Approaches to prediction of impact of Qinghai-Tibet Railway construction on alpine ecosystems alongside and its recovery

With the aid of the Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, the ecosystem pattern and fragility distribution maps of the 50-km-wide zone along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway were compiled and by using the superimposition method, range, area and indexes of the impact of various engineering activities on the ecosystems alongside the railway were studied. By making reference to the ecosystem recovery process of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, mechanisms of recovery of the alpine ecosystems alongside the Qinghai-Tibet Railway were studied and extents and rates of the recovery were predicted.The results indicate that the impact of the railway engineering on the Alpine ecosystem depends mainly on how much the original surface soil in the zone has been disturbed and how fragile of the ecosystem per se. Restoration of vegetation coverage and species abundance shows a significantly reverse relationship with disturbance of the original surface soil but an extremely positive one with the length of the restoration period and mean annual precipitation and annual mean relative humidity in the period and no obvious bearings with altitude and temperature. In sections with an annual precipitation over 200mm, as long as a certain percentage of original soil is left in situ, it takes only 30 years or so for biodiversity to get basically restored to the original level after the construction is completed but at least 45-60 years or more for vegetation coverage.     

基于自识别水印模式的抗几何攻击水印算法研究

提出了一种不依赖于同步性的抗几何攻击的水印算法,通过对水印模式结构进行精心设计,使得其自身具有可识别性,通过对不同结构的水印模式进行识别,从而判断对应的水印信号.算法从根本上消除了同步性的依赖,也不需要对图像进行区域剖分和规范化,因此大大节省计算消耗.实验结果表明,该水印算法对旋转、缩放、裁剪、改变纵横比等几何操作具有鲁棒性,同时对高斯噪声、低通滤波等信号处理操作也具有鲁棒性.     

铕掺杂氧化钇的密度泛函第一性原理研究

基于第一性原理密度泛函,开展了氧化钇(Y_2O_3)的晶体结构和电子性质的计算研究,对比实验结果验证了计算方法的可行性.通过超元胞模型的密度泛函计算,探究了氧化钇主要本征点缺陷和不同格点阳离子铕(Eu)取代掺杂的形成能.结果表明,富氧条件有利于Eu杂质原子掺入氧化钇晶格,低费米能条件下,Eu原子易于取代周围6个O原子具有中心反演对称性的钇原子;在高费米能条件下,杂质原子对两种格点钇原子取代几率相等.本研究对于提升Eu掺杂氧化钇的发光效率具有一定的指导意义.     

Recognition of Vehicles Entering Expressway Service Areas and Estimation of Dwell Time Using ETC Data

To scientifically and effectively evaluate the service capacity of expressway service areas (ESAs) and improve the management level of ESAs, we propose a method for the recognition of vehicles entering ESAs (VeESAs) and estimation of vehicle dwell times using electronic toll collection (ETC) data. First, the ETC data and their advantages are described in detail, and then the cleaning rules are designed according to the characteristics of the ETC data. Second, we established feature engineering according to the characteristics of VeESA and proposed the XGBoost-based VeESA recognition (VR-XGBoost) model. Studied the driving rules in depth, we constructed a kinematics-based vehicle dwell time estimation (K-VDTE) model. The field validation in Part A/B of Yangli ESA using real ETC transaction data demonstrates that the effectiveness of our proposal outperforms the current state-of-the-art. Specifically, in Part A and Part B, the recognition accuracies of VR-XGBoost are 95.9% and 97.4%, respectively, the mean absolute errors (MAEs) of dwell time are 52 and 14 s, respectively, and the root mean square errors (RMSEs) are 69 and 22 s, respectively. In addition, the confidence level of controlling the MAE of dwell time within 2 min is more than 97%. This work can effectively recognize the VeESA and accurately estimate the dwell time, which can provide a reference idea and theoretical basis for the service capacity evaluation and layout optimization of the ESA.     

Synthesis of Potential Antiviral Agents for SARS-CoV-2 Using Molecular Hybridization Approach

We synthesized a set of small molecules using a molecular hybridization approach with good yields. The antiviral properties of the synthesized conjugates against the SAR-CoV-2 virus were investigated and their cytotoxicity was also determined. Among all the synthesized conjugates, compound 9f showed potential against SARS-CoV-2 and low cytotoxicity. The conjugates’ selectivity indexes (SIs) were determined to correlate the antiviral properties and cytotoxicity. The observed biological data were further validated using computational studies.     

New 11-Methoxymethylgermacranolides from the Whole Plant of Carpesium divaricatum

Eight new 11-methoxymethylgermacranolides (1–8) were isolated from the ethanol extract of the whole plant of Carpesium divaricatum. The planar structures and relative configurations of the new compounds were determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configuration of 1 was established by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectrum and X-ray crystallographic analysis, and the stereochemistry of the new compounds 2–8 were determined by similar ECD data with 1. The absolute configurations of 5 and 7 were further confirmed by using quantum chemical electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Compound 4 exhibited weak cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cells. Compound 8 could potently decrease PGE2 productions in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells.     

Design,Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel and Potent Protein Arginine Methyltransferases 5 Inhibitors for Cancer Therapy

Protein arginine methyltransferases 5 (PRMT5) is a clinically promising epigenetic target that is upregulated in a variety of tumors. Currently, there are several PRMT5 inhibitors under preclinical or clinical development, however the established clinical inhibitors show favorable toxicity. Thus, it remains an unmet need to discover novel and structurally diverse PRMT5 inhibitors with characterized therapeutic utility. Herein, a series of tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) derivatives were designed and synthesized as PRMT5 inhibitors using GSK-3326595 as the lead compound. Among them, compound 20 (IC₅₀: 4.2 nM) exhibits more potent PRMT5 inhibitory activity than GSK-3326595 (IC₅₀: 9.2 nM). In addition, compound 20 shows high anti-proliferative effects on MV-4-11 and MDA-MB-468 tumor cells and low cytotoxicity on AML-12 hepatocytes. Furthermore, compound 20 possesses acceptable pharmacokinetic profiles and displays considerable in vivo antitumor efficacy in a MV-4-11 xenograft model. Taken together, compound 20 is an antitumor compound worthy of further study.     

A Unique,Porous C3N4 Nanotube for Electrochemiluminescence with High Emission Intensity and Long-Term Stability: The Role of Calcination Atmosphere

Developing excellent strategies to optimize the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) performance of C₃N₄ materials remains a challenge due to the electrode passivation, causing weak and unstable light emission. A strategy of controlling the calcination atmosphere was proposed to improve the ECL performance of C₃N₄ nanotubes. Interestingly, we found that calcination atmosphere played a key role in specific surface area, pore-size and crystallinity of C₃N₄ nanotubes. The C₃N₄ nanotubes prepared in the Air atmosphere (C₃N₄ NT-Air) possess a larger specific surface area, smaller pore-size and better crystallinity, which is crucial to improve ECL properties. Therefore, more C₃N₄^•− excitons could be produced on C₃N₄ NT-Air, reacting with the SO₄^•− during the electrochemical reaction, which can greatly increase the ECL signal. Furthermore, when C₃N₄ nanotube/K₂S₂O₈ system is proposed as a sensing platform, it offers a high sensitivity, and good selectivity for the detection of Cu²⁺, with a wide linear range of 0.25 nM~1000 nM and a low detection limit of 0.08 nM.     

Exploration of Antimicrobial Ingredients in Psoralea corylifolia L. Seed and Related Mechanism against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

With the abuse of antibiotics, bacterial antibiotic resistance is becoming a major public healthcare issue. Natural plants, especially traditional Chinese herbal medicines, which have antibacterial activity, are important sources for discovering potential bacteriostatic agents. This study aimed to develop a fast and reliable method for screening out antimicrobial compounds targeting the MRSA membrane from Psoralea corylifolia Linn. seed. A UPLC-MS/MS method was applied to identify the prenylated flavonoids in major fractions from the extracts of Psoralea corylifolia Linn. seed. The broth microdilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of different fractions and compounds. The morphological and ultrastructural changes of MRSA were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The membrane-targeting mechanism of the active ingredients was explored by membrane integrity assays, membrane fluidity assays, membrane potential assays, ATP, and ROS determination. We identified eight prenylated flavonoids in Psoralea corylifolia Linn. seed. The antibacterial activity and mechanism studies showed that this type of compound has a unique destructive effect on MRSA cell membranes and does not result in drug resistance. The results revealed that prenylated flavonoids in Psoralea corylifolia Linn. seeds are promising candidates for the development of novel antibiotic agents to combat MRSA-associated infections.     

国家能源安全的作用机制分析

能源、经济、社会是一个复杂的大系统,通过它们之间关系的分析,界定国家能源安全的前向和后向作用机制。采用因素分析法,通过对前向作用机制的分析,归纳出影响国家能源安全的因素包括国际和国内两个方面,而国内方面又包括国内经济因素、安全控制力因素和能源本身因素三个部分;依据社会福利准则,构建效用函数模型,通过对后向作用机制的分析,说明促进国家能源安全对社会福利水平的提升,主要应该通过提高消费效用弹性(q值),降低贴现率(r值)和延长能源耗竭期(T年)三种途径。