采用数据挖掘技术对湖北省人类狂犬病开展生物信息学研究

狂犬病作为一种急性人畜共患疾病,其致死率接近100％.而湖北省作为我国中部狂犬病高发地之一,开展该省狂犬病的流行病学调查不仅有助于了解我国当前面临的狂犬病疫情风险,还能为当地及全国狂犬病防控工作提供有效的参考意见.首先运用描述性分析发现湖北省狂犬病发病人数随时间呈下降趋势,而狂犬病暴露人数则呈上升趋势,且近年来中西部地...     

芪合酶基因Fm-STS在何首乌毛状根中的过量表达及dsRNA干扰

目的:建立一套探究植物基因功能的方法体系,验证由芪合酶基因保守序列通过RACE扩增技术在何首乌中得到的基因Fm -STS的功能.方法:由含CaMV 35S启动子驱动的gfp基因的植物转基因表达基础质粒pBIN-35S-GFP构建过表达质粒pBIN-35S-STS-GFP(阳性)和双链RNA干扰重组质粒pBIN-35S-正向-反向-GFP(阴性),并同空白表达质粒pBIN-35S-GFP(空白)均导入野生型发根农杆菌ATCC15834中,转化何首乌外植体,诱导生成毛状根并培养,对毛状根进行高效液相色谱分析以及实时荧光定量检测.结果:在过表达组、空白组和干扰组中毛状根中发根农杆菌Ri质粒中的rolB基因和外源基因gfp均有表达,高效液相色谱法分析芪合物二苯乙烯苷含量依次为4.67mg/g、2.18mg/g和0.65 mg/g,在mRNA水平上测试荧光定量检测基因Fm-STS表达量:RNAi组是空白组的1/433.53,过表达组是空白组的2.41倍.结论:结果表明过量表达与双链RNA干扰相结合在植物基因功能研究中有良好的应用,何首乌中芪合酶Fm-STS是二苯乙烯苷主要的合成酶.     

Time‐Varying Latent Effect Model for Longitudinal Data with Informative Observation Times

Summary In analysis of longitudinal data, it is not uncommon that observation times of repeated measurements are subject‐specific and correlated with underlying longitudinal outcomes. Taking account of the dependence between observation times and longitudinal outcomes is critical under these situations to assure the validity of statistical inference. In this article, we propose a flexible joint model for longitudinal data analysis in the presence of informative observation times. In particular, the new procedure considers the shared random‐effect model and assumes a time‐varying coefficient for the latent variable, allowing a flexible way of modeling longitudinal outcomes while adjusting their association with observation times. Estimating equations are developed for parameter estimation. We show that the resulting estimators are consistent and asymptotically normal, with variance–covariance matrix that has a closed form and can be consistently estimated by the usual plug‐in method. One additional advantage of the procedure is that it provides a unified framework to test whether the effect of the latent variable is zero, constant, or time‐varying. Simulation studies show that the proposed approach is appropriate for practical use. An application to a bladder cancer data is also given to illustrate the methodology.     

Hole Transporting Bilayers for Efficient Micrometer-Thick Perovskite Solar Cells

Achieving high efficiencies in halide perovskite solar cells with thicknesses >1 µm is necessary for developing perovskite-Si tandem cells based on small pyramidal structures. To achieve this goal, not only is the perovskite layer quality to be optimized but also the properties of the charge-transport layers must be tuned to reduce charge-collection losses. The transport layers provide a non-ohmic resistance that modulates the Fermi-level splitting inside the perovskite absorber. The finite conductivity of the transport layers can lead to losses in the fill factor (FF) and short-circuit current, even at infinite charge-carrier mobility in the absorber layer. These losses notably scale with the absorber layer thickness, which implies that higher-conductivity transport layers are required for thicker perovskite absorbers. One strategy to improve charge collection and thereby FFs in thick inverted perovskite solar cells is to use bilayers of hole-transport layers. In this study, the combination of poly[bis(4-phenyl) (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] with self-assembled monolayers provides the best photovoltaic performance in single-junction devices.     

环青海湖地区天然草地时序光谱特征参量分析

获取了环青海湖地区4类主要天然草地2003年5~10月共16个时相的地面高分辨率光谱数据,并利用植被指数技术、导数光谱技术、植被光谱维特征提取模型及包络线归一化技术提取了多个光谱特征参量,通过对各参量在生育期内分布规律的分析,给出了能较好地表征草地生长发育规律时序特征参量的具体分布;最后计算了4类天然草地各时序特征参量的平均散度,结果表明黄边位置λY、红边位置λV、红边斜率SV、绿峰半高宽wλG、红谷半高宽wλR、去包络红谷净面积AR'和归一化植被指数NDV I对于天然草地分类更有效。     

A high‐resolution approach for the spatiotemporal analysis of forest canopy space using terrestrial laser scanning data

Forest canopies and tree crown structures are of high ecological importance. Measuring canopies and crowns by direct inventory methods is time‐consuming and of limited accuracy. High‐resolution inventory tools, in particular terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), is able to overcome these limitations and obtain three‐dimensional (3D) structural information about the canopy with a very high level of detail. The main objective of this study was to introduce a novel method to analyze spatiotemporal dynamics in canopy occupancy at the individual tree and local neighborhood level using high‐resolution 3D TLS data. For the analyses, a voxel grid approach was applied. The tree crowns were modeled through the combination of two approaches: the encasement of all crown points with a 3D α‐shape, which was then converted into a voxel grid, and the direct voxelization of the crown points. We show that canopy occupancy at individual tree level can be quantified as the crown volume occupied only by the respective tree or shared with neighboring trees. At the local neighborhood level, our method enables the precise determination of the extent of canopy space filling, the identification of tree–tree interactions, and the analysis of complementary space use. Using multitemporal TLS data recordings, this method allows the precise detection and quantification of changes in canopy occupancy through time. The method is applicable to a wide range of investigations in forest ecology research, including the study of tree diversity effects on forest productivity or growing space analyses for optimal tree growth. Due to the high accuracy of this novel method, it facilitates the precise analyses even of highly plastic individual tree crowns and, thus, the realistic representation of forest canopies. Moreover, our voxel grid framework is flexible enough to allow for the inclusion of further biotic and abiotic variables relevant to complex analyses of forest canopy dynamics.     

12个HoCP系列甘蔗种质资源初步鉴定和评价

为了解甘蔗(Saccharum spp.)亲本特性,以ROC22为对照,对12个重要Ho CP系列亲本种质进行了初步鉴定与评价。结果表明,Ho CP系列品系具有出苗率高、分蘖性好、有效茎数多、早熟高糖等特性。Ho CP01-564含糖量最高,Ho CP00-1142产量最高,Ho CP02-610发芽率和有效茎数最高,Ho CP07-613蔗糖分最高。聚类分析表明,12个Ho CP系列品系(种)可分为4类。因此,根据这些品系(种)特性可以合理配制杂交组合。     

Cross-correlation analysis of invasive mango mealybug and its associated natural enemies in relation to meteorological factors: implications for biological control

Damage caused by invasive downey snow line mealybug, Rastrococcus iceryoides Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) has been reported to vary between 30% to complete crop loss where no control measure is applied. The current studies seek to determine factors influencing R. iceryoides population outbreaks, parasitoid – host and predator–prey relationships as well as predict optimal management strategies through weather modelling over a period of 28 months from 2008 to 2010 in Tanzania. The highest incidence of R. iceryoides was recorded during the dry season coinciding with the major mango fruiting season. The relationship between R. iceryoides and the parasitoid was positive but not significant, which implies the influence on outbreaks was negligible probably due to low percent parasitism (<12%). However, the predator abundance was directly and significantly related to that of R. iceryoides. Average temperature, average relative humidity, rainfall, and R. iceryoides abundance were autocorrelated to each other. Cross-correlation coef?cients vary significantly from ?0.286 to 0.589 for the pair-variable between R. iceryoides, temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, parasitism and predators. Our findings showed that temperature was the key climatic variable that significantly influenced R. iceryoides outbreaks while rainfall was significantly negatively associated with the pest. Time series analyses show R. iceryoides population increased 4 months after an increase in average temperature in all the sites, 11 months after rainfall and 11 months after relative humidity in Kibaha and Dar es Salaam, respectively. Our findings revealed that R. iceryoides is an excellent target for classical biological control. Thus, the importation of promising co-evolved parasitoid specific to R. iceryoides from the aboriginal home is crucial in formulating an efficient and sustainable management approaches against the invasive mealybug pest in mango agro-ecosystems.     

繁殖期高原鼠兔的行为时间分配与后代存活率的关系

2002年4-8月份,在中国科学院海北高寒草甸生态系统定位站附近,采用标志流放、直接观察法和解剖法对青藏高原特有的植食性小哺乳动物———高原鼠兔(Ochotonacurzoniae)的行为时间分配、繁殖特征和后代存活率等方面进行了研究。结果表明,雌、雄成体平均地面活动时间占总时间的比例分别为88.67%和89.88%,在不同的繁殖时段,成体的各种行为时间分配存在显著的变化,并影响后代的存活率。幼体从出生到15d的存活率和雌、雄性成体的每次移动距离以及雌性成体的地面活动强度都显著的正相关;从15d到45d的存活率和雄性成体的地面活动强度、观望强度显著的正相关。在相同的观察时期,高原鼠兔雌、雄成体的一些行为时间分配存在显著差异,如雄性成体地面移动距离、频次在繁殖前期显著的高于雌性成体;雄性成体的观望强度在6、7月份显著高于雌性成体。说明雄性成体在领域防卫中较雌性成体承担更多的责任,雌、雄成体在育幼活动中的繁殖投入存在互补性。     

Effects of environmental fluctuation on plankton allelopathy

 This paper studies a two-dimensional system that arises in plankton allelopathy involving discrete time delays and environmental fluctuations. The environmental parameters are assumed to be perturbed by white noise characterized by a Gaussian distribution with mean zero and unit spectral density. The dynamic behaviour of the stochastic system is studied and the fluctuations in population are measured both analytically and numerically by computer simulation. Received: 7 September 1998 / Revised version: 14 October 1998