Follow-up and pregnancy outcome after a diagnosis of mosaicism in CVS

In 2103 consecutive diagnostic chorionic villus samples, examined in a 4-year period in our clinical genetics unit, 26 samples (1.2 per cent) presented chromosomal mosaicism in the direct and/or long-term culture preparations. Only once (46,XX/47,XX,+9) was the mosaicism confirmed in the fetus. In the cytogenetic follow-up studies of the remaining 25 pregnancies, in no cases could the aberration be confirmed in amniotic fluid or fetal tissue. One patient requested a termination after the CVS result. Of the remaining 24 pregnancies, four (16.7 per cent) ended in a spontaneous abortion. These findings suggest an association between placental mosaicism and fetal loss.     

碳酸盐岩风化壳中的土壤蠕滑与岩溶坡地的土壤地下漏失

本文给出了碳酸盐岩风化壳中土壤蠕滑的证据,阐明了土壤蠕滑等块体运动在喀斯特风化壳形成演化中的机制,并用以解释喀斯特风化壳岩土界面的突变接触,和土下基岩表面光滑的现象;提出了岩溶坡地的土壤侵蚀是化学溶蚀、重力侵蚀和流水侵蚀叠加的观点,分析了岩溶坡地土壤地下漏失和土地石质化的过程;最后讨论了植被破坏和土地垦殖等人类活动,破坏植物根系的网固作用,增加径流入渗,促进地下管道侵蚀及其上覆土壤的沉陷补给,加剧了纯碳酸盐岩坡地土壤地下漏失和土地石质化。     

Chorionic mosaicism: Association with fetal loss but not with adverse perinatal outcome

Cytogenetic data from the United States NICHD collaborative study of chorionic villus sampling (CVS) were used to evaluate the clinical significance of chorionic mosaicism. The 10 754 patients with normal cytogenetic results were compared wtih 108 patients (1.0 per cent) with placental mosaicism and 181 patients (1.6 per cent) with pseudomosaicism. Of the pregnancies intended to continue, the pregnancy loss rate was significantly greater in patients with placental mosaicism than in the cytogenetically normal cohort (8.6 vs. 3.4 per cent, p <0.05). However, there was no difference in the frequencies of abruptio placenta, preterm labour or delivery, small-for-gestational-age newborns, pregnancy-induced hypertension, or neonates with Apgar scores less than 7.     

黄土高原南部土壤退化机理研究

黄土高原土壤侵蚀极其严重 ,这不仅导致了土壤生产力的降低 ,同时也导致了土壤的退化。本文在定位监测、室内分析及野外调查的基础上 ,研究了黄土高原南部土壤的退化机理。结果表明 :土壤中 <0 0 1mm颗粒和土壤养分流失是造成黄土高原土壤退化的主要原因 ,耕地土壤结构状况的恶化和土壤酶的流失使土壤退化程度进一步加剧 ,从而成为严重制约该区经济发展障碍。     

中国酸雨的生态影响和防治对策

我国是继欧洲、北美之后 ,在世界上出现的第三大酸雨区。长江以南各省是我国酸雨的主要分布区。酸雨对生态系统的危害日益严重。本文阐述了酸雨对农作物、森林和人体健康的影响。并根据可持续发展的战略思想 ,提出防治对策。     

紫色土地区水文特征对硝态氮流失的影响研究

采用人工降雨模拟的方法,研究水文传输途径对紫色土中NO3--N流失的影响.研究结果表明,在所有雨强中均观察到壤中流的存在.在小雨强长历时的降雨中壤中流的径流量大于大雨强短历时降雨;随着雨强的增大,壤中流的径流系数下降.在紫色土地区,氮素的流失途径不仅包括地表径流而且包括壤中流,并且壤中流是NO3--N的主要水文传输途径.无论是否受到施肥措施的影响,壤中流中NO2--N浓度均高于地表径流.在对照小区,壤中流中NO3--N平均浓度是地表径流的7倍以上;施肥后壤中流NO3--N平均浓度为26.07mg·L-1,是地表径流的20倍以上.在对照小区,壤中流NO3--N的流失量占流失总量的30%以上;在施肥小区,壤中流NO3--N流失量占总流失量的90%以上.在紫色土地区,土壤特征和降雨特征决定了该地区壤中流形式的普遍存在,而NO3--N以壤中流流失的特点与当地施肥习惯的耦合效应增大了该地区的NO3--N流失风险.     

Fate of nitrogen during composting of chicken litter

Chicken litter (a mixture of chicken manure, wood shavings, waste feed, and feathers) was composted in forced-aeration piles to understand the changes and losses of nitrogen (N) during composting. During the composting process, the chemical [different N fractions, organic matter (OM), organic carbon (C), and C:N ratio], physical, and microbial properties of the chicken litter were examined. Cumulative losses and mass balances of N and organic matter were also quantified to determine actual losses during composting. The changes in total N concentration of the chicken litter piles were essentially equal to those of the organic N. The inorganic N concentrations were low, and that organic N was the major nitrogenous constituent. The ammonium (NH(4)(+))-N concentration decreased dramatically during first 35 days of composting. However, the rapid decrease in NH(4)(+)-N during composting did not coincide with a rapid increase in (NO(3)(-)+NO(2)(-))-N concentration. The concentration of (NO(3)(-)+NO(2)(-))-N was very low (<0.5 g kg(-1)) at day 0, and this level remained unchanged during the first 35 days of composting suggesting that N was lost during composting. Losses of N in this composting process were governed mainly by volatilization of ammonia (NH(3)) as the pile temperatures were high and the pH values were above 7. The narrow C:N ratio (<20:1) have also contributed to losses of N in the chicken litter. The OM and total organic C mass decreased with composting time. About 42 kg of the organic C was converted to CO(2). On the other hand, 18 kg was lost during composting. This loss was more than half (59%) of the initial N mass of the piles. Such a finding demonstrates that composting reduced the value of the chicken litter as N fertilizer. However, the composted chicken contained a more humified (stabilized) OM compared with the uncomposted chicken litter, which would enhance its value as a soil conditioner.     

Reduced Diversity and Complexity in the Leaf-Litter Ant Assemblage of Colombian Coffee Plantations

Abstract:  Coffee agroecosystems have recently undergone a dramatic intensification in Colombia, a megadiverse country, especially in terms of the nature of shade cover. We tested for changes in the composition, ecological associations, and diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along a gradient of intensification of coffee production in the Colombian Andes. We surveyed 16 farms in two regions, classified into four management types: (1) forest (no agriculture), (2) organic polygeneric shaded coffee, (3) monogeneric shaded coffee, and (4) sun coffee (unshaded). Forty sampling units (20 1-m² plots on the ground and 20 coffee bushes) were established at each farm between 2001 and 2002. We sampled with a mini-winkler litter extraction technique and through visual searching. Organic polygeneric shaded-coffee plantations contained significantly higher ant species richness, and their ant assemblages resembled the forest patches more than any other management type. The number of statistically significant associations among ant species dropped with production intensification, as did the number of ant species involved in such associations. The network of ant associations in shaded systems transformed into an extremely simplified network in sun coffee, with a few dominant ants extending almost entirely throughout the crop. Intensification of coffee agriculture not only caused loss of litter ant species (especially forest species) but also a reduction in the complexity of the ant assemblage in the leaf litter of this agroecosystem.     

Studies on the enzymatic and fungal degradation of cross-linked gelatin and its graft copolymers

Glutaraldehyde cross-linked gelatin was graft copolymerized with acrylic acid, acrylamide, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate either individually or in combination. The enzymatic and fungal degradation of these graft copolymers with trypsin, pepsin, and mixed cultures ofAspergillus niger, Penicillium ochrochloron, Penicillium funiculosum, andTrichoderma viride was studied for short and extended periods. The weight loss suffered by the samples, the weight of biomass formed, the nitrogen content, and the pH of the culture medium were determined. With the help of these data, the extent of utilization of graft copolymers by fungi as a sole source of carbon was estimated. The samples with less than 100% grafting and with a ratio of polymethyl methacrylate content (L) to polyacrylic acid (H) content (L/H values) lower than 1.0 were readily and extensively degraded.IICT Communication No. 3375.     

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