锰对作业工人血液流变学的影响及清栓酶的疗效观察

本文对１０３例锰作业工人测定了血液流变学中的七项指标,结果表明：全血粘度（高切、低切）、血浆粘度、红细胞压积、纤维蛋白原、红细胞电泳、血小板粘附、血沉等项指标,均明显高于正常对照组（Ｐ＜０．０１）,证实锰作业工人普遍存在高粘滞血症,为临床治疗锰中毒开辟新的途径提供了依据。对其中的５２例锰中毒（包括症状较重的观察对象）,用清栓酶治疗后,复查其七项指标与治疗前比较,均有明显下降（Ｐ＜０．０１）,其症状与体征得以改善,进一步说明清栓酶是治疗锰中毒的理想药物之一。     

粤西及相邻地区太阳总辐射、光合有效辐射能量和光量子通量时空分布

应用普适全国的计算太阳辐射、光合有效辐射和光量子通量模型,系统地研究了粤西的高要、封开和临近地区梧州的太阳辐射、光合有效辐射和光量子通量的年总量、月总量以及相应的年平均日总量和日平均日总量。结果表明,太阳辐射、光合有效辐射和光量子通量的年变化有相似的规律;而地区变化有以下特点：梧州和封开明显类似,而高要与上两地差异稍大。     

Characteristics of microwave evoked body movements in mice

Microwave evoked body movements were studied in mice. A resonant cavity was used to provide head and neck exposure of the mouse to pulsed and gated continuous wave (CW) 1.25 GHz microwaves. No difference in response to pulsed and gated CW stimuli of equal average power was found. The incidence of the microwave evoked body movements increased proportionally with specific absorption (dose) when the whole-body average specific absorption rate was at a constant level (7300 W/kg). Under a constant average specific absorption rate, the response incidence reached a plateau at 0.9 kJ/kg. For doses higher than 0.9 kJ/kg, response incidence was proportional to the specific absorption rate and reached a plateau at 900 W/kg. Body movements could be evoked by a single microwave pulse. The lowest whole-body specific absorption (SA) tested was 0.18 kJ/kg, and the corresponding brain SA was 0.29 kJ/kg. Bulk heating potentials of these SAs were less than 0.1 °C. For doses higher than 0.9 kJ/kg, the response incidence was also proportional to subcutaneous temperature increment and subcutaneous heating rate. The extrapolated absolute thresholds (0% incidence) were 1.21 °C temperature increment and 0.24 °C/s heating rate. Due to high subcutaneous heating rates, these microwaves must be perceived by the mouse as an intense thermal sensation but not a pain sensation because the temperature increment was well below the threshold for thermal pain. Results of the present study should be considered in promulgation of personnel protection guideline against high peak power but low average power microwaves. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Simple models for trail-following behaviour; Trunk trails versus individual foragers

Social insects such as ants use trial-marking and trail-following to organize the behaviour and movement patterns of a large population. Since behaviour has to meet needs of the population in a changing environment, the type of trail networks formed must be adaptable. Both solitary foraging as well as mass migration along a system of trunk trails are behaviours essential for survival of the colony, and the population must be able to switch from one behaviour to the other, depending on conditions. Using a mathematical model for trail following we show that subtle changes in individual behaviour can give rise to dramatic differences in the behaviour of the population, including the ability to switch from solitary movement to organized group traffic. The model incorporates biological parameters associated with the organism, the trail-marker, and the population. Ordinary differential equations are formulated for the density of the trails and for the number of individuals following trails or exploring randomly. It is assumed that the followers reinforce trails by pheromone marking, and that individuals respond to the strength of the trails by becoming more efficient followers. The model is analyzed by qualitative phase-plane methods.     

PCR detection of MLOs in quick decline-affected pear trees in Italy

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, using primers derived from the 16S rRNA gene, followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis with Alu I restriction endonuclease was used to detect myc-oplasma-like organisms (MLOs) associated with pear decline. MLOs were consistently detected in pear trees that suddenly wilted and died within a few days during summer, as well as in pears of the same orchards with symptoms similar to the slow form of pear decline. In both cases the same RFLP pattern was obtained. Declining pear trees were 5 to 8-yr-old cvs Williams, Kaiser and Max Red Bartlett grafted on to Pyrus communis seedling rootstocks. All the orchards affected by quick decline had severe attacks of pear psyllid (Cacopsylla pyri) during the year this study was performed and during the previous year. The results showed the suitability of DNA amplification by the polymerase chain reaction for the detection of pear decline MLOs and established that MLOs can be detected in infected tissues of dead trees.     

Stabilité du polymorphisme enzymatique dans les populations d''un Lépidoptère migrant,Agrotis ipsilon

Homogeneous population structure in a migrant Lepidoptera, Agrotis ipsilon. Light trapping of Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) on various passes of the Alps and Pyrénées exhibited wide range movements between overwintering and aestivation areas. Electrophoretic analysis of samples taken in the Cantons of Vaud and Tessin (Switzerland), in the Rhône Delta (Southern France), and on passes of the Alps and Pyrénées, showed a great temporal and spatial homogeneity of allele frequencies (Fst values ranging from 0.002 to 0.013, and genetic distances from 0 to 0.004). These results support the hypothesis of a high level of gene flow. However, the occurrence during some years of high Fis values, might be explained by mixtures of populations that had undergone selection or went through a bottle-neck.     

Dynamic approaches to the mechanism of photosynthesis

An account of the author's life and scientific research is presented. Two main lines of research have been pursued: (1) Studies on the physiological aspect of photosynthesis started from experiments with crops under field conditions and then extended to the study of photosynthesis in nature; and (2) studies on the mechanism of photophosphorylation and related problems which began with the measurement of quantum requirement of photophosphorylation. This work led to the discovery of the high energy state of phosphorylation and many other interesting findings. In recent years, efforts have been made to study the operation and regulation of photosynthetic apparatus with a view to link the above-mentioned lines of research together.Written at the invitation of Govindjee.     

Identification and quantification of endogenous gibberellins in apical buds and the cambial region of Eucalyptus

Endogenous gibberellins (GAs) were extracted and purified from apical buds of Eucalyptus nitens (Deane and Maid.) Maid. and the cambial region of E. globulus (Labill.). then analysed by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. GA₁ GA₁₉ GA₂₀ and GA₂₉ were identified by full scan mass spectra. Kovats retention indices and high resolution selected ion monitoring. Using deuterated internal standards. GA₁. GA₁₉. GA₂₀ and putative GA₂₉ and GA₅₃ were quantified in the apical buds, while GA₄. GA₈. GA₉ and GA₄₄ were shown to be either absent or present at very low levels. From the cambial region. GA₁ and GA₂₀ were quantified at levels of 0.30 ng (g fresh weight)-¹ and 8.8 ng (g fresh weight)-¹ respectively. These data suggest that the early 13-hydroxylation pathway is the dominant pathway for GA biosynthesis in Eucalyptus .     

Growth analysis of UV-B-irradiated cucumber seedlings as influenced by photosynthetic photon flux source and cultivar

A growth analysis was made of ultraviolet-B (UV-B)-sensitive (Poinsett) and insensitive (Ashley) cultivars of Cucuumis satives L. grown in growth chambers at 600 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ of photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) provided by red- and far-red-deficient metal halide (MH) or blue- and UV-A-deficient high pressure sodium/deluxe f HPS/DX) lamps. Plants were irradiated 6 h daiiy with 0.2 f-UV-B) or 18.2 C+UV-B) kJ m⁻² day⁻¹ of biologically effective UV-B for 8 or 15 days from time of seeding. In general, plants given supplemental UV-B for 15 days showed lower leaf area ratio (LARs, and higher specific leaf mass (SLM) mean relative growth rate (MRGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR) than that of control plants, but they showed no difference in leaf mass ratio (LMR), Plants grown under HPS/DX lamps vs MH lamps showed higher SLM and NAR. lower LAR and LMR. hut no difference in MRGR. LMR was the only growth parameter affected by cultivar: at 15 days, it was slightly greater in Poinsett than in Ashley. There were no interactive effects of UV-B. PPF source or cultivar on any of the growth parameters determined, indicating that the choice of either HPS/DX or MH lamps should not affect growth response to UV-B radiation. This was true even though leaves of UV-B-irradiated plants grown under HPS/DX lamps have been shown to have greater chlorosis than those grown under MH lamps.