Sperm viability in the reproductive tract of females in a population of Sceloporus mucronatus exhibiting asynchronous reproduction

Asynchronous reproduction is a common phenomenon in high-elevation populations of lizards from Central México. Sperm storage in the reproductive tract of females is the mechanism for making oocyte fertilization possible. Our study addresses questions related to functional oviductal sperm storage of females mating on different dates throughout the reproductive season. A population of Sceloporus mucronatus with copulation in the summer and ovulation in the fall was chosen for this experiment. Eleven females that copulated in the field during June and 13 females that copulated in captivity during August were maintained in the laboratory until parturition. The number of pregnant females and the litter sizes produced in each experimental group were indicative of the viability of the stored sperm. Sperm stored in the reproductive tract of females were able to fertilize eggs after 4 months. No significant differences were found in the number of pregnant females between the 2 experimental groups nor in the litter sizes that they produced. We found that the amount of time sperm were held in the female reproductive tract (ca. 3 months) had no effect on the capacity of sperm to fertilize eggs. Histological examination of 8 oviducts collected before the mating season eliminated the possibility of sperm storage from one year to the next. In this system, sperm retention could have evolved as a response mechanism to deal with the asynchrony between sexes in the reproductive cycles. However, we cannot rule out alternative hypotheses.     

三种助产方法对猫难产的疗效比较研究

本文用催产素、催产素配合普鲁卡因封闭和剖腹产术对58例难产猫进行了助产,其疗效以手术助产方法为最高,有效率100％,催产素配合普鲁卡因封闭次之(60％),而催产素仅在21.5％的猫有效,并对猫发生难产的病因进行了分析:难产的发生与孕猫的胎次有密切关系,第一胎的难产发生率为61.8％,第二、三胎和三胎以上分别为29.4％、5.9％和2.9％,胎儿成活率与难产天数呈反比例关系。     

求助型同性恋大学生的心理辅导

通过对求助动机非常强烈的同性恋学生进行辅导及对这种现象的研究,认为虽然我国学术界对同性恋的态度更加趋于科学和宽容,但是西部地区由于人们思想观念和文化的落后,同性恋者所出现的一些与性取向有关的心理、生理和社会问题,仍需要心理辅导员的帮助,尤其是心理辅导过程中多种方法的综合应用是至关重要的。     

Simulating FAS-induced apoptosis by using P systems

In contrast to differential equations, P systems are an unconventional model of computation which takes into consideration the discrete character of the quantity of components and the inherent randomness that exists in biological phenomena. The key feature of P systems is their compartmentalised structure which represents the heterogeneity of the structural organisation of the cells, and where one can take into account the role played by membranes in the functioning of the system, for example signalling at the cell surface, selective uptake of substances from the media, diffusion across different compartments, etc. We show here that P systems can be a reliable tool for Systems Biology and could even outperform in some cases the current simulation techniques based on differential equations. We will also use a strategy based on the well known Gillespie algorithm but running on more than one compartment called Multi-compartmental Gillespie Algorithm.     

Genetic background of phenotypic variation

A noteworthy feature of the living world is its bewildering variability. A key issue in several biological disciplines is the achievement of an understanding of the hereditary basis of this variability. Two opposing, but not necessarily irreconcilable conceptions attempt to explain the underlying mechanism. The gene function paradigm postulates that phenotypic variance is generated by the polymorphism in the coding sequences of genes. However, comparisons of a great number of homologous gene and protein sequences have revealed that they predominantly remained functionally conserved even across distantly related phylogenic taxa. Alternatively, the gene regulation paradigm assumes that differences in the cis-regulatory region of genes do account for phenotype variation within species. An extension of this latter concept is that phenotypic variability is generated by the polymorphism in the overall gene expression profiles of gene networks. In other words, the activity of a particular gene is a system property determined both by the cis-regulatory sequences of the given genes and by the other genes of a gene network, whose expressions vary among individuals, too. Novel proponents of gene function paradigm claim that functional genetic variance within the coding sequences of regulatory genes is critical for the generation of morphological polymorphism. Note, however, that these developmental genes play direct regulatory roles in the control of gene expression.     

巴州耕地增施钾肥刻不容缓

1 钾肥作用机理 钾是作物生长发育所必需的三大营养元素之一，能促进植物体内淀粉、蛋白质、油脂等贮存物质的合成，在不良天气下，施钾有补充光照不足的作用。钾能影响气孔的开闭，调节体内水分平衡，减少蒸腾失水，提高水分利用率。     

采用自定义排球比赛规则与正式比赛规则教学的比较分析

本文根据现代教育心理学的原理,并结合《体育与健康》课的指导精神,围绕如何提高中学生参与排球比赛兴趣这一中心,设计了＂自定义排球比赛规则＂的比赛方法。研究结果表明：在中学排球课教学过程中采用＂自定义排球比赛规则＂进行教学比赛,有利于提高中学生参与的排球比赛兴趣,有利于提高中学生的排球学习效果;采用＂自定义排球比赛规则＂的比赛方法是切实可行的,它的教学比赛效果明显好于采用正式比赛规则进行教学比赛。     

南疆沙蜥有效成分和营养价值的初步研究

本文以南疆沙蜥（Phrynocephalus forsythii Anderson）作为实验材料，采用微量凯氏定氮法（Micro-KJeldahl）、索氏提取法）Soxhlet Extraction）、原子吸收法（Atomic absorption spectrometry）对其粗脂肪、粗蛋白质以及微量元素含量进行初步的测定和分析．结果表明，南骚沙蜥全体粗脂肪含量为28．25mg／g、粗蛋白含量为14．26mg／g，微量无素Cu、Zn、Ni、Co、Cr、例、Mn、sr、Pb及Fc铁含量分别为7．34μg／g、72．14μg／g、4．90μg／g、8．55μg／g、24．66μg／g、〈0．50μg／g、7．31μg／g、39．12μg／g、0．49／μg／g及557μg／g．因此，本研究为本地区民族医药开发以及药用蜥蜴的可持续利用进一步研究具有重点的理论和实际意义．     

┱?例杨金彪;福建省南平市第

鸨?114尼美舒利致肝功能损伤1例陈瑶;李岚;厦门市妇幼保健院药剂科,上海儿童医学中心药剂科 厦门361000,上海200000尼美舒利;;肝功能损害0海峡药学Strait Pharmaceutical Journal118-119R725.9E06938E;E069_38陈瑶;114-115门诊药房实行专科药师制度的必要性陈成辉;何丽芳;     

Self-Dual Hadamard Bent Sequences

A new notion of bent sequence related to Hadamard matrices was introduced recently,motivated by a security application(Solé, et al., 2021). The authors study the self-dual class in length at most 196. The authors use three competing methods of generation: Exhaustion, Linear Algebra and Gr?bner bases. Regular Hadamard matrices and Bush-type Hadamard matrices provide many examples. The authors conjecture that if v is an even perfect square, a self-dual bent sequence of length v always exists. The ...