佤族的体质特征

调查了442例(男258例,女184例)佤族人的67项(观察项目9项,测量项目58项)体质人类学指标,计算了31项体质指数值,统计了部分指数的分型情况。研究结果显示:佤族人内眦褶率低(16.1%),上眼睑皱褶率高(96.8%),鼻根高度、鼻翼高度与上唇皮肤部高度均为中等型,耳垂多为圆型(58.1%),发色多为黑色,眼色多为褐色,肤色多为黄色。身高均数男为160.4cm,女为150.7cm,男女均为亚中等身材。体重均数男为54.9kg女为49.1kg。按指数分型标准,男女均以圆头型、高头型、阔头型、狭面型、狭鼻型、长躯干型、中腿型、中胸型出现率最高。此外,男性以宽肩型、中骨盆型出现率最高;女性的中肩型、窄骨盆型出现率最高。对包括佤族在内的我国32个人群(南、北方各16个人群)13项体质指标值主成分分析,结果显示佤族人身材矮小、纤瘦,面部及五官高度值较大,头长值较小,头面部及五官宽度值较大。佤族人具有蒙古人种南亚类型的体质特征。本文对佤族人体质特征形成的原因进行了初步分析。     

基于Visual C#语言的DICOM标准医学图像的显示和实现

介绍DICOM3.0医学图像文件的格式和C#语言的特点,首次利用Visual C#语言对该标准的图像进行显示和处理,能够直接读取DICOM格式原始图像数据,并可批量转换成BMP等格式进行处理,此项工作可为医学图像处理研究及相关医学图像软件开发奠定基础。     

高相对分子质量裂褶多糖的制备与结构鉴定

以裂褶菌（Schizophyllum commune）发酵生产的培养物为研究对象,经过活性炭脱色、Sevag法脱杂蛋白、乙醇沉淀得粗多糖,再经Sephadex G-200柱层析分离纯化得裂褶多糖纯品.通过Sephadex G-200凝胶层析法测得其平均分子质量为436kDa;由气相色谱、红外光谱、高碘酸氧化、Smith降解、^13C核磁共振等方法表征其化学结构,推测其结构为具有（1→6）分支的β-〔1-3）-D-葡聚糖：其组成重复单元应该含有3个主链糖基和一个单糖分支,主链的取代发生在C-1和C-3之间,即为1→3糖苷键;分支发生在C-1和C-6之间,即为1→6糖苷键,其中分支点在主链糖基的C-6上.     

自组织特征人工神经网络在庞泉沟自然保护区植物群落分类中的应用

人工神经网络是较新的数学分析工具,其中的自组织特征映射网络（SOFM）具有较强的聚类功能。应用SOFM网络对庞泉沟自然保护区植物群落进行了分类研究。在讨论了SOFM网络的数学原理、聚类方法和步骤的前提下,分类过程在MATLAB（6.5）神经网络工具箱（NNTool）中编程实现。结果将89个样方分为13个植物群落类型。分类结果符合植被实际,生态意义明确,表明SOFM网络可以很好地反映植物群落的生态关系,是非常有效的植物群落数量分类方法。     

红壤坡地土壤水分时间序列分析

基于时间序列法,分析了2002—2004年3—9月茶园和农作区两种土地利用方式下土壤水分与降雨的相关关系.结果表明,降雨为不相关序列,而不同深度(10、30、50、70和90 cm)土壤含水量有高度自相关性,为自相关序列,相关时间域为30～45 d.降雨和土地利用方式是影响土壤水分与降雨相关关系的主要因素.降雨对土壤水分的影响强度由表层到深层不断减弱,其在土壤表层(10和30 cm)的有效性时间为7～8 d;在深层有效时间长短不一,但雨后2～3 d,降雨对土壤水分(0～100 cm)的影响最显著.旱季土壤含水量与降雨的相关时间比雨季短1～3 d,若持续5 d降雨量小于5 mm,土壤表层水分含量就会明显降低,可能引发季节性干旱.与农作区相比,降雨对茶园表层水分的影响较弱,但对深层水分的影响较强且持续时间长.     

大花杓兰亲环素基因的克隆及生物信息学分析

亲环素是一个多基因家族,在植物生命活动中发挥着重要的作用。该研究以大花杓兰(Cypripedium macranthum)为材料,采用RT-PCR技术克隆到1个亲环素基因(CyP),并对其进行生物信息学分析。结果表明:大花杓兰CyP基因的开放阅读框序列为525 bp,命名为CmCyP(GenBank登录号为MH411125),编码174个氨基酸。预测CmCyP蛋白是一个位于细胞质、相对分子量约为18 kD、理论pI为8.73、无信号肽、跨膜结构域的亲水性蛋白质。磷酸化和糖基化位点预测分析发现,CmCyP蛋白存在18个潜在的磷酸化位点和2个潜在的糖基化位点。蛋白保守结构域预测分析发现,CmCyP蛋白包含一个高度保守的肽脯氨酰顺反异构酶结构域,属于单结构域亲环素。对二级结构进行预测分析发现,CmCyP蛋白中存在无规卷曲70个、延伸链56个、α-螺旋23个、β-折叠25个,这4种结构元件在三级结构中也有体现。系统进化树结果显示,大花杓兰CmCyP蛋白与铁皮石斛(Dendrobium catenatum)和万带兰(Vanda hybrid cultivar)的CyP蛋白的亲缘关系较近。该研究首次克隆了大花杓兰亲环素基因(CmCyP),为进一步探讨CmCyP基因的生物学功能奠定了基础。     

Species co‐occurrence patterns and dietary resource competition in primates

Diamond (Assembly of species communities. In: Cody ML, Diamond JM, editors. Ecology and evolution of communities. Cambridge: Belknap. p 342–444 ( 1975 )) argued that interspecific competition between species occupying similar niches results in a nonrandom pattern of species distributions. In particular, some species pairs may never be found in the same community due to competitive exclusion. Rigorous analytical methods have been developed to investigate the possible role that interspecific competition has on the evolution of communities. Many studies that have implemented these methods have shown support for Diamond's assembly rules, yet there are numerous exceptions. We build on this previous research by examining the co‐occurrence patterns of primate species in 109 communities from across the world. We used EcoSim to calculate a checkerboard (C) score for each region. The C score provides a measure of the proportion of species pairs that do not co‐occur in a set of communities. High C scores indicate that species are nonrandomly distributed throughout a region, and interspecific competition may be driving patterns of competitive exclusion. We conducted two sets of analyses. One included all primate species per region, and the second analysis assigned each species to one of four dietary guilds: frugivores, folivores, insectivores, and frugivore‐insectivores. Using all species per region, we found significantly high C scores in 9 of 10 regions examined. For frugivores, we found significantly high‐C scores in more than 50% of regions. In contrast, only 23% of regions exhibited significantly high‐C scores for folivores. Our results suggest that communities are nonrandomly structured and may be the result of greater levels of interspecific competition between frugivores compared to folivores. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Methylglyoxal accumulation de-regulates HoxA5 expression,thereby impairing angiogenesis in glyoxalase 1 knock-down mouse aortic endothelial cells

Impaired angiogenesis leads to long-term complications and is a major contributor of the high morbidity in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Methylglyoxal (MGO) is a glycolysis byproduct that accumulates in DM and is detoxified by the Glyoxalase 1 (Glo1). Several studies suggest that MGO contributes to vascular complications through mechanisms that remain to be elucidated. In this study we have clarified for the first time the molecular mechanism involved in the impairment of angiogenesis induced by MGO accumulation.Angiogenesis was evaluated in mouse aortic endothelial cells isolated from Glo1-knockdown mice (Glo1KD MAECs) and their wild-type littermates (WT MAECs). Reduction in Glo1 expression led to an accumulation of MGO and MGO-modified proteins and impaired angiogenesis of Glo1KD MAECs. Both mRNA and protein levels of the anti-angiogenic HoxA5 gene were increased in Glo1KD MAECs and its silencing improved both their migration and invasion. Nuclear NF-?B-p65 was increased 2.5-fold in the Glo1KD as compared to WT MAECs. Interestingly, NF-?B-p65 binding to HoxA5 promoter was also 2-fold higher in Glo1KD MAECs and positively regulated HoxA5 expression in MAECs. Consistent with these data, both the exposure to a chemical inhibitor of Glo1 “SpBrBzGSHCp2” (GI) and to exogenous MGO led to the impairment of migration and the increase of HoxA5 mRNA and NF-?B-p65 protein levels in microvascular mouse coronary endothelial cells (MCECs).This study demonstrates, for the first time, that MGO accumulation increases the antiangiogenic factor HoxA5 via NF-?B-p65, thereby impairing the angiogenic ability of endothelial cells.