Advances in the management of bronchial asthma

The ultrastructure of rat precorneal tear film was visualized by the quick freezing-freeze substitution (QF-FS) method and the conventional fixative method under the scanning electron microscope (SEM). In the QF-FS method, the eyeballs of rats were quickly frozen with an isopentane-propane mixture cooled by liquid nitrogen applied directly to the eyes. After enucleating the eyes and fracturing the frozen corneas, the corneas were prepared for SEM observation. In contrast to the conventional fixative method, by which the microvilli of the surface epithelial cells could be visualized clearly, a very thin membrane-like structure was observed to cover the corneal surface in the eyes prepared by the QF-Fs method. Between the membrane-like structure and corneal surface, a homogeneous and fine network-like structure was observed. The results suggest that the structure of the tear film might be different from the one we have believed to consist of three layers until now. The QF-FS method is considered to be useful for the morphological study of the precorneal tear film.     

工作面煤层底板注浆改造工艺在车集矿的应用

介绍了车集矿2404工作面底板注浆改造工艺实践经验、成果及效果评价与验证，解决了在典型的华北型沉积煤田高水压、厚隔水层、复杂的裂隙条件下进行井下造浆、注浆等防治水方面的难题。     

纤维表面处理对植物纤维增强水泥的物理力学性能影响

植物纤维增强水泥的力学性能具有湿敏感性，随湿度增加弯曲强度下降幅度较大。本文工作采用的几种浸渍处理纤维表面的方法，有效地改善了这种状况，其中一种经处理的纤维增强水泥较没有处理的对比试样在饱水状态下的弯曲强度提高了67％，气干状态提高了18％，缩小了二者间的差距。     

岩石样品中铷的中子活化分析

研究了苦味酸溶液的ｐＨ变化对用１８－Ｃ－６（１８Ｃ６）的硝基苯溶液定量萃取Ｒｂ的影响及１８Ｃ６浓度变化对定量萃取Ｒｂ的影响，确定了定量反萃Ｒｂ的实验条件。作出了磷酸锆无机离子交换柱上的Ｒｂ－Ｃｓ分离曲线。测定了岩石样品的微量Ｒｂ和痕量＾８４Ｒｂ。     

PYY in developing murine islet cells: comparisons to development of islet hormones, NPY, and BrdU incorporation

Exhaustive characterizations of antisera to the structurally related peptides pancreatic polypeptide (PP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), and peptide YY (PYY) enabled us to establish the developmental pattern of these peptides in rat and mouse pancreas. PYY was the earliest detectable peptide and was present in all early appearing endocrine cell types. NPY appeared later and occurred exclusively in a subpopulation of insulin cells, whereas PP cells arose latest. At the earliest stage studied, all endocrine cells stored PYY. Most of these cells also contained glucagon. Subsequently, the endocrine cells comprised glucagon+PYY cells and glucagon+PYY+insulin cells. Later, cells storing either only insulin or insulin+PYY appeared. Quantitations of the relative numbers of these cell populations during development were consistent with a precursor role of triple-positive (insulin+glucagon+PYY) cells. Moreover, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) injections at E15.5 showed that a large percentage of triple-positive cells were in S-phase and therefore were actively dividing, whereas almost no pure insulin cells or insulin+PYY cells synthesized DNA at this time. These results suggest that PYY-positive endocrine cells may represent precursors for mature islet cells.