Armor morphology and reproductive output in threespine stickleback,Gasterosteus aculeatus

Synopsis The threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is an extensively armored fish inhabiting both marine and fresh waters across its holarctic distribution. Marine fish nearly always possess a full complement of bony lateral plates running from just behind the head to the tail, and a robust pelvic girdle complex. These armor features appear to constrain lateral and ventral abdominal distention, and therefore clutch volume. Freshwater populations in many areas exhibit variable reduction in lateral plate number, and in some regions the pelvic girdle is also reduced or lost. Freshwater populations also vary in the degree of abdominal distention exhibited by gravid females. We tested whether reduction in armoring might be correlated with increased clutch volume using five populations from the Cook Inlet area of Alaska. The hypothesis that populations having reduced pelvic girdle complexes would have greater size-adjusted clutch volumes was not supported. In fact, our two full-pelvic populations as a group had larger volumes. Similarly, size-adjusted clutch volumes were not related to pelvic phenotype within either of our two pelvic-reduced populations, nor to lateral plate morph within a fifth population. Other factors that may explain the interpopulation differences in clutch volume in threespine stickleback include body shape, food quantity and quality, intensity of predation, and even behavior. Except for a preliminary analysis of body shape, these possibilities remain unexplored. The concept of phenotypic integration suggests that these factors should be analyzed as a suite rather than individually.     

Bed climate of Korean using ondol heating system

1. 1. To examine the influence of different bed conditions (ondol sleep, bed sleep on ondol with same bedding) of the Korean ondol traditional heating system on human response during sleep, bed climates and physiological responses such as skin and rectal temperatures, weight loss, body movement and subjective sensation were measured with 4 grown-up females as subjects while they were sleeping for 7 h.

2. 2. Bed climate: Temperatures under the mattress and inside the quilt were higher on ondol while temperatures on the mattress and humidity inside the quilt were higher on the bed.

3. 3. Rectal temperature was significantly higher on ondol; skin temperature showed no major differences in relation to bed conditions. The frequency of body movements had the highest correlation with bed climate of the parameters measured.

4. 4. Mattress weight decreased on ondol and increased on the bed.

5. 5. The frequency of body movements was significantly higher in ondol sleep.

6. 6. The subjects sensation showed difference on cushion sensation between the two types of bed condition.

7. 7. To obtain the same level of comfort on both ondol and bed sleeping conditions less thermal insulating value is needed for ondol sleep.

Crede手法联合凯格尔运动对产后尿潴留产妇膀胱功能、盆底肌力及生活质量的影响

摘要 目的：观察Crede手法联合凯格尔运动对产后尿潴留产妇膀胱功能、盆底肌力及生活质量的影响。方法：选择2021年3月~2022年3月期间我院收治的产后尿潴留产妇92例,按照随机数字表法分为对照组（凯格尔运动,n=46）和研究组（Crede手法联合凯格尔运动,n=46）。对比两组临床疗效、膀胱功能、盆底肌力、临床指标及生活质量变化情况。结果：与对照组（73.91%）相比,研究组（93.48%）的临床总有效率更高（P<0.05）。干预4周后,研究组膀胱初感容积、最大膀胱容量、最大尿流率均高于对照组（P<0.05）。干预4周后,研究组0~2级例数低于对照组,3级及其以上例数高于对照组（P<0.05）。干预4周后,研究组健康调查量表（SF-36）各维度评分均高于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组的残余尿量少于对照组,首次排尿时间短于对照组（P<0.05）。结论：Crede手法联合凯格尔运动应用于产后尿潴留产妇,可促进膀胱功能、盆底肌力恢复,提高产妇生活质量,具有较好的临床应用价值。     

Synaptic organisation of the pelvic ganglion in the guinea-pig

Summary A semi-quantitative electron-microscopic study of neuronal cell bodies, nerve profiles and synapses in the anterior pelvic ganglia of the guinea-pig has been carried out following in vivo labelling of adrenergic nerve endings with 5-hydroxydopamine. Ganglion cells of three main types have been distinguished: 1) the majority (about 70%) not containing granular vesicles, probably cholinergic elements; 2) those containing large granular vesicles of uniform size (80–110 nm), with granules of medium density and prominent halos; and 3) those containing vesicles of variable size (60–150 nm), with very dense eccentrically placed granular cores. Some non-neuronal granule-containing cells were present, mainly near small blood vessels. Some 95% of the total axon profiles within the ganglia were cholinergic, the remaining 5% were adrenergic. However, 99% of synapses (i.e. axons within 50 nm of nerve cell membrane with pre-and post-synaptic specialisations) were cholinergic, and 1 % were adrenergic. Only three examples of nerve cell bodies exhibiting both cholinergic and adrenergic synapses were observed. Unlike the para-and prevertebral ganglia, the pelvic ganglia contained large numbers of axo-somatic synapses. As many as 20% of the nucleated neuronal cell profiles displayed two distinct nuclei.     

The effect of liming on quantity and chemical composition of soil organic matter in a pine forest in Berlin,Germany

The study was carried out in a 40-yr old pine plantation on a Cambic Arenosol within the urban area of Berlin. Lime application (6.1 t ha^-1) has led to a pH increase in the forest floor from 3.3 to 5.5 within one year and to a strong stimulation of macrofaunal and microbiological activity. Three years after liming, the C:N ratio of the forest floor decreased from 28 to 25 and P, Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd concentrations in organic matter increased significantly. The organic C pool of the forest floor was almost 7 t ha^-1 lower in the limed plot which is attributed to increased microbial respiration. In the mineral soil too, C-pools are lower in the limed plot, amounting to 13.2 t ha^-1 or 14% less than in the control. C:N ratios have narrowed significantly from 27–29 to 23 in 10–30 cm depth. The humic acid fraction is lower throughout the limed profile while the percentage of fulvic acids has increased significantly below 10 cm. The results point to severe losses of organic matter and to profound changes in its composition. This may be of consequences for site quality and leaching processes.     

Phosphorus budget of a 70-year-old northern hardwood forest

Recent measurements have made it possible to revise and improve the phosphorus budget of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, including partitioning P uptake by vegetation from the forest floor and mineral soil and estimating net P mineralization in the forest floor. Both living biomass and forest floor are accumlating P (at rates of 1.3 and 0.16 kg P ha^-1 yr^-1 respectively) in this 70-yr old northern hardwood forest. About 61% of the P taken up by the vegetation each year comes from the forest floor (5.9 kg P ha^-1 yr^-1 of a total 9.6 kg P ha^-1 yr^-1), even though the P content of this pool is just 5% of that in mineral soil. The turnover rate of P in the forest floor is 7% yr^-1, while that of the mineral soil is 0.3% yr^-1. Recycling of P in the forest floor is very efficient; of the 5.6 kg P ha^-1 yr^-1 net mineralization in the forest floor, only 0.3 kg P ha^-1 leaches into the mineral soil; the rest is taken up by plants. This tight recycling of P is important because P is less readily available in the mineral soil than in the forest floor.     

妇科肿瘤患者术后盆腔感染情况调查、 病原菌分布及其危险因素分析

目的调查妇科肿瘤患者术后盆腔感染的情况以及病原菌分布,并探讨术后发生盆腔感染的危险因素。方法回顾性分析自2013年1月到2017年1月在东南大学附属中大医院接受妇科肿瘤手术治疗的384例患者的临床资料。统计妇科肿瘤术后盆腔感染的发生率及病原菌的分布情况。将发生盆腔感染的患者分为感染组,未发生盆腔感染的患者分为未感染组,对比两组的临床资料,并通过多因素Logistic回归分析,归纳妇科肿瘤患者术后发生盆腔感染的危险因素。结果术后发生盆腔感染41例,感染率为10.68%,培养出病原菌54株,其中革兰阳性菌14株,占25.93%,革兰阴性菌35株,占64.81%,真菌5株,占9.26%。感染组患者年龄60岁的比例、手术持续时间2h的比例、合并慢性基础疾病的比例、开放手术的比例、术前化疗的比例、术后留置引流管的比例和术后卧床时间7d的比例均显著高于未感染组(均P0.05);多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示,年龄大、手术持续时间长、合并慢性基础疾病、开放手术、术前化疗、术后留置引流管、术后卧床时间长均是妇科肿瘤患者术后盆腔感染的危险因素(均P0.05)。结论妇科肿瘤患者术后较容易并发盆腔感染,病原菌主要为革兰阴性菌。多种因素可增加术后盆腔感染的风险,临床应加强防控措施,降低妇科肿瘤患者术后盆腔感染的发生率。     

压力性尿失禁动物模型尿道功能和盆底肌力的比较

目的:比较不同压力性尿失禁(stress urinary incontinence,SUI)动物模型在尿流动力学和盆底肌力方面的差异,以寻求最能模拟SUI的动物模型。方法:取64只大鼠随机均分为阴道扩张模型组(vaginal distension,VD)和阴部神经压榨模型组(pudendal nerve crush,PNC)和阴部神经切断模型组(pudendal nerve transection,PNT)以及VD+PNC造模组4组,每组16只,另取4只大鼠作为正常对照组。造模后第2天,所有大鼠行喷嚏试验。造模后第4天、第10天、3周、6周,测定尿流动力学和盆底肌力。正常对照组大鼠在喷嚏试验后进行尿流动力学和盆底肌力测定。结果:喷嚏实验结果显示正常对照组未观察到阳性大鼠(0/4),各模型组喷嚏试验结果阳性率均显著高于正常对照组(P0.05)。动力学检测显示:与正常组(40.3±3.4 cm H_2O)相比,VD组在造模后4d的LPP值显著降低(P0.05),而造模后10d、3周和6周时的LPP值无统计学差异(P0.05);PNC组和PNC+VD组在造模后4d、10d、3周时的LPP值均显著降低(P0.05),而在造模后6周时无统计学差异(P0.05);PNT组在造模后4d、10d、3周和6周时的LPP值均显著降低(P0.05)。最大膀胱容量测定显示:与正常组(2.42±0.12 mL)相比,VD组在造模后10d的MBC值显著降低(P0.05),而造模后4d、3周和6周时无统计学差异(P0.05);PNC组在造模后10d、3周时显著降低(P0.05),而在造模后4d和6周时无统计学差异(P0.05);PNC+VD组和PNT组在造模后10d及3周和6周时均显著降低(P0.05),而在造模后4d时无统计学差异(P0.05)。盆底肌力测定结果显示:与正常组的耻尾肌肌力值(2.71±0.12 g/g)相比,VD组在造模后10d显著降低(P0.05),而造模后4d、3周和6周时无统计学差异(P0.05);PNC组在造模后10d、3周时显著降低(P0.05),而在造模后4d和6周时无统计学差异(P0.05);PNC+VD组和PNT在造模后10d及3周和6周时均显著降低(P0.05),而在造模后4d时无统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:VD、PNC、VD+PNC和PNT造模均能有效模拟出SUI发病中的盆底神经和肌肉损伤。其中,VD造模主要引起盆底肌的直接损伤,但其恢复较快。PNC和PNT造模则能损伤阴部神经并间接地造成盆底肌的失神经性萎缩,但PNT所造成的损伤较难恢复,不能有效地模拟SUI的自然修复过程。而VD+PNC造模则兼具VD和PNC两种造模方法的特点,能从多个层面模拟SUI的发病。因此,在实践中应根据实验研究的层面采用合适的动物模型。     

Impacto funcional de la fractura de pelvis por fragilidad. Descripción de una serie de casos consultados al servicio de Geriatría

Introduction

The prevalence of pelvic fracture (PF) due to frailty is increasing, leading to an increase in functional impairment in the patient, as well as increasing morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study is to gain knowledge about the sociodemographic characteristics, as well as the functional features, of patients admitted to hospital with PF and evaluated by a Geriatrics department. The functional burden of PF and the potential influence of geriatric interventions are also assessed.

Vertical transport of dissolved organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests

At the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, a long-term effort is under way to study responses in ecosystem biogeochemistry to chronic inputs of N in atmospheric deposition in the region. Since 1988, experimental additions of NH₄NO₃ (0, 5 and 15 g N m^–2 yr^–1) have been made in two forest stands:Pinus resinosa (red pine) and mixed hardwood. In the seventh year of the study, we measured solute concentrations and estimated solute fluxes in throughfall and at two soil depths, beneath the forest floors (Oa) and beneath the B horizons.Beneath the Oa, concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic C and N (DOC and DON) were higher in the coniferous stand than in the hardwood stand. The mineral soil exerted a strong homogenizing effect on concentrations beneath the B horizons. In reference plots (no N additions), DON composed 56% (pine) and 67% (hardwood) of the total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) transported downward from the forest floor to the mineral soil, and 98% of the TDN exported from the solums. Under N amendments, fluxes of DON from the forest floor correlated positively with rates of N addition, but fluxes of inorganic N from the Oa exceeded those of DON. Export of DON from the solums appeared unaffected by 7 years of N amendments, but as in the Oa, DON composed smaller fractions of TDN exports under N amendments. DOC fluxes were not strongly related to N amendment rates, but ratios of DOC:DON often decreased.The hardwood forest floor exhibited a much stronger sink for inorganic N than did the pine forest floor, making the inputs of dissolved N to mineral soil much greater in the pine stand. Under the high-N treatment, exports of inorganic N from the solum of the pine stand were increased >500-fold over reference (5.2 vs. 0.01 g N m^–2 yr^–1), consistent with other manifestations of nitrogen saturation. Exports of N from the solum in the pine forest decreased in the order NO₃-N> NH₄-N> DON, with exports of inorganic N 14-fold higher than exports of DON. In the hardwood forest, in contrast, increased sinks for inorganic N under N amendments resulted in exports of inorganic N that remained lower than DON exports in N-amended plots as well as the reference plot.