铼-188标记生物分子在肿瘤治疗中的应用

目的：研究铼．188标记生物分子在肿瘤治疗中的应用。方法：选取小白鼠作为实验的研究对象,将荷瘤鼠的肉瘤切成小块接种到小白鼠身上,达到试验条件时使用,即将没有明显差异的小白鼠16只随机分为4组,每组4只,注射含有铼一188的药物后分别在不同的时间将其处死,之后取出重要器官进行测量分析,进而得出铼一188的应用效果。结果：瘤内注射的要去在不同时间放射性在瘤内的保持率分别为（90．5±7．7）D％（1h）,（92．2±8．6）D％（24h）,（88．3±10．9）D％（48h）和（91．5±7．6）D％（72h）,在荷瘤鼠内注入生理盐水、非放硫化铼和188Re．硫化铼混悬液,肿瘤质量分别为2885．3±1241.3、2839．9±1965．2和98．4±45．5mg。188Re-硫化铼混悬液在生理盐水、磷酸盐缓冲液和小牛血清中均可稳定72h,而且188W-188Re发生器的应用还可以降低188Re-硫化铼混悬液的价格。随着处死时间的延迟,小鼠肿瘤质量和体积逐渐减小,相临两组比较,后组测定值均明显小于前组,数据经统计学比较具有显著差异（P〈0．05）。结论：188Re-硫化铼混悬液是一种适宜的肿瘤治疗剂。     

First case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in Spain

Background  

In August 2006 a major epidemic of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV8) started off in North-West Europe. In the course of 2007 it became evident that BTV8 had survived the winter in North-West Europe, re-emerged and spread exponentially. Recently, the European Union decided to start vaccination against BTV8. In order to improve the understanding of the epidemiological situation, it was necessary to execute a cross-sectional serological study at the end of the BT vector season. Cattle were the target species for cross-sectional serological studies in Europe at the end of 2006 and 2007. However, there was no information on the BTV8-seroprevalence in sheep and goats.     

Why boron?

It is now more than 80 years since boron was convincingly demonstrated to be essential for normal growth of higher plants. However, its biochemical role is not well understood at the moment. Several recent reviews propose that B is implicated in three main processes: keeping cell wall structure, maintaining membrane function, and supporting metabolic activities. However, in the absence of conclusive evidence, the primary role of boron in plants remains elusive. Besides plants, growth of specific bacteria, such as heterocystous cyanobacteria and the recently reported actinomycetes of the genus Frankia, requires B, particularly for the stability of the envelopes that control the access of the nitrogenase-poisoning oxygen when they grow under N₂-fixing conditions. Likewise, a role for B for animal embryogenesis and other developmental processes is being established. Finally, a new feature of the role of boron comes from signaling mechanisms for communication among bacteria and among legumes and rhizobia leading to N₂-fixing symbiosis, and it is possible that new roles for B, based on its special chemistry and its interaction with Ca would appear in the world of signal transduction pathways. In conclusion, the diversity of roles played by B might indicate that either the micronutrient is involved in numerous processes or that its deficiency has a pleiotropic effect. The arising question is why such an element? Since all of the roles clearly established for B are related to its capacity to form diester bridges between cis-hydroxyl-containing molecules, we propose that the main reason for B essentiality is the stabilization of molecules with cis-diol groups turning them effective, irrespectively of their function.     

Metabolism of dulcitol in Euonymus japonica

Dulcitol-1(6)-¹⁴C was administered to leaves of E. japonica and samples were taken for time periods ranging from 0·5 to 24 hr. For each time period the absolute activity of the glucose, galactose and dulcitol pools was determined. Such studies demonstrated that dulcitol is converted to glucose and galactose. The initial product was glucose, some of which was converted to galactose, glacturonic acid and glucuronic acid. Fractionation of a leaf sample into its pectin, lignin, hemicellulose and α-cellulose components, with subsequent hydrolysis, showed that the dulcitol pool is used in the synthesis of structural carbohydrates. The activity of these fractions was shown to reside in dulcitol, glucose, galactose, galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid residues.     

The effect of industrial pollution on copper,lead, zinc and cadmium concentration in xylem rings of resistant (Populus marilandica) and sensitive (P. balsamifera) species of poplar

Summary The patterns of radial distribution of copper, lead, zinc and cadmium in two species of poplar, growing under polluted conditions near a copper smelter, were investigated. Populus marilandica is very resistant to such pollution, but P. balsamifera is sensitive. Soils were examined for concentrations of these metals, and only a surface layer of soil was polluted with copper and lead. P. balsamifera absorbed much more cadmium than P. marilandica under the same conditions. P. marilandica shows a pattern of copper radial distribution with significantly increased concentration of the meral in the layers in the middle of the trunk compared to P. balsamifera. Zinc and cadmium have a pattern with increased metal concentration from the bark towards the pith of the tree. In the case of copper and lead the pattern indicates increased concentrations of these metals in the rings adjacent to the pith while the pattern in other parts of the tree remains unconfirmed due to poor precision. Poplar xylem seems to accumulate zinc and cadmium while the content of lead in xylem is much lower than in the adjacent soil.This paper is dedicated to the memory of Professor Stefan Bialobok, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kornik     

Reconstruction in wheat of complete chromosomes 1B and 1R from the 1RS.1BL translocation of 'Kavkaz' origin.

Translocation 1RS.1BL originally from the 'Aurora' and 'Kavkaz' wheats has spread to bread wheats all over the world. It offers several resistance genes and appears to significantly increase yields. For future study of the arm location of the yield-increasing factors, complete chromosomes 1B and 1R were reconstructed from the 1RS.1BL translocation. This was accomplished by centric misdivision and fusion in double monosomies 20 II + 1RS.1BL I + 1BS.1RL I. The frequency of misdivision and misdivision-fusion of the two unpaired chromosomes was 23.1%, which was much higher than expected but comparable with that observed in other stocks grown under similar conditions. Transmission of the reconstructed chromosomes to progeny was normal. In addition to all possible misdivision and misdivision-fusion products, two chromosomes of ambiguous origin were recovered: chromosome 1B with a proximal insert of about 40% of 1RS and chromosome 1R with a proximal insert of about 30% of 1BS. The study demonstrates that centric translocations can misdivide and fuse again to produce stable chromosomes with new arm combinations.     

Formidability assessment mechanisms: Examining their speed and automaticity

Throughout vertebrate evolution, asymmetries in the ability to inflict costs on others (i.e., formidability) have determined the outcomes of contests over limited resources. Therefore, natural selection would have favored mechanisms designed to efficiently and accurately estimate the formidability of conspecifics. Although previous research has provided evidence for the existence of adaptations for formidability assessment, the design features of these mechanisms have not been fully examined. In the current study, participants underwent a battery of tasks to test hypotheses regarding the speed and automaticity of formidability assessment mechanisms. Results suggest that formidability is automatically and rapidly tracked and assessed from visual cues. With a few interesting exceptions, characteristics of the raters (N = 187) and targets (N = 64) did not influence these assessments. Additionally, we present eye–tracking data to highlight the salience of upper–body musculature as a cue to physical strength. Taken together, these findings bolster and extend evidence for formidability assessment mechanisms in humans.     

Regional versus local processes in determining zooplankton community composition of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, USA

The species present within a community result from a combination of local and regional processes. We experimentally tested the importance of these two processes for lake zooplankton communities by examining the ability of additional species to persist when introduced into mesocosms in Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, from other nearby lakes in the Northern Highland Lake District. We established a control treatment with only Little Rock Lake zooplankton and two treatments that supplemented the Little Rock communities with zooplankton from nearby lakes. Species richness declined during the 3 weeks of the experiment so that, at the end of the third week, the treatments with added zooplankton species had the same number of species as the controls; increasing the initial number of species in the community did not increase its final species richness. A plot of the mean species richness in the local habitat against the mean species richness of the regional pool fell below a 1:1 slope. This suggested that local processes were more important in structuring Little Rock Lake zooplankton communities.      

Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes: a cross-sectional study

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges and implications for the sports community. Thus, this study aimed to describe the prevalence of COVID-19 in Brazilian athletes and identify the epidemiological, clinical, athletic, life and health factors associated with the disease in these individuals. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 414 athletes from 22 different sports using an online questionnaire from August to November 2020. The association between the athletes’ characteristics and COVID-19 was evaluated using a logistic regression model. The prevalence of COVID-19 was 8.5%, although only 40% of athletes reported having been tested. Being under 27 years of age (3-fold), having children (~5-fold), having a teammate test positive for COVID-19 (2.5-fold), and smoking (14-fold) were associated with a possible higher risk of disease. Almost 20% of athletes self-reported musculoskeletal injuries during the period of the pandemic that was studied. Athletes with a university education (P = 0.02), a profession other than sports (P < 0.001), those from a low-income family (P = 0.01), and public health system users (P = 0.04) were significantly less frequently tested for COVID-19, whereas international competitors, athletes who received a wage, and athletes who had a teammate who tested positive for COVID-19 were 2-, 3-, and 15-fold more likely to be tested for COVID-19, respectively. Approximately 26% of the athletes who tested negative or were untested reported more than three characteristic COVID-19 symptoms, and 11% of athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic. The identification of modifiable (have children, smoking, and teammates positively tested) and non-modifiable (age under 27 years) factors related to COVID-19 in athletes can contribute to implementing surveillance programmes to decrease the incidence of COVID-19 in athletes and its negative impacts in sports.