Fluid inclusions evidence for differential exhumation of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks in the Sulu terrane

Since the discovery of coesite and diamond inclusions in eclogites from the Dabie-Sulu orogen, east-central China[1―3], this largest ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamor- phic terrane in the world has attracted extensive scientific interests. A number of hydrous minerals such as zoisite, phengite, magnesite and talc have been found in the UHP rocks, showing that fluids have played an important role in this type of extreme metamorphic evolution[4―8]. Sev-eral techniques have been applied to th…     

银杏叶提取物药用价值的研究进展

近年来，银杏叶提取物的药用和临床治疗价值，推动了国内外医学界对它的深入研究。银杏叶随着化学检测手段及临床应用的深入研究，在银杏叶的制剂工艺、成分分析、药理作用、毒理实验和临床试验等方面国内外都有许多报道。银杏叶中含有各种黄酮苷和萜内酯等主要药效成分，对心脑血管和中枢神经系统有显著的保护作用，且安全范围大，已逐渐获得各国医学界的认可，有广阔的应用前景。文章主要综述国内外银杏叶提取物的药理学研究进展。     

Early Cambrian phosphatized blastula- and gastrula-stage animal fossils from southern Shaanxi

Marine invertebrate animal embryos and their early developmental products are of great significance to the study of taxonomy and phylogeny of early animals. A great number of phosphatized globular fossils were collected fromthe early Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Member (upper Dengying Formation), southern Shaanxi, and a nearly complete develo-pmental sequence—from a fertilized egg, via blastodisc formation, blastula development, blastodisc enlargement toward gastrulae, to tissue differentiation—can be discerned in this collection. This discovery provides unmatchable material for studies on the origin, taxonomy, radiation, and ontogeny of early metazoans.     

The Balang Fauna―A new early Cambrian Fauna from Kaili City, Guizhou Province

In April 2004, Wu Yishan, a teacher from Kaili No. 4 Middle School, took his students to Wenglingtang to conduct popular science activities. They found fossils of trilobites and eocrinoids in gray and gray-greenish silty shale, and calcareous, silty mudrock in the upper part of the lower Cambrian Balang Formation. In May 2004, we were invited to investigate the new discovery.     

基于结构状态方程的结构参数和荷载识别方法

基于结构状态方程进行结构参数和荷载的共同识别。以结构参数修正因子为优化变量,由测得的结构动态响应结构和构造的系统矩阵计算相应的未知荷载。通过最小化实测结构响应与给定的修正因子下的计算结构响应间的距离来识别未知量。其中给定修正因子的系统矩阵由虚拟变形方法构造,并通过一个桁架结构的数值算例验证了该方法的有效性。     

GPS单频PPP电离层延迟改正模型探讨

针对电离层延迟会导致GPS单频精密单点定位精度严重缺失的情况,分别探讨了克罗布歇模型、格网模型和历元差分模型,并采用IGS跟踪站数据进行电离层延迟改正。同时根据改正后的单频精密单点定位精度,比较了这三种电离层延迟改正模型的改正效果。结果表明:历元差分模型的改正效果最好,其改正后单频精密单点定位精度可达到厘米级,能较好地符合实际应用要求。     

小波分析在水文序列趋势分析中的应用

根据水文时间序列的频率分布特性 ,运用小波分析将不同频率成分组成时间序列按尺度分解成低频和高频成分 ,然后依据小波系数的重构原理还原时间序列的趋势成分 ,从而可以判断水文时间序列的趋势变化 .以黄河上中下游四个水文站的实测年径流序列为例进行了研究 ,研究结果表明多分辨分析用于水文时间序列趋势分析是合理可行的     

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.     

Complexed rheumatoid factor measurements in sera, synovial fluids and in immune complex fractions.

Mild acidic treatment increases the rheumatoid factor titre of some sera and synovial fluids (SF) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile RA (JRA) and most frequently in rheumatoid vasculitis. This unmasking of 'hidden' RF in serum and SF samples correlated with the RF-immune complexes (RF-IC) and complexed C4 present in the 3% polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitates, indicating that by means of 'hidden' RF measurements RF-ICs are possibly detected. This method seems to provide a diagnostic tool for detecting RF-ICs in RA and other related diseases.     

Influence of alpha-MSH and ACTH on cortical bone remodelling in hypophysectomized rats.

Hypophysectomy increases both periosteal resorption and endosteal apposition along the femur diaphysis in rat. Administration of alpha-MSH decreased the periosteal resorption but had no effect on the endosteal apposition. ACTH had only minor effects on the endosteum. Thus, alpha-MSH and ACTH, in the doses used, have different effects on cortical bone in rat. The effect of alpha-MSH on cortical bone could be an effect of the hormone alone or by its stimulation of other factors.