Limb reduction and chorion villus sampling

Upper limb reduction was diagnosed by ultrasound scan at 17 weeks after chorion villus sampling at 9 weeks' gestation. Pregnancy was terminated and necropsy confirmed limb reduction in an otherwise normal fetus. The relationship of limb reduction to amniotic band syndrome is discussed.     

Online-Patentrecherchen — schnelle Antworten auf kritische Fragen

Online searching in publically available patent files opens up interesting possibilities to provide a rapid response to critical questions. A computerized analysis of all patents of leading German pharmaceutical companies over the last decade in important indication areas is described. Supported by subsequent manual processing of individual patents it is shown that duplicate experiments on animals practically never occur.     

Native fluorescence of unstained cryo-sections of the cervix uteri compared with histological observations

The excellent technical assistance of H. Führer and I. Leib is appreciated. Part of the work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, and from the Leitz and Hoechst companies. This paper is part of the M. D. thesis of Ch.L.     

Konzept für konzentrierte Meeresforschung an fünf Orten

Naturwissenschaften Aktuell

Konzept für konzentrierte Meeresforschung an fünf Orten     

选择性离子交换法脱除水中NH3-N

采用储量较大的黑龙江省嫩江天然斜发沸石,对其脱除NH_3-N的能力、预处理及洗脱再生方法、交换平衡、交换动力学等进行系统的研究,并对沸石床层的交换过程进行数学模型计算。     

铜、锌和锰抑制月形藻生长的毒性效应

运用评价化学品毒性藻类测试的标准实验方法，得到铜、锌和锰对月形藻生长的最小无显著差异浓度（LNOEC）分别为31.8μg/L、16.4μg/L和2.7mg/L，抑制月形藻生长的96h半效应浓度（96h-EC50)分别为199.5μg/L、38.0μg/L和12.6mg/L。实验结果表明无论从LNOEC还是从96h-EC50考虑，都证明抑制月形藻生长的毒性由大到小的顺序是锌＞铜＞锰。此结果对铜抑制藻类生长的毒性远远大于锌的毒性这一人们普遍认同的观点构成挑战。月形藻细胞壁表面可能含有较少的硫代基团但包含较多与锌有很强结合能力的官能团可能是导致月形藻对铜的敏感性弱而对锌敏感性强的主要原因。     

Climate change and temperature-dependent biogeography: oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance in animals

Recent years have shown a rise in mean global temperatures and a shift in the geographical distribution of ectothermic animals. For a cause and effect analysis the present paper discusses those physiological processes limiting thermal tolerance. The lower heat tolerance in metazoa compared with unicellular eukaryotes and bacteria suggests that a complex systemic rather than molecular process is limiting in metazoa. Whole-animal aerobic scope appears as the first process limited at low and high temperatures, linked to the progressively insufficient capacity of circulation and ventilation. Oxygen levels in body fluids may decrease, reflecting excessive oxygen demand at high temperatures or insufficient aerobic capacity of mitochondria at low temperatures. Aerobic scope falls at temperatures beyond the thermal optimum and vanishes at low or high critical temperatures when transition to an anaerobic mitochondrial metabolism occurs. The adjustment of mitochondrial densities on top of parallel molecular or membrane adjustments appears crucial for maintaining aerobic scope and for shifting thermal tolerance. In conclusion, the capacity of oxygen delivery matches full aerobic scope only within the thermal optimum. At temperatures outside this range, only time-limited survival is supported by residual aerobic scope, then anaerobic metabolism and finally molecular protection by heat shock proteins and antioxidative defence. In a cause and effect hierarchy, the progressive increase in oxygen limitation at extreme temperatures may even enhance oxidative and denaturation stress. As a corollary, capacity limitations at a complex level of organisation, the oxygen delivery system, define thermal tolerance limits before molecular functions become disturbed.