Effect of cyproheptadine on the ultrastructure of the neurons of the arcuate nucleus in the hypothalamus of the rat

The data are presented on changes in the rat arcuate nuclear neuron ultrastructure after using cyproheptadine (peritol, Egyt Pharmaceutical Works, Hungary) in a water suspension at a dose of 20 mg/kg once daily during 7 successive days and twice a day within 10 days. It was shown that cyproheptadine decreases the functional activity of the arcuate nuclear neurons, depending on the total amount of the drug used. Cyproheptadine-induced inhibition of the forming neurohormone release from neurons is likely to be one of the mechanisms of its therapeutic effect in Itsenko-Cushing's disease.     

Characteristics of the sympathetic innervation of the nictitating membrane and of the vasculature of the nose and tongue of the cat

Vasomotor responses from the nasal mucosa and tongue, and contractions of the nictitating membrane, were recorded on stimulation of the cervical sympathetic or internal carotid nerves. Preganglionic sympathetic nerve fibres which elicited a membrane response possessed a lower threshold than those which evoked nasal vasoconstriction, while the latter displayed a lower threshold than fibres which evoked tongue vasoconstriction. The sympathetic vasodilator fibres to the tongue whose activity was revealed after alpha-receptor blockade, had a similar threshold to the vasoconstrictor fibres. Membrane contraction, nasal vasoconstriction and occasionally tongue vasoconstriction could be evoked by stimulating the internal carotid nerve. The postganglionic fibres innervating the nasal mucosa had a similar threshold to those of the nictitating membrane, which may indicate that there are small myelinated fibres innervating the mucosa. The preganglionic compound nerve action potential had four major components, S1-S4. S1, S2 and usually S3 fibres were associated with membrane contraction; S2, S3 and sometimes S1 fibres were associated with nasal vasoconstriction; and S3, usually S2 and occasionally S1 fibres were associated with vasoconstriction in the tongue. It is concluded that each of these three groups of nerve fibres, but not S4 fibres, may include fibres associated functionally with the three effectors. There was a considerable difference between the relative amplitude of the responses of the three effectors elicited by stimulation of the cervical sympathetic nerve at frequencies between 0.2 and 2 Hz. Vasoconstrictor responses were relatively larger than membrane contractions suggesting differences in the mechanisms of neurotransmission at the neuroeffector junctions.     

董东矿沿空留巷切顶卸压对底板受力影响分析

以董东矿50107工作面为研究对象,通过数值模拟软件FLAC3D建立模型,对比分析窄矿柱、宽矿柱以及切顶沿空留巷情况下围岩及底板受力特征,确定切顶沿空留巷切顶对围岩的卸压作用。对比分析围岩受力情况,表明切顶沿空留巷卸压效果比较明显,对比分析围岩塑性区的底板破坏深度,表明有利于切顶沿空留巷卸压效果明显,切顶沿空留巷有很好的卸压效果,有利于矿山巷道围岩控制。     

Structure of the attachment of the vocal ligament to the perichondrium of the thyroid cartilage

The ventral attachement of the ligamentum vocale of eleven larynges (new-born and adults has been studied in sagittal, frontal and horizontal sections. 1. Supplementary to the known structure of the ventral attachement of the ligamentum vocale we have noticed collagen fibers which ascend in the inner angle of the thyroid cartilage and which partly cross to the other side. Sometimes a few fibers which are running downward have been observed. This structure of the attachement must be more firm than the known structure. 2. Moreover it has been observed that a lot of the angles of the crossing collagen fibers in the cartilage of the lamina mediana (near the attachement of the ligamentum vocale) are right-angled, whereas the angles of the fibers which lie in the laminae laterales in their majority are acute-angled. This phenomenon also is interpreted as a structure which makes the lamina mediana firmer. The fact, that this structure is not so evident in the specimens of the new-born as in those of the adults indicates that there are postnatal changes in the structure of the lamina mediana.     

Surgery of the base of the skull

To treat pathological processes, primarily tumors, in the base of the skull is one of the most intricate neurosurgical problems. In the past decade, interest in this problem has greatly increased due to the advent of new methods of diagnosis, up-to-date neurosurgical equipment and to a greater cooperation of physicians of related disciplines: ophthalmologists, otosurgeons, plastic surgeons. The authors present and summarize the experience accumulated by the researchers of the N. N. Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery in the past 10 years in treating basal tumors. Based on a great deal of clinical findings, approaches are proposed in treating some groups of basal tumors, such and pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas at various sites, trigeminal and acoustic neurinomas, and malignant neoplasms of the base of the skull. The conditions required for successful surgical treatment of the processes in the base of the skull are described in detail. One of them is a correct determination of a surgical approach.     

The clinico-hematological indices of the participants in the cleanup of the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident

Clinicohematological investigations and cytogenetic analysis of blood lymphocytes were made 5-7 years after the Chernobyl accident in 201 liquidators who had worked in the radionuclide-contaminated zone. Among the somatic diseases found in the examinees statistically more prevalent were cardiovascular and gastrointestinal affections, asthenic syndrome, thyroid disorders. Hemograms presented a rise in hemoglobin, red cell and eosinophil content, a drop in the number of neutrophils. A tendency to erythrocytosis was observed in 20.3% of the wreckers. Dicenters and rings were abundant in the lymphocytes of 69% of the cytogenetically examined examinees 5-7 years after the exposure to radiation.     

矿山地质构造沉降监测中水工环地质调查的作用分析

为了保障矿山企业的发展与矿山地质自然环境形成协调的发展模式,应对矿山深层水位的沉降进行检测,水工环地质调查是确定矿山地下水位深度的有效手段之一。基于此,开展对矿山地质构造沉降监测中水工环地质调查的作用分析研究,通过研究得出,水工环地质调查可以提高矿山地质构造沉降监测结果精准度、为矿山地质构造沉降提供应急方案、保障矿山地质构造沉降监测工作效率等作用,对实现矿山企业的精细化施工提供有利条件。     

Histophysiologic characteristics of the effector innervation of the arteries of the base of the brain during rat ontogenesis

The development of adren- and cholinergic nervous plexuses in the brain base arteries was studied by histochemical methods of Falck and Kelle in animals and fetuses of 10-22 days, newborn rats, animals of 10, 20, 30, 40, 60 and 120 days of life and 1 and 2 years old rats. The cholinergic nerve fibres were first found in the basilar, vertebral and internal carotid arteries on the 15th and 16th days of ontogenesis. Specific fluorescence of adrenergic conductors on the same arteries is revealed somewhat later--from the 17th and 18th days of the intrauterine development. Further formation of the cholin- and adrenergic innervation of the arteries of the Willis' circle goes on synchronously. The number of nerve fibres increases with the growth of the artery diameter. The concentration of catecholamines and the activity of AChE in them gradually increases. The greatest density of nerve fibres per 1 mm2 is determined in 20-day-old rats. The number of cholinergic nerve fibres on the arteries of the brain base is equal to that of adrenergic fibres during the whole period of postnatal ontogenesis. By the 30th day the effector nervous apparatus has a definite structure. In old rats the activity of AChE and the content of catecholamines drop, the amount and concentration of nerve fibres decrease.     

加强烧结过程控制与稳定烧结矿质量

烧结矿的金属性能包括机械强度、氧化还原性和强度稳定性项指标,而影响这些因素种类繁多、错中复杂。介绍了烧结厂通过加强对烧结全过程的控制,稳定烧结矿金属质量的方法和效果。     

Evaluation of the training of the anesthesiologist

The effect of aminoglycosides on renal function was evaluated in 30 full-term infants who were treated within 24 h of birth with either amikacin (10 infants, group A), gentamicin (9 infants, group B), or netilmicin (10 infants, group C). Renal function was assessed before, during, and 48 h after discontinuation of therapy by measuring the plasma creatinine concentration (PCr), the fractional excretion of sodium (FENa), potassium, magnesium, phosphate (FEP), uric acid, and the urinary excretion of calcium (UCA/UCr ratio) immediately before (trough) and after (peak) the infusion of the aminoglycosides. The results were compared with 10 control newborns who did not receive antibiotics. Significant alterations in renal function were observed only during therapy with gentamicin (group B). These consisted of a sustained elevation of FENa and UCa/UCr ratio throughout therapy, a latent increase in FEP on the 7th day (P < 0.05), and lack of the normal postnatal decline of PCr in 3 of 9 infants (P < 0.01). These abnormalities persisted up to 2 days after discontinuation of therapy. Therapeutic doses of gentamicin may result in significant electrolyte disturbances in sick full-term infants.     

Prediction of the conformation of the histones

The secondary structures of the histones, H1, H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 have been predicted utilizing the predictive scheme of Chou and Fasman (Biochemistry 13:211, 222[1974]) and a new set of conformational parameters based on the X-ray data of 29 protein structures. The alpha-helical, beta-sheet, reverse beta-turns, and random coil regions of these proteins are carefully delineated. Structures are specified which are most probably under various environmental conditions, i.e., for changes in ionic strength, association between histones and in association with DNA. Potential conformational changes within these histones are also predicted.     

三十六湾矿区的水环境问题研究

针对三十六湾矿区的水环境问题,首先分析了三十六湾矿区存在的环境问题及原因;然后通过在甘溪河甘溪坪峡口内设置的四个取样点取样做尾砂污染物析出试验;进而得出甘溪河河床尾砂污染物析出存在一定的规律,说明了三十六湾矿区排放的尾砂及废水对甘溪河水质污染严重;最后对三十六湾矿区的水环境问题提出了一定的控制措施。     

Simulation of the solidification of the melt in the Vanyukov furnace in the case of emergency stoppage

A mathematical model of the Vanyukov furnace, which makes it possible to predict the behavior of an object in the emergency operational mode (upon the disconnection of the oxygen supply) and develop an effective system of additional heating which damps the consequences of the emergency mode and lowers the costs for the renovation of the furnace operation, is created. It is shown how solidification upon cooling the furnace with time is simulated using the enthalpy and porosity method. The mathematical model is adopted for existing production conditions, which are weakly defined. The energy characteristics of the mode for the solidifying furnace bath, which ensures its holding for a long time in the ready state to rapid firing, are found. Thus, the problem of excessively expensive furnace firing after prolonged production stoppage is solved in the conjugated statement with a calculation of the heating system of the overbath space.     

Evaluation of the medial soft-tissue restraints of the extensor mechanism of the knee

We performed an anatomical dissection of the medial soft-tissue retinacular fibers that restrain lateral patellar displacement and found that the medial patellofemoral ligament inserts not only on the patella but also on the undersurface of the distal aspect of the quadriceps mechanism. The deep capsular layer contained substantial retinacular fibers that were associated with the medial patellomeniscal ligament. Functional studies of the relative contributions of the medial soft-tissue restraints in the prevention of lateral patellar displacement were also performed. Twenty-five fresh-frozen specimens of the knee, obtained after amputations (nineteen specimens) or from cadavera (six specimens) were tested biomechanically on a universal testing instrument. We ranked the soft-tissue restraints, in order of their relative contributions to the restraining force, on the basis of the percentage of force provided by the retinacular and ligamentous tissue that resisted the lateral displacement of the patella. The medial patellofemoral ligament, although varying in size and importance, was found to be the major medial soft-tissue restraint that prevented lateral displacement of the distal knee-extensor mechanism, contributing an average of 53 per cent of the total force. The patellomeniscal ligament and associated retinacular fibers in the deep capsular layer of the knee, which were previously thought to be functionally unimportant in the stabilization of the patella, contributed an average of 22 per cent of the total force. The previously described retinacular fibers (the patellotibial band) were functionally unimportant in the prevention of lateral displacement.     

Study of the atrophy of the jaws

Examining 230 edentulous patients, a significant degree of atrophy in the maxilla and mandible relatively often has been found. Atrophy could be detected more often in the mandible of female patients. For these forms of manifestation, among others, systemic causes: osteoporosis, diabetes and periodontal disease could be found. The results and their classification may help to draw the attention in the course of treatment to strong dissimilarities or similarities of the edentulous mouth. The degree of atrophy observed on both jaw-bones--among other factors--is significant for the planning and prognosis when indicating total prosthetic treatment.     

钨矿矿区土壤多种重金属含量及赋存形态研究

以赣州市赣县王母渡镇东埠头钨矿矿区开采区、尾砂库、矿区附近河流沿岸及矿区土壤为研究对象,选择该矿区污染土壤样本21个,采用王水消煮法对土壤样品进行处理,运用等离子体发射光谱仪（ICP-AES）测定土壤样品中Pb、As、Hg、Cr、Cd、Zn、Cu、Ni的含量.选用修正的BCR法测定矿区土壤中重金属元素的赋存形态,结果表明：As、Zn、Cr、Pb、Ni在外界条件影响下可转换为可交换态,矿区中残留选矿剂对重金属赋存形态的影响较大,As、Cd污染较为严重.     

铸造起重机端梁铰接轴联接固定结构的改进设计

八钢二炼钢区域的大吨位冶金铸造起重机为四梁四轨双小车结构,在使用过程中出现连接固定失效、铰接轴非正常磨损的情况。起重机端梁铰接点连接失效会造成起重机主梁与副梁分离的严重设备事故。介绍了对原设计的结构方式进行的改进设计,改进后消除了铰接连接失效的事故隐患。     

Histostructure of the venous bed of the hemorrhoidal zone of the human rectum

In 90 preparations of the human rectum, venous vessels were studied. In all age groups, newborns and children including, trabecular veins with cone-shaped protrusions, intimal "cushons" and microvalves were revealed. In the columnar zone, on the lateral walls of the anal canal, they form cavernous bodies in arterio-venous anastomoses. In elderly and old-aged persons, as a result of myoelastofibrosis, thinning of the cavernous vein walls and partial hollowing of their lacunae take place.     

Osteoma of the base of the tongue

A 14-year-old girl developed a firm mass at the base of the tongue. Computed tomography indicated marked density suggesting either a foreign body or bony tissue. A thyroid scan confirmed the presence of a normally sized and positioned gland. The mass was removed in toto and found to be an osteoma. This is the first report of a case in which the diagnosis of this rare developmental lesion of the tongue was achieved preoperatively based on clinical and radiologic information. This experience should lead to greater awareness of this entity in the future. Recognition of this entity in the pediatric age group is especially useful in avoiding misdiagnosis of other, potentially more aggressive types of tongue mass lesions. Our case demonstrates that it is possible to detect this entity using computed tomography. The dense calcification is truly characteristic of the tumor and may be relied upon to exclude alternative soft tissue mass lesions. While other forms of osseous and cartilagenous neoplasms, such as extraskeletal osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma, have been reported arising in the tongue, their malignant nature should otherwise be readily apparent. Osteoma of the tongue is the favored diagnosis when mature bone tissue is imaged at the base of the tongue.     

Contribution of transplantations to the understanding of the role of the PLP gene

We present an overview of the results obtained in a cross-transplantation system using respectively controls, jimpy (jp), and shiverer mutant mice as donors and recipients. Homochronic transplantations (O days into O days) demonstrated that jp environment is non-toxic for non-jp cells and that, contrary to in vitro, jp oligodendrocytes phenotype cannot be modified by environmental factors at this age. Transplantations of embryonic fragments into the newborn brain demonstrated that in contrast to oligodendrocyte precursors contained in fragments of newborn tissue, jimpy embryonic stem cells are sensitive to environmental factors able to modulate the proportion of surviving oligodendrocytes. In addition, these series evidenced a disjunction between the surviving and the myelinating capacity of jp cells demonstrating a pleiotropic effect of the jp mutation on oligodendrocyte biology. Results are discussed with regards to the recent molecular biological finding on the role of the DM20/PLP gene.