Local Spatiotemporal Modeling of House Prices: A Mixed Model Approach

The real estate market has long provided an active application area for spatial–temporal modeling and analysis and it is well known that house prices tend to be not only spatially but also temporally correlated. In the spatial dimension, nearby properties tend to have similar values because they share similar characteristics, but house prices tend to vary over space due to differences in these characteristics. In the temporal dimension, current house prices tend to be based on property values from previous years and in the spatial–temporal dimension, the properties on which current prices are based tend to be in close spatial proximity. To date, however, most research on house prices has adopted either a spatial perspective or a temporal one; relatively little effort has been devoted to situations where both spatial and temporal effects coexist. Using ten years of house price data in Fife, Scotland (2003–2012), this research applies a mixed model approach, semiparametric geographically weighted regression (GWR), to explore, model, and analyze the spatiotemporal variations in the relationships between house prices and associated determinants. The study demonstrates that the mixed modeling technique provides better results than standard approaches to predicting house prices by accounting for spatiotemporal relationships at both global and local scales.     

海洋Pseudomonasaeruginosasp.DES-3的鉴定以及基因ap02对其产蛋白酶的影响研究

海洋是地球上最大的生态系统,其多样独特的生态环境造就了其有别于其他环境的微生物资源。本研究利用蛋白酶的活性筛选策略,从辽宁省营口市某海洋淤泥中分离得到一株产蛋白酶的优势菌株DES-3。通过微生物形态学特征、生理生化性质和16SrDNA基因鉴定以及系统发育进化关系的分析,将该菌株鉴定为铜绿假单胞菌属,命名为Pseudomonas aeruginosa sp.DES-3。其胞外蛋白酶的最适反应温度和最适pH分别为55℃和9.0。将来自于碱性污染土壤宏基因组文库的编码碱性蛋白酶基因ap02与广宿主表达载体pBBR1MCS-5连接,转化至野生型菌株P.aeruginosasp.DES-3细胞中,成功构建了基因工程菌株P.aeruginosasp.DES-3/pBBR1MCS-5-ap02。基因工程菌株的最适反应温度为60℃,较野生型菌株提高了5℃。本研究构建基因工程菌株的策略可为菌株的改造和相应工业应用提供一定的技术参考。     

Observed characteristics of atmospheric ducts over the South China Sea in autumn

The observed characteristics of lower atmospheric ducts over the South China Sea(SCS) were analyzed based on Global Position Systerm(GPS) radiosonde data collected four times daily during autumn open cruises from 2006 to 2012.Duct occurrence,thickness,and strength over the SCS were about 40%,150-m thick,and 8 M units,respectively,which were larger than during the summer monsoon period.Most ducts occurred at heights 1 500 m and these ducts easily trap electromagnetic wave clusters with wavelengths 2 m.Diurnal variation of the SCS ducts appeared evident.They occurred more often at midnight at higher altitudes(about 1 100 m),with a thickest layer of about 145 m and less frequently during the evening at lower altitudes(about 800 m),with a thinnest layer of about 125 m.Moreover,ducts during the daytime at a mean height of about 900 m,with the greatest strength of about 10 M units.Furthermore,all duct variables observed over the SCS in autumn decreased from north to south.These findings are useful not only in the design of radar and communication systems,but also for evaluating possible effects of anomalous propagation on meteorological radar and military applications.