通往风景园林行业的BIM之路——数字化竖向设计教育

随着全球建造业向数字化全面转型,建筑信息模型（BIM)的教学将是未来几年风景园林设计与实施的重要主题。介绍了风景园林专业BIM的教学方法和数字化竖向设计及其应用在BIM场地设计项目中的重要性。数字化竖向设计是实现BIM的途径。风景园林教育必须在其教学中讲解BIM建模方法和过程。     

Further work on the cryopreservation of articular cartilage with particular reference to the liquidus tracking (LT) method

The cryopreservation of articular cartilage with survival of living cells has been a difficult problem. We have provided evidence that this is due to the formation of ice crystals in the chondrons. We have developed a method in which the concentration of the cryoprotectant dimethyl sulphoxide (Me(2)SO) is increased progressively, in steps, as cooling proceeds so that ice is never allowed to form, but the very high concentrations of Me(2)SO required at low temperatures are reached only at those low temperatures. In this paper, we describe some new experiments with discs of ovine articular cartilage similar to those used in our previous studies and we show that continuous stirring throughout the process resulted in a significant increase in the rate of (35)S sulphate incorporation into glycosoaminoglycans (GAGs), now reaching 87% of the corresponding fresh control values. We confirmed that the method is also effective for human knee joint cartilage, which gave 70% of fresh control ability to synthesise GAGs; continuous stirring was also used in this experiment. We then extended the method to ovine knee joint osteochondral dowels and showed that, again with continuous stirring, the method produced tissue concentrations of Me(2)SO that were sufficient to prevent freezing in dowels too, and to permit cell function at 60% of control. The most important mechanical property (instantaneous compressive modulus) was unaffected by the process. Finally, we experimented with some technical variations to facilitate clinical use-a more rapid process for warming and removal of Me(2)SO was developed and a method of short-term storage before or after cryopreservation was developed. Finally, pilot experiments were carried out to provide proof of principle for a closed, continuous flow method in which both temperature and Me(2)SO concentration were computer-controlled.     

Restoration of fertility in light-deprived female hamsters by chronic melatonin treatment

Summary Blinding young adult female hamsters was followed by functional involution of the ovaries and uteri and by the cessation of cyclic vaginal phenomena. Light deprivation was also accompanied by elevated plasma and pituitary levels of luteinizing hormone and depressed levels of prolactin in both the blood and the pituitary gland. Only one of 15 blinded hamsters became pregnant when they were exposed to fertile males for 30 days. Both pinealectomy or chronic melatonin treatment (1 mg melatonin implanted subcutaneously per week in beeswax) prevented the changes in the reproductive organs and in pituitary hormone levels attendant on light-deprivation. Both treatment also returned vaginal cycles to normal and restored plasma prolactin titers. Unlike hamsters that were blinded only, light deprived hamsters that were either pinealectomized or melatonin treated were capable of reproducing when they were caged with fertile males. The reproductive capability (i.e., percent of animals that become pregnant and the sizes of their litters) of these animals was equivalent to that of the untreated control hamsters. This is the first report that chronic melatonin treatment restores fertility in blinded female hamsters.Supported by Grant GB-43233X from the National Science Foundation     

Unusual amino acids VI. Substituted arylamino acids by asymmetric hydrogenation of N-Cbz and N-Boc protected dehydroamino acid derivatives

Substituted N-Cbz and N-Boc protected arylamino acrylic acids and esters have been prepared and used in asymmetric hydrogenations catalyzed by PROPRAPHOSRh. Stereoselectivities > 90% ee could be achieved, the rate of which is dependent on the position of the substituent in the aromatic ring. The N-Boc derivatives provide advantages compared with the N-Cbz analogues. The amino acid derivatives were fully characterized by ¹⁹F, ¹³C, and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Liposomes as possible carriers for lactoferrin in the local treatment of inflammatory diseases

Liposomes prepared from naturally occurring biodegradable and nontoxic lipids are good candidates for local delivery of therapeutic agents. Treatment of arthritis by intra-articular administration of anti-inflammatory drugs encapsulated in liposomes prolongs the residence time of the drug in the joint. We have previously shown that intra-articular injection of human lactoferrin (hLf), a glycoprotein that possesses anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities, into mice with collagen-induced arthritis reduces inflammation. We have now investigated the possibility of using liposome-entrapped hLf as a delivery system to prolong hLf retention at sites of local inflammation such as the rheumatoid joint. Entrapment of hLf in negatively charged liposomes enhanced its accumulation in cultured human synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, compared with positively charged formulations or free protein. However, in the presence of synovial fluid, positively charged liposomes with entrapped hLf were more stable than the negatively charged formulations. In vivo experiments in mice with collagen-induced arthritis showed that the positive liposomes were more efficient in prolonging the residence time of hLf in the inflamed joint as compared with other liposomes. Thus, the amount of hLf retained in the joint after 2 hr was 60% of the injected dose in the case of positive liposomes and only 16% for negative pH-sensitive liposomes. The results suggest that entrapment of hLf in positively charged liposomes may modify its pharmacodynamic profile and be of therapeutic benefit in the treatment of RA and other local inflammatory conditions.     

A revision of the interrelationships of Schistosoma including the recently described Schistosoma guineensis

In light of the recently described human schistosome Schistosoma guineensis and recent phylogenetic studies of the genus Schistosoma, a revision of the interrelationships of the members of this genus is needed. This paper adds to previous phylogenetic studies on the family Schistosomatidae and offers the most up to date and robust phylogeny of the group based on complete small and large nuclear subunit rRNA genes and partial mitochondrial cox1, incorporating most of the 21 species of Schistosoma. Our findings show that the group retains the same topology as that resolved in previous studies except Schistosoma margrebowiei was resolved as the sister taxon to all others in the Schistosoma haematobium species group and S. guineensis was placed as sister species to both Schistosoma bovis and Schistosoma curassoni. The S. haematobium species group contains eight species of which many are of significant medical and veterinary importance. Additionally, many of these species have been shown to hybridise both in the wild and experimentally, making the correct identification and recognition of species very important. A pairwise comparison of cox1 among Schistosoma species suggests this gene alone would fail as a reliable barcode for species identification. Phylogenetic results clearly treat Schistosoma intercalatum and S. guineensis as separate taxa with each more closely related evolutionarily to S. haematobium than to each other. The study also highlights the problems associated with wrongly attributed sequences on public databases such as GenBank.     

Peroxynitrite mediates TNF-alpha-induced endothelial barrier dysfunction and nitration of actin

We tested the hypothesis that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induces a peroxynitrite (ONOO(-))-dependent increase in permeability of pulmonary microvessel endothelial monolayers (PMEM) that is associated with generation of nitrated beta-actin (NO(2)-beta-actin). The permeability of PMEM was assessed by the clearance rate of Evans blue-labeled albumin. beta-Actin was extracted from PMEM lysate with a DNase-Sepharose column. The extracted beta-actin was quantified in terms of its nitrotyrosine/beta-actin ratio with anti-nitrotyrosine and anti-beta-actin antibodies, sequentially, by dot-blot assays. The cellular compartmentalization of NO(2)-beta-actin was displayed by showing confocal localization of nitrotyrosine-immunofluorescence with beta-actin-immunofluorescence but not with F-actin fluorescence. Incubation of PMEM with TNF (100 ng/ml) for 0.5 and 4.0 h resulted in increases in permeability to albumin. There was an increase in the nitrotyrosine/beta-actin ratio at 0.5 h with minimal association of the NO(2)-beta-actin with F-actin polymers. The TNF-induced increase in the nitrotyrosine/beta-actin ratio and permeability were prevented by the anti-ONOO(-) agent Urate. The data indicate that TNF induces an ONOO(-)-dependent barrier dysfunction, which is associated with the generation of NO(2)-beta-actin.     

Effect of Rho and ADP-ribosylation factor GTPases on phospholipase D activity in intact human adenocarcinoma A549 cells.

Phospholipase D (PLD) has been implicated as a crucial signaling enzyme in secretory pathways. Two 20-kDa guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, Rho and ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF), are involved in the regulation of secretion and can activate PLD in vitro. We investigated in intact (human adenocarcinoma A549 cells) the role of RhoA and ARF in activation of PLD by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, bradykinin, and/or sphingosine 1-phosphate. To express recombinant Clostridium botulinum C3 exoenzyme (using double subgenomic recombinant Sindbis virus C3), an ADP-ribosyltransferase that inactivates Rho, or dominant-negative Rho containing asparagine at position 19 (using double subgenomic recombinant Sindbis virus Rho19N), cells were infected with Sindbis virus, a novel vector that allows rapid, high level expression of heterologous proteins. Expression of C3 toxin or Rho19N increased basal and decreased phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-stimulated PLD activity. Bradykinin or sphingosine 1-phosphate increased PLD activity with additive effects that were abolished in cells expressing C3 exoenzyme or Rho19N. In cells expressing C3, modification of Rho appeared to be incomplete, suggesting the existence of pools that differed in their accessibility to the enzyme. Similar results were obtained with cells scrape-loaded in the presence of C3; however, results with virus infection were more reproducible. To assess the role of ARF, cells were incubated with brefeldin A (BFA), a fungal metabolite that disrupts Golgi structure and inhibits enzymes that catalyze ARF activation by accelerating guanine nucleotide exchange. BFA disrupted Golgi structure, but did not affect basal or agonist-stimulated PLD activity, i.e. it did not alter a rate-limiting step in PLD activation. It also had no effect on Rho-stimulated PLD activity, indicating that RhoA action did not involve a BFA-sensitive pathway. A novel PLD activation mechanism, not sensitive to BFA and involving RhoA, was identified in human airway epithelial cells by use of a viral infection technique that preserves cell responsiveness.