降钙素基因相关肽对不同程度冠脉狭窄时的心脏功能的影响

本实验观察了冠脉内注射降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ０．３μｇ／ｋｇ）对正常及不同程度冠脉狭窄犬的心功能的影响。结果表明正常犬冠脉内注射ＣＧＲＰ后,平均动脉压（ＭＡＰ）下降１．２ｋＰａ（Ｐ＜０．０５）,同时,心率（ＨＲ）、心输出量（ＣＯ）、左室收缩压峰值（ＬＶＳＰ）均不同程度增加;左室舒张末压（ＬＶＥＤＰ）轻度降低。在中度狭窄３０ｍｉｎ后,冠脉内注射ＣＧＲＰ对ＨＲ、ＭＡＰ无明显影响;而重度狭窄后注射ＣＧＲＰ,ＭＡＰ由狭窄时降低逐渐增高,ＨＲ由增快而变慢。ＣＯ、ＬＶＳＰ均显著增高,ＬＶＥＤＰ降低,此作用较冠脉狭窄前更为明显。提示ＣＧＲＰ扩张冠脉动脉,增加冠脉血流量和心排血量,增强心肌收缩力,对缺血心脏功能有保护作用。     

Functional Regression Models for Epistasis Analysis of Multiple Quantitative Traits

To date, most genetic analyses of phenotypes have focused on analyzing single traits or analyzing each phenotype independently. However, joint epistasis analysis of multiple complementary traits will increase statistical power and improve our understanding of the complicated genetic structure of the complex diseases. Despite their importance in uncovering the genetic structure of complex traits, the statistical methods for identifying epistasis in multiple phenotypes remains fundamentally unexplored. To fill this gap, we formulate a test for interaction between two genes in multiple quantitative trait analysis as a multiple functional regression (MFRG) in which the genotype functions (genetic variant profiles) are defined as a function of the genomic position of the genetic variants. We use large-scale simulations to calculate Type I error rates for testing interaction between two genes with multiple phenotypes and to compare the power with multivariate pairwise interaction analysis and single trait interaction analysis by a single variate functional regression model. To further evaluate performance, the MFRG for epistasis analysis is applied to five phenotypes of exome sequence data from the NHLBI’s Exome Sequencing Project (ESP) to detect pleiotropic epistasis. A total of 267 pairs of genes that formed a genetic interaction network showed significant evidence of epistasis influencing five traits. The results demonstrate that the joint interaction analysis of multiple phenotypes has a much higher power to detect interaction than the interaction analysis of a single trait and may open a new direction to fully uncovering the genetic structure of multiple phenotypes.     

Transmission Surface Plasmon Resonance Signal Enhancement via Growth of Gold Nanoparticles on a Gold Grating Surface

We developed a novel technique for increasing the sensitivity of transmission surface plasmon resonance (T-SPR) signals. T-SPR spectroscopy was performed by irradiating, with white light, a gold grating substrate whose surface was nanostructured by growing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). AuNPs were grown directly on the substrate surface by alcohol reduction and their growth was observed at various stages by UV–visible spectroscopy and standard Kretschmann-type SPR spectroscopy. For comparison, normal gold film with smooth surface was examined under similar condition. The T-SPR results show a possibility of hybrid excitation of both localized and propagating surface plasmon. Significantly, T-SPR spectra of the gold grating substrate obtained during AuNP growth show stronger and narrower peaks in the range 650–800 nm. The maximum T-SPR excitation was at an incident angle of 35°. A layer-by-layer system of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (1-methyl-4-pyridinio)porphyrin tetra(p-toluenesulfonate) molecules and sodium copper chlorophyllin molecules was used to verify the enhancement of the developed system. We believe that the AuNPs/Au grating for T-SPR devices will provide enhanced signals for detecting nanometer order materials and for high-sensitive sensor applications.     

Historic distribution and driving factors of human-caused fires in the Chinese boreal forest between 1972 and 2005

Aims The pattern and driving factors of forest fires are of interest for fire occurrence prediction and forest fire management. The aims of the study were: (i) to describe the history of human-caused fires by season and size of burned area over time; (ii) to identify the spatial patterns of human-caused fires and test for the existence of 'hotspots' to determine their exact locations in the Daxing'an Mountains; (iii) to determine the driving factors that determine the spatial distribution and the possibility of human-caused fire occurrence.Methods In this study, K -function and Kernel density estimation were used to analyze the spatial pattern of human-caused fires. The analysis was conducted in S-plus and ArcGIS environments, respectively. The analysis of driving factors was performed in SPSS 19.0 based on a logistic regression model. The variables used to identify factors that influence fire occurrence included vegetation types, meteorological conditions, socioeconomic factors, topography and infrastructure factors, which were extracted and collected through the spatial analysis mode of ArcGIS and from official statistics, respectively.Important findings The annual number of human-caused fires and the area burnt have declined since 1987 due to the implementation of a forest fire protection act. There were significant spatial heterogeneity and seasonal variations in the distribution of human-caused fires in the Daxing'an Mountains. The heterogeneity was caused by elevation, distance to the nearest railway, forest type and temperature. A logistic regression model was developed to predict the likelihood of human-caused fire occurrence in the Daxing'an Mountains; its global accuracy attained 64.8%. The model was thus comparable to other relevant studies.     

大兴安岭塔河地区雷击火发生驱动因子综合分析

森林火灾是一个全球性问题,对森林资源和温室气体排放有重要影响,并严重影响人们生命财产安全。林火主要分为人为火(人为活动引起)和雷击火(雷电引起)两大类。在我国北方针叶林带,雷击火主要集中在黑龙江大兴安岭和内蒙古呼伦贝尔盟地区。大兴安岭塔河地区位于我国北方针叶林带,是森林火灾的重灾区。其中雷击火所占比例大约1/3以上。目前针对当地雷击火与影响因子的研究主要集中于气象因子,非气象因子(森林可燃物和地形特征)的研究受数据条件和技术手段限制研究报道较少。研究数据包含三部分,林火数据,气象数据和地理植被数据。林火数据包含1974—2009年间林火发生经纬度坐标,时间和面积等。气象数据主要包括每日尺度的最低气温,最高气温,平均风速,平均相对湿度等因子。根据加拿大火险天气指标系统计算出了出了细小可燃物湿度码(FFMC),干燥可燃物湿度码(DMC)和干旱码(DC)也没用于本研究。此外,基于1∶10万塔河地区数字化林相图提取了海拔、坡度、坡向、森林类型、优势树种、龄级等因子用于决策因子分析。研究数据分析过程主要应用Arc GIS10.0中的空间分析工具和SPSS19.0的逻辑斯蒂回归模型完成。研究结果显示"日最低气温","最大风速"和"最小相对湿度"3个气象因子及火险天气指标系统(FWI)中细小可燃物湿度码(FFMC)干旱码(DC)与雷击火发生概率显著相关(P0.05),模型整体拟合水平R2(CoxSnell)=0.326。在非气象因子与雷击火发生的逻辑斯蒂模型检验中,"地被物盖度"和"龄级"均在P=0.05水平上与雷击火发生显著相关,其模型的整体拟合水平R2(CoxSnell)为0.15。研究结论表明在分析雷击火发生的决策因子时,应该综合考虑气象、可燃物和林分因素。     

Distance-Dependent Surface Plasmon Resonance Coupling Between a Gold Grating Surface and Silver Nanoparticles

Plasmonics - In this study, we achieved an enhancement of the transmission surface plasmon resonance (T-SPR) intensity by depositing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) onto a gold grating substrate. The...     

大亮子河国家森林公园野生浆果资源调查

通过对大亮子河野生浆果资源的调查研究,进一步明确该地区野生浆果的种类、生态习性及分布特点、贮量和应用价值,为今后该地区的野生浆果资源开发利用和保护管理提供理论依据。     

比较逻辑斯蒂与地理加权逻辑斯蒂回归模型在福建林火发生的适用性

林火预测预报是科学有效进行林火管理的前提,是林业管理部门和科研工作者的广泛关注的领域。逻辑斯蒂回归(Logistic Regression,LR)是目前国内外广泛应用于森林火灾预测的模型方法,然而近年来有学者发现该方法没有充分考虑林火影响因子的空间相关性和异质性,从而导致模型拟合结果偏差。地理加权逻辑斯蒂回归(Geographically weighted logistic regression,GWR)模型考虑到了模型变量之间的空间相关性,有效提高的模型的拟合能力。为探讨GWLR模型在福建林火预测上的适用性,本研究应用LR和GWLR两种方法分别建立福建省森林火灾与气象因子的预测模型,通过模型拟合能力对比,判断在GWLR的适用性。研究以2000—2005年福建地区森林火灾卫星火点数据和每日气象因子为基础,将全样本分为60%的建模数据和40%的校验数据,并重复5次,建立5个样本组。选择在5个样本组中3个及以上表现显著的变量进入最终模型。研究结果表明GWLR在模型拟合度、模型残差、空间自相关性以及预测准确率等方面均优于LR模型,说明充分考虑模型变量的空间异质性有助于提高模型的预测精度,同时也验证了GWLR在福建地区林火预测上的适应性。此外,模型参数结果显示,"日最高地表气温"、"日最低地表气温"、"日平均风速"、"24小时降水量"、"日最高本站气压"、"日照时数"、"日最高气温"和"日最小相对湿度"8个因子对福建省林火发生有显著影响,研究结论为福建地区林火预测预报提供了新的方法。     

Assessment of the Coronary Venous System Using 256-Slice Computed Tomography

Purpose

To investigate the coronary venous system and its relation to adjacent structures using 256-slice computed tomography (CT).

Materials and Methods

The study consisted of 102 patients who underwent coronary CT angiography (CTA) using 256-slice CT. For each patient, the coronary venous system and its relation to adjacent structures were evaluated. The appropriate locations and diameters of the posterior interventricular vein (PIV), posterior vein of the left ventricle (PVLV) and the left marginal vein (LMV) were detected. The paired student''s t test was used to evaluate the difference between the diameter of the coronary sinus (CS) ostium in anteroposterior direction and that in superoinferior direction.

Results

The CS, great cardiac vein (GCV), PIV, and anterior interventricular vein (AIV) were visualized in all cases. It was possible to evaluate at least one main vein with adequate caliber and regular course for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in 96.1% of these cases. The diameter of the CS ostium in superoinferior direction (11.7±2.1 mm) was larger than that in anteroposterior direction (9.0±2.0 mm) (t = 13.511, P<0.05). For the majority of the cases, the CS-GCV was located above the level of the mitral valve annulus (MVA), while the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) was coursed between the CS-GCV and the MVA. LMV had more intersection with the circumflex or circumflex marginal than PVLV.

Conclusion

256-slice CT provides superior noninvasive evaluation of the coronary venous system which has important clinical implications.     

降钙素基因相关肽和心房肽对犬冠脉的舒张作用

本实验利用冠脉内给药和离体血管灌流等方法观察比较了降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）和心房肽（ＡＮＰ）对犬冠脉循环的影响及其对犬大小冠状动脉的舒张作用。结果显示,ＣＧＲＰ和ＡＮＰ均能明显增加冠脉血流量、降低大小冠脉阻力,两者均呈剂量依赖性舒张大小脉冠脉血管。ＡＮＰ的作用显著小于ＣＧＲＰ,其中大冠脉对两者的反应性显著小于小冠脉,ＣＧＲＰ和ＡＮＰ对冠脉的舒张作用均无内皮依赖性。结果提示,ＣＧＲＰ和ＡＮＰ直接