Aspirin-like drugs may block pain independently of prostaglandin synthesis inhibition

Summary Using flurbiprofen, a chiral anti-inflammatory and analgesic 2-arylpropionic acid derivative, the enantiomers of which are not converted to each other (less than 5%) in rats or man, we obtained evidence that prostaglandin synthesis inhibition is primarily mediating the anti-inflammatory activity but prostaglandin synthesis independent mechanisms contribute to the analgesic effects. Thus, the S-form inhibited prostaglandin synthesis, inflammation and nociception in rats. The R-form had much less effect on prostaglandin synthesis and did not affect inflammation. It did, however, block nociception in rats almost as potently as the S-form. S-flurbiprofen, in contrast to the R-form, was clearly ulcerogenic in the gastrointestinal mucosa. These results indicate additional molecular mechanisms of analgesia and suggest the use of R-arylpropionic acids as analgesics.     

FROM MANUFACTURING SCHEDULING TO SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION：THE CONTROL OF COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY

With time-based competition and rapid technology advancements, effective manufacturingscheduling and supply chain coordination are critical to quickly respond to changing marketconditions. These problems, however, are difficult in view of inherent complexity and variousuncertainties involved. Based on a series of results by the authors, decomposition and coordination byusing Lagrangian relaxation is identified in this paper as an effective way to control complexity anduncertainty.A manufacturing scheduling problem is first formulated within the job shop context withuncertain order arrivals, processing times, due dates, and part priorities as a separable optimizationproblem. A solution methodology that combines Lagrangian relaxation, stochastic dynamicprogramming, and heuristics is developed. Method improvements to effectively solve large problemsare also highlighted. To extend manufacturing scheduling within a factory to coordinate autonomicmembers across chains of suppliers, a decentralized supply chai     

统计分析在血铅检测中的应用

该文针对河海大学幼儿园接受血铅调测的337名幼儿,以对家长问卷调查的方式,运用方差分析、假设检验及区间估计的方法对这些幼儿的血铅超标情况进行了统计分析.结果表明,虽然各年级幼儿血铅浓度无显著差异,但是大、中班幼儿(4～6岁)由于受环境铅污染机会多于小班幼儿和托班幼儿,故血铅超标率稍高;幼儿经常挑食、外出方式以助力车或摩托车为主、家长经常吸烟、家长职业性接触铅及其化合物等是血铅浓度超标的主要因素.     

The Huntington's disease candidate region exhibits many different haplotypes.

Analysis of 78 Huntington's disease (HD) chromosomes with multi-allele markers revealed 26 different haplotypes, suggesting a variety of independent HD mutations. The most frequent haplotype, accounting for about one third of disease chromosomes, suggests that the disease gene is between D4S182 and D4S180. However, the paucity of an expected class of chromosomes that can be related to this major haplotype by assuming single crossovers may reflect the operation of other mechanisms in creating haplotype diversity. Some of these mechanisms sustain alternative scenarios that do not require a multiple mutational origin for HD and/or its positioning between D4S182 and D4S180.     

浅谈滥用多媒体教学的弊端

人类进入信息时代,多媒体被应用于教学,时教学方法起到了一定的促进作用,但多媒体教学只是一种辅助工具,并不能取代教师对学生的诸多影响,只有合理运用多媒体教学手段,才能让教学活动更具声色,锦上添花.     

Women''''s Vocabulary——Different Languages for Different Sexes

Sex differences are a fundamental fact of human life and it is not surprising to find them reflected in language.It's said that women tend to use more standard forms of English,while men tend to use less standard forms of English.Over the past thirty years,and as a result of the women's movement,gender issues have become entangled with issues of language.Recent research indicates that sex may be more fundamental as an influence on sociolinguistic variation than has been recognized so far.This article will try to discuss the different language use between men and women.