Karyotypic differences between cells from placenta and other fetal tissues

Six cases are reported with discrepancies between the karyotypes of placental cells and cells from other fetal tissue. The respective findings were: (a) 48,+7,+18 resp. 47,+18. (b) 46, i(18q) resp. 46, del18(p11). (c) 46, XX resp. 46, XX/47, XXX. (d) 46, X, Yq+ and 46, XY resp. 46, XY. (e) 46/47,+12 resp. 46. (f) 46/47,+5 resp. 46. These differences were found in both early and term pregnancies. Care should be taken in deducing the fetal karyotype from the chromosomal pattern of placental cells.     

Prenatal diagnosis of del(11)(p13p15)

Prenatal diagnosis of del(11)(p13p15) was made on cultured amniotic fluid cells and confirmed on fetal skin fibroblasts after termination of pregnancy. Both irides appeared behind schedule in development by 2–3 weeks in reference to the gestational age of the fetus. It is suggested that the aniridia of the aniridia-Wilms tumour association is due to developmental arrest. Confirmation of this complex is difficult at mid-gestation without critical pathological study of the eyes.     

Environmental management in the UK: The way ahead for business

Summary Increasingly stringent environmental lesislation and a growing consciousness of environmental issues within the community are spurring companies into adopting environmental improvement programmes. Enhanced environmental management not only ensures compliance with legislation but has other benefits, including reduced energy and waste disposal costs, improved public image, acess to green markets and lower insurance premiums. BS7750 and the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme now offer businesses the opportunity to establish a systematic and accredited environmental management system which will serve as a yardstick of environmental quality.     

Salinity tolerance,salinity preference and temperature tolerance in the high-shore harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus brevicornis

Tigriopus brevicornis (O. F. Müller) were collected in 1992 from rock pools close to U.M.B.S. Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, U.K. and acclimated to various combinations of salinity and temperature for at least 1 wk prior to laboratory experiments. Higher salinities of acclimation enhanced tolerance to high salinity stress, while tolerance of low salinities was hardly affected by acclimation salinity. Acclimation to low temperature (10°C) extended the survivable salinity range for T. brevicornis. High-salinity acclimation enhanced the survivable temperature range. Copepods acclimated to 60 survived significantly lower and higher temperatures than did 34-acclimated individuals. At high temperature, 75-acclimated female copepods had the highest median lethal temperature, 38.9°C. Females were significantly more resistant to high temperatures than males. The copepods were seen to have a very low median lethal temperature when frozen into solid ice for 2 h; 50% mortality occurred at-16.9°C in 10°C, 34-acclimated T. brevicornis. Salinity preference experiments demonstrated an ability to discriminate between salinities differing by as little as 3. Copepods acclimated to 34 chose salinities near their acclimation salinity; individuals acclimated to 5 favoured slightly higher salinities, while copepods acclimated to 60 chose rather lower salinities.     

石油化工流程的安全分析

通过对现代石化流程状态转移模式的分析， 建立了系统安全度分析模型，提出了改善系统安全状态的策略，并列举了用于催化裂化装置的结果     

刍议企业风险管理与安全管理

企业系统风险管理是以最低成本实现最佳安全生产保障的一种科学管理方法。文章着重从风险管理的内涵和风险管理技术等方面进行了初步探讨；并指出有效的风险管理不仅能改变我国安全生产工作的被动局面，而且有利于对企业安全生产进行风险管理决策     

井下高温作业的矿工生理、生化测定研究

对煤矿井下高温作业的矿工进行了生理和生化方面的测定研究。测定与分析结果显示高温井下工人血浆中乳酸 (RU )及热应激蛋白 (HSPs)等指标明显高于非高温井下工人对照组 ,并具有非常显著统计学意义。班中体温以及班前、后体重差值也具有非常明显的差异 ,研究结果表明 ,井下高温作业环境对矿工健康有很大影响 ,应加强对这些矿工的劳动保护