5—HT1,5—HT2,5—HT3受体激动剂对离体蟾蜍心脏活动的影响

在离体蟾蜍心脏灌流标本中加入２．５，５．０，１０μｇ／２０μｌ三种不同剂量的（５－ＨＴ）后，可引起心输出量减少，心肌收缩力减弱，心率下降，并呈一定的量效关系。５－ＨＴ１受体激动剂ｐｉｐｅｒａｚｉｎｅ２．５，５．０，１０ｇ／２０μｌ时，对心率无明显影响，但可使心输出量增加，心肌收缩力加强，亦呈量效关系。     

Development of non-lethal sampling of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in salmonids: effects of lipid and inorganic components of fins

The preferred tissue for analyses of fish stable isotope ratios for most researchers is muscle, the sampling of which typically requires the specimen to be sacrificed. The use of non-destructive methods in fish isotopic research has been increasing recently, but as yet is not a standard procedure. Previous studies have reported varying levels of success regarding the utility of non-lethally obtained stable isotope materials, e.g. fins, but none have accounted for the potential compounding effects of inorganic components of fin rays or lipids. Comparisons of carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) stable isotope ratios of muscle with adipose and caudal fin of two salmonids, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and brown trout (Salmo trutta L.), revealed that caudal fin can be used as a non-destructive surrogate for muscle in stable isotope analysis, but that adipose fin, where available, is a better proxy. The use of a published model to inexpensively counteract the confounding effect of lipids, which are depleted in ¹³C, greatly improved the relationship between fish muscle and fins. However, efforts to account for the inorganic components of fin rays were counterproductive and required twice the biomass of fins clipped from each fish. As this experiment was conducted on wild fish, controlled laboratory studies are required to confirm these field observations.     

跑跳中下肢关节肌肉生物力学特性测试方法的研究

通过直接测量下肢环节的加速度后换算成角加速度,并利用积分平滑的方法处理下肢坐标数据,利用人体简化模型进行逆向动力学的研究,得到了跑动中下肢关节力矩的变化规律。本方法可用于跑跳中下肢关节肌肉力矩生物力学特性的研究。     

The role of strap muscles in phonation—In vivo caninelaryngeal model

In spite of the presumed importance of the strap muscles on laryngealvalving and speech production, there is little research concerning the physiological role and the functional differences among the strap muscles. Generally, the strap muscles have been shown to cause a decrease in the fundamental frequency (F₀) of phonation during contraction. In this study, an in vivo canine laryngeal model was used to show the effects of strap muscles on the laryngeal function by measuring the F₀, subglottic pressure, vocal intensity, vocal fold length, cricothyroid distance, and vertical laryngeal movement. Results demonstrated that the contraction of sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles corresponded to a rise in subglottic pressure, shortened cricothyroid distance, lengthened vocal fold, and raised F₀ and vocal intensity. The thyrohyoid muscle corresponded to lowered subglottic pressure, widened cricothyroid distance, shortened vocal fold, and lowered F₀ and vocal intensity. We postulate that the mechanism of altering F₀ and other variables after stimulation of the strap muscles is due to the effects of laryngotracheal pulling, upward or downward, and laryngotracheal forward bending, by the external forces during strap muscle contraction.     

烯碳材料在人工肌肉领域的应用进展

随着仿生机器人、智能控制及人工智能等领域的发展,传统的机械驱动方式已无法满足相关领域对致动系统提出的柔性、高效及多源刺激响应性等要求,因此需发展新型的人工肌肉材料。以碳纳米管和石墨烯为代表的烯碳材料具有轻质、高强、高电导率和柔性等特征,在人工肌肉领域展现出了巨大的应用潜力。以烯碳材料为基元构筑宏观组装体材料,或以烯碳材料为添加相制备纳米复合材料,可在微观和宏观架起桥梁,实现烯碳材料在人工肌肉领域的应用。本文基于上述两种应用形式,综述了烯碳材料在人工肌肉领域的应用进展。首先从一维纤维和二维薄膜的烯碳人工肌肉宏观表现形态出发,介绍了既作为结构材料,又提供了响应、驱动功能的烯碳材料在人工肌肉中的应用。接着从机电性能、可编程的响应形变以及传感功能三个方向,介绍了烯碳材料作为增强赋能相在人工肌肉材料中的功能性应用。最后阐述了基于烯碳材料人工肌肉的机遇与挑战。     

A Focus on Triazolium as a Multipurpose Molecular Station for pH-Sensitive Interlocked Crown-Ether-Based Molecular Machines

The control of motion of one element with respect to others in an interlocked architecture allows for different co-conformational states of a molecule. This can result in variations of physical or chemical properties. The increase of knowledge in the field of molecular interactions led to the design, the synthesis, and the study of various systems of molecular machinery in a wide range of interlocked architectures. In this field, the discovery of new molecular stations for macrocycles is an attractive way to conceive original molecular machines. In the very recent past, the triazolium moiety proved to interact with crown ethers in interlocked molecules, so that it could be used as an ideal molecular station. It also served as a molecular barrier in order to lock interlaced structures or to compartmentalize interlocked molecular machines. This review describes the recently reported examples of pH-sensitive triazolium-containing molecular machines and their peculiar features.     

Light‐Switchable Janus [2]Rotaxanes Based on α‐Cyclodextrin Derivatives Bearing Two Recognition Sites Linked with Oligo(ethylene glycol)

Two Janus [2]rotaxanes, 5a and 5b , with α‐cyclodextrin (α‐CD) derivatives substituted on the 6‐position with two recognition sites (azobenzene and heptamethylene (C7)) that were linked with linkers of different lengths (oligo(ethylene glycol) with a degree of polymerization equal to 2 or approximately 21) were synthesized and characterized. 2D ROESY NMR spectroscopy and circular dichroism (cd) spectra demonstrated that the recognition site of the α‐CD moiety was switched by photoisomerization of the azobenzene moiety in 5a and 5b . The different size changes of 5a and 5b in hydrodynamic radius (R_H) owing to the different length of linker between two recognition sites were observed by pulse‐field‐gradient spin‐echo NMR spectroscopy. The kinetic results indicated that the different length of linker had no or a weak effect for the photoisomerization process of 5a and 5b .     

Effects of d.c. potential patterns on the performance of ion‐exchange polymer based molecular actuators

The dynamic performance (i.e. displacement, current, velocity, and force) of ion‐exchange polymer based actuators (the Nafion?/platinum electrodes) have been examined by developing instrumentation. The CCD imaging technique was examined to evaluate the displacement under the various d.c. potential patterns. Two different d.c. potential patterns with or without a rest were applied to the electrodes at 0.1 Hz. It was better to take a rest at 0 V for the polarization back and forth between +2 and ?2 V to give lower current consumption and longer displacement. The actuator produced the force of ca. 0.95 g at 3.25 V in air. The result also demonstrated that higher overpotential has to be avoided to maintain the maximum force. The generative force is in inverse proportion to the length of the actuators. The dimension of the film strongly governs the force production and its performance. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fundamental frequency and tracheal pressure during three types of vocalizations elicited from anesthetized dogs

Electrical stimulation of the midbrain was used to elicit a variety of vocalizations from six anesthetized dogs. This study was conducted to investigate the ranges of and relationships between fundamental frequency of the vocalizations (F₀) and tracheal pressure (P_t) produced during the vocalizations. The vocalizations were described according to type (growl, howl, and whine); F₀ and P_t, as well as patterns of laryngeal muscle activity, were examined for each vocalization type. Natural-sounding growl and howl vocalizations were elicited from five dogs; three dogs also produced whines. With few exceptions, F₀ was categorically different for the three vocalization types (low for growls, average for howls, very high for whines). P_t values overlapped for the three vocalization types, although, on average, howls were produced with greater P_t than growls. Patterns and degrees of laryngeal muscle activity varied across and within vocalization types, but general findings were consistent with the presumed function of most of the muscles. Laryngeal muscle activity may help explain some of the variability in the acoustic and aerodynamic data.