Expression of transcobalamin II by amniocytes

Children with a genetic absence of transcobalarnin 2 (TC2) are clinically asymptomatic at birth but develop severe megaloblastic anemia early in life. We have examined the incorporation of [⁵⁷Co]-CN-B₁₂ in the absence of any exogenous source of TC2 in control amniotic fluid derived cells and cultured diploid fibroblasts, and in fibroblasts from a patient with TC2 deficiency. Both control fibroblasts and arnniocytes incorporated labelled B₁₂, into TC2-B₁₂, and the proportion of labelled TC2-B₁₂ could be increased by growing cells in the presence of chloroquine which prevents intralysosomal hydrolysis of the TC2-B₁₂ complex. In contrast, fibroblasts from the patient with TC2 deficiency incorporated almost no label as TC2-B₁₂. These studies suggest that TC2 deficiency either due to aberrant production of TC2 or because of the production of an abnormal TC2 which does not bind B₁₂ can be diagnosed before birth.     

泵群无线监测系统在石化装置中的应用

介绍了机泵无线监测系统的系统架构、监测方案,并结合具体诊断案例详细说明了其在某千万吨级炼化企业的应用情况。结果表明,该系统能准确评估机泵运行状态,并及时发布报警提示和维护建议,使用该系统事后维修占比由41%降到了15%,预知性维修由不足10%上升到近50%。     

海州湾生态系统健康诊断

根据开敞海湾浅海生态系统特征,构建了包含环境现状、环境风险、环境背景、系统结构功能和系统稳定性5类诊断指标以及24个诊断因子的浅海生态系统健康诊断指标体系,并采用层次分析法对海州湾浅海生态系统2009年12月和2010年11月的健康状况进行诊断.结果表明,2009年12月和2010年11月海州湾浅海生态系统的综合健康指数值分别为0.500～0.689和0.553～0.750,浅海生态系统处于亚健康～较健康状态,近岸海域基本处于亚健康状态,离岸海域基本处于较健康状态,近岸海域生态系统健康水平低于离岸海域,这与近岸海域开发活动干扰多以及环境压力大有关.     

矿井风速故障源诊断及角联结构传感器布设

煤矿井下监控系统测量的风速数据并不能用来判断故障源位置,只能反映风速传感器所在巷道的风量变化情况。引起井下风速变化的原因很多,如巷道冒落、巷道堵塞、巷道变形等,从整个通风网络角度考虑,都可以归结为分支的风阻发生变化。由于井下通风网络中任一分支风阻的变化都可能引起自身及其他相关分支风量变化。提出用逐步线性回归分析法,确定引起通风系统风速传感器报警的分支集合。建立了逐步线性回归分析的通风系统故障源诊断数学模型。通过具体实例给出了风速传感器安设在不同位置下,可能引起此分支风速超限的故障巷道集合的结果。分析了关联分支的风阻变化对角联分支的影响,从而确定选择那些对角联分支影响大且自身风量容易发生变化的巷道安设风速传感器。     

故障树法和改进PSO-PNN网络的电梯故障诊断模型

针对电梯故障问题,提出一种将故障树分析法、改进的粒子群优化算法和概率神经网络相结合的方法用于电梯的故障诊断。以电梯的安全回路系统为例,用故障树法对回路进行分析,获得训练样本与故障类型;使用粒子群算法对概率神经网络的平滑因子进行优化,在优化过程中,针对粒子群算法存在易陷入局部最优的缺陷,提出对惯性权重的改进策略;采用相对误差对诊断效果做出评估,并与传统的概率神经网络和基本粒子群算法优化的概率神经网络在各种故障类型输出和最大相对误差等方面进行比较,结果表明:该模型能够有效诊断电梯故障。     

塔式多绳摩擦提升机振动故障源的模糊综合评判

根据塔式多绳摩擦提升机的运行特点,分析了振动原因,建立了振动故障源的模糊综合评判模型.结合对某矿井塔式多绳摩擦提升系统的振动测试结果,应用该模型对系统振动故障源进行了诊断和评判,对各种振动原因引起的系统故障的可能性给出了定量评价.实践表明,应用文中建立的模糊综合评判模型提高了塔式多绳摩擦提升机故障源诊断的客观性和准确性,为有效治理提升机的超限振动提供了可靠的理论依据,对当前老矿井改造具有一定的指导意义.     

Pericardial teratoma complicated by hydrops: successful fetal therapy by thoracoamniotic shunting

Pericardial teratoma is a potentially curable lesion that may become life threatening when it induces mediastinal compression and fetal hydrops. So far, cases with fetal hydrops have been managed by elective delivery or pericardial needle decompression. We report a case in which pericardial teratoma resulted in fetal hydrops. Following transpleural needling of the fetal pericardium at 29 weeks and 6 days, pericardial effusion decreased but hydrops persisted, while major unilateral pleural effusion appeared. A thoracoamniotic shunt was placed at 30 weeks and 5 days. Hydrops resolved, although incompletely. The baby was delivered at 32 weeks and was operated upon on day 3. This observation suggests that fetal hydrops associated with pericardial teratoma may improve following thoracoamniotic shunting. Fetal therapy may limit the risks of respiratory distress arising from the combined effect of airways compression and lung immaturity. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fetoplacental discrepancy involving structural abnormalities of chromosome 8 detected by prenatal diagnosis

We describe the finding of three cell lines involving different structural abnormalities of chromosome 8 detected in a prenatal diagnosis. Chorionic villi sampling (CVS) was performed on a pregnant woman because of advanced maternal age. Semidirect cytogenetic analysis showed a mos46,XX,i(8q)/46,XX,del(8)(p11.2) karyotype, confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Amniocentesis was subsequently performed, and the karyotype obtained was 46,XX,dup(8)(p23p11.2). The pregnancy was terminated; pathologic findings included clubfeet, clenched left hand, subcutaneous edema and bilateral hydrocephalus. Molecular studies using chromosome 8 microsatellites performed on parents' blood and fetal tissues revealed a maternal meiotic origin of the inv dup(8p) with deletion of the distal p23 region and duplication of the remaining 8p. We propose a model to explain the cytogenetic findings, which includes a first maternal meiotic error giving rise to a large dicentric isochromosome 8 present in the ovum, a second error in one of the first zygote divisions with misdivision of the dicentric 8 giving rise to a cell line with del(8p) confined to the trophoblast and another cell line with inv dup(8p) confined to the fetal tissue and a third error in the trophoblast giving rise to a further cell line with isochromosome 8q. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.