A new cave-dwelling blind loach, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), from Hunan Province, China.

A new blind loach species, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov., from a karst cave in Hunan Province, central south China, is described based on morphology and cyt b gene sequencing.

[Research perspectives and achievements in taxonomy and distribution of bats in China].

Chinese chiropterologists have made significant improvements into research on bat taxonomy and distribution. Overall, scholars recorded 6 new species of bats, alongside 11 species recorded species in the Chinese Mainland and 4 new bat species of Murina in Taiwan. Chinese chiropterologists intensively cooperated with the international experts on bats, and adopted several new, multidisciplinary methods to carry out their studies.

[Purity measurement of hybrid rice seed Yixiang 725 with visible-near infrared reflectance spectra].

A rapid and non-invasive method was put forward to measure the purity of hybrid rice seed by visible-near infrared reflectance spectra. Ninety hybrid rice seed samples (Yixiang 725) with the purity of 90%-99% were collected using a FieldSpec 3 visible-near infrared spectometer. All samples were divided randomly into two groups, one group with 75 samples used as calibrated set, and the other with 15 samples used as validated set.

[Diagnosis of chronic enteritis of alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) based on visible-near infrared reflectance spectra of feces].

A new method was put forward to diagnose chronic enteritis of alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) by visible-near infrared reflectance spectra of feces. A total of 125 feces samples, including 70 samples from healthy individuals (healthy samples) and 55 samples from chronic enteritis sufferers (diseased samples), were collected in Xinglongshan musk deer farm, Gansu province. The spectral scan was carried out in the darkroom (temperature 18 degrees C-22 degrees C, humidity 22%-25% and halogen lamp as a sole light source) with an ASD FieldSpec 3 spectrometer.

[Theoretical model for rocky desertification control in karst area].

Based on the basic principles of restoration ecology, the trigger-action model for rocky desertification control was proposed, i. e. , the ability that an ecosystem enables itself to develop was called dominant force, and the interfering factor resulting in the deviation of the climax of ecological succession from its preconcerted status was called trigger factor.

[A family with familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia].

Objective: To report a family of familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia(FDH).

Methods: Four members, including the female proband, mother, daughter and brother, went through the measurement of thyroid hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Electrophoretic analysis of the patient's serum proteins was carried out after the patient's serum being incubated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) labeled thyroxine(T4), The point mutation of Alb gene was determined in all members.