Part IV: Fitness for Aquatic Systems Long-term Forecast: Key to groundwater protection

Groundwater resources are at risk from pollution, climate change and land-management practices. Long-term forecast is a tool to demonstrate future development and to support decisions on measures which can be implemented, controlled and eventually corrected. As the basis for preventive action, a forecast can be viewed as a key to groundwater protection. The soil zone plays a vital role in groundwater protection. Research on soil and groundwater trends, as affected by change of climate and/or land-management practices, is on the agenda. Integrated research is necessary to develop numerical soil-water system models reflecting all relevant transport processes at various scales. Even relatively simple problems like forecasting pollutant release from contaminated materials are difficult to resolve. Batch tests may be sufficient in low-risk cases. At higher risk when contaminated substrates are chosen for deposition on a large scale, a thorough characterization of the materials is necessary covering all aspects of stability and possible changes of the environment.     

云南会泽麒麟厂铅锌矿床八号矿体的发现

在大量综合分析研究和会泽铅锌矿长期勘探实践的基础上 ,通过控矿构造等规律的深入研究 ,在成矿理论和找矿实践上取得新进展。在成矿理论认识上 ,提出主要的成矿构造体系、构造控矿型式及控矿构造模式及矿床成矿模式 ,明确指出麒麟厂矿床主矿体向SW向侧伏的规律。在找矿实践上 ,应用构造地球化学找矿方法 ,提出矿体定位靶位为 1 5 71中段 4 4-62勘探线间深部。通过工程验证 ,发现八号隐伏矿体     

陕西铜厂地区断裂构造地球化学及定位成矿预测

铜厂矿田是勉略阳“金三角”地区中重要的铜金多金属矿田。本文在深入研究铜厂矿田中铜厂地区断裂构造地球化学的基础上 ,认为构造地球化学异常集中区是进行铜金多金属矿预测的有利靶位 ,提出了新铜厂、黄泥梁、张家山、老铜厂等重点找矿靶区 ,其中部分靶区已证实     

Is fetal gender a risk factor for severe congenital cytomegalovirus infection?

Cytomegalovirus is the main cause of congenital viral infection and amniotic fluid viral load appears to be the single nonclinical prognostic factor. However, as in other infectious diseases, host genetics may influence the severity of the disease. To test this hypothesis, we looked retrospectively at the fetal gender in cases of severe congenital cytomegalovirus infection in our database. We also analyzed the international English literature covering this subject between 1985 and 2003. The proportion of females with brain abnormalities was statistically different from that of males (62/258: 24% vs 30/251: 12%, p = 0.004). The risk of abnormal brain development in infected fetuses was twice as high in females than in males (Chi² = 8.7; OR = 2, IC [1.26–3.21]). In our cases, amniotic fluid CMV DNA load was not significantly higher in males than in females (p = 0.06) and was also similar in severely and non-severely infected fetuses (p = 0.09). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Functional Isomorphism of Ecosystems and Its Significance for Ecological Prognosis

A concept concerning the functional isomorphism of natural ecosystems as a factor modulating climatogenic changes in the soil–plant cover is proposed. On an empirical basis, production and destruction types of isomorphism are distinguished, which differ in their prevailing influence on the dynamics of zonal and regional ecosystems in the boreal and subboreal belts.     

The influence of prenatal diagnosis on postnatal outcome in patients with structural congenital heart disease

Examination of the fetal heart has become an established part of mid-trimester anomaly scanning. Along side this has emerged the ability to diagnose congenital heart disease in the fetus with accuracy. Despite this, the development of screening programmes to look for fetal cardiac disease has only been partially successful. Furthermore, when detected, there seems to be little survival advantage associated with prenatal diagnosis. Demonstrating such an advantage is complicated by the nature of fetal cardiac disease, which tends to be severe and is often associated with extra-cardiac abnormalities. More selective studies, mostly involving small numbers of cases, are now beginning to demonstrate both improved survival and reduced morbidity in prenatally diagnosed infants presenting to cardiac intensive care units compared to those with a postnatal diagnosis. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.