Microfacies of Cambrian Limestones in Jordan

Summary The limestones of the Wadi Nasb Formation of the uppermost Lower Cambrian of Jordan are under- and overlain by massive sandstones of a near-shore facies. Facies analysis is based on samples from an outcrop at the northeastern shore of the Dead Sea and two oil test wells in the Wadi Sirhan Depression in eastern Jordan. Limestones were deposited in the shallow sea and within the coastal tidal area. Cyanobacteria, algae, echinoderms, trilobites and hyoliths have contributed the bulk of the carbonate and phosphatic material composing the Wadi Nasb limestone. Fine-grained facies types are composed of peloidal carbonate muds with laminar and nodular algal and cyanobacterial mats. They formed within a quiet tidallagoonal environment. The coarse grained facies types consist of carbonate sands with layers of sheell debris deposited in crossbeds in an environment with a rich endobenthic fauna. Here most particles were coated by cyanobacterial crusts. Ooids, oncoids and various coated grains are present. Consolidated sediments were commonly eroded within or near to this environment and their remains were integrated within the sands. Diagenesis is reconstructed step by step with deposition, first cementation, aragonite dissolution, compaction, pore filling, formation of pressure solution, growth of dolomite and anhydrite within the calcitic limestone and final fissure formation and filling.     

Biomarkers Reveal Diverse Microbial Communities in Black Smoker Sulfides from Turtle Pits (Mid-Atlantic Ridge,Recent) and Yaman Kasy (Russia,Silurian)

The steep biogeochemical gradients near deep sea hydrothermal vents provide various niches for microbial life. Here we present biosignatures of such organisms enclosed in a modern and an ancient hydrothermal sulfide deposit (Turtle Pits, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Recent; Yaman Kasy, Russia, Silurian). In the modern sulfide we found high amounts of specific bacterial and archaeal biomarkers with δ¹³C values between ?8 and ?37‰ VPDB. Our data indicate the presence of thermophilic members of the autotrophic Aquificales using the reductive tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle as well as of methanogenic and chemolithoheterotrophic Archaea. In the ancient sample, most potential biomarkers of thermophiles were obscured by compounds derived from allochthonous organic matter (OM), except for an acyclic C₄₀ biphytane and its C₃₉ breakdown product. Both samples contained high amounts of unresolved complex mixtures (UCM) of hydrocarbons. Apparently, OM in the sulfides had to withstand high thermal stress, indicated by highly mature hopanes, steranes, and cheilanthanes with up to 41 carbon atoms.     

不同比例新鲜冰冻血浆对大量输血患者凝血功能的影响

目的:探讨不同比例输注新鲜冰冻血浆对大量输血患者凝血功能的影响。方法:回顾性分析本院2018年1月至2018年12月收治的123例大量输血患者的临床资料,依据所输注新鲜冰冻血浆与红细胞比例不同,将其分为低比例组(1:3)、中比例组(1:2)、高比例组(1:1),比较三组患者输血前后凝血功能、血小板计数及电解质变化。结果:输血后,三组患者FIB较输血前明显降低,而PT、APTT较输血前显著升高(P0.05),高比例组PT和APTT明显低于中比例组和低比例组,FIB、血小板均高于中比例组和低比例组(P0.05),电解质水平优于低比例组和中比例组(P0.05)。结论:在大量输血时,提高血浆与红细胞比例有利于改善大量输血患者凝血功能障碍,减少电解质紊乱。     

The Acheulean massive scrapers of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov-a product of the biface chaîne opératoire

The presence of large scrapers has been reported from Acheulean sites worldwide but they are rarely described in detail. At Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY), a similar group of artifacts, named here "massive scrapers," was identified as a significant component of the lithic assemblage. In this paper, we define and describe this Acheulean tool type and discuss its size, morphology, and technology. We demonstrate that at GBY these tools were shaped on flakes that were side-products of the reduction sequence to produce bifaces (handaxes and cleavers). We hypothesize that these blanks were rejected as potential bifaces during the knapping sequence but considered suitable for the retouching of massive scrapers, and were set aside for future work. We support our view with data from archaeological finds younger than those of GBY, as well as with evidence from controlled experimental knapping and ethnoarchaeological observations. We then discuss the contribution of this elaborate knapping strategy to our understanding of Lower Paleolithic hominin behavior, particularly in the domains of multifaceted planning and foresight.     

Process of Making Three-dimensional Microstructures using Vaporization of a Sacrificial Component

Vascular structures in natural systems are able to provide high mass transport through high surface areas and optimized structure. Few synthetic material fabrication techniques are able to mimic the complexity of these structures while maintaining scalability. The Vaporization of a Sacrificial Component (VaSC) process is able to do so. This process uses sacrificial fibers as a template to form hollow, cylindrical microchannels embedded within a matrix. Tin (II) oxalate (SnOx) is embedded within poly(lactic) acid (PLA) fibers which facilitates the use of this process. The SnOx catalyzes the depolymerization of the PLA fibers at lower temperatures. The lactic acid monomers are gaseous at these temperatures and can be removed from the embedded matrix at temperatures that do not damage the matrix. Here we show a method for aligning these fibers using micromachined plates and a tensioning device to create complex patterns of three-dimensionally arrayed microchannels. The process allows the exploration of virtually any arrangement of fiber topologies and structures.     

南方九孔鲍培苗过程中潜在致病菌胞外产物的分析

从广东汕尾一养殖场鲍苗掉板池中(包括水、藻膜和变白鲍苗)分离筛选到105株菌,并对之进行了致病毒力因子(胞外酶及溶血作用)的分析,同时应用PCR对溶血毒素的归属进行了初步的探讨,采用API对菌株进行了种类鉴定。结果表明,105株菌中,仅35株菌具有较强的分泌胞外蛋白酶、明胶酶和脂肪酶的能力,尤其以菌株1、2、3、5、9以及16相对强大。在此35株菌中,85.6%的菌株(3035株)表现出溶血现象,但仅16株菌的TlhPCR呈阳性。API鉴定表明,35株菌中弧菌约占50%,溶藻弧菌又占弧菌的70%。研究结果揭示,和其它菌株相比,分离自变白鲍苗的6株溶藻弧菌(菌株1、2、3、5,13和16)和2株副溶血弧菌(菌株9和21)具有较强的分泌胞外酶和或溶血的能力,意味着极有必要对其作进一步的研究,以观测它们对鲍苗的影响。     

The origin of Jurassic reefs: Current research developments and results

Summary In order to elucidate the control of local, regional and global factors on occurrence, distribution and character of Jurassic reefs, reefal settings of Mid and Late Jurassic age from southwestern Germany, Iberia and Romania were compared in terms of their sedimentological (including diagenetic), palaeoecological, architectural, stratigraphic and sequential aspects. Upper Jurassic reefs of southern Germany are dominated by siliceous sponge—microbial crust automicritic to allomicritic mounds. During the Oxfordian these form small to large buildups, whereas during the Kimmeridgian they more frequently are but marginal parts of large grain-dominated massive buildups. Diagenesis of sponge facies is largely governed by the original composition and fabric of sediments. The latest Kimmeridgian and Tithonian spongiolite development is locally accompanied by coral facies, forming large reefs on spongiolitic topographic elevations or, more frequently, small meadows and patch reefs within bioclastic to oolitic shoal and apron sediments. New biostratigraphic results indicate a narrower time gap between Swabian and Franconian coral development than previously thought. Palynostratigraphy and mineralostratigraphy partly allow good stratigraphic resolution also in spongiolitic buildups, and even in dolomitised massive limestones. Spongiolite development of the Bajocian and Oxfordian of eastern Spain shares many similarities. They are both dominated by extensive biostromal development which is related to hardground formation during flooding events. The Upper Jurassic siliceous sponge facies from Portugal is more localised, though more differentiated, comprising biostromal, mudmound and sponge-thrombolite as well as frequent mixed coral-sponge facies. The Iberian Upper Jurassic coral facies includes a great variety of coral reef and platform types, a pattern which together with the analysis of coral associations reflects the great variability of reefal environments. Microbial reefs ranging from coralrich to siliceous sponge-bearing to pure thrombolites frequently developed at different water depths. Reef corals even thrived within terrigeneous settings. In eastern Romania, small coral reefs of various types as well as larger siliceous sponge-microbial crust mounds grew contemporaneously during the Oxfordian, occupying different bathymetric positions on a homoclinal ramp. Application of sequence stratigraphic concepts demonstrates that onset or, in other cases, maximum development of reef growth is related to sea level rise (transgressions and early highstand) which caused a reduction in allochthonous sedimentation. The connection of reef development with low background sedimentation is corroborated by the richness of reefs in encrusting organisms, borers and microbial crusts. Microbial crusts and other automicrites can largely contribute to the formation of reef rock during allosedimentary hiatuses. However, many reefs could cope with variable, though reduced, rates of background sedimentation. This is reflected by differences in faunal diversities and the partial dominance of morphologically adapted forms. Besides corals, some sponges and associated brachiopods show distinct morphologies reflecting sedimentation rate and substrate consistency. Bathymetry is another important factor in the determination of reefal composition. Not only a generally deeper position of siliceous sponge facies relative to coral facies, but also further bathymetric differentiation within both facies groups is reflected by changes in the composition, diversity and, partly, morphology of sponges, corals, cementing bivalves and microencrusters. Criteria such as authigenic glauconite, dysaerobic epibentic bivalves,Chondrites burrows or framboidal pyrite in the surrounding sediments of many Upper Jurassic thrombolitic buildups suggest that oxygen depletion excluded higher reefal metazoans in many of these reefs. Their position within shallowing-upwards successions and associated fauna from aerated settings show that thrombolitic reefs occurred over a broad bathymetric area, from moderately shallow to deep water. Increases in the alkalinity of sea water possibly enhanced calcification. Reefs were much more common during the Late Jurassic than during the older parts of this period. Particularly the differences between the Mid and Late Jurassic frequencies of reefs can be largely explained by a wider availability of suitable reef habitats provided by the general sea level rise, rather than by an evolutionary radiation of reef biota. The scarcity of siliceous sponge reefs on the tectonically more active southern Tethyan margin as well as in the Lusitanian Basin of west-central Portugal reflects the scarcity of suitable mid to outer ramp niches. Coral reefs occurred in a larger variety of structural settings. Upper Jurassic coral reefs partly grew in high latitudinal areas suggesting an equilibrated climate. This appears to be an effect of the buffering capacity of high sea level. These feedback effects of high sea level also may have reduced oceanic circulation particularly during flooding events of third and higher order, which gave rise to the development of black shales and dysaerobic thrombolite reefs. Hence, the interplay of local, regional and global factors caused Jurassic reefs to be more differentiated than modern ones, including near-actualistic coral reefs as well as non-actualistic sponge and microbial reefs.     

Reconstruction of pollutant lead invasion into the tropical North Atlantic during the twentieth century

In this study we reconstruct pollutant lead transport and input into the Caribbean basin in relation to the meteorological changes and past industrial activities. These reconstructions are based on the geochemical data obtained from massive corals collected in 1998 in Mona Island. Lead concentration profile mimics the general atmospheric lead trend obtained from the previous investigations on ice cores, carbonate skeletons and in sediments from the North Atlantic. This similarity corroborates the significance of anthropogenic impact on all reservoirs of the North Atlantic as associated with the proliferation of the automobile and use of leaded gasoline during the twentieth century. Our high-resolution record reveals a 2–4 years shift between the maximum pollutant lead input to Mona Island and leaded gasoline consumption peaks in North America, suggesting a possible longer secondary oceanic transport of US lead within the Subtropical North Atlantic Gyre system. A striking relationship is found between lead isotopic imprints and the winter North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) index for two specific periods (1914–1929 and 1965–1997). These periods are characterized by distinct isotopic signatures from the main pollutant lead emitter to the North Atlantic troposphere, North America and Western Europe. This involves a noteworthy influence of the NAO on pollutant input and distribution in the North Atlantic that strengthens the usefulness of lead isotopes as tracers of paleo-atmospheric circulation and changes in marine circulation pathways.     

应用脾动脉结扎法行全腹腔镜巨脾切除术的临床研究

目的:探讨应用脾动脉结扎法行全腹腔镜巨脾切除术的安全性、可行性及手术技巧。方法:将2010年1月1日至2012年1月1日因肝硬化门脉高压脾机能亢进巨脾患者随机分为腹腔镜脾切除(Laparoscopic Splenectomy,LS)组及开腹脾切除(OpenSplenectomy,OS)组,比较两组的临床特征及围手术期差异。结果:LS组与OS组在性别组成、术前肝功能child分级、年龄组成及脾脏长径方面均无统计学意义。LS组手术时间比OS组略长,但无统计学意义,LS组术中出血量明显低于OS组(P<0.01),LS组术后进食、术后排气、引流管拔除及出院时间均明显早于OS组(P<0.01)。结论:腹腔镜脾切除术为治疗门脉高压巨脾的一种有效、安全、可行的手术方式。