Bovine microvascular endothelial cells of separate morphology differ in growth and response to the action of interferon-γ

Five cell types recently isolated from the bovine corpus luteum differed in their epithelioid morphology and their cytoskeleton, but shared common criteria of microvascular endothelial cells^1,2. To give strong evidence for the separate entity, the growth rate of the 5 phenotypically different cells was studied. They were seeded at low density on day 0. Most of these cells were treated with 200 to 1000 U recombinant bovine interferon- (IFN-) for 3 days. The untreated remainder served as controls. Cell counts were made for all cultures on days 4, 7, 10 and 13. morphology: 13 d after treatment with IFN- senescent cells as well as intact cells occurred in cultures of cell types 1 to 4. Cultures of cell type 5 were apparently unchanged and resembled their untreated counterparts. Desminpositive cells in cultures of cell type 2 developed cell processes. Growth rate: In the absence of IFN-, the growth rate was high for cell types 3 and 4, moderate for cell type 1, and low for cell types 2 and 5. The presence of IFN- caused anti-proliferative effects. These were higher for cell types 3 and 4 than for cell types 1 and 2. IFN- could be cytotoxic on cell type 3. In contrast, the cytokine tended to support the cell growth of cell type 5. These findings substantiate the postulate that endothelial cells exhibiting separate morphology in culture also function differently.     

Energy flow and community structure in freshwater ecosystems

The goal of this article is twofold: 1) It aims at providing an overview on some major results obtained from energy flow studies in individuals, populations, and communities, and 2) it will also focus on major mechanisms explaining community structures. The basis for any biological community to survive and establish a certain population density is on the one hand energy fixation by primary producers together with adequate nutrient supply and the transfer of energy between trophic levels (bottom-up effect). On the other hand, predator pressures may strongly control prey population densities one or more trophic levels below (top-down effect). Other interpopulation effects include competition, chemical interactions and evolutionary genetic processes, which further interact and result in the specific structuring of any community with respect to species composition and population sizes.     

论明清石湾陶艺的美学特色

明清是石湾陶艺创作风格、艺术特色的奠基时期。明清石湾陶艺注重表现,富有生活气息,简约质朴,豪放自然,尤其在人物眼神与衣纹的刻划、“素胎烧制”等艺术表现技巧方面所作出的探索,终经后来历代艺人的发扬光大,已成为今天石湾陶艺所特有的“有意味的形式”,并展示出强烈的艺术魅力。     

秦淮河流域典型排涝泵站前池水质与降雨特征响应关系

为分析排涝泵站前池水质与降雨特征的响应关系,对南京市城区秦淮河沿线2个排涝泵站前池水质以及降水量开展高频在线自动监测,结合回归树方法分析了不同降雨强度、前期干旱时间条件下排涝泵站前池水质变化规律,探讨了不同类型排涝泵站前池水质的主要影响因素。结果表明:晴雨天均有生活污水汇入的A泵站前池氨氮质量浓度在大雨强下降低,中雨强下先升高后降低,小雨强下平缓上升,A泵站前池污染物质量浓度主要受降雨强度和次降水量影响;主要接收降雨径流,雨量大时有生活污水溢流汇入的B泵站,前池污染物质量浓度在大雨强下先升高后逐渐降低,中雨强下降低,小雨强下变化不大,B泵站前池水质主要受次降水量、前期干旱时间和降雨强度影响;2个泵站前池CODMn质量浓度变化与降雨的响应规律相似,但更多受到与前期干旱时间关联的地表径流冲刷作用影响;连续降雨均导致泵站前池氨氮质量浓度和CODMn质量浓度波动变化较大,而前期干旱时间越长,降雨发生后泵站前池水质越差。     

L—统计量的非一致性收敛速度

本文研究了高阶矩条件下L—统计量的非一致性收敛速度,得到了与独立和类似的收敛速度。     

显微／望远两用镜光学系统设计

设计了一种新型的显微／望远两用镜,讨论了此两用镜的光学系统设计方法案和光学系统设计方案和光学系统各结构参数,对所得的象差曲线结果进行了分析,给了一个此光学系统的结构参数实例和产品外形轮廓。     

知识经济与我国的经济发展战略

知识经济是与传统的农业经济、工业经济不同的一种新的经济形态,是当今世界经济发展的主要趋势,我国经济发展战略的制定,经济增长方式的根本转变,科教兴国战略以及可持续展战略的实施,都与知识经济密切相关,在当前条件下,我国的社会主义建设将面临着实现工业化和走向知识经济的双重挑战。     

阳离子交换树脂催化合成1—萘乙酸甲酯的研究

本文研究了用强酸性阳离子交换树脂作催化剂,１—萘乙酸和甲醇直接酯化合成１—萘乙酸甲酯的反应。考察了催化剂用量,反应物料配比,反应时间等因素对产率的影响,通过正交实验,找到了较佳反应条件：当催化剂用量为反应液的３％,醇酸摩尔比为２０～３０,在回流温度下反应４小时,酯的收率＞９２％,纯度＞９９％。该法工艺简单,操作方便,无三废污染,适合工业化生产。     

土法造纸木素降解之探索Ⅲ.嫩毛竹自然发酵过程中的细菌分离鉴定与嫩竹软化菌的筛选

试验证实,嫩毛竹自然发酵过程中的微生物主要是细菌。分离出并纯化了１００株细菌,其中６０株是芽胞杆菌。将分离出的１００株细菌分别接入石灰预处理过的嫩竹,从中筛选出能使嫩竹进一步软化的菌株３株,也均为芽胞杆菌。对这６０株芽胞杆菌进行了形态学及其生理生化特征的鉴定,按Ｐｒｉｅｓｔ氏等（１９８８年）的数值分类系统分类到组,将３株（３０８,３０９,３１０）对嫩竹软化有明显作用的芽胞杆菌的１株（３０８）鉴定到种,认为是短小芽胞杆菌（Ｂ．ｐｕｍｉｌｕｓ）。另外４０株非芽胞杆菌参阅《伯杰氏系统细菌学手册》第１卷和第２卷,鉴定到科或属,有微球菌、葡萄球菌、李氏杆菌、不动杆菌、肠杆菌科等。     

商标图象库检索的多层次结构方法

基于商标图象库应用背景和具体特征,提出一种商标图象检索的多层次方法．图象预处理阶段采用人机交互方式下３种半自动方法提取商标图象各区域对象．检索首先采用字符串匹配方法和传统数据库查询技术,动态减少图象搜索范围;在图象区域规格化下,相继用最小约束矩和基于Ｈａｕｓｄｏｒｆ距离的相似性函数度量商标相似性程度,具有平移、旋转和尺度变换下的不变性和一定的抗噪声能力．实验结果表明,该方法有效和实用．