Ultrastructural studies of spermiogenesis in rabbit exposed to chronic fluoride toxicity

OBJECTIVE: To compare skinfold thickness measurements with bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a measure of body fat for use in a survey of children (the National Study of Health and Growth). DESIGN: Part cross-sectional, part repeated measurement study. SETTING: A junior school in Bath. SUBJECTS: 42 boys and 33 girls aged from 9 to 11 years. INTERVENTIONS: Measurements of BIA, height, weight, and triceps, biceps, subscapular and suprailiac skinfolds. RESULTS: All measurements were highly repeatable with intraclass correlation coefficients > 0.90. The level of agreement between estimates of percentage of body fat derived from prediction equations based on impedance or skinfold measurements respectively was poor: the mean difference (impedance estimate minus skinfold estimate) was 4.67% (95% range -3.47 to 12.82) for boys and 7.81% (95% range 1.27 to 14.34) for girls. The two estimates were found to correlate highly (r = 0.83 for boys and r = 0.81 for girls) because weight, used to convert estimates of fat-free mass derived from impedance to fat mass, was highly correlated with impedance and moderately highly correlated with skinfold thicknesses. The correlations of resistance (R) and (H)2/R with skinfold thicknesses were very low. There was a moderate correlation of R and H2/R with log(weight-for-height index), but lower than that of log(weight-for-height index) with each of the skinfolds. CONCLUSIONS: As currently available equations for converting impedance-based estimates of total body water to fat mass are not fully developed for use in children of varying ages, estimates of body fat calculated from skinfold thickness measurements remain preferable in epidemiological studies of children's health and growth.     

An annular slot antenna on a dielectric half-space

The radiation properties of both singly and multiply fed annular slot antennas on a dielectric/air interface have been analyzed using Galerkin's method applied in the Hankel transform domain. The validity of our method has been confirmed through comparison with both theoretical and experimental results. The magic slot configuration has also been studied. The polarization diversity of this radiator makes it suitable for implementing a quasioptical balanced mixer     

An approximate method for computing performance-related reliability of gracefully degrading systems

Using existing methods, the computation of performance-related reliability (PRR) of large-scale gracefully degrading systems is very tedious and time consuming. In this paper, the behaviour of such systems is respectively modeled as two types of diffusion processes according to their reconfiguration coverage. If the coverage is 1 (i.e. the reconfiguration is always successful), it is modeled as a regular diffusion. If, on the other hand, the coverage is less than one, it is modeled as diffusion with killing. Kolmogorov backward equations for regular diffusion processes and for diffusions with killing are then applied to compute the PRR. The methods have been applied in several examples, and the results satisfactorily agree with the accurate results.     

补偿元件对载体催化元件输出特性的影响

阐述了矿井瓦斯传感器－载体催化元件在应用中，补偿元件发挥的作用和工作原理，着重分析了补偿元件对载体催化元件输出特性的影响，探讨了提高线性补偿效果的方法。     

蚕庄金矿倾斜采场的地压研究

本文使用工程地质、室内试验及数值分析的方法对蚕庄金矿的倾斜矿房的地压活动规律进行了研究，得出了一些有价值的结论。     

冷41-平14"L"型水平井轨迹优化与控制技术

冷41-平14井受地面条件的限制,靶前位移小,为保证中间套管和完井管柱的顺利下入,剖面设计为“反向造斜-稳斜-降斜-正向造斜-水平段”的“L”型。简要介绍了冷41-平14“L”型水平井的设计概况,详细介绍了该井井眼轨道优化设计原则和设计结果,以及实钻井眼轨迹连续控制技术。该井精确命中A、B靶,两靶处的井斜角、方位角和垂深等达到了设计要求,在A靶实现了软着陆。该井井眼轨道优化设计和井眼轨迹控制技术为类似水平井的井眼轨道设计和轨迹控制提供了有益的借鉴。     

钢管机械扩径工艺研究

介绍了大口径直缝焊管机械扩径的优点，原理及扩径力的计算，找出影响扩径力及扩径头寿命的因素。