面向城市设计的环境实景感知实证研究

随着人们对生活期望的提高,城市设计开始越来越注重空间环境如何提升城市生活的质量和健康。神经科学和计算机图形学等技术的发展让我们能够更好的描述和测量物理环境对人情绪、认知等心智健康的影响,也能够更好的控制模拟环境刺激。文章简要总结了近两年来课题组在环境感知测量及设计决策支持方面的研究进展,主要包括基于脑电和脑网络分析的环境认知能力影响、基于自主神经反馈的环境情感地图分析和情绪测量,以及基于激光扫描的虚拟环境构建等方面。

First Record of the Gekkonid Genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 from Gunung Mulu National Park, Northern Sarawak, East Malaysia may Represent an Undescribed Species

We provide confirmed photographic evidence for the previously overlooked occurrence of the polyphyletic Asian gecko genus Cnemaspis from Gunung Mulu National Park, the world-renowned UNESCO natural heritage site in northern Sarawak, East Malaysia. This new record from Sarawak province represents a remarkable range extension for Cnemaspis cf. kendallii by 550 km to the northeast and denotes the most northern occurrence of the genus in Borneo. Our new finding makes it very likely that these gekkonid lizards also inhabit appropriate limestone karst habitats in adjacent Sabah, Brunei, and Kalimantan. Given the visible differences in the Mulu specimen compared to those from the remaining distribution range on Borneo and the Malaysian Peninsula together with the fact that numerous Cnemaspis species are restricted to small areas, it seems plausible that another undescribed, rather cryptic and possibly locally endemic Bornean species is involved. Lastly, the new record contributes to the importance of the Mulu National Park as a major conservation area in East Malaysia of international concerns.

Delta variant(B.1.617.2)sublineages do not show increased neutralization resistance

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants threatens efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic.At present,the global spread of the Delta(B.1.617.2)variant is responsible for a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in many countries.The variant evades neutralizing antibodies and is believed to be more transmissible and pathogenic[1,2,3,4].

The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies with high efficiency

The COVID-19 pandemic,caused by SARS-CoV-2,continues to rage in many countries,straining health systems and economies.Vaccines protect against severe disease and death and are considered central to ending the pandemic.COVID-19 vaccines(and SARS-CoV-2 infection)elicit antibodies that are directed against the viral spike(S)protein and neutralize the virus.However,the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with S protein mutations that confer resistance to neutralization might compromise vaccine efficacy[1].

No evidence for increased cell entry or antibody evasion by Delta sublineage AY.4.2

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged.While some variants spread only locally,others,referred to as variants of concern,disseminated globally and became drivers of the pandemic.All SARS-CoV-2 variants harbor mutations relative to the virus circulating early in the pandemic,and mutations in the viral spike(S)protein are considered of particular relevance since the S protein mediates host cell entry and constitutes the key target of the neutralizing antibody response.As a consequence,mutations in the S protein may increase SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and enable its evasion of neutralizing antibodies.Furthermore,mutations in the S protein can modulate viral transmissibility and pathogenicity.

Efficient antibody evasion but reduced ACE2 binding by the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.640.2

The SARS-CoV-2 spike(S)protein engages ACE2 for cell entry,and the S protein/ACE2 interface is an important target for neutralizing antibodies.In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic,SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged that harbor mutations in the S protein,which confer neutralization resistance and allow viral spread in immunologically nonnaive populations.The most prominent example is the highly mutated Omicron variant,which infects convalescent or vaccinated individuals with unprecedented efficiency[1,2].