Electrocorticogram disturbances detected in rats exposed from early stages of life to residual doses of lindane

Functional brain alterations induced by lindane were examined in Rat chronically exposed to low doses of lindane (1 and 2 μg L⁻¹ in drinking water) from conception. Histological and electrophysiological investigations were conducted at 14 weeks of age. Lindane did not induce histological changes. It did not significantly modify the sleep-wakefulness cycle and EEG did not show major alterations. The spectral EEG analysis, by recording cortical variations in both energy spectrum and energy levels of different frequency bands, showed an increase in the 11-15 Hz activity in both groups exposed to lindane. This activity was characterised by spindles well-depicted during slow wave sleep or associated with fast activity during wakefulness and theta activity in paradoxical sleep. These data suggest that chronic exposure to lindane doses as low as 1 μg L⁻¹ in drinking water could lead to central electrophysiological effects possibly involving GABA-benzodiazepine mechanisms.     

论农药的宏观毒理学

农药一旦喷撒到目标物上,即开始了向有害生物作用靶位转移的漫长历程。作者建议把此历程区分为两个范畴:进入有害生物体内以后的体内剂量转移是传统的生理毒理学研究领域,属于'微观毒理学’范畴;之前发生在生物体外的剂量转移历程尚未被作为毒理学问题研究,但许多边缘科学的大量科学事实和现象说明它们实际上属于毒理学问题,应属于'宏观毒理学’范畴。文章对农药宏观毒理学现象的7个方面进行了毒理学本质的分析和综述,并指出,对农药宏观毒理学的研究将大幅度提高农药的使用技术水平,大幅度降低农药用量,并将促进农药剂型和高性能助剂乃至新型合理化农药的研究开发。     

Hepatitis E virus in Cuba: A cross-sectional serological and virological study in pigs and people occupationally exposed to pigs

Surveillance of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in risk groups is an important strategy to monitor its circulation pattern and to timely detect changes thereof. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the prevalence of HEV infections in pigs and humans from different regions of the country, to identify risk factors for increasing anti-HEV IgG prevalence and to characterize HEV strains. The presence of anti-HEV antibodies was assessed by commercial ELISA in serum samples from the general population, farm and slaughterhouse employees, as well as pigs sampled in the three regions of Cuba from February to September 2016. Overall, individuals with occupational exposure to swine or swine products (70/248, 28.2%) were 4 times more likely to be seropositive compared to the general population (25/285, 8.7%; OR: 4.18; p < .001). Within the risk group, risk factors included age, number of years working in a professional activity with direct exposure to swine, geographic region and distance between residence and closest professional swine setting, while wearing gloves had a protective effect. Prevalence of total anti-HEV antibodies in swine was 88.2% (165/187) and HEV RNA was detected by real-time RT-PCR in 9.2% (16/173) swine stools. All HEV strains sequenced clustered within genotype 3. Some strains clearly belonged to subtype 3a, while another group of strains was related with subtypes 3b and 3 k but partial HEV sequences did not allow unequivocal subtype assignment. These findings suggest that the high HEV exposure in Cuban individuals with swine-related occupations could be due to enzootic HEV in certain regions, direct contact with infectious animals or their products as well as environmental contamination.     

区域尺度喀斯特区石漠化强度对土壤流失的影响

石漠化和水土流失是西南喀斯特区突出的生态问题,制约着社会经济的发展。目前,石漠化与土壤流失的耦合关系尚未系统探明,石漠化强度评价因子植被盖度、土层厚度和基岩裸露率的交互作用如何影响土壤流失知之甚少。基于石漠化现状的调查,采用RUSLE模型、Getis-OrdGi*、地理探测器等方法,测算了贵州喀斯特区土壤侵蚀状况并识别了冷热区分布,量化了石漠化强度评价因子与土壤侵蚀之间的关系,解析了因子组合对土壤流失的交互影响。结果表明：1)贵州喀斯特区土壤侵蚀以中度和微度侵蚀为主,平均土壤流失率17.69t/(hm²·a),侵蚀热区(重点防治区)主要集中在贵州西部经济相对欠发达区,侵蚀冷区(轻微区)则主要集中在黔北遵义市和黔中贵阳市等经济相对发达区。2)土壤流失随石漠化强度评价指标植被盖度、土层厚度的增加呈降低趋势,随基岩裸露率的增加则呈增加趋势;石漠化与土壤流失之间并非简单的线性关系,而呈复杂的非线性关系,3个评价因子分别以三次曲线函数、指数函数和反正弦函数拟合优度最高。3)石漠化强度评价因子对土壤流失空间分异的解释力依次为植被盖度、基岩裸露率和土层厚度,且因子组合对土壤流失...     

受降雨影响的浅水泥沙颗粒起动规律

山区浅层水流深度极浅且移动缓慢,降雨条件下其泥沙输移现象尚不明确。为探明受到降雨影响下的浅水河流均匀沙起动问题,该研究假设雨滴落入河道后会影响到整个水流区,形成雨滴群与水流混合的流体,从孔隙介质流理论入手,假设当降雨存在时床面泥沙颗粒增加了向上的附加力,进一步分析泥沙颗粒的受力情况,推导出层流水流泥沙颗粒起动关系表达式。从含沙水流流速分布规律得到启发,雨滴落入层流水流的状态类似于含沙水流,当降雨存在时层流水流流速分布仍然满足线性关系。利用无降雨泥沙起动经典试验数据,确定了拖曳力系数以及上举力系数,发现两者都是沙粒雷诺数的函数。利用已有研究的降雨实测数据,求出了8种降雨强度(0.254～152.4mm/h)下的雨滴直径分布概率密度表达式(R~2=0.998),进而求出雨滴的平均直径表达式,并给出受降雨影响的层流水流泥沙颗粒起动切应力计算模型。该研究模型表明降雨的存在使得泥沙起动所需的临界摩阻流速减小。通过与已有研究进行对比分析,该研究建立的受降雨影响的浅水泥沙颗粒起动计算公式具有最高的精度,平均误差仅为14.8%,能够为山区水沙灾害防治提供理论支撑。     

咸水冻融灌溉对重度盐渍土壤水盐分布的影响

室内咸水冰融化试验设置2个处理:7.5 g L-1咸水冰(SIW(7.5))、15 g L-1咸水冰(SIW(15)),探究了咸水冰融化过程中的水量、水质以及离子组成的变化;土柱模拟试验设置同一灌水量(150mm),4个处理:淡水直接灌溉(FW)、7.5 g L-1咸水直接灌溉(SW)、7.5 g L-1咸水冻融灌溉(SIW(7.5))、15 g L-1咸水冻融灌溉(SIW(15)),对比分析两种灌溉水质(淡水、咸水)和两种灌水方式(直接灌溉、结冰灌溉)对土壤(粉砂壤土)水盐动态的影响。结果表明:咸水冰融化过程中,初期融出水量较大,但含盐量和钠吸附比(SAR)较高,后期融出水量较小,含盐量和SAR很低;融出水的离子含量变化与电导率(EC)变化表现相同的趋势;小于3 g L-1的水的融出率分别是SIW(7.5)=25.46%和SIW(15)=32.78%。FW处理下,土壤中水盐运动持续时间较其他3个处理长,土壤导水率降低最快,灌溉水入渗完成时表层土壤含水量达到33.88%,显著高于其他处理。四种处理下,0~15 cm土层土壤的含盐量平均值分别为FW=2.32 g kg-1、SIW(7.5)=2.80 g kg-1、SIW(15)=3.87 g kg-1、SW=4.31 g kg-1。同等灌水量下,SIW(15)处理下土壤脱盐深度最浅。离子分析表明:FW和SIW(7.5)处理下,0~25 cm土壤的钠吸附比(SAR)下降明显,显著小于SW、SIW(15);然而FW处理下,土壤碱化特征最为明显。综合而言,在淡水资源缺乏而咸水资源相对丰富的地区,中度矿化度咸水结冰融水灌溉可以有效降低根层土壤盐分,满足农业生产的要求。     

果穗曝光对酿酒葡萄果实品质影响的研究进展

影响葡萄果实品质的因素很多,对于特定的葡萄产区而言,在大气候、小气候、土壤、品种等条件相对一定的前提下,通过改变栽培技术措施来改善果实区域微气候,从而提高果实品质显得尤为重要。简述了果实区域曝光,一项操作简便、高效,且能够实现机械化而备受国内外学者关注的新技术,在提高酿酒葡萄果实品质方面的研究概况,包括对总酚、花色苷、单宁等酚类物质含量、香气成分,尤其是甲氧基吡嗪类物质含量的影响。此外,就果穗曝光处理在调节葡萄产量、降低果穗紧实度从而减少病害发生率等方面进行了总结。以及该技术在我国农村劳动力不断减少,劳动力成本不断攀升,葡萄产业亟需集约化、机械化、简单化的大背景下的应用前景和研究方向进行了简要的分析。     

Do forest and health professionals presume that forests offer health benefits,and is cross-sectional cooperation conceivable?

In high-income countries depression and cardiovascular diseases were predicted to be the two leading causes of DALYs in the year 2030. Private-life stress fosters both kinds of diseases. Scientific findings already show that forest exposure has stress-reducing effects. Particularly in Japan, people have practiced forest bathing to improve their health. The German population also has a strong connection to its forests, and forest law allows forest access, regardless of ownership structure. Hence, the question arises of whether forest exposure could be used in Germany as a kind of stress-coping strategy. To a certain degree, the success of such a strategy in Germany would require the participation of the stakeholders that are active in both the health and the forestry sectors. Therefore, it seems necessary to gain insight into German forest and health professionals' understanding and attitude concerning forest-related health benefits. For this reason, in this pilot study, guideline interviews with professionals of both sectors and with professionals standing in between these professions were conducted, recorded and transcribed. On the one hand, each professional’s presumptions regarding the health-fostering effects of forests were investigated, derived from their subjective certainty that forest exposure has health-fostering effects. In addition, a thought experiment was used to estimate the level of willingness to cooperate with each other in order to motivate people to be physically active in forests. For analysis, Mayring’s qualitative content analysis and a frequency analysis (MaxQDA) were applied. Findings show that most of the interviewed professionals presume forests to have health-fostering effects. Furthermore, something derived from the statements within the context of the thought experiment was that most professionals seem to be willing to cooperate with the other sector. Hence, it might be conceivable that forest exposure may be part of a German stress-coping strategy.