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.     

多郎艾捷克与新型艾捷克的特性

本文从艾捷克历史、发展及演奏法的视角对多郎艾捷克与新型艾捷克的形制结构,种类与它的定弦方式,演奏方法与音色特点等方面进行了阐述和梳理,论证了这两种艾捷克在民族乐队中的重要作用。     

策勒绿洲资源约束型贫困问题研究

在生态环境及资源、人口、经济和社会等因素当中，自然资源匮乏是导致策勒绿洲贫困的一个主要原因。充分了解自然资源现状及其在农业经济发展中的地位，并在此基础上提高资源的利用率是策勒绿洲加快扶贫开发的重点。在对研究区自然环境条件进行综合分析的基础上，对其资源状况，特别是对短缺的水、土地资源和能源资源进行比较全面的分析，重点揭示了这3种资源对该区经济发展的限制，并提出了建设性意见。图1，表1，参16。     

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.     

北岸干渠工程移民安置方式的思考

水库移民安置方式的优劣对整个移民工作的成败会产生重要影响.自50年代以来,我国大中型水库移民多采用后靠集中安置为主,辅之以投亲靠友、农转非等方式安置.至今,这一安置方式在全国多数地区仍被普遍采用.目前有关县市在提交的北岸干渠工程移民方案中,也采用这一安置方式.本人以为,干渠工程与水库工程有所不同,且集中安置方式在现阶段看存在的问题也较多,建议慎重考虑.     

┱?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 ...     

RSS拓补结构机座的动态优化

以燃气轮机透平端RSS(旋转对称支承板)机座为研究背景,通过用D’Alembert原理建立了RSS机座的拓补优化域和等价边界条件,从而实现了用均匀化方法的RSS机座拓扑结构优化,得到了旋转对称的弧形支承板拓扑结构的机座.然后,结合原来RSS机座的机构特征在ANSYS workbench中建立了RSS拓补结构光滑有限元模型,并进行了工作条件下的模态分析,以前三阶模态振型中轴承座的振型作为当量静载荷加载到原模型对比计算,验证边界条件的正确性.以RSS机座弧形支承板的四个关键尺寸为设计变量,以机座的变形量和应力为目标函数,进行了随频率变化的动态优化设计.通过优化改变了RSS拓补结构的动态特性,使固有频率远离了工作频率.     

2002—2011年吐鲁番地区人类活动强度变化分析

根据吐鲁番地区社会文化、经济、自然禀赋的具体特点,建立了人类活动强度分析评价的指标体系。利用吐鲁番地区2002—2011年的相关统计资料数据,采用变异系数法和权重加权法计算了2002—2011年吐鲁番地区人类活动强度指数。从结果来看,10年来吐鲁番地区的人类活动强度指数从0.127到0.756,10年间增长了近6倍。其中鄯善县成为全区人类活动强度最强的地区,吐鲁番市和托克逊县人类活动强度呈现出持续增强的趋势。从各指标权重和人类活动强度变化情况分析得出:影响人类活动强度的主要因子是人类各种经济活动,尤其是荒地开垦、全社会固定资产投资、产业结构调整等方面。因此,根据吐鲁番地区水资源短缺、生态环境脆弱的现状,在进行各种经济活动时,要将维护生态稳定作为经济活动的前提,降低人类活动对自然环境负面的扰动程度,以维护社会经济系统和生态系统的健康、稳定发展。