Anomalous and Normal Diffusion of Tracers in Crowded Environments: E ect of Size Disparity between Tracer and Crowders

The dynamics of tracers in crowded matrix is of interest in various areas of physics, such as the diffusion of proteins in living cells. By using two-dimensional (2D) Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the diffusive properties of a tracer of a diameter in crowded environments caused by randomly distributed crowders of a diameter. Results show that the emergence of subdiffusion of a tracer at intermediate time scales depends on the size ratio of the tracer to crowders δ. If δ falls between a lower critical size ratio and a upper one, the anomalous diffusion occurs purely due to the molecular crowding. Further analysis indicates that the physical origin of subdiffusion is the "cage effect". Moreover, the subdiffusion exponent α decreases with the increasing medium viscosity and the degree of crowding, and gets a minimum αmin=0.75 at δ=1. At long time scales, normal diffusion of a tracer is recovered. For δ≤1, the relative mobility of tracers is independent of the degree of crowding. Meanwhile, it is sensitive to the degree of crowding for δ>1. Our results are helpful in deepening the understanding of the diffusive properties of biomacromolecules that lie within crowded intracellular environments, such as proteins, DNA and ribosomes.     

中国区域稳定工程地质学产生与发展

区域稳定工程地质学是在中国产生、发展和壮大起来的。自50年代产生以来，历经几代工程地质工作者的不懈努力，现已形成了具有系统理论和系统研究方法、在国民经济建设中正发挥着显着作用的新兴学科。回顾该学科的产生与发展过程，对促进该学科的思维方法、学科理论和进一步发挥学科作用具有重要的意义。     

Statistical methods for improving verification of claims of origin for Italian wines based on stable isotope ratios

Wine derives its economic value to a large extent from geographical origin, which has a significant impact on the quality of the wine. According to the food legislation, wines can be without geographical origin (table wine) and wines with origin. Wines with origin must have characteristics which are essential due to its region of production and must be produced, processed and prepared, exclusively within that region.     

Parametric aggregation in ordered weighted averaging

Incorporating further information into the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) operator weights is investigated in this paper. We first prove that for a constant orness the minimax disparity model [13] has unique optimal solution while the modified minimax disparity model [16] has alternative optimal OWA weights. Multiple optimal solutions in modified minimax disparity model provide us opportunity to define a parametric aggregation OWA which gives flexibility to decision makers in the process of aggregation and selecting the best alternative. Finally, the usefulness of the proposed parametric aggregation method is illustrated with an application in metasearch engine.     

中国区域就业结构与区域收入差异的实证研究—基于panel-data模型

运用面板数据模型(Panel-data Model)分析了直辖市、东中西部三大产业的就业结构对区域收入差异的影响,不同区域的就业结构对区域的收入差异影响不同,针对不同区域情况,提出了协调发展产业,调整产业就业结构.促使区域差异缩小的政策建议.     

Regional characteristics of naturally occurring radionuclides in surface sediments of Chinese deserts and the Keum River area of Korea

Naturally occurring radionuclides (NORN) such as ⁴⁰K, ²²⁶Ra and ²³²Th from 44 surface sediment samples collected from four desert regions of Chinese were determined to investigate the regional characteristics of the source areas of Asian dust. The radionuclides for 41 surface sediment samples collected from seven sites of the Keum River area in Korea were also determined to compare the regional characteristics with the Chinese desert area. The specific activities (SA) and the specific activity ratios (SAR) of the radionuclides were investigated for distinguishing the source region of Asian dust. The SA of ²²⁶Ra and ²³²Th as well as the SAR of ²²⁶Ra/⁴⁰K and ²³²Th/⁴⁰K were found to be useful to characterize source area and tracing Asian dust.     

The effect of vertical angular subtense on perception of slant from horizontal size disparity

The slant from horizontal size disparity is geometrically predictable. The apparent slant, however, is usually not equivalent to the prediction as numerous visual factors affect it. The aim of this study is to examine whether the vertical angular subtense of a stimulus with horizontal size disparity alters the magnitude of perceived slant for a given horizontal angular subtense. The results indicate that a smaller angular subtense of display produces a smaller magnitude of slant perception.     

COALITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Abstract We show that with symmetric agents, noncooperation is the only stable coalition structure in a fishery with more than two countries. In the case of asymmetric fishing nations, partial or full cooperation may be stable even if the number of countries exceeds two. These are important results for recent fisheries economics papers that have not allowed for coalition formation. As an example how of one can use the model, we study the problem of new entrants into Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs). We show that depending on the economic structure of the fishery, new entrants may make cooperation more difficult or easier.     

玉米作物多光谱图像精准分割与叶绿素诊断方法研究

为了快速获取大田玉米作物长势信息, 基于多光谱图像开展了大田玉米叶绿素指标的非破坏性诊断研究。应用自主开发的2-CCD多光谱图像感知系统, 在田间采集玉米冠层可见光［Blue(B), Green(G), Red(R);400～700 nm］和近红外(Near-infrared: NIR, 760～1 000 nm)图像, 并使用SPAD同步测量样本叶绿素指标。采集后图像经自适应平滑滤波处理后, 进行图像玉米植株提取。为了选择最优算法实现玉米植株与杂草、土壤背景的分割, 首先比较了最大类间方差(OTSU)分割算法和局部阈值处理分割算法, 选取了基于局部统计的可变阈值处理方法对玉米NIR图像进行初步分割, 进而采用区域标记算法进行精细分割, 分割准确率达95.59%。将分割结果应用于玉米植株可见光图像R, G, B各通道, 从而实现了玉米植株多光谱图像中可见光图像的整体分割。基于分割后R, G, B和NIR四个通道的玉米冠层图像, 提取了各通道图像灰度均值(ANIR, ARed, AGreen和ABlue)并计算了归一化植被指数(NDVI)、比值植被指数(RVI)和绿色归一化植被指数(NDGI)作为光谱特征参数, 建立了玉米冠层叶绿素指标诊断的偏最小二乘法回归模型。结果表明, 建模R2达0.596 0, 预测R2达0.568 5, 该方法通过玉米多光谱图像特征参数评估叶片叶绿素含量, 可为大田玉米长势监测提供支持。     

Sevoflurane and nitrous oxide increase regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) in a drug-specific manner in human volunteers

Anesthesia for diagnostic procedures, e.g., MRI measurements, has increasingly used sevoflurane and nitrous oxide in recent years. Sevoflurane and nitrous oxide are known cerebrovasodilatators, however, which potentially interferes with MRI examination of cerebral hemodynamics. To compare the effects of relevant equianesthetic concentrations (0.4 MAC) of both drugs on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) we used contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) perfusion measurement, which has the advantage of providing regional anatomic resolution.

Sevoflurane increased rCBF more than did nitrous oxide in all regions except in parietal and frontal gray matter. Nitrous oxide, by contrast, increased rCBV in most of the gray matter regions more than did sevoflurane. In summary we show that, in contrast to nitrous oxide, sevoflurane supratentorially reversed the anterior-posterior gradient in rCBF and typically redistributed rCBF to infratentorial gray matter. In contrast, nitrous oxide increased rCBV more than did sevoflurane. Both inhalational anesthetics had a drug-specific influence on cerebral hemodynamics, which is of importance when interpreting MRI studies of cerebral hemodynamics in anesthetized patients.