A Workable Solution for Reducing the Large Number of Vehicle and Pedestrian Accidents Occurring on a Yellow Light

Traffic intersections are incredibly dangerous for drivers and pedestrians. Statistics from both Canada and the U.S. show a high number of fatalities and serious injuries related to crashes at intersections. In Canada, during 2019, the National Collision Database shows that 28% of traffic fatalities and 42% of serious injuries occurred at intersections. Likewise, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) found that about 40% of the estimated 5,811,000 accidents in the U.S. during the year studied were intersection-related crashes. In fact, a major survey by the car insurance industry found that nearly 85% of drivers could not identify the correct action to take when approaching a yellow traffic light at an intersection. One major reason for these accidents is the “yellow light dilemma,” the ambiguous situation where a driver should stop or proceed forward when unexpectedly faced with a yellow light. This situation is even further exacerbated by the tendency of aggressive drivers to inappropriately speed up on the yellow just to get through the traffic light. A survey of Canadian drivers conducted by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation found that 9% of drivers admitted to speeding up to get through a traffic light. Another reason for these accidents is the increased danger of making a left-hand turn on yellow. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA), left turns occur in approximately 22.2% of collisions—as opposed to just 1.2% for right turns. Moreover, a study by CNN found left turns are three times as likely to kill pedestrians than right turns. The reason left turns are so much more likely to cause an accident is because they take a driver against traffic and in the path of oncoming cars. Additionally, most of these left turns occur at the driver’s discretion—as opposed to the distressingly brief left-hand arrow at busy intersections. Drive Safe Now proposes a workable solution for reducing the number of accidents occurring during a yellow light at intersections. We believe this fairly simple solution will save lives, prevent injuries, reduce damage to public and private property, and decrease insurance costs.

基于LIGHT-HVEM信号通路探讨健脾养血祛风方对脾虚型慢性湿疹小鼠作用机制

目的基于肿瘤坏死因子超家族第14个成员(LIGHT)-疱疹病毒入侵介质(HVEM)信号通路探讨健脾养血祛风方对脾虚型慢性湿疹小鼠的作用机制。方法60只雄性昆明小鼠随机分为空白对照组10只和模型组50只。模型组采用小剂量二硝基氯苯(DNCB)反复涂抹联合番泻叶灌服建立脾虚型慢性湿疹小鼠模型。造模成功的50只小鼠随机分成模型对照组、西药治疗组、中药低剂量治疗组、中药中剂量治疗组和中药高剂量治疗组,每组10只。西药治疗组予盐酸左西替利嗪片灌胃,中药各剂量组予健脾养血祛风方灌胃,空白对照组和模型对照组予等体积生理盐水灌胃,各组均连续给药14 d。观察背部皮肤肿胀度和组织形态学变化,检测血清白细胞介素2(IL-2)、白细胞介素6(IL-6)、肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)表达水平,皮肤LIGHT、HVEM蛋白表达水平。结果与空白对照组比较,模型对照组小鼠皮肤肿胀度和血清IL-2、IL-6、TNF-α表达水平显著升高(P<0.01),皮肤组织形态学表现呈现慢性湿疹病理改变,皮肤LIGHT、HVEM蛋白表达水平显著升高(P<0.01);与模型对照组比较,西药治疗组、中药高剂量治疗组小鼠皮肤肿胀度和血清IL-2、IL-6、TNF-α表达水平显著降低(P<0.05或P<0.01),皮肤组织形态学表现明显改善,西药治疗组、中药治疗组皮肤LIGHT、HVEM蛋白表达水平显著降低(P<0.01)。结论健脾养血祛风方对脾虚型慢性湿疹小鼠具有抗炎和免疫调节作用,以高剂量效果最佳,其作用机制可能是通过抑制LIGHT-HVEM信号通路,降低血清IL-2、IL-6、TNF-α表达水平,调节Th1/Th2细胞因子动态平衡,从而有效改善皮肤肿胀度和皮肤组织病理形态。

Expression Patterns of OsPIL11,a Phytochrome-Interacting Factor in Rice,and Preliminary Analysis of Its Roles in Light Signal Transduction

The expression patterns of OsPILll, one of six putative phytochrome-interacting factors, were analyzed in different organs of transgenic tobacco （Nicotiana tabacum）. The expression of OsPIL 11 was organ-specific and was regulated by leaf development, abscisic acid （ABA）, jasmonic acid （JA） and salicylic acid （SA）. To further explore the role of OsPIL 11 in plant light signal transduction, a plant expression vector of OsPILll was constructed and introduced into tobacco. When grown under continuous red light, OsPILll-overexpressed transgenic tobacco exhibited shorter hypocotyls and larger cotyledons and leaves compared to wild-type seedlings. When grown under continuous far-red light, however, transgenic and wild-type seedlings showed similar phenotypes. These results indicate that OsPILll is involved in red light induced de-etiolation, but not in far-red light induced de-etiolation in transgenic tobacco, which lays the foundation for dissecting the function of OsPIL11 in phytochrome-mediated light signal transduction in rice.

基于ESPRIT-PSA与LightGBM算法的感应电动机转子断条数目诊断新方法

提出一种基于旋转不变信号参数估计技术ESPRIT(Estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance technique)、模式搜索算法PSA(Pattern search algorithm)与轻型梯度提升机LightGBM(Light gradient boosting machine)结合的感应电动机转子断条数目诊断新方法。模拟了转子断条故障下的瞬时无功功率信号并用其衡量ESPRIT-PSA的性能。结果表明:ESPRIT-PSA只需短时数据就能准确测量瞬时无功功率信号中的转子断条故障特征分量。随后,为解决现有的电机瞬时无功功率信号分析MIRPSA(Motor instantaneous reactive power signal analysis)类方法无法准确诊断转子断条数目的问题,引入LightGBM对转子断条故障进行多分类以准确诊断转子断条数目。最后针对一台异步电动机进行转子断条诊断实验,结果表明:该方法是有效的,并且因将瞬时无功功率作为分析信号而适用于电机低转差率的情况。

Regulated Degradation of HFR1 Desensitizes Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

Arabidopsis seedlings undergo photomorphogenesis in the light and etiolation in the dark. HFR1, a bHLH transcription factor, is required for both phytochrome A (phyA)-mediated far-red and cryptochrome 1 (cry1)-mediated blue light signaling. We report that HFR1 is a short-lived protein in darkness and is degraded through a 26S proteasome-dependent pathway. Light, irrespective of its quality, enhances HFR1 protein accumulation via promoting its stabilization. We demonstrate that HFR1 physically interacts with COP1 and that COP1 exhibits ubiquitin ligase activity toward HFR1 in vitro. In addition, we show that COP1 is required for degradation of HFR1 in vivo. Furthermore, plants overexpressing a C-terminal 161 amino acid fragment of HFR1 (CT161) display enhanced photomorphogenesis, suggesting an autonomous function of CT161 in promoting light signaling. This truncated HFR1 gene product is more stable than the full-length HFR1 protein in darkness, indicating that the COP1-interacting N-terminal portion of HFR1 is essential for COP1-mediated destabilization of HFR1. These results suggest that light enhances HFR1 protein accumulation by abrogating COP1-mediated degradation of HFR1, which is necessary and sufficient for promoting light signaling. Additionally, our results substantiate the E3 ligase activity of COP1 and its critical role in desensitizing light signaling.

Study of light signal receptor of Stephanopyxis palmeriana during sexual reproduction

We collected centric diatom Stephanopyxis palmeriana samples in coastal waters of Xiamen for charac- teristic red light/far red light (R/FR) phytochrome reactions to identify its photoreceptor in the course of sexual repro- duction. The result showed that pre-illumination of 2-3h red light before darkness could induce sexualization of S. palmeriana, while the follow-up illumination of far red light could reverse the effect of red light, which is a featured reaction of phytochrome. The Southern Dot Blot was carried out to identify the type of phytochrome that induces the sexualization. The result also showed high homogeneity of DNA fragment of S. palmeriana with phyB, but phyA. This means the photoreceptor in the process of sexual reproduction of S. palmeriana is phytochrome B (phyB).

Controllable beating signal using stored light pulse

We experimentally study the controllable generation of a beating signal using stored light pulses based on electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT) in a solid medium. The beating signal relies on an asymmetric procedure of light storage and retrieval. After storing the probe pulse into the spin coherence under the EIT condition, two-color control fields with opposite detunings instead of the initial control field are used to scatter the stored spin coherence. The controllable beating signal is generated due to alternative constructive and destructive interferences in the retrieved signal intensities. The beating of the two-color control fields is mapped into the beating of weak probe fields by using atomic spin coherence. This beating signal will be important in precise atomic spectroscopy and fast quantum limited measurements.

基于轨迹数据的非机动车左转信号灯安全效应评估

【目的】对城市交叉口采用的左转非机动车信号灯设施进行交通安全性量化评估。【方法】提出一种基于拓展碰撞时间(extended time to collision,ETTC)指标的左转非机动车信号灯安全效应评估方法。针对现有的碰撞时间(time to collision,TTC)指标不适于评估交叉口左转非机动车冲突的问题,考虑非机动车车辆尺寸与加速度对交通冲突的影响,采用拓展碰撞时间指标,评估交叉口非机动车交通冲突。收集长沙市4个信号交叉口的视频大数据,利用视频软件Tracker提取车辆微观轨迹后,开展案例分析。【结果】左转非机动车信号灯在时间上明确了非机动车的通行权,其设置能显著降低非机动车冲突率,在平峰、高峰时段非机动车冲突率分别降低了40.11%、25.27%。在直行相位末期、左转相位即将启亮时,设置组的左转非机动车在待行区等待,冲突率降为0;而对比组近50%的非机动车违规左转,冲突严重。设置左转非机动车信号灯的改善效果随非机动车流量的增大呈先增加后降低趋势,而随机动车流量的增大呈逐步波动下降趋势。【结论】本研究揭示了非机动车左转信号灯的设置对减少交叉口交通冲突的影响,可为城市交叉口非机动车交通安全管控提供有益参考。

光强非线性响应下的光致热弹光谱光强修正

提出了基于光强非线性响应的光致热弹光谱光强修正方法,实现了激光光强的准确修正。控制DFB激光器工作于波长调制模式,设置激光调制频率为16369.75 Hz,通过光纤放大器增强其出射光强非线性项的幅值,光束经多次反射池后汇聚于石英音叉根部激发光热信号,采用数字锁相放大器解调得到对应的谐波信号,通过多项式拟合谐波信号背景,反演得到与浓度及光强分别对应的谐波信号。实验结果表明,当光强从22.03 mW变化至3.16 mW,谐波信号背景幅值与光强具有良好的线性关系,线性相关系数大于0.998,归一化后的谐波信号幅值波动小于0.37%。针对甲烷测量,系统在较大的浓度范围内具有良好的线性响应,谐波信号信噪比表明系统的最低检测限达0.22×10-6。该研究为光致热弹光谱的光强修正提供了一种新的方法,可有效提高LITES系统在长期测量应用中的稳定性。

基于RSSR融合RNGO-Elman神经网络的室内可见光定位

针对动态环境下基于接收信号强度的传统可见光定位方法定位精度低、稳定性差等问题,提出一种基于接收信号强度比的改进北方苍鹰算法(NGO)优化Elman神经网络(RNGOElman)的室内可见光定位系统。提出选择一个辅助参考点,将待测参考点与辅助参考点的接收信号强度比值和接收机的真实位置作为训练集数据,建立不受动态环境影响的指纹数据库。针对NGO算法收敛速度慢、容易陷入局部最优等问题,利用折射反向学习策略初始化种群,增加种群多样性,引入非线性权重因子来加快收敛速度,避免陷入局部最优。使用优化后的NGO算法来优化Elman神经网络的初始权值和阈值,构建RNGO-Elman动态定位预测模型。仿真结果表明,在4m×4m×3m的实验空间下,优化后的RNGO-Elman定位模型平均定位误差为1.34cm,定位精度相较于Elman定位算法、NGO-Elman定位算法分别提高了82%,21%。在LED发射功率波动时,基于RSSR的RNGO-Elman定位误差为1.29cm,1.38cm。所提可见光定位方法具有定位精度高、定位性能稳定等优点。

无线紫外光MIMO通信系统信道容量估算方法

无线紫外光通信系统易受大气散射等因素的影响,导致通信信道容量估算准确率较低。为此,提出一种无线紫外光多入多出(Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, MIMO)通信系统信道容量估算方法。根据信道特征,构建无线紫外光MIMO通信系统的信道容量估计模型,获取无线紫外光的单次散射传输特性,利用符号补码式的方法改进空时编码,设定高级检测器中符号的接收能耗,使每个符号保持在标准功率数值范围内,完成通信系统信道检测式编码。根据不同发射角和接收角计算无线紫外光通信的路径损耗比,通过泊松随机分布获得最终通信系统信道容量的估算结果。实验结果表明,所提方法的传输速率可高达8 Mbps,误码率始终低于10-3bit/s,估算准确率在90%以上,估计时间低于4 ms,估算效果好,可为通信行业发展提供理论依据。

植物侧枝发育的遗传基础及激素、代谢与环境调控

植株形态的多样性有利于植物适应环境,而侧枝发育是株型的决定因素之一。侧枝发育与产品器官形成密切相关,也会影响光合产物的分配,以及产量和品质。侧枝的形成包括腋生分生组织起始、侧芽的活化和侧芽持续生长等不同阶段。这些过程受到遗传、激素、代谢和环境等方面的共同调控。文章总结了腋生分生组织形成及侧芽活化过程中的关键转录因子及其作用机制,不同植物激素的功能、信号途径和相互作用,以及糖信号和光环境如何通过激素信号网络调控侧枝发育,并对生物钟和表观遗传修饰在侧枝发育中的作用,以及利用基因编辑和环境控制等调控作物株型进行了展望。

光敏色素A调控光响应基因表达及其翻译后修饰研究进展

光是调节植物生长发育最重要的环境信号因子之一。植物通过光受体感受自然环境中光的强度、方向以及光周期等信号的变化,从而调控其生长发育过程。光敏色素A(phytochrome A,PHYA)是植物中唯一的远红光受体蛋白,具有在黑暗下在细胞质中合成,而在照光后快速入核和降解的特性,并通过多种途径精确调节了植物光响应基因的转录网络。同时,蛋白质翻译后修饰在调节PHYA稳定性和活性的过程中发挥了重要的作用。该文论述了PHYA调节光响应基因表达以及PHYA翻译后修饰方向的研究进展,并展望了PHYA在农作物分子设计育种中的应用前景。

光调控植物种子萌发分子机制研究进展

萌发是种子植物进入农业生态系统的重要发育阶段。对于需光类种子,光是调控其萌发最重要的环境信号因子之一,红光促进而远红光抑制种子萌发。光敏色素是调控种子萌发的主要光受体。活化的光敏色素诱导萌发主效抑制因子PIF1发生蛋白降解,调节赤霉素和脱落酸代谢和信号途径相关基因的表达,从而促进种子的萌发。同时,一系列的表观遗传因子通过改变染色质结构,动态调节萌发相关基因的表达从而影响种子的萌发进程。该论文重点论述了光调控种子萌发的转录及表观遗传机制研究进展,并对其在农业生产中的应用进行了展望。

基于深度学习的水下激光通信系统弱光信号检测方法研究

水下激光通信系统弱光信号受到频谱和多径干扰,检测的精度不高,为了提高水下激光通信的稳定性,提出基于深度学习的水下激光通信系统弱光信号检测方法。采用空间波束形成方法构建水下激光通信采集和多层频谱分解模型,实现信号的波束特征增强处理,结合时间反转技术估计弱光信号的射频标签分布信息和多径信息,采用多径衰落抑制实现对水下激光通信系统的弱光信号增强处理,利用深度学习算法进行弱光信号检测过程中的寻优控制,使得整个信号检测过程保证在恒虚警概率。仿真结果表明,该方法进行水下激光通信系统弱光信号检测对多径衰落的抑制能力较好,不同信噪比环境下误码率较低,当信噪比增大至90 dB时,其误码率仅为10-5,且其检测时间小于10 ms,优于对比方法,具有更大的应用价值。

月月竹竹秆变色后全长转录组分析

为探究月月竹竹秆受到光照由绿色变为紫色的分子机制,本研究采集月月竹同一竹节紫色部分(Z)、渐变部分(M)和绿色部分(L)的竹青,提取RNA,利用PacBio Sequel三代全长转录组测序技术,结合生物信息学方法对不同颜色的竹青进行全长转录组分析。结果表明,经过三代测序和数据质量控制,共获得非冗余转录本66961条,长度为500~3000 bp,平均长度1389.22 bp,序列总长度为93.02 Mbp,N50为1830 bp,G+C碱基含量为49.56%。利用NR、Swiss-Prot、COG、GO、KEGG和Pfam数据库对所有转录本进行功能注释,共有56938条转录本被成功注释,占全部转录本的85.03%;49115条转录本被GO注释,其中催化活性、细胞器、代谢过程分别是GO数据库分子功能、细胞组分和生物过程中含转录本最多的项目;28231个转录本被KEGG数据库注释,其中与碳水化合物代谢和基因翻译相关的转录本最多。结合GO注释和KEGG注释,66961条转录本中有381条转录本与光信号的感受、传递以及光调控相关,包括红光和远红光的受体蛋白PHYA、PHYB及信号通路蛋白PIF3、ELF3,蓝光的受体蛋白CRY、ZTL及信号通路蛋白COP1、SPA1、ELF3、GI、HY5等。类黄酮(包括花青素)代谢、叶绿素合成、类胡萝卜素合成等与植物色素合成相关通路分别含有转录本187条、44条和72条。全长转录本共获得2079个转录因子,其中包括18个由35个转录本编码的与花青素合成相关的R2R3MYB转录因子。CNCI、CPC、Pfam、PLEK等数据库同时注释到的长链非编码RNA(LncRNA)6359个,数量高于孝顺竹等其他竹种。本研究获得了高质量的月月竹竹青全长转录组数据,与竹秆变色相关的红光和蓝光受体及光信号传递蛋白,与花青素、叶绿素和类胡萝卜素合成相关的转录因子及长链非编码RNA(LncRNA),为进一步深入分析月月竹竹秆变色机制提供基础。

Modulation of starch synthesis in Arabidopsis via phytochrome B-mediated light signal transduction

Starch is a major storage carbohydrate in plants and is critical in crop yield and quality.Starch synthesis is intricately regulated by internal metabolic processes and external environmental cues;however,the precise molecular mechanisms governing this process remain largely unknown.In this study,we revealed that high red to far-red(high R:FR)light significantly induces the synthesis of leaf starch and the expression of synthesis-related genes,whereas low R:FR light suppress these processes.Arabidopsis phytochrome B(phyB),the primary R and FR photoreceptor,was identified as a critical positive regulator in this process.Downstream of phyB,basic leucine zipper transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5(HY5)was found to enhance starch synthesis,whereas the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORs(PIF3,PIF4,and PIF5)inhibit starch synthesis in Arabidopsis leaves.Notably,HY5 and PIFs directly compete for binding to a shared G-box cis-element in the promoter region of genes encoding starch synthases GBSS,SS3,and SS4,which leads to antagonistic regulation of their expression and,consequently,starch synthesis.Our findings highlight the vital role of phyB in enhancing starch synthesis by stabilizing HY5 and facilitating PIFs degradation under high R:FR light conditions.Conversely,under low R:FR light,PIFs predominantly inhibit starch synthesis.This study provides insight into the physiological and molecular functions of phyB and its downstream transcription factors HY5 and PIFs in starch synthesis regulation,shedding light on the regulatory mechanism by which plants synchronize dynamic light signals with metabolic cues to module starch synthesis.

RACK1A promotes hypocotyl elongation by scaffolding light signaling components in Arabidopsis

Plants deploy versatile scaffold proteins to intricately modulate complex cell signaling.Among these,RACK1A(Receptors for Activated C Kinase 1A)stands out as a multifaceted scaffold protein functioning as a central integrative hub for diverse signaling pathways.However,the precise mechanisms by which RACK1A orchestrates signal transduction to optimize seedling development remain largely unclear.Here,we demonstrate that RACK1A facilitates hypocotyl elongation by functioning as a flexible platform that connects multiple key components of light signaling pathways.RACK1A interacts with PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR(PIF)3,enhances PIF3 binding to the promoter of BBX11 and down-regulates its transcription.Furthermore,RACK1A associates with ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5(HY5)to repress HY5 biochemical activity toward target genes,ultimately contributing to hypocotyl elongation.In darkness,RACK1A is targeted by CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC(COP)1 upon phosphorylation and subjected to COP1-mediated degradation via the 26 S proteasome system.Our findings provide new insights into how plants utilize scaffold proteins to regulate hypocotyl elongation,ensuring proper skoto-and photo-morphogenic development.

采用CNN的MIMO-OFDM可见光通信接收机

为了克服多输入多输出(MIMO)-正交频分复用(OFDM)可见光通信(VLC)系统中存在的信号串扰、高峰均功率比、发光二极管(LED)的带宽受限和非线性效应等问题,提出一种基于卷积神经网络(CNN)的VLC接收机.该接收机通过对接收端失真信号和发射端原始信号的学习,能够实现MIMO-OFDM可见光通信系统的信号解调,有效提升系统对非线性失真的抑制能力并具有较低的复杂度.实验结果表明,与最小二乘法接收机相比,CNN接收机能有效补偿信号受到的线性和非线性失真以及不同用户间的信号串扰,平均误码率提升超过一个数量级,同时有效克服LED带宽受限问题,比特传输速率提升53%.

人重组LIGHT-Fc分子的真核表达及其抗肿瘤活性研究

目的 :构建人LIGHT Fc基因的真核表达质粒 ,并表达获得有较高生物学活性的纯化人LIGHT Fc融合蛋白。方法 :从cDNA文库中PCR扩增LIGHT全长编码基因 ,并导入克隆载体。测序证实后 ,继续用PCR扩增其膜外区cDNA ,用重叠延伸技术(SOE)引入CD137信号肽基因。将SOE产物与hIgG1Fc基因一起装入真核表达载体pcDNA3中 ,瞬时转染 2 93T细胞 ,用夹心ELISA检测其表达情况 ,经蛋白A亲和纯化 ,用SDS PAGE检测其纯度与Mr,并以肿瘤细胞为靶细胞 ,检测其生物学活性。结果 :测序证实构建的LIGHT与LIGHT FccDNA阅读框完整 ,连接部位序列正确 ;ELISA和SDS PAGE证实LIGHT Fc融合蛋白的表达与纯度 ;MTT证明人LIGHT Fc蛋白对一些肿瘤细胞系具有生长抑制作用。结论 :获得了有抗肿瘤活性的纯化hLIGHT Fc融合蛋白 ,为探讨LIGHT在免疫自稳调节中的地位、结合相应受体后的动力学与信号转导机制 。