素描与自传--一个外国人眼中的红色中国要人《系列之五》康克清--女指挥员

康克清素描 康克清是在江西与农民一起行路时,从土墙上贴的标语中学会认字和写字的.她小时候做苦工,后来成长为游击队领导人.18岁那年,她与朱德结婚.从那以后,他们就幸福地在一起生活、行军打仗,尽管当时她的年龄不及他的一半.她对我讲,除贺英(贺龙的姐姐,她在湖北的一次战斗中牺牲了)之外,做过正规红军部队指挥员的妇女就只有她一个了.     

轮椅上的风筝手

在众多放风筝者中量让人钦佩的是波比·鲁尔。 波比在21岁那年,由于颈椎第5节骨折。中枢神经损伤,成了一名下肢全瘫、手与腕部也失去活动能力的截瘫人。致残后,这位生性喜欢争强好胜的年轻人选择风筝作为运动项目,因为他发现放风筝非常有利于残疾人的身心健康。他说:“放风筝能给我带来极大的乐趣。”     

我只想要个女儿

两年前,露易丝和阿兰·马斯特腾唯一的女儿尼科尔意外死于一次篝火事故。露易丝已有四个儿子,她和丈夫决定再要个孩子,但只想生个女儿。他们是否可以选择孩子的性别呢?律师毕业的阿兰和它的妻子认为应该可以,但有关当局却不允许。露易丝渴望着再要个女儿以抚平她的丧女之痛,请听听她     

藏族寺院经济的行为模式初探

藏族寺院经济的行为模式初探东噶仓·才让加藏族地区幅员辽阔，寺院分布点多面广，影响很大。因此，藏传佛教寺院在藏族地区一经复兴，就受到社会各界的广泛关注。但是，作为从属于藏传佛教寺院的经济活动，未能够引起政府有关部门的重视，在发展上仍采取放任自流的态度，...     

Evaluation of 1,2-indanedione and 5,6-dimethoxy-1,2-indanedione for the detection of latent fingerprints on porous surfaces

The ability of 1,2-indanedione and 5,6-dimethoxy-1,2-indanedione to detect latent prints on porous surfaces, as compared to DFO and ninhydrin, has been evaluated. Comparisons of prints developed under various conditions determined the optimum development conditions for the new reagents. The indanediones tested were found to have lower detection limits for glycine. The carrier solvent used was found to affect the quality of the prints developed. In Arklone, the new reagents developed prints that displayed superior luminescence to those developed with DFO. In HFE 7100, 1,2-indanedione and 5,6-dimethoxy-1,2-indanedione gave superior luminescence to DFO after zinc salt treatment and cooling with liquid nitrogen, both of which improve the luminescence of prints developed with 1,2-indanediones. 1,2-Indanediones could offer less expensive but effective alternatives to DFO. With further optimization, the new reagents may supersede DFO as the method of choice for the detection of latent fingerprints on porous surfaces.     

A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for ABO blood typing of semen by using anti-p 84 monoclonal antibody as a marker of blood group substance in semen

A blood group substance (BGS), a protein with ABH antigenic activity, was isolated from human seminal plasma and designated as p 84 (Sato, 1995). We have developed a method for determining the ABO blood type of semen by performing a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in which p 84 is captured with an anti-p 84 monoclonal antibody, and evaluated the specificity and sensitivity of this method. Although BGS activity was detected in semen sensitively by this method, it was not detected in saliva, urine, breast milk, blood or vaginal secretions. Since the concentration of p 84 in semen was independent of the secretion status, the status can be determined as non-secretor when p 84 but not BGS activity was detected. To determine the stability of BGS activity on p 84, dried stains of semen on filter paper were kept at 4, 26, and 37 degrees C for 8 months, 2 years and 1 month, respectively, and their BGS activities were examined. After 8 months at 4 degrees C, over 60% of the original BGS activity was recovered from the stain. The activity could be detected even from a square as small as 0.25 by 0.25 cm. After 1 month at 37 degrees C and 2 years at 26 degrees C, 31 and 20% of the BGS activity, respectively, still remained. It could be detected from the pieces of 1.0 by 1.0 cm and 0.5 by 0.5 cm squares, kept for 1 month at 37 degrees C and 2 years at 26 degrees C, respectively. Finally, semen was mixed with saliva or blood at varying volumetric ratios and used for the sources of dried stains. The BGS activity of p 84 could be detected in the stains until the ratio between semen and saliva or blood reached 1:4. We conclude that this sandwich ELISA offers a more sensitive and specific method for determining the ABO blood type of semen samples obtained from sexual assault victims than existing methods, such as the conventional absorption-elution and classical hemagglutination-inhibition tests.     

Population data on the X chromosome short tandem repeat locus HumHPRTB in two regions of Germany

This report contains the results of two population studies on the X chromosome STR HumHPRTB carried out in a Northern and a Southern region of Germany. The numbers of unrelated individuals were 443 and 335, respectively. Eight alleles (alleles 9 to 16) were found. In female individuals 29 different genotypes were encountered. In German populations the HumHPRTB STR was characterized by the following data: PIC = 0.750; HET = 0.769: MEC = 0.556. Allele distribution met the Hardy-Weinberg expectations. The Northern and Southern populations did not show any significant differences.     

Fatal aspiration of sardine fry in a patient with lung cancer

We report a fatal case of death due to unusual aspiration of sardine fry in an elderly Japanese man with lung cancer. The cause of death was sudden respiratory arrest while eating. Autopsy revealed peculiar materials with cell nests and pigmented particles, together with striated muscle and skin, in the ectatic bronchioles of the left lower lobe. Serial histologic sections suggested that the structures observed were the eyeballs of small animals that appeared to have been inhaled. The patient had habitually eaten sardine fry and rice gruel, which were also detected in the gastric contents. Therefore, the eyes were considered to be those of the fry, which is a popular food item in Japan. This was confirmed by histologic examination of fry that were obtained commercially.