西南岩溶区广西生态安全及资源利用效率

构建了基于生态足迹理论的生态安全综合评价模型,然后基于生态安全评价指标,把数据驱动下动态计量经济学的单位根检验和与协整分析模型引进到生态安全与资源利用效率之间的动态均衡关系的研究中来。以西南岩溶区广西为例,首先采用生态足迹理论方法来测算1990～2003年广西生态安全的生态足迹、生态承载力、生态盈亏及生态压力指数,然后采用动态计量的协整分析方法对广西区域资源利用效率与生态安全状况诸指标之间的长期关系进行了协整分析。结果显示,广西生态足迹呈不断增加趋势,生态承载力呈不断下降趋势,出现了严重的生态赤字,生态足迹压力增幅明显,从临界安全状态发展到不安全状态;资源利用效率不高与生态安全指标之间呈现一种长期稳定的趋势,这表明岩溶区广西的资源利用效率不高,生态安全形势不容乐观,需要及时采取应对策略与措施加以调控。     

Computation of pH evolution versus ionic products concentration in a fermentation broth

An algorithm developed for pH computation has been tested to calculate the theoretical pH changes in a culture medium during the course of a fermentation. A divergence between the computed pH value and the value measured with the electrode allows us to highlight the presence of undetected ionic products. The calculation with the algorithm by means of a computer requires only the knowledge of the ionic properties of the substrates and detected products and existing thermodynamic constants. (c) 1993 Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

糙皮侧耳(平菇)疏水蛋白的分离纯化及其界面自组装特性研究

从糙皮侧耳Pleurotus ostreatus Pm039菌丝体中分离纯化到一种疏水蛋白并命名为Po.HYD1,SDS-PAGE显示其分子量约15kDa。Po.HYD1具有高度的表面活性,100μg/mL浓度下能够降低水表面张力至25.5mN/m。在1~100μg/mL浓度范围内存在6μg/mL和24μg/mL两个关键浓度,说明了不同浓度范围内自组装条件的改变。水接触角测定证明了Po.HYD1自组装膜的包被能够逆转固体表面的可湿润性。原子力显微镜分析揭示了Po.HYD1在云母表面形成厚度4.2±0.1nm"小杆层";在高定向热裂解石墨表面形成厚度3.2~3.8nm吸附层;在剧烈振荡诱导下的水溶液中形成形状相似、取向一致但体积大小不等的"耳型"颗粒。     

High-throughput screening of bacteriorhodopsin mutants in whole cell pastes

A high-throughput screening method has been developed which enables functional analysis of bacteriorhodpsin in whole cell pastes. Reflectance spectra, from as little as 5 ml of Halobacterium salinarum cells, show close correspondence to that obtained from the purified purple membrane (PM), containing bacteriorhodopsin (BR) as the sole protein component. We demonstrate accurate quantification of BR accumulation by ratiometric analysis of BR (A_max 568) and a membrane-bound cytochrome (A_max 410). In addition, ground-state light- and dark-adapted (LA and DA, respectively) spectral differences were determined with high accuracy and precision. Using cells expressing the BR mutant D85N, we monitored transitions between intermediate-state homologues of the reprotonation phase of the light-activated proton pumping mechanism. We demonstrate that phenotypes of three mutants (D85N/T170C, D85N/D96N, and D85N/R82Q) previously characterized for their effect on photocycle transitions are reproduced in the whole cell samples. D85N/T170C stabilizes accumulation of the N state while D85N/D96N accumulates no N state. D85N/R82Q was found to have perturbed the pK_a of M accumulation. These studies illustrate the correspondence between pH-dependent ground-state transitions accessed by D85N and the transitions accessed by the wild-type protein following photoexcitation. We demonstrate that whole cell reflectance spectroscopy can be used to efficiently characterize the large numbers of mutants generated by engineering strategies that exploit saturation mutagenesis.     

黄土丘陵区旱地作物水分生态适应性系统评价

根据调查资料和田间试验结果,系统地分析了旱地不同作物生长发育与降水分布的时序关系、旱地作物水分潜在利用率和旱地主要作物水分供需平衡与错位特征,并利用水分生态适应性数学模型,对宁南黄土丘陵区主要作物的水分生态适应性进行了定量评价．结果表明,秋熟作物生长发育与降水分布耦合性较好,夏熟作物生长发育与降水分布耦合性较差．不同作物的降水潜在利用率存在差异。其基本规律是：多年生牧草>薯类作物>谷类作物;秋熟作物>夏熟作物．作物的水分满足率和生态适应性,秋熟作物优于夏熟作物,丰水年份优于干旱年份．旱地6种主要作物的水分生态适应性指数排序依次为：谷子>马铃薯>糜子>胡麻>豌豆>春小麦．     

The C1B domains of novel PKCε and PKCη have a higher membrane binding affinity than those of the also novel PKCδ and PKCθ

The C1 domains of novel PKCs mediate the diacylglycerol-dependent translocation of these enzymes. The four different C1B domains of novel PKCs (δ, ε, θ and η) were studied, together with different lipid mixtures containing acidic phospholipids and diacylglycerol or phorbol ester. The results show that either in the presence or in the absence of diacylglycerol, C1Bε and C1Bη exhibit a substantially higher propensity to bind to vesicles containing negatively charged phospholipids than C1Bδ and C1Bθ. The observed differences between the C1B domains of novel PKCs (in two groups of two each) were also evident in RBL-2H3 cells and it was found that, as with model membranes, in which C1Bε and C1Bη could be translocated to membranes by the addition of a soluble phosphatidic acid without diacylglycerol or phorbol ester, C1Bδ and C1Bθ were not translocated when soluble phosphatidic acid was added, and diacylglycerol was required to achieve a detectable binding to cell membranes. It is concluded that two different subfamilies of novel PKCs can be established with respect to their propensity to bind to the cell membrane and that these peculiarities in recognizing lipids may explain why these isoenzymes are specialized in responding to different triggering signals and bind to different cell membranes.     

Status,trends, and equilibrium abundance estimates of the translocated sea otter population in Washington State

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) historically occurred in Washington State, USA, until their local extinction in the early 1900s as a result of the maritime fur trade. Following their extirpation, 59 sea otters were translocated from Amchitka Island, Alaska, USA, to the coast of Washington, with 29 released at Point Grenville in 1969 and 30 released at La Push in 1970. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has outlined 2 main objectives for sea otter recovery: a target population level and a target geographic distribution. Recovery criteria are based on estimates of population abundance, equilibrium abundance (K), and geographic distribution; therefore, estimates of these parameters have important management implications. We compiled available survey data for sea otters in Washington State since their translocation (1977–2019) and fit a Bayesian state-space model to estimate past and current abundance, and equilibrium abundance at multiple spatial scales. We then used forward projections of population dynamics to explore potential scenarios of range recolonization and as the basis of a sensitivity analysis to evaluate the relative influence of movement behavior, frontal wave speed, intrinsic growth, and equilibrium density on future population recovery potential. Our model improves upon previous analyses of sea otter population dynamics in Washington by partitioning and quantifying sources of estimation error to estimate population dynamics, by providing robust estimates of K, and by simulating long-term population growth and range expansion under a range of realistic parameter values. Our model resulted in predictions of population abundance that closely matched observed counts. At the range-wide scale, the population size in our model increased from an average of 21 independent sea otters (95% CI = 13–29) in 1977 to 2,336 independent sea otters (95% CI = 1,467–3,359) in 2019. The average estimated annual growth rate was 12.42% and varied at a sub-regional scale from 6.42–14.92%. The overall estimated mean K density of sea otters in Washington was 1.71 ± 0.90 (SD) independent sea otters/km² of habitat (1.96 ± 1.04 sea otters/km², including pups), and estimated densities within the current range correspond on average to 87% of mean sub-regional equilibrium values (range = 66–111%). The projected value of K for all of Washington was 5,287 independent sea otters (95% CI = 2,488–8,086) and 6,080 sea otters including pups (95% CI = 2,861–9,300), assuming a similar range of equilibrium densities in currently un-occupied habitats. Sensitivity analysis of simulations of sea otter population growth and range expansion suggested that mean K density estimates in currently occupied sub-regions had the largest impact on predicted future population growth (r² = 0.52), followed by the rate of southward range expansion (r² = 0.26) and the mean K density estimate of currently unoccupied sub-regions to the south of the current range (r² = 0.04). Our estimates of abundance and sensitivity analysis of simulations of future population abundance and geographic range help determine population status in relation to population recovery targets and identify the most influential parameters affecting future population growth and range expansion for sea otters in Washington State.     

Synthesis and characterization of carboxymethyl-polyaminate chitosan and its adsorption behavior toward a reactive dye

Carboxymethyl-polyaminate chitosan (DETA-CMCHS), a novel kind of amphoteric chitosan derivative, was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, and by IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The adsorption behavior of Reactive Blue (RB2) on DETA-CMCHS was also studied. Results showed that the maximum value of adsorption capacity was 1185.71 mg/g at pH 3. The adsorption kinetic behavior was fitted with a second-order reaction rate equation. The adsorption was an exothermic, irreversible and entropy-reduced process according to thermodynamic parameters, such as standard Gibbs free-energy change, enthalpy change, and entropy change, all of which were calculated from adsorption equilibrium data.     

最大信息熵原理与群体遗传平衡

建立了用最大信息熵原理推导群体遗传平衡定律的统一数学模型,并给出了模型的统一解,此解正是Hardy-Weinberg定律所给出的平衡群体的基因型频率,说明当群体信息熵达到最大时,群体基因型频率不再变化,即达到“平衡”。这证明了最大熵分布就是Hardy-Weinberg平衡分布。Hardy-Weinberg平衡定律与最大信息熵原理的内在一致性说明,杂交和随机交配是一个不可逆过程,使群体基因型信息熵增大,无序性增,是选择和近亲交配使群体的信息熵降低,有序性增加,育种过程实际就是调节群体信息熵的过程。过程信息熵的含义是表示一个概率分布的不确定性,最大熵原理意味着在一定的约束条件,选择具有最大不确定性的分布,从而其分布是最为随机的。最大熵原理在信息,工程,天文,地理,图像处理,模式识别等自然科学和社会科学领域都有广泛的成功应用,本文从群体遗传学角度证明了这一原理具有普遍适用性。熵是描述系统状态的函数,而最大熵原理则表明了系统发展变化的趋势,系统的最终状态必然是熵增加至最大值的状态,对于任何系统都是如此。因此,群体遗传系统的平衡定律可以统一用最大熵原理进行判定和描述;任意群体的基因型信息熵在随机交配世代传递时有不断增加的趋势;在一定约束条件下基因型信息熵达到最大值时,就称之为达到遗传平衡。本文将信息论原理应用于群体遗传学研究,揭示了基因信息熵的生物学意义,并表明可以用信息学和控制论的原理和方法来研究群体遗传学问题。     

In vitro chiral nematic ordering of chitin crystallites

Microfibrillar fragments of purified crab and shrimp chitin were prepared by hydrolysis in 3 HCl at its boiling point (104°C). After removal of the acid by centrifugal washing and dialysis, an ultrasound treatment converts the residual product to a colloidal suspension stabilized by NH₃⁺ charges. When dewatered to a critical concentration, spontaneous formation of a two-phase equilibrium system occurs. The upper phase (lower concentration) is isotropic and the lower phase is anisotropic. The latter displays chiral nematic order and dries to a solid film which mimics the helicoid organization characteristic of the chitin microfibrils in the cuticle of arthropods.