国际海事组织第43届环境保护会议

国际海事组织第４３届海上环境保护委员会（ＭＥＰＣ４３）于１９９９年６月２８日至７月２日在伦敦总部召开。７６个成员国政府和香港、澳门派代表出席了会议，８个联合国及专门机构代表以及８个国际组织和３７个非政府间组织派观察员参加了会议。本届会议成立了ＯＰＲＣ工作组、防藻（污）漆工作组和压载水工作组。中国代表团参加了全部工作组的工作。会议的主要情况如下：１　审议和通过了有关法律文件的修改１－１　ＢＬＧ分委会第４次会议建议案全会审议了ＢＬＧ分委会第４次会议的建议案，并按ＭＡＲＰＯＬ公约附件Ⅰ第１６条规定，通…     

转炉污泥干法脱硫新技术应用

采用转炉污泥取代铸铁屑配制焦炉煤气脱硫剂,转炉污泥与稻壳体积配比为1∶2,水分30%～40%,pH值8～10。经过生产实践证明,脱硫效率达到996%～998%。既降低了煤气生产成本,减轻工人劳动强度,又提高了民用煤气质量,具有可观的环境效益与经济效益。     

加热方式对垃圾热解过程中HCl析出特性影响的实验研究

在自行设计的小型外热式固定床试验台上，以垃圾中广泛存在的PVC为原料，通过改变加热方式、热解终温等参数。重点研究了快，慢两种加热方式下垃圾热解过程中HCl的析出特性，并从理论上进行了初步探讨。     

上海滨岸潮滩不同粒径沉积物中无机形态磷的分布特征

以地理环境独特的上海滨岸带为研究对象，根据对冬季潮滩悬浮层、表层沉积物的研究，初步探讨了潮滩不同粒径沉积物中各无机形态磷的地球化学特征：DP、(Fe Al)-P在靠近排污口的采样点含量高，同时随粒径变化复杂；沉积物中（Fe Al)-P含量随粒径变大而升高，悬浮层沉积物中（Fe Al)-P更能指示环境的污染状况；一般细粉砂质沉积物中Ca-P含量高。     

斜管隔油池和气浮池结构优化改进

通过对含油压舱水治理工程中的处理设施结构的优化与改进，提高了油分的去除率，实现废水稳定达标排放。     

含铬废渣的综合利用

着重介绍了重庆东风化工厂铬渣综合治理的成效。其中包括该厂已成功应用于工业化生产的铬渣作玻璃着色剂，钙镁磷肥助熔剂，炼铁烧结熔剂等利用途径及其还原解毒机理，以及在水泥等建材方面的应用尝试。     

Serum PAPP-A levels are depressed in women with fetal Down syndrome in early pregnancy

The value of maternal serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP)-A in screening for Down syndrome in early pregnancy was assessed using stored samples. Seventeen cases of Down syndrome and 66 unaffected control pregnancies were studied. The median PAPP-A level in the cases was 0.42 multiples of the expected value in controls (p <0.0001). Eleven cases (65 per cent) had levels less than half the expected value compared with only six controls (9 per cent). A commercial assay kit is now needed so that prospective screening with this marker can begin.     

利用微生物进行煤炭脱硫

从松藻煤矿分离到的氧化亚铁硫杆菌(Thiobacillus ferrooxidans)菌株T-4,能够利用煤炭中的黄铁矿作为能源基质,用含有细胞量10~8-10~9个/ml,pH1.55-1.70的种菌液,脱除煤炭中的无机硫,并进行了细菌煤炭脱硫的条件试验,9个样品4—72h试验结果,总硫量由1.31—2.45％降至1.05—1.88％,黄铁矿硫脱除率达86.11—95.16％.     

Prenatal diagnosis of 21-hydroxylase deficiency by rflp analysis of the 21-hydroxylase,complement C4, and HLA class II genes

In 19 pregnancies at risk for 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) in 18 families with at lea one affected child, prenatal diagnosis was performed by RFLP analysis using the enzymi Taq I and EcoRI and the DNA probes specific for the 21 OH genes, the closely linke complement C4 genes and the highly polymorphic HLA class II genes DRB, DQB, and DPI For fetal DNA analysis either chorionic villi or cultivated amniotic cells were used. In all 1 cases, a clear prenatal diagnosis was possible either with the 21OH probe alone or in mo cases, by combining the results of the different closely linked loci.     

Determinants of parental decisions to abort for chromosome abnormalities

Parental decisions concerning the continuation of pregnancy following prenatal detection of abnormal chromosomes were evaluated for 80 patients whose diagnosis and prenatal counselling were performed in our centre. Twenty-two anomalies were diagnosed by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and 58 by amniocentesis. The severity of the chromosome anomaly and associated ultrasound findings in the first vs. second trimester were correlated with patients' decisions. No difference was found in the likelihood of parental decisions to interrupt or continue a pregnancy between CVS and amniocentesis for either the‘severe’ or the‘questionable’ group of chromosome anomalies. Ninety-three per cent of patients with severe prognosis and 27 per cent with questionable prognosis opted for pregnancy termination (p <0·0001). The association of ultrasound anomalies and termination was highly significant (p< 0·001). The severity of the chromosome anomaly, and, to a lesser extent, the visualization of anomalies on ultrasound were the major determinants of parental decisions to terminate the pregnancy. The diagnosis of an anomaly in the first trimester was no more likely ito lead to a termination of pregnancy than in the second trimester.