急性等容性血液稀释在脊柱手术中对血小板功能的影响

目的探讨急性等容性血液稀释（ANH）在脊柱手术中对患者血小板功能的影响。方法择期全麻下行脊柱手术患者20例,术前行颈内静脉穿刺采自体血,同时于外周静脉输入等量的胶体液（万汶）,术中连续监测HR,SPO2,Bp及尿量变化,分别于采血前（T0）,采血后15 min（T1）,输血前（T2）,输血后15 min（T3）,抽取桡动脉血查HB,HCT,LAC,并采用Sonoclot分析仪测定激活凝血酶原时间（ACT）,凝血速率（CR）,血小板功能（PF）。记录术中晶胶体液输入量,出血量和尿量。结果与T0相比,T1的HB,HCT显著下降（P〈0.01）,CR、PF显著下降（P〈0.01）,与T2相比,T3的HB,HCT显著回升,CR、PF显著升高（P〈0.01）,LAC,ACT变化无统计学意义。结论急性等容性血液稀释对脊柱手术患者血小板功能有一定的保护作用,对凝血功能无明显不良影响。     

以一种新型Gemini表面活性剂作为介孔模板剂通过转晶过程合成介孔ZSM-5分子筛

将一种新型Gemini表面活性剂,丙撑基双(十八烷基二甲基氯化铵)[C18H37(CH3)2–N+–(CH2)3–N+–(CH3)2C18H37]Cl2(C18-3-18),作为介孔模板剂用于水热法合成介孔ZSM-5分子筛.结果表明,在130 oC低温晶化即可高效合成介孔ZSM-5分子刷.C18-3-18的加入量可影响到所合成介孔ZSM-5分子筛的相对结晶度和织构性质,它的形成遵从一个转晶过程.在合成初期,凝胶中介孔模板剂C18-3-18的使用导向了介孔材料的生成;随后在TPABr的模板作用下,介孔材料慢慢转晶生成具有MFI结构的介孔ZSM-5;然后所合成的介孔ZSM-5晶粒进一步长大并聚集形成块状颗粒,同时产生晶间介孔.C18-3-18作为介孔导向剂不仅可用于合成介孔ZSM-5分子筛,也可用于其它介孔分子筛的合成中.     

ACQ-to-AIE Transformation: Tuning Molecular Packing by Regioisomerization for Two-Photon NIR Bioimaging

The traditional design strategies for highly bright solid-state luminescent materials rely on weakening the intermolecular π–π interactions, which may limit diversity when developing new materials. Herein, we propose a strategy of tuning the molecular packing mode by regioisomerization to regulate the solid-state fluorescence. TBP-e-TPA with a molecular rotor in the end position of a planar core adopts a long-range cofacial packing mode, which in the solid state is almost non-emissive. By shifting molecular rotors to the bay position, the resultant TBP-b-TPA possesses a discrete cross packing mode, giving a quantum yield of 15.6±0.2 %. These results demonstrate the relationship between the solid-state fluorescence efficiency and the molecule's packing mode. Thanks to the good photophysical properties, TBP-b-TPA nanoparticles were used for two-photon deep brain imaging. This molecular design philosophy provides a new way of designing highly bright solid-state fluorophores.     

Work function and negative electron affinity of ultrathin barium fluoride films

Thin films of barium fluorides with different thicknesses were deposited on GaAs substrate by electron beam evaporation. The aim of the work was to identify the best growth conditions for the production of coatings with a low work function suitable for the anode of hybrid thermionic-photovoltaic (TIPV) devices. The chemical composition and work function φ of the films with different thicknesses were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). The lowest value of φ = 2.1 eV was obtained for the film with a thickness of ~2 nm. In the valence band spectra of the films at low kinetic energy, near the cutoff, a characteristic peak of negative electron affinity was present. This effect contributed to a further reduction of the film's work function.     

Taba: A Tool to Analyze the Binding Affinity

Evaluation of ligand-binding affinity using the atomic coordinates of a protein-ligand complex is a challenge from the computational point of view. The availability of crystallographic structures of complexes with binding affinity data opens the possibility to create machine-learning models targeted to a specific protein system. Here, we describe a new methodology that combines a mass-spring system approach with supervised machine-learning techniques to predict the binding affinity of protein-ligand complexes. The combination of these techniques allows exploring the scoring function space, generating a model targeted to a protein system of interest. The new model shows superior predictive performance when compared with classical scoring functions implemented in the programs Molegro Virtual Docker, AutoDock4, and AutoDock Vina. We implemented this methodology in a new program named Taba. Taba is implemented in Python and available to download under the GNU license at https://github.com/azevedolab/taba . © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Distributed and multicore QuBiLS-MIDAS software v2.0: Computing chiral,fuzzy, weighted and truncated geometrical molecular descriptors based on tensor algebra

Advances to the distributed, multi-core and fully cross-platform QuBiLS-MIDAS software v2.0 ( http://tomocomd.com/qubils-midas ) are reported in this article since the v1.0 release. The QuBiLS-MIDAS software is the only one that computes atom-pair and alignment-free geometrical MDs (3D-MDs) from several distance metrics other than the Euclidean distance, as well as alignment-free 3D-MDs that codify structural information regarding the relations among three and four atoms of a molecule. The most recent features added to the QuBiLS-MIDAS software v2.0 are related (a) to the calculation of atomic weightings from indices based on the vertex-degree invariant (e.g., Alikhanidi index); (b) to consider central chirality during the molecular encoding; (c) to use measures based on clustering methods and statistical functions to codify structural information among more than two atoms; (d) to the use of a novel method based on fuzzy membership functions to spherically truncate inter-atomic relations; and (e) to the use of weighted and fuzzy aggregation operators to compute global 3D-MDs according to the importance and/or interrelation of the atoms of a molecule during the molecular encoding. Moreover, a novel module to compute QuBiLS-MIDAS 3D-MDs from their headings was also developed. This module can be used either by the graphical user interface or by means of the software library. By using the library, both the predictive models built with the QuBiLS-MIDAS 3D-MDs and the QuBiLS-MIDAS 3D-MDs calculation can be embedded in other tools. A set of predefined QuBiLS-MIDAS 3D-MDs with high information content and low redundancy on a set comprised of 20,469 compounds is also provided to be employed in further cheminformatics tasks. This set of predefined 3D-MDs evidenced better performance than all the universe of Dragon (v5.5) and PaDEL 0D-to-3D MDs in variability studies, whereas a linear independence study proved that these QuBiLS-MIDAS 3D-MDs codify chemical information orthogonal to the Dragon 0D-to-3D MDs. This set of predefined 3D-MDs would be periodically updated as long as new results be achieved. In general, this report highlights our continued efforts to provide a better tool for a most suitable characterization of compounds, and in this way, to contribute to obtaining better outcomes in future applications.     

XANES技术探究酸处理对义马煤中硫形态及其热变迁行为的影响

利用XANES技术研究了酸处理对义马煤的比表面积、体相及表面硫形态分布和热解过程中硫变迁行为的影响。结果表明,由于酸处理过程中部分镶嵌于有机质中的矿物质被脱除导致部分闭合孔打开,煤的比表面积有所增大。HCl-HF和HCl-HF-HNO_3处理脱除了煤中大部分矿物质和无机硫,由于HNO_3的强氧化性,YMN中亚砜和砜硫化物的相对含量均高于YMR和YMD。相比煤样体相,酸处理过程对表面形态硫的分布产生了更为明显的影响。酸处理煤样热解含硫气体释放量减少,但由于大部分碱性矿物质的脱除和煤中易分解形态硫相对含量的增加,含硫气体释放率增加。不同形态硫之间的内部转化使得酸处理煤焦中主要形态硫的分布更为均匀。通过HCl-HF-HNO_3处理可以有效地脱除煤中矿物质及无机硫,并改变煤中形态硫分布,从而为高灰分、富含黄铁矿的高硫煤的利用提供指导。     

基于偶氮苯衍生物的三阶非线性光开关性能的调控

偶氮苯衍生物因其具有特殊的共轭体系常用作光开关特性的三阶非线性光学（NLO）开关材料,但有部分带有特殊基团的偶氮类分子在一般条件下无法显示其性能.然而,这类分子在被调节之后能展示出优异的光控的NLO开关性能.以无光控的NLO开关性能的5-（N-4-偶氮苯基）氨甲基间苯二甲酸为研究对象,并对其潜在的光控NLO开关性能进行调控.经过调节后的这类分子在光照条件下能顺利地经历可逆的顺反异构化反应,且产生三阶非线性性能的转换.其Z-扫描实验结果显示处于反式构型的材料展示出反饱和吸收和自散焦特性;在光照之后,这类材料转化为顺式构型并展现出饱和吸收和自聚焦行为.三阶NLO性能的转换是由于材料的结构发生转变其内部电子产生重排,使得它们在激光刺激下产生不同的响应机制.     

Reduced eigensystem representation of the linear density-density response function

The linear density-density response function represents a formulation of the generalized density response of a molecular (or extended) system to arbitrary perturbing potentials. We have recently established an approach for reducing the dimension of the (in principle infinite) eigenspace representation (the moment expansion) and generalized it to arbitrary self-adjoint, positive-definite, and compact linear operators. Here, we present a modified representation—the reduced eigensystem representation—which allows to define a trivial criterion for the convergence of the approximation to the density response. By means of this novel eigensystem-like structure, the remarkable reduction of the dimensionality becomes apparent for the calculation of the density-density response function.