中选用‘福云6号’和高茶氨酸茶树新品系‘福黄2号’为试验材料,利用超微电镜、广泛靶向代谢组学、靶向代谢组学和转录组学联合分析了茶树黄化变异的相关色素、代谢组及转录组数据。结果表明,通过靶向测定主要生化成分,共鉴定到5种儿茶素、可可碱和咖啡碱,以及20种游离氨基酸,包括茶氨酸、谷氨酰胺、精氨酸和谷氨酸等,其中,‘福黄2号’的氨基酸含量显著高于‘福云6号’,茶氨酸含量高达57.37 mg/g。叶片的超微结构显示,‘福黄2号’叶绿体细胞结构模糊,基粒片层大部分排列散乱、间隙大,类囊体呈丝状。色素测定显示,叶绿素a和叶绿素b、类胡萝卜素、类黄酮等色素含量显著下降,叶绿素酶（chlorophyllase,CLH）、9-顺式-环氧类胡萝卜素双加氧酶（9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase,NCED）、类黄酮3β-羟化酶（flavonoid 3β-hydroxylase,F3H）和类黄酮3'',5''-羟化酶（flavonoid 3'',5''-hydroxylase,F3''5''H）等相关关键调控基因发生显著变化。与‘福云6号’相比,‘福黄2号’中共鉴定出138个差异代谢物（significantly changed metabolites,SCMs）和658个差异表达基因（differentially expressed genes,DEGs）,KEGG富集分析表明,SCMs和DEGs显著富集到与氨基酸生物合成、谷胱甘肽代谢以及三羧酸循环等途径。‘福黄2号’黄化表型可能是光合作用蛋白、叶绿素代谢基因和叶绿素含量的缺乏所致。高茶氨酸的积累可能由于黄化叶中低氮消耗,以及碳骨架的缺乏,氨基和氮资源被更有效地储存,使得氨基酸合成通路中的代谢物及相关基因表达上调,茶氨酸成为黄化叶中显著积累的含氮化合物。     

陕南早寒武世具口部的磷酸盐化Punctatus及其胚胎化石

报道陕西南部灯影组宽川铺段地层中发现的Punctatus锥体标本、保留精美软组织特征的口部标本和可能的胚胎标本。对Punctatus软组织及整体形态功能研究表明,Punctatus在分类上可能更接近于腔肠动物的水螅型,代表初具原始触手的腔肠动物早期演化类型。在上万枚与Punctatus共生的球状化石中,发现若干枚可能的原肠期胚胎及胚胎发育晚期标本,在此基础上提出PunctatusemeiensisHe,1980花冠状口部可能经历的胚胎发育序列。     

农杆菌介导的红曲菌T-DNA插入突变库的构建及色素突变子的性质分析

以农杆菌EHA105为介导,将带有潮霉素抗性基因和gus基因的T-DNA片段转化到红色红曲菌(Monascusruber)中。通过转化条件的优化,成功构建了含有5132个转化子的T-DNA插入突变库。根据菌落颜色与色素分泌情况筛选到50株色素突变子,聚合酶链式反应(PCR)表明上述突变子均有T-DNA片段插入。经5代的继代培养后,94%的突变子具有稳定性(潮霉素抗性)。对突变子产色素和桔霉素能力的分析表明其分泌次生代谢产物的能力发生了较大变化。本方法的建立,为进一步深入研究红曲菌的代谢调节和基因功能奠定了基础。     

我国部分小麦种质资源主要品质性状鉴定评价

"九五"期间,测定了来自10省(市、自治区)的1589份小麦种质资源的主要品质性状,了解了其籽粒的硬度、沉降值和蛋白质含量状况.筛选出一批高蛋白质、高硬度、高沉降值的优质资源,为小麦生产和品质育种提供种质基础.     

黄土高原植被恢复的水分生态环境研究

水分是制约黄土高原地区植被恢复与生态环境重建的决定性因子,在分析现有关于该区植被建设中的水分生态环境的各项研究的基础上,从水资源,土壤水分背景,土壤水分动态,土壤干层,土壤水分的林草生产力,水分性质分区,林草对策等7个方面,对黄土高原的土壤水分环境进行了阐述,针对该问题的研究现状,指出其中存在的问题,并对今后的研究进展了展望。     

氟对镍钛拉簧的腐蚀性研究

目的:研究模拟应用氟化物防龋的口腔环境下,不同浓度氟化物对镍钛拉簧的应力衰减的影响。方法:选取两种国内常用品牌0.010 inch镍钛拉簧各40根,随机将每种拉簧平均分入四个浓度组(0.05%、0.10%、0.15%和对照组),将相同浓度组的不同品牌弹簧分别固定于间距为20 mm的四个支架的两端。将四个支架分别放入37℃人工唾液中水浴。将实验组按浓度分组放入不同浓度氟化人工唾液(0.05%、0.10%、0.15%)中处理5 min,每天三次。分别于实验前、实验后1周、2周、3周、4周用拉伸机测量每根弹簧拉伸至20 mm时的应力。对实验结果使用重复测量的方差分析。结果:时间因素对两种镍钛拉簧拉伸应力的衰减的影响有统计学意义,氟化物浓度有辅助效应,二者有交互作用。氟化物作用下不同品牌镍钛拉簧的应力腐蚀变化不同。(P0.05)。结论:1.氟化物的存在可以增加镍钛拉簧的应力衰减。2.在正畸治疗的临床工作中在使用氟化物时应考虑增加镍钛拉簧的更换频率。     

蕉木(Oncodostigma hainanense)内轮花瓣近轴面瘤状突起发育及功能

为正确认识蕉木(Oncodostigma hainanense)内轮花瓣近轴面突起的发育和作用,采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察蕉木内轮花瓣近轴面瘤状突起的形成过程,并采用光学显微镜(LM)观察经PAS染色反应的蕉木内轮花瓣半薄切片的结构。SEM观察发现,蕉木花蕾在发育Ⅰ期和Ⅱ期其内轮花瓣近轴面无明显瘤状突起形成,Ⅲ期有明显的瘤状突起形成,Ⅳ期瘤状突起发育成熟并布满整个内轮花瓣近轴面;LM观察发现,多糖类物质随蕉木内轮花瓣近轴面瘤状突起的发育而增多,并向瘤状突起周边细胞集中;体视显微镜下观察到有蓟马的幼虫在开放的花瓣瘤状突起间活动,但并没有发现瘤状突起表面有泌蜜孔及多糖类物质。推测蕉木内轮花瓣近轴面瘤状突起为访花者提供了繁殖、产卵和孵卵的场所并为它们提供了一定的食物来源(多糖物质)。     

The Impact of Hospice Care on Survival and Healthcare Costs for Patients with Lung Cancer: A National Longitudinal Population-Based Study in Taiwan

Background

The healthcare costs of cancer care are highest in the last month of life. The effect of hospice care on end-of-life (EOL) healthcare costs is not clearly understood.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of hospice care on survival and healthcare costs for lung cancer patients in their final month of life.

Methods

We adopted Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Claims Database to analyze data for 3399 adult lung cancer patients who died in 1997–2011. A logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the predictors of high healthcare cost, defined as costs falling above the 90th percentile. Patients who received hospice cares were assigned to a hospice (H) group and those who did not were assigned to a non-hospice (non-H) group.

Results

The patients in the H group had a longer mean (median) survival time than those in the non-H group did (1.40 ± 1.61 y (0.86) vs. 1.10 ± 1.47 (0.61), p<0.001). The non-H group had a lower mean healthcare cost than the H group (US $1,821 ± 2,441 vs. US $1,839 ± 1,638, p<0.001). And, there were a total of 340 patients (10%) with the healthcare costs exceeding the 90th percentile (US $4,721) as the cutoff value of high cost. The non-H group had a higher risk of high cost than the H group because many more cases in the non-H group had lower costs. Moreover, the risk of high health care costs were predicted for patients who did not receive hospice care (odds ratio [OR]: 3.68, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.44–5.79), received chemotherapy (OR: 1.51, 95% CI: 1.18–1.96) and intubation (OR: 2.63, 95% CI: 1.64–4.16), and those who had more emergency department visits (OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.24–2.52), longer hospital admission in days (OR: 1.08, 95% CI: 1.07–1.09), and received radiotherapy (OR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.00–1.78). Lower risks of high health care costs were observed in patients with low socioeconomic status (OR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.40–0.83), or previous employment (OR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.47–0.92). After propensity-score matching, the patients of the non-H group had a higher mean cost and a higher risk of high cost. Similar results were obtained from logistic regression analysis in propensity score-matched patients.

Conclusions

The survival of the hospice group was longer than non-H group, and patients in the non-H group were 3.74 times more likely to have high healthcare costs at EOL. The positive predictors for high health care costs were patients who did not receive hospice care, who received chemotherapy and intubation, who had more emergency department visits and longer hospital admission, and who received radiotherapy. Negative predictors were patients who had a low socioeconomic status or previous employment. The issue of how to reduce the high health care costs for patients with lung cancer in the last month of life is a challenge for policy makers and health care providers.     

濒危植物都支杜鹃雄蕊数目描述的修正

通过对都支杜鹃5个种群（包括模式产地）的雄蕊数目进行统计、对馆藏标本进行查询和对模式标本采集人进行采访,修正了现有文献对都支杜鹃雄蕊数目（一个关键鉴别特征）的描述——应是12~15枚,而非10枚;本文还对同地点栽培的都支杜鹃和云锦杜鹃的形态进行观察,发现都支杜鹃与云锦杜鹃诸多形态特征差异显著,支持都支杜鹃是一个独立的“好种”。