The Influence of the Flow-Pattern on Column Leaching Experiments: Formulation and Measurement by Radiotracer

The leaching of microconstituents from granular solid wastes is often studied by column experiments. The underlying assumption is that the flow is of the one-compartment or “backmix” type. The influence of small deviations from this ideal situation on the outcome of the leaching experiment depends slightly on the specific mass-transfer function of the trace involved. The deviation itself may be measured by a simple separate radiotracer experiment.     

Part 1: An Appraisal of New Radioisotope Techniques in the Study of Iodine Metabolism

The use of different radioiodines and technetium for the evaluation of the thyroid functions has been discussed. Preparation oe labelled iodotyrosines and labelled throxine is mentioned for the convey of different radiochemical tests and for the use of reference standards, necessary for the identification of separated amino acids. Paper chromatography and paper electrophoresis techniques are used for the identification and determination of iodinated amino acids or homones, either in the free state or bound to the proteins. Tc^99m is employed to substitute radioiodine in the study of uptake measurements of the thyroid gland and to evaluate the excretion of the isotope in urine. Thiourea-S³⁵ is employed, for the first time to human, to study the metabolism of the substance in different thyroid disorders.     

蛋白溶液浓度对动态光散射测量结果的影响

蛋白质在生命活动中起着重要作用,一直是人们研究的热点,动态光散射技术由于其快速、准确、对样品无损坏等优点,而成为研究蛋白质的重要手段之一。本文采用美国布鲁克海文公司提供的BI-200SM激光散射仪对浓度分别为0.1mg/mL、0.5mg/mL、1mg/mL、5mg/mL、10mg/mL的牛血清白蛋白溶液进行动态光散射测量,讨论了光强自相关曲线和粒径测量的相对误差随浓度的变化关系,研究了蛋白浓度对测量结果的影响。实验结果表明,在一定浓度范围内,光强自相关函数曲线的稳定性随浓度增加而增加,而自相关曲线的迟豫时间随着溶液浓度的增加而减小,粒径测量的相对误差也随着浓度的增加而逐渐减小。     

Effects of the Form of Correlation Between Noises on Dynamic Properties of Linear System

We have derived exact expressions for the correlation function, power spectrum and correlation time of a one-dimensional non-Markovian linear system driven by correlated noises with correlation forms of delta function and different-time-region exponential function, respectively. We find that these dynamic properties of system for delta form are much different from those for different-time-region exponential form. Especially, the power spectrum for the former only has one peak but for the latter can have one, two or three peaks.     

The effect of physical back-diffusion of 13CO2 tracer on the coupling between photosynthesis and soil CO2 efflux in grassland

Pulse labelling experiments provide a common tool to study short-term processes in the plant–soil system and investigate below-ground carbon allocation as well as the coupling of soil CO₂ efflux to photosynthesis. During the first hours after pulse labelling, the measured isotopic signal of soil CO₂ efflux is a combination of both physical tracer diffusion into and out of the soil as well as biological tracer release via root and microbial respiration. Neglecting physical back-diffusion can lead to misinterpretation regarding time lags between photosynthesis and soil CO₂ efflux in grassland or any ecosystem type where the above-ground plant parts cannot be labelled in gas-tight chambers separated from the soil. We studied the effects of physical ¹³CO₂ tracer back-diffusion in pulse labelling experiments in grassland, focusing on the isotopic signature of soil CO₂ efflux. Having accounted for back-diffusion, the estimated time lag for first tracer appearance in soil CO₂ efflux changed from 0 to 1.81±0.56 h (mean±SD) and the time lag for maximum tracer appearance from 2.67±0.39 to 9.63±3.32 h (mean±SD). Thus, time lags were considerably longer when physical tracer diffusion was considered. Using these time lags after accounting for physical back-diffusion, high nocturnal soil CO₂ efflux rates could be related to daytime rates of gross primary productivity (R²=0.84). Moreover, pronounced diurnal patterns in the δ¹³C of soil CO₂ efflux were found during the decline of the tracer over 3 weeks. Possible mechanisms include diurnal changes in the relative contributions of autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration as well as their respective δ¹³C values. Thus, after accounting for physical back-diffusion, we were able to quantify biological time lags in the coupling of photosynthesis and soil CO₂ efflux in grassland at the diurnal time scale.