基于多角度偏振信息反演海洋上空卷云云顶高度

采用偏振辐射信息反演云顶高度时,为了减小由云层及地表偏振辐射特性变化带来的反演结果不确定度,使用490 nm和865 nm通道多角度偏振信息反演卷云云顶高度.理论分析大气顶偏振特征,给出490 nm与865 nm通道偏振特性差异,说明使用此两通道偏振反射率差反演云顶高度的可行性.假设卷云为一般种类混合模型(General Habit Mixture,GHM),使用倍加累加矢量辐射传输模型计算和分析大气顶490 nm和865 nm通道偏振反射率差对卷云有效粒子半径、光学厚度和云顶压强的敏感性.分析表明,当卷云光学厚度大于3时,偏振反射率差对有效粒子半径和光学厚度的变化不敏感,对云顶压强变化敏感.根据敏感性分析结果选择适当的参数构建偏振反射率差查找表,使用查找表方法反演POLDER3数据的卷云云顶高度,并与POLDER3产品和MODIS产品进行比较.结果表明,与POLDER3的官方算法相比,使用偏振反射率差查找表方法有更宽的散射角适用范围,反演结果与MODIS产品有更好的一致性.     

焊缝磁光图像全变分模型恢复方法

针对紧密对接微间隙焊缝,研究磁光成像识别的焊缝图像恢复算法,建立基于能量泛函的全变分（Total Variation）图像恢复模型,解决磁光图像退化和清晰度不高的问题.根据偏微分方程论证全变分图像恢复模型解的存在性,将图像恢复过程转化为约束最优化问题,通过泛函变分给出模型的欧拉-拉格朗日方程,对数值近似解的离散形式进行磁光图像恢复.试验分析采用全变分图像恢复模型降噪的同时,保持焊缝图像良好的边缘和纹理特征.结果表明,经全变分模型图像恢复后可有效提高焊缝磁光图像质量,准确地测量焊缝位置.     

Inheritance of male hybrid sterility in the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora, Soricidae)

Two geographic races of the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus) were crossed and intercrossed in the laboratory. Many cases of male sterility were detected among the hybrids. Segregation analysis of the pedigree data showed that the inheritance of male sterility in interracial hybrids of S. murinus can be described within the framework of monogene polyallele model with sterility of a single allele combination. This model is similar if not identical to that proposed by Dobzhansky and Muller.     

Routine intraoperative laparoscopic cholangiography

BACKGROUND: Whether intraoperative laparoscopic cholangiography should be routine is debatable. METHODS: We reviewed the cholangiography experience in 669 consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies. RESULTS: Mean age of the patients was 39 years, 78% were female, and 29% had acute cholecystitis. Cholecystectomy was completed laparoscopically in 606 (91%). Laparoscopic cholangiography was completed in 562 (93%) and 348 (62%) were routine (no preoperative indication). The mean operating time in 1996 was 61 minutes. Out of the 348 routine cholangiograms, 17 demonstrated evidence of unsuspected choledocholithiasis. Five patients had choledocholithiasis documented by laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and/or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Two patients had normal postoperative cholangiopancreatography. One of 10 patients managed expectantly was readmitted postoperatively with obstructive jaundice. In 4 patients, routine cholangiography revealed unexpected anatomy, and in 2, this prevented misidentification and transection of the common bile duct. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic cholangiography is safe, quick, detects unsuspected choledocholithiasis, and can prevent common bile duct transection. It should be routine.     

Polylysine decelerates kinetics of negatively charged gramicidin channels as shown by sensitized photoinactivation

Effect of a cationic polymer, poly(L-lysine), on the kinetic properties of ionic channels formed by neutral gramicidin A (gA) and its negatively charged analogue O-pyromellitylgramicidin (OPg) in a bilayer lipid membrane is studied using a method of sensitized photoinactivation. This newly developed method is based on the analysis of transmembrane current transients induced by a flash in the presence of a photosensitizer. It has been shown previously that the time course of the flash-induced current decrease in most cases follows a single exponential decay with an exponential factor (tau, the characteristic time of photoinactivation) that correlates well with the single-channel lifetime. Addition of polylysine does not affect tau for gA channels, but causes a substantial increase in tau for OPg channels. This effect is reversed by addition of polyacrylic acid. The deceleration of the photoinactivation kinetics is ascribed to electrostatic interaction of polylysine with OPg probably resulting in OPg clustering. The latter can stabilize the channel state by reducing the rotational and lateral mobility of OPg monomers and dimers, and thus increase the single channel lifetime.