Bi2223带材临界电流沿长度方向的统计分布

本文采用四引线法测量了Bi2223带材临界电流沿长度方向的分布,采用正态分布、对数正态分布、威布尔分布和最小极值分布对临界电流分布进行了拟合检验,确定了临界电流的最优统计分布模型.     

PHOTOPHYSICAL STUDIES ON HUMAN RETINAL LIPOFUSCIN

Fluorescent material generated in the human retina accumulates within lipofuscin granules of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) during aging. Its presence has been suggested to contributed to various diseases including age-related macular degeneration. Because this material absorbs light at wave lengths as long as 550 nm, photophysical studies were performed to determine whether lipofuscin could contribute to light damage and to determine if its composition is similar to a synthetically prepared lipofuscin. Time-resolved experiments were performed to monitor (1) fluorescence decay, (2) the UV-visible absorption of longer-lived excited states and (3) the formation and decay of singlet oxygen at 1270 nm. Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence studies indicate that human and synthetic lipofuscin have fluorophores in common. Time-resolved absorption experiments on human retinal lipofuscin and synthetic lipofuscin showed the presence of at least two transient species, one absorbing at 430 nm (lifetime caμs) and a second absorbing at 580 nm, which decays via second order kinetics. In addition, there is a third absorbing species stable to several hundred milliseconds. The transient species at 430 nm is quenched by oxygen, suggesting that it is a triplet state. Subsequent studies showed the formation of singlet oxygen, which was monitored by its phosphorescence decay at 1270 nm. These studies demonstrate that lipofuscin can act as a sensitizer for the generation of reactive oxygen species that may contribute to the age-related decline of RPE function and blue light damage.     

THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF HUMAN RETINAL LIPOFUSCIN AS STUDIED BY EPR

Fluorescent material generated in the human retina accumulates within lipofuscin (HLF) granules of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) during aging. We have been investigating the possible light-induced contribution of these fluorophores to various diseases including age-related macular degeneration. Our studies have shown that some of the fluorescent components of HLF are products of the reaction of retinaldehyde with ethanolamine and that synthetic mixtures of this reaction can serve as a useful model for photophysical studies. Previous research by us has demonstrated that irradiation of either natural or synthetic lipofuscin resulted in the formation of a triplet state and possibly a free radical. Here EPR studies were performed to verify the formation of that radical. The UV irradiation of either synthetic or natural human retinal lipofuscin extracts in oxygen-free methanol led to the formation of a 5,5-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) spin-trapped carbon-centered radical resulting from either hydrogen atom or electron abstraction from solvent molecules. In the presence of oxygen superoxide was formed, which was observed as a DMPO adduct. It is concluded that certain components of the chloroform-soluble fluorophores of human RPE lipofuscin granules and the fluorescent reaction products of retinaldehyde and ethanolamine are photophysically similar but not the same. Electron or hydrogen abstraction from a substrate by these fluorophores in vivo and the resulting radical products may contribute to the age-related decline of RPE function and blue light damage in the retina.     

Tri-o-tolylphosphine: A rapid photopolymerization initiator

The rate of tri-o-tolyphosphine-initiated photopolymerization of methyl methacrylate was found to be significantly higher than that for the triphenylphosphine initiated polymerization. The mechanism was shown to be dependent upon the concentration of the initiator. At low concentrations (10^?4 mole/l.), an activated complex is the initiating species, while at higher concentrations (above 10^?2 mole/l.) homolytic cleavage of the phosphorus–carbon bond is the radical source. Steric inhibition of resonance is advanced as an explanation for the enhanced activity of tri-o-tolylphosphine over triphenylphosphine.     

Numerical approach for quantification of epistemic uncertainty

In the field of uncertainty quantification, uncertainty in the governing equations may assume two forms: aleatory uncertainty and epistemic uncertainty. Aleatory uncertainty can be characterised by known probability distributions whilst epistemic uncertainty arises from a lack of knowledge of probabilistic information. While extensive research efforts have been devoted to the numerical treatment of aleatory uncertainty, little attention has been given to the quantification of epistemic uncertainty. In this paper, we propose a numerical framework for quantification of epistemic uncertainty. The proposed methodology does not require any probabilistic information on uncertain input parameters. The method only necessitates an estimate of the range of the uncertain variables that encapsulates the true range of the input variables with overwhelming probability. To quantify the epistemic uncertainty, we solve an encapsulation problem, which is a solution to the original governing equations defined on the estimated range of the input variables. We discuss solution strategies for solving the encapsulation problem and the sufficient conditions under which the numerical solution can serve as a good estimator for capturing the effects of the epistemic uncertainty. In the case where probability distributions of the epistemic variables become known a posteriori, we can use the information to post-process the solution and evaluate solution statistics. Convergence results are also established for such cases, along with strategies for dealing with mixed aleatory and epistemic uncertainty. Several numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the procedure and properties of the proposed methodology.     

On equivalence of generalized multi-valued contractions and Nadler's fixed point theorem

We consider two generalizations of Nadler's theorem, one proved by Mizoguchi and Takahashi in response to the Reich conjecture and another theorem proved by Kaneko. We show that due to the additional conditions of these theorems the given multi-valued map reduces to a multi-valued contraction map. We prove this result by showing that the orbit of the multi-valued map is bounded under the contractive conditions of the two generalizations.     

Evaluation of Colilert-18 for detection and enumeration of fecal coliform bacteria in wastewater using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Alternative Test procedure Protocol

This study compared recovery of fecal coliform bacteria from sewage by Colilert-18 and Standard Methods 9222D (membrane-Fecal Coliform medium) in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Alternative Test Protocol (ATP). Samples were collected from 10 different wastewater treatment plants in the northeastern United States and tested in a single laboratory. Twenty replicates of each sample were analyzed by each method, and 200 positive and 200 negative responses were confirmed for each method. Recovery of fecal coliforms by Colilert-18 was significantly higher than (8 of 10 sites) or statistically equivalent to (1 of 10 sites) recovery by the reference method (Standard Methods 9222D) for samples from all but one site. Both methods had low false-positive rates (< 2%); however, the false-negative rate observed with Standard Methods 9222D (21.5%) was substantially higher than that observed with Colilert-18 (7%). The accuracy rates of the two methods were calculated as 96.5 and 88.9% for Colilert-18 and Standard Methods 9222D, respectively. The results of this study demonstrate that Colilert-18 meets the acceptance criteria for alternative methods specified in the EPA ATP.     

A theoretical analysis of the excited states in 2-benzoylthiophene

The lower excited states of 2-benzoylthiophene have been studied using ab initio quantum chemical methods based on multiconfigurational wave functions. Six singlet and six triplet excited states have been characterized. The geometry has been optimized for the two lowest triplet states, which are responsible for the photoreactivity of the chromophore in the photosensitizing drug tiaprofenic acid. The T¹(π → π?) and T₂(n → π?) states have been found to be close in energy with the π → π? state slightly lower. The excited states have been characterized using density difference and spin density plots. The different photochemical behaviour of the two triplet states can be rationalized from the theoretical data.