On the Relative Twist Formula of l-adic Sheaves

We propose a conjecture on the relative twist formula of l-adic sheaves, which can be viewed as a generalization of Kato—Saito's conjecture. We verify this conjecture under some transversal assumptions. We also define a relative cohomological characteristic class and prove that its formation is compatible with proper push-forward. A conjectural relation is also given between the relative twist formula and the relative cohomological characteristic class.     

Design,synthesis and evaluation of novel dehydroabietic acid-dithiocarbamate hybrids as potential multi-targeted compounds for tumor cytotoxicity

In the present study, novel representatives of the important group of biologically-active, dehydroabietic acid-bearing dithiocarbamate moiety, were synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, HR-MS. The in vitro antiproliferative activity evaluation (MTT) indicated that these compounds exhibited potent inhibitory activities in various cancer cell lines (HepG-2, MCF-7, HeLa, T-24, MGC-803). Particularly, compound III-b possessed extraordinary cytotoxicity with low micromolar IC₅₀ values ranging from 4.07 to 38.84 µM against tested cancer cell lines, while displayed weak cytotoxicity on two normal cell lines (LO-2 and HEK 293 T). Subsequently, the potential mechanisms of representative compound III-b were elementarily investigated by Transwell experiment, which showed III-b can inhibit cancer cells migration. Annexin-V/PI dual staining showed that the compound can induce HepG-2 cells apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. Meanwhile this apoptosis may be related to the upregulated protein expression of cleaved-caspase 3, cleaved-caspase 9, Bax and downregulated of Bcl-2 indicated by Western Blot. Later study further confirmed that ROS levels in HepG-2 cells increased significantly with the rise of concentrations. In addition, through the network pharmacology data analyzing, the core targets and signaling pathways of compound III-b for treatment of liver neoplasms were forecasted. Molecular docking model showed that compound III-b had high affinity with hub targets (CASP3, EGFR, HSP90AA1, MAPK1, ERBB2, MDM2), suggesting that compound III-b might target the hub protein to modulate signaling activity. Taken together, these data indicated that dehydroabietic acid structural modification following the “Molecular hybridization” principle is a feasible way to discover the potential multi-targeted antitumor compounds.     

Tolerance factor and phase stability of the garnet structure. Corrigendum

An error in an equation in the paper by Song et al. [ Acta Cryst. (2019), C 75 , 1353–1358 ] is corrected.     

热对流作用下筒壁涂层的边裂行为

边裂(边缘开裂)是涂层热致损伤的主要模式之一. 边缘裂纹穿透涂层后,常导致界面脱粘从而驱使涂层与基体剥离,最终丧失对基体的保护作用. 本文以热应力强度因子表征边缘裂纹的扩展驱动力,研究筒壁涂层在热对流作用下的边裂行为. 首先,利用拉普拉斯变换法,得到了瞬态温度场及热应力场的封闭解. 其次,运用Fett等的三参数法确定了筒壁涂层边缘裂纹的权函数. 最后,基于叠加原理和权函数方法计算了边缘裂纹的热应力强度因子. 探讨了无量纲时间、边缘裂纹深度、基体/涂层厚度比、热对流强度等参数对热应力强度因子的影响规律. 结果表明:热应力强度因子的峰值既非发生在热载荷初始时刻,也非发生在热稳态时刻,而出现在时间历程的中间时刻;增大热对流强度不仅可提高热应力强度因子的峰值,而且使峰值提前出现;其他条件相同时,热应力强度因子随着边缘裂纹长度的增大而降低;增大涂层厚度或减小基体厚度可增强涂层抵抗瞬态热载荷的能力.      

Adaptive signal enhancement for overlapped peaks based on weighting factor selection

Peak-sharpening is an effective method for the peak position detection of overlapped spectra. However, the weighing factor parameter strongly affects the sharpening performance, and the derivative adopted in the peak-sharpening method is sensitive to noise. In this paper, an adaptive peak-sharpening method based on weighting factor selection is proposed. The relationship between the sharpening ratio and weighting factor is studied. In addition, the Savitzky–Golay filter is adopted due to its excellent noise reduction and peak shape retention abilities. First, the smoothed signal and second-order derivative signal are obtained by the Savitzky–Golay filter. Then, the parameters of the overlapped peaks are estimated for the weighting factor selection. Next, the peak position is detected by the peak-sharpening method. After that step, the estimated parameters are updated, and the above steps are iterated until the detection of the peak position converges. Finally, the converged results are considered to be the final detection results. The experimental results using a simulated dataset, a virtual mass spectra dataset and a polarography dataset show that the proposed method is effective for peak position detection.     

Math1基因在内耳毛细胞发育及再生过程中的作用

耳蜗感觉毛细胞作为听觉机械感受器，在听觉的发生过程中起着至关重要的作用。 哺乳动物的毛细胞损伤后无法再生，往往会造成听力障碍或永久性听力缺失。因此，阐明内耳感觉毛细胞发育过程中的分子机制对听力损伤的诊断与治疗具有非常重要的意义。Math1是毛细胞发育与再生过程中的关键基因，本文就Math1及其相关基因和信号通路在毛细胞的发育与再生过程中的调控作用做简要概述。     

多层结构的阴极修饰层对有机电致发光器件的性能改善

为提高有机电致发光器件（OLEDs）的阴极电子注入效率，我们设计了新型的阴极杂化修饰层，其结构为Bphen∶LiF/Al/MoO₃，将其应用到器件ITO/NPB/Alq₃/Al中，参考器件的电子注入层选用传统材料LiF。实验研究表明，与传统的阴极修饰层LiF相比，基于这种杂化结构的阴极修饰层非常有效。测试了器件的电致发光光谱（EL谱），其峰值位于534 nm，发光来自于Alq₃，实验中我们可以观察到明亮的绿色发光。将其与传统参考器件的EL谱进行对比，在电流密度40 mA·cm-2下，两个器件的电致发光光谱是一致的。在0～100 mA·cm-2范围内，对器件的EL谱进行了测试。实验结果表明，随着电流密度的增加，器件的发光增强，但是EL谱的形状和谱峰的位置是固定不变的。与参考器件对比，基于杂化修饰层的器件的发光性能更好。研究表明，杂化修饰层的最佳参数为Bphen∶LiF(5 nm; 6%)/Al(1 nm)/MoO₃(5 nm)，在测试范围内，器件的最大电流效率和最大功率效率分别为4.28 cd·A-1和2.19 lm·W-1，相比参考器件提高了25.5%和23.7%。器件的电流密度-电压特性曲线表明阴极杂化修饰层可以增强电子的注入，使器件中的载流子更加平衡，从而提高了器件的发光性能。从两个角度对器件效率的增强进行了理论方面的论证。一方面利用阴极杂化修饰层的作用机制来解释。在HML中，LiF能填充Bphen的电子陷阱，增强电流的注入，同时HML也能限制空穴的传输，减小空穴电流。另一方面从电荷平衡因子的角度，HML增强了电子的注入，使得器件的电荷平衡因子增大，空穴和电子的平衡性更好。实验研究表明，阴极杂化修饰层很好地增强了器件的效率。     

数字梯度敏感方法及其在航空透明件断裂力学中的应用

本文将数字梯度敏感方法用于航空透明件断裂力学问题研究。首先,基于透明材料的弹性-光学效应,建立了透明件应力状态与光线穿过透明件后的偏转角之间的关系。在平面应力假设下,利用最小二乘拟合建立了I型裂纹尖端应力强度因子与光学偏转角的关系。其次,通过数字梯度敏感方法搭建非接触光学测试平台,开展了带单边裂纹的航空有机玻璃试件三点弯曲实验,应用数字梯度敏感方法提取了I型裂纹尖端应力强度因子。最后,通过选择不同计算子区域和步长大小,分析了数字梯度敏感方法中的子区域和步长选择对计算结果的影响。研究结果表明,数字梯度敏感方法实验所得应力强度因子与经验公式计算所得结果偏差小于10%,通过增加最小二乘拟合项数以及合理的子区域和步长选择可以减小数字梯度敏感方法计算应力强度因子误差。     

Kinetic study of hydrogen sulfide decomposition on Pt(111) surface

In this work, kinetic of H₂S conversion to H₂ molecule on the surface of Pt(111) is studied using kinetic Monte Carlo simulation. The results of simulation were fitted to the experimental temperature-programed desorption spectra. The good agreement between the empirical and the simulated data confirms the proposed mechanism and kinetic data (activated energies and pre-exponential factors). The influence of variables such as temperature and concentrations of H₂S and H₂ on the overall results of hydrogen production is studied. The condition is proposed in which the best yield of reaction at minimum temperature is obtained. Results show that platinum is a perfect catalyst for converting H₂S to H₂ and it has a perfect performance (98%) after 5 μs at low temperature of 227°C.