Fermentation characteristics and the dynamic trend of chemical components during fermentation of Massa Medicata Fermentata

As a representative of traditionally fermented Chinese medicine, Massa Medicata Fermentata (MMF) shows the functions of invigorating the spleen and stomach and promoting digestion, which plays an important role in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The fermentation mechanism and the key factors that affect the quality of MMF have not been revealed yet, which has become an urgent issue that limits its clinical application. This article aims to systematically and comprehensively reveal the transformation of physical properties and the dynamic trend of chemical components including substrate components, volatile components, and lactic acid as anaerobic fermentation product during MMF fermentation. Along with obvious hyphae growth observed for MMF, the weight of MMF decreased, and the moisture and temperature increased. Through the quantified 14 components from substrate, ferulic acid increased from 45.53 ± 6.94 to 141.89 ± 78.40 μg/g, while glycosides and phenolic acids declined except caffeic acid. Also, within the 66 volatile components analyzed, alcohols and acids increased, while aldehydes and ketones decreased. Lactic acid was not detected in the fermentation substrate, but an apparent increase in lactic acid content was observed along with the increased fermentation days, resulting in 2.54 ± 0.15 mg/g on day 8. Based on the tested components, the fermentation process of MMF was discriminated into three distinct stages by principal component analysis, and an optimal fermentation time of four days was proposed. The results of this study will be of great significance to clarify the characteristics of fermentation and conduce to improving quality standards of MMF.     

A High-Order Finite Difference Scheme for 3D Unsteady Convection Diffusion Reaction Equations北大核心CSCD

针对三维非稳态对流扩散反应方程,构造了一种高精度紧致有限差分格式,对空间的离散采用四阶紧致差分方法,对时间的离散采用Taylor级数展开和余项修正技术,所提格式在时间上的精度为二阶、在空间上的精度为四阶。利用Fourier稳定性分析法证明了该格式是无条件稳定的。最后给出数值算例验证了理论结果。     

考虑大数据营销和风险规避的绿色供应链决策与协调

通过建立考虑大数据营销及零售商风险规避的博弈模型,对绿色供应链定价、产品绿色度及利润进行比较分析。研究发现:无论集中决策、双方风险中性分散决策还是仅零售商风险规避分散决策,考虑大数据营销时的供应链整体期望利润和产品绿色度较高,且大数据营销效率因子对产品绿色度的增加有正向作用;双方风险中性分散决策下,一定条件下,两部定价契约能够有效协调供应链整体利润,实现帕累托改进;仅零售商风险规避分散决策下,零售商的风险规避行为会降低其对大数据营销的投入,一定条件下,两部定价契约也能够实现供应链整体期望利润的帕累托改进。     

Characterization of tension and normally lignified wood cellulose inPopulus maximowiczii

We have investigated unlignified tension wood and normally lignified wood celluloses inPopulus maximowiczii with particular reference to the composition of two crystalline phases I/I (triclinic/ monoclinic). Four independent techniques, which enable us to detect the two phases, CP/MAS¹³C NMR, Fourier transform infrared microscopy, selected-area electron diffraction, and X-ray diffraction were applied. Because of the low crystallinity of wood celluloses, particularly in the case of celluloses in the lignified cell wall, no single method was decisive enough to be able to determine the composition of the two phases as one can with highly crystalline materials. The I dominant structure (monoclinic crystal type) was, however, preferred for both tension and normal wood celluloses.     

Randomized algorithms for the separation of point sets and for solving quadratic programs

A randomized algorithm for finding a hyperplane separating two finite point sets in the Euclidean space ^d and a randomized algorithm for solving linearly constrained general convex quadratic problems are proposed. The expected running time of the separating algorithm isO(dd! (m + n)), wherem andn are cardinalities of sets to be separated. The expected running time of the algorithm for solving quadratic problems isO(dd! s) wheres is the number of inequality constraints. These algorithms are based on the ideas of Seidel's linear programming algorithm [6]. They are closely related to algorithms of [8], [2], and [9] and belong to an abstract class of algorithms investigated in [1]. The algorithm for solving quadratic problems has some features of the one proposed in [7].This research was done when the author was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.On leave from the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 620219 Ekaterinburg, S. Kovalevskaya str. 16, Russia.     

Evidence of a phase transition of RbHCO3 from high-resolution solid-state 13C and 87Rb NMR by comparison with KHCO3

A variable-temperature high-resolution 13C and 87Rb solid-state NMR study of powder rubidium hydrogencarbonate, RbHCO3, is presented for the first time. At ambient temperature, RbHCO3 is formed by centrosymmetric dimers linked by hydrogen bonds, but almost no information is available on this compound concerning proton disorder and the low-temperature phase. However, potassium hydrogencarbonate, KHCO3, which has an isomorphic structure for the high temperature phase, was well studied: it undergoes a non-ferroic, non-ferroelectric phase transition at Tc = 318 K between two monoclinic structures. The protons are disordered in an asymmetric double-well potential in the low-temperature phase, and the double-well potential becomes symmetric in the high-temperature phase. By comparison with recent solid-state NMR experimental results on KHCO3, we show that RbHCO3 undergoes a phase transition at Tc approximately 245 K, and give evidence that the proton dynamic disorder in both compounds is very similar.     

Evaluation of a retention model in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

Modeling the retention in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) was achieved using retention indices obtained in conventional GC. Predicted results were compared with experimental data obtained in the two-dimensional separation of a synthetic hydrocarbon mixture. This proved to be helpful in optimizing the operating conditions of GC x GC separation of a complex petroleum sample and in identifying chemical families.     

手性氮磷配体与钌的配位过程的研究—原位变温 31P核磁及分子模拟计算

用原位变温 ³¹P NMR和分子模拟研究了手性氮磷配体与金属钌的配位过程。首先确定了配体及其与金属的配合物的化学位移信号分别在δ=-13.0ppm和δ=48.2ppm。配位过程在293～343K温度范围内,相继生成四配位和五配位中间体。四配位体在 ³¹P NMR上对应于30.8ppm和-15.0ppm的两个信号;五配位中间体对应于35.1ppm和-16.5ppm的两个信号;最后在343K,产物中只有六配位的配合物存在,其信号出现在48.2ppm。为了得到各种中间体的结构,用分子模拟方法进行了结构优化计算,并比较了它们的构象能。计算结果表明,四配位中间体有两种构象,能量相差9kcal·mol^-1,它们可能同时存在于平衡状态。而五配位中间体只有一种绝对优势构象,尚有一个磷原子未参与配位。六配位的钌金属配合物的结构优化结果显示,两个氯原子分别位于PNNP原子所构成平面的两侧。其构象能为162.0kcal·mol^-1,其中键角能的贡献是112.5kcal·mol^-1,而非键静电作用是-41.4kcal·mol^-1,这表明分子内的静电吸引力对于形成完全配位产物是十分有利的,但是收敛的配体分子却承受了较大的键角张力。     

Drag on two nonuniformly structured flocs moving along the axis of a cylindrical tube

The boundary effect on the drag on two identical, nonuniformly structured flocs moving along the axis of a cylindrical tube filled with a Newtonian fluid is investigated at a small to medium larger Reynolds number. A two-layer model is adopted to simulate various possible structures of a floc, and the flow field inside is described by Darcy–Brinkman model. The results of numerical simulation reveal that a convective flow is present in the rear region of a floc when Reynolds number is on the order of 40. The presence of the tube wall and/or the porous structure of a floc has the effect of reducing that convective flow. For a fixed level of the volume-average permeability of a floc, the influence of the tube wall on the drag depends upon floc structure; the influence on a nonuniformly structured floc is more significant than that on a uniformly structured floc. The more nonuniform the floc structure, the more appreciable the deviation of the drag coefficient–Reynolds number curve from a Stokes’-law-like relation becomes. The smaller the volume-average permeability of a floc and/or the smaller the separation distance between the two flocs, the greater is the deviation, but the presence of the tube wall has the effect of reducing that deviation.