Improvements in Depth Selective Electron Mössbauer Spectroscopy

The conditions for achievement of high resolving power of depth selective conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy method at a combined installation ‘electron spectrometer–nuclear gamma-resonance spectrometer’ have been obtained. There has been made a considerable step in development of the method at its realization at a magnetic sector electron spectrometer with double focusing, equipped with electron source (a sample under investigation) of large-area and position-sensitive detector. The paper presents a prospective symmetrical version of a magnetic sector electron spectrometer that allows realizing more completely possibilities of the method. It is noted that the proposed method is particularly valuable for investigations of nanosystems, nanostrutures that contain Mössbauer nuclei.     

Counterion binding behaviour of micelles of sodium dodecyl sulphate and bile salts in the pure state,in mutually mixed states and mixed with a nonionic surfactant

The counterion binding behaviour of micelles of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and several bile salts in the pure state have been studied, as well as in mutually mixed states, and in a mixed state with polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (PSML) as a nonionic surfactant. Electrochemical measurements have shown no counterion binding by the pure bile salt micelles and their mixtures with PSML; they can bind counterions when mixed with SDS, whereas the surfactant anions of SDS micelles bind counterions in the pure state and/or in mixed states with PSML. In the SDS-PSML and SDS-bile salts combinations, the counterion association is decreased by the increased proportions of the second component. The extent of counterion binding by the different systems is presented.     

Excimer laser polymer ablation: twenty years on

Research and development in excimer laser polymer ablation has been actively pursued for some twenty years, driven by interest in the basic science as well as by numerous applications that have emerged for this high-resolution technique for material removal. This paper reviews some of the basic mechanistic aspects of the UV laser–polymer interaction as a prelude to dealing with practical matters related to polymer processing by ablation. Applications in micro-machining and potential areas for future research are briefly covered. Received: 7 October 2002 / Accepted: 8 February 2003 / Published online: 28 May 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +44-1482/465-606, E-mail: p.e.dyer@hull.ac.uk     

Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry of intact basic proteins using Polybrene-dextran sulfate-Polybrene-coated capillaries: System optimization and performance

A capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS) method using sheath liquid electrospray ionization interfacing was studied and optimized for the analysis of intact basic proteins. To prevent protein adsorption, capillaries with a noncovalent positively charged coating were utilized. Capillaries were coated by subsequent rinsing with solutions of Polybrene, dextran sulfate and Polybrene. The coating proved to be fully compatible with MS detection, causing no background signals and ionization suppression. The composition of the sheath liquid and BGE was optimized using the model proteins α-chymotrypsinogen A, ribonuclease A, lysozyme and cytochrome c. A sheath liquid of isopropanol-water-acetic acid (75:25:0.1, v/v/v) at 2 μL min⁻¹ resulted in optimal signal intensities for most proteins, but caused dissociation of the heme group of cytochrome c. Optimum protein responses were obtained with a BGE of 50 mM acetic acid (pH 3.0), which allowed a baseline separation of the test protein mixture. Several minor impurities present in the mixture could be detected and provisionally identified using accurate mass and a protein modification database. The selectivity of the CE-MS system was investigated by the analysis of acetylated lysozyme. Eight highly related species, identified as non-acetylated lysozyme and lysozyme acetylated in various degrees, could be distinguished. The CE-MS system showed good reproducibility yielding interday (three weeks period) RSDs for migration time and peak area within 2% and 10%, respectively. With the CE-MS system, determination coefficients (R²) for protein concentration and peak area were higher than 0.996, whereas detection limits were between 11 and 19 nM.     

垂直入射几何条件下氦原子(e,2e)反应的理论研究

用BBK模型和修正后的BBK模型在电子垂直入射几何条件下对氦原子的三重微分散射截面进行了理论计算,并把计算结果与实验测量结果进行比较,对截面的结构进行了分析,并对交换效应进行了系统的研究. 关键词： DS3C模型 中间峰 屏蔽效应 交换效应     

A Fixed Point Theorem in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Metric Spaces by Using New Commutativity Condition

We prove a common fixed point theorem for discontinuous,noncompatible mappings on noncomplete intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces by using a new commutativity condition.We validate our main result by an example.     

Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-like fluorescence assay to investigate the interactions of glycosaminoglycans to cells

Sulfated glycosaminoglycans were labeled with biotin to study their interaction with cells in culture. Thus, heparin, heparan sulfate, chondroitin 4-sulfate, chondroitin 6-sulfate and dermatan sulfate were labeled using biotin-hydrazide, under different conditions. The structural characteristics of the biotinylated products were determined by chemical (molar ratios of hexosamine, uronic acid, sulfate and biotin) and enzymatic methods (susceptibility to degradation by chondroitinases and heparitinases). The binding of biotinylated glycosaminoglycans was investigated both in endothelial and smooth muscle cells in culture, using a novel time resolved fluorometric method based on interaction of europium-labeled streptavidin with the biotin covalently linked to the compounds. The interactions of glycosaminoglycans were saturable and number of binding sites could be obtained for each individual compound. The apparent dissociation constant varied among the different glycosaminoglycans and between the two cell lines. The interactions of the biotinylated glycosaminoglycans with the cells were also evaluated using confocal microscopy. We propose a convenient and reliable method for the preparation of biotinylated glycosaminoglycans, as well as a sensitive non-competitive fluorescence-based assay for studies of the interactions and binding of these compounds to cells in culture.     

Statistical solution to the capacity problem in direct-sequence code-division multiple-access communication systems

Tohru Kohda Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan Minoru Tabata Department of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka 599-8531, Japan Email: eshima{at}med.oita-u.ac.jp Received on September 21, 2005; Accepted on May 2, 2006 Capacity in the direct-sequence code-division multiple-access(DS/CDMA) communication system was considered according to thecode acquisition performance with the conventional serial-searchmethod, because code acquisition needs a difficult operation.Since capacity in DS/CDMA systems is defined by the maximumnumber of users that can simultaneously transmit their signalswith the same carrier frequencies, assuring a larger capacityis very important in DS/CDMA systems with respect to the economyof frequency source. This paper reconsiders the capacity problemthrough a statistical approach to code acquisition. First, aDS/CDMA system model is reviewed. Second, properties of thecounting method for code acquisition are discussed. It is provedthat the method can acquire the target user's code under anynumber of interference users that simultaneously transmit theirsignals, and that the method can guarantee a considerable precisionin code acquisition. Third, an observation time necessary forcode acquisition is given from a statistical discussion, andthe original counting method is modified into a simpler one.It is concluded that the capacity of the DS/CDMA communicationsystem can be set by the ‘bit error-rate-based capacityor signal-to-noise ratio-based capacity’, i.e. ‘post-acquisition-basedcriterion’, rather than the ‘acquisition-based capacity’.     

电子垂直入射电离氦原子碰撞机理的理论研究

用3C模型和修正后的3C模型在低能、两个出射电子等能分享几何条件下,对电子垂直入射碰撞电离氦原子的三重微分散射截面进行了理论计算,并把计算结果与实验测量结果进行了比较,系统研究了(e,2e)反应中各种屏蔽效应对氦原子三重微分散射截面的影响,同时对截面中形成各峰的碰撞机理做了详细的探讨.研究结果表明:在入射能较低时,各种屏蔽效应对氦原子的三重微分散射截面幅度以及角分布均存在一定影响,并且形成各峰的碰撞机理直接影响截面的变化规律.     

土壤水分去除算法的田间原位光谱反演棉田有机质

田间原位可见-近红外光谱(VIS-NIR)能够有效的提高土壤属性的检测效率,但由于原位土壤中水分因素的影响,土壤属性的预测精度很难达到预期。如何有效去除土壤中的水分对土壤其他属性光谱预测的影响,是利用田间原位光谱高精度预测土壤属性所面临的难题,也是土壤光谱技术由室内转向田间的突破口。该问题的有效解决,可减除土壤样品的采集与室内预处理等过程,实现土壤属性的田间原位光谱测定。以新疆南部地区阿拉尔垦区十二团棉田为研究区,采用网格采样法共采集了116个0～20 cm深度的表层土壤样品,剔除1个异常值样品,得到115个有用样品,利用SR-3500型便携式地物光谱仪采集了231个样点的田间原位光谱数据,土样经风干、研磨和过筛等处理后测定其室内光谱和有机质含量。利用Kennard-Stone算法将115个土样分为69个转换子集及46个预测集,采用外部参数正交化法(EPO)、光谱直接转换法(DS)及光谱间接转换法(PDS)三种去除水分算法结合原位光谱反射率(R)、反射率一阶微分(R′)、反射率对数(LOG(R))以及反射率倒数(1/R)四种数学变换方式,运用随机森林(RF)模型进行不同组合模型的构建及精度评价。结果表明：(1)土壤有机质含量越高,土壤光谱反射率越低。土壤田间原位光谱反射率低于土壤室内光谱反射率;(2)室内光谱反射率与土壤有机质含量之间的相关性大于田间原位光谱,室内光谱经一阶微分变换后与土壤有机质含量之间的相关性显著提升。(3)土壤室内光谱反射率模型预测精度(R2=0.86, RPD=2.08, RMSE=1.55 g·kg-1, MAPE= 0.14)高于田间原位光谱反射率模型(R2=0.71, RPD=1.49, RMSE=2.17 g·kg-1, MAPE=0.20)。在去除水分算法模型中,以EPO一阶微分模型去除水分效果最好,决定系数R2由0.71提高到0.83,RPD由1.49提高到2.04,RMSE由2.17 g·kg-1降低至1.58 g·kg-1,MAPE由0.20降低至0.14。本研究实现了去除土壤水分因素的影响,提高了田间原位光谱预测土壤有机质的精度,为南疆棉田大尺度土壤有机质的预测及土壤肥力的评价提供了重要的参考。