Age,growth and reproductive biology of the silky shark,Carcharhinus falciformis,and the scalloped hammerhead,Sphyrna lewini,from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Synopsis The silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, and scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, represent >80% of the shark by-catch of the winter swordfish/tuna longline fishery of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. This catch represents a potential supplemental fishery, yet little is known of the life histories of the two species. This report relates reproductive biology data to age and growth estimates for 135 C. falciformis and 78 S. lewini. Unlike other regional populations, C. falciformis in the Gulf of Mexico may have a seasonal 12 month gestation period. Males mature at 210–220 cm TL (6–7 yr); females at >225 cm TL (7–9 yr). Application of age at length data for combined sexes produced von Bertalanffy growth model parameter estimates of L_∞ = 291 cm TL, K = 0.153, t₀ = −2.2 yr. Adult male S. lewini outnumbered adult females in catches because of differences in the distributions of the sexually segregated population. Males mature at 180 cm TL (10 yr); females at 250 cm TL (15 yr). von Bertalanffy parameter estimates for combined sexes of this species were L_∞ = 329 cm TL, K = 0.073, t_o = −2.2 yr.     

Characteristics of action potentials in Helianthus annuus

The action potentials induced by nondamaging electrical stimuli in 16- to 22-day-old plants of Helianthus annuus were examined. Typical recordings are presented. Mean values of their amplitudes and conduction velocities in the stem, the strength-duration relation, the 'all-or-none' law and the refractory periods have been determined. The amplitude and velocity of propagation were essentially identical in the upward and downward direction, but greater in the upper than in the lower half. In 'electrically active' plants, the rheobase value is 2 V, the minimum period for stimulation is 1.8 s. and the chronaxie 2.3 s. It is noted that the excitability level between similar plants on the same day and in the same plant on different days is highly variable and undergoes periodic changes.     

血清SAA、YKL-40及SP-A的联合检测对小儿难治性肺炎支原体肺炎的预测价值分析

摘要 目的：探究血清淀粉样蛋白A（SAA）、几丁质酶样蛋白YKL-40和肺表面活性物质相关蛋白-A（SP-A）表达水平对的联合检测对小儿难治性肺炎支原体肺炎（RMPP）的预测价值。方法：纳入2019年11月至2021年12月期间我院收治的60例MPP患儿作为研究对象,依据病情最终转归将其分为RMPP组和普通肺炎支原体肺炎（GMPP）组,另纳入同期于我院行体格检查的60例健康儿童作为对照组。收集所有受试儿童的临床资料、实验室指标及影像学结果,采用酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）检测血清SAA、YKL-40和SP-A的表达水平,应用受试者工作特征曲线（ROC）判定各指标单项检测和联合检测的预测效能。结果：MPP组患儿和对照组儿童一般资料相比无统计学差异（P＞0.05）。依据病情最终转归,60例MPP患儿中共有23例（38.33 %）进展为RMPP,RMPP组与GMPP组患儿在白介素-6（IL-6）、C-反应蛋白（CRP）、降钙素原（PCT）、D-二聚体（D-D）等实验室指标以及肺不张、胸腔积液等影像学特征方面相比有统计学差异（P＜0.05）。RMPP组和GMPP组血清SAA、YKL-40和SP-A的表达水平显著高于对照组（P＜0.05）,同时RMPP组血清SAA、YKL-40和SP-A的表达水平显著高于GMPP组（P＜0.05）。血清SAA的最佳截断值为39.75 mg/L,预测RMPP发生的ROC曲线下面积为0.894（95%CI：0.861-0.925）,敏感度为78.26 %,特异度为86.67 %;血清YKL-40的最佳截断值为31.85 ng/mL,预测RMPP发生的ROC曲线下面积为0.754（95%CI：0.634-0.873）,敏感度为73.91 %,特异度为67.21 %;血清SP-A的最佳截断值为35.59 ng/mL,预测RMPP发生的ROC曲线下面积为0.761（95%CI：0.640-0.891）,敏感度为73.91 %,特异度为75.00 %;SAA+YKL-40-1+SP-A三者联合检测预测RMPP的AUC为0.914（95%CI：0.871-0.957）,敏感度为91.30 %,特异度为91.66 %。结论：血清SAA、YKL-40和SP-A表达水平的检测可作为预测RMPP发生的重要生物学指标,且三者联合检测的预测效能较高,可为临床尽早诊断RMPP、尽早干预、改善患儿预后提供一定的帮助。     

The genus Polyarthra in Lake Peipsi

In Lake Peipsi (Estonia) Polyarthra species often dominate the rotifer community, and are represented by 6 species: Polyarthra dolichoptera Idelson, P. longiremis Carlin, P. luminosa Kutikova, P. major Burckhardt, P. remata Skorikov, P. vulgaris Carlin. The highest diversity occurs in August–September, with P. remata and P. luminosa most abundant. Morphometric data including measurements of body, fins and various types of eggs are given. The seasonal development of the different species and their life cycles are considered.     

Progress of developmental programme during the last larval instar of Bombyx mori: Relationships with food intake,ecdysteroids and juvenile hormone

The progress of developmental programme in the epidermal cells of last instar larvae of Bombyx mori was determined by ecdysteroid injections in normal and in JH-treated larvae. To clarify the importance of food intake in the control of development, starved animals were also used.The instar begins with a period during which the larval programme is expressed: this occurs in the presence of 20-hydroxyecdysone. Epidermal cells can thereafter secrete pupal cuticle after ecdysteroid injection although the larval programme is normally still present. During the last period only pupal characters can be expressed either in normal or in 20-hydroxyecdysone-injected larvae.These different developmental phases are not correlated with obligatory and facultative feeding periods.Transition from the first to the second phases is correlated with the absence of JH effects on pupal genes. JH applications during the second period, however, prevent the expression of pupal characters after 20-hydroxyecdysone injection. Thus, during this period, the pupal programme is not stabilized. Cellular reprogramming itself occurs at the onset of the last developmental period and is probably under the control of ecdysteroids.     

Hydroxyurea inhibits ODC induction, but not the G1 to S phase transition.

Chinese hamster ovary cells, selected in mitosis and plated into medium containing hydroxyurea, can progress through G₁ and enter S phase although bulk DNA synthesis is prevented. As the cells progress through G₁ in the presence of hydroxyurea, ornithine decarboxylase activity remains low while general protein synthesis appears unaffected. After hydroxyurea is removed, ornithine decarboxylase activity increases, but only after approximately 20% of the DNA has been replicated. These results suggest that ornithine decarboxylase induction is not essential for cellular progression into S phase but is required for the completion of DNA synthesis.     

艾拉莫德对难治性类风湿关节炎患者骨密度和血清B-ALP、CTX-I的机制分析

摘要 目的：探讨艾拉莫德对难治性类风湿关节炎患者骨密度和血清骨碱性磷酸酶（B-ALP）、I型胶原交联羧基末端肽（CTX-I）的机制。方法：选择2019年1月至2020年12月我院接诊的134例难治性类风湿关节炎患者,通过随机数表法分为观察组和对照组,每组67例。对照组给予甲氨蝶呤联合依那西普治疗,观察组给予艾拉莫德片联合依那西普治疗,均连续治疗12周。比较两组临床缓解率、实验室指标、类风湿关节炎患者病情评价（DAS28评分）、骨密度、血清B-ALP、CTX-I的变化和不良反应。结果：治疗后,观察组临床缓解率为90.00%,明显高于对照组72.50%（P＜0.05）;观察组红细胞沉降率（ESR）、C反应蛋白（CRP）、类风湿因子（RF）、抗环挂氨酸肽抗体（抗-CCP）表达和DAS28评分分别为（23.53±2.77）mm/h、（11.73±2.30）mg/L、（17.45±3.08）U/L、（43.22±7.17）RU/mL、（2.74±0.34）分,均明显低于对照组的（31.27±5.04）mm/h、（19.11±2.12）mg/L、（24.47±2.59）U/L、（55.23±7.44）RU/mL、（3.21±0.50）分,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）;观察组骨密度、血清B-ALP分别为（0.83±0.05）g/cm3、（117.02±15.65）U/L,均明显高于对照组（0.77±0.04）g/cm3、（101.19±9.59）U/L,观察组CTX-I为（0.36±0.04）μg/L,明显低于对照组（0.47±0.04）μg/L,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）;两组不良反应总发生率分别为4.44%和2.22%,差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。结论：艾拉莫德联合依那西普治疗难治性类风湿关节炎效果显著,可明显改善骨密度、血清B-ALP、CTX-I的表达,提高临床缓解率,安全性好,值得应用推广。     

吗啡皮下自控镇痛泵治疗难治性癌痛的前瞻性多中心随机对照研究

摘要 目的：观察吗啡皮下自控镇痛泵治疗难治性癌痛的临床疗效。方法：采用前瞻性多中心随机对照研究,应用治疗方法分为试验组和对照组,其中试验组使用皮下自控阵痛泵给药,对照组口服吗啡片剂,5 d为一疗程,共计观察3疗程。观察两组患者治疗后疼痛积分改善情况;每疗程吗啡日均用量;疼痛起效时间、最佳缓解时间;镇痛维持时间及剂量稳定天数、爆发痛情况;生活质量改善及不良反应发生率;疗程费用情况。结果：两组患者数字疼痛评分法(numerical rating scale,NRS)评分在治疗后均较镇痛前显著降低（P＜0.05）;在吗啡用量比较方面,试验组吗啡用量显著低于对照组同期用量;试验组在疼痛缓解时间、疼痛最佳缓解时间方面均显著优于对照组;治疗期间试验组平均镇痛维持时间明显长于对照组（P＜0.05）;两组患者治疗后体力状况分析标准(performance status,PS)评分较治疗前显著改善;试验组便秘、嗜睡不良反应发生率显著低于对照组（P＜0.05）。试验组每疗程费用明显低于对照组,具有明显经济优势。结论：吗啡皮下自控镇痛泵给药方式控制难治性癌痛临床疗效确切,止痛效果明显。与对照组比较,疼痛起效时间短,疗程较吗啡用量少,不良反应发生率低,改善了患者生活质量,且减轻了患者经济压力。     

难治性急性白血病研究现状与进展

难治性急性白血病治疗反应差,诱导缓解率低,复发率高,生存期短,因而是白血病治疗中的难题。本文从难治性急性白血病诊断标准与免疫学、细胞遗传学及分子生物学特征,多药耐药与难治性白血病,难治性急性白血病治疗现状以及治疗展望五大方面阐述了难治性急性白血病研究现状与进展。基础与初步临床研究显示中药配合化疗能够提高难治性急性白血病围化疗期临床缓解率。认为中药在提高难治性白血病临床疗效方面具有潜在临床应用前景和开发的商业价值,值得进行深入研究。     

Impacts of freeze-thaw processes on antioxidant activities and osmolyte contents of Syntrichia caninervis under different desert microhabitats

 齿肋赤藓(Syntrichia caninervis)作为典型的耐旱藓类, 广泛分布于世界干旱和半干旱荒漠地区, 是古尔班通古特沙漠生物土壤结皮中的优势藓类植物。该沙漠冬季具有稳定的降雪, 初春的积雪融化为植物的生长提供了良好的水热条件。荒漠藓类植物叶片仅具一层细胞, 对外界环境的变化十分敏感, 有关荒漠藓类植物在冬季和早春地表冻融交替过程中如何适应环境剧烈变化的研究鲜见报道。该研究探讨了生长于3种不同微生境(活灌丛、枯死灌丛和裸露地)下的齿肋赤藓, 经由冬季低温冻结到早春融雪复水再到春季中旬自然干燥过程中的生理生化变化特征。结果表明: 不同冻融期、微生境及二者的交互作用能够显著影响齿肋赤藓的渗透调节物质(游离脯氨酸、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白)含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量、抗氧化酶活性(过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性)。冬季低温冻结期的极端低温和春季中旬的干燥环境使得齿肋赤藓可溶性糖和MDA含量, 以及3种抗氧化酶活性均显著高于早春融雪期, 可溶性蛋白含量显著低于融雪期。同时, 在融雪期灌丛遮阴所形成的“冷岛效应”使得生长于灌丛下的齿肋赤藓植株可溶性糖和MDA含量显著高于枯死灌丛和裸露地。但灌丛的存在也为春季中旬干旱无雨期齿肋赤藓提供了一个相对良好(含水量高)的生活环境, 其下齿肋赤藓的渗透调节物含量和抗氧化酶活性均显著低于其他两个生境。在整个冻融过程中裸露地齿肋赤藓的3种抗氧化酶活性均显著高于灌丛下, 这可能是由于生活于裸露地的苔藓有更强的耐胁迫特性。