The 48,XXYY syndrome: A case detected by maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening

A 17-year-old woman was referred for amniocentesis due to a low maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentration in a voluntary screening test. The fetal karyotype was 48,XXYY, and the pregnancy was terminated. Autopsy of the fetus disclosed agenesis of the corpus callosum and unusual facial features.     

效益型资源化啤酒废水处理技术应用及效果

本项处理技术屏弃了以往环境处理技术沿用的生产末端处理路线.根据啤酒生产工艺特点,在全面分析,平衡工艺废水的特性,数量及排放规律的基础上提出综合治理方案,着重于从废水中提取有用物质和能源,治理过程中把废水当做资源加以利用,而且具有明显低投入高增益的经济效益.装置2年来运行结果证明:核心技术——UASB 高效,实用,易操作,运行稳定居国内领先水平,其主要技术指标达到国内外同类研究的先进水平.该项技术可在啤酒行业及以粮食为原料的其它酿造行业和食品加工业中推广应用,并已被国家科委列为《国家级科技成果重点推广计划》及国家环保局最佳实用技术.     

Mesoderm induction by transforming growth factor β: Medium conditioned by TGF-β-treated ectoderm enhances the inducing activity

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Tuneo Yamada on the occasion of his 80th birthday.     

False-negative amniotic fluid acetylcholinesterase in a case of meningo-encephalocele

We describe a patient with a significantly elevated serum alphafetoprotein (AFP) concentration at 17 weeks of gestation, who showed only a marginally increased amniotic fluid AFP and lacked the second rapidly migrating band of acetylcholinesterase electrophoresis. Ultrasound examination revealed an encephalocele and ventriculomegaly. Autopsy showed that the encephalocele was not covered by skin.     

First-trimester prenatal diagnosis of aspartylglucosaminuria

Fetal aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) was studied during the first trimester of pregnancy in six at-risk pregnancies using chorionic villus samples. The activity of aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA) was high in five cases, indicating an unaffected fetus. This was confirmed through delivery of healthy newborns with a normal pattern of urinary oligosaccharides. Low enzyme activity in an uncultured biopsy specimen and in cultured amniotic fluid cells in one case demonstrated that the fetus was affected. The pregnancy was terminated and the prenatal diagnosis was confirmed by showing reduced AGA activity in cultured fibroblasts of the fetus.     

云南热海热田中的碱金属元素

1982至1983年在云南腾冲一已知水热区及其毗邻约 60km² 范围内采集了131个土壤样品。样品分析结果表明锂和铷的异常能圈定两个已知水热区,且与若干已知热田地球化学指示元素的异常相当一致,从而进一步肯定了这一地区的开发前景。与此同时,对区内水样中的钠钾含量也进行了测定并做出解译。锂铷和已知地球化学指标之间的相关分析表明它们之间确存有某种内在联系,同时可看出盐湖与古地热系统之间的一些联系。最后得出结论:土壤中的锂铷可作为圈定热田的地球化学指标;地热系统不仅能作为能源资源而且也应视作矿产资源。