Synthesis and immunological study of a wall teichoic acid-based vaccine against E. faecium U0317

ABSTRACT

A repeat unit of cell wall teichoic acids (WTA) isolated from E. faecium U0317 was chemically synthesized efficiently by a stepwise strategy. It was derivatized with a 5-aminopentanyl linker to facilitate conjugation with carrier proteins KLH and HSA. Immunological studies of the KLH conjugate 1 demonstrated that it could provoke robust immune responses and high titers of IgG antibodies, which could successfully recognize the synthesized WTA repeat unit 3. This result suggested that synthetic glycoconjugate 1 could be a promising vaccine candidate against E. faecium for further studies.     

Non-linear determinacy of minimum wave speed for a Lotka-Volterra competition model

For a reaction-diffusion system that serves as a 2-species Lotka-Volterra diffusive competition model, suppose that the corresponding reaction system has one stable boundary equilibrium and one unstable boundary equilibrium. Then it is well known that there exists a positive number c^?, called the minimum wave speed, such that, for each c larger than or equal to c^?, the reaction-diffusion system has a positive traveling wave solution of wave speed c connecting these two equilibria if and only if c?c^?. It has been shown that the minimum wave speed for this system is identical to another important quantity - the asymptotical speed of population spread towards the stable equilibrium. Hence to find the minimum wave speed c^? not only is of the interest in mathematics but is of the importance in application. It has been conjectured that the minimum wave speed can be determined by studying the eigenvalues of the unstable equilibrium, called the linear determinacy. In this paper we will show that the conjecture on the linear determinacy is not true in general.     

A Tunable Single- and Triple-Wavelength Nd:GGG Laser in the 1.3 μm Range with 880 nm LD Direct Pumping

Journal of Russian Laser Research - We report a single- and triple-wavelength Nd:GGG laser operating in the 1.3 μm wavelength range with 880 nm laser diode pumping directly into the 4F3/2...     

Advanced Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>2.7</Subscript>/Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>Ti<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>7</Subscript> composite film with enhanced visible-light-driven activity for the degradation of organic dyes

Bi₂O_2.7/Bi₂Ti₂O₇ composite photocatalyst films are synthesized by sol–gel dip-coating. The ratio of adding Bi and Ti precursors can be controlled during the preparation process. The phase structure is confirmed by X-ray diffraction. The UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectrum shows that the composite catalysts present light absorption in the visible region. The obtained Bi₂O_2.7/Bi₂Ti₂O₇ composite films possess superior photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B, owing to the visible light response of Bi₂O_2.7 and the separation of photogenerated electrons and holes between the two components. As a result, the Bi₂O_2.7/Bi₂Ti₂O₇ (Bi/Ti = 1:1) displays the highest photocatalytic activity under visible light or UV light irradiation for the degradation of different organic dyes, including methyl blue, methyl orange and acid orange 7.     

Gain Assisted Raman Induced Classical and Quantum Talbot Imaging

2D Raman generated classical and quantum Talbot imaging is proposed in a three-level gain assisted system. First, a 2D Raman induced grating (RIG) will be constructed by modulating transmission function in the weak probe channel using a strong control standing wave field. Furthermore, RIG will diffract a probe field, by shining a probing light beam on an optically generated lattice within a rubidium vapor cell. This study uses gain assisted Raman medium [Nature 406 , 277 (2000)] to examine classical and quantum Talbot imaging. In the case of Raman-induced classical imaging, the diffraction pattern repeats itself at planes with integer multiple Talbot lengths. Additionally, by taking into account entangled photon pairs, the scenario of Raman-induced quantum imaging is investigated. This study also looks at the RIG's amplitude and phase information with adjustable image size variation. As a result of the gain feature and zero absorption, this system is anticipated to be more suitable from the perspective of application. This analysis may pave the way for further research into the Talbot effect's nonlinear and quantum dynamical properties. Also, it provide a non-destructive, lensless method for imaging very cold atoms or molecules.     

铁钼硫原子簇化合物的合成与结构化学 Ⅵ.[MoFe_3S_4]双类立方烷化合物的循环伏安及穆谱研究

我们曾报道双类立方烷簇合物(Et_4N)_4[Mo_2Fe_7S_8(SR)_(12)](R=Ph,1;R=o-tolyl,2;R=m-tolyl,3;R=p-tolyl,4)的结构,磁性质,及化学反应.氧化还原酶的固氮酶,其活性部位的 Mo 和 S 元素,可以发生丰富的氧化还原反应,研究这类铁钼硫簇合物的氧还性质,对了解电子传递情况是极为有用的.     

无界函数的反常积分的计算

运用牛顿‐莱布尼茨公式和无界函数的反常积分的定义证明无界函数的反常积分的计算定理,运用这个定理计算无界函数的反常积分简单快捷,通过举例说明这个定理的应用,并指出多种大学数学参考书中存在的一个共同错误。     

A Brief Introduction on Professor Zuxiu Zheng’s Achievements in Mathematical Field

As a student of Professor Zuxiu Zheng, I am greatly honored, in the occasion of his 80th birth- day, to give a brief introduction of what I know about Professor Zheng and his long lasting contribution to mathematical education and research in China over the last few decades.     

On Hopf bifurcations of piecewise planar Hamiltonian systems

In this paper we study the number of limit cycles appearing in Hopf bifurcations of piecewise planar Hamiltonian systems. For the case that the Hamiltonian function is a piecewise polynomials of a general form we obtain lower and upper bounds of the number of limit cycles near the origin respectively. For some systems of special form we obtain the Hopf cyclicity.     

Minimum wave speed for a diffusive competition model with time delay

In this paper we study mono-stable traveling&nbsp;wave solutions for a Lotka-Volterra reaction-diffusion competition model with&nbsp;time delay. By constructing upper and lower solutions, we obtain the precise minimum&nbsp;wave speed of traveling waves under certain conditions. Our results also extend the known results on&nbsp;the minimum wave speed for Lotka-Volterra competition model without delay.