Research on Route Planning Method Based on Active-Attack Strategy

Aimed at modern high-density,high overlapped and powerful antipersonnel stealthy penetration environment,route planning techniques on active-attack strategy were thoroughly and further studied,in order to get good probability of survival and perfect efficiency of task accomplishment.It provides a new thought for and a new solution to the application of route planning in new era.

No association between IRF3 polymorphism and susceptibility to hepatitis B virus infection in Chinese patients

AIM:To investigate the association between three tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in inter-feron regulatory factors (IRF3) and the genetic suscep-tibility to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.METHODS:We performed a case-control study of 985 Chinese cases of chronic HBV infection and 294 self-limiting HBV-infected individuals as controls.Three tagSNPs in IRF3 (rs10415576,rs2304204,rs2304206) were genotyped with the Multiplex SNaPshot technique.The genotype and allele frequencies were calculatedand analyzed.RESULTS:The three SNPs showed no significant geno-type/allele associations with chronic HBV infection.Overall allele P values were:rs10415576,P=0.0908,odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)]=1.1798 (0.9740-1.4291);rs2304204,P=0.5959,OR (95% CI)=1.0597 (0.8552-1.3133);rs2304206,P=0.8372,OR (95% CI)=1.0250 (0.8097-1.2976).Overall genotype P values were:rs10415576,P=0.2106;rs2304204,P=0.8458;rs2304206,P=0.8315.There were no statisti-cally significant differences between patients with chron-ic HBV infection and controls.Haplotypes generated by these three SNPs were also not significantly different between the two groups.CONCLUSION:The three tagSNPs of IRF3 are not asso-ciated with HBV infection in the Han Chinese population.

-449 C>G polymorphism of NFKB1 gene,coding nuclear factor-kappa-B,is associated with the susceptibility to ulcerative colitis

AIM:To clarify the association between a polymorphism-449 C>G(rs72696119) in 5'-UTR of NFKB1 with ulcerative colitis(UC).METHODS:The studied population comprised 639 subjects,including patients with UC(UC cases,n = 174) and subjects without UC(controls,n = 465).We employed polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism to detect the gene polymorphism.RESULTS:The rs72696119 G allele frequencies in controls and UC cases were 33.4% and 38.5%,respectively(P = 0.10).Genotype frequency of the GG homozygote in UC cases was significantly higher than that in controls(P = 0.017),and the GG homozygote was significantly associated with susceptibility to UC [odds ratio(OR),1.88;95%CI,1.13-3.14].In male subjects,the GG homozygote was associated with an increased risk for UC(OR,3.10;95%CI,1.47-6.54;P = 0.0053),whereas this association was not found in female subjects.In addition,the GG homozygote was significantly associated with the risk of non-continuous disease(OR,2.06;95%CI,1.12-3.79;P = 0.029),not having total colitis(OR,2.40;95%CI,1.09-3.80,P = 0.040),disease which developed before 20 years of age(OR,2.80;95%CI,1.07-7.32,P = 0.041),no hospitalization(OR,2.28;95%CI,1.29-4.05;P = 0.0090) and with a maximum of 8 or less on the UCDAI score(OR,2.45;95%CI,1.23-4.93;P = 0.022).CONCLUSION:Our results provide evidence that NFKB1 polymorphism rs72696119 was significantly associated with the development of UC.This polymorphism influences the susceptibility to and pathophysiological features of UC.

Coagulation factor Ⅶ gene polymorphisms are not associated with the occurrence or the survival of hepatocellular carcinoma:a report of 37 cases

Objective: Coagulation factor VII(FVII) triggers the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. In our previous study, we showed that FVII plays an important role in tumorigenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). However, the role of FVII polymorphism in HCC is still unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between HCC carcinogenesis and single nucleotide polymorphism of FVII.Methods: Thirty-seven HCC patients and 30 healthy donors were recruited in this study. Four common FVII gene polymorphisms– a decanucleotide insertion at position –323(–323 ins10-bp), a G to T substitution at position –401(–401 G/T), a G to A substitution at position –402(–402 G/A), and a T to C substitution at position –122(–122 T/C) – were analyzed by sequencing or commercialized assays using genomic DNA isolated from blood samples. Clinicopathological parameters between control and HCC subjects were compared according to the specific genotypes.Results: The most common nucleotide variation was –402 G/A. However, no statistically significant difference was observed between healthy controls and HCC subjects for all four polymorphisms in terms of genotype distribution and allele frequencies,indicating that these polymorphisms may not affect HCC tumorigenesis. Furthermore, no association was found between–402 G/A polymorphisms and tumor stage, recurrence, and overall survival.Conclusions: Our results indicate that FVII polymorphisms may not be a key factor that clinically impact tumorigenesis and outcomes of HCC, although further investigations should be conducted to confirm our findings.

Mapping Soil Salinity Using a Similarity-based Prediction Approach:A Case Study in Huanghe River Delta,China

Spatial distribution of soil salinity can be estimated based on its environmental factors because soil salinity is strongly affected and indicated by environmental factors. Different with other properties such as soil texture, soil salinity varies with short-term time. Thus, how to choose powerful environmental predictors is especially important for soil salinity. This paper presents a similarity-based prediction approach to map soil salinity and detects powerful environmental predictors for the Huanghe(Yellow) River Delta area in China. The similarity-based approach predicts the soil salinities of unsampled locations based on the environmental similarity between unsampled and sampled locations. A dataset of 92 points with salt data at depth of 30–40 cm was divided into two subsets for prediction and validation. Topographical parameters, soil textures, distances to irrigation channels and to the coastline, land surface temperature from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS), Normalized Difference Vegetation Indices(NDVIs) and land surface reflectance data from Landsat Thematic Mapper(TM) imagery were generated. The similarity-based prediction approach was applied on several combinations of different environmental factors. Based on three evaluation indices including the correlation coefficient(CC) between observed and predicted values, the mean absolute error and the root mean squared error we found that elevation, distance to irrigation channels, soil texture, night land surface temperature, NDVI, and land surface reflectance Band 5 are the optimal combination for mapping soil salinity at the 30–40 cm depth in the study area(with a CC value of 0.69 and a root mean squared error value of 0.38). Our results indicated that the similarity-based prediction approach could be a vital alternative to other methods for mapping soil salinity, especially for area with limited observation data and could be used to monitor soil salinity distributions in the future.

Functional Variant of C-689T in the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ2 Promoter is Associated with Coronary Heart Disease in Chinese Nondiabetic Han People

Objective To investigate the association between the polymorphism of C-689T in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 （PPARγ2） promoter and coronary heart disease （CHD）. Methods This case-controlled study was conducted in nondiabetic Chinese Han people, which enrolled 455 patients with CHD （cases） and 693 subjects without CHD （controls）. Data of clinical indexes were collected, including height, body weight, waist circumstance, systolic blood pressure （SBP）, diastolic blood pressure （DBP）, smoking, drinking, physical activity, as well as body mass index （BMI）. Fasting blood glucose （FBG）, plasma total cholesterol （TC） and triglyceride （TG） levels were measured. Polymerase chain reaction-restricted fragments length polymorphism （PCR-RFLP） was used to determine the PPARγ2 promoter C-689→T substitution. The genotype distribution of PPARγ2 promoter C-689T, allelic frequency, clinical indexes, and laboratorial measurements were compared between the two groups. The effect of genotype on the risk of CHD was assessed using univariate and multivariate regression model. Results The genotype frequencies of CC, CT and TT in PPARγ2 promoter C-689T were 89.7%, 9.9% and 0.4% in the case group, and 93.1%, 6.6% and 0.3% in the control group, respectively （CC vs. CT＋TT, χ^2= 6.243, P=0.041）. Carriers of -689T allele （n=95） had significantly higher TC level than non-carriers （n=1053） （5.12±1.26 vs. 4.76±1.22 mmol/L, P=0.001）. Male carriers of -689T allele （n=51） were significantly higher in waist circumference, body weight, TC and TG than male non-carriers （n=656） （all P〈0.05）. In subjects whose BMI was over 25 kg/m2, carriers of -689T allele （n=82） had significantly higher levels of waist circumference, BMI, SBP and TC than non-carriers （n=231） （all p〈0.05）. The -689T allele was an independent risk factor for CHD （OR=1.668, 95%CI： 1.031-2.705, P=0.037） after adjusting for age, gender, waist circumference, body weight, BMI, smoking, physical activities, SBP, DBP, FBG, TC and TG level. Conclusion These data support the hypothesis that the -689T allele is associated with an increased risk of CHD, in Chinese Han people and correlates significantly with the profiles of CHD-related risk factors.

Multidrug resistance protein 3 R652G may reduce susceptibility to idiopathic infant cholestasis

AIM:To evaluate the role of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of idiopathic infant cholestasis.METHODS:We performed a case-control study,in-cluding 78 infants with idiopathic infant cholestasis and 113 healthy infants as controls.Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral venous blood leukocytes us-ing phenol chloroform methodology.Polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify the multidrug resistance protein 3(MDR3)R652G fragment,and products were sequenced using the ABI 3100 Sequencer.RESULTS:The R652G single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)was significantly more frequent in healthy infants(allele frequency 8.0%)than in patients(allele frequency 2.60%)(P < 0.05),odds ratio,0.29;95% confidence interval,0.12-0.84.The conjugated bilirubin in patients with the AG genotype was significantly lower than in those with the AA genotype(44.70 ± 6.15 μmol/L vs 95.52 ± 5.93 μmol/L,P < 0.05).CONCLUSION:MDR3 R652G is negatively correlated with idiopathic infant cholestasis.Children with the R652G SNP in Guangxi of China may have reduced susceptibility to infant intrahepatic cholestasis.

Polymorphisms of clip domain serine proteinase and serine proteinase homolog in the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus andtheir associationwith Vibrio alginolyticus

Clip domain serine proteases （cSPs） and their homologs （SPHs） play an important role in various biological processes that are essential components of extracellular signaling cascades, especially in the innate immune responses of invertebrates. Here, polymorphisms of PtcSP and PtSPH from the swimming crab Portunus tritubereulatus were investigated to explore their association with resistance/ susceptibility to Vibrio alginolyticus. Polymorphic loci were identified using Clustal X, and characterized with SPSS 16.0 software, and then the significance of genotype and allele frequencies between resistant and susceptible stocks was determined by a Zz test. A total of 109 and 77 single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs） were identified in the genomic fragments of PtcSP and PtSPH, respectively. Notably, nearly half of PtSPH polymorphisms were found in the non-coding exon 1. Fourteen SNPs investigated were significantly associated with susceptibility/resistance to I1. alginolyticus （P〈0.05）. Among them, eight SNPs were observed in introns, and one synonymous, four non-synonymous SNPs and one ins-del were found in coding exons. In addition, five simple sequence repeats （SSRs） were detected in intron 3 of PtcSP. Although there was no statistically significant difference of allele frequencies, the SSRs showed different polymorphic alleles on the basis of the repeat number between resistant and susceptible stocks. After fiarther validation, polymorphisms investigated here might be applied to select potential molecular markers ofP. trituberculatus with resistance to I1. alginolyticus.

Ku80 gene G-1401T promoter polymorphism and risk of gastric cancer

AIM:To evaluate the possible relationship between the Ku80 gene polymorphism and the risk of gastric cancer in China.METHODS:In this hospital-based case-control study of gastric cancer in Jiangsu Province,China,we investigated the association of the Ku80 G-1401T (rs828907) polymorphism with gastric cancer risk.A total of 241 patients with gastric cancer and 273 age-and sexmatched control subjects were genotyped and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.RESULTS:The frequencies of genotypes GG,GT and TT were 65.6%,22.8% and 11.6% in gastric cancer cases,respectively,and 75.8%,17.6% and 6.6% in controls,respectively.There were significant differences between gastric cancer and control groups in the distribution of their genotypes (P=0.03) and allelic frequencies (P=0.002) in the Ku80 promoter G-1401T polymorphism.CONCLUSION:The T allele of Ku80 G-1401T may be associated with the development of gastric cancer.

Low Frequencies of CCR5-Δ32 and CCR5-m303,but High Frequencies of CCR2-641 and SDF1-3'A Alleles in Indigenous Ethnic Groups in China's Mainland

Objective: The aim in this study was to identify the allelicfrequencies of the chemokine (SDF1-3'A) and chemokinereceptor (CCR5△32, CCR5m303 and CCR2-64I) genesresistant to HIV-1 infection and/or disease progression inindigenous Chinese populations. Methods: By using QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit, thegenomic DNA samples were purified from whole peripheralblood of healthy individuals (n=2067) from Han, Uygur,Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups, as well as Han patientsincluding HIV-1 carriers (n=330), patients with other sexuallytransmitted diseases (STDs, n=259) and intravenous drugusers (IVDUs, n=125). The allelic polymorphisms wereidentified by means of PCR or PCR-RFLP analyses. Thesequences of randomly selected amplified PCR products werefurther confirmed by direct DNA sequencing. Results: The mutant frequencies were identified to be0%～3.48% for CCR5△32, 0% for CCR5m303,19.15%～28.79% for CCR2-64 and 19.10%～28.73% for SDF1-3'A alleles, respectively, in Chinese healthy individuals fromfour ethnic groups. Our findings indicated the allelicfrequencies vary among the different ethnic groups.Furthermore, the HIV-1 carriers, STD cases and IVDUs (all ofHan ethnicity) were found to have the allelic frequencies of0%～0.19% (CCR5△32), 0% (CCR5m303), 19.31%～20.45%(CCR2-64) and 25.61%～26.83% (SDF1-3'A) with minorvariations in their frequencies between the patients andhealthy Han groups. There was no CCR5-m303 mutationfound in any subject in this study. Conclusion: The examined subjects of four Chinese ethnicorigins showed lower frequencies of CCR5△32 andCCR5m303 alleles, but higher frequencies of mutant CCR2-64I and SDF1-3'A alleles compared to those identified innorthern-European and American Caucasians. Thesignificance of the different frequencies and polymorphisms ofthe above alleles in Chinese populations needs to be furtherexamined in HIV-1/AIDS diseases.

Genetic Association Study of KCNB1 Gene with the Susceptibility of Hypertension Related LVH （Left Ventricular Hypertrophy） Patients in Malaysia

LVH （Left ventricular hypertrophy） is an independent risk factor for the development of heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and stroke. A recent genome-wide association study reported the involvement of a candidate gene namely KCNBI in mechanism for development of LVH in hypertension. This study aimed to replicate the finding by investigating the genetic association of KCNBI gene among the hypertensive LVH patients from Malaysia. We genotyped a SNP （single nucleotide polymorphism） located in KCNBI namely, rs6063397 among 200 subjects consisting of61 LVH and 139 non LVH patients using Sanger sequencing method. Statistical analysis revealed no significant association between the L VH susceptibility between the allele and genotype frequencies （P = 0.2719 and 0.4768, respectively）. This finding suggests that KCNBI may not playa role in LVH susceptibility in hypertensive patients in Southeast Asian populations.

Research on the Applications of Advanced Mathematics on Mathematical Modeling and the Inner Connections with Linear Algebra and Probability Statistics

In this paper, we conduct research on the applications of advanced mathematics on the mathematical modeling and the inner connections with linear algebra and the probability statistics. Aiming at model in mathematical modeling and solving and model of evaluation and promotion of the two links, put forward the ＂bystander＂ and ＂the authorities＂ this two characters, and points out that excellent mathematical modeling participants should have ＂from a bystander to the authorities＂ and ＂from the authorities to return to bystanders＂ two-way role transformation ability. Great situation in mathematics teaching, by means of the mathematical modeling formed in the development of the teachers, as well as the teaching thought, teaching experience and achievements, the onward march of mathematical experiment should be faster than mathematical modeling. Our research provides the new paradigm for the math development which will be meaningful.

Characteristics of fulvic acid by high voltage pulse discharge plasma

High voltage pulse natural organic matter （NOM） toxic by-products. Fulvic acid discharge plasma can remove and produce no production of solution was treated by high voltage pulse discharge plasma in this paper. It was shown that： for the reason of thermolysis and oxidation, the pH and Oxidation Reduction Potential （ORP） of solution decreased gradually with the increase of peak voltage and fulvic acid solution concentration, meanwhile the temperature and turbidity of solution increased gradually. Adding hydrochlorid acid in the treatment could amplify the effect of plasma. When the concentration of NOM as the surrogate parameter, Ultraviolet Absorbancy Degree （UV254） increased slowly by the effect of plasma, while the degradation of Total Organic Carbon （TOC） was first-order reaction. The removal rate of TOC increased from 22.6% to 33.4% by high voltage pulse electrical field of 35 kv, and from 25.6% to 36.7% with the addition of hydrochlorid acid. This paper may provide some basis for the scale-up design of water treatment process by high voltage pulse discharge plasma with other technologies.

Genotypes and polymorphisms of mutant CCR5-△32,CCR2-64I and SDF1-3'A HIV-1 resistance alleles in indigenous Han Chinese

Objective To evaluate the frequencies and polymorphisms of CCR5-△32,CCR2-641 and SDF1-3'A alleles conferring resistance to HIV-1 infection in Chinese population from Han ethnic origin.Methods This cohort was comprised of 1251 subjects(915 men and 336 women)aged 15 -80 years and none was HIV-1 positive.Genotyping of allelic CCR5-△32,CCR2-641 and SDF1-3' A variants was performed using PCR or PCR/RFLP assay,and further confirmed by direct DNA sequencing.Results Our finding shows that the△32 deletion mutation in the CCR5 gene does occur in this population and can be inherited in a Mendelian fashion in indigenous Han Chinese at a very low frequency of 0.00119(n= 1254).The frequencies of mutant CCR2-641 and SDF1-3'A alleles were 0.20023(n = 1251)and 0.2873(n = 893),in this population,which are higher than those found in American Caucasians.Furthermore the polymorphisms of CCR2-641 and SDF1-3' A alleles in the Han Chinese population were different from those in American Caucasians.Statistical analysis showed that the genotype distribution of CCR5-△32,CCR2-641 and SDF1-3' A alleles was in equilibrium according to the Hardy-Weinberg equation.Conclusion The CCR5-△32 mutation may not be a major resistant factor against HIV-1 infection in indigenous Han Chinese.The significance of higher frequencies of CCR2-641 and SDF1-3' A alleles (0.20023 and 0.2791)in the Han population remains to be clarified in HIV-1-positive carriers and AIDS patients.

High frequency loss of heterozygosity on the long arms of chromosomes 13 and 14 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Southern China

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosomal arms 13q and 14q in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) using 21 microsatellite polymorphic markers and to study whether there is a correlation between LOH and clinicopathologic parameters and/or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in NPC. METHODS: Sixty cases of NPC were studied using polymerase chain reaction based microsatellite analysis with genescan and genotyping techniques. RESULTS: LOH was detected on 13q in 78% of NPC tumors, high frequency LOH loci (more than 30%) clustered to 13q12.3-q14.3 and 13q32. On chromosome 14q, LOH was detected in 80% of NPC tumors; high frequency LOH loci clustered to 14q11-q13, 14q21-q24 and 14q32. High frequency LOH at 13q31-q32 correlated with a lower level of EBV infection; LOH on chromosome 14q was closely associated with poor differentiation of NPC tumor cells. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that in NPC, LOH on chromosome 13q and 14q are common genetic events, and putative tumor suppressor genes (TSG) residing in these regions may be involved in tumorigenesis.

An Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Delta Operator Systems with Input Nonlinearity Containing Unknown Slope Parameters

The problem of observer-based adaptive sliding mode control of delta operator systems with time-varying delays subject to input nonlinearity is investigated. The slope parameters of this nonlinearity are unmeasured. A novel adaptive control law is established such that the sliding surface in the state-estimation space can be reached in a finite time. A delay-dependent sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of both the error system and the sliding mode dynamics is derived via linear matrix inequality(LMI). Finally, a simulation example is presented to show the validity and advantage of the proposed method.

Experimental and simulation research on the influence of voltage amplitude,frequency and carrier gas flow rate on the performance of FAIMS

A micro sensor chip of High-field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry(FAIMS) was designed and fabricated by inductively coupled plasma(ICP) etching on the both sides of silicon and double silicon-glass bonding,with dimensions of 18.8 mm×12.4 mm×1.2mm.The sample ions were created at ambient pressure by VUV lamp ion source,which was equipped with a 10.6 eV photo discharge lamp(λ=116.5 nm).The 2-pentanone was adopted to illustrate the influences of high-field rectangular asymmetric waveform voltage amplitude,frequency and carrier gas flow rate on the performance of FAIMS sensor chip.The experiment results showed that with the frequency or carrier gas flow rate increasing,or voltage amplitude decreasing,the FAIMS sensitivity increases,and that the resolution decreases with the increasing of the frequency or flow rate.The FAIMS simulation results based on the SIMION software was in agreement with the experimental results.The FAIMS detection sensitivity experiment showed that the FAIMS sensor chip can detect positive and negative ions simultaneously,and has detection sensitivity as low as 0.1 ppm for acetic acid.

Inter- and intraspecific variability of plant individual growth and its role on species ranking in grasslands

Aims Individual growth constitutes a major component of individual fitness.However,measuring growth rates of herbaceous plants non-destructively at the individual level is notoriously difficult.This study,based on an accurate non-destructive method of aboveground biomass estimation,aims to assess individual relative growth rates(RGRs)of some species,identify its environmental drivers and test its consequences on community patterning.We specifically address three questions:(i)to what extent environmental conditions explain differences in individual plant growth between sites,(ii)what is the magnitude of intraspecific variability of plant individual growth within and between sites and(iii)do species-averaged(dis-)advantage of individual growth compared with the whole vegetation within a site correlate with species ranking at the community level?Methods We monitored the growth of individuals of four common perennial species in 18 permanent grasslands chosen along a large pedoclimatic gradient located in the Massif Central,France.We measured soil properties,levels of resources and meteorological parameters to characterize environmental conditions at the site level.This design enables us to assess the influence of environmental conditions on individual growth and the relative extent of inter-individual variability of growth explained within and between sites.We determined the ranking of each of the four species in each site with botanical surveys to assess the relationship between species-averaged growth(dis-)advantage relative to the whole community and species rank in the community.Important Findings We found that environmental conditions explain a significant proportion of individual growth variability,and that this proportion is strongly variable between species.Light availability was the main driver of plant growth,followed by rainfall amount and potential evapotranspiration,while soil properties had only a slight effect.We further highlighted a moderate to high within-site inter-individual variability of growth.We finally showed that there was no correlation between species ranking and species-averaged individual growth.