Pulmonary function changes in asthmatics associated with low-level SO2 and NO2 air pollution, weather, and medicine intake

This paper presents the response in subjects with asthma to gaseous air-pollution levels, weather, and medicine intake as identified by principal-component analysis and neutral network techniques. Pulmonary function measured by respiratory peak-flow rate in nonallergic asthmatics was associated with ambient, low level, air-pollution concentrations of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, temperature, relative humidity, and medicine intake. Results from 27 nonallergic asthmatics aged 18–60 years with well-characterized bronchial asthma and regular medical treatment were analyzed from two cities. During an 8-month period, each subject kept a diary table, which included symptoms, lung function (evening peak flow), medicine intake, and tobbaco smoking.
High intake of medicine and high ambient temperatures correspondend to decreased peak flow. The changes in temperature did not occur in situations with low medicine intake. During frost periods, peak-flow values decreased independently of medicine intake and levels of so². During other times, increased levels of so² and no² increased temperature, and increased intake of medicine, and low relative humidity corresponded to synergistically to decreased peak flow at levels above 40μ/m³.     

Effects of neonatal cortical lesions upon retinocollicular projections in the hamster

Autoradiography and anterograde horseradish peroxidase transport were used to examine retinocollicular projections in normal hamsters and in animals subjected to ablation of the ipsilateral, posterior neocortex at 1, 3, 6, 10 or 120 days of age. The crossed retinotectal projections of all groups were quite similar. There did, however, appear to be a slight increase in the density of the projection to the lower portion of the stratum griseum superficiale in the neonatally brain-damaged hamsters.The uncrossed pathway, on the other hand, was quite abnormal in the neonatally lesioned animals. In normals, the ipsilateral retinocollicular projection consisted almost entirely of a series of patches along the stratum yriseum superficiale-stratum opticum border in the rostral one-third of the colliculus. Only a few axons from the ipsilateral eye were observed in the caudal two-thirds of the tectum and these could only be visualized when horseradish peroxidase was used as the tracer. In all of the neonatally brain-damaged hamsters both autoradiography and horseradish peroxidase tracing demonstrated that the ipsilateral retina densely innervated the entire rostrocaudal extent of the colliculus.Retrograde tracing experiments demonstrated that the portion of the temporal retina which gave rise to the uncrossed retinocollicular projection in the normal hamsters was also the source of the expanded projection in the neonatally brain-damaged animals; and, further, that the numbers and areal distributions of ipsilaterally projecting retinal and retinocollicular ganglion cells were similar in the two groups.These findings suggest that, at least in the hamster, normal inputs from the two eyes may not be a sufficient condition for the development of the largely complementary pattern of collicular innervation by the two retinae.     

SO_4~(2-)/ZrO_2在重油催化裂化中的应用研究

对 Ｓ Ｏ２－４ ／ Ｚｒ Ｏ２ 超强酸体系作为重油催化裂化助剂进行了研究。结果表明,加入适量的 Ｓ Ｏ２－４ ／ Ｚｒ Ｏ２ 可提高轻质油收率,并能降低催化剂生焦;在工业催化裂化高温水蒸汽流化的条件下, Ｓ Ｏ２－４ ／ Ｚｒ Ｏ２ 超强酸体系中的 Ｂ 酸对重油催化裂化起着至关重要的作用。     

Toxicological aspects of trans fat consumption over two sequential generations of rats: Oxidative damage and preference for amphetamine

Chronic consumption of processed food causes structural changes in membrane phospholipids, affecting brain neurotransmission. Here we evaluated noxious influences of dietary fats over two generations of rats on amphetamine (AMPH)-conditioned place preference (CPP). Female rats received soybean oil (SO, rich in n-6 fatty acids (FA)), fish oil (FO, rich in n-3 FA) and hydrogenated vegetable fat (HVF, rich in trans fatty acids (TFA)) for two successive generations. Male pups from the 2nd generation were maintained on the same supplementation until 41 days of age, when they were conditioned with AMPH in CPP. While the FO group showed higher incorporation of n-3 polyunsaturated-FA (PUFA) in cortex/hippocampus, the HVF group showed TFA incorporation in these same brain areas. The SO and HVF groups showed AMPH-preference and anxiety-like symptoms during abstinence. Higher levels of protein carbonyl (PC) and lower levels of non-protein thiols (NPSH) were observed in cortex/hippocampus of the HVF group, indicating antioxidant defense system impairment. In contrast, the FO group showed no drug-preference and lower PC levels in cortex. Cortical PC was positively correlated with n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio, locomotion and anxiety-like behavior, and hippocampal PC was positively correlated with AMPH-preference, reinforcing connections between oxidative damage and AMPH-induced preference/abstinence behaviors. As brain incorporation of trans and n-6 PUFA modifies its physiological functions, it may facilitate drug addiction.     

多糖含量测定方法比较

目的探讨中药多糖含量测定方法的可行性及稳定性。方法对测定多糖常用对照品葡萄糖、鼠李糖、半乳糖，参考文献方法，分别采用硫酸-苯酚法、硫酸-蒽酮法比较显色反应后吸收曲线的稳定性。结果不同单糖对照品显色反应后最大吸收波长不同，其中硫酸-苯酚法显色反应后稳定性较好，硫酸-蒽酮法稳定性较差。结论硫酸-苯酚法为较理想的多糖含量测定方法。     

杭州社区医院发展的环境分析与战略研究

运用SWOT-PEST分析方法，从政治环境、经济环境、社会环境、技术环境四个方面对杭州社区医院发展的内部优势、外部机遇以及内部劣势、外部威胁进行了系统分析，并提出其发展的SO战略（即发挥优势，利用机遇）和WT战略（即减少弱点，回避威胁），以期对杭州社区医院的发展有所裨益，对其它各地社区医院的发展有所启示。