氟、氯对热液钨、铜成矿的制约-以江西德兴铜矿、大吉山钨矿为例

矿化剂在热液矿床成矿过程中的重要作用一直为人们所关注，矿化剂地球化学行为直接影响成矿元素的富集成矿，不同的矿化剂元素可能对金属成矿具有一定的专属性。本文以著名的江西德兴铜厂超大型斑岩铜矿床和大吉山钨矿床作为研究对象，研究F、Cl与W、Cu成矿的关系。主要的认识如下：（1）F在花岗质岩浆中，可以降低岩浆的粘度、密度、固液相线温度、改变熔体结构，而Cl对熔体结构没有多大的影响。F在流体一花岗质熔体相间，绝大多数配分系数小于1.0，趋向于熔体相中配分，DF随体系中F浓度的升高而增加。Cl在流体一花岗质熔体相间的配分系数均大于1.0，且Dc1 随体系中Cl浓度的升高而增大·Cl强烈地趋向富集于流体相中。（2）Cu在流体一花岗质熔体作用过程中，铜总趋向于流体相中分布（DCu都大于1）。特别是在富Cl流体中Cu浓度较高，说明在富含Cl的热液流体能够从共存的熔体中活化迁移出大量的 Cu，S的加入DCu有降低的趋势。钨趋向于熔体相中富集，其配分系数大多小于1.0。（3）德兴铜厂花岗闪长斑岩属钙碱性系列岩石属I型花岗岩类，具有埃达克岩的特征。岩浆来源于深部，在结晶演化过程中发生了围岩物质的混染，这种高铜含量围岩的混染使成矿物质在岩浆中得到富集，有利于铜的活化、迁移。在铜厂岩体不同的蚀变带中，SiO2、K2O、Cu、Mo等从新鲜斑岩甚至弱蚀变带中带出，而在强蚀变带强烈富集，Cl同样有在强蚀变岩石中富集的趋势；而Na2O、Fe从斑岩体中带出，进入流体相中，流体中大量Fe的存在，有利于铜的沉淀、富集成矿。（4）德兴铜厂斑岩体微量元素和稀土元素地球化学特征表明，该岩体发生了流体一熔体作用，分异出来的流体是一种相对富氯的流体，同时成矿流体的流向是从岩体中心向接触带方向流动。（5）大吉山花岗岩具有高SiO2、A/CNK值，显示过铝质特点。黑云母花岗岩是壳源花岗岩但又受到慢源岩浆或慢源流体的影响。随着花岗岩的演化（从I→II→III）SiO2、K2O＋Na2O逐渐增加，ΣFe、Al2O3、CaO、F含量降低，为成矿提供了大量的矿化剂（F）和沉淀剂（Fe、Ca）。Eu负异常从I至III阶段花岗岩逐渐加强，表明该岩浆经历了高度的分异演化。（6）大吉山花岗岩类稀土元素具有“四重效应”配分的特点以及微量元素对玲Rb、Y/Ho、Zr/Hf以及Nb／Ta发生明显分异，暗示在花岗岩岩浆的演化过程中，经历了充分的流体一熔体作用，同时分异出大量富含F、W等矿化剂元素和成矿元素的热液流体，致使钨矿的形成。大吉山石英脉型钨矿的成矿年龄大约在155 Ma。（7）通过对成矿流体和花岗质岩石黑云母、白云母中卤素相对逸度的研究（log(H2O/fHCl）fluid、log（fHF/fHCl）fluid）发现，铜厂斑岩型铜矿床的成矿体系是相对富氯体系，而大吉山石英脉型钨矿床成矿体系相对富氟，同时氟可能主要迁移W、Sn、Nb、Ta等金属元素。（8）结合斑岩型铜矿床成矿流体特征，铜主要以C1的络合物形式存在和迁移，迁移形式主要是CuCl0、CuCl2等。石英脉型钨矿床中，钨主要以钨酸、钨酸盐及其离解形式存在和迁移，如WO42-、HWO4-、NaHWO4、Naw伍．等；在高度富氟的成矿流体中，钨的氟氧络合物（如WO3F-，WO2F42-等）对钨迁移也具有重要的作用。因此，不同矿化剂类型具有一定的成矿专属性，热液铜矿床主要与Cl、S有 关，而热液钨矿床大多与F有关。

磷矿的形成与Rodinia超大陆裂解、生物爆发的关系-以贵州瓮安、开阳、织金磷矿床为例

贵州省分布有两期大型磷矿：震旦纪陡山沱期和早寒武纪梅树村时期。在这两期磷矿中分别发育有瓮安生物群和小壳动物梅树村生物群，这两个生物群代表了生命早期演化过程中的两次爆发事件。由此推测磷矿的形成可能与生物的爆发存在某种联系。另外，已有研究表明，磷矿层下伏的南沱冰碳岩和上覆的灯影帽碳酸盐的形成都与晚元古代末的Rodini。超大陆裂解相关，那么沉积于它们之间的磷矿也可能与Rodinia超大陆裂解相关联。研究磷矿形成、Rodinia超大陆裂解及生物爆发三者之间的关系对揭示磷矿的物质来源、成矿环境、构造条件、成因机制等有重要的理论意义；对解决全球范围晚元古代地层、几次生物爆发事件和．冰川事件的对比问题等有极其重要的理论和实际意义。本文以晚元古代陡山沱期（瓮安、开阳）和早寒武纪（织金）磷矿床为研究对象，借鉴岩相学、古生物学、元素地球化学、同位素地球化学、有机地球化学及Sm-Nd、Rb-Sr同位素定年等方法，讨论磷矿的形成与Rodini。超大陆裂解、生物爆发之间的关系。论文主要获得了以下几个方面的认识：研究了三个矿床的主要地质特征，表明寒武纪织金磷矿床的磷品位低于陡山沱期磷矿床。瓮安、织金磷矿床形成于氧化带环境，而开阳磷矿床形成于亚氧化带环境。确定了三个矿床的成矿时代。同位素年代学得出陡山沱组磷矿床形成年龄为583±19Ma（Sm-Nd法）、588±8.6Ma和582±7.7Ma（Rb-Sr法），寒武纪磷矿床的形成年龄为542±23Ma（Sm-Nd法）和541±12Ma（Rb-Sr法）。震旦纪陡山沱期和寒武纪梅树村期磷矿床的形成时代与华南地块从Rodinia超大陆中裂解漂移出来的时间（600Ma～550Ma、540Ma）相耦合，为Rodinia超大陆裂解事件与磷矿床的形成存在密切成因联系提供了年代学方面的证据。对三个磷矿床进行的大量地质地球化学研究表明：Rodinia超大陆裂解为磷矿的形成提供了热液源和慢源成矿物质，并造成了大规模的低温热液成矿作用。研究了发育于陡山沱组和寒武纪含磷地层中的瓮安生物群和梅树村小壳生物群爆发的原因，表明Rodini。超大陆裂解造成了两次生物大爆发。超大陆裂解引发地球化学异常，导致了生物的大发展。讨论了地层中生物与磷的关系。地质证据、伴生微量元素证据、磷灰石矿物地球化学证据及有机地球化学证据表明，生物有机质直接或间接地参与了成磷作用。其中生物直接参与成磷作用主要发生在成矿过程的磷质吸取阶段，同时也见于地球化学富集阶段还原型细菌活跃的成岩带中；有机质间接成磷作用主要发生在磷块岩成矿过程的地球化学富集阶段和物理富集阶段。总结了磷矿的形成与Rodinia超大陆裂解、生物爆发之间的关系，Rodinia超大陆裂解为磷矿的形成提供了热液源和慢源的成矿物质；同时引发了生物的大爆发，而生物大爆发则促进了成矿物质的超常聚集和大规模成矿。

广西贺县龙水金矿床的同位素地球化学研究及成因探讨

广西贺县龙水金矿位于湘桂稳定区，桂粤交界山脉的北段，博白-茶陵深断裂的西侧，区内广泛发育加里东期到燕山期的花岗岩，出露的基底地层主要为震旦系到寒武系。本文主要研究龙水金矿II号矿化带。该带位于寒武系水口群清溪亚群和大宁花岗闪长岩体的接触带附近，围岩为寒武系的碳质板岩，矿脉为硫化物石英脉，主要有黄铁矿、方铅矿、闪锌矿和石英等矿物。金矿化与硫化物密切相关。主要的金矿物为银金矿，少许自然金。确定金矿床的成矿年龄一直是个比较刺手的问题。本文选择矿脉中信为是成矿期的石英作为Rb-Sr等时年龄测定的对象，是基于其纯净和其中的原生气液包体基本可代表成矿热液的特征。结果表明其Rb-Sr等时年龄为120.5Ma，并认为此年龄代表了成矿年龄。有石英Rb-Sr等时线的~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr初始比为0.732089, 与矿脉中碳酸相加矿物的Sr同位素比值（约为0.7337-0.7402）一起，表明Sr应是来自地壳的富Rb盐矿物的Sr源区。另外，为了与围岩的蚀变年龄对比，测定了近矿围岩的Rb、Sr同位素组成，结果形成两条等时线，年龄分别为245.9 Ma和173.6 Ma，表明成矿以前至少发生了两次地质事件，导致了Sr同位素的均一化。这两次地质事件分别与华南的东吴运动及燕山运动第一幕相对应。矿石Pb同位素的~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb、 ~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb 和~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb 分别在18.4-18.9、15.6-16.1和38.4-39.6的范围内，并在~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb vs ~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb坐标图上呈现出斜率为1左右的线性排布。只有个别数据点要以得出依据Doe模式的模式年龄，约为200 Ma。在Zart,am Pb构造模式中，矿石Pb同位素数据大部分位于上地壳Pb线以上，呈现出富放射性成因Pb的特征。为了解释异常Pb的成因，本文进行了定量计算。结果表明矿石Pb为古老的存留地壳Pb与少地幔源Pb的混合，即矿石Pb同位素经历了这样的演化过程：在39-29.8亿年间由地幔分异出的地壳 Pb，未参与壳幔循环作用，一直到燕山期，与少量幔源Pb混合，并加入成矿。混合μ值为9.85-10.22。矿石的地质情况及矿石Pb同位素的Δα-Δβ-Δγ示踪结果均支持这一结论。本文初次研究了脉石英中的U、Pb同位素组成。脉石英中Ｕ含量很低。Pb同位素组成基本可以划分为两组，一组为与方铅矿数据近似的普通Pb组成，另一组则较富放射性成因Pb，并向围岩的Pb同位素组成漂移，可能是随着热液的演化和大气降水的加入，受围岩Pb的影响所致。矿脉中硫化物样品的S同位素比值（加权平均为0.16‰）和碳酸盐矿物样品的C同位素比值（在-0.1～-4.1‰的范围内），表明其应为内生来源。根据脉石英的气液包体均一温度（180-250 ），计算与脉石英存在0同位素平衡的热液的同位素的同位素组成，结果为1.2～-4.8‰，表明有大气降水的参与。石英气液包体水溶液为弱碱性，其成分分析表明其中K_2O/Na_2和CaO/MgO（分别根据K~+/Na~+和Ca~(2+)/Mg~(2+)的换算）与围岩相差很大。另外，矿石中微量元素主要为Au、A2g、Cu、Pb、Zn、Co、Ni、Mo、Bi、Ga、As、Sb、和Hg，而围岩中微量元素则主要为Cu、Ni、Mn、V、Zr、Ti、Cr和Ba。因此，热液中成矿元素主要不是来自围岩。黄铁矿的Co/Ni、S/Se/的比值可以指示热液化的来源。龙水金矿矿脉中黄铁矿的Co/Ni > 1，S/Se < 15000，均在与岩浆作用有关的热液范围内。因此，热液活动应主要与岩浆岩有关。矿石、围岩和花岗闪长岩的稀土配分模式相似，均呈现向右倾斜的V字型，并且类似于太古代后沉积岩。结合Pb、Sr同位素的研究，推测花岗闪长岩的源岩主要为古老的地壳物质。概括起来，龙水金矿床为约120.5 Ma形成的中低温热液矿床；热液中成矿物质主要来自花岗闪长岩。由于围岩与矿床紧密的空间联系及围岩中的高Au含量，围岩可能提供了一部分Au及其他成矿物质。

内蒙、张宣地区麻粒岩相岩石同位素地质年代学和同位素体系特征的研究

本文通过对张宣地区西望山群、内蒙乌拉山群麻粒岩相岩石中系统的岩石学、岩石化学、稀土元素地球化学以及Sm－Nd、Rb－Sr、锆石U－Pb及全岩Pb－Pb同位素体系的工作，主要提出以下认识：内蒙、张宣两地麻粒岩均同火成岩类变质而来，基性麻粒岩类的的岩相当于拉斑玄武岩及碱性玄武岩类，中、酸性麻粒岩的原岩是与它们成份相同的花岗岩及花岗闪长岩类。

恒山杂岩中变基性岩包体的同位素年代学和地球化学研究

在前人有限工作的基础上，选择恒山杂岩，特别是其中的变基性岩包体，以多种同位素地质年代学方法，多元同位素体系制约关系和同位素示踪理论，结合岩石化学，微量元素地球化学对以下问题做出重点研究：1、通过对杂岩，特别是其中的包体的岩石化学，微量元素地球化学和Sm-Nd、RB-Sr、Pb-Pb同位素年代学方法以及Nd-Sr-Pb同位素体系的研究，恢复其原岩类型，判别其所处的构造环境，确定它们的形成时代和其它地质事件发生的时代；2、提出本区早前寒武纪年代地层划分的初步方案；3、讨论区域地壳形成演化历史。

喀拉通克含矿岩体（Y2）的岩石学研究

从主元素化学来看，喀拉通克深成岩以低Ca、Al为特征，而火山岩（玄武岩类）以高Ca、Al为特征；在早期结晶矿物组合上，喀拉通克深成岩为橄榄石、斜方辉石和基性斜长石，而火山岩中斑晶以基性斜长石、背地里斜辉石为主，其次为橄榄石，没有见到斜方辉石斑晶，在Sr-Zr图和Nd-Zr图中二者具有较大差别。利用矿物温度计计算了橄榄石、辉石和斜长石的结晶温度。橄榄石是在稍高于1880℃下开始结晶的，二辉石共存时的温度为1100℃左右，基性斜长石的结晶温度也在1100℃左右，并定性讨论了二号岩体的水含量和氧逸度。比较详细地从定性和定量两方面探讨了岩体成岩压力范围，认为前人计算的7Kb过大。根据橄榄石和斜长石共存现象说明压力小于7Kb，单斜辉石中的铝含量进一步说明压力小于5Kb，最后半定量地利用角闪石地质压力计说明4Kb作为二号岩体的成岩压力是比较可信的。最后探讨了二号岩体所属系列和分异趋势。许多证据表明二号岩体属于钙碱系列岩体，比如结晶矿物类型和顺序等符合obsorn(1962)建立的造山带钙碱系列；在SiO2-K2O图和AFM图中皆落入钙碱系列；辉石的成分变化不具有富铁趋势；所有岩石都有一定量的角闪石；微量元素如Rb、K/Rb、Zr等以及稀土模式与岛弧钙碱岩浆相似。与世界著名钙碱系列岩体比较表明，它们共同的特征是产于造山带环境，岩石都有一定量的含水矿物存在，说明母岩浆富水对于钙碱系列的形成具有重要的作用。若将造岩矿物的成分变化范围投影到AFM图中，可以看出造成二号岩体如此钙碱系列演化线的原因在于岩石中橄榄石和辉石的富铁趋势很弱、岩石中含有较多的黑云母和角闪石以及随着分异进行结晶出越来越多的长石。二号岩体高Si、H2O，低Ca、Al的特征决定了二号岩体的矿物结晶顺序为橄榄石→斜方辉石→拉长石→单斜辉石→角闪石→黑云母，形成相应的岩相为橄榄苏长岩、苏长岩、辉长岩和闪长岩相。辉石的Mg~#值变化很窄，是由于二号岩体含水量较高，使辉石在高En值下停止结晶，而为含水矿物角闪石取代。以上通过对喀拉通克含矿岩体（Y2）的岩石学研究，可以得到如下结论：一、喀拉通克含矿岩体由橄榄苏长岩、苏长岩、辉长岩和闪长岩四个岩相组成。各个岩相是由同一母岩浆经分异形成的。岩体岩相的反环带结构说明岩体不可能是由均匀岩浆一次侵位就地分异形成，而是岩浆深部分异与构造活动结合的产物。二、喀拉通克含矿岩体的母岩浆是产于造山带的一种钙碱性岩浆，以高Si、H2O，低Ca、Al为特征，其母岩浆不z可能是科马提岩、洋中脊拉斑玄武岩、高铝玄武岩或碱性玄武岩浆中的任一种。三、喀拉通克含矿深成岩和该区火山岩在主元素、微量元素及矿物晶出顺序方面存在一定差异，这种差异不大可能是由结晶环境不同造成的，更可能的是两者起源于不同的母岩浆。四、从定性和定量两方面讨论了喀拉通克含矿岩体的成岩压力，从而将4Kb作为该岩体的成岩压力是比较可信的。五、从岩体分异趋势来看，喀拉通克含矿岩体属于钙碱系列岩体。造成钙碱系列分异趋势的主要原因在于岩石中橄榄石和辉石的富铁趋势很弱，岩石含有较多的黑云母和角闪石以及随着分异进行结晶出越来越多的长石。对于以上分异趋势的形成，岩浆富水起着较大的作用。富水一方面使辉石在高En值下停止结晶，以角闪石代替；另一方面使岩浆的氧逸度有所提高。

海南二甲金矿与广东河台金矿韧性剪切成矿作用的对比研究

本文从区域地质背景、矿区地质特征、成矿物质来源、成矿流体演化以及剪切带对金矿的控制作用等方面利用微量元素和稀土元素指示剂、稳定同位素（H、O、S）和放射性同位素（Rb-Sr、K-Ar、Sm-Nd、U-Pb等）年代学和示踪法以及流体包裹体等研究手段对两个矿区进行了全面的综合对比研究；认识到两个矿区在地质地球化学方面的相同之处及差异；并进一步认识到二甲金矿区在成矿的金背景、韧性剪切带的程序和强度、活动岩浆的岩石类型、成矿物质对地层的依赖性程序等方面可以明显看出二甲矿区金的成矿条件比河台矿区更有利；但河台金矿的规模明显大得多；这反映了矿源层厚度及韧性剪切活动带的规模存在着显著差别；并与糜棱岩原炭类别的差别密切相关。两个矿区大量样品的构造地球化学实验观测结果表明剪切变形改变了岩石、矿物的结构、构造及岩石矿物的成份、矿物的化学成份等；成矿物质迁移的机制是压溶导致粒化溶解及剪切溶解并使成矿物质沿特定方向（剪切带中）迁移；软弱面的存在是剪切带发育的前提；物质迁移的首要条件是含Fe和Si的粒间流体的存在；而沉淀的优势微构造是微裂隙及矿物颗粒边缘。

Prediction of soil adsorption coefficients from retention parameters on three reversed-phase liquid chromatographic columns

Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) retention parameters, which are determined by the intermolecular interactions in retention process, can be considered as the chemical molecular descriptors in linear free energy relationships (LFERs). On the basis of the characterization and comparison of octadecyl-bonded silica gel (ODS), cyano-bonded silica gel (CN), and phenyl-bonded silica gel (Ph) columns with linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs), a new multiple linear regression model using RP-HPLC retention parameters on ODS and CN columns as variables for estimation of soil adsorption coefficients was developed. It was tested on a set of reference substances from various chemical classes. The results showed that the multicolumn method was more promising than a single-column method was for the estimation of soil adsorption coefficients. The accuracy of the suggested model is identical with that of LSERs.

Phenylurea herbicides-selective polymer prepared by molecular imprinting using N-(4-isopropylphenyl)-N'-butyleneurea as dummy template

A phenylurea herbicides-selective molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was prepared using N-(4-isopropylphenyl)-N'-butyleneurea as a dummy template and toluene as a porogen. The experimental results showed that the optimum molar ratio of template, functional monomer (MAA) and cross-linker (EDMA) was 1:8:20. Scatchard analysis showed that two classes of binding sites were formed in the imprinted polymer with dissociation constants of 26.81 mu L mol l(-1) and 1.428 mmol l(-1). The affinity and selectivity of MIP for phenylurea herbicides were studied. Among the 14 phenylurea herbicides tested, the MIP prepared showed obviously high affinity and selectivity for 10 chemicals (monuron, diuron, isoproturon, fenuron, chlortoluron, difenoxuron, metoxuron, neburon, buturon and fluometuron) with dichloromethane containing 10% hexane as mobile phase while non-imprinted polymer showed very low affinity for all the phenylurea herbicides tested. The experimental and calculated results also indicated that the size and property of the group at the N' position of phenylurea molecules have great influence on the affinity of MIP for them and the recognition site is mainly located at the N' position of phenylurea herbicides. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Uniformly carbon-covered alumina and its surface characteristics

Uniformly carbon-covered alumina (CCA) was prepared via the carbonization of sucrose highly dispersed on the alumina surface. The CCA samples were characterized by XRD, XPS, DTA-TG, UV Raman, nitrogen adsorption experiments at 77 K, and rhodamine B (RB) adsorption in aqueous media. UV Raman spectra indicated that the carbon species formed were probably conjugated olefinic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which can be considered molecular subunits of a graphitic plane. The N(2) adsorption isotherms, pore size distributions, and XPS results indicated that carbon was uniformly dispersed on the alumina surface in the as-prepared CCA. The carbon coverage and number of carbon layers in CCA could be controlled by the tuning of the sucrose content in the precursor and impregnation times. RB adsorption isotherms suggested that the monolayer adsorption capacity of RB on alumina increased drastically for the sample with uniformly dispersed carbon. The as-prepared CCA possessed the texture of alumina and the surface properties of carbon or both carbon and alumina depending on the carbon coverage.

The lack of associations between alleles at the hypoxia-Inducible factor 1A C1772T loci and responses to acute hypoxia.

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between alleles of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1A (HIF1A) C1772T polymorphism and several physiological responses to hypoxia, including the hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR), and serum erythropoietin (EPO), arterial oxygen saturation (Sao2), and acute mountain sickness (AMS) responses during 8 hours of exposure to normobaric hypoxia. Methods A total of 76 males participated in the study; 52 participants completed an 8-hour exposure to 12.7% oxygen, during which time Sao2, EPO concentrations, and AMS scores were measured, while 62 individuals took part in an HVR trial (in total 38 individuals completed both protocols). DNA was obtained from leukocytes, and a 346-bp fragment of the HIF1A gene containing the C1772T polymorphism was amplified using polymerase chain reaction. Fragments were sequenced to reveal individual genotypes, and the associations between HIF1A genotype and EPO, Sao2, AMS responses to hypoxia and HVR were examined. Results The magnitude of the hypoxic responses was highly variable between individuals. The increase in participants' EPO responses ranged from 89% to 388% of baseline values following hypoxia, while Sao2 values during the exposure ranged from 71% to 89%. The HVR ranged from −0.04 to +2.18 L · min−1 · Sao2%−1 among participants. No significant differences in EPO, Sao2, AMS, or HVR results were observed between the HIF1A CC genotype and the combined CT/TT genotype group. Conclusion In this study, the HIF1A C1772T polymorphism does not appear to influence EPO, Sao2, or AMS responses during acute hypoxic exposure, or the magnitude of the HVR.

Najważniejsze kierunki, motywy i podstawy konstrukcji wierszy Pirbala Muhammuda

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Potential impacts of leakage from deep CO2 geosequestration on overlying freshwater aquifers.

Carbon Capture and Storage may use deep saline aquifers for CO(2) sequestration, but small CO(2) leakage could pose a risk to overlying fresh groundwater. We performed laboratory incubations of CO(2) infiltration under oxidizing conditions for >300 days on samples from four freshwater aquifers to 1) understand how CO(2) leakage affects freshwater quality; 2) develop selection criteria for deep sequestration sites based on inorganic metal contamination caused by CO(2) leaks to shallow aquifers; and 3) identify geochemical signatures for early detection criteria. After exposure to CO(2), water pH declines of 1-2 units were apparent in all aquifer samples. CO(2) caused concentrations of the alkali and alkaline earths and manganese, cobalt, nickel, and iron to increase by more than 2 orders of magnitude. Potentially dangerous uranium and barium increased throughout the entire experiment in some samples. Solid-phase metal mobility, carbonate buffering capacity, and redox state in the shallow overlying aquifers influence the impact of CO(2) leakage and should be considered when selecting deep geosequestration sites. Manganese, iron, calcium, and pH could be used as geochemical markers of a CO(2) leak, as their concentrations increase within 2 weeks of exposure to CO(2).

Safety, tolerability, and mechanisms of antiretroviral activity of pegylated interferon Alfa-2a in HIV-1-monoinfected participants: a phase II clinical trial.

BACKGROUND: To our knowledge, the antiviral activity of pegylated interferon alfa-2a has not been studied in participants with untreated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection but without chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: Untreated HIV-1-infected volunteers without HCV infection received 180 microg of pegylated interferon alfa-2a weekly for 12 weeks. Changes in plasma HIV-1 RNA load, CD4(+) T cell counts, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamic measurements of 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) activity, and induction levels of interferon-inducible genes (IFIGs) were measured. Nonparametric statistical analysis was performed. RESULTS: Eleven participants completed 12 weeks of therapy. The median plasma viral load decrease and change in CD4(+) T cell counts at week 12 were 0.61 log(10) copies/mL (90% confidence interval [CI], 0.20-1.18 log(10) copies/mL) and -44 cells/microL (90% CI, -95 to 85 cells/microL), respectively. There was no correlation between plasma viral load decreases and concurrent pegylated interferon plasma concentrations. However, participants with larger increases in OAS level exhibited greater decreases in plasma viral load at weeks 1 and 2 (r = -0.75 [90% CI, -0.93 to -0.28] and r = -0.61 [90% CI, -0.87 to -0.09], respectively; estimated Spearman rank correlation). Participants with higher baseline IFIG levels had smaller week 12 decreases in plasma viral load (0.66 log(10) copies/mL [90% CI, 0.06-0.91 log(10) copies/mL]), whereas those with larger IFIG induction levels exhibited larger decreases in plasma viral load (-0.74 log(10) copies/mL [90% CI, -0.93 to -0.21 log(10) copies/mL]). CONCLUSION: Pegylated interferon alfa-2a was well tolerated and exhibited statistically significant anti-HIV-1 activity in HIV-1-monoinfected patients. The anti-HIV-1 effect correlated with OAS protein levels (weeks 1 and 2) and IFIG induction levels (week 12) but not with pegylated interferon concentrations.

Stochastic E2F activation and reconciliation of phenomenological cell-cycle models.

The transition of the mammalian cell from quiescence to proliferation is a highly variable process. Over the last four decades, two lines of apparently contradictory, phenomenological models have been proposed to account for such temporal variability. These include various forms of the transition probability (TP) model and the growth control (GC) model, which lack mechanistic details. The GC model was further proposed as an alternative explanation for the concept of the restriction point, which we recently demonstrated as being controlled by a bistable Rb-E2F switch. Here, through a combination of modeling and experiments, we show that these different lines of models in essence reflect different aspects of stochastic dynamics in cell cycle entry. In particular, we show that the variable activation of E2F can be described by stochastic activation of the bistable Rb-E2F switch, which in turn may account for the temporal variability in cell cycle entry. Moreover, we show that temporal dynamics of E2F activation can be recast into the frameworks of both the TP model and the GC model via parameter mapping. This mapping suggests that the two lines of phenomenological models can be reconciled through the stochastic dynamics of the Rb-E2F switch. It also suggests a potential utility of the TP or GC models in defining concise, quantitative phenotypes of cell physiology. This may have implications in classifying cell types or states.