基于最大熵模型的青海祁连山雪豹生境适宜性评价

近年来,各种人为和自然因素导致了青海祁连山山区局部出现了严重的生态破坏,加剧了祁连山雪豹生境的退化,如何有效地对雪豹生境进行适宜性评价是恢复和改善祁连山生态环境的重要途径。本研究基于3S技术,在青海祁连山雪豹分布区利用红外相机监测、日常巡护监测以及雪豹粪便、脚印等痕迹获得其分布点数据并综合考虑气候、地形、植被、人为干扰等关键环境变量,运用MAXENT模型对青海祁连山区域雪豹生境适宜性进行分析评价。研究结果表明：岩羊密度、降雨和海拔是影响雪豹生境选择的关键因子,适宜生境总面积为13935.98 km²,占研究区域的37%,而大约48%的适宜生境分布在保护区外。现有功能区下雪豹保护的关键区域为位于保护区中部及西北部区域的祁连山中段疏勒南山-托勒南山区域,另有部分最适宜区位于保护区管辖范围之外的祁连县北部的沙龙滩管护站、托勒河源管护站及瓦乎斯管护站所在区域。     

不同育种技术在乙醇及丁醇高产菌株选育中的应用

利用微生物发酵进行能源物质的生产是开发新型可再生能源的重要手段。在工业化生产过程中,由于高温、渗透压及产物毒性效应等不良环境因素,常导致生产菌株的多种重要生理功能发生改变,从而降低产物转化效率。因此,获取高产及抗逆性强的优良菌株是提高生物燃料工业化进程的重要途径之一。本文以乙醇与丁醇生产菌株为研究对象,系统阐述当前提高生产菌株发酵性能的各种育种手段,并对其在工业化生产过程中所面临的机遇与挑战进行简要评述。     

Focus: Bioethics: Scaling Up the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Program: Production, Allocation,and Distribution with an Emphasis on Equity

After just over 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to contribute to extensive morbidity and mortality worldwide. In addition to the burden and loss caused by the virus itself, collateral consequences of the pandemic wreak havoc on the global economy, disrupt essential health care services and childhood education, and weaken existing mechanisms of preventing other infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis (TB). These impacts are unequally felt in low- and middle-income countries due to an insufficient supply of COVID-19 vaccines and an unfair allocation process of distributing vaccines worldwide. An emphasis on equity throughout the continued scaling up of the global COVID-19 vaccination program with production, allocation, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines could begin to mitigate the disparities in vaccinations seen across the world. Current policy solutions including COVAX, intellectual property waivers, technology transfer in South Africa, and dose donations are examined to evaluate efficacy in increasing equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.     

Focus: Bioethics: Form,Function, Perception,and Reception: Visual Bioethics and the Artificial Womb

Artificial wombs are already in development that have the potential to radically alter how we perceive the developing fetus and the role of pregnancy in society. That this technology would allow greater visibility of gestation than ever before also highlights the risk that artificial wombs will be used to further restrict women’s reproductive liberty and access to abortion. This article uses Paul Lauritzen’s theory of “visual bioethics” to explore the ethical significance of images of the developing fetus and how artificial wombs might best be visually designed and integrated into society.     

早-中更新世中国古人类演化及其与气候环境的关系

近一个世纪以来,随着旧石器时代考古与古人类研究的发展,我们已经获得了大量的研究材料和数据。尽管个别遗址的年代、文化性质和化石人类分析及鉴定仍有争议,但如此长时间的积累依然为构建序列性认识和思考提供了基础。目前的研究多集中在单个遗址或者区域的古人类化石、石器打制技术和气候环境背景的个案分析,对早-中更新世中国古人类演化及其与气候环境的关系尚缺乏系统探讨。本文选取过去百万年里地球气候冰期-间冰期旋回经历的两次显著转型事件:中更新世气候转型期和中布容事件作为时间节点,讨论伴随气候转型时期中国北方地区、秦岭及周边地区和中国南方地区出现的早期古人类演化特征的变化。具体从遗址分布、石器技术变化、早期人类化石特征等方面入手,尝试构建人类活动与气候环境变化的耦合关系。     

FPGA技术在生物医学成像中的研究进展

数字图像处理技术和微电子集成电路的飞速发展,使实时动态生物医学成像成为可能.生物医学动态成像的关键是高的通讯带宽和快速的数据处理能力,FPGA (field programmable gate array)即现场可编程逻辑门阵列,为数字图像实时处理系统在算法、系统结构上提供了新的思路与方法.文中首先简单介绍FPGA的概念、特点及其发展历程,详细对比FPGA与通用处理器之间的性能指标,然后重点介绍常规生物医疗成像技术原理和FPGA在医疗领域高速成像技术方面的研究和应用情况,最后对FPGA在实时成像方面进行总结和展望.     

EXCYSTMENT AND GROWTH OF CHRYSOPHYTES AND DINOFLAGELLATES AT LOW TEMPERATURES AND HIGH SALINITIES IN ANTARCTIC SEA-ICE1

Extreme environmental conditions have been thought to limit algal growth in the upper sea-ice. In McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, chrysophyte statocysts (stomatocysts) and dinoflagellate hypnozygotes (resting cysts) overwinter in first- and second-year land-fast sea-ice exposed to temperatures of -20° C or lower. In early November, when temperatures in the upper ice are < ?8°C and brine salinities are >126 psu, dinoflagellate cysts activate and shortly thereafter excyst. During early November, chrysophyte statocysts also begin to excyst. Net daily primary production occurs in the sea-ice brine at temperatures as low as ?7.1° C, at brine salinities as high as 129 psu, and at average photon flux densities as low as 5 μmol photons.m^?2.s^?1. Dinoflagellate densities were >10⁶ vegetative cells.L^?1 of ice while temperatures in the upper ice were between ?6.8 and ?5.8° C and brine salinities were ～100 psu. Chrysophyte densities reached >10⁶.L^?1 of ice by early December. High densities of physiologically active clyo- and halotolerant algae can occur in the upper land-fast sea-ice under extreme conditions of temperature and salinity.     

水稻土中铁还原菌多样性

微生物介导的异化Fe(III) 还原是非硫厌氧环境中Fe(III) 还原生成Fe(II) 的主要途径,然而相关的铁还原菌还不是很清楚,特别是在水稻土中.本文采用富集培养的方法,以乙酸和氢气作为电子供体,水铁矿和针铁矿作为电子受体,通过末端限制性片段长度多态性（T-RFLP）技术和16S rRNA基因克隆测序相结合的分子生物学方法研究了水稻土中铁还原菌的多样性.结果表明：无论是以乙酸或氢气为电子供体,水铁矿或针铁矿为电子受体,地杆菌（Geobacter）和梭菌（Clostridiales）是富集到的主要微生物群落;乙酸为电子供体时,富集到的主要微生物群落还包括红环菌（Rhodocyclaceae）;因此,除地杆菌外,梭菌和红环菌很可能也是水稻土中重要的铁还原菌.     

木本油料植物麻疯树的研究进展

近来,麻疯树(Jatropha curcas L.)因可以作为生物柴油的原料而受到广泛关注。虽然麻疯树具有含油量高且可在边际土地种植的优势,但同时存在理想品种缺乏、种植面积限制、基础研究薄弱等方面的问题。为了使常规育种和生物技术改良工作者更好地了解麻疯树的研究进展,确定日后麻疯树育种和遗传改良的方向,综述了麻疯树种质资源与遗传多样性分析、生理及对环境适应性、组学研究、油脂合成功能基因研究、育种等方面国内外的最新进展。     

Trench connection

'Trench Connection' was the first international symposium focusing primarily on the hadal zone (depths greater than 6000 m). It was held at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute in November 2010. The symposium was successful in having attracted an international collective of scientists and engineers to discuss the latest developments in the exploration and understanding of the deepest environments on Earth. The symposium sessions were categorized into three themes: (i) new deep-submergence technology; (ii) trench ecology and evolution; and (iii) the physical environment. Recent technological developments have overcome the challenges of accessing the extreme depths, which have in turn prompted an international renewed interest in researching physical and biological aspects of the hadal ecosystems. This bringing together of international participants from different disciplines led to healthy discussions throughout the symposium, providing potential opportunities and realizations of where the future of unravelling hadal ecology lies. Hadal science is still at relatively rudimentary levels compared with those of shallower marine environments; however, it became apparent at the symposium that it is now an ever-expanding scientific field.