Accurate,sensitive determination of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in human plasma,urine samples

Quantitative determination of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in human plasma and urine with high accuracy and precision provides significant information to monitor the underlying etiology of several diseases. In this regard, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry is a good choice owing to its great selectivity and sensitivity. Additionally, the hybrid quadrupole–time of flight–mass spectrometer systems provides easy identification of target compounds with superior mass measurements. In this study, an analytical method has been developed for simple, accurate and simultaneous determination of linoleic acid, arachidonic acid, docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in a short chromatographic analysis period. The developed method is suitable for the quantitative detection of these four compounds with detection limits ranging between 1.1–3.0 ng ml⁻¹ and its applicability was assessed in human urine and plasma samples. As a result, acceptable accuracy (between 83 and 111%) and good precision (<6%) were obtained for target compounds using matrix matching calibration strategy.     

三维荧光结合三阶校正算法快速检测水中酚类化合物

苯酚和麝香草酚等酚类化合物对人体和动植物有着严重危害，且这些酚类化合物往往同时存在于水体。由于苯酚和麝香草酚的激发和发射光谱重叠严重，常规荧光方法不能实现直接快速测定。基于三维荧光光谱结合四维平行因子（4-PARAFAC）算法，对存在未知干扰物的湖水中苯酚和麝香草酚进行定性和定量分析。利用三维平行因子和四维平行因子算法分解光谱数据，探索三阶校正算法的“三阶优势”。通过引入温度维来构建四维数据阵，将不同温度下扫描得到的激发发射矩阵沿样本维叠加得到四维数据阵，结合基于四维平行因子的三阶校正算法对目标分析物进行定性定量分析。为避免溶剂散射和仪器的影响，需要对扫描得到的激发发射矩阵信号进行预处理。通过空白扣除法和Delaunay三角内插值法去除激发发射矩阵中散射信号，再进一步进行激发发射校正，得到真实光谱。然后分别使用基于平行因子的二阶校正算法和基于四维平行因子的三阶校正算法对光谱数据进行分析，对比两种算法的分析结果。结果表明，四维数据阵并不是三维激发发射矩阵简单的叠加，得到的四维数据可能含有丰富的高维信息，有助于改善对分析物的测量结果。四维平行因子算法解析得到的湖水中苯酚和麝香草酚的平均回收率分别为97.7%±9.2%和96.5%±8.8%，预测均方根误差为0.047和0.057 μg·mL-1，预测相对误差低于10%，分析结果优于三维平行因子（平均回收率分别为105.7%±15.3%和111.0%±3.6%，预测均方根误差为0.090和0.056 μg·mL-1，预测相对误差高于10%）。实验表明，样本中存在复杂干扰背景和数据共线性严重时，三阶校正算法能够得到比二阶校正算法更满意的结果，为复杂体系中苯酚和麝香草酚的检测提供了可靠方法。     

The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

The Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope(Insight-HXMT) is a broadband X-ray and γ-ray(1-3000 ke V) astronomy satellite. One of its three main telescopes is the High Energy X-ray telescope(HE). The main detector plane of HE comprises 18 Na I(Tl)/Cs I(Na) phoswich detectors, where Na I(Tl) is used as the primary detector to measure ~ 20-250 ke V photons incident from the field of view(FOV) defined by collimators, and Cs I(Na) is used as the active shielding detector to Na I(Tl) by pulse shape discrimination. Additionally, Cs I(Na) is used as an omnidirectional γ-ray monitor. The HE collimators have a diverse FOV,i.e. 1.1°×5.7°(15 units), 5.7°×5.7°(2 units), and blocked(1 unit). Therefore, the combined FOV of HE is approximately5.7°×5.7°. Each HE detector has a diameter of 190 mm resulting in a total geometrical area of approximately 5100 cm2, and the energy resolution is ~15% at 60 ke V. For each recorded X-ray event by HE, the timing accuracy is less than 10 μs and the deadtime is less than 10 μs. HE is used for observing spectra and temporal variability of X-ray sources in the 20-250 ke V band either by pointing observations for known sources or scanning observations to unveil new sources. Additionally, HE is used for monitoring the γ-ray burst in 0.2-3 Me V band. This paper not only presents the design and performance of HE instruments but also reports results of the on-ground calibration experiments.     

火星车载激光诱导击穿光谱仪(MarsCoDe)在轨定标样品选取研究

我国首次火星全球遥感与区域巡视探测任务已获批立项，首个火星探测器也即将前往火星。为满足火星物质成分分析的需求，我国研制了不同类型的火星物质成分分析仪器，其中包括火星表面成分探测仪（MarsCoDe），应用了激光诱导击穿光谱技术（laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy，LIBS）。火星表面覆盖尘埃，探测仪器想要准确获取火星尘埃之下的物质成分，必须剥去尘埃或者进行破坏从而深入岩层取样。LIBS可以用激光烧蚀待测物体表面，获得深部物质光谱信息，在火星表面探测中具有其他仪器无法取代的优势。LIBS在火星探测中几乎适用于探测每一个元素，包括轻元素H，Li，Be，B，C，N，O等，帮助寻找有机物和含水地质过程的证据。由于LIBS在火星环境工作，等离子体的物理性质与地球上完全不同。为了确保火星车载LIBS返回数据的光谱质量，需要对LIBS在着陆后开展在轨定标。借助火星车的携带在轨定标样品，对探测数据进行在轨定标，确保返回数据的可靠性。定标样品的选择是一项十分重要的工作，存在仪器工程条件限制、定标样品类型的代表性、元素成分分布范围、样品稳定性等多种考虑因素，需满足科学任务的同时达到加工工艺要求。总结了国外已有的火星车载LIBS在轨定标的研究进展，重点分析了LIBS在轨定标样品选择依据、国外选择样品的优缺点，并总结经验提出了几点建议，为我国在轨定标工作提供参考。对火星探测数据的正确解译，对未来研究火星的起源、火星的长期地质演变过程等具有重要的科学意义。     

高分辨率微型星载相机光学系统的设计及应用

为了克服太空环境的复杂性，满足航天工程的空间使用要求，研制一款2 500万像素宽光谱共焦成像的微型星载相机光学系统。该系统适应卫星发射和在轨道运行的恶劣环境，具有抗冲击震动、耐太空高温差强辐射，体积小，质量轻等优点。设计的系统可在450 nm～800 nm的谱段内清晰成像，焦距181 mm，入瞳口径45 mm，视场角10.4°，边缘相对照度0.81，轴上点MTF:0.57@55 lp/mm，0.33@110 lp/mm，畸变1.2%，镜头质量622 g，外形尺寸Φ58.3 mm×117 mm，抗辐照性能≥5 krad。通过温度适应性的模拟和优化，用户进行?30 ℃～+70 ℃光学镜头热真空试验，可正常工作。该系统已成功应用于天宫二号伴飞卫星相机中，获得的图像清晰稳定，为空间遥感实验观测发挥了重要的作用。     

Effective length calibration method for processing the fluorescence signal detected by charge‐coupled device in capillary electrophoresis

A novel method named effective length calibration method has been developed to process the fluorescence signal detected by charge‐coupled device during capillary electrophoresis. The new method treated each pixel as an individual point detector, and effectively binned a large number of pixels into a final electropherogram without losing the narrow detection window defined by a single pixel. Capillary electrophoresis separations of DNA were carried out and detected by charge‐coupled device and conventional detector (photomultiplier tube). Detection properties including signal‐to‐noise ratio, peak width, detection frequency, and tilt of detector were investigated. It was found that the new method achieved much higher signal‐to‐noise ratio and smaller peak width than the conventional detector did. A Detection width of 0.5 μm was easily achieved.     

硫代硫酸钠标准溶液配制中标定基准物质的优化选择

对硫代硫酸钠标准溶液配制实验中不同基准物质的标定效果进行了对比研究,结合试剂用量、反应时间、显著性检验等分析说明不同基准物质所产生的结果:重铬酸钾、碘酸钾、溴酸钾均可实现对硫代硫酸钠溶液的标定。其中溴酸钾作为标定的基准物质时,试剂用量少,反应时间短,实验费用低且终点易于观察。双侧t检验符合统计学要求,更适用于硫代硫酸钠溶液标定,有望引入学生实验。     

Calibration transfer employing univariate correction and robust regression

This paper proposes a new method for calibration transfer, which was specifically designed to work with isolated variables, rather than the full spectrum or spectral windows. For this purpose, a univariate procedure is initially employed to correct the spectral measurements of the secondary instrument, given a set of transfer samples. A robust regression technique is then used to obtain a model with low sensitivity with respect to the univariate correction residuals. The proposed method is employed in two case studies involving near infrared spectrometric determination of specific mass, research octane number and naphthenes in gasoline, and moisture and oil in corn. In both cases, better calibration transfer results were obtained in comparison with piecewise direct standardization (PDS). The proposed method should be of a particular value for use with application-targeted instruments that monitor only a small set of spectral variables.     

Tutorial review on validation of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry methods: Part I

This is the part I of a tutorial review intending to give an overview of the state of the art of method validation in liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC–MS) and discuss specific issues that arise with MS (and MS/MS) detection in LC (as opposed to the “conventional” detectors). The Part I briefly introduces the principles of operation of LC–MS (emphasizing the aspects important from the validation point of view, in particular the ionization process and ionization suppression/enhancement); reviews the main validation guideline documents and discusses in detail the following performance parameters: selectivity/specificity/identity, ruggedness/robustness, limit of detection, limit of quantification, decision limit and detection capability. With every method performance characteristic its essence and terminology are addressed, the current status of treating it is reviewed and recommendations are given, how to determine it, specifically in the case of LC–MS methods.