The fourth new farming model Fenlong is identified as megascience for the first time. Fenlong can be directly applied to farming of farmland, remoulding of mortar black soil and saline alkali land and development of d...The fourth new farming model Fenlong is identified as megascience for the first time. Fenlong can be directly applied to farming of farmland, remoulding of mortar black soil and saline alkali land and development of degraded grassland. Deep loosening can create huge soil reservoirs, reduce fertilization, promote indi- rectly the improvement of river water fisheries and water sources and the upgrading of shaping and hydropower industry, thus making a new round of mobilization and pooling of natural resources. As a result, the nature is able to produce good food needed by human, the spatial dimension of the land is increased, the natural pre- cipitation storage is increased, the flood and drought disasters are reduced, the eco-environment is improved, and the economic benefits are increased. Fenlong is not restricted to global application by ecological region and crop variety and is not subject to the time-space constraints for a hundred thousand years. On the basis of utilizing the heaven and earth resources, it brings about a huge effect of mega- science. Compare with traditional farming, the depth under the mode of Fenlong is increased by 2-3 times, the contents of nutrient, water, oxygen and microorganism in the soil are increased by 10%-200%, the content of pale salt is increased by 20%-40%, the temperature is increased by 2-4 ~C, and the photosynthetic efficiency of crops is improved by 10%. Under the cultivation mode of Fenlong, the yield of crop applied with no fertilizers is increased by more than 10%, crop yield is still in- creased by more than 5% when the application amount of chemical fertilizer is re- duced by 10%-20%. Under the farming mode of Fenlong combined with no in- crease in fertilization, the crop yield, crop quality, farming efficiency, natural precipi- tation storage and air humidity are increased by 10%-50%, 5%, 15%, 100% and 5%, respectively, and the emissions of methane and other gases are reduced by more than 5%. Even in mortar black soil, saline alkali land and degraded grassland, the yield is still increased by 15%-50%. These improvement effects can last for many years, helping achieve the real harmonious coexistence between human and nature.展开更多
Chengdu City is in the period of rapid urbanization and industrialization, and the disturbance derived from human activities on environment is increasing remarkablely in recent 20 years. The pressure on environment, e...Chengdu City is in the period of rapid urbanization and industrialization, and the disturbance derived from human activities on environment is increasing remarkablely in recent 20 years. The pressure on environment, economy and population is also increasing and land use in Chengdu has changed enormously. As struc- ture and function of land ecological system change obviously, sustainable development of land productivity has been an important goal and strategic task from now on, and it is necessary to systematically research land ecological carrying capacity based on ecological footprint. The ecological footprint of Chengdu City in the past ten years was calculated and analyzed from the spatial and temporal aspects according to statistical data from 1998 to 2008, as per ecological footprint method, ecological carrying capacity and the GIS spatial analysis method, and regression analysis method. The ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity values from 2009 to 2019 in Chengdu City were predicted through calculation results in the past ten years. The results show that the ecological footprint and ecological deficit of land use from 1998 to 2008 increased in Chengdu City. The ecological deficit of land use within the city center was in high levels in the past ten years, and the ecological footprint kept raising, especially in areas, such as Shuangliu, Chongzhou, Qingyang among 9 city areas, 4 counties and 6 districts in Chengdu City. There is fanlike distribution of ecological deficit of land use. Analysis shows that the social and natural ecological system is uneven distribution, which is not in sustainable de- velopment situation. The results of the study show that the economic, social and natural ecological system in Chengdu City is not sustainable, and the ecological foot- print is uneven distribution. The analysis of the dynamic change of land ecological carrying capacity in Chengdu City is very important for city government in the pro- cess of the vigorous development in new Tianfu Xinqu, and redevelopment in the northern part of this city.展开更多
Chiromantes dehaani, as one of the dominant species in intertidal regions of the Yangtze estuary, plays an important role in the ecosystem. To study allometry and maturity in different phases, morphological data had b...Chiromantes dehaani, as one of the dominant species in intertidal regions of the Yangtze estuary, plays an important role in the ecosystem. To study allometry and maturity in different phases, morphological data had been collected from October in 2009 to September in 2010. Morphologic data such as carapace, cheliped and abdomen were processed by cluster and piecewise linear regression analyses. Discriminat function and logistic curves were built to determine different phases and sizes at 50% maturity, respectively. The results showed that the cheliped width in males and abdomen width in females both presented obvious allometry. The sizes of 50% morphometric maturity occurred at 16.36 mm and 18.22 mm carapace width in males and females, respectively. The life history of males could be divided into three phases while that of females only had two phases according to different growth rates. A significant change in allometry of juvenile males with a break point was detected at 11.78 mm carapace width; carapace width of juvenile and adult females overlapped in a range of 13.04 - 18.64 mm. The crabs attained 50% physiological maturity at the size of 17.50 mm and 17.20 mm for females and males, respectively. For male, the size of morphological maturity was larger than that of physiological maturity, which was opposite to that of female.展开更多
More and more linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) has contaminated the water and soil ma pollution discharge, making it important to identify the ecological behavior and toxicity of LAS so as to carry out measures tha...More and more linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) has contaminated the water and soil ma pollution discharge, making it important to identify the ecological behavior and toxicity of LAS so as to carry out measures that will reduce its negative effects on the ecosystem. The ecological behavior of LAS. including degradation, migration, and plant uptake, in both soil-paddy rice and soil-soybean systems was studied. Reduction of LAS in pot and field plots followed the first order reaction kinetics with degradation half-lives of 35-50 days with LAS decreasing to very low concentrations after a season of crop growth. Strong migration ability for LAS was found and the breakthrough time in a 1.5 in soil monolith was significantly shortened to 23 days by preferential flow. Leachate volumes of soil-paddy and soil-soybean systems at preferential breakthrough were much different, while the leachate volumes at equilibrium governed by soil adsorption/desorption processes were very similar. Significant uptake of LAS in both paddy rice and sovbeans was observed in pot and field experiments (P < 0.05). In aquatic culture, 20 μg mL-1 and above of LAS significantly inhibited the growth of paddy seedlings (P < 0.05). The critical concentration for LAS in soil inhibiting the growth and yield of paddy was 160 μg g-1; when higher, there was a strong negative influence, with decreases in height, spike length, and production, when lower than 80 μg g-1, paddy growth was stimulated. There was little effect of LAS on soybeans.展开更多
Objective： The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between VEGF expression and vasculogenic mimicry of tumor in vitro. Methods： We observed the ability to form vasculogenic mimicry in several cell line...Objective： The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between VEGF expression and vasculogenic mimicry of tumor in vitro. Methods： We observed the ability to form vasculogenic mimicry in several cell lines follow as LO2 cell, hepG2 cell, SMMC-7721 cell and A549 cell in three-dimensional cultures; we detected the expression of VEGF in the level of mRNAand protein by polymerase chain reaction （PCR） and western blot in those cell lines. Results： HepG2 cell and A549 cell had the ability to form vasculogenic mimicry in three-dimensional cell cultures, while LO2 cell and SMMC-7721 cell hadn＇t the ability. The rates of VEGF16JGAPDH were 0.212 ± 0.011,0.208 ± 0.013, 0.117 ± 0.009 and 0.214±0.012 respectively, and the rates of VEGF121/GAPDH were 0.186 ± 0.018, 0.192± 0.014, 0.050 ± 0.010, 0.196 ± 0.017 in LO2 cell, hepG2 cell, SMMC-7721 cell and A549 cell, separately. The expression of VEGF gene in mRNA and protein levels in HepG2 cell, LO2 cell and A549 cell were significantly higher than that in SMMC-7721 cell （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： The cell lines which the expression of VEGF gene is low don＇t have the ability to form vasculogenio mimicry and the high expression of VEGF gene cann＇ t form vasculogenic mimicry at all, while the expression of VEGF gene in the cell lines is high in the cell lines which can form vasculogenic mimicry. VEGF has impact on the formation vasculgenic mimicry. Only the cells which the expression of VEGF is high have the potential to form vasculogenic mimicry. But, it doesn＇t play a unique key role in vasculogenic mimicry.展开更多
Objective: To investigate the effect of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) on hematopoietic injury of acute radiation sickness in mice. Methods: Mice were subjected to whole-body 60Co γ ray irradiation, then bpBMP wa...Objective: To investigate the effect of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) on hematopoietic injury of acute radiation sickness in mice. Methods: Mice were subjected to whole-body 60Co γ ray irradiation, then bpBMP was put into spatium intermusculare or rhBMP-2m, PBK/ hBMP-2 -NIH3T3 cells were injected into abdominal cavity. The effect of BMPs on hematopoiesis including some hematological parameters, the survival rate of 30 d and formation of bone marrow CFU-GM colony were detected at postradiation. Results: pbBMP (purified bovine bone morphogenetic protein) increased the formation of bone marrow CFU-GM colony (P<0. 05) on d 10 after irradiation. rhBMP-2m increased the survival rate of mice irradiated by 7. 5 Gys Mice in control group died in 30 days, while 10%, 15% and 35% mice survived when they were injected i. p. with 0. 5 mg, 1. 0 mg and 2. 0 mg of rhBMP-2m respectively. All hematological parameters of treated mice were significantly higher than those of control group (P<0. 01). PBK/ hBMP-2 -NIH3T3 cells were established and transplanted into mice irradiated by 7. 0 Gy γ ray with i. p. . The survival ratio of treated mice was higher than that of negative control group (P<0. 01), and all hematopoietic parameters were increased statistically significantly (P<0. 01). Conclusion: Results indicate that in adult mice, BMPs can recover or treat the hematopoietic injury of acute radiation sickness, the mechanism may be related with repairing of hematopoietic injury.展开更多
Due to high price of Straight Vegetable Oil （SVO） for bio-diesel production, the use of Waste Cooking Oil （WCO） will be cost effective. Furthermore, utilization of WCO will refrain waterways pollution and endanger...Due to high price of Straight Vegetable Oil （SVO） for bio-diesel production, the use of Waste Cooking Oil （WCO） will be cost effective. Furthermore, utilization of WCO will refrain waterways pollution and endanger ecosystem. In Malaysia, more than 50-tone of WCO from various sources was produced every day. This study evaluates combustion performance and exhaust emission characteristics of several WCOs with different sources. Modification on fuel properties has been done to improve the combustion and exhaust emission of using WCO as diesel fuel. Regular diesel fuel also has been used for comparison in the test. A 0.6 liter, single-cylinder, air-cooled direct injection diesel engine was used to perform this experiment. Experiment was done at variable engine loads at constant speed.展开更多
The cost of ecological and environmental protection is a core part of ecological compensation standards and consists of direct costs, opportunity costs and development. This paper uses Naqu, a section of the Chang Tan...The cost of ecological and environmental protection is a core part of ecological compensation standards and consists of direct costs, opportunity costs and development. This paper uses Naqu, a section of the Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet as a case study to assess direct and opportunity costs of wildlife conservation to herdsmen. A standard sheep unit has been established for determining the animal carrying capacity of grasslands across China, and we used this to convert wild animals into standard sheep units. This approach links the grassland ecosystem, herbivorous wild animals and their valuation together. Our results show that the total cost of wildlife conservation reached 5.69 billion Chinese Yuan （CNY）. The opportunity cost was 4.5 billion CNY, accounting for 79% and direct cost. The biggest economic loss to herdsmen was the opportunity cost in Chang Tang Nature Reserve and means that herdsmen have to give up economic income from livestock husbandry when grazing is banned. Opportunity cost assessment is integral to establishing ecological compensation. The average value of wildlife conservation was 1482 CNY per capita and 57 CNY per hectare according to population and the area of moderately and seriously degraded grassland. The period of ecological compensation should last five to ten years after grazing is banned.展开更多
文摘The fourth new farming model Fenlong is identified as megascience for the first time. Fenlong can be directly applied to farming of farmland, remoulding of mortar black soil and saline alkali land and development of degraded grassland. Deep loosening can create huge soil reservoirs, reduce fertilization, promote indi- rectly the improvement of river water fisheries and water sources and the upgrading of shaping and hydropower industry, thus making a new round of mobilization and pooling of natural resources. As a result, the nature is able to produce good food needed by human, the spatial dimension of the land is increased, the natural pre- cipitation storage is increased, the flood and drought disasters are reduced, the eco-environment is improved, and the economic benefits are increased. Fenlong is not restricted to global application by ecological region and crop variety and is not subject to the time-space constraints for a hundred thousand years. On the basis of utilizing the heaven and earth resources, it brings about a huge effect of mega- science. Compare with traditional farming, the depth under the mode of Fenlong is increased by 2-3 times, the contents of nutrient, water, oxygen and microorganism in the soil are increased by 10%-200%, the content of pale salt is increased by 20%-40%, the temperature is increased by 2-4 ~C, and the photosynthetic efficiency of crops is improved by 10%. Under the cultivation mode of Fenlong, the yield of crop applied with no fertilizers is increased by more than 10%, crop yield is still in- creased by more than 5% when the application amount of chemical fertilizer is re- duced by 10%-20%. Under the farming mode of Fenlong combined with no in- crease in fertilization, the crop yield, crop quality, farming efficiency, natural precipi- tation storage and air humidity are increased by 10%-50%, 5%, 15%, 100% and 5%, respectively, and the emissions of methane and other gases are reduced by more than 5%. Even in mortar black soil, saline alkali land and degraded grassland, the yield is still increased by 15%-50%. These improvement effects can last for many years, helping achieve the real harmonious coexistence between human and nature.
基金Supported by National High-tech R&D Program of China(863Program)(2009AA12Z-140)National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771144,40575035)Scientific Research Foundation of Sichuan Normal University(SXK11002)~~
文摘Chengdu City is in the period of rapid urbanization and industrialization, and the disturbance derived from human activities on environment is increasing remarkablely in recent 20 years. The pressure on environment, economy and population is also increasing and land use in Chengdu has changed enormously. As struc- ture and function of land ecological system change obviously, sustainable development of land productivity has been an important goal and strategic task from now on, and it is necessary to systematically research land ecological carrying capacity based on ecological footprint. The ecological footprint of Chengdu City in the past ten years was calculated and analyzed from the spatial and temporal aspects according to statistical data from 1998 to 2008, as per ecological footprint method, ecological carrying capacity and the GIS spatial analysis method, and regression analysis method. The ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity values from 2009 to 2019 in Chengdu City were predicted through calculation results in the past ten years. The results show that the ecological footprint and ecological deficit of land use from 1998 to 2008 increased in Chengdu City. The ecological deficit of land use within the city center was in high levels in the past ten years, and the ecological footprint kept raising, especially in areas, such as Shuangliu, Chongzhou, Qingyang among 9 city areas, 4 counties and 6 districts in Chengdu City. There is fanlike distribution of ecological deficit of land use. Analysis shows that the social and natural ecological system is uneven distribution, which is not in sustainable de- velopment situation. The results of the study show that the economic, social and natural ecological system in Chengdu City is not sustainable, and the ecological foot- print is uneven distribution. The analysis of the dynamic change of land ecological carrying capacity in Chengdu City is very important for city government in the pro- cess of the vigorous development in new Tianfu Xinqu, and redevelopment in the northern part of this city.
文摘Chiromantes dehaani, as one of the dominant species in intertidal regions of the Yangtze estuary, plays an important role in the ecosystem. To study allometry and maturity in different phases, morphological data had been collected from October in 2009 to September in 2010. Morphologic data such as carapace, cheliped and abdomen were processed by cluster and piecewise linear regression analyses. Discriminat function and logistic curves were built to determine different phases and sizes at 50% maturity, respectively. The results showed that the cheliped width in males and abdomen width in females both presented obvious allometry. The sizes of 50% morphometric maturity occurred at 16.36 mm and 18.22 mm carapace width in males and females, respectively. The life history of males could be divided into three phases while that of females only had two phases according to different growth rates. A significant change in allometry of juvenile males with a break point was detected at 11.78 mm carapace width; carapace width of juvenile and adult females overlapped in a range of 13.04 - 18.64 mm. The crabs attained 50% physiological maturity at the size of 17.50 mm and 17.20 mm for females and males, respectively. For male, the size of morphological maturity was larger than that of physiological maturity, which was opposite to that of female.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 49771044 and 49971038)
文摘More and more linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) has contaminated the water and soil ma pollution discharge, making it important to identify the ecological behavior and toxicity of LAS so as to carry out measures that will reduce its negative effects on the ecosystem. The ecological behavior of LAS. including degradation, migration, and plant uptake, in both soil-paddy rice and soil-soybean systems was studied. Reduction of LAS in pot and field plots followed the first order reaction kinetics with degradation half-lives of 35-50 days with LAS decreasing to very low concentrations after a season of crop growth. Strong migration ability for LAS was found and the breakthrough time in a 1.5 in soil monolith was significantly shortened to 23 days by preferential flow. Leachate volumes of soil-paddy and soil-soybean systems at preferential breakthrough were much different, while the leachate volumes at equilibrium governed by soil adsorption/desorption processes were very similar. Significant uptake of LAS in both paddy rice and sovbeans was observed in pot and field experiments (P < 0.05). In aquatic culture, 20 μg mL-1 and above of LAS significantly inhibited the growth of paddy seedlings (P < 0.05). The critical concentration for LAS in soil inhibiting the growth and yield of paddy was 160 μg g-1; when higher, there was a strong negative influence, with decreases in height, spike length, and production, when lower than 80 μg g-1, paddy growth was stimulated. There was little effect of LAS on soybeans.
文摘Objective： The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between VEGF expression and vasculogenic mimicry of tumor in vitro. Methods： We observed the ability to form vasculogenic mimicry in several cell lines follow as LO2 cell, hepG2 cell, SMMC-7721 cell and A549 cell in three-dimensional cultures; we detected the expression of VEGF in the level of mRNAand protein by polymerase chain reaction （PCR） and western blot in those cell lines. Results： HepG2 cell and A549 cell had the ability to form vasculogenic mimicry in three-dimensional cell cultures, while LO2 cell and SMMC-7721 cell hadn＇t the ability. The rates of VEGF16JGAPDH were 0.212 ± 0.011,0.208 ± 0.013, 0.117 ± 0.009 and 0.214±0.012 respectively, and the rates of VEGF121/GAPDH were 0.186 ± 0.018, 0.192± 0.014, 0.050 ± 0.010, 0.196 ± 0.017 in LO2 cell, hepG2 cell, SMMC-7721 cell and A549 cell, separately. The expression of VEGF gene in mRNA and protein levels in HepG2 cell, LO2 cell and A549 cell were significantly higher than that in SMMC-7721 cell （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： The cell lines which the expression of VEGF gene is low don＇t have the ability to form vasculogenio mimicry and the high expression of VEGF gene cann＇ t form vasculogenic mimicry at all, while the expression of VEGF gene in the cell lines is high in the cell lines which can form vasculogenic mimicry. VEGF has impact on the formation vasculgenic mimicry. Only the cells which the expression of VEGF is high have the potential to form vasculogenic mimicry. But, it doesn＇t play a unique key role in vasculogenic mimicry.
文摘Objective: To investigate the effect of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) on hematopoietic injury of acute radiation sickness in mice. Methods: Mice were subjected to whole-body 60Co γ ray irradiation, then bpBMP was put into spatium intermusculare or rhBMP-2m, PBK/ hBMP-2 -NIH3T3 cells were injected into abdominal cavity. The effect of BMPs on hematopoiesis including some hematological parameters, the survival rate of 30 d and formation of bone marrow CFU-GM colony were detected at postradiation. Results: pbBMP (purified bovine bone morphogenetic protein) increased the formation of bone marrow CFU-GM colony (P<0. 05) on d 10 after irradiation. rhBMP-2m increased the survival rate of mice irradiated by 7. 5 Gys Mice in control group died in 30 days, while 10%, 15% and 35% mice survived when they were injected i. p. with 0. 5 mg, 1. 0 mg and 2. 0 mg of rhBMP-2m respectively. All hematological parameters of treated mice were significantly higher than those of control group (P<0. 01). PBK/ hBMP-2 -NIH3T3 cells were established and transplanted into mice irradiated by 7. 0 Gy γ ray with i. p. . The survival ratio of treated mice was higher than that of negative control group (P<0. 01), and all hematopoietic parameters were increased statistically significantly (P<0. 01). Conclusion: Results indicate that in adult mice, BMPs can recover or treat the hematopoietic injury of acute radiation sickness, the mechanism may be related with repairing of hematopoietic injury.
文摘Due to high price of Straight Vegetable Oil （SVO） for bio-diesel production, the use of Waste Cooking Oil （WCO） will be cost effective. Furthermore, utilization of WCO will refrain waterways pollution and endanger ecosystem. In Malaysia, more than 50-tone of WCO from various sources was produced every day. This study evaluates combustion performance and exhaust emission characteristics of several WCOs with different sources. Modification on fuel properties has been done to improve the combustion and exhaust emission of using WCO as diesel fuel. Regular diesel fuel also has been used for comparison in the test. A 0.6 liter, single-cylinder, air-cooled direct injection diesel engine was used to perform this experiment. Experiment was done at variable engine loads at constant speed.
基金National Eleven Five-year Plan Science and Technology Program (2009BADC2B03)
文摘The cost of ecological and environmental protection is a core part of ecological compensation standards and consists of direct costs, opportunity costs and development. This paper uses Naqu, a section of the Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet as a case study to assess direct and opportunity costs of wildlife conservation to herdsmen. A standard sheep unit has been established for determining the animal carrying capacity of grasslands across China, and we used this to convert wild animals into standard sheep units. This approach links the grassland ecosystem, herbivorous wild animals and their valuation together. Our results show that the total cost of wildlife conservation reached 5.69 billion Chinese Yuan （CNY）. The opportunity cost was 4.5 billion CNY, accounting for 79% and direct cost. The biggest economic loss to herdsmen was the opportunity cost in Chang Tang Nature Reserve and means that herdsmen have to give up economic income from livestock husbandry when grazing is banned. Opportunity cost assessment is integral to establishing ecological compensation. The average value of wildlife conservation was 1482 CNY per capita and 57 CNY per hectare according to population and the area of moderately and seriously degraded grassland. The period of ecological compensation should last five to ten years after grazing is banned.
