Population dynamics of the gall inducer Eriogallococcus isaias (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) on Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Malvaceae)

Eriogallococcus isaias Hodgson and Magalhães is a Neotropical species of gall-inducing scale insect (Coccoidea: Eriococcidae), whose phenological synchrony with its host plant, Pseudobombax grandiflorum, is fundamental to the maintenance of its population. Furthermore, E. isaias is unusual among gall-inducing Eriococcidae because its galls are not sexually dimorphic and are induced by the second-instar nymphs. We studied the life cycles of the host plant and the galling insect, and followed the development of the insects and the structure of the gall. The results showed that gall induction is synchronous with leaf flushing, and that the galls and leaves mature concomitantly. Males have a 36–48-day life cycle within the gall, whereas females have a 75–100-day life cycle.     

The fixative action of uranyl acetate in electron microscopy

Resumen La utilización del acetato de uranilo después del osmio durante la fijación, reduce la cantidad de fosfolípidos extraídos durante la deshidratación de los tejidos, lo que demuestra sus propiedades de fijador químico.     

Organ culture of rat skeletal muscle subjected to intermittent activity

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Methode angegeben, um die wichtigen biochemischen und pharmakologischen Untersuchungen an Muskulatur (Rattenmuskel) bei Erhaltung der mechanischen Aktivität über 8 Tage durchzuführen.     

A new cellular function for peroxisomes related to oxygen free radicals?

Summary Although in cell biology peroxisomes are still young organelles, it is becoming increasingly clear that they are involved in important cellular functions. Recent results have indicated the presence of the metalloenzyme superoxide dismutase in peroxisomes and the production of superoxide free radicals (O ₂ ^– ) in these oxidative organelles. These findings, together with other experimental evidence, point towards the existence of new roles for peroxisomes in cellular active oxygen metabolism, something that has a potential impact in multiple areas of cell biology, particularly in biochemistry and biomedicine.     

具有周围组织的动脉脉搏波分析

本文提出在周围结缔组织深处动脉的理论模型。利用土力学原理分析动脉纵向振动,指出动脉纵向振动引起周围结缔组织的位移是以表面波形式传播的,动脉纵向波速是表面波相速度,表面波的存在是动脉纵向振动的必要条件。Lamb波速是本文结论特例。     

A new cellular function for peroxisomes related to oxygen free radicals?

Although in cell biology peroxisomes are still 'young' organelles, it is becoming increasingly clear that they are involved in important cellular functions. Recent results have indicated the presence of the metalloenzyme superoxide dismutase in peroxisomes and the production of superoxide free radicals (O2-) in these oxidative organelles. These findings, together with other experimental evidence, point towards the existence of new roles for peroxisomes in cellular active oxygen metabolism, something that has a potential impact in multiple areas of cell biology, particularly in biochemistry and biomedicine.