Histochemical light microscopic study of catecholamine containing paraganglia in the human pelvis

Histological and histochemical techniques have been employed to determine the structure and autonomic innervation of paraganglia located in the human pelvis. In foetal and early postnatal tissues, paraganglia formed rounded cellular masses which were frequently in company with the autonomic nerves and ganglia of the urinary bladder and other pelvic viscera. The constituent cells contained only small amounts of cholinesterase and were unrelated to enzyme positive autonomic nerves; acetylcholinesterase containing nerves were occasionally observed in the capsule and the fibrous septa of the pelvic paraganglia. In early postnatal specimens, pelvic paraganglia frequently contained single or multiple "pacinian-like" corpuscles, each possessing a central region which was rich in both acetyl and pseudocholinesterase. These structures were rarely observed within autonomic ganglia and were absent 4 1/2 years post partum. By means of a histochemical technique, pelvic paraganglia were found to contain catecholamine which was attributed to the presence of relatively large quantities of noradrenaline. These observations have been discussed with particular reference to the results of other studies on the autonomic innervation of paraganglia.     

Choroidal neovascular membrane in Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy

The right eye of a 9-year-old white boy with Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy had an intact egg-yolk lesion and a retinal pigment epithelial defect superiorly, suggesting an early pseudohypopyon stage. The disruptive phase of the left eye showed subretinal hemorrhages, a "signet ring," and a subretinal neovascular membrane.     

Growth of epitaxial Cu on MgO(001) by magnetron sputter deposition

100-nm-thick Cu layers were grown on MgO(001) substrates by ultra-high vacuum magnetron sputter deposition at substrate temperatures T_s ranging from 40 to 300 °C. X-ray diffraction ω−2θ scans, ω-rocking curves, and pole figures show that layers grown at T_s = 40 and 100 °C are complete single crystals with a cube-on-cube epitaxial relationship with the substrate: (001)_Cu||(001)_MgO with [100]_Cu||[100]_MgO. In contrast, T_s ≥ 200 °C leads to polycrystalline Cu layers with 001, 203, and 1¯75-oriented grains. The transition from a single- to a polycrystalline microstructure with increasing T_s is attributed to temperature-induced mass transport that allows Cu nuclei to sample a larger orientational space and find lower energy (and/or lower lattice mismatch) configurations. The large Cu- to-MgO lattice mismatch of 14% is relieved by 7 × 7 Cu unit cells occupying 6 × 6 MgO cells. In addition, for T_s ≥ 200 °C, the 001-oriented grains relax by tilting by 4° or 15° about 〈110〉 or 〈100〉 axes, respectively, while the 203 and 1¯75-oriented grains exhibit complex epitaxial relationships with the substrate: (203)_Cu||(001)_MgO with [010]_Cu||[110]_MgO and [302¯]_Cu||[11¯0]_MgO; and (1¯75)_Cu||(001)_MgO with [211¯]_Cu||[100]_MgO and [43¯5]_Cu||[010]_MgO. The surface roughness, as determined by X-ray reflectivity, increases with growth temperature. The smoothest layers are grown at 40 °C and exhibit an rms surface and buried interface roughness of 0.7 and 1.4 nm, respectively.     

In formation: Support for flexibility, mobility, collaboration, and coherence

This paper describes support for flexibility, mobility and collaboration in engaging with, and making sense of, information. Our focus lies on the transitions people make between different, dynamic configurations of digital and physical materials, technologies, people and spaces. The technologies we describe have been developed in partnership with landscape architects over the past two years. We show that appliances and people can come together in a way that creates scope for such transitions, collaboration, and the emergence of new ways of working.     

基于安全人机学的驾驶作业疲劳评价模型研究

驾驶作业涉及人-汽车-环境,是较复杂的半自动化人机系统,驾驶作业疲劳是由多种因素造成的,对其评价存在不确定性.建立一种多因素多等级的评价模型,对驾驶作业疲劳程度进行总体评价,对致劳因素进行排序,为驾驶疲劳的评价及预防和减轻驾驶疲劳提供一种方法.     

镍Ⅱ-5-Cl-PADAB-SDBS体系显色反应的研究与应用

研究了在十二烷基苯磺酸钠存在下 ,5 -Cl-PADAB与镍 的显色反应 ,结果表明 ,在 pH7.0NH4 Ac缓冲介质中 ,镍 与 5- Cl-PADAB和十二烷基苯磺酸钠形成稳定的红紫色三元胶束络合物 ,可进行双峰双波长法测定微量镍 。镍 量在 0～ 15 μg/ 2 5mL范围内符合比尔定律。用于钢样中镍 含量的测定 ,结果令人满意     

Supplemental protein plus ruminally protected methionine and lysine for primiparous beef cattle consuming annual rye hay

Primiparous beef cows (n = 35 Bos taurus, average initial BW of 498 kg) were allotted to treatments in a split-plot designed experiment to determine the effects of supplemental ruminally protected amino acids on cow and calf productivity and metabolic changes in the cows. Cows were fed chopped annual rye hay at 1.5% of BW. The following treatments were used: 1) .8 kg soybean hulls, 1.4 kg ground corn, .6 kg soybean meal (CON); 2) 1.4 kg ground corn, 1.4 kg soybean meal (PRO); 3) PRO plus ruminally protected methionine and lysine (supplied 5 and 10 g, respectively; PRO1); and 4) PRO with twice the level of ruminally protected amino acids in PRO1 (PRO2). Cow weight gain was not different (P > .26) among treatments and averaged 1.2 kg/d for the 45 + 6 d before parturition. After parturition, cow weight gain did not differ (P > .47) between CON and PRO treatments, but it decreased quadratically (P < .01) with increasing level of ruminally protected amino acids. Total milk yield, protein, and fat (4 h) were greater (P < .05) for cows consuming PRO supplements than for CON, whereas CON cattle tended (P = .11) to lose less body condition. Total milk protein showed a quadratic increase (P < .05) in response to level of ruminally protected amino acids that was the inverse of the quadratic response noted for cow weight gain. Serum urea N concentration was greater (P = .07) for cattle consuming additional protein. Metabolic hormones were not affected (P > .18) by dietary treatment, but they responded (P < .05) to changes in physiological state. Supplements with additional protein supported greater (P = .0001) milk urea N concentration and output. Milk urea N concentration increased (P < .05) and milk IGF-I decreased (P < .05) as the lactation period progressed. The measurement of CON and PRO diets revealed that supplements with additional soybean meal had greater (P < .05) DM and N degradation; the extent of forage DM and NDF degradation was similar (P > .05) among treatments. Production shifted away from body weight gain to increased milk protein production when daily supplementation of ruminally protected methionine and lysine increased from 5 and 10 to 10 and 20 g, respectively. This shift in production was not reflective of changes in the metabolic regulators measured.     

U型管埋地换热器周围土壤传热性能实验研究

利用热响应原理,通过实验分析了两个工程案例的埋地换热器周围土壤的导热系数,并具体分析了热响应实验的测试周期与土壤的温度恢复周期;介绍了初始运行时间、钻井回填土类型、U型管内循环水的流速对土壤的导热系数的影响;进一步阐述串联形式与并联形式、双U型管与单U型管埋地换热器的传热性能.     

分层介质动态力学性能的实验研究

采用Φ75mm分离式霍普金森压杆实验装置,对由普通混凝土与泡沫混凝土组合的分层介质的动态力学性能进行了研究。结果表明,应力波通过普通混凝土时的衰减仅为其原来峰值的5%~10%,应力波通过泡沫混凝土时其峰值衰减为原来的1/5。由此说明在含泡沫混凝土与普通混凝土的分层介质中,泡沫混凝土提供削波与延缓应力波作用时间的作用,普通混凝土则为其提供较高强度。通过对分层介质应力衰减和动量变化的分析表明,分层介质在动态力学行为上表现为较大的塑性和应变率相关性,其应力衰减主要取决于泡沫混凝土材料。     

Software specification using graph grammars

The following paper demonstrates that programmed sequential graph grammars can be used in a systematic proceeding to specify the changes of high level intermediate data structures arising in a programming support environment, in which all tools work in an incremental and syntax-driven mode. In this paper we lay stress upon the way to get the specification rather than on the result of this process. Therefore, we give here some approach to “specification engineering” using graph grammars. This approach is influenced by the syntactical definition of the underlying language for Programming in the Small, the module concept etc. to be supported on one side but also by the idea of the user interface.