Comparative audit of booking and mid-trimester ultrasound scans in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies

During 1988 and 1989, 3565 women booked under consultants who performed an ultrasound scan at booking, whilst 4984 booked under consultants who performed a formal mid-trimester scan between 16 and 18 weeks. All significant anomalies diagnosed prenatally and in the neonatal period were recorded, the incidence in each group being 12.9/1000 and 9.83/1000, respectively (NS). The sensitivity of diagnosis before 20 weeks was 45 per cent in the ‘mid-trimester’ group (kappa 0.62) compared with 30 per cent in the ‘booking’ group (kappa 0.46), overall sensitivity of prenatal diagnosis, however, being similar in both groups (63 vs. 65 per cent, kappa 0.77 vs. 0.79). Cardiac anomalies were the single largest group which were not detected equally prenatally in both groups. This study shows that formal mid-trimester scanning leads to anomalies being detected significantly earlier in the antenatal period. Although not statistically significant, three lethal anomalies were missed prenatally in the ‘booking’ group which we would have expected to diagnose on a mid-trimester scan. These figures are discussed in the light of previous reports.     

库布齐沙漠典型地区景观变化研究

Spatial pattern analysis is the core component in landscape ecology research. We analyzed the landscape pattern and dynamic process of the Kubuqi Desert by using a typical region as a study area. This study area includes four towns: ShuLinZhao, WangAiZhao, BaiNiJing and JiGeSiTai. The area of cropland, fixed sand dune, woodland, residential area and wetland increased and centralized gradually, while the area of semi-fixed sand dune, drifting sand dune, meadow and washland decreased and dispersed gradually from 1987 to 2003. On the landscape level, the patch shape tended to be regular, and the landscape pattern tended to be simple, causing the fragmentation degree, heterogeneity and diversity of the landscape to decrease. Fixed sand dune, Semi-fixed sand dune, drifting sand dune, meadow and river flood plains were the five main export classes, and residential area, cropland and wetland were the three main import classes. The classes that had a relatively large total area and large average patch area had a smaller extent of gravity center migration, whereas the classes with small total area and small average patch area had a larger extent of gravity center migration; this is because the small patches are easily influenced by human activities or natural factors. In addition, the desertification area and desertification degree reduced gradually in the study area during the period from 1987 to 2003.     

武都碾压混凝土重力坝抗震分析与安全评价

武都水库是四川省江油市境内的涪江干流上的大(1)型水利工程。汶川8级地震中,武都水库工程紧邻震中区附近,并正处于施工高峰期,大地震对武都水库工程已建和在建的40多个项目均有不同程度的损坏。分别采用水工建筑物抗震设计规范给定的地震动参数值和地震后复核确定的地震动参数值,对武都大坝进行抗震分析与安全性评价。计算表明,当设计设防加速度256cm/s2时,按规范规定的悬臂梁法进行抗震计算时,均满足现行抗震规范的要求。按平面有限元计算时局部拉应力超出规范的允许值,建议挡水坝段下游坝面折坡附近以及溢流坝段在导墙与边墩交接处附近提高混凝土的强度等级。鉴于坝踵、坝址部位局部范围内仍有较大水平的拉应力,建议自建基面的一定高度内应确保混凝土的浇筑质量,以确保大坝的抗震强度安全。     

镉"加标"沉积物对泥鳅(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)生物毒性研究

选择泥鳅(Misgurnus anguillicaudaus)作为受试生物,以泥鳅死亡率、血液红细胞数量、红细胞体积、红细胞微核率和核异常率作为测试指标,考察了沉积物中"加标"金属镉(Cd)的毒性状况,探讨了水体沉积物中重金属的生物毒性影响.结果表明:高有机质的粘土粉砂性沉积物能够有效吸附重金属镉;镉加标暴露组泥鳅的死...     

晋中城市群县域可达性及经济联系格局研究

以晋中城市群为研究对象,运用加权平均旅行时间和引力模型分析了2000—2018年晋中城市群县域单元可达性水平及经济联系的时空演变格局。结果表明:(1)晋中城市群县域单元的可达性水平显著提升但地域分布不均衡,受地形和距离因素的影响存在"断崖式"梯度变化和"中心高、边缘低"的圈层式空间分布特征。(2)晋中城市群县域单元的经济联系强度持续增强,其空间分布格局具有显著的廊道指向特征和行政区指向特征。(3)晋中城市群核心区域的辐射带动作用显著,不同县域单元对外经济联系能力差异较大,但城市群内部的发展差距在逐渐缩小。     

沱江流域总氮面源污染负荷时空演变

根据四川省沱江流域水环境受总氮（TN）面源严重污染的现状,采用排污系数法估算2007~2017年该流域来自各面源污染源的TN污染负荷,并利用空间重心统计法和空间分析技术揭示沱江流域TN污染负荷时空分布特征及转移趋势,以期为相关部门精准防控和预警沱江流域面源污染提供理论依据.结果表明,2007~2017年畜禽养殖污染源对整个流域的TN污染负荷贡献率每年均在45%以上,是TN面源污染的主要污染源.农村生活和农村生活垃圾污染源的贡献率呈逐年减少趋势,农田固废和农田径流污染源的贡献率则呈增加趋势.TN总污染负荷总体呈下降趋势,2010年污染负荷最大,达到5.7×10⁴ t,2017年最小,为4.69×10⁴ t.污染负荷在空间上的异质性变化及降雨径流的不均匀分布驱使畜禽养殖、农田固废类和农田径流污染源的TN污染负荷重心由西北向东南方向移动,流域东南部是畜禽养殖、农田固废类和农田径流TN污染的重点防控区域.东南部各区县的农业人口大量向城市人口转化,进而驱动农村生活和农村生活垃圾污染源的TN污染负荷重心由东南向西北方向转移,其转移范围高达66.35 km²,由此确定的最小边界圆是污染源污染负荷变化的重点识别区域,沱江流域西北部则是农村生活和农村生活垃圾TN污染的重点防控区域.本研究拓展了环境科学领域对流域污染负荷时空演变的探究方法,对于改善水环境质量,促进流域经济可持续发展具有重要意义.     

耐高温酵母高浓度发酵生产燃料乙醇工艺优化

采用两水平部分因子设计(23Fractional Factorial),选取发酵温度、接种量、初始糖浓度为自变量考察因素,以最终发酵乙醇浓度和9 h生物量浓度为响应值,考察耐高温高浓度酵母的燃料乙醇发酵能力,并对实验数据进行二次模型变异分析(Ahalysis of variance,ANOVA),建立了三元二次方程数学...