杠板归的化学成分

采用柱层析方法从蓼科药用植物杠板归(Polygonum Perfoliatum)分离了21个化合物(1～21),通过MS与NMR数据鉴定这些化合物为α-tocopherolquinone (1), 7'-dihydroxymatairesinol (2), (24S)-24-ethylcholesta-3β,5α,6α-triol (3), 4-dihydroxy-5,7-dihydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl) coumarin (4), quercetin (5), cucurbitacin Ⅱa (6), cucurbitacin U (7), iotroridoside A (8), pokeweedcerebroside 5 (9), bonaroside (10), helonioside A (11), helonioside B (12), lapathoside D (13), vanicoside B (14), vanicoside C (15), vanicoside F (16), asteryunnanoside F (17), saikosaponin M (18), hydropiperoside (19), quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucuronide-6"-butyl ester (20), quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucuronide-6"-methyl ester (21). 化合物1～19(除4,5,12)为首次从该植物中分离得到,化合物1～11(除4,5)和17～19为首次从该属植物中分离得到.图1参22     

美军高机动多用途轮式车辆腐蚀分析

介绍了美军高机动多用途式车辆（HMMWV）严重的腐蚀问题,分析了其根本原因在于设计、选材和生产工艺中没有进行服役期全寿命费用分析,以及为了降低采办费用而放弃必要的腐蚀控制措施.     

保护臭氧层谈判中的美欧博弈

臭氧层损耗是重要的全球环境问题之一。最早认识到臭氧层危害的美国率先在国内立法控制相关物质,然而另一大经济体——欧共体,在这一方面却行动迟缓。在保护臭氧层的国际谈判中,美欧之间相互妥协,最终达成了对氟氯烃化合物(CFCs)进行限控的《蒙特利尔议定书》。美欧之间的分歧来自国内化工业巨头的影响,国际经济变动影响外交决策。国际环境问题背后隐藏的经济关系与大国的领导作用是影响国际环境合作的主要因素。     

铅暴露U251细胞差异表达基因及相关通路(The Interrelated Pathways in Brain Human U251 Glioma Cells by Lead Exposure)

为探讨铅对体外培养的人神经胶质瘤U251细胞(human U251glioma cells,U251)暴露后基因表达的变化以及相关基因通路,选用乙酸铅暴露U251细胞.细胞在乙酸铅中暴露8h和24h后提取RNA,使用cDNA芯片分析基因表达情况,芯片扫描结果经归一化处理,设定Ratio值<0.5或≥2.0为表达有差异基因.结果表明,铅暴露U251细胞导致2840条基因差异表达,使用KEGG和BioCarta数据库分析代表性基因网络.结果发现,铅暴露U251细胞导致大量基因差异表达,涉及多个代谢及信号通路,与神经组织相关的主要信号通路有Ca2+信号通路、Jak-STAT信号通路、MAPK信号通路、Wnt信号通路等,还涉及配体-受体、细胞因子相互作用等.这些通路相互联结,构成复杂的网络系统,调控细胞的生物学功能.     

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can decrease the uptake of uranium by subterranean clover grown at high levels of uranium in soil

Subterranean clover inoculated or not with the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus intraradices was grown on soil containing six levels of 238U in the range 0-87 mg kg(-1). Increasing U concentration in soil enhanced the U concentration in roots and shoots of both mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal plants but had no significant effects on plant dry matter production or root AM colonization. Mycorrhizas increased the shoot dry matter and P concentration in roots and shoots, while in most cases, it decreased the Ca, Mg and K concentrations in plants. The AM fungus influenced U concentration in plants only in the treatment receiving 87 mg U kg(-1) soil. In this case, U concentration in shoots of nonmycorrhizal plants was 1.7 times that of shoots of mycorrhizal plants. These results suggested that mycorrhizal fungi can limit U accumulation by plants exposed to high levels of U in soil.     

美国海军舰艇命名体系研究

美国海军舰艇命名体系由任命前缀、舰艇名称、分类代号、舷号4类要素构成,首先分析了每类要素对于命名体系的贡献,然后基于美国海军舰艇命名体系,以美国海军舰艇名册为数据源,通过要素提取、规则建立等步骤分析美国海军现役舰艇组成。经过分析,美国现役715艘舰艇分为战斗舰、辅助舰、战斗艇、支援艇、未在分类代号中定义等5大类67类型177级别,通过对比基于类型与级别规则、基于任命前缀规则的结果挖掘出美国海军现役舰艇组成规律。     

固相萃取-电感耦合等离子体质谱测定自然水体痕量钍和铀

自然水体中Th和U的浓度极低,尤其Th的浓度单位仅为ng/L,定量测试非常困难。该研究建立了一种NOBIAS PA1螯合树脂萃取结合电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)同时测定自然水体中痕量Th和U的分析方法。该方法首先使用UV/H₂O₂法消解水样30 min,去除水体中的有机物,然后在pH=3.00±0.05条件下,将水样以2 mL/min流速通过树脂对Th和U进行富集,使用NH₄AC-HAC溶液去除树脂上吸附的盐类,最后用1 mol/L超纯硝酸对样品进行洗脱,用ICP-MS测试。分析结果显示：Th和U的流程空白值分别为0.47、0.22 ng/L,检出限分别为2.9、2.3 ng/L,测定下限分别为11.46、9.11 ng/L。将该方法应用于不同有机物浓度的咸水和淡水中,结果显示：Th和U的回收率分别为97%～104%和98%～103%,相对标准偏差分别为3%～6%和1%～3%。说明该方法具有较高的回收率、精密度和准确度,适用于自然界各种不同水体中Th和U的定量分析。     

A Blueprint for the Oceans: Implications of Two National Commission Reports for Conservation Practitioners

Abstract:  In the first comprehensive reviews since 1969, two high-level reports on the status of U.S. marine ecosystems and resources have been released: that of the nongovernmental Pew Oceans Commission in 2003 and that of the congressionally mandated U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy in 2004 . Although the two commissions differed in the breadth and depth of their mandates, their findings on the state of our oceans and need for new management approaches are similar, and their major recommendations for science, governance, management and conservation, and education echo and reinforce each other. The history behind the two commissions and the structure and objectives of each remind us of the crucial roles conservation practitioners and scientists must play in the implementation of report recommendations. The reports suggest priorities for conservation practitioners to improve science, management, conservation, governance, and education to better manage and protect ocean resources and ecosystems. To redirect activities affecting the state of global marine resources, integrated research; education and outreach by terrestrial, aquatic, and marine conservation practitioners; and a clear definition of their roles in the implementation of recommendations is essential. Marine ecosystems provide a test case of society's ability to manage complexity in human and natural systems in an integrated manner, with extensive opportunities for participation by conservation practitioners from all disciplines.     

An empirical analysis of economic strategies for controlling air pollution

In evaluating current environmental protection policy, economists often note that current regulations are more costly than necessary to meet environmental quality standards. While the a priori case is strong that current regulatory approaches are resulting in higher-than-necessary costs to attain environmental standards, there is relatively little empirical evidence to support this claim. The purpose of this paper is to supply some of the missing evidence by presenting the results of one study that assesses some of the potential savings associated with implementing economic, rather than command-and-control, regulatory approaches to abate one type of air pollution in one region of the country. Specifically, the paper examines the costs of meeting a prospective short-term standard for nitrogen dioxide under a range of alternative emissions control strategies for stationary sources of nitrogen oxide emissions in the Chicago Air Quality Control Region. The alternative strategies that are considered range from those that might result under current regulatory policy to those that economic policy approaches (such as emissions charges or marketable permits) are designed to implement. The analysis shows that the most efficient program of emissions controls may be more than an order of magnitude less costly than current regulatory strategies, and that economic approaches have additional advantages over more conventional regulatory approaches.     

Energy inputs in agricultural systems of China

An analysis of the energy inputs in corn, rice, sorghum, wheat, soybean, and millet in northeastern China indicates that most of the crops are produced with about one half the fossil energy inputs compared with those in the United States. The inputs of labor, however, are 10–100-fold greater than those in the United States. China also uses 85 to more than 500 h of horse power per hectare in producing its crop and this helps reduce the fossil energy inputs in crop production. A small increase in the use of machinery energy (3%) at appropriate times in the cropping systems could reduce labor inputs by about one third.