Internal excitation of intermediate mass fragments from collisions of 36Ar+Ag nuclei at 35 MeV/nucleon

An extruding wire knife was used to give adult male CFHB rats a minimally traumatic unilateral mechanical lesion of the medial forebrain bundle. In addition, some rats received bilateral intrastriatal injections of one of three fluorescent retrograde tracers either eight days before or eight days after the lesion. Injections made after the lesion revealed that about half of the animals had complete lesions of the nigrostriatal tract, while the other half were incompletely lesioned, the mean proportion of non-axotomized neurons being 23%. Over the 10 weeks following the lesions, the number of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive cells in the lesioned substantia nigra fell linearly, reaching a mean of 29% of that of the control substantia nigra. In the animals which were completely lesioned, neuronal survival at 10 weeks varied between 6 and 12%. That the disappearance of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons was due to cell death rather than the loss of tyrosine hydroxylase itself was confirmed by labelling the cells with Fluoro Gold before axotomy; the tracer was seen in survival neurons, microglia and in a few involuted neurons which continued to be tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive. This percentage of neurons surviving axotomy corresponds to the proportion of substantia nigra neurons which project to the contralateral striatum, and these neurons were in the region of the substantia nigra from which the contralateral projection originated. It is concluded that following mechanical transection of the nigrostriatal tract, all truly axotomized substantia nigra neurons die over a period of about 10 weeks.     

时滞系统变结构控制设计的新方法

本文研究了两类时滞控制系统，用不同方法分别对它们进行了变结构控制设计。所设计的控制器简单，易于实现且精确度高。     

萝卜色素的性质研究

本文报道了从红心萝卜中提取的花青素类红色天然色素的理化性质，包括光谱特性和溶液ｐＨ、金属离子及食品基质对萝卜色素呈色和稳定性的影响等。与其他来源的花青素类色素一样，随ｐＨ增大，最大光吸收波长（λｍａｘ）向长波方向移动。金属高子（Ｆｅ￣（３＋）、Ｃｕ￣（２＋）、Ａｌ￣（３＋））对该色素的稳定影响不大，蔗糖、ＮａＣｌ、淀粉等食品基质能明显地增强萝卜色素水溶液的颜色。     

EGF/EGF-R system and benign breast disease during and following the treatment of gynaecological pathologies with an analogue of LH-RH

Clinical and pathological changes of the mammary gland have been studied in 64 women affected by symptomatic Benign Breast Disease (BBD) coexisting with endometriosis or uterine leiomyomata. These patients were rendered hypoestrogenic by subcutaneous administration of the LH-RH analogue Goserelin depot [D-ser (tBu)6 Aza-Gly10-GnRH (ICI118630)] performed every 28 days, for six months. They were evaluated clinically and ultrasonographically before and after treatment to find possible changes of BBD as well as of endometriosis or uterine leiomyomata. Mammary biopsies were performed before and after treatment in all the patients to study the changes of EGF-R expression. Results showed that clinical improvement is accompanied with a reduction of EGF-R expression.     

A profile of science in Brazil

The Brazilian contribution to publications in science and humanities increased from 0.29% of the worldwide total in 1981 to 0.46% in 1993. In science, but not in humanities, Brazilian publications tend to follow the world publication trend; thus, during the period 1981–1993, 57.9% of Brazilian publications were in life sciences, 35.4% in exact sciences, 3.9% in earth sciences and 2.9% in humanities. The ten institutions with the largest number of publications are universities, which account for half of the all Brazilian publications. The total number of authors on the Brazilian 1981–1993 publications was 52,808. Among these 57.8% appear in only one publication and 17.5% have their publications cited more than 10 times.     

Ti_3Al金属间化合物的熔盐热腐蚀

采用电化学方法并结合扫描电镜、X 射线衍射、电子探针和能谱等物相分析技术研究了 Ti_3Al 金属间化合物在800℃熔融 NaCl-(Na,K)_2SO_4体系中的腐蚀行为。结果表明,Ti_3Al 合金耐熔盐腐蚀性能远低于 Ni 基 IN738合金。腐蚀时在合金表面形成外层为 TiO_2;内层为富 Nb 的Nb_2O_5,Al_2O_3,TiO_2的混合层和中间层为富 Al 的 TiO_2,Al_2O_3混合层的多层腐蚀层结构。Ti 快速向外扩散和氧向内扩散使合金表面腐蚀产物层迅速增厚。腐蚀产物内层的富 Nb 氧化物破坏了膜层与合金基体的粘附性。     

Tongue flicking in agamid lizards: morphology, kinematics, and muscle activity patterns

We wanted to examine whether a relation between foraging strategy, morphology, the mechanics of tongue protrusion, and prey chemical detection and discrimination exists in agamid lizards. Tongue-flick behavior was observed in two species of this family: Uromastix acanthinurus and Plocederma stellio. Potential prey chemical discrimination by means of tongue flicking was examined by using applicator tests. Tongue flicks were subsequently recorded by high-speed video in combination with the electrical activity of a number of jaw and hyolingual muscles. The kinematics of jaws and tongue and the muscle activity patterns were quantified. To investigate if the observed differences in tongue-flick behavior (mainly in the frequency of use) are translated into corresponding differences in tongue morphology, the tongues of both species were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. The species differed mainly in the surface morphology of the foretongue and in the abundance and distribution of taste buds on the tongue and oral cavity. These differences can be related to behavioural observations; whereas U. acanthinurus readily uses tongue flicks to detect and discriminate between food items, P. stellio does not. However, differences in tongue-flick mechanics (kinematics, electromyograms) between both species were minor. Based on the data gathered in this study and from previously published data, an evolutionary transformation series leading to the complex tongue-flick cycles as observed in snakes is proposed. The required morphological and mechanical changes that accompany such an evolutionary sequence are discussed.     

Ginkgolides antagonizing some effects of platelet-activating factor in vitro

The mixture of platelet-activating factor (PAF) and platelets produced significant contraction of guinea pigs' bronchus, while the contraction induced by PAF alone was mild relatively, the IC50 were 6.14 x 10(-7) mol/L and 6.32 x 10(-4) mol/L respectively. There was significant difference between these two groups (P < 0.05). When the platelets were pre-incubated with ginkgolides for 10 minutes in Tris-Tyrode's buffered saline, effects of the PAF and platelets mixture were significantly inhibited (P < 0.01). Exposure of guinea pigs' bronchus to PAF in vitro resulted in a loss of beta-adrenergic receptors and responses to isoproterenol, and this effect of PAF was prevented by prior incubation of the guinea pigs' bronchus with ginkgolides (P < 0.05). The results showed ginkgolides were a potent PAF antagonist.     

K418B合金细晶铸造整体涡轮真空热处理工艺研究

通过力学性能评估和金相组织观察，研究五种热处理制度，两个周期的试验结果，确定了Ｋ４１８Ｂ合金细晶铸造整体涡轮的真空热处理工艺。     

中高频小功率电子元器件用非晶材料的开发与应用

随着电力和电子技术的飞速发展，相应的元器件向高频化，小型化，高效率和节能的方向发展，从而对元器件用材料也提出了更高要求。为此，本文概述了冶金部钢铁研究总院近年来所研究的用于开关电源，脉冲变压器，传感器，电流互感器和电感器等方面的非晶软磁合金的性能及其应用概况。