Linkage of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol concentrations to a locus on chromosome 9p in Mexican Americans.

High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are anti-atherogenic lipoproteins that have a major role in transporting cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver, where it is removed. Epidemiologic studies have shown that low levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease and an increased mortality rate, indicating a protective role of high concentrations of HDL-C against atherogenesis and the development of coronary heart disease. HDL-C level is influenced by several genetic and nongenetic factors. Nongenetic factors include smoking, which has been shown to decrease the HDL-C level. Exercise and alcohol have been shown to increase HDL-C levels. Decreased HDL-C is often associated with other coronary heart disease risk factors such as obesity, hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension. Although several genes have been identified for rare forms of dyslipidemia, the genes accounting for major variation in HDL-C levels have yet to be identified. Using a multipoint variance components linkage approach, we found strong evidence of linkage (lod score=3.4; P=0.00004) of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for HDL-C level to a genetic location between markers D9S925 and D9S741 on chromosome 9p in Mexican Americans. A replication study in an independent set of Mexican American families confirmed the existence of a QTL on chromosome 9p.     

火灾中不同材料对钢筋混凝土构件受力性能的影响

从材料性能的角度分析，不同材料对钢筋混凝土结构构件的影响机理与影响程度是不同的。钢材的影响主要与力学性能有关；混凝土的影响既与力学性能有关，也与热工性能有关；不可燃的面层主要与热工性能有关，而可燃面层可以加大火灾的危险性，不可燃面层是一层阻隔层，火灾时可以阻止热量向混凝土内部传播，因此混凝土构件火灾时的安全可靠性可以得到改善和提高。对于可以燃烧的装饰层而言，则会产生热荷载，结构构件在火灾时的损伤或破坏会加重。本利用欧洲规范采用的火灾时室内的温度－时间曲线、高温作用下混凝土和钢筋的本构关系，以及钢筋混凝土结构非线性分析方法，研究和分析了火灾时钢筋混凝土构件载面的温度分布和承载能力，并根据分析计算结果讨论了影响混凝土结构火灾安全性的因素。     

社会主义初级阶段人的全面发展论略

从对马克思主义关于人的全面发展思想的本质内涵分析入手，着重揭示了我国社会主义初级阶段促进人的全面发展的重大意义及现实途径。     

我国企业年金制度和政策浅析

根据我国社会保障体系建设的总体要求,社会养老保险由国家基本养老保险、企业年金和个人储蓄养老三个支柱组成。目前,大多数发达国家都建立了比较完善的企业年金制度,企业年金成为养老保险的重要支柱。我国早在10年前就出台了有关规定和政策,但实际发展极为缓慢,目前我国建立企业年金制度的企业职工仅占基本养老保险参保职工的2％左右。建立规范的适合中国国情的企业年金制度,是积极推进国有企业改革,促进经济发展与社会稳定的重要条件。在企业年金制度构建上,政策推动与严格监管要双管齐下,对企业年金基金的投资收益要实行合理税收优惠,并合理控制年金总体待遇水平。     

RB代数中谱定理

定义了随机Banach代数和谱，并证明了随机Banach代数中一些基本的谱定理。     

扬子鳄种群的线粒体DNA控制区序列变异性及其对物种保护的启示

测定了来自4个不同地点(包括安徽宣城野生和饲养种群、浙江长兴的饲养种群及在美国的饲养种群)的64个扬子鳄线粒体DNA控制区部分序列.结果共检测出4个单倍型共3个变异位点,与龟类、鸟类、哺乳类及其它鳄类相比较,反央出扬子鳄线粒体区的序列变异性很低.在此基础上,对扬子鳄遗传保护提出了有关建议.     

试论以合力论思想构建和谐社会

中国共产党提出了构建和谐社会的新理念,把和谐社会的建设同经济建设、政治建设、文化建设有力地结合起来,形成了构建和谐社会的合力论思想。构建社会主义和谐社会,必须坚持马克思主义关于历史发展的合力论思想,即“促正”、“纠反”,构建和谐社会,并构建由四大合力机制组成的合力机制体系。     

Microorganisms seen by scanning and transmission electron microscopy in Legionnaires' disease from human lung

Summary In addition to several anomalous structures, other general forms of definitely rod-shaped microorganisms have been found by scanning and transmission electron microscopy in the lung tissue taken at autopsy from a patient who succumbed to confirmed Legionnaires' disease with extensive necrotizing lobar pneumonia. The microorganisms were greatly varied in size and shape. They were micrographed in the act of fission. These forms have been found to some extent throughout the tissue. No nickel was demonstrated, either in the lung tissue or in the microorganisms.This work has been supported in part by a Henry Ford Hospital institutional grant from the Ford Foundation and in part by the Veterans Administration Medical Center Research Funds.