重庆黔江发现尾突角蟾

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云南沾益中泥盆世小肢鱼(Microbrachius)一新种

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The orthomolecular treatment of cancer: III. Reticulum cell sarcoma: Double complete regression induced by high-dose ascorbic acid therapy

The response of a patient with histologically proven reticulum cell sarcoma to no treatment other than large doses of ascorbic acid is described. At the time of first diagnosis, the disease was widely disseminated, and a very dramatic regression of all parameters of disease activity was induced by the continuous administration of large doses of ascorbic acid. Reduction in dosage some months later coincided with reactivation of the disease process. The reinstitution of regular high-dose ascorbic acid therapy induced a second complete remission. The case report is illustrated by serial radiographs. The significance of the therapeutic response is briefly discussed in relation to general schemes of cancer management.     

Population Dynamics of Daphnia Hyalina Leydig (Crustacea: Cladocera) in a Productive and an Unproductive Lake in the English Lake District

The population dynamics of Daphnia hyalina Leydig in a productive lake, Esthwaite Water, and an unproductive lake, Buttermere, in the English Lake District have been compared. The winter is passed as resting eggs in the bottom sediments in Buttermere and as free-swimming individuals in the planktonic zone in Esthwaite Water. In Esthwaite Water seasonal periodicity was characterised by maxima in spring and autumn and a minimum in summer; in Buttermere, there was no spring maximum and the first increase in population density was in summer. Population densities were higher and adult females were larger and laid more eggs per clutch in Esthwaite Water than in Buttermere. In each lake males became numerous in autumn. Observed rates of population increase, r and calculated birth rates, b and death rates d were nearly always higher in Esthwaite Water than in Buttermere.     

Contrasting effects of nutrients and climate on algal communities in two lakes in the Windermere catchment since the late 19th century

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