The pattern of inflammation in rat sepsis due to enterotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison with ischemia-reperfusion injury

Sepsis and trauma have similarities in their immunopathologic profiles. Both conditions can result in multi-system organ failure which is sometimes associated with cytokine generation and inflammatory cell activation. Furthermore, decreases in peripheral blood monocyte expression of HLA-DR have been noted in both human sepsis and trauma. However, the magnitude, onset, and time course of such stimuli are often difficult to ascertain in human studies. Thus, to study a more detailed in vivo immunologic profile in these conditions, rat models were employed. Our aim was to describe and analyze cytokine and peripheral blood immunophenotype patterns in bacterially induced rat sepsis and to compare this to rat ischemia-reperfusion injury. Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either bacterial injection with enterotoxin producing Staphylococcus aureus or hind limb ischemia/ reperfusion. Two bacterial doses which were either lethal or sublethal at 24-48 hours were utilized. Peripheral blood neutrophils and B-lymphocytes were studied for expression of beta-integrins (CD11b and CD11b/c) and I-A, respectively, using flow cytometry. Corresponding plasma levels of TNF alpha and interferon gamma were measured by ELISA. At 24 hr, a lethal bacterial lethal bacterial dose injection resulted in significantly higher levels of neutrophil CD11b/c expression (p < 0.005) compared with ischemia-reperfusion treatment. B-cell I-A expression was also higher in lethal sepsis. Gamma interferon levels were significantly higher in lethal sepsis compared with ischemia-reperfusion (p = 0.005). Studies over time showed that CD11b expression and interferon gamma were both more marked at 6 hr than at 24 hr in lethal sepsis. This pattern was not observed in sublethal sepsis or in ischemia-reperfusion. CD11b/c expression on the other hand remained elevated at comparable levels at 6 and 24 hr in lethal sepsis. B-cell I-A expression in ischemia-reperfusion and sublethal sepsis decreased at 24 hr compared with baseline. Lethal sepsis in rats injected with enterotoxin producing staphylococcus results in phasic alterations in neutrophil CD11b and plasma interferon levels prior to death. In analogy to the findings of monocyte decreases in DR expression observed in human trauma and sepsis, rat B-cell I-A expression showed decreases in sublethal sepsis as well as in ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, this was not observed in lethal sepsis. These findings have implications in understanding the immunologic/inflammatory changes observed in human sepsis and trauma.     

用局域光束质量因子M_L来描述新光束

应用局域光束质量因子ＭＬ的概念来描述等效光束质量因子Ｍ＜１的新光束，并与基模输出特性作了比较与分析     

注入种子CuBr激光器中的光谱控制

报道了采用注入种子方法．对ＣｕＢｒ激光器进行激光模式控制的实验结果。实现了单纵模ＣｕＢｒ激光脉冲的注入放大，获得了功率为１００ｍＷ水平的窄线宽铜激光辐射．在理论上分析了短脉冲高增益激光器中注入种子过程，讨论了在注入种子ＣｕＢｒ激光器中进行光谱控制的实验结果．     

流延热释电厚膜陶瓷制备单元红外探测器

本文报道采用流延法制备的热释电厚膜陶瓷材料直接装配的单元红外探测器，该方法大大简化了目前探测器的制备工艺，极大地提高了材料的利用率，器件的性能也达到了目前探测器的水平。     

The effect of triaxial stress on ductility and fracture morphology of ferritic spheroidal graphite cast iron

Four ferritic spheroidal graphite (SG) cast irons of different graphite nodule interparticle spacings were prepared for a tensile experiment. The results indicate a decreasing ductility with increasing nodule spacing. Transition from pure dimple to a mixed mode of dimple and cleavage occurs when the nodule spacing reaches a critical value. The data of the S.G. cast iron possessing the largest nodule spacing reveal that the ductility is increased by raising the superposed hydrostatic pressure. The mixed mode of dimple and cleavage fractures of this SG cast iron, which occurs under normal pressure, is replaced by pure dimple fracture under all the hydrostatic pressure conditions. These results are analyzed in this article in terms of the triaxiality ratio at the ferrite center region. The higher the local triaxiality ratio, the lower the ductility and the larger the chance for cleavage fracture to occur.     

粉煤灰少熟料水泥的研究

采用复合外加剂充分激发粉煤灰潜在活性，配制出早期强度较高的３２５＃少熟料水泥。本文介绍该水泥的配制原理与方法，分析了代替普通水泥配制建筑砂浆的可行性。     

Sociodemographic factors of Pap smear screening in Taiwan

We report the differences between using either EDTA plasma or serum in a turbidimetric assay for quantitation of C-reactive protein (CRP). A systematic discrepancy was found for these two sample materials. This was most pronounced in the low concentration range (below 20 mg1(-1)) at which lower values were found in serum than in EDTA plasma. Conversely, in the high concentration range, serum showed slightly higher values. Addition of K3-EDTA to the reaction buffer improved the kinetics for sera with low concentrations of CRP, thus increasing the sensitivity of the assay. We found an overall constant discrepancy of approximately 8% lower values in plasma than in serum (equally for low and high levels of CRP) after the addition of K3-EDTA. The most probable explanation for this effect seems to be the differing water content of serum and EDTA plasma. We discuss the role and function of EDTA in the CRP assay and suggest some hypothetical mechanisms.     

一种弧焊机器人实时激光扫描视觉系统

研制了一种小型高精度弧焊机器人实时激光扫描视觉系统，对其各项性能进行了测试，并进行了抗电弧光干扰试验，结果表明，此系统精度高，抗干扰能力强，检测范围宽，能广泛地应秀于机器人和自动化焊接中。     

Histomorphometric study in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

There is agreement on the clinical diagnostic criteria for acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP/GBS) however, there is lack of consensus for detection of demyelination. In order to critically evaluate the prevailing criteria, sixty-six patients who fulfilled NINCDS criteria and had typical features of GBS were studied for electrophysiological abnormalities of peripheral nerves by using standard methods (median, common peroneal, sural and ulnar) between 1 to 12 weeks after the onset of symptoms. The commonest abnormality on motor nerve conduction study was prolonged distal latency (75%-83%) followed by reduction in CMAP amplitude (63%-82%), decreased velocity (48%-62%), conduction block (17%-39%) and f-wave abnormalities (37.8%-59%). Sensory conduction abnormalities were detected in over 20% of median, 25% of ulnar and 33% of sural nerves. All the patients had abnormality of at least two motor conduction parameters in one nerve when values beyond 2 SD of the mean were considered abnormal and over 70% of patients had three abnormalities in two nerves or two abnormalities in three nerves. Comparison with the prevailing criteria for demyelination revealed that the number of patients fulfilling them varied widely: Albers et al. (1985): 74.2%, Albers et al. (1989): 40.9% and Cornblath: 30.3%. We believe that the current criteria for detection of demyelination in acute neuropathy are too strict, underestimate the underlying pathology in GBS and need reassessment.