An ecological example of the application of projection pursuit to compositional data

A modern statistical technique for the exploratory analysis of multivariate data, called projection pursuit, is described. The method consists of the extraction and display of informative one- or two-dimensional projections of the multivariate dataset. Projection pursuit has much scope for application to ecological datasets. The example in this paper concerns element concentrations in soil samples from a coastal embayment on the east coast of Australia. The application attempts to search for patterns in the soils which could be related to vegetation patterns. The compositional nature of the dataset adds a novel element to the methodology.     

Morphological and ultrastructural variations inAzotobacter vinelandii growing in oxygen-controlled continous culture

Membrane development as a response to growth at different oxygen tensions (from about 1% to 100% saturation of the medium with air) was determined inAzotobacter vinelandii strain OP. The organisms were grown in a carbonlimited chemostat either on atmospheric nitrogen or on ammonium as nitrogen sources. Both types of cultures increased not only the number of intracytoplasmic membrane vesicles per cell but also the cell volume with aeration. As the ratio of length per width stayed largely constant increases of volume resulted in decreases of the cell surface area, representing the surface area of the peripheral cytoplasmic membrane, per cell volume. While in nitrogen-fixing cells the proportion of intracytoplasmic membrane surface area per cytoplasmic membrane surface area increased from 1:2 to 3:1 the ratio stayed almost constant in ammonium-assimilating cells. The data suggest that oxygen controls changes in the ratio of intracytoplasmic to cytoplasmic membrane surface areas only under conditions of nitrogen fixation.Abbreviations CM Cytoplasmic membrane - ICM intracytoplasmic membrane     

Effect of continuous cropping and fertilizer use on the organic nitrogen fractions in a typic ustochrept soil

Summary The influence of continuous cropping and soil test based fertilizer use on the organic nitrogen fractions in the plough layer has been studied in a Typic Ustochrept soil. Seven years of multiple cropping without manuring caused marked depletion in all the hydrolysable fractions except unidentified hydrolysable N namely, hexosamine (48.8%), hydrolysable ammonium (23.9%) and amino acid (7.3%) as compared to an adjacent fallow. Fertilizer nitrogen application maintained the levels of various forms of N as in the fallow plots and nitrogen in conjunction with phosphorus raised the status of amino acid N. Phosphate improved the contents of hydrolyzable ammonium and total hydrolyzable N whereas farmyard manure enhanced the latter only. The system of intensive cropping followed with appreciably high doses of fertilizers favoured greater immobilization of N in hydrolyzable ammonium and total hydrolyzable fractions. Original not seen     

Energy requirements for growth and maintenance of Scenedesmus protuberans Fritsch in light-limited continuous cultures

Scenedesmus protuberans Fritsch was grown in light-limited continuous cultures with a light-dark cycle, at temperatures of 20° and 28° C. At 20° irradiances of 12 and 38 W m^–2 were used, at 28° 38 W m^–2.The relationships between growth rate and light uptake rate were of diphasic linear character. With the lower growth rates the relationships were defined with the parameters _e , i.e. the specific maintenance rate constant, and c, the true efficiency of light energy conversion into biomass. The _e -value was dependent on temperature, the c on irradiance.In cultures, incubated in prolonged darkness, decrease rates of biomass were comparable to the derived _e -values.Both diphasic linear relationships between growth rate and light uptake rate and the same order of magnitude of _e -values could be derived from literature data on other green algae.     

Regulation of the utilization of 4-hydroxybenzoate and 4-hydroxycinnamate in batch and continuous cultures of Pseudomonas testosteroni

Pseudomonas testosteroni metabolized 4-hydroxycinnamate by an initial cleavage of the side chain to yield acetate and the aromatic moiety, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The latter was further oxidized via 4-hydroxybenzoate to protocatechuate, which underwent meta cleavage. During growth of the organism on 4-hydroxycinnamate, the for acetate showed an undulating pattern, which was attributed to alternating induction and repression of enzymes involved in the oxidation of acetate. Repression was caused either by 4-hydroxybenzoate or by its later metabolites, formate and pyruvate.In batch culture, P. testosteroni oxidized mixtures of 4-hydroxybenzoate and 4-hydroxycinnamate in a diauxic pattern. The capacity to oxidize 4-hydroxycinnamate appeared in the cells before 4-hydroxybenzoate was exhausted, indicating that the enzymes catalysing the conversion of 4-hydroxycinnamate into 4-hydroxybenzoate. were induced despite the presence of 4-hydroxybenzoate. The induction of these early enzymes of 4-hydroxycinnamate catabolism started when the molar concentration ratio of 4-hydroxybenzoate to 4-hydroxycinnamate fell below a value of 0.3.In continuous culture of P. testosteroni on a mixture of 4-hydroxybenzoate and 4-hydroxycinnamate, both substrates were almost completely utilized up to a dilution rate of about 0.5/h. At higher dilution rates, 4-hydroxycinnamate was decreasingly utilized so that eventually at a dilution rate of 0.74/h, its effluent concentration equalled its influent concentration. At D _M, a utilization ratio of 1.23 in favour of 4-hydroxybenzoate was found to become established in the culture. The of the cells for acetate was maximal at a dilution rate of 0.38/h and decreased before 4-hydroxycinnamate utilization was at its peak at 0.59/h. This suggested that it was mainly the aromatic moiety of 4-hydroxycinnamate which was metabolized at high dilution rates. The failure to utilize acetate at high dilution rates was apparently due to the repression of its catabolic enzymes by later metabolites of 4-hydroxybenzoate and to the relatively low concentration of acetate in the fermenter. This low concentration, due to the continuous washout of acetate, prevented it from relieving the repression.Abbreviations 4HB 4-hydroxybenzoate - 4HC 4-hydroxycinnamate - D _M dilution rate allowing maximal cell output rate - OD optical density     

Production of gluconic acid and 2-ketogluconic acid by Klebsiella aerogenes NCTC 418

2-Ketogluconic acid and, to a lesser extent, gluconic acid were found to be major products of glucose catabolism by phosphate-limited cultures of Klebsiella aerogenes NCTC 418, and together accounted for up to 46% of the glucose carbon that was metabolized.Although the concentrations of both acids increased sub-stantially at low growth rates, their specific rates of synthesis decreased markedly, as did the proportion of glucose converted into these products.Determination of the affinity constant, for glucose, of phosphate-limited organisms showed it to be not significantly different from that of glucose-limited organisms (K _s 50 M), indicative of the phosphotransferase uptake system. And since these organisms possessed an active glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and had no detectable glucose dehydrogenase activity, it was concluded that gluconic acid and 2-ketogluconic acid arose from their corresponding phosphorylated metabolites, and not directly from glucose.     

狂犬病疫苗蔗糖密度梯度离心纯化工艺开发

目的:开发冻干人用狂犬病疫苗(鸡胚成纤维细胞)的连续流蔗糖密度梯度离心纯化工艺。方法:分别比较两种不同初始蔗糖浓度和不同上样速度对纯化效果的影响,初步确定纯化工艺;通过多批次实验确定样品收集范围;比较不同浓缩倍数条件下杂质去除和抗原回收情况,确定合适的收获液浓缩比例;比较不同批次样品纯化后的杂质去除率和重复性,判定本纯化工艺的稳定性。结果:选取60%作为初始蔗糖浓度,在上样速度为150～200ml/min时,可以有效地对10倍浓缩的病毒收获液进行纯化;卵清蛋白、牛血清白蛋白和庆大霉素去除率分别达到99%,95%和95%,且工艺具有极好的稳定性。结论:开发的连续流蔗糖密度梯度离心技术可以作为冻干人用狂犬病疫苗(鸡胚成纤维细胞)的产业化纯化工艺。     

超声引导下腔内射频消融联合点式剥脱治疗下肢静脉曲张的临床效果观察

目的:探讨超声引导下腔内射频消融(radiofrequency endovenous obliteration,RFO)联合点式剥脱治疗下肢静脉曲张的临床疗效及安全性。方法:选取2017年10月至2018年10月哈尔滨医科大学附属第一医院收治的下肢静脉曲张患者共320例(320条肢体),将其随机分为观察组200例和对照组120例。观察组200例(200条肢体)采用超声引导下腔内射频消融联合点式剥脱进行治疗,对照组120例(120条肢体)采用传统大隐静脉高位结扎剥脱、曲张静脉点式剥脱治疗。比较两组患者平均住院时间、术后并发症的发生情况及术后1年下肢静脉的彩超随访情况。结果:观察组患者平均住院时间较对照组显著缩短,术后皮肤瘀斑、皮下血肿、隐神经损伤、切口感染的发生率显著低于对照组(P0.05),两组患者术后1年复查,其复发率及大隐静脉主干闭塞情况比较差异没有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:与传统大隐静脉高位结扎剥脱、曲张静脉点式剥脱治疗相比,超声引导下腔内射频消融联合点式剥脱治疗下肢静脉曲张的疗效及安全性均更高,有利于患者术后康复。     

持续颅内压监测对大面积脑梗死外科治疗预后的应用价值

目的:探讨持续颅内压(ICP)监测对大面积脑梗死外科治疗预后的应用价值。方法:选取2013年3月至2018年3月期间在我院接受治疗的大面积脑梗死患者100例作为研究对象,所有患者经去骨瓣减压术后行ICP监测和生命体征监测,通过结果分为:低压组62例(2.70kPa≤ICP5.30kPa),高压组38例(ICP≥5.30 kPa)。记录患者ICP监测数值,接收者操作特征(ROC)曲线分析患者预后情况,对患者进行术后3个月内随访,了解患者平常活动能力进行判断预后的状况。观察ICP与预后的相关性。结果:两组患者性别、年龄、室速、室性早搏、糖尿病、高血压病、脑卒中、高脂血症、风心病、冠心病、扩张性心肌病、既往心肌梗死、肥厚性心肌病、甲亢性心脏病等资料比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。低压组患者中预后良好的ICP监测值显著低于预后不良者(P0.05),高压组中预后良好的ICP监测值显著低于预后不良者(P0.05)。ICP预测大面积脑梗死外科治疗预后的ROC曲线面积0.704,采用最大约等指数计算得出ICP预测大面积脑梗死外科治疗预后的最大AUC面积相应参数截止值为4.89,其中敏感度为0.435,特异性为0.896。结论:持续ICP监测结果显示ICP值越小,患者的预后就越好,ICP值越高,患者的预后越差。ICP监测对大面积脑梗死外科治疗的预后具有预测价值,对判断和改善预后能起到有效帮助,值得在临床推广应用。     

乌司他丁联合连续性肾脏替代治疗对严重脓毒症患者炎症反应和血流动力学的影响

目的:探讨乌司他丁联合连续性肾脏替代(CRRT)治疗对严重脓毒症患者炎症反应和血流动力学的影响。方法:选取2015年5月～2019年4月期间我院收治的严重脓毒症患者119例,将所有患者根据随机数字表法分为对照组(n=59)和研究组(n=60),对照组给予CRRT治疗,研究组在对照组基础上联合乌司他丁治疗,比较两组患者临床疗效、炎症反应指标、血流动力学参数,记录两组患者住院时间及28d内病死率。结果:研究组治疗7 d后的临床总有效率高于对照组(P0.05)。两组治疗7 d后血清白介素-6(IL-6)、降钙素原(PCT)、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)水平均下降,且研究组低于对照组(P0.05)。两组患者治疗7 d后心率、平均动脉压(MAP)、血乳酸下降,氧合指数升高(P0.05),研究组治疗7 d后氧合指数高于对照组,血乳酸则低于对照组(P0.05)。研究组住院时间短于对照组(P0.05),两组28d内病死率比较无统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:乌司他丁联合CRRT治疗严重脓毒症患者的疗效确切,可有效抑制机体炎症反应,改善血流动力学,减少住院时间,具有一定的临床应用价值。