Fecundity of the blood-feeding insectRhodnius prolixus increases in successive periods of egg production

The fecundity of the blood-feeding insect,Rhodnius prolixus, was observed to increase in successive periods of egg production, each period being triggered by a single large blood meal. As previously published, the fecundity of mated animals was significantly higher than that of unmated animals for the first period of egg production. For a second period of egg production, fecundity increased significantly in both mated and unmated animals. By the fourth period, fecundity had returned to first-feed values for mated animals, but remained high for unmated animals, and the fecundity of mated and unmated animals was not significantly different. Thus, during successive periods of egg production, the processes which maintain fecundity of unmated animals below that of mated animals are overcome.     

Evolutionary and ecological implications of cardenolide sequestration in the monarch butterfly

Summary Monarch butterflies sequester cardenolides from their larval host plants in the milkweed genusAsclepias for use in defense against predation. Of 108Asclepias species in North America, monarchs are known to feed as larvae on 27. Research on 11 of these has shown that monarchs sequester cardenolides most effectively, to an asymptote of approximately 350 g/0.1 g dry butterfly, from plants with intermediate cardenolide contents rather than from those with very high or very low cardenolide contents. SinceAsclepias host plant species are distributed widely in space and time across the continent, monarchs exploit them by migration between breeding and overwintering areas. After overwintering in central Mexico, spring migrants east of the Rocky Mountains exploit three predominantAsclepias species in the southern USA that have moderately high cardenolide contents. Monarchs sequester cardenolides very effectively from these species. First generation butterflies are thus well protected against predators and continue the migration north. Across the northern USA and southern Canada most summer breeding occurs on a fourthAsclepias species and in autumn most of these monarchs migrate back to Mexican overwintering sites. The ecological implications of this cycle of cardenolide sequestration for the evolution of monarch migration are discussed.     

一类捕食者——食饵模型的定性分析

本文对一类捕食者——食饵模型进行定性分析,得到了非平凡平衡点全局稳定性的条件和正平衡点周围存在唯一极限环的充分条件,并且本文给出了1个关于这类系统“大范围”极限环的存在唯一性定理。     

实现净产值指标刍议

本文主要阐述了生产净产值指标在评价企业经济效益时的弊病,并从理论上和实践上论述了在商品经济条件下采用实现净产值指标评价企业经济效益的重要性和必要性。同时介绍了实现净产值指标的两种计算方法。即:生产法、分配法。     

双轴等拉低周疲劳实验装置

本文给出能在一般单向加载液压疲劳试验机上做双轴等拉低周疲劳实验研究的双向拉伸装置,并对有关影响因素进行了讨论。 本试验是在百吨液压低周疲劳试验机上进行的。双向拉体装置已经受近百万次疲劳载荷,其中交变载荷幅围5.5,t亦经受近20万次。在使用过程,各构件完好合手使用要求,将十字试样进行低周疲劳断裂试验,成功地开出合格裂纹,用它进行超速条件下叶轮材料性能研究亦取得初步结果。可以认为它适用于平而应力集中问题低周疲劳性能的研究。若使用液压高、中周疲劳试验机,它还可用于双轴载荷下裂纹试样裂纹扩展的研究。 本文指出了双向拉伸装置有待改进的方面。     

Liénard方程极限环的电子计算机计算分析

本文提供了用电子计算机计算分析和绘制Ｌｉｅｎａｒｄ方程极限环的方法及其ＢＡＳＩＣ 语言程序,并利用此方法构造了具有三个极限环的两个Ｌｉｅｎａｒｄ方程,绘制了极限环 图形,指明了Ｃ．Ｃ．Ｐｕｇｈ猜想中极限环的存在性与特征函数的二阶导数Ｆ（Ｚ）的变号 有相当的关系。     

Juvenile hormone titre and regulation in the cockroachDiploptera punctata

Summary Titres of juvenile hormone (JH) have been determined in both hemolymph and whole body extracts of femaleDiploptera punctata during the first gonotrophic cycle using a method employing gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for qualitative and quantitative analysis. JH III is the sole JH found in both adult and last instarD. punctata. Maximum values of 1500 ng/ml (6M) were observed at the middle of the gonotrophic cycle, when basal oocyte growth rate was greatest. Changes in rates of JH release in vitro by corpora allata paralleled closely the changes in JH titre, suggesting that biosynthesis is a major regulator of titre. JH levels per animal were calculated from observed JH titres, and at certain time points in the gonotrophic cycle JH levels obtained from analysis of whole bodies were significantly greater than those predicted from hemolymph titres. These results suggest the existence of a nonhemolymph JH pool inD. punctata. Decay in JH titre after allatectomy of 5 day females has also been studied. Following a rapid initial decline, the rate of decay slowed appreciably 4 h post-operation. Thus, use of a first-order rate constant to estimate half-life of JH significantly underestimated the longevity of the hormone. The apparent persistence of JH following allatectomy may be due to the existence of a nonhemolymph JH pool.     

蛋白质组学技术在动物科学中的研究进展

蛋白质组学在后基因组时代以其独特的角度和重要的作用已成为生命科学领域研究的热点内容。动物科学作为生命科学的一个重要分支,其相关研究对人类的生活有着重要意义。为了系统地了解和展望蛋白质组学技术在动物科学中的研究进展,综述了蛋白质组学的概念及其相关技术,归纳和评析了近年来蛋白质组学在动物繁殖、营养、遗传育种和疾病防治方面的研究现状。     

考虑应力集中的吊车梁多轴疲劳寿命预测

钢结构吊车梁在工业建筑中被广泛应用,应力集中的存在导致几何不连续位置在复杂应力下服役.借助有限元法分析吊车梁应力-应变状态,确定危险点位置,并提取应力、应变分量;以应变能密度作为损伤参量并以最大平面为临界面,基于能量准则建立临界面位置数值计算方法,结合有限元结果给出吊车梁临界面位置;考虑吊车梁在非对称载荷下服役,借助Goodman方程进行平均应力修正,并结合Q355D钢近似S-N曲线计算疲劳寿命.该方法考虑了应力集中处多轴应力对疲劳损伤的影响,可以为复杂应力下几何不连续钢构件的疲劳寿命评估提供新方法.