pH-induced structural changes of surface immobilized poly(L-lysine) by two-dimensional (2D) infrared correlation study

This paper reports the pH-induced structural changes in the surface immobilized poly(L-lysine)(PLL)film.Two-dimensional(2D) correlation analysis was applied to the Fourier transform infrared(FTIR)spectra of the surface-immobilized PLL film to examine the spectral changes induced by the alternations of the protonation state of the amino group in the side chain.Significant spectral changes in the FTIR spectra of the PLL film were observed between pH 7 and 8.The decrease in the protonation state of the amino group in the side chain induced spectral changes in the amino group as well as conformational changes in the alky]group in the side chain.From pH 1-8,the spectral changes in the amino and alkyl groups in the side chain occurred before those of the amide group in the main chain of the surface immobilized PLL film.     

Carbon isotope geochemistry in the Yalujiang estuary

The distribution of particulate organic carbon (POC) along the lower reaches is similar between the dry season and the flood season in the Yalujiang Estuary, North China. However, the values of particulate organic carbon of the upperstream in the dry season are one magnitude lower than the concentrations in the flood season. Stable carbon isotope ratios have been used to study the sources of particulate organic carbon in the Yalujiang Estuary. The isotopic composition of POC shows a range from -23.1‰ to -29.4‰ with a little seasonal variation. The isotopic evidence indicates that the POC in the Yalujiang Estuary is predominantly of terrestrial origin rather than a result of in situ plankton. The study of the ratio of POC: Chla shows that the turbidity maximum plays an important role in POC cycle in the Yalujiang Estuary. Organic detritus and soil erosion are the main contributions to POC in the turbidity maximum, especially in the flood season.     

BINOCULAR RESPONSES IN THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF THE ALBINO RAT

The retinotopic map for the contralateral eye is similar to that found in the pigmentedrats and in other rodents. Cells which had ipsilateral responses were recorded in a fairlylarge area in tale rostral portion of the tectum. Their receptive fields lay from about 40°in the contralateral hemifield to about 40°in the ipsilateral hemifield. The ipsilateral re-sponse of a binocular cell is similar in almost every respect to its counterpart in the oppositeeye except being very weak and that the receptive field is usually smaller. Most binocularcells are distributed in the Stratmn grisemn superfieiale (SGS) and the Stratum optieum (SO).Less binocular cells recorded in the Stratum griseum intermediale (SGI) have moro scatter-ed distribution both in the size and in the position of the receptive field.     

五羰基合铁分子化学键特性的研究

We have found from experimental data that, in the iron pentacarbonyl molecule, the length of Fe-C bond in axial is shorter than that in planar, but the bond is weaker; the bond distances of C-O of both planar and axial are equal, while the bond strengths are different. This is against the traditional view of “the shorter the bond is, the stronger the bond will be”. We have got through calculation and research, that the main cause of such difference is that the effects of the backdonor of Fe atom′s electrons to C-O bonds in axial and planar are different. The shorter the Fe-C bond is, the more effective the backdonor (or transfer) of electrons is. So that the population between Fe and C in axial are less than those in planar, so the bond is weaker, and the C-O bonds have gained more backdonor electrons than those in planar, thus the bond is stronger.     

ANNUAL VARIATIONS OF E-P CROSS SECTION AND TROPOSPHERIC WESTERLY ACCELERATION

This is one part of the series study on the forcing of waves on basic flow, in which theannual variations of E- P cross section are used to compare the wave- mean flow interactionsin the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Results show that in either hemisphere, wave-meanflow interaction is very strong in winter, and very weak in summer. External forcing sourcefor planetary waves in the Southern Hemisphere appears to be rather weak not only in summer,but also in winter. It is pointed out that in the troposphere. since the mass circulation isstrong, and since the static stability is small, in the dynamic equation, the inertial effect ofthe residual circulation becomes important in balancing that of the E- P flux divergence.Therefore, when the westerly acceleration in the troposphere is studied, both terms of E-Pflux and residual circulation should be considered. It turns out to be more convenient to usethe conventional Euler system to investigate the direct contribution of eddies to the meanflow.     

Mpro-C蛋白三维结构域交换的机理:来自分子模拟的线索

SARS coronavirus main protease (Mpro) is a key enzyme involved in the extensive proteolytic processing of the virus? polyproteins. The crystal structure of Mpro reveals that the enzyme exists in two different homo-dimeric forms: a three-dimensional (3D) domain-swapped form; and a non-3D domain-swapped form. The isolated C-terminal domain (Mpro-C) also forms a 3D domain-swapped structure similar to the ful-length protein. Unlike conventional 3D domain-swapped structures, in which the swapped regions are located on the surface, Mpro-C swaps a helix at the core of a folded domain. In this work, we used molecular dynamics simulations and 3D domain-swapping predictions to investigate how a highly buried core helix in the helix bundle structure of Mpro-C can be swapped. We found that both structure-and sequence-based methods failed to predict the location of the hinge loop in Mpro-C and Mpro. Extensive molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the structural properties of the unfolded monomer and the 3D domain-swapped dimer of Mpro-C. We found that, although the swapped region was buried in the native state, it was exposed in the unfolded monomer. Our results suggest that the opening of the swapped region in the ful y or partial y unfolded state may promote interactions between monomers and the formation of domain-swapped dimers.     

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE STEM LEAF ANATOMY OF THE THREE WILD RICE SPECIES IN CHINA

The results of study on the anatomy of the stem leaf of Oryza sativa L. f. spontanea Roschev.,O. officinalis Wall. and O. meyeriana Baill. in China indicated that O. sativa L. f. spontanea had full lysigenous space in the internodes,large lysigenous space in the mid rib of the leaf,and the lysigenous path in the large vascular bundles of the leaf.Its mesophyll cells were arranged compactly and its cell walls were much inwardly folded.In the lysigenous space in the internodes of O. officinalis remained some membranes. O. meyeriana had neither large lysigenous space in the internodes and leaf mid rib nor the lysigenous path in the large vascular bundles of the leaf.The results mentioned above showed that the three wild rice species having different anatomical structures adapted to growing in the water-grown and high solar-radiation ecotype of the swamp-land, the wet and little-sunlight ecological conditions of the mountain valley and the xerophilous and shady ecological environment, respectively.The autho     

The Numerical Simulation of the Climatic Change Caused by CO_2 Doubling

The IAP two-level atmospheric general circulation model was coupled to a 60-m-deep mixed layer ocean model and a zero-layer thermodynamic model to simulate the climatic effects induced by a doubling of CO_2 concentration in the atmosphere.The global surface temperature is 1.75℃ when CO_2 is doubled. This value is lower than most of other results in the world, such as those of GFDL, NCAR, UKMO, GISS and OSU models.There are large regional and seasonal differences in the climatic change. Great warming is found in the Northern Hemisphere's high-latitude region anti the Antarctica; and the warming in land areas is greater than in ocean areas, while the precipitation increases in high latitudes and tropical regions but decreases in subtropical regions. In both hemispheres, the warming is greater in winter than in other seasons. As for the changes in China, we find that the precipitation in southwestern and northern China greatly decreases in summer but increases in winter.     

Characteristics and source of black carbon aerosol over Taklimakan Desert

Black carbon(BC) and PM10 in the center of the Taklimakan Desert were online monitored in the whole year of 2007.In addi-tion,TSP samples were also synchronously daily collected by medium-volume samplers with Whatman41 filters in the spring of 2007.BC in the dust aerosol was up to 1.14%of the total mass of PM10.A remarkable seasonal variation of BC in the aerosol was observed in the order of winter>spring>autumn>summer.The peak value of BC appeared at midnight while the lowest one in the evening each day,w...     

CHARACTERISTICS OF 30--60 DAY OSCILLATION OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Some characteristics of the 30- 60 day oscillation in general circulation are investigatedin this paper. In the tropical atmosphere, besides some results consisting with the knownfacts, we still find that the 30- 60 day atmospheric oscillations are very obvious in theequatorial eastern Pacific, and the zonal scale of the vorticity and divergence for the30- 60 day oscillation in the tropics is much smaller than wavenumber 1. There are the strongest 30- 60 day oscillations at the high latitudes in the Northern Hemi-sphere, but weaker at 20°-40°N latitudes. The 30- 60 day oscillations have an obviousbarotropic structure at mid-high latitudes and their zonal scales are smaller than those in thetropics. The 30- 60 day oscillations at the mid-latitudes propagate westwards and fast in thewintertime. At the high latitudes, 30- 60 day oscillations propagate westwards in the win-tertime but eastwards in the summertime. Meridional propagations of the oscillation arerather different in various regions.     

Calibration methods for microdialysis sampling in vivo: muscle and adipose tissue

Calibration methods for microdialysis sampling were studied in the muscle and adipose tissue of rats. Both the delivery method and the no-net-flux method were used to determine the extraction efficiency (EE) of acetaminophen and caffeine in both tissues. There was no concentration dependence of the EE either in vitro or in vivo for either acetaminophen or caffeine. The EEs determined by the delivery and no-net-flux methods were not different. However, the EEs of both caffeine and acetaminophen determined in vitro were significantly higher than those determined in the muscle and adipose. This indicates that mass transfer in the tissue is the rate-determining factor for the EE in vivo. The relative difference between the EE in vitro and the EE in the muscle was smaller than the difference between the EE in vitro and the EE in the adipose. In addition, the EE in the muscle decreased more than the EE in the adipose after the animal was euthanized. This indicated that exchange between the extracellular fluid and plasma is the rate-determining step in mass transport relative to microdialysis sampling. This has a more significant effect on the EE in the muscle than the EE in the adipose. Both the delivery and no-net-flux methods can be used to calibrate microdialysis probes in the muscle and adipose.     

ESR方法检测竹红菌素的半醌负离子自由基

从顺磁共振波谱检测到通过竹红菌素的光诱导还原和基态竹红菌素跟脂肪胺的电子转移两条途径所得到的自由基信号, 并由电化学还原得到同一自由基, 确认它为半醌负离子自由基。竹红菌素溶液中加入芳香胺观察不到ESR信号。它的3,10位上与醌基相邻近的羟基离解以后, 无论在基态还是在激发态都观察不到ESR信号。此外, 还从吸收光谱观察到半醌负离子自由基吸收以及竹红菌素跟脂肪胺之间的相互作用。     

Analytical strategies to determine antibiotic residues in fish

The accelerated growth of aquaculture has resulted in a series of harmful effects to human health. The widespread and unrestricted use of antibiotics in this industry, to prevent bacterial infections, leads to remaining amounts in the aquatic environment. This has resulted in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in aquaculture environments, in the increase in antibiotic resistance in fish pathogens as well as in the transfer of these resistance determinants to human pathogens. Moreover, the use of large amounts of antibiotics may lead to the presence of residual antibiotics in fish tissue and fish products. Fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, penicillins, sulphonamides and other antibiotics, exhibiting activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, are widely used for the treatment and prevention of diseases in fish. An extended and comprehensive review on the recent analytical methodologies concerning antibiotic residues in fish reported in the literature is provided in the present article. Emphasis is given on sample preparation regarding isolation and purification, chromatographic conditions and method validation according to legislation. Results of published assays are comparatively presented and criticised.     

The Behavior of Trivalent and Pentavalent Methylarsenicals in Lake Biwa

Seasonal changes in the distribution of arsenic species were observed in a dredged area in the southern basin of Lake Biwa, Japan. The concentrations of dimethylarsenic acid [DMAA(V)] became comparable with those of inorganic forms during a stratification period. DMAA(V) increased not only in the photic zone but also in the hypolimnion. In the photic zone, an increase in DMAA(V) was observed with the yearly maximum of water temperature. In the hypolimnion, the seasonal changes in methylarsenicals differed from those in surface waters. DMAA(V) maxima appeared seasonally under sub-anoxic conditions and developed regionally at the redox boundary and above the sediment surface. The DMAA(V) concentrations increased in the initial period of oxygen depletion and just after the disappearance of anoxia, while they diminished in the anoxic hypolimnion by midsummer. The seasonal behavior of trivalent methylarsenicals, which are readily oxidized in oxic environments, was similar to that of DMAA(V). The total arsenic concentration in the surface layer rose to a maximum in late summer. Methylarsenicals did not increase in such a way that the total arsenic concentration increased during summer. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of plasticizer concentration on the hysteresis,tear strength and stress-relaxation characteristics of black-loaded rubber vulcanizate

The effect of plasticizer concentration on the stress softening, tear strength and stress relaxation of black loaded bromobutyl rubber vulcanizate has been investigated. The stress softening in the rubber vulcanizate, an energy dissipative process at higher strain, may be explained primarily by changes that take place in the rubber phase of the filled vulcanizate. Increased plasticizer concentration leads to decrease in the equilibrium hysteresis. A quantitative relationship between energy density and hysteresis has been derived, which is applicable at and below the elongation at break. Increase in plasticizer concentration results in decrease in the effective diameter of the tip of the tear, which in turn decreases the tear strength. Rate of relaxation decreases with increase in the plasticizer concentration in the carbon-black-filled vulcanizate.     

The effect of the components of the PdCl2/Fe/I2/Py catalytic system on nitrobenzene carbonylation to ethyl N-phenylcarbamate

The PdCl₂/Fe/I₂/Py catalytic system (Py-pyridine), reported to be highly active in the reaction of nitrobenzene carbonylation to ethyl phenylcarbamate was studied. The present paper describes the role of catalyst components and its effect on the activity and selectivity of the catalyst. The increase in the amount of PdCl₂ in the system while retaining a constant level of the other catalyst components, results in the increase of both carbamate and aniline yields. The increase in the amount of iron while retaining the other components constant, initially causes an increase in the carbamate yield; however, at Fe: Pd ratios higher than 36, the carbamate yield remains constant. The change in the amount of iron has no effect on the amount of aniline formed in the system. An increase in the amount of iodine in the system while retaining the other components constant, results in a decrease in carbamate yield and a considerable increase in the aniline yield of the reaction products.     

Alteration in photosystem II photochemistry of thylakoids isolated from senescing leaves of wheat seedlings

Wheat seedlings, grown for 7 days in the light, were allowed to senesce in the light or dark, and the change in the photosystem II (PS II) photochemistry of chloroplasts isolated from the primary leaves of these seedlings was investigated. The decrease in oxygen evolution and the fast fluorescence results indicated that the impairment of PS II in the leaves of seedlings senescing in the light was different from that in the leaves of seedlings senescing in the dark. Thermoluminescence studies showed a structural modification in the Q_B protein of chloroplasts isolated from leaves senescing in the light and an alteration in the S state transition of chloroplasts isolated from leaves senescing in the dark.     

Determination of Penicillins in Milk by a Dual-Optrode Biosensor

Penicillins are the most frequently found antibiotic residues in milk, as they are commonly used for the treatment of bacterial infections in cows. In the present study, we introduce a method for the rapid detection of penicillin residues in raw milk based on the determination of glucose concentration in milk with a dual flow-through biosensor. The molar concentration of glucose in milk is typically over 500 times lower than the concentration of lactose and is highly dependent on the rate of lactose hydrolysis, which is catalyzed by β-galactosidase. Glucose concentrations in milk change with variation in the β-galactosidase activity. β-Galactosidase is an enzyme produced in the microbiota in milk and its activity is inhibited by benzylpenicillin. Spiking milk with benzylpenicillin lowers glucose concentrations in comparison to high-quality milk after short storage intervals. The presence of penicillin in the milk of treated animals resulted in decreased glucose concentrations in comparison with high-quality milk that contained no antibiotics. The glucose concentration in milk samples was followed by the system enabling the elimination of the effects of bacterial respiration in the output with reliable results in less than 1?min.     

Photoelectric effects on chlorophyll fluorescence of photosystem II in vivo. Kinetics in the absence and presence of valinomycin

Fluorescence induction curves (F(t)) in low intensity 1s light pulses have been measured in leaf discs in the presence and absence of valinomycin (VMC). Addition of VMC causes: (i) no effect on the initial fluorescence level Fo and the initial (O-J) phase of F(t) in the 0.01-1 ms time range. (ii) An approximately 10% decrease in the maximal fluorescence Fm in the light reached at the P level in the O-J-I-P induction curve. (iii) Nearly twofold increase in the rate and extent of the F(t) rise in the J-I phase in the 1-50 ms time range. (iv) A 60-70% decrease in the rise (I-P phase) in the 50-1000 ms time range with no appreciable effect, if at all, on the rate. System analysis of F(t) in terms of rate constants of electron transfer at donor and acceptor sides have been done using the Three State Trapping Model (TSTM). This reveals that VMC causes: (i) no, or very little effect on rate constants of e-transfer reactions powered by PSII. (ii) A manifold lower rate constant of radical pair recombination (k(-1)) in the light as compared to that in the control. The low rate constant of radical pair recombination in the reaction center (RC) in the presence of VMC is reflected by a substantial increase in the nonzero trapping efficiency in RCs in which the primary quinone acceptor (Q(A)) is reduced (semi-open centers). This causes an increase in their rate of closure and in the overall trapping efficiency. Data suggest evidence that membrane chaotropic agents like VMC abolish the stimulation of the rate constant of radical pair recombination by light. This light stimulation that becomes apparent as an increase in Fo has been documented before [Biophys. J. 79 (2000) 26]. It has been ascribed to effects of (changes in) local electric fields in the vicinity of the RC. The decrease of the I-P phase is attributed to a decrease in the photoelectric trans-thylakoid potential in the presence of VMC. Such effects have been hypothesized and illustrated.     

Phosphaalkynes—Syntheses,Reactions, Coordination Behavior [New Synthetic Methods (73)]

Organophosphorus compounds have been applied in two ways in chemical synthesis. They can either be used as a reagent in a step of the synthesis (for example, in the Wittig reaction) or they can be incorporated directly into the target molecule. This second application, in particular, has expanded greatly in the last few years with the preparation of low-coordination phosphorus compounds. These include the phosphaalkynes, which are of great interest to organic and inorganic chemists. Phosphaalkynes have been employed in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, phosphaarenes and their valence isomers, and polycyclic compounds. Further applications have been the use of phosphaalkynes as new ligand systems in complex chemistry and their cyclooligomerization with organometallic reagents. While the chemical properties of phosphaalkynes have little in common with those of nitriles, they are in many ways very similar to those of the isoelectronic acetylenes.