简介:MicroRNAs(miRNAs)areendogenouslyexpressednon-codingRNAsof20-24nucleotides,whichpost-transcriptionallyregulategeneexpressioninplantsandanimals.RecentlyithasbeenrecognizedthatmiRNAscompriseoneoftheabundantgenefamiliesinmulticellularspecies,andtheirregulatoryfunctionsinvariousbiologicalprocessesarewidelyspread.Therehasbeenasurgeintheresearchactivitiesinthisfieldinthepastfewyears.Fromtheverybeginning,computationalmethodshavebeenutilizedasindispensabletools,andmanydiscoverieshavebeenobtainedthroughcombinationofexperimentalandcomputationalapproaches.Inthisreview,bothbiologicalandcomputationalaspectsofmiRNAwillbediscussed.AbriefhistoryofthediscoveryofmiRNAanddiscussionofmicroarrayapplicationsinmiRNAresearcharealsoincluded.
简介:ONMECHANICALPROPERTYOFCONSTRAINTWeiYang(韦杨);LiangLifu(梁立孚);LiangZhongwei(梁忠伟)(ReceivedSep.6,1994;CommunicatedbyChienWeizang)A...
简介:Anacousticbasedinstrument,theABSAcousticBubbleSpectrometer??(ABS),wasinvestigatedforthedetectionandquantificationofbubblesinbiologicalmedia.Theseincludeviscoelasticmedia(blood),materialsofvaryingdensity(boneintissue),non-homogenousdistributionofbubbles(intravenousbubblyflow),andbubblesmigratingintissue(decompressionsickness,DCS).TheperformanceoftheABSwasdemonstratedinaseriesoflaboratoryexperiments.Validationofthecodewasperformedusingaviscoelasticpolymersolution,Polyox,inwhichthebubblesizedistributionandvoidfractionweredeterminedbyABSmeasurementsandwithimageanalysisofhighspeedvideos.ThesetestsshowedthattheaccuracyoftheABSwasnotsignificantlyaffectedbyviscoelasticityforbubblessmallerthan200microns.TheABSdetectionandmeasurementofnon-homogenousbubbledistributionswasdemonstratedusingabubblyflowthroughasimulatedveinsurroundedbytissue.Thescatterofacousticsignalsduetobonesintheacousticpathwaywasalsoinvestigated.Thesein-vitroexperimentsweredoneusingmeat(beef)asatissuesimulant.Decompressionexperimentsweredoneusingbeefmeatwhichwasheldunderwaterathighpressure(9.9atm)thenrapidlydecompressed.Bubblesizedistributionsandvoidfractioncalculationsintheseexperimentswerethenvalidatedusingimageanalysisofhighspeedvideo.Inaddition,preliminaryexperimentswereperformedwiththeUSNavyMedicalResearchCenter,demonstratingtheutilityofthemodifiedABSsystemindetectingtheevolutionofbubblesinswineundergoingdecompressionsickness(DCS).TheseresultsindicatethattheABSmaybeusedtodetectandquantifytheevolutionofbubblesin-vivoandaidinthemonitoringofDCS.
简介:Anopen-endedcoaxiallinereflectionmethodespeciallysuitableformeas-uringthedielectricpropertiesofbiologicaltissueinvivoisdescribed.Thismethodofferstheadvantageofnotrequiringanyspecialpreparationofthesamplestobemeasuredbutaclosecontactwiththeopenendofacoaxialline.Itis,therefore,veryconvenienttoacquirealargenumberofmeasurementdatainbroadbandrapidly.Themethodmayalsobeusedtomeasurethepropertiesofothersubstances.ThemeasuringsystemconsistsofanetworkanalyzercontrolledbyamicrocomputerandcalibratedbyusingANAproceduretoelimi-hatetheinflunceoferrornetworkintroducedbytheadapter,someconnectors,etc.Inor-dertoreachhigheraccuracy,theiterativemethodisusedtodeterminetheparametersoftheequivalentcircuit.Measurementsofpermeativitiesofsomelivingtissueshavebeenper-formedinthefrequencybandof0.5-2GHz.Comparedwiththeresultsknowninsomepapers,thevalidityofthismethodhasbeenconfirmed.Thedifferenceindielectricproper-tiesbetweenlivinganddeadtissues,andthetissuepermeativites(ε)versusfrequencyanddurationofmeasurementafterdeathhavealsobeenmeasured.
简介:Thispaperdiscussesproblemsinbio-pulping,putsforwardtheresolutiontotheseproblems,andpointsouttheadvantagesofbio-pulpingandfuturedevelopmentpotential.
简介:Intheindustrializedcountriesthemaingoalatthenationalhealthcarepolicymakinglevelistocontaincostswithoutcompromizingthetwogoalsofhealthcare:accessandquality.Atthesametimemedicineisevolvingthroughinevntions,inno-vationsandimprovements.Technologieswhichcanbeusedtoprolonglifebutwhicharenotcurativehavealsoimprovedandbecomewidelyused.Withtheageingpopu-lationsoftheindustrializedcountriescontainingcostsisgettingextremelydifficult.
简介:Biologicalelementsusuallyexerttheirfunctionsthroughinteractionswithotherstoformvarioustypesofbiologicalnetworks.Theabilityofcontrollingthedynamicsofbiologicalnetworksisofenormousbenefitstopharmaceuticalandmedicalindustryaswellasscientificresearch.Thoughtherearemanymathematicalmethodsforsteeringdynamicsystemstowardsdesiredstates,themethodsareusuallynotfeasibleforapplyingtocomplexbiologicalnetworks.Thedifficultiescomefromthelackofaccuratemodelthatcancapturethedynamicsofinteractionsbetweenbiologicalelementsandthefactthatmanymathematicalmethodsarecomputationallyintractableforlarge-scalenetworks.Recently,aconceptincontroltheory--controllability,hasbeenappliedtoinvestigatethedynamicsofcomplexnetworks.Inthisarticle,recentadvancesonthecontrollabilityofcomplexnetworksandapplicationstobiologicalnetworksarereviewed.Developingdynamicmodelsisthepriorconcernforanalyzingdynamicsofbiologicalnetworks.First,weintroduceawidelyuseddynamicmodelforinvestigatingcontrollabilityofcomplexnetworks.Thenrecentstudiesoftheoremsandalgorithmsforhavingcomplexbiologicalnetworkscontrollableingeneralorspecificapplicationscenariosarereviewed.Finally,applicationstorealbiologicalnetworksmanifestthatinvestigatingthecontrollabilityofbiologicalnetworkscanshedlightsonmanycriticalphysiologicalormedicalproblems,suchasrevealingbiologicalmechanismsandidentifyingdrugtargets,fromasystematicperspective.
简介:SurveyonbiologicalfoulingandcorrosionofvesselsINTRODUCTIONSincethesteelshellvesselscameintobeing,biologicalfoulingandcorrosio...
简介:Thispaperprovesthat,underthehypothesisg(t,0,0)≡0andsomenaturalassumptions,thegeneratorgofabackwardstochasticdifferentialequationcanbeuniquelydeterminedbythecorrespondingg-expectationswithallterminalconditions.ThemainresultofthispaperalsoconfirmsandextendsPengShige'sconjecture.
简介:Considerasystemcontainingatypeofndevices.Eachdeviceconsistsofmparts.Givenmnpartsforndeviceswithdifferentworkingprobabilities,howdowegroupthemintondevicessuchthatthesystemismostreliable.Amonotonicgroupingmeansthatthebestpartsareputtogether,thenthebestremainingpartsareputtogether,etc..Asufficientandnecessaryconditionforsuchgroupingbeingoptimalwillbegiveninthispaper.Asanapplication,weshowthatthemonotonicgroupingisoptimalforthetwo-stagek-out-of-nsystem.Whenm=2,wealsostudythegroupingthatthebestpairstotheworst,thesecondbestpairstothesecondworst,etc.,associatedwitharedundantdeviceproblem.
简介:Thechemicalcomposition,fibercharacteristics,crystallinestructure,mechanicalpropertiesandthermalbehaviorofthefivespeciesofbamboo(Phyllostachyseduliscv.Pachyloe,Bambusatootisk,Arundinaiaamabilis,B.vulgariscv.Vittata,andDendrocalamusaffinis)werestudiedwithIR,X-ray,DSCandchemicalanalyses.Theresultsindicatedthatthebenzene-ethanolextractivecontentofbamboowashigherthanthatofwood,thecontentofligninandthecontentofpentosanwere19.1%-25.3%and14.9%-...
简介:Thequantumvibrationalenergy-spectraincludinghighexcitedstatesoftheproteinmoleculeshavebeencalculatedbynewtheoryofbio-energytransportalongtheproteinmoleculesanditsdynamicequation,discretenonlinearSchrodingerequation,appropriatetotheproteinmoleculesonthebasisofthelevelofmolecularstructure.Thisenergy-spectraobtainedarebasicallyconsistentwiththeexperimentalvaluesbyinfraredabsorptionandradiatedmeasurementofperson'shandsandlaser-RamanspectrumfrommetabolicallyactiveE.Coli..Fromthisenergy-spectraweknowthattheinfraredlightswith(1-3)x1000nmand(5-7)x1000nmwavelengthcanbeabsorbedbytheproteinmoleculesinthelivingsystems.Inaccordancewiththenon-lineartheoryofthebio-energytransportweknowthattheenergyoftheinfraredlightabsorbedbytheproteinscanresultinvibrationsofamide-Iinaminoacidsandcanfacilitatethebio-energytransportalongtheproteinmolecularchainsfromoneplacetootherforthegrowthoflivingbodies.Thisprocesseisnon-thermal.Thisisjustnon-thermaleffectoftheinfraredlights.Accordingtothemechanismweexplainedfurtherthemedicalfunctionsoftheinfraredlightsabsorbed.