基于遗传算法的同步感应线圈发射装置参数优化

发射速度和能量转换效率是同步感应线圈型电磁发射装置(SICEML)最重要的两项指标。驱动线圈和电枢的结构参数、驱动线圈匝数以及电枢初始触发位置都会对这两项指标产生影响。以上述参数为变量,以发射速度和能量转换效率之积为目标函数,引入遗传算法对单级SICEML参数进行了优化设计,并利用有限元软件进行了仿真验证。结果表明:在储能与发射装置总体体积不变的前提下,优化后的系统效率由5.38%提高到13.6%,出口速度由38m/s提高到61m/s,系统性能得到明显改善。利用单级SICEML样机进行了堵驻试验,结果与仿真结果吻合较好,验证了本文提出的遗传算法的可行性。     

GAS WAVE IN FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MAGNETO-ELECTRO-ELASTIC COUPLED STRUCTURE

研究了由均匀磁电弹半空间和功能梯度磁电弹层组成的耦合结构中间隙波的传播特性.假定功能梯度层的材料性能沿厚度方向呈指数变化,且其表面机械自由,但承受两种电磁边界条件.首先推导了频散方程,然后结合数值算例分析了功能梯度层材料性能的梯度变化、厚度及电磁边界条件对相速度的影响,结果对功能梯度磁电弹材料在声波器件中的应用具有参考价值.     

Unlocking the binding and reaction mechanism of hydroxyurea substrates as biological nitric oxide donors

Hydroxyurea is the only FDA approved treatment of sickle cell disease. It is believed that the primary mechanism of action is associated with the pharmacological elevation of nitric oxide in the blood; however, the exact details of this are still unclear. In the current work, we investigate the atomic level details of this process using a combination of flexible-ligand/flexible-receptor virtual screening coupled with energetic analysis that decomposes interaction energies. Utilizing these methods, we were able to elucidate the previously unknown substrate binding modes of a series of hydroxyurea analogs to hemoglobin and the concomitant structural changes of the enzyme. We identify a backbone carbonyl that forms a hydrogen bond with bound substrates. Our results are consistent with kinetic and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements of hydroxyurea-hemoglobin reactions, and a full mechanism is proposed that offers new insights into possibly improving substrate binding and/or reactivity.     

螺噁嗪化合物的合成及其光致变色性能的研究

合成了3种新型的螺噁嗪化合物,并通过IR,MS,1H NMR对其结构进行了表征。研究了1位和9’位上取代基对螺噁嗪光致变色性能的影响;不同溶剂对螺噁嗪最大吸收波长的影响;对螺噁嗪的热褪色速率进行了动力学的研究。结果表明,当螺噁嗪1位的取代基为柔性结构,9’位连接能形成更稳定共轭体系的取代基时有利于开环体热稳定性的提高。     

小檗碱衍生物合成及生理活性研究进展

小檗碱是一种季铵型异喹啉生物碱,主要存在于毛茛科、芸香科和小檗科等植物中,具有多种药理功能.近年来,大量小檗碱衍生物的合成,极大提高了小檗碱的生理活性及拓展了小檗碱的应用范围.文章重点综述了小檗碱及其衍生物的生物及化学合成,简述了其生理活性,并对新型小檗碱衍生物合成的设计方向作了展望.     

Fine structure constant variation or spacetime anisotropy?

The European Physical Journal C - We try to understand the recently observed anomalous behavior of the photon-to-pion transition form factor in the holographic QCD approach. First the holographic...     

Exonuclease-assisted cascaded recycling amplification for label-free detection of DNA

The network consisting of three kinds of unlabeled stem-loop DNA molecular beacons (MBs) is activated by target DNA in the presence of exonuclease-III (Exo-III), achieving the concept of exonuclease-assisted cascaded recycling amplification (Exo-CRA) for DNA detection with a wide dynamic range of 8 orders of magnitude.     

Investigation of folding patterns in homo-oligomers of (R)-β2,2-amino acids with carbohydrate side chain

The study describes the synthesis of new β^2,2-peptides made from geminally disubstituted β^2,2-amino acid and their folding propensities. The (R)-C-linked carbo-β^2,2-amino acid [(R)-β^2,2-Caa] was prepared from d-glucose and converted into the homo-oligomeric di-, tetra-, and hexapeptides. The conformational studies were carried out using NMR (in CDCl₃), CD, IR, and MD calculations. These β^2,2-peptides were interestingly stabilized by five-membered (mr) inter-residue H-bonds NH(i)?O(i-1) (furanoside) and a 6-mr intra-residue H-bond between amide proton (NH(i)) and the oxygen of –OMe(i) at the C3 carbon of the carbohydrate side chain. These results amply demonstrate that the ‘epimerization’ at the spiro carbon center has an effect on the conformational behavior of these peptides. Finding of these, H-bonding patterns, which are not so common to stabilize the folds in this class of β^2,2-Caa derived peptides would further facilitate augmentation in the domain of foldamer.     

Catalytic dechlorination of Aroclor 1242 by Ni/Fe bimetallic nanoparticles

Ni/Fe bimetallic nanoparticles were synthesized for treatment of Aroclor 1242, in order to evaluate their applicability for in situ remediation of groundwater and soil contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Our experimental results indicate that the total PCB concentration changed during the reduction of 3,5-dichlorobiphenyl (PCB 14), and biphenyl was produced as the final product. Initially, the concentration of 3-chlorobiphenyl (PCB 2) was increased in the prophase reaction and then slowly decreased, suggesting that Aroclor 1242 was first adsorbed by Ni/Fe nanoparticles, and then, the higher chlorinated congeners were converted gradually to the lower chlorinated congeners, and finally to biphenyl. The dechlorination efficiency of Aroclor 1242 reached approximately 80% at 25°C in just 5h, then 95.6% and 95.8% in 10h and 24h, respectively. The study revealed that high Ni/Fe nanoparticle dosage and high Ni content in Ni/Fe nanoparticles favor the catalytic dechlorination reaction. Moreover, a comparison of different types of catalysts on the dechlorination of Aroclor 1242 indicated that Ni/Mg and Mg powders showed a greater reactivity than Ni/Fe and Fe nanoparticles, respectively.     

Proteomic analysis reveals platelet factor 4 and beta-thromboglobulin as prognostic markers in severe acute respiratory syndrome

Previously, we reported that proteomic fingerprints were present in sera of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and could separate patients into subgroups with different prognoses. In the present study, we examined the prognostic values of the SARS-associated proteomic features by biostatistical analysis, and deciphered the identities of those with prognostic values. Data of 20 SARS-associated serum proteomic features and ten serological variables from 38 SARS adult patients before treatment were subjected to multivariate logistic regression. Proteomic features of m/z 6634, m/z 7769, m/z 8635, and m/z 8865 were identified as independent prognostic markers. After purification by cation-exchange chromatography and gel electrophoresis, proteomic features of m/z 7769 and m/z 8865 were found to be platelet factor 4 (PF4) and beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG) by tandem mass spectrometry, respectively. The associations of decreased serum PF4 and increased serum beta-TG levels with poor prognosis were confirmed by Western blot. Previous studies suggest that PF4 and beta-TG are involved in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a negative and positive way, respectively. Our results suggest that PF4 and beta-TG may also play similar roles in the development of ARDS in SARS patients.