Influence of cholesterol on the bilayer properties of monounsaturated phosphatidylcholine unilamellar vesicles

The influence of cholesterol on the structure of unilamellar-vesicle (ULV) phospholipid bilayers is studied using small-angle neutron scattering. ULVs made up of short-, mid- and long-chain monounsaturated phospholipids (diCn :1PC, n = 14 , 18, 22, respectively) are examined over a range (0-45mol %) of cholesterol concentrations. Cholesterol's effect on bilayer structure is characterized through changes to the lipid's transmembrane thickness, lateral area and headgroup hydration. For all three lipids, analysis of the experimental data shows that the addition of cholesterol results in a monotonic increase of these parameters. In the case of the short- and mid-chain lipids, this is an expected result, however, such a finding was unexpected for the long-chain lipid. This implies that cholesterol has a pronounced effect on the lipid's hydrocarbon chain organization.     

植被双向反射分布函数的模型及其发展

介绍了双向反射分布函数(BRDF)的概念和反映植被特性的归一化植被指数(NDVI)、增强植被指数(EVI)、差值植被指数(DVI)等一些重要指数参数。评述了近年发展起来的植被BRDF模型的构建方法,例如统计反演方法,MODIS植被指数合成法和集合卡曼滤波法(EnKF)。分析了目标表面BRDF数据的获取方法和改进的驱动核算法。对BRDF模型的发展趋势进行了展望。     

Effects of confinement on static and dynamical properties of water

Molecular-dynamics results on water confined in a silica pore are reviewed and discussed in connection with experiments performed on water in Vycor and with studies of water in contact with proteins. The properties of confined water are studied as a function of both temperature and hydration level. The interaction of water in the film close to the substrate with the silica atoms induces a strong distortion of the hydrogen bond network. At high hydration levels a double dynamical regime is observed. At low hydration an anomalous diffusion is found upon supercooling with a transition from a Brownian to a non-Brownian regime on approaching the substrate in agreement with results found in studies of water in contact with globular proteins.Received: 1 January 2003, Published online: 14 October 2003PACS: 61.20.-p Structure of liquids - 61.20.Ja Computer simulation of liquid structure     

阵列光镊的发展与应用

在生命科学研究中和在微量液体环境下分离液体中的细胞、生物大分子或胶体颗粒一直是一项具有挑战性的工作。"光镊"技术自20世纪80年代被提出到现在,在生命科学研究领域已经得到了日益广泛的运用。激光对细胞捕获的作用已得到进一步扩展,二维"光镊阵列"技术是近年来"光镊"技术中最重要的发展之一。讨论了阵列光镊的发展现状及基本原理,分析了它在生命科学中的应用,并对其发展趋势进行了展望。     

拟南芥胚的不同区域对MeV离子辐照的响应

利用不同能量的质子在大气环境中辐照拟南芥的含水种子，能量从1.1MeV到6.5MeV.根据模拟计算结果，相应能量的离子对种子的损伤区域分别为胚的浅层、胚的一半和整个胚.本实验中，具有较高能量的质子可以完全均匀地作用于拟南芥生长、发育及遗传密切相关的胚茎端分生组织，而能量较低的质子则不能直接作用于茎端分生组织.实验所用质子注量范围为4×10⁹ions/cm²—1×10¹⁴ions/cm².实验结果显示，虽然拟南芥种子的发芽率和幼苗存活率随离子注量增加都呈现下降的趋势，但对应于不同的胚损伤区域，即在不同的入射质子能量条件下，注量曲线具有各自的特征.实验结果显示，拟南芥种子中除了胚茎端分生组织作为对离子辐照敏感的辐射主靶外，茎端分生组织之外的胚区域可能作为离子辐射次靶，影响到最终的辐射生物学效应. 关键词： 离子辐照 拟南芥 胚区域 生物效应     

重离子治疗计划系统的构想

对重离子柬治癌的优势进行简要的回顾，并着重介绍了用于重离子放射治疗的治疗计划系统。治疗计划系统是一套软件系统，不同的硬件设施应有与其相匹配的软件系统，即治疗计划系统。在此基础上，针对兰州重离子加速器的特点提出一些关于治疗计划系统方面的构想。After a brief review concerning the advantages of heavy ions in radiotherapy, more interests are concentrated on treatment planning system （TPS） for heavy ion radiotherapy. Compared to the hardware devices such as accelerator and beam delivery system, the TPS is a set of software system, and different therapy facilities require their corresponding TPSs. Based on the specialities of the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou （HIIRFL）, some suggestions on the TPS for tumor therapy at HIRFL finally are given.     

Charge transport in a polypeptide chain

Charge transport is one important example of signal transduction in a protein which is responsible for action at a distance, and is a fundamental process in biochemical action. A model is presented in which electronic effects interact with motional processes to combine into a bifunctional model. This model is investigated with new detailed molecular dynamics calculations and successfully explains such action at a distance. Received 1st February 2002 / Received in final form 26 May 2002 Published online 13 September 2002     

基于生物视觉center-surround机制的光团目标检测与跟踪

基于生物视觉的center-surround机制,提出一种用改进的LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian)算子检测光团目标的方法。首先明确了光团目标的成像模型,分析了LoG算子的性质及其响应,接着提出了归一化的LoG算子。理论上指出该算子可用于检测光团目标。仿真和实验证明：该算子可以用于检测图像中已知大小和未知大小的光团目标,并且实用性优于其他常规方法。结合Kalman滤波和粒子滤波,该算子还可以用于序列图像中单目标和刚体的跟踪。理论推导和实验结果表明,该方法是稳健和高效的。     

基于CdSe@ZnS量子点水溶性纳米粒子的制备及荧光性能

作为一种新型的荧光探针,量子点（QD）已经受到越来越多的重视,制备工艺也显得格外重要。水相中合成的量子点效率低,油相中的量子点经过转相以后效率也大大衰减。本论文利用再沉淀包覆的方法制备了具有良好的水溶性的掺杂绿光CdSe@ZnS的纳米颗粒G-NPs（534 nm）和掺杂红光CdSe@ZnS的纳米颗粒R-NPs（610 nm）,具有窄的半峰宽（G-NPs~29 nm,R-NPs~31 nm）,较小的粒径（45 nm）,并在此基础上通过发射光谱与荧光衰减研究了量子点之间的能量传递现象。该方法保留了量子点原来的性质,基于其优良的光学性质,对人类肝细胞肝癌细胞株（HepG2）进行了荧光标记,从共聚焦成像实验结果看出,纳米颗粒得到了良好的吞噬效果。     

Modified Kudryashov method via new exact solutions for some conformable fractional differential equations arising in mathematical biology

In this study, the modified Kudryashov method is used to construct new exact solutions for some conformable fractional differential equations. By implementing the conformable fractional derivative and compatible fractional complex transforms, the fractional generalized reaction duffing (RD) model equation, the fractional biological population model and the fractional diffusion reaction (DR) equation with quadratic and cubic nonlinearity are discussed. As an outcome, some new exact solutions are formally established. All solutions have been verified back into its corresponding equation with the aid of maple package program. We assure that the employed method is simple and robust for the estimation of the new exact solutions, and practically capable for reducing the size of computational work for solving a various class of fractional differential equations arising in applied mathematics, mathematical physics and biology.