简介:Thispaperpresentsamechanicalmodelofjumpingrobotbasedonthebiologicalmechanismanalysisoffrog.Bybiologicalobservationandkinematicanalysisthefrogjumpisdividedintotake-offphase,aerialphaseandlandingphase.Wefindthesimilartrajectoriesofhindlimbjointsduringjump,theimportanteffectoffootduringtake-offandtheroleofforelimbinsupportingthebody.Basedontheobservation,thefrogjumpissimplifiedandamechanicalmodelisputforward.Therobotlegisrepresentedbya4-barspring/linkagemechanismmodel,whichhasthreeDegreesofFreedom(DOF)athipjointandoneDOF(passive)attarsometatarsaljointonthefoot.TheshoulderandelbowjointseachhasoneDOFforthebalancingfunctionofarm.Thegroundreactionforceofthemodelisanalyzedandcomparedwiththatoffrogduringtake-off.Theresultsshowthatthemodelhasthesameadvantagesoflowlikelihoodofprematurelift-offandhighefficiencyasthefrog.Analysisresultsandthemodelcanbeemployedtodevelopandcontrolarobotcapableofmimickingthejumpingbehavioroffrog.
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简介:Extenicsisanewlydevelopedinterdisciplinarysubjectcombiningmathematics,philosophyandengineering.Itprovidesusefulformalizedqualitativetoolsandquantitativetoolsforsolvingcontradictoryproblems.Inthispaper,extensiontheoryisintroducedbrieflyandtheprimaryapplicationsofthistheoryandmethodsinbionicengineeringresearcharediscussed.Theextensionmodelofbiologicalcouplingfunctionalsystemisestablished.Inordertoidentifytheprimaryandsecondarysequencingofcouplingelements,theExtensionAnalyticHierarchyProcess(EAHP)wasadoptedtoanalyzethecontributionofeachcouplingelementtothecouplingfunctionalsystem.Thus,theinfluenceweightfactorofeachcouplingelementcanbedetermined,soastoprovideanewapproachforsolvingprimaryandsecondarysequencingproblemofcouplingelementsinaquantitativeway,andfacilitatethesubsequentbioniccouplingstudy.
简介:Manybiologicalmaterials,suchaswoodandbone,possesshelicoidmicrostructuresatmicroscale,whichcanserveasreinforcingelementstotransferstressbetweencracksurfacesandimprovethefracturetoughnessoftheircomposites.Failureprocesses,suchasfiber/matrixinterfacedebondingandslidingassociatedwithpull-outofhelicalfibers,areresponsiblemainlyforthehighenergydissipationneededforthefracturetoughnessenhancement.Herewepresentsystemicanalysesofthepull-outbehaviorofahelicalfiberfromanelasticmatrixviathefiniteelementmethod(FEM)simulation,withimplicationsregardingtheunderlyingtougheningmechanismofhelicoidmicrostructures.Wefindthat,throughtheiruniformcurvatureandtorsion,helicalfiberscanprovidehighpull-outforceandlargeinterfaceareas,resultinginhighenergydissipationthataccounts,toalargeextent,forthehightoughnessofbiologicalmaterials.Thehelicityoffibershapeintermsofthehelicalanglehassignificanteffectsontheforce-displacementrelationshipsaswellasthecorrespondingenergydissipationduringfiberpull-out.
简介:Thecapabilityandreliabilityarecrucialcharacteristicsofmobilerobotswhilenavigatingincomplexenvironments.Theserobotsareexpectedtoperformmanyusefultaskswhichcanimprovethequalityoflifegreatly.Robotlocalizationanddecisionmakingarethemostimportantcognitiveprocessesduringnavigation.However,mostofthesealgorithmsarenotefficientandarechallengingtaskswhilerobotsnavigatethroughcomplexenvironments.Inthispaper,weproposeabiologicallyinspiredmethodforrobotdecision-making,basedonrat’sbrainsignals.Rodentsaccuratelyandrapidlynavigateincomplexspacesbylocalizingthemselvesinreferencetothesurroundingenvironmentallandmarks.Firstly,weanalyzedtherats’strategieswhilenavigatinginthecomplexY-maze,recordedlocalfieldpotentials(LFPs),simultaneously.TherecordedLFPswereprocessedanddifferentfeatureswereextractedwhichwereusedastheinputintheartificialneuralnetwork(ANN)topredicttherat’sdecision-makingineachjunction.TheANNperformancewastestedinarealrobotandgoodperformanceisachieved.Theimplementationofourmethodonarealrobot,demonstratesitsabilitiestoimitatetherat’sdecision-makingandintegratetheinternalstateswithexternalsensors,inordertoperformreliablenavigationincomplexmaze.
简介:ThemicrostructuresoftheSaxidomuspurpuratusshellwereobserved.Itwasfoundthattheinnerandmiddlelayersoftheshellarecomposedofcrossedlamellae,whiletheouterlayerexhibitsporousstructures.Withthecharacteristicstructureofeachlayer,thehardnessofinnerlayerwithnarrowdomainsincrossedlamellarstructureisthehighest,andthatofmiddlelayerwithwidedomainsislower,whiletheouterlayerhasthelowesthardness.Thedamagemorphologiesoftheindentationschangealot,dependingnotonlyuponthemagnitudeoftheindentationload,butalsoupontheorientationbetweentheindentationdirectionandthecrossedlamellaeinthemicrostructureoftheshell,whichillustratestheanisotropyinmechanicalpropertiesofsuchshells.
简介:Naturalproductshavegainedpopularityworldwideforpromotinghealthcare,aswellasdiseaseprevention.Alkaloidsareimportantchemicalcompoundsthatserveasarichreservoirfordrugdiscovery.Severalalkaloidsisolatedfromnaturalherbsexhibitantiproliferation,antibacterial,antiviral,insecticidal,andantimetastaticeffectsonvarioustypesofcancersbothinvitroandinvivo.Thispaperfocusesonthenaturally-derivedalkaloidssuchasberberine,matrine,piperine,fritillarine,andrhynchophylline,etc.,andsummarizestheactionmechanismsofthesecompounds.Basedontheinformationintheliteraturethatissummarizedinthispaper,theuseofalkaloidsasdrugsisverypromising,butmoreresearchandclinicaltrialsarenecessarybeforefinalrecommendationsonspecificalkaloidscanbemade.Followingthis,itishopedthatasaresultofthisreview,therewillbeagreaterawarenessoftheexcellentpromisethatnaturalalkaloidsshowforuseinthetherapyofdiseases.
简介:WeclonedcDNAsforXenopusaldolasesA,BandC.Thesethreealdolasegenesarelocalizedondifferentchromosomesasasinglecopygene.Intheadult,thealdolaseAgeneisexpressedextensivelyinmuscletissues,whereasthealdolaseBgeneisexpressedstronglyinkidney,liver,stomachandintestine,whilethealdolaseCgeneisexpressedinbrain,heartandovary.InoocytesaldolaseAandCmRNAs,butnotaldolaseBmRNA,areextensivelytranscribed.Thus,aldolaseAandCmRNAs,butnotBmRNA,occurabundantlyineggsasmaternalmRNAs,andstrongexpressionofaldolaseBmRNAisseenonlyafterthelateneurulastage.WeconcludethataldolaseAandCmRNAsaremajoraldolasemRNAsinearlystagesofXenopusembryogenesiswhichproceedsutilizingyolkastheonlyenergysource,aldolaseBmRNA,ontheotherhand,isexpressedonlylaterindevelopmentintissueswhicharerequiredfordietaryfructosemetabolism.WealsoisolatedtheXenopusaldolaseCgenomicgene(ca.12kb)andfoundthatitspromoter(ca.2kb)containsregionsnecessaryfortissue-specificexpressionandalsoaGCrichregionwhichisessentialforbasaltranscriptionalactivity.
简介:BACKGROUND:Presently,over40kindsofduralgraftshavebeensuccessivelyusedinclinic.Amongthem,lyophilizedhumanduramaterwithgoodhistocompatibilityandlesscomplicationsisappliedmostwidely.Butthereareafewreportsoncasesofinfectedspongiformencephalopathyfollowingapplicationoflyodura.Moreidealrepairmaterialsdeservetobefurtherinvestigated.OBJECTIVE:Toinvestigatetheefficiencyandsafetyofbiologicalduralgraftmadebymeningesfromporkerstorepairmeningealinjury.DESIGN:Aself-controlobservation.SETTING:WuhanGeneralHospitalofGuangzhouMilitaryAreaCommandofChinesePLA.MATERIALS:SixteenNewZealandRabbits,ofeithergender,weighingfrom2to3kg,ofcleangradeⅡ,withtheageof0.5–1year,wereinvolvedinthisexperiment.TheinvolvedrabbitswereprovidedbytheAnimalExperimentalCenteroftheFirstMilitaryMedicalUniversityofChinesePLA.Biologicalsurgicalpatch(duralgraft)wasdevelopedbyGuangdongGuanhaoBiotechnologicalCo.,Ltd.Itwasprocessedbyusingmeningesfromporkersbytissueengineeringtechnology.METHODS:ThisexperimentwascarriedoutintheExperimentalCenterofthe157HospitalofChinesePLAbetweenDecember2003andJune2004.①Theexperimentalrabbitswereanesthetized.Duramaterwasexposedfromtwosidesofpostmediallineofcoronalsuture.Arectangularduramaterabout8mm×8mminsizewascutoff.Thenabiologicalsurgicalpatch(duralgraft)wasshearedintoinsertwith8mmdiameterandsutured.Theleftduramaterwasuntouchedandusedascontrol.Scalpwassutured,andpostoperativewoundhealingandrecoverywereobserved.②Theanesthetizedrabbitsweresacrificedatpostoperative3,14,30and90days,4rabbitsonce.Thewholeheadwascutoff,anditsscalpwasremoved.Afterwards,theheadwasfixedbyformalin.Tissuesinoperativesitewereobtained,performedroutineparaffinembedding,slicedandconductedHEstaining,finally,thesectionswereobserved.Whitebloodcellsinv
简介:客观:兔子的生物特征口头的mucosal上皮的房间(OMEC)被学习,为OMEC的文化的合适的过程被探索。方法:由不同表面消毒的有教养的OMEC由不同Dispase准备,在不同媒介,在K-SFM的不同calciumion集中中等。结果:文化能显著地与2%碘答案减少的房间的微生物引起的污染以前为口头的洞的消毒使用了房间文化。在K-SFM与Dispase消化的OMEC能快速属于文化烧瓶,在PBS与Dispase消化的OMEC稀罕属于文化烧瓶。在K-SFM媒介的0或0.09mmol/L钙集中有教养的OMEC的增长出现了不统计上重要。OMEC与浆液变得快,但是区分进像成纤维细胞的房间是容易的。结论:OMEC能成长很好并且有由在这描述了的过程的上皮的房间形态学试验的典型口头的mucosal。
简介:Systemsofphotosyntheticreactioncentreshavebeenmodelledasheatengines,whileithasalsobeenreportedthattheefficiencyandpowerofsuchheatenginescanbeenhancedbyquantuminterference—atraitthathasattractedmuchinterest.Wecomparetwodefinitionsoftheworkofsuchaphotosyntheticheatengine,i.e.definitionAusedbyWeimeretal.andBbyDorfmanetal.Wealsointroduceacoherentinteractionbetweendonorandacceptor(CIDA)todemonstrateareversibleenergytransport.Weshowthatthesetwodefinitionsofworkcanimpartcontradictoryresults,thatis,CIDAenhancesthepowerandefficiencyofthephotosyntheticheatenginewithdefinitionBbutnotwithA.Additionally,wefindthatbothreversibleandirreversibleexcitation-energytransportcanbedescribedwithdefinitionA,butdefinitionBcanonlymodelirreversibletransport.Asaresult,weconcludethatdefinitionAismoresuitableforphotosyntheticsystemsthandefinitionB.
简介:Aerationisanimportantfactoraffectingthebiologicalaerationfilter.Withasetofexperimentdevicespeciallydesignedforthepurpose,andtheparticleimagevelocimetrytechnique,thevelocityfieldofthegas-liquidtwo-phaseflowisstudiedunderdifferentconditions.Thevarioussimulatedaerationstateswereactuallyappliedtotheexperimentaldeviceofsewagetreatment,andtheresultsofthenumericalsimulationwereverified.Thefinalexperimentalresultsindicatethatthemostefficientstateoccurswhentheratioofwaterinaerationtankh/w=1,thediameterofcapillarytubesd=0.6mmandthevelocityofbubblesv=0.3m/s.
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简介:IAPs(inhibitorsofapoptosis)areafamilyofproteinscontainingoneormorecharacteristicBIRdomains.Theseproteinshavemultiplebiologicalactivitiesthatincludebindingandinhibitingcaspases,regulatingcellcycleprogression,andmodulatingreceptor-mediatedsignaltransduction.OurrecentstudiesfoundtheIAPfamilymembersXIAPandc-IAP1areubiquitinatedanddegradedinproteasomesinresponsetoapoptoticstimuliinTcells,andtheirdegradationappearstobeimportantforTcellstocommittodeath.InadditiontothreeBIRdomains,eachoftheseIAPsalsocontainsaRINGfingerdomain.Wefoundthisregionconfersubiquitinproteaseligase(E3)activitytoIAPs,andisresponsiblefortheauto-ubiquitinationanddegradationofIAPsafteranapoptoticstimulus.GiventhefactthatIAPscanbindavarietyofproteins,suchascaspasesandTRAFs,itwillbeofinteresttocharacterizepotentialsubstratesoftheE3activityofIAPsandtheeffectsofubiquitinationbyIAPsonsignaltransduction,cellcycle,andapoptosis.
简介:Brassinosteroids(BR)是植物激素的一个主要的组调整植物生长和开发。BRI1,对质膜局部性的蛋白质,当BR受体和它被建议了,工作它的kinase活动在调整BR的植物生长和开发有一个必要角色。这里,我们报导隔离和bri1的新等位基因的分子的描述,bri1-301,哪个表演中等词法显型和减少的回答到在正常生长条件下面的BR。顺序分析从GG识别了二底的改变到,导致到在BRI1kinase领域的989I的989G的变换在。kinase活动的试管内试金证明bri1-301不向BRI1底层TTL和BAK1举办可检测的autophosphorylation活动或磷酸化活动。而且,我们的结果建议甚至与极其损害的kinase活动,bri1-301仍然在调整植物生长和开发保留部分功能,它提出BRI1kinase活动是否在高等植物为调停BR的生长和开发是必要的问题。
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