西藏盐井地区盐泉同位素特征示踪研究

对西藏盐井地区盐泉、曲孜卡泉、地表水及重要地层进行了同位素测定和分析,结合区域地质构造条件、辅以水化学证据确定泉水的补径排模式。δD~δ18O规律指示出盐泉和温泉的补给类型的差异;用δ18O对泉水的补给区海拔高程进行恢复;泉水、岩样的δ13C~δ18O规律指示出盐泉流经的主要相关层位为上三叠统地层T3b~T3d;其排泄主要受到芒康-盐井复式向斜次级背斜核部的张性裂隙所控制。     

气体稳定同位素比质谱法分析本底大气CO2的δ13C和δ18O

将商用MAT253稳定同位素比质谱仪、Airtrap高效预浓缩气体捕集阱与自加工16口自动进样器集成,建立了高精度气体稳定同位素比质谱分析系统,用于程序化自动分析本底大气CO2的δ13C和δ18O.气样分析时用工作标气定量并穿插目标气测定,还定期用实验室上一级标气对工作标气和参比气进行标校,以保证分析结果的可靠和可比.结果表明,利用不同稳定同位素比范围的标气重复进样测试,发现该系统对δ13C和δ18O的分析精度分别优于0.03‰和0.06‰,能基本满足本底大气CO2的碳氧稳定同位素比分析需求和WMO/GAW质量目标.     

Does the EU ETS cause carbon leakage in European manufacturing?

Carbon leakage is of interest in both academic and policy debates about the effectiveness of unilateral climate policy, especially in Europe, where the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) affects many traded sectors. We review how the literature identifies leakage and the pollution haven effect. We then evaluate whether EU ETS emission costs caused carbon leakage in European manufacturing, using trade flows in embodied carbon and value from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). We find no evidence that the EU ETS caused carbon leakage.     

Fetal choroid plexus cysts and trisomy 18: Assessment of risk based on ultrasound findings and maternal age

This paper examines the association between fetal choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) and trisomy 18 and proposes a method by which risks can be derived taking into account both sonographic findings and maternal age. Data from our centre on the sonographic findings of 58 fetuses with trisomy 18 and 387 fetuses with CPCs as well as data from published series were used. It was calculated that the prevalence of CPCs in the general population is approximately 1 per cent and at mid-gestation the incidence of CPCs in fetuses with trisomy 18 is approximately 50 per cent. In the 387 fetuses with CPCs, the incidence of trisomy 18 increased with maternal age and the likelihood ratio for trisomy 18 increased with the number of additional abnormalities, from 0·03 for those with isolated CPCs to 0·4 if there was one additional abnormality and 20·5 if there were two or more additional abnormalities. It was concluded that if the cysts are apparently isolated, the risk for trisomy 18 is only marginally increased and maternal age should be the main factor in deciding whether or not to offer fetal karyotyping. If one additional abnormality is found, the maternal age-related risk is increased, so that even for a 20-year-old the risk for trisomy 18 is at least as high as the risk for trisomy 21 in a 35-year-old. In this respect, it may be considered desirable to offer such patients the option of karyotyping.     

A rare case of a false-negative finding in both direct and culture of a chorionic villus sample

A discrepancy is reported between the karyotype of both direct and cultured chorionic villus cells (46,XX) and a fetal skin biopsy (47,XX,+18). The significance of this result is discussed and compared with similar discordant findings reported in the literature.     

Electrochemical analysis of endosulfan using a C18-modified carbon-paste electrode

Successful applications of different analytical procedures to determine quantitatively endosulfan and its metabolites in aqueous media can be found in recent literature. Fundamentally, they have made use of solid-phase extraction (SPE) and gas (GC) or liquid chromatography (LC), sometimes coupled to mass spectrometry (MS). In this paper, a new and alternative methodology to determine quantitatively endosulfan in aqueous media is reported. A C18-modified carbon-paste electrode has been used to determine voltammetrically endosulfan, despite its unfavourable electrochemical properties and behaviour. The methodology proposed is based on the decrease experienced by the peak intensity corresponding to voltammetric signals of Cu(II) when successive and constant additions of endosulfan are carried out. This decrease is directly proportional to the concentration of endosulfan what allows to perform an indirect quantification of the pesticide. The detection limit obtained is 40 ng l⁻¹, this value being under the limits specified by European norms and EPA reports.     

太湖不同湖区真核微型浮游生物基因多样性的研究

用DGGE(denatured gradient gel electrophoresis)和构建18S rDNA克隆文库2种方法对太湖不同湖区的真核微型浮游生物(0.8～20μm)多样性及组成结构进行了研究.DGGE结果表明,不同湖区真核微型浮游生物的DGGE指纹图谱存在明显差异,其中营养水平较低的东太湖和贡湖DGGE条带数最多,分别为23和24,香农多样性指数分别为3.135和3.178,而营养水平较高的梅梁湾和五里湖最少,均为18,香农多样性指数为2.890,表明营养水平较低湖区的多样性高于营养水平较高的湖区.克隆测序结果表明太湖中真核微型浮游生物种类车富,占优势的主要是一些鞭毛藻、异养鞭毛虫、纤毛虫和真菌,而营养水平不同的梅梁湾、湖心、东太湖中真核微型浮游生物组成明显不同.在营养水平较高的梅梁湾,28.6%的OUT(operational taxonomicunit)属于异养鞭毛虫,另外隐藻、金藻分别占22.9%和14.3%;在湖心,金藻的比例最大,占25.7%,另外比较多的是异养鞭毛虫和隐藻,分别为20.0%和14.3%;而营养水平较低的东太湖各类纤毛虫所占比份最大,为26.8%,异养鞭毛虫较少,仅占4.9%,另外真菌含量较高,占12.2%.