构皮滩水电站观景供水系统大型长轴深井泵站设计

乌江构皮滩水电站大坝上游的观景供水系统，为满足上游水位变化的需要，设计成分阶段分级竖井供水的方式。供水设备选用高工效、低能耗的RJC型大型长轴深井泵，运行方式为开敞式串联运行，单机单台生产能力为1010m3／h，最大扬程96．51m，最大井下安装深度89．475m，经安装调试运行效果良好。大型长轴深井泵在乌江构皮滩水电站供水系统中的成功应用为中国类似工程泵站设计提供了很好的借鉴，也将促进中国大型长轴深井泵的进一步发展。     

Chest radiographic data acquisition and quality assurance in multicenter studies

Dorsal fusion with the internal fixator has become the standard treatment of instabilities and deformities of the thoracolumbar spine. With our new device, the modular spine fixator (MSF), which has been specially designed for short-distance instrumentations, we have increasingly been treating unstable injuries of the thoracolumbar spine by one-level stabilization. Prerequisite is an accurate evaluation of the indication, including CT and MRI to assess the involvement of the intervertebral disc and the ligamental structures. The operative technique differs in some details from the procedure in more-multi-level instrumentations, especially concerning the application of the pedicle screws. The instrumentation is always combined with posterior allogenic bone grafting. Since the beginning of 1993 we also perform anterior autogenic transpedicular bone grafting. Between January 1991 and July 1995, 57 one-level stabilizations with the MSF were performed. Of the 57 patients operated on 39, 27 men and 12 women, with an average age of 41 years, have had a clinical and radiographic follow-up examination so far, on average, 27 months after the accident. Seventeen patients were completely free of pain and 17 patients (were only) sensitive to weather changes or had minor pain during great physical stress. Five patients had pain even during slight physical stress or at rest. The preoperatively measured Cobb angle was 15.1 degrees on average, after the operation 5.2 degrees, and at the time of the follow-up examination amounted to 8.1 degrees. The patients' range of motion was normal. Only five minor complications have been seen. No implant fatigue failure has been noted in this series. We derive from these results that, for correct indications, one-level stabilization can be performed successfully and should be firmly established in the operative treatment of unstable fractures of the thoracolumbar spine.