Predator odour and its impact on male fertility and reproduction in Phodopus campbelli hamsters

 This study investigated the influence of cat urine odour in suppressing development and fertility in Campbell's hamster males. Exposure to this odour from postnatal day 11 until day 45 (sexual maturation) resulted in reduced sex organ weights, reduced testosterone levels and in an increase in abnormalities of the synaptonemal complex in both sex chromosomes and autosomes. Subsequent breeding experiments revealed a significant decrease in litter size. All these data indicate a severe effect of predator odour on the breeding success of potential prey species. It is assumed that these effects are caused by the sulphurous compounds in the urine; however, the underlying mechanisms are not yet known. Received: 31 January 2000 / Accepted in revised form: 6 June 2000     

Gold mining in Siberia and the Far East as a source of mercury contamination of the environment

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刍议排污权价格的合理界定

排污权交易在中国的试点过程中,显现了强大的生命力,然而,由于对排污权交易基础理论理解的偏差,导致了实践层面上的缺陷,如排污权初始分配是否应该有偿的问题;排污权商品再分配价格应不应该包括正的外部效应价值问题;在排污权交易制度改革与中国其他制度的改革(现行税制改革、绿色GDP的推行)进行中出现的不协调的问题.     

战略环境评价及其应用初探

概述了战略环境价的概念、产生原因、研究现状及其工作程序，结合川南矿肥工程项目对它进行了应用初探，提出了计划、规划层次ＳＥＡ的方法和指标，并对我国环评工作提出了建议。     

鉴赏类课程中现代教育技术的开发和应用

本文就鉴赏类课程中现代教育技术的开发与应用的问题进行研究,结合现代教育技术的特征和鉴赏类课程自身的特点,提出了教学资源网络化、教学过程多媒体化、教学评价自动化等观点。     

三步沉淀全循环法处理焙烧—氰化工艺中含氰废水的应用

辽宁新都黄金有限责任公司成功应用三步沉淀全循环法处理焙烧一氰化工艺中含氰废水，该处理工艺不但可回收有价金属，有效地利用废水中的氰化物，且能够提高金、银的氰化浸出率，实现了闭路全循环含氰废水零排放的目的，其环境效益经济效益和社会效益非常显著。     

DBD降解CF2ClBr过程中自由基与电子能量

利用介质阻挡放电方法对环境污染物CF2ClBr进行了等离子体降解的研究.在前人对该体系的降解产物分析及活性粒子推测的基础上,采用动态反应装置得到了等离子体的发射光谱,进一步确证了等离子体系中出现的CF2、CFCl、F、Cl、Br等主要自由基,并从中推出了等离子态气体可能发生的自由基反应.同时通过发射光谱的分析,近似得到该体系的平均电子能量约为2.42eV.     

First-trimester prenatal diagnosis in quintuplets: A practical approach using step-by-step embryo reduction

A multiple pregnancy of high rank may occur in a couple at risk for a Mendelian disorder. Prenatal diagnosis is hampered by the difficulty of (1) obtaining chorionic villi from each zygote arid (2) unequivocally relating each sample to the corresponding embryo. The calculation of the genetic risk according to the number of zygotes led us to propose a diagnostic strategy based on embryo reduction, a technique initially designed to improve the perinatal outcome of multiple pregnancies with normal embryos. We report a case in which this approach allowed rational use of first-trimester chorionic villus sampling in a quintuplet pregnancy at risk for non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia, resulting in the selective birth of unaffected twins.