Equilibrium-dialysis studies of the interaction between cholic acid and 100000g-supernatant preparations from the rat liver

1. The binding of cholic acid to 100000g supernatants from rat livers was investigated by equilibrium dialysis and gel-exculsion chromatography. 2. Supernatants were found to contain at least two classes of binding site for cholic acid. 3. These recptor molecules are probably proteins since incubation with proteolytic enzymes resulted in complete loss of cholic acid binding. 4. Supernatants were added to columns of Sephadex G-75, and two groups of fractions were shown to bind cholic acid. One of these contained low-affinity binding sites and the other contained both low- and high-affinity binding sites. 5. Feeding cholestyramine had no effect on cholic acid binding. 6. Increased cholic acid binding occurred after injection of phenobarbitone. There was an increase in the amount of the low-affinity component but no change in the high-affinity component. 7. The dissociation constants of the binding of cholic acid suggest that the binding proteins may be involved in bile acid transport.     

Pathogenicity of K. ozaenae for mice and chick embryos

The authors tested the virulence of K. ozaenae--its old museum strains, the freshly isolated ones and those passaged on meat-peptone agar; experiments were carried out on mice and chick embryos. To mice the culture was administered intraperitoneally, subcutaneously, intranasally, and to embryos--into the allantoic cavity and on the chorioallantoic membrane. Irrespective of the method of administration, the freshly isolated strains were highly virulent both for mice and for chick embryos. The virulence of such strains decreased in the process of passaging on the nutrient medium. Old museum strains were of low virulence for albino mice and avirulent for chick embryos. In comparing the virulent and avirulent strains there were found no differences in the antigenic structure and toxicity of the Boiven complex, cytoplasm, membrane, capsular polysaccharide or whole virulent and avirulent bacteria killed by heating.     

Malignant tumors of the pleura in the post-pneumothoracic cavities

The single nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR) was determined in superficial (S) and juxtamedullary (JM) nephrons of 10 anesthetized rabbits by the 14C ferrocyanide infusion technique. The length of the proximal tubules and the volume of the glomeruli were also determined for the same nephrons. SNGFR was higher in JM than in S: 28.6 +/- 3.4 versus 22.6 +/- 3.0 nl/min, P less than 0.001. In JM nephrons, glomeruli were larger than in S: 1.3 +/- 0.1 versus 0.9 +/- 0.1 nl, P less than 0.001, whereas there was no difference between proximal tubule length in either category (s, 8.7 +/- 0.3 and JM, 8.9 +/- 0.5 mm). In 6 out of 8 animals, SNGFR was significantly correlated to glomerular volume. Lack of correlation was observed between SNGFR and length of proximal tubule in all animals but one. These results show that the rabbit, as well as small rodents and the dog, has a higher SNGFR in juxtamedullary than superficial glomeruli. Although this functional difference is not related to the length of the proximal tubule in each individual animal, the ratio between the mean SNGFR value and the mean length of the proximal tubule in superficial rabbit nephrons is similar to the ratio found in other species.     

3O钨-铜爆炸成形弹丸（EFP）药型罩制备技术研究

本文研究了30w—CuEFP药型罩的制备及成形性能。研究采用了普通钨粉、铜粉和超细钨铜复合粉制备两种不同的棒材,然后测试棒材的锻造性能,最后选用普通钨铜材料制备EFP药型罩。结果表明,采用普通钨粉、铜粉刺备的材料具有较好的压力加工性能。制备的30W—CuEFP药型罩的材料的致密度达98％理论密度,退火后材料的抗拉强度达到320MPa,延伸率达17％。     

Evidence for retarded kidney growth in sudden infant death syndrome

The aim of the study was to compare the growth rate of the kidneys of infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and control babies under 1 year; 227 infants who died in St. Petersburg from 1983 to 1990 and who met the criteria for SIDS were included in the study; 138 infants who died suddenly of respiratory infections within the same period constituted a control group. The infants did not have signs of dehydration, malformations, tumours or intrauterine infections. Morphologically the kidneys were intact. Factors which might influence the weight of the kidneys at the time of death were: the cause of death (whether SIDS or not), gender, gestational age, weight, length and ponderal index at birth, age, weight and length at death. Stepwise (forward) linear regression analysis identified three variables which in combination most accurately and independently influenced the predicted weight of the kidneys. These were the cause of death, gender and weight at the time of death. The weight of the kidneys increased by 6.0 g for each increase in total body weight of 1,000 g [95% confidence interval (CI) 5.0-7.0 g], in boys the kidney weight was 3.3 g (95% CI 1.6-5.0 g) higher than in girls and in the SIDS babies kidney weight was 2.5 g (95% CI 0.8-4.2 g) less than controls. Delayed kidney growth may be an indicator of increased risk of SIDS in infants under 1 year and may contribute in some cases.     

Ozone therapy of diffuse peritonitis in the early postoperative period

The functional status of the oxidative-antioxidative system was studied in 72 patients after vast cancer operations. Traditional surgical treatment and its combination with intraoperative irradiation were shown to lead to tense antioxidative defense and to suppressed T-cell immunity and to call for antioxidative and immunomodulating therapy. High intraoperative blood loss complicated by hemorrhagic shock injured the oxidative-antioxidative system greatly. The magnitude of this damage correlated with the rate of prehypoxia. Addition of the potent antioxidant Ceruloplasmin to the drug regimen normalized a recovery period, helped to correct posthypoxic multiorgan insufficiency, to recover oxidative-antioxidative balance, and to decrease the incidence of pyoinflammatory complications. Patients with endogenous intoxication showed activated lipid peroxidation, decreased functional activity of antioxidative defense components and of T-cell immunity in homeostasis. The use of Ceruloplasmin and Laprot had pronounced antiinflammatory and detoxifying effects on the patient's body and activated its antioxidative defense.     

自动指纹识别系统中指纹图像分割方法的研究

在研究和分析传统的指纹分割方法：方差法和方向图法的基础上,介绍了一种基于最大类间方差的指纹图像分割方法,并将它和方向图法合理结合,然后提出了一种新的基于方向图和最大类间方差的复合分割方法。该复合分割方法的优点是不仅具有良好的分割效果,而且该方法在运算速度上比传统方法更快,更适合于实时处理。     

修正时间硬化理论的PBX蠕变模型及其应用

利用基于修正时间硬化理论的蠕变模型来模拟炸药部件的短时蠕变行为。以HMX基PBX的15次单轴压缩蠕变实验数据确定了15组模型参数,抽取3组利用ANSYS软件进行模拟实验来验证模型。根据正态分布小概率原理最终确定了通用的蠕变模型参数。应用获得的蠕变模型对真空吸附作用下的该型PBX部件进行蠕变仿真,获得其在1h内的蠕变变形。理论分析和数值模拟结果表明,该模型能很好地描述HMX基PBX的蠕变特性,可以运用于机械加工过程中炸药部件受夹持力作用的短时蠕变仿真。