Oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon isotopic compositions in deep sea cherts, porcellanites, and coexisting carbonates from DSDP Legs 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16, 17, and 20

Seventy four samples of DSDP recovered cherts of Jurassic to Miocene age from varying locations, and 27 samples of on-land exposed cherts were analyzed for the isotopic composition of their oxygen and hydrogen. These studies were accompanied by mineralogical analyses and some isotopic analyses of the coexisting carbonates. d18O of chert ranges between 27 and 39%. relative to SMOW, d18O of porcellanite - between 30 and 42%. The consistent enrichment of opal-CT in porcellanites in 18O with respect to coexisting microcrystalline quartz in chert is probably a reflection of a different temperature (depth) of diagenesis of the two phases. d18O of deep sea cherts generally decrease with increasing age, indicating an overall cpoling of the ocean bottom during the last 150 m.y. A comparison of this trend with that recorded by benthonic foraminifera (Douglas and Savin, 1975; http://www.deepseadrilling.org/32/volume/dsdp32_15.pdf) indicates the possibility of d18O in deep sea cherts not being frozen in until several tens of millions of years after deposition. Cherts of any Age show a spread of d18O values, increasing diagenesis being reflected in a lowering of d18O. Drusy quartz has the lowest d18O values. On-land exposed cherts are consistently depleted in 18O in comparison to their deep sea time equivalent cherts. Water extracted from deep sea cherts ranges between 0.5 and 1.4 wt %. dD of this water ranges between -78 and -95%. and is not a function of d18O of the cherts (or the temperature of their formation).

Comportamiento agronómico de diecisiete materiales genéticos de tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) bajo las condiciones ambientales del Valle de Sébaco, Matagalpa

El trabajo investigativo se realizó en la Estación Experimental ̈Raúl González del Valle de Sébaco, Matagalpa del 14 de Noviembre del 2002 al 21 de Marzo del 2003. Evaluándose 15 cultivares de tomate, de los cuales 10 eran de tipo industrial y 5 de mesa proveniente del AVRDC (Centro Asiático de Investigación en Hortalizas y Desarrollo) de Taiwán, y dos israelitas Ty -4 y Ty-13. Los objetivos que se perseguían eran: determinar el número de mosca blanca (Bemisia tabaci Genn) por planta, la tolerancia de los cultivares a la virosis transmitida por éste, evaluar variables de crecimiento y de rendimiento. El diseño experimental utilizado fue unifactorial en bloques completamente al azar (BCA) con cuatro réplicas y 17 tratamientos. Los cultivares israelitas mostraron el mayor número de mosca blanca, y una severidad de virosis de 3 (mosaico y corrugado de hojas generalizado) en la escala de 1 - 5 utilizada por el CEVAS. Los cultivares FMTT-907 y FMTT-934 presentaron las mayores alturas con valores de 86.75 y 86.35cm. Los cultivares Ty-13 y Ty-4 obtuvieron los mayores rendimientos con 14,140 y 10,699 kg/ha, debido a que estos presentaron frutos más grandes y mostraron tolerancia a la virosis transmitida por mosca blanca, lo que se refleja en un mejor rendimiento.

生物系统中的对称性

该文是在讨论生物系统中的非线性问题(刘次全等, 1992)的基础上, 进而讨论生物系统的对称性问题. 重点分析了生物系统在分子层次的对称性以及在生命进化和发展中对称性逐步破缺的过程。

Lethal effect of high concentrations of Parecoxib and Flunixin meglumine on the in vitro culture of bovine embryos

Since cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors have been pointed out as potential treatments to increase pregnancy rates after embryo transfer, the present experiment aimed to evaluate the effects of flunixin meglumine (FM) and parecoxib (P), a COX-1 and 2 or COX-2 specific inhibitor, respectively, on the development of bovine embryos until the hatched blastocyst stage. In vitro produced bovine embryos were cultured in media with different concentrations of FM (0.14; 1.4; 14; 140 or 1400 mu g/ml) or P (0.09; 0.9; 9; 90 or 900 mu g/ml) and the production rates were evaluated. Concentrations of FM <= 14 mu g/ml and P <= 90 mu g/ml did not impair embryo development, although compiled data from non-lethal FM concentrations (<= 14 mu g/ml) indicated a toxic effect enough to decrease the hatching rate of blastocysts. Concentrations of FM at 140 and 1400 mu g/ml and P at 900 mu g/ml were lethal as no cleavage was detected on presumptive zygotes.