简介:Whereasconservativetherapiesaimtostalltheadvanceofdisease,regenerativemedicinestrivestoreverseit.Thecapacityofmosttissuestoregeneratederivesfromstemcells,butthereareanumberofbarrierswhichhavetobecircumventedbeforeitwillbepossibletousestem-cell-basedtherapies.Suchtherapies,however,areexpectedtoimprovehumanhealthenormously,andknowledgegainedfromstudyingstemcellsincultureandinmodelorganismsisnowlayingthegroundworkforaneweraofregenerativemedicine.Oneofthemostprominentmethodstostudystemcelldifferentiationistoletthemtoformembryoidbodies.Underfavourableconditionsanystemcelllinewillformembryoidbodies.However,themechanismoftheformationofembryoidbodiesisnotverywellunderstood,andtoproducetheminthelaboratoryisinnowaytrivial-animportanttechnicalbarrierinstemcellresearch.Recently,theembryoidbodycultivationstephasbeensuccessfullycircumventedforthederivationofosteogenicculturesofembryonicstemcells.Herewereportonasimpleandreusablesystemtocultivateembryoidbodiesinextremelyshorttimes.Themethodisinspiredbytheprinciplesthatleadtotheestablishmentofthebiomimetictriangle.
简介:<正>Fortoolong,China,thesleepinggiant,wasleftunnoticedbytherestofthesportworld.Thegiant,however,awokefromtheslumberandhasrisentothetopoftheworldofsportssincethe1980s.ThroughoutthemonumentalBeijing2008SummerOlympicGames,theworldtooknoticeattheoutstandingperformancesoftheChineseathleteswhotook51goldmedals,surpassingthesuperpowersUSAandRussia,andmadeChinathecountrywinningthemostgoldmedals.China’sstrongpresenceattheOlympicGames,ascommentedbyInternational
简介:Since1994,avigourousdevelopmenthasemergedinChina’sconstructionthankstotheremarkableprogressofoureconomicreformandthecontinuous,stableandhealthygrowthofthenationaleconomyThenationalkeyconstructionprojectshavebeenspeededupwiththeimprovedcompletionofinvestmentplansandcapitalfunds,comparedto1993.Themacrocontrolofrealestatehasachieved
简介:July4,2012(thesixthdayofthefifthlunarmonth)wasthe"auspiciousday"selectedbyLongZaiyunandhiswifeMaMeizhen,acouplelivinginthevillageofLixin,MalichangTown,HuayuanCounty,HunanProvince.Thiswasthedayforbuildingthetimberframeoftheirnewwoodenhouse.FortheMiaopeople,beforeerectingthetimberframe,thefoundationofthehouseneedstobeinstalledandthetimbersmovedclosealongside.Treesonthenearbyhill,pre-selectedastimbersforthehouse,aretiedaroundwithredclothtomarkthemoutforfellingwhenthehouseownercomesalongwithfriendstocutthemdown.
简介:PolygonalobjectisafundamentaltypeofgeometricdatainvectorGIS.Thekeystepofcleaningtopologicalrelationshipafterdatacollectionofpolygonallayeristobuildpolygonalobjectsfromdigitalarcs.Therawdigitalarcsmayintersectwitheachother.Thealgorithmforbuildingpolygonalobjectsaftertherawarcshavebeensplitatallintersectionsispresented.Thebuild-upofpolygonalobjectsinthispaperisdesignedtobeimplementedbytwosteps.Thefirststepistoextractallthepolygonsneededforbuild-upofpolygonalobjectsfromarcs.Thesecondstepistoorganizepolygonalobjectsfromthesepolygons.Forthefirststep,atracingalgorithmisproposed.Thealgorithmmerelyextractsthepolygonsneededforthebuild-upofpolygonalobjects,whichisasubsetofallthepossiblepolygonsthatcanbeinducedfromthearcs.Forthesecondstep,analgorithmbasedonaspeciallydesignedorderofpolygonsisadvanced.Allthetopologicalrelationshipsamongthepolygonsaresho