Some relationships between internal parasites and brown trout from Montana streams

Forty - five percent of 306 brown trout from 16 Montana streams were infected with one or more of the nematodes Cystidicoloides salvelini, Bulbodacnitis globosa, Rhabdochona sp., and Eustrongylides sp. The relationships between incidence and intensity of nematode infections and age and sexual maturity of the host fish were studied. Generally, sexually mature female brown trout had a higher rate of infection and had more nematodes per infected fish than immature female brown trout. Higher incidence and intensity of infection in sexually mature fish was attributed to more aggressive feeding behavior leading to more exposure to the intermediate hosts (mayflies) of the nematode parasites.         

Cardiomyocyte proliferation in zebrafish and mammals: lessons for human disease

Cardiomyocytes proliferate profusely during early development and for a brief period after birth in mammals. Within a month after birth, this proliferative capability is dramatically reduced in mammals unlike lower vertebrates where it persists into adult life. The zebrafish, for example, retains the ability to regenerate the apex of the heart following resection by a mechanism predominantly driven by cardiomyocyte proliferation. Differences in proliferative capacity of cardiomyocytes in adulthood between mammals and lower vertebrates are closely liked to ontogenetic or phylogenetic factors. Elucidation of these factors has the potential to provide enormous benefits if they lead to the development of therapeutic strategies that facilitate cardiomyocyte proliferation. In this review, we highlight the differences between Mammalian and Zebrafish cardiomyocytes, which could explain at least in part the different proliferative capacities in these two species. We discuss the advantages of the zebrafish as a model of cardiomyocyte proliferation, particularly at the embryonic stage. We also identify a number of key molecular pathways with potential to reveal key steps in switching cardiomyocytes from a quiescent to a proliferative phenotype.     

机器人辅助柔性针穿刺路径的悬臂梁预测模型

路径操控技术是机器人辅助柔性针穿刺的重要技术之一。软组织变形、多层软组织相对滑移和针挠曲是引起靶点位置移动,降低穿刺精度的3个主要原因。该文在研究针受力的基础上,利用柔性针挠曲规律提出了一种预测穿刺路径的悬臂梁模型,通过准静态过程将柔性针分为有限段并将每段都视为一个悬臂梁,从而建立起三维空间中针体路径预测算法。仿真实验表明,该模型能够实现柔性针路径预测功能,为机器人辅助柔性针穿刺路径规划和避障运动提供了理论基础。     

Virtual Reality As a New Tool in the City Planning Process

The introduction of virtual reality (VR)-models in the city planning process will cause changes in the traditional roles of the involved parties. In order to better understand some of these changes, the events involving the use of VR-models in an architectural competition concerning rebuilding-proposals for the city library in a Swedish city were analyzed. The study shows that VR was introduced into the competition as an extra add-on and that the VR-presentation was experienced as useful by the jury. The transformation of the architects’ contributions into VR was experienced as problematic by the architects, partly because they lost full control over the presentation. In the future architects are likely to have to produce the VR-models for their proposals themselves. This may make it more difficult for smaller architectural firms to enter the market but their proposals will be more accessible to a wider group of stakeholders.     

Determination of proliferative compartments in human tumors

Summary Extracorporeal normothermic perfusion with radioactive thymidine allows a cytological, histological and structural analysis of proliferative compartments of human kidney carcinomas in whole-tumor autoradiograms.Supported by a grant from Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie und Gesundheit, Bonn.     

Depletion of synaptic vesicles at the frog (Rana pipiens) neuromuscular junctions by tetraphenylboron

Summary At the frog neuromuscular junction tetraphenylboron produced a decrease in miniature endplate potential amplitude, accompanied by a decrease in the number but not the size of synaptic vesicles.This work was supported by NIH Grants Nos NS-07740 and NS-05707 to R. L. P. and was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, a Wellcome Research Travel Grant and a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland to I. G. M. The assistance of Dr.R. M. Schnitzler, W. G. Boldosser andP. M. Spannbauer is gratefully acknowledged.     

The structure of schmidt's aluminium hydroxide gel

Résumé Les auteurs démontrent que le gel d'hydroxyde d'aluminium (gel deSchmidt) soumis aux rayons X diffractés et examiné au microscope électronique se révèle formé de particules différant par leur structure, leur morphologie et leur dimensions de celles du gel C-gamma deWillstätter, mais semblables à celles du gel C-béta du même nom.     

Asymmetrical responses to directional selection for radiation resistance and sensitivity inDrosophila

Zusammenfassung Es wurde eine Selektion auf Strahlenresistenz nach Bestrahlung vonDrosophila melanogaster mit⁶⁰Co--Strahlen während 5 Generationen mit gutem Erfolg erzielt, nicht aber eine solche auf erhöhte Strahlensensibilität. Der asymmetrische Selektionseffekt dürfte somit auf dominanter Vererbung der Resistenz beruhen. Familienselektion kann auch ohne Besthralung zu resistenten Stämmen führen.     

Variability within and between strains for mating behaviour parameters inDrosophila pseudoobscura

Résumé Chez un caryotype donné deDrosophila pseudoobscura on constate dans quelques lignées plus de variabilité dans la durée du comportement sexuel précédant l'accouplement que dans la durée de celui-ci.

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Supported by the Commonwealth of Australia Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.