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A promising union of biological sciences <strong>and</strong>
biomimetics for sustainable development
CS CHEN <strong>and</strong>Ka<strong>the</strong>rine CHEN
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu <strong>and</strong> National Dong Hwa
University, Hualien.Email: cschen@mx.nthu.edu.tw
The ever‐pressing sustainable development has
challenged us on many fronts particularly <strong>the</strong> natural
resources, energy, environment <strong>and</strong> some social issues.
Many biological systems have been impressively
successful <strong>and</strong> have long been recognized as <strong>the</strong>
remarkable winners in meeting all <strong>the</strong> challenges. It is
wise <strong>to</strong> apply <strong>the</strong> biomimetics <strong>to</strong> learn <strong>the</strong> good lessons
<strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> get valuable inspiration from those biological
systems in achieving <strong>the</strong> sustainable development.
In doing proper biomimetics, it is crucial <strong>to</strong> have
necessary <strong>and</strong> sufficient knowledge of relevant biological
sciences. Unfortunately, biomimetics has often <strong>to</strong> struggle
alone with inadequate biological support <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>
biological sciences have also missed <strong>the</strong> valuable role in
making an important contribution.
We have pursued a proper <strong>and</strong> more efficient union of
<strong>the</strong> biological sciences <strong>and</strong> biomimetics for sustainable
development. We have applied a <strong>to</strong>p‐down approach for
biomimetics <strong>to</strong> connect with <strong>the</strong> bot<strong>to</strong>m‐up approach for
biological sciences in closing <strong>the</strong> current gap between
biomimetics <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> biological sciences. We have
examined <strong>the</strong> critical needs of biological knowledge in
doing appropriate biomimetics. Specifics for what, why,
how <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> alternatives were determined. The possible
routes <strong>and</strong> action plans were mapped out. We have also
assisted <strong>the</strong> biological scientists in examining <strong>the</strong>
unexplored but relevant terri<strong>to</strong>ry with helpful deduction,
modeling, simulation <strong>and</strong> advanced ma<strong>the</strong>matics.
A rapid method for ramie bio­degumming
Zhengchu LIU
IBFC, CAAS, Changsha, China. Email: hun<strong>and</strong>sw@163.com
An industrial experiment of a rapid method for ramie
bio‐degumming by Pec<strong>to</strong>bacterium sp. CXJZU‐120 was
conducted under <strong>the</strong> same conditions compared with <strong>the</strong>
chemical degumming method <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> bio‐chemical
degumming method. Results displayed that <strong>the</strong>
bio‐degumming method was very efficient, <strong>the</strong> whole
ramie degumming process could be finished within 6h
by using <strong>the</strong> Pec<strong>to</strong>bacterium sp. CXJZU‐120
fermentation independently; this rapid method was not
only suitable for extraction of different raw ramie fibers,
but also could retain <strong>the</strong>ir inherent morphological
structure <strong>and</strong> textile properties; fur<strong>the</strong>r more,
compared with chemical degumming method, this was a
resource‐conserving <strong>and</strong> environmentally‐friendly new
method: it could reduce up <strong>to</strong> 20.5% of <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>tal
production cost of refined ramie fiber (for example,
76.4% of coal consumption <strong>and</strong> 62.6% of water
consumption), <strong>the</strong> resource utilization ratio could be
raised by more than 50% <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>tal disposal charges
of industrial pollution could be reduced by at least 80%.
This study proved a huge improvement in industrial
ramie degumming process from traditional chemical
method <strong>to</strong> biological method. It indicated that <strong>the</strong>
biological technology could be widely employed in <strong>the</strong>
field of herbaceous fiber extraction.
A review of novel bunyavirus in China:
emergence, virology, epidemiology <strong>and</strong>
clinical characteristics
Shelan LIU
Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Center for
Disease Control <strong>and</strong> Prevention, 630 Xincheng Road, Binjiang,
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310051, China. Email:
liushelan@126.com
The English literature of severe fever with
thrombocy<strong>to</strong>penia syndrome (SFTS) infection caused
by novel Bunyavirus in China is sparse. Based on a <strong>to</strong>tal
literarure search of 55 sources (both in English <strong>and</strong> in
Chinese) about SFTS, 43 L, M, S segments isolated in
China downloaded from GenBank <strong>and</strong> 571 cases from
Chinese SFTS surveillance reporting systems in 2011,
we analyzed <strong>the</strong> novel SFTS virus emergence, virology,
epidemiology, clinical characteristics except lab testing,
diagnosis, treatment <strong>and</strong> control. This review showed
that <strong>the</strong> structure, genomics <strong>and</strong> L, M, S evolutionary
relationship between those novel virus from different
regions, different years, different genus by Mega5.05,
DnaSP 5.0, Simplot <strong>and</strong> Network4.6.0 software.
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