硬粒小麦-节节麦人工合成种HMW-GS组成及1.5＋10亚基的遗传分析

对CIMMYT的99份硬粒小麦-节节麦人工合成种（简称合成种）的HMW-GS组成分析发现，Glu-B1和Glu-D1位点的变异类型比普通小麦丰富，分别有9种和12种亚基类型；筛选出含有比5＋10亚基更优质的1．5＋10和5＋12亚基的合成种分别有8份和1份；含有优质亚基1．5＋10的合成种与普通小麦杂交结实正常；对2个合成种与2个普通小麦品种的8个止反交组合F1种子电泳发现，优质亚基1．5＋10在F1代能正常表达，双亲所有亚基任F1代都得到表达，表现共显性遗传。本研究为优质亚基1．5＋10和5＋12转育到普通小麦中奠定了基础。

Assocation Between Variation in the Actin-Binding Gene Caldesmon and Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes

Dysfunction of the actin cytoskeleton is a key event in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. We previously reported that certain cytoskeletal genes are upregulated in mesangial cells exposed to a high extracellular glucose concentration. One such gene, caldesmon, lies on chromosome 7q35, a region linked to nephropathy in family studies, making it a candidate susceptibility gene for diabetic nephropathy. We screened all exons, untranslated regions, and a 5-kb region upstream of the gene for variation using denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography technology. An A>G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at position -579 in the promoter region was associated with nephropathy in a case-control study using 393 type 1 diabetic patients from Northern Ireland (odds ratio [OR] 1.38, 95% CI 1.02–1.86, P = 0.03). A similar trend was found in an independent sample from a second center. When the sample groups were combined (n = 606), the association between the -579G allele and nephropathy remained significant (OR 1.35, 1.07–1.70, P = 0.01). The haplotype structure in the surrounding 7-kb region was determined. No single haplotype was more strongly associated with nephropathy than the -579A>G SNP. These results suggest a role for the caldesmon gene in susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes.

Kinetic analysis of the cleavage of human protease-activated receptor-1/2/3 and 4 using quenched-fluorescent peptide substrates

Protease-activated receptors [PARs] are a family of G-protein-coupled seven-transmembrane domain receptors that are activated by proteolytic cleavage of their amino-terminal exodomain. To characterize the cleavage rate of human PAR-1 / 2 / 3 and 4 by trypsin and thrombin, four synthetic quenched-fluorescent peptide substrates have been synthesized. Each substrate consisted of a ten-residue peptide spanning the receptor activation cleavage site and using progress-curve kinetics, k(cat)/K-m values were determined.

Influence of the anion on the electrical conductivity and glass formation of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids

Six ionic liquids based on the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation have been studied. As anions Cl-, Br-, I-, [NCS](-), [N(CN)(2)](-), and [BF4](-) were selected. The electrical conductivities were determined between 173 and 393 K based on impedance measurements in the frequency range from 0.1 to 10(7) Hz. The electrical conductivity increases, whereas the glass transition temperature, the fragility, and the low temperature activation energy decrease with increasing anion size. The results can be understood from the changing anion-cation interaction strength with changing anion size and from the energy landscape interpretation of the glass transition dynamics. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3455892]

The role of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in the second trimester in the prediction of preeclampsia in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between circulating angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in the second trimester and risk of preeclampsia in women with type 1 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Maternal plasma concentrations of placental growth factor (PlGF), soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1), and soluble endoglin (sEng) were available at 26 weeks of gestation in 540 women with type 1 diabetes enrolled in the Diabetes and Preeclampsia Intervention Trial.

RESULTS Preeclampsia developed in 17% of pregnancies (n = 94). At 26 weeks of gestation, women in whom preeclampsia developed later had significantly lower PlGF (median [interquartile range]: 231 pg/mL [120–423] vs. 365 pg/mL [237–582]; P < 0.001), higher sFlt-1 (1,522 pg/mL [1,108–3,393] vs. 1,193 pg/mL [844–1,630] P < 0.001), and higher sEng (6.2 ng/mL [4.9–7.9] vs. 5.1 ng/mL[(4.3–6.2]; P < 0.001) compared with women who did not have preeclampsia. In addition, the ratio of PlGF to sEng was significantly lower (40 [17–71] vs. 71 [44–114]; P < 0.001) and the ratio of sFlt-1 to PlGF was significantly higher (6.3 [3.4–15.7] vs. 3.1 [1.8–5.8]; P < 0.001) in women who later developed preeclampsia. The addition of the ratio of PlGF to sEng or the ratio of sFlt-1 to PlGF to a logistic model containing established risk factors (area under the curve [AUC], 0.813) significantly improved the predictive value (AUC, 0.850 and 0.846, respectively; P < 0.01) and significantly improved reclassification according to the integrated discrimination improvement index (IDI) (IDI scores 0.086 and 0.065, respectively; P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors measured during the second trimester are predictive of preeclampsia in women with type 1 diabetes. The addition of the ratio of PlGF to sEng or the ratio of sFlt-1 to PlGF to established clinical risk factors significantly improves the prediction of preeclampsia in women with type 1 diabetes.

Preeclampsia is characterized by the development of hypertension and new-onset proteinuria during the second half of pregnancy (1,2), leading to increased maternal morbidity and mortality (3). Women with type 1 diabetes are at increased risk for development of preeclampsia during pregnancy, with rates being two-times to four-times higher than that of the background maternity population (4,5). Small advances have come from preventive measures, such as low-dose aspirin in women at high risk (6); however, delivery remains the only effective intervention, and preeclampsia is responsible for up to 15% of preterm births and a consequent increase in infant mortality and morbidity (7).

Although the etiology of preeclampsia remains unclear, abnormal placental vascular remodeling and placental ischemia, together with maternal endothelial dysfunction, hemodynamic changes, and renal pathology, contribute to its pathogenesis (8). In addition, over the past decade accumulating evidence has suggested that an imbalance between angiogenic factors, such as placental growth factor (PlGF), and antiangiogenic factors, such as soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sEng), plays a key role in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia (8,9). In women at low risk (10–13) and women at high risk (14,15), concentrations of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors are significantly different between women who later develop preeclampsia (lower PlGF, higher sFlt-1, and higher sEng levels) compared with women who do not.

Few studies have specifically focused on circulating angiogenic factors and risk of preeclampsia in women with diabetes, and the results have been conflicting. In a small study, higher sFlt-1 and lower PlGF were reported at the time of delivery in women with diabetes who developed preeclampsia (16). In a longitudinal prospective cohort of pregnant women with diabetes, Yu et al. (17) reported increased sFlt-1 and reduced PlGF in the early third trimester as potential predictors of preeclampsia in women with type 1 diabetes, but they did not show any difference in sEng levels in women with preeclampsia compared with women without preeclampsia. By contrast, Powers et al. (18) reported only increased sEng in the second trimester in women with pregestational diabetes who developed preeclampsia.

The aim of this study, which was significantly larger than the previous studies highlighted, was to assess the association between circulating angiogenic (PlGF) and antiangiogenic (sFlt-1 and sEng) factors and the risk of preeclampsia in women with type 1 diabetes. A further aim was to evaluate the added predictive ability and clinical usefulness of angiogenic factors and established risk factors for preeclampsia risk prediction in women with type 1 diabetes.

Solubility of red 153 and blue 1 in supercritical carbon dioxide

Solubilities of red 153, (3-[[4-[[5,6(or 6,7)-dichloro-2-benzothiazolyl]azo]phenyl]ethylamino]propanenitrile), an azo compound, and disperse blue1 (1,4,5,8-tetraaminoantraquinone) in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO(2)) were measured at T = (333.2 to 393.2) K over the pressure range (12.0 to 40.0) MPa by a flow type apparatus. The solubility of red 153 (0.985. 10(-6) to 37.2. 10(-6)) in the overall region of measurements is found to be significantly higher than that of disperse blue 1 (1.12.10(-7) to 4.89.10(-7)). The solubility behavior of disperse red 153 follows the general solubility trend displayed by disperse dyes with a crossover pressure at about 20 MPa. On the other hand, blue 1, which is a disperse anthraquinone dye, exhibits unexpected behavior not recorded previously there is no crossover pressure at the temperature and pressure ranges studied, and the dye's solubility at T = 333.2 K practically does not increase with pressure. To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous measurements of blue 1 solubility in SC CO(2) reported in the literature. The experimental data were correlated by using the Soave Redlich Kwong equation of state (EoS) with the one-fluid van der Waals mixing rule, and an acceptable correlation of the solubility data for both dyes was obtained.

Validación diagnóstica del test neural 1 para el síndrome de túnel del carpo

El objetivo de este estudio fue realizar una prueba de validez diagnostica del test neural 1 para el diagnóstico del Síndrome de Túnel del Carpo (STC) utilizando como prueba de referencia o de oro el test de conducción nerviosa. En este estudio participaron 115 sujetos, 230 manos con sospecha clínica de STC quienes fueron evaluados con el test de conducción nerviosa y el test neural 1. Se encontró una sensibilidad del 93.0% (IC 95%:88,21-96,79) y una especificidad del 6,67% (IC 95%:0,0-33,59), razón de verosimilitud positiva fue de 1,00 y razón de verosimilitud negativa de 1,05. Valor predictivo positivo de 86,9% y un valor predictivo negativo de 12,5%. Se concluye que el test neural 1 es una prueba clínica de alta sensibilidad y baja especificidad de gran utilidad para el monitoreo e identificación del STC. Es un procedimiento para el diagnóstico clínico de bajo costo que puede incluirse en los exámenes de rutina de los trabajadores como complemento a las pruebas clínicas sugeridas por las Gatiso para dar mayor precisión a la identificación temprana del STC. Se sugiere combinarla con otros test de mayor especificidad para ser aplicada en trabajadores en condiciones de riesgo o que presenten síntomas en miembros superiores y realizar otros estudios en donde participen sujetos sin diagnóstico clínico del STC.

El cos humà 1. 'El cuerpo humano 1'.

Paquete de actividades sobre el cuerpo humano para trabajar con el programa Clic (para Windows) que ofrece el mismo CD. Se trabajan el aparato digestivo, excretor, locomotor, respiratorio, reproductor y circulatorio. Permite instalar el programa directamente o grabarlo en un disquette.

Pèrgam 1.1. 'Pérgamo 1.1'.

Software para Windows en sus diferentes versiones. Aplicación vinculada al gestor de bases de datos Microsoft Access para gestionar recursos educativos de forma cómoda en la biblioteca-mediateca de los centros, gestionando desde las consultas hasta la catalogación o el préstamo. Para poder usarlo en ordenadores de bajas prestaciones existe la versión reducida Pergamin, sobre MS-DOS. Incluye, además de la capacidad de gestión, una serie de bases catalográficas de obras, básicamente en catalán, que lo convierten en una ayuda de lujo para los profesionales de la enseñanza en Catalunya y áreas de habla catalana, pues incluye, entre dichas bases, dos de libros de enseñanza infantil que suman más de 3700 registros, otra de literatura infantil con cerca de diez mil o la base de vídeos disponibles en los centros de recursos de Catalunya.

L'aparell locomotor 1.1. 'El aparato locomotor 1.1'.

Programa sobre Windows para Ciencias Naturales en Secundaria. Analiza la anatomía del cuerpo humano desde tres bloques divididos. El esqueleto, los músculos y las articulaciones. A su vez cada uno de esos bloques se subdivide en cinco partes: cabeza, tronco, brazos derecho e izquierdo y extremidades inferiores, salvo en el apartado de las articulaciones que se articulan como un solo bloque. A partir de esa segmentación desarrolla una serie de actividades que van desde una exploración, con localización y ficha técnica de cada pieza, hasta un rompecabezas para recomponer cada fragmento, pasando por juegos de flechas dibujo-nombre u otros.

Musca virtualis v. 1.0.

Programa de simulación sobre MS-DOS destinado a Ciencias Naturales en Secundaria. Consiste en un software que simula el cruce entre diferentes individuos de 'musca virtualis' con ocho equivalentes informáticos de cromosomas. Así el emparejamiento de ejemplares permite al programa mostrar la forma, el fenotipo de mosca, generado en la descendencia. Por otra parte incorpora un programa auxiliar que permite al profesorado crear nuevos individuos que agregar al abanico de posibles combinaciones. Anexa manuales de uso de ambos programas generados a posteriori, en 1996.

English activities-1.

Programa para Windows con actividades para el aprendizaje del Inglés a través de cuatro temáticas: Drinks, Parts of the Body, Wild Animals y Fruit. Incluye imágenes y sonidos. Ofrece la posibilidad de instalar el programa o copiarlo en un disquete.

L'educació infantil : exemples d'unitats de programació 1. 'La educación infantil : ejemplos de unidades de programación 1'.

La administración educativa de Cataluña ofrece al profesorado y con carácter meramente orientativo una programación curricular de educación infantil, conforme establece la LOGSE en contenidos conceptuales, procedimentales y actitudinales. Se exponen ejemplos de 9 unidades didácticas referidas al juego, dramatización de un cuento, lectura visual de imágenes fijas, fiestas populares, el agua, la biblioteca, animales y noción de cantidad, con sus objetivos didácticos, actividades de aprendizaje y actividades para la evaluación.

La percepción social de los futuros maestros sobre las personas con síndrome de Down : aplicación de la escala EPSD-1

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