Simultaneous hyperaccumulation of arsenic and antimony in Cretan brake fern: Evidence of plant uptake and subcellular distributions

Arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) show similar chemical properties and often present together in sulfide ores. Currently, phenomenon of co-contamination of As and Sb at some sites of the world has been increasingly emerged. The present study was conducted to explore the potential of Pteris cretica L. (Cretan brake fern), an arsenic (As) hyperaccumulator, to simultaneously accumulate As and Sb under hydroponic conditions. Arsenic was imposed at medium and high levels of 5 mg L^− 1 and 20 mg L^− 1, while Sb was imposed either single or co-presence with As at medium and high levels of 10 mg L^− 1 and 20 mg L^− 1, with no As and Sb addition as the control. The single and interactive effects of As and Sb on their uptake and subcellular distributions were analyzed. Cretan brake fern could accumulate high concentrations of As and Sb, with the highest concentrations of As and Sb been recorded as 1677.2 mg kg^− 1 and 1516.5 mg kg^− 1 in the fronds, respectively. Arsenic and Sb were found mainly in cytosol, while less in cell wall and cytoplasmic organelles. Sb uptake by Cretan brake fern was enhanced with increasing As levels, which was accompanied with an increase of Sb but a decrease of As in cytosol fractions. Arsenic uptake was slightly enhanced whereas suppressed when Sb was co-present in a medium and high level, respectively; however, in both conditions, As was found to be decreased in cytosol of the above ground parts as fronds and stems of Cretan brake fern. The results demonstrate Cretan brake fern can simultaneously hyperaccumulate As and Sb, thus is valued in phytoremediation of As and Sb co-contamination.     

On linearly Lindelöf and strongly discretely Lindelöf spaces

We prove that the cardinality of every first countable linearly Lindelöf Tychonoff space does not exceed , and every strongly discretely Lindelöf Tychonoff space of countable tightness is Lindelöf.

     

积因子求权重层次分析法在城市排序中的应用

克服传统层次分析法确定因素权重主观性太强的不足,结合积因子方法给出了积因子赋值求权重层次分析法,并利用该方法对黑龙江省各城市按可持续发展指标进行排序,得到符合实际的结果.     

Procyanidins are potent inhibitors of LOX-1: a new player in the French Paradox

Lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1) is an endothelial receptor for oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and plays multiple roles in the development of cardiovascular diseases. We screened more than 400 foodstuff extracts for identifying materials that inhibit oxLDL binding to LOX-1. Results showed that 52 extracts inhibited LOX-1 by more than 70% in cell-free assays. Subsequent cell-based assays revealed that a variety of foodstuffs known to be rich in procyanidins such as grape seed extracts and apple polyphenols, potently inhibited oxLDL uptake in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing LOX-1. Indeed, purified procyanidins significantly inhibited oxLDL binding to LOX-1 while other ingredients of apple polyphenols did not. Moreover, chronic administration of oligomeric procyanidins suppressed lipid accumulation in vascular wall in hypertensive rats fed with high fat diet. These results suggest that procyanidins are LOX-1 inhibitors and LOX-1 inhibition might be a possible underlying mechanism of the well-known vascular protective effects of red wine, the French Paradox.     

两参数齐次独立增量过程在原点的局部性质

Ａｄｌｅｒ曾经给出了两参数独立增量过程的特征函数的一般形式．本文对齐次情形给出了更具体的表达式，引进了累积量的概念．在此基础上，研究了比值Ｘ（ｓ，ｔ）／ｓｔ在原点的分布，单调过程在原点的局部性质以及任意过程在原点的局部增长．由此得到了Ｂｒｏｗｎ单和不包含高斯分量的过程在原点的局部增长．     

不锈钢(00Cr18Ni9)动态累积损伤研究

用一级压缩气体炮加载技术和可变平板电容传感技术，对不锈钢（００Ｃｒ１８Ｎｉ９） 动态累积损伤进行了实验研究，给出了层裂累积损伤连续度量的经验关系式，并对损伤度与动载历史的相互关系进行分析、讨论。     

Geometric approach to Fletcher's ideal penalty function

In this note, we derive a geometric formulation of an ideal penalty function for equality constrained problems. This differentiable penalty function requires no parameter estimation or adjustment, has numerical conditioning similar to that of the target function from which it is constructed, and also has the desirable property that the strict second-order constrained minima of the target function are precisely those strict second-order unconstrained minima of the penalty function which satisfy the constraints. Such a penalty function can be used to establish termination properties for algorithms which avoid ill-conditioned steps. Numerical values for the penalty function and its derivatives can be calculated efficiently using automatic differentiation techniques.     

On the accumulation of eigenvalues of operator pencils connected with the problem of vibrations in a viscoelastic rod

In this paper, we study the problem of the boundary accumulation of a discrete spectrum, which is essential for a boundary-value problem of fourth order arising in the theory of small transverse vibrations in an inhomogeneous viscoelastic rod (a Kelvin—Voigt body). We establish conditions for such an accumulation and its asymptotics, which are expressed in terms of the coefficients defining the problem posed by the differential expression. The results obtained are illustrated by numerical computation data.     

带有时滞的非定常企业投资系统的Lyapunov稳定性

讨论了企业投资系统的Lyapunov稳定性,得到了企业投资系统渐进稳定的充分条件和稳定的必要条件,并给出了企业投资系统的临界积累率的表达式,这个问题的研究对于促进我国经济高速、稳定持续增长具有重要的理论意义和现实指导价值.     

疲劳可靠性二维概率MINER准则

给出在裂纹起始阶段疲劳损伤演化规律的四个基本假设，即单调增、无耦合、可分高、不相交，由损伤力学原理得到等幅加载下个体Ｄ－Ｓ＿ａ－Ｓ＿ｍ－Ｎ等损伤曲面，推导出二维个体Ｍｉｎｅｒ准则，进而建立了母体在变幅以及随机时间历程加载下的二维概率Ｍｉｎｅｒ准则（Ｔｗｏ－ｄｉｍｅｎｓｉｏｎａｌＰｒｏｂａｂｉｌｉｓｔｉｃＭｉｎｅｒ’ｓＲｕｌｅ，即ＴＰＭＩＮＥＲ），并用测度论给予了证明．试验数据验证结果显示ＴＰＭＩＮＥＲ的预测值与试验值吻合良好，对工程结构疲劳可靠性分析有较好的应用价值．