Dynamic Variation of Amino Acid Contents and Identification of Sterols in Xinyang Mao Jian Green Tea

As important biomolecules in Camellia sinensis L., amino acids (AAs) are considered to contribute to the overall green tea sensory quality and undergo dynamic changes during growth. However, limited by analytical capacity, detailed AAs composition in different growth stages remains unclear. To address this question, we analyzed the dynamic changes of 23 AAs during leaf growth in Xinyang Mao Jian (XYMJ) green tea. Using amino acid analyzer, we demonstrated that most AAs are abundant on Pure Brightness Day and Grain Rain Day. After Grain Rain, 23 AAs decreased significantly. Further analysis shows that theanine has a high level on the day before Spring Equinox and Grain Rain, accounting for 44–61% of the total free AAs content in tea leaves. Glu, Pro, and Asp are the second most abundant AAs. Additionally, spinasterol and 22,23-dihydrospinasterol are first purified and identified in ethanol extract of XYMJ by silica gel column chromatography method. This study reveals the relationship between plucking days and the dynamic changes of AAs during the growth stage and proves the rationality of the traditional plucking days of XYMJ green tea.     

Design,Synthesis, and In Vitro and In Vivo Antifungal Activity of Novel Triazoles Containing Phenylethynyl Pyrazole Side Chains

A series of triazole derivatives containing phenylethynyl pyrazole moiety as side chain were designed, synthesized, and most of them exhibited good in vitro antifungal activities. Especially, compounds 5k and 6c showed excellent in vitro activities against C. albicans (MIC = 0.125, 0.0625 μg/mL), C. neoformans (MIC = 0.125, 0.0625 μg/mL), and A. fumigatus (MIC = 8.0, 4.0 μg/mL). Compound 6c also exerted superior activity to compound 5k and fluconazole in inhibiting hyphae growth of C. albicans and inhibiting drug-resistant strains of C. albicans, and it could reduce fungal burdens in mice kidney at a dosage of 1.0 mg/kg. An in vivo efficacy evaluation indicated that 6c could effectively protect mice models from C. albicans infection at doses of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/kg. These results suggested that compound 6c deserves further investigation.     

Application of Two Novel Acoustic Emission Parameters on Identifying the Instability of Granite

The issue of monitoring and early warning of rock instability has received increasing critical attention in the study of rock engineering. To investigate the damage evolution process of granite under triaxial compression tests, acoustic emission (AE) tests were performed simultaneously. This study firstly introduced two novel parameters, i.e., the coefficient of variation (CoV) of the information entropy and correlation dimension of the amplitude data from the AE tests, to identify the precursor of the failure of granite. Then the relationship between the changes in these parameters and the stress-time curve was compared and analyzed. The results of this study show that: (1) There is a strong correlation between the CoV of the information entropy and the failure process of granite. The granite failed when the CoV curve raised to a plateau, which could be used as an indicator of rock instability. (2) The fluctuation of the correlation dimension indicates the different stages during the loading process, i.e., the initial compaction stage, the linear elastic stage, the yield stage, and the failure stage. Each stage contains a descending and a rising process in the correlation dimension curve, and the exhibited starting point or the bottom point at the correlation dimension curve could be selected as the indicator point for the rock instability. (3) The combined analysis of the Information entropy and Correlation dimension can improve the accuracy of rock instability prediction. This study provides new insights into the prediction of rock instability, which has theoretical implications for the stability of subsurface engineering rock masses.     

Joint Detection of Community and Structural Hole Spanner of Networks in Hyperbolic Space

Community detection and structural hole spanner (the node bridging different communities) identification, revealing the mesoscopic and microscopic structural properties of complex networks, have drawn much attention in recent years. As the determinant of mesoscopic structure, communities and structural hole spanners discover the clustering and hierarchy of networks, which has a key impact on transmission phenomena such as epidemic transmission, information diffusion, etc. However, most existing studies address the two tasks independently, which ignores the structural correlation between mesoscale and microscale and suffers from high computational costs. In this article, we propose an algorithm for simultaneously detecting communities and structural hole spanners via hyperbolic embedding (SDHE). Specifically, we first embed networks into a hyperbolic plane, in which, the angular distribution of the nodes reveals community structures of the embedded network. Then, we analyze the critical gap to detect communities and the angular region where structural hole spanners may exist. Finally, we identify structural hole spanners via two-step connectivity. Experimental results on synthetic networks and real networks demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm compared with several state-of-the-art methods.     

Cloning,Expression, Purification,and Characterization of β-Galactosidase from Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum

Expression and purification of β-galactosidases derived from Bifidobacterium provide a new resource for efficient lactose hydrolysis and lactose intolerance alleviation. Here, we cloned and expressed two β-galactosidases derived from Bifidobacterium. The optimal pH for BLGLB1 was 5.5, and the optimal temperature was 45 °C, at which the enzyme activity of BLGLB1 was higher than that of commercial enzyme E (300 ± 3.6 U/mg) under its optimal conditions, reaching 2200 ± 15 U/mg. The optimal pH and temperature for BPGLB1 were 6.0 and 45 °C, respectively, and the enzyme activity (0.58 ± 0.03 U/mg) under optimum conditions was significantly lower than that of BLGLB1. The structures of the two β-galactosidase were similar, with all known key sites conserved. When o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactoside (oNPG) was used as an enzyme reaction substrate, the maximum reaction velocity (V_max) for BLGLB1 and BPGLB1 was 3700 ± 100 U/mg and 1.1 ± 0.1 U/mg, respectively. The kinetic constant (K_m) of BLGLB1 and BPGLB1 was 1.9 ± 0.1 and 1.3 ± 0.3 mmol/L, respectively. The respective catalytic constant (k_cat) of BLGLB1 and BPGLB1 was 1700 ± 40 s⁻¹ and 0.5 ± 0.02 s⁻¹, respectively; the respective k_cat/K_m value of BLGLB1 and BPGLB1 was 870 L/(mmol∙s) and 0.36 L/(mmol∙s), respectively. The K_m, k_cat and V_max values of BLGLB1 were superior to those of earlier reported β-galactosidase derived from Bifidobacterium. Overall, BLGLB1 has potential application in the food industry.     

近江牡蛎受精细胞学研究

用醋酸──地衣红染色的方法对近江牡蛎人工授精的卵子减数分裂和受精过程进行了详细的细胞学观察．精子入卵前，卵子处于第一次减数分裂的前期（胚泡期），精子入卵后，胚泡消失，然后进行两次减数分裂，在海水温度为２８．８℃的情况下，授精后３３ｍｉｎ和４５ｍｉｎ，绝大部分受精卵已排出第一极体和第二极体，雄原核可在第一极体排出后及第二极体排出前任何时期内形成，雌雄原核以联合的方式将两组染色体合并，授精后１ｈ，大部分卵子完成第一次卵裂．在２５℃和２６℃授精的情况下，观察到了较多的多精入卵的现象．卵子发育的非同步性现象非常明显．     

Theoretical analysis on double Rayleigh backscattering noise in optical fibreRaman amplifiers and its suppression

In this paper, amplified double Rayleigh backscattering noise (DRB) in the optical fibre Raman amplifier is analysed. Expressions are presented for both forward pumping and backward pumping schemes. Calculation is performed to show the effective suppression of DRB noise by employing an optical isolator. The optimal position for the isolator is determined and is found to be insensitive to the power levels of the signals and pumps. The results show that a reduction of the DRB noise by almost 2 to 3 orders can be reached.     

基于快速傅里叶变换和汉克耳变换的逆阿贝尔变换

激光等离子体实验中的轴对称的Ｘ光的体发射强度及光学全息干涉的测量,需要采用逆阿贝尔（Ａｂｅｌ）变换。用快速傅里叶变换（ＦＦＴ）和汉克耳（Ｈａｎｋｅｌ）变换的算法数值求解逆阿贝尔变换,具有精度高、可在频域内滤波的特点。     

Landsat-8的舟山近岸海域总悬浮物遥感反演与时空变异研究

总悬浮物(TSM)是海洋水质和水环境评价的主要参数之一。舟山海域位于杭州湾边缘,泥沙含量多,总悬浮物长期处于高浓度状态,其分布与动态变化对近岸水质、水循环以及该区域的渔业、旅游业都有较大影响。Landsat-8卫星影像作为一种应用广泛、空间分辨率高、便于获取的光学信息,可以为舟山海域的TSM观测提供有力的技术手段。利用舟山近岸海域实测TSM吸收系数a_p(440)和水面光谱,开发了基于Landsat-8反演TSM的最优模型,发现基于近红外和蓝色波段比B5/B2的S-函数和线性函数模型反演精度较好,相对于线性模型,S-函数具有更强的鲁棒性,该模型形式为a_p=3.72/(0.009+e-5.249B5/B2),克服了常用函数模型（如线性、对数、指数函数）应用于实际卫星影像时出现光谱幅度范围受限的困难。海岸带内陆复杂水体水色遥感的另一难点是大气校正,以往的研究往往只采用某种大气校正模型,但该模型不一定适合研究水域,从而使得校正结果并不一定是最优的。在本研究中,验证比较了FLAASH,6S和ACOLITE三种大气校正方法面向Landsat-8水色反演的校正结果,发现ACOLITE方法获取的光谱形状最准确,误差最小,特别在蓝色波段,明显好于FLAASH和6S方法。将最优模型应用于舟山近岸海域2013到2018年的10幅Landsat-8图像。实测数据和反演结果显示：舟山近岸海域的TSM吸收系数a_p(440)的变化范围在1.64～417.04 m-1,均值118.47 m-1,TSM吸收占水体总吸收的90%以上,该海域实测的水面光谱形状呈现典型的河口海岸带复杂浑浊水体的光谱特征,很多光谱曲线具有双峰特征,遥感反射率幅值较大,特别是红色、近红外波段,由于受河口高浓度TSM的影响,遥感反射率高于远海较清洁的海水;衢山、洋山、宁波等近岸区域的TSM浓度明显高于东极、嵊泗等远海区域,随河口羽化区呈现由高到低的梯度变化,在近岸区域分布复杂,外海区域分布较为均匀。在时间分布上具有冬季浓度远高于夏季的特点,其中12月最高,最大值为413.32 m-1,8月最低,最小值为3.69 m-1,5月、10月期间也有TSM的局部峰值。这些TSM时空变异特征表明舟山海域悬浮物的分布和变化一方面受地形、海流、潮汐、季风、台风等自然环境因素的影响,另一方面也受如海运、港口建设、海岛旅游等人类活动的较大影响。     

硼玻璃中Sm3+离子的衰减及交叉弛豫

本文从Sm3+的衰减特性及能级跃迁性质两个方面研究Sm3+离子间的相互作用.一方面研究不同浓度Sm3+的衰减性质,利用Hirayama的理论确立相互作用的性质,另一方面研究相关能级的跃迁性质,从而证实由衰减所得结论的合理性.