Cíl: Cílem bylo určit a zobrazit typický rozsah plicních laloků a jeho krajní varianty. Metodika: Z 250 HRCT vyšetření hrudníku dospělých pacientů bez nálezu výraznější patologie jsme zjistili varianty rozsahu plicních laloků a následně jsme typické polohy a jejich krajní varianty promítli na prosté snímky. Výsledky: Na levé straně byla hranice mezi plicními laloky nejvýše dorzálně nejčastěji u čtvrtého žebra (45 %), s rozsahem od druhého po osmé žebro. Laterodorzálně bylo dolní rozhraní nejčastěji v úrovni šestého žebra (52 %), s rozsahem od čtvrtého po osmé žebro. Vpravo byla hranice mezi horním a dolním plicním lalokem nejčastěji nejvýše u pátého žebra (49 %), s rozsahem od čtvrtého po osmé žebro. Laterodorzálně byla dolní hranice nejčastěji v úrovni šestého žebra (50 %), s rozsahem od čtvrtého po osmé žebro. Vedlejší interlobium probíhalo nejčastěji v úrovni ventrálního konce čtvrtého žebra. Závěr: Průmět plicních laloků na snímcích se mezi jednotlivými osobami poměrně významně liší. I při kombinaci dvou projekcí jsou v obou plicích velké oblasti, kde se mohou překrývat průměty laloků. Vzhledem k velké variabilitě polohy interlobií snímky často neumožňují spolehlivou lokalizaci plicních lézí do laloků., Aim: To determine and depict typical extend of lung lobes and its border variants. Methods: HRCT examinations of the lung in 250 adult patients without major pathology were assessed to find out variants of lung lobes localizations. Afterwards we projected typical localizations and their extreme variants on the chest X-rays. Results: On the left side, the most frequent uppermost localization of the border between lung lobes was posteriorly at the fourth rib (45%), range from the second to the eighth rib. Posterolaterally the inferior border was most frequently at the sixth rib (52%), range from the fourth to the eighth rib. On the right side, the most frequent uppermost localization of the border between upper and lower lung lobes was posteriorly at the fifth rib (49%), range from the fourth to the eighth rib. Posterolaterally the inferior border was most frequently at the sixth rib (50%), range from the fourth to the eighth rib. Minor fissure was most frequently located at the level of anterior part of the fourth rib. Conclusion: The projection of lung lobes on the x-rays is considerably different among individuals. Even with two projections there remain extensive areas in both lungs, where the demarcations of lobes overlay each other. Due to the high variability of the position of interlobar fissures, x-rays often do not provide reliable localization of lung lesions into the lobes., Zuzana Sedláčková, Filip Čtvrtlík, Miroslav Heřman, and Literatura
The grasshopper Dichroplus pratensis Bruner is polymorphic and polytypic for a complex Robertsonian system. In this species, centric fusions induce changes in number and position of chiasmata, and thus potentially affect intrachromosomal genetic recombination and genetic variability. Males and females, from 23 populations covering most of the geographic range of the species and spanning 22 degrees of latitude, were studied. We analyzed chiasma frequency in relation to variability in six exomorphological characters. The chromosomal polymorphisms of D. pratensis are widely geographically distributed, and show a central-marginal pattern, in which the central populations (those occupying the ecologically optimal habitats) have high mean frequencies of different fusions per individual (F) of up to F = 3.00 and total chiasma frequencies as low as XT = 8.98 per cell, while those near the margins of the distribution (central Patagonia and the Andes) have very low levels of chromosomal polymorphisms [down to F = 0.00 in most geographically marginal locations), monomorphic karyotypes and high chiasma frequencies (XT = 11.66, in the southernmost (Rada Tilly, 45°57´S) and XT = 12.01 in the northernmost population (Volcán, 23°55´S)]. Increasing chiasma frequencies towards the margins of the range are positively and significantly correlated with increasing levels of morphological variability. The decrease in fusion polymorphism and the consequent increase in genetic recombination (both inter- and intrachromosomal) in the marginal areas, is a result of natural selection favouring higher levels of variability, which could be adaptive in ecologically harsher and changing environments.
The craniometric variability of skulls of the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) from different countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany) and different regions within Germany was studied. The aim was to study the variability in different regions and to see if differences between populations exist now and might have existed in former times also. The discriminant analyses were performed for females and males separately. The material was assigned to three different age classes and tests were attempted with all age classes. For the largest sample from Saxony-Anhalt, differences could also be observed between the three selected time periods (1900-1930, 1931-1960 and 1961-1990). Discriminant analyses were performed by keeping the sexes, age classes, and time periods separate
wherever the material allowed for it. Regional samples differed to some degree (depending on the set of samples used). Particularly the
samples from Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands were more offset from the German samples; nevertheless, some overlap existed for the males of the third time period. The position of the small sample from the Rhineland was ambiguous in the different discriminant analyses but seemed rather to fall within the range of other German samples and not clearly in-between the German and the Dutch/Belgian samples. Overall variability, changes with time, and possible yearly fluctuations, as described in the literature, influenced the results and overlaid existing regional differences. The existence of a western subspecies could not be supported. The lack of substantial numbers of specimens illustrated the importance of collecting even the common species at all times for future research.
The article aims at identifying the origin of voids left by burnt-out organic material within the ceramic paste of Neolithic pottery from the Czech Republic territory. In methodological terms, an experimental reference collection was created and compared with the original early Neolithic pottery from the sites of Bylany by Kutná Hora and Těšetice-Kyjovice. The key analytical procedure consisted in non-destructive 3D microtomography (uCT) analysis, which is especially well suited for the study of the internal spatial organization of voids and temper. It allows to determine whether it is possible to define different manufacturing techniques employed for vessel construction on the basis of internal distribution of voids. The research identified cow dung as the probable organic temper within the original LBK ceramic paste. The ‘S’-forming technique, consisting in pressing the coil to the vessel wall, most closely corresponded to features observed at the Neolithic vessels. and Cílem článku je identifikování původu porozit, tj. stop po vyhořelé organické příměsi uvnitř hrnčířské hmoty, u neolitické keramiky (LBK) z území České republiky. Metodicky je práce založena na srovnání experimentálně zhotovených vzorků s originální keramikou staršího neolitu z lokalit Bylany u Kutné Hory a Těšetice-Kyjovice. Klíčovým analytickým postupem byla nedestruktivní 3D mikrotomografická analýza (uCT), která je přínosná právě pro studium vnitřní prostorové organizace porozit a příměsí. Umožňuje tak zkoumat, jestli je možné na základě vnitřního uspořádání pórů definovat odlišné výrobní techniky použité pro stavbu nádob. Výsledkem výzkumu bylo identifikování kravského hnoje jako pravděpodobné organické příměsi v keramické hmotě původní LBK. Jako utvářecí výrobní postup, který nejblíže odpovídal znakům pozorovaným na neolitických nádobách, byla určena tzv. technika „S“, založená na přimačkávání válečku ke stěně nádoby.
The aim of this study was to obtain information on the karyotypes, testes and ovaries of three fulgoroid families, mainly in the Issidae but also in the Caliscelidae and Acanaloniidae. For the Issidae, the data is for 19 species belonging to 11 genera of the subtribes Issina (2 species, 1 genus), Hysteropterina (14 species, 9 genera) and Agalmatiina (3 species, 2 genera) of the tribe Issini. The male karyotypes are shown to be quite uniform across the tribe, with 2n = 26 + X in all species studied except Latilica maculipes (Melichar, 1906) with 2n = 24 + X. The modal karyotype, 2n = 26 + X, matches the most probable ancestral state in the Fulgoroidea. In the majority of cases the number of seminal follicles in males and ovarioles in females are stable within but fairly variable among the species, the modal value of the follicle number is 10 per testis. Contrary to what might be expected from other fulgoroid families, such as the Dictyopharidae and Delphacidae, the variability in these characters revealed neither regular trends nor evident correspondence with the taxonomy of Issidae. In the Caliscelidae, all species studied had testes consisting of 6 follicles each and karyotypes of 2n = 24 + X and 26 + XY, respectively, in 3 and 1 species. The only representative studied of the Acanaloniidae, Acanalonia bivittata (Say, 1825), had 2n = 24 + X and 13 follicles in its testis. The variability in all the characters investigated is discussed and compared to other fulgoroid families, primarily to the most extensively studied families, Delphacidae and Dictyopharidae.
It is important to determine and clarify the variability of mammary carcinogenesis induction in animal experimental studies particularly in connection with chemoprevention projects. The circannual seasonal rhythms of hormone levels or various parameters within the immune system may involve factors participating in mammary gland carcinogenesis. In our study, 19 experiments were conducted and all of them lasted for about 25 weeks after chemical carcinogen administration (DMBA or NMU) under standard laboratory conditions. Females of two rat strains - a medium susceptible Sprague-Dawley strain and a very low susceptible Wistar:Han were used. We observed not only the effect of seasonal changes but also the effect of age after single or repeated carcinogen administration. The seasonal dependence of mammary carcinogenesis with higher tumor incidence during long days in comparison with winter short days has been demonstrated in Sprague-Dawley rats. In experiments on the Wistar:Han strain, certain features of seasonal character were recorded, although the very low susceptibility of this strain to mammary carcinogenesis might have influenced the results. A limited period of carcinogen administration in early puberty around postnatal days 43-46 (higher susceptibility), when compared to the period after postnatal day 50, is the factor significantly increasing incidence and frequency of mammary carcinogenesis in the Sprague-Dawley strain. Our results indicate the need to consider the effect of season and age of animals at the time of carcinogen administration on rat mammary carcinogenesis induction. However, the application of the results obtained in one strain of experimental animals may only lead to misleading conclusions., P. Kubatka, E. Ahlersová, I. Ahlers, B. Bojková, K. Kalická, E. Adámeková, M. Marková, M. Chamilová, M. Čermáková., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Species composition, structure and ecological characteristics of the vegetation of two pond types with different management, fishponds and storage ponds, in the Českobudějovická pánev basin (South Bohemia), were compared. A selection of 99 relevés from fishponds and 99 from storage ponds (small ponds used for the storage of marketable fish) made in 2000–2004 were analysed using direct and indirect ordination and ANOVA. The difference between storage ponds and fishponds was found to be more important than gradients correlated with temporal changes, soil moisture and mud depth. Storage ponds had a significantly higher mean number of species, bryophytes, archaeophytes and neophytes and beta-diversity. There were no significant differences in cover values, except of moss layer, which had significantly higher cover in storage ponds. Fishponds had significantly higher mean Ellenberg indicator values for light, continentality, moisture and nutrients. Oenanthe aquatica and Rumex maritimus are typical fishpond species and Amblystegium humile and Eleocharis palustris agg. typical storage pond species. The management of storage ponds is more varied and of different intensity than that of fishponds. It is assumed that management is a crucial factor determining the species richness and influencing the vegetation of these two habitats.
In the process of population screening for apo E gene polymorphism with the PCR and subsequent restriction analysis, we identified a female who demonstrated heterozygosity for an unusual restriction fragment caused by the loss of a CfoI restriction site. Sequence analysis of the apo E gene was performed and a carrier of the mutant allele with C - T substitution at cDNA position 3817 was identified, which caused an Arg136 - Cys change. The first-line relatives have been screened for this rare mutation with PCR and restriction analysis of PCR products. The complete lipoprotein parameters have been determined in the probands family. In the family, only one child had the same mutant allele as his mother had. The proband (7.49 mmol/l) with her siblings had hypercholesterolemia and a high body mass index (BMI 31.6 kg/m2). By contrast, her son had a normal lipid spectrum with normal BMI. We described the mutation apo E2* (Arg136 - Cys) in a family with elevated lipid levels, but there was no confirmation of the connection between this mutation and type III hyperlipoproteinemia or hyperlipoproteinemia at all. In the case of this mutation, other factors (mainly genetic) are important for the development of lipid metabolism disorders., J. A. Hubáček, J. Piťha, P. Stávek, G. Schmitz, R. Poledne., and Obsahuje bibliografii