Long-term increases in clutch size in common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) and diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin)

Clutch size (CS) is a well-studied life history characteristic, and optimal egg size theory predicts that CS should correlate positively with reproductive investment. Turtles are good subjects for studies of reproductive strategies because few turtle species exhibit parental care; therefore quantifying their short-term reproductive investment is mostly limited to measuring egg size and number. Clutch size is usually reported as an average value for each turtle population, and where CS variation is noted, it is usually attributable to variation in adult body size. In two long-term studies of ecologically dissimilar species we detected a dramatic increase in CS in a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) population and in a diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) population. It is unknown whether these changes are due to either variation in adult body size or resource availability; but the temporal patterns we observed have apparently never been reported previously. These trends remain unexplained and should be explored further.     

乙醇对小白鼠胚胎的毒性和维生素的解毒作用

乙醇对小白鼠有致畸效应,尤其是对中枢神经系统(CNS)和骨骼系统.适量的维生素B_1和烟酰胺能解除由乙醇引起的小白鼠胎鼠毒害作用.     

醚类汽油添加剂与L-02正常人肝细胞、人血红蛋白的体外作用研究

研究了新型无铅汽油添加剂甲基叔丁基醚（MTBE）、甲基叔戊基醚（TMAE）对正常人肝细胞系L－02的毒性作用，在较高浓度下，MTBE、TAME均对L－02正常人肝细胞的生长有影响，且TAME的毒性作用稍强，另外，用FT－IR法和^1H-NMR法研究了MTBE、TAME与人血红蛋白的体外作用，结果显示，MTBE、TAME与人血红蛋白无明显的直接作用。     

Aspirin-like drugs may block pain independently of prostaglandin synthesis inhibition

Summary Using flurbiprofen, a chiral anti-inflammatory and analgesic 2-arylpropionic acid derivative, the enantiomers of which are not converted to each other (less than 5%) in rats or man, we obtained evidence that prostaglandin synthesis inhibition is primarily mediating the anti-inflammatory activity but prostaglandin synthesis independent mechanisms contribute to the analgesic effects. Thus, the S-form inhibited prostaglandin synthesis, inflammation and nociception in rats. The R-form had much less effect on prostaglandin synthesis and did not affect inflammation. It did, however, block nociception in rats almost as potently as the S-form. S-flurbiprofen, in contrast to the R-form, was clearly ulcerogenic in the gastrointestinal mucosa. These results indicate additional molecular mechanisms of analgesia and suggest the use of R-arylpropionic acids as analgesics.     

论辅助生殖技术引发的伦理问题及其应对机制

简单介绍了辅助生殖技术,分析了辅助生殖技术引发的伦理问题,提出了应对这些伦理问题的机制。     

修正的Navier—Stokes方程的再生性质和周期解

本文证明了由提出的修正的Navier-Stokes方程在小外力的条件下对t_1∈(0,T]存在唯一的初始速度分布使得相应的初边值问题的广义解具再生性质:(t_1)=(0)=.从而当外力还是时间t的周期函数时,是周期解.进而证明此周期解以指数方式吸引相应于同一外力但初值可任意的其它解.上述结论的证明基于对广义解v的导数v在空间L~∞(0,T;L~2(Ω))中估计.     

铝胁迫下龙眼幼苗对通气的响应及其铝毒的矫治

在营养液中添加AlCl3.6H2O培养龙眼,研究铝胁迫下通气对龙眼生长及生理生化的影响,探讨铝毒矫治措施。结果表明:通气处理可以矫治龙眼铝毒且促进铝胁迫下龙眼幼苗的生长,其根、茎、叶的生物量和根系活力分别比不通气处理增加20.1%~41.0%,23.9%~59.2%,26.5%~126.9%,62.9%~322.3%;通气有助于解除或减轻铝对龙眼幼苗光合作用的限制,Chla,Chlb,Car分别比不通气处理提高129.2%~492.8%,120.2%~463.0%,111.9%~328.0%,Pn,CE也明显高于不通气处理;NR活性提高了18.1%~53.6%,促进铝胁迫下龙眼幼苗对N的吸收和利用;通气可以减轻或减缓铝对细胞膜系统的伤害,龙眼叶片大分子渗漏值OD254下降了34.4%~48.6%。另外,CaCl2,KH2PO4,MgSO4及柠檬酸处理可明显抑制铝胁迫下龙眼幼苗对铝的吸收,根、茎、叶中铝的含量均比对照下降。     

Hormonal induction of steroid sulphatase in the mouse

Summary By comparing steroid sulphatase levels per se, and also ratios to -galactosidase, in 6 sets of mice — normal females, entire and castrated males both with and without exogenous testosterone administration — we obtained support for the contention that induction of this enzyme is in part controlled by male hormones.     

Increase in the survival time of mice exposed to ionizing radiation by a new class of free radical scavengers

Summary N-acyl dehydroalanines react with and scavenge mainly superoxide radical and hydroxyl radical (HO^.). The ortho-methoxyphenylacetyl dehydroalanine derivative, indexed as AD-20, protects mice against damage resulting from total body X-irradiation, as measured by the increase in their survival time. AD-20 increases the LD₅₀ at 30 days from 6.1 to 7.3 Gy in animals exposed to a wide range of X-rays (6 to 10 Gy). The dose reduction factor (D R F) of AD-20 is 1.20. We postulate that such radioprotective effect may result from its free radical scavenging activity.     

昆虫窝卵数：现象及其解释

自然界广泛存在生物体产卵成批（窝、块等）现象（如姐妹利间异同、频次分布、季节动态及年间变异）等昆虫系统发育和个体生长（如解剖学特征、个体大小、年龄（产卵顺序）等内因和环境资源（寄主植物、昆虫、温度、水分等）等外因对窝卵数（ｃｌｕｔｃｈｓｉｚｅ）均有一定影响,同一窝卵中的个体受捕食、被寄生、姐妹手足竞争、卵粒大小、个体大小、生殖力、性比等子代适合度因子也受窝卵数大小的影响,本文总结以上各现象提出一关系模型．以较为综合的“窝卵数与继续繁殖间的平衡”假说,从理论上阐述昆虫决定窝印数的机制,并讨论窝印数研究的实际意义。