A report on alterations to the speaking and singing voices of four women following hormonal therapy with virilizing agents

Four women aged between 27 and 58 years sought otolaryngological examination due to significant alterations to their voices, the primary concerns being hoarseness in vocal quality, lowering of habitual pitch, difficulty projecting their speaking voices, and loss of control over their singing voices. Otolaryngological examination with a mirror or flexible laryngoscope revealed no apparent abnormality of vocal fold structure or function, and the women were referred for speech pathology with diagnoses of functional dysphonia. Objective acoustic measures using the Kay Visipitch indicated significant lowering of the mean fundamental frequency for each woman, and perceptual analysis of the patients' voices during quiet speaking, projected voice use, and comprehensive singing activities revealed a constellation of features typically noted in the pubescent male. The original diagnoses of a functional dysphonia were queried, prompting further exploration of each woman's medical history, revealing in each case onset of vocal symptoms shortly after commencing treatment for conditions with medications containing virilizing agents (eg, Danocrine (danazol), Deca-Durabolin (nandrolene decanoate), and testosterone). Although some of the vocal symptoms decreased in severity with the influences from 6 months voice therapy and after withdrawal from the drugs, a number of symptoms remained permanent, suggesting each subject had suffered significant alterations in vocal physiology, including muscle tissue changes, muscle coordination dysfunction, and propioceptive dysfunction. This retrospective study is presented in order to illustrate that it was both the projected speaking voice and the singing voice that proved so highly sensitive to the virilization effects. The implications for future prospective research studies and responsible clinical practice are discussed.     

皂土修饰碳糊电极的电化学发光特性研究及其分析应用

基于皂土修饰碳糊电极对鲁米诺背景电化学发光信号的降低作用和对异烟肼的富集分离作用,建立了一种灵敏度高、选择性好的测定异烟肼的电化学发光新方法.在最佳的实验条件下,相对电化学发光强度与异烟肼的浓度在5.0×10^-9～8.0×10^-7mol/L范围内呈线性关系,方法的检出限为1.8×10^-9mol/L,相关系数为0.9984.     

聚对氨基吡啶化学修饰电极上酚磺乙胺的电化学行为及其溶出伏安法测定

在玻碳电极上制备了聚对氨基吡啶 (POAP)修饰膜电极 ,并用POAP电极研究了酚磺乙胺 (DIC)的电化学行为。POAP修饰电极对DIC的氧化有良好的电催化活性。循环伏安图上出现一对灵敏、可逆的氧化还原峰。在最佳条件下 ,氧化峰电流与DIC浓度在 4.0× 10 -8～ 1.0× 10 -3 mol/L范围内呈良好线性关系 ,开路富集 5min检测限达 7.6× 10 -10 mol/L。用POAP测定DIC具有良好的重现性、灵敏度和稳定性     

Alcohol‐Mediated Resistance‐Switching Behavior in Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Electronic Devices

Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn increasing attentions as promising candidates for functional devices. Herein, we present MOF films in constructing memory devices with alcohol mediated resistance switching property, where the resistance state is controlled by applying alcohol vapors to achieve multilevel information storage. The ordered packing mode and the hydrogen bonding system of the guest molecules adsorbed in MOF crystals are shown to be the reason for the alcohol mediated electrical switching. This chemically mediated memory device can be a candidate in achieving environment‐responsive devices and exhibits potential applications in wearable information storage systems.     

碳纳米管电极上辣根过氧化物酶的直接电化学

制备了碳纳米管修饰玻碳电极(CNT/GC).将辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)固定在CNT/GC电极表面,形成HRP-CNT/GC电极.研究了HRP的直接电子转移.实验结果表明,HRP在CNT/GC电极表面能进行有效和稳定的直接电子转移反应,其循环伏安曲线上表现出一对良好的、几乎对称的氧化还原峰;式量电位E^0'几乎不随扫速(至少在20～100 mV/s的扫速范围内)而变化,其平均值为(-0.319±0.002) V (vs. SCE, pH 6.9); HRP在CNT/GC电极表面直接电子转移的速率常数为(2.07±0.56) s^-1;式量电位E^0'与溶液pH 的关系表明HRP的直接电化学是(1e+1H⁺)的电极过程.进一步的实验结果显示,固定在CNT/GC电极表面的HRP能保持其对H₂O₂还原的生物电催化活性,而且能快速地响应H₂O₂浓度的变化.本文制备碳纳米管修饰电极和固定酶的方法具有简单和易于操作等优点,可用于获得其它生物氧化还原蛋白质和酶的直接电子转移.     

磁性普鲁士蓝纳米颗粒的合成及其化学修饰电极的制作

利用FeSO₄与FeCl₃合成了超细磁性Fe₃O₄纳米颗粒, 并进一步利用该纳米颗粒与铁氰酸钾在酸性溶液(pH～2)中的化学反应成功制备了一种新型的磁性普鲁士蓝纳米颗粒; 研究了该磁性颗粒的磁学性能, 通过磁力将其修饰于固体石蜡碳糊电极表面制成了化学修饰电极, 考察了该电极对过氧化氢的电催化还原及对水合肼的电催化氧化特性. 该化学修饰电极可对过氧化氢和水合肼进行测定, 线性范围分别为过氧化氢2×10^－6～5×10^－3 mol/L, 水合肼7.2×10^－7～3.6×10^－4 mol/L. 利用磁性普鲁士蓝纳米颗粒制得的修饰电极具有催化性能高、稳定性好、表面易更新等优点.     

纳米二氧化钛对辣根过氧化酶催化作用

将辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)固定在二氧化钛(TiO2)纳米颗粒或纳米管修饰玻碳电极(GC)上,形成纳米TiO2微粒/HRP修饰GC电极和TiO2纳米管/HRP修饰GC电极.比较了HRP在纳米TiO2微粒、TiO2纳米管电极上的直接电子转移反应.实验表明,HRP在TiO2纳米管电极表面更能有效地促进它的电活性中心发生电子交换反应.此外,还测定了HRP标记抗体的电化学性能,为抗原抗体免疫反应信号的选择提供了参考依据.     

吸附杂多化合物对亚硝酸根的电催化还原

详细地研究了吸附在热解石墨电极表面的ＳｉＭｏ１２Ｏ４０４－以及Ｄｙ（ＳｉＭｏ１１Ｏ３９）２１３－和吸附在玻碳电极表面的Ｐ２Ｗ１８Ｏ６２６－的电化学行为，结果表明这些杂多化合物修饰电极在酸性条件下均对ＮＯ２－的还原有很好的催化作用，其催化电流与ＮＯ２－的浓度的平方根里线性关系。     

单缺位磷钨杂多酸聚吡咯修饰电极的制备及其电化学性能

在玻碳电极（ＧＣ）上,用电化学方法将单缺位Ｄａｗｓｏｎ型磷钨杂多酸盐Ｋ１０Ｐ２Ｗ１７Ｏ６１·１５Ｈ２Ｏ的阴离子（Ｐ２Ｗ１７）掺杂到聚吡咯（ＰＰＹ）薄膜中制成的Ｐ２Ｗ１７／ＰＰＹ／ＧＣ化学修饰电极,既保持了该杂多酸的电化学活性和电催化性能,又具有良好的稳定性与灵敏度。     

电化学分析

本文是《分析试验室》定期评述中电化学分析第六篇评述文章。它评述了从１９９７年１月至１９９８年１０月期间我国电化学分析的进展。内容分基础理论与应用研究两大部分。前者包括电化学分析理论研究、电分析化学中的化学计量学方法,后者包括极谱与伏安法,络合吸附波与催化波,线性扫描伏安法,示差脉冲伏安法,吸附溶出分析法,示波分析法,微电极、超微电极与化学修饰电极,离子选择电极与各类传感器,光谱电化学,扫描隧道显微法和液／液界面电化学分析,电化学检测／电泳、色谱技术,电化学免疫法,电位分析法及其它等。共引用文献４８３篇。