IDENTIFICATION OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF LIGHT-POTENTIAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEM IN PHOTORECEPTOR OF CALLIPHORA ERYTHROCEPHALA USING IRS-STIMULI

The linear dynamic behaviour of the light-potential transduction system in photorceeptor of Calliphora erythrocephala has been studied through the cross-correlation method using InverseRepeat Sequences and the lineal model of phototransduction is provided. The impulse response function and frequency characteristics have been determiued in the condition of background illumination.The results suggest that the R1-6 is equipped with a gain and time constant control mechanism which depends upon the adaptation level of the system under study.It becomes evident that the IRS correlation method is powerful to quantify the dynamic characteristics of the system containing nonlinearities and will become a very popular application for the study of biological sensory systems.The visual receptor cells R1-6 in the fly are the most sensible choice for the study of the light-potential transdnction system of the eye. The input of the system is the temporarily varying light intensity applied upon the eyes of the fly and th     

STUDIES ON THE REACTION MECHANISM OF ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE AND AMINE SYSTEM INITIATED POLYMERIZATION

The initiation mechanism of organic hydroperoxide and amine system has been investigatedsystematically in this paper. It has been confirmed from the IR spectra that organic hydro-peroxide could form hydrogen-bonded complex with amine. The reactive intermediate of theamine and its effect on initiating polymerization have been determined by using ESR techni-que, and further proved by the results of polymer end group analysis and graft copolymeri-zation of vinly monomer onto the amino-containig polymer. Finally, water, as one of the finalproducts of ROOH-amine reaction has been detected through chromatographic analysis, fromwhich the conversion reaction of the reactive intermediate is verified.     

NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX IN SPERMATOGENESIS OF BEIJING DOMESTIC DUCK——ELECTRON MICROSCOPE OBSERVATION OF FREEZE-ETCHING

The nuclear pore complex in spermatogenesis of Beijing domestic duck has been studiedby means of electron microscopic observation of freeze-etching. The structure of the poreobserved proves to be in accord with the model of the nuclear pore complex proposed respec-tively by Franke (1970) and Roberts et al. (1970). But its central granule may be present(1--3 granules) or absent. The granules are considered to be material in transit. The sizeand frequency of the pore vary with different types of reproductive cells, which is believedto be related to the cells' function. The pores concentrate on the side of nucleus near Golgizone in primary spermatocyte and near the proacrosome of spermatid, and this shows thefunctional variety of parts in the nucleus.     

CONSERVATION OF WAVE ACTION AND EVOLUTION IN THE EDDY

The conservation of wave action has been derived with WKB method when the back-ground flow of the eddy is symmetric for axis in a stratified rotative fluid. The necessarycondition of the turbulent evolution in the eddy has been obtained from this conservation.The necessary condition is that the tangent phase velocity of turbulent eddy is equal to therotative angular velocity of the basic flow, or that there is a common revelve circle some-where in the eddy. According to the principle mentioned above the generative and growing condition of thehurricane has been analysed. It has been shown from real data that the vertical circulationin the hurricane may have double circles, from which a possible explanation about the exist-ence of hurricane eye has been given.     

THE STUDY OF THE NON-STEADY KINETICS OF THE OXYDEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE TO ETHYLENE OVER THE CATALYST OF Mo-V-Nb/Al_2O_3 BY THE TECHNIQUE OF TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED TRANSIENT RESPONSE AND ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY

In this paper, instead of with the more expensive Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer(FTIR) a new technique of Temperature Programmed Transient Response(TP-TR) has been used with gas chromatography. Therefore, the TP-TR will be applied more widespreadly than ever before. With the technique of TP-TR and electric conductivity, the study is on the reaction mechanism and the adsorption behavior of the reactants and products to the present catalyst Mo-V-Nb/Al_2O_3 in the reaction from ethane through oxydehydrogenation to ethylene as the product. By Range-Kutta-Gill and Margarat methods, the kinetic parameters of the reaction elementary steps (i.e. rate constants, active energies and frequency factors) have been evaluated. The mathematical treatment coincides with the experimental results.     

GENERATION OF RADICAL CATIONS——A FACILE GENERATION OF RADICAL CATIONS VIA THE ACTION OF AN OXOAMMONIUM TRIFLUOROACETATE

The reaction between a stable nitroxide, 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethyl-4-chloropiperidinyl-1-oxy, la and aromatic amines and heterocycles, 3—9, in methylene chloride in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid, has been investigated. The corresponding radical cations of the amines and the heterocycles were readily generated by this reaction, which could persist for a long period of time in the system. Kinetic ESR studies were performed to elucidate the reaction mechanism and the results showed that the formation of the radical cations involves one-electron transfer reaction between the active oxidant, the oxoammonium trifluoroacetare, 2a, which results from the disproportionation of the nitroxide in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid, and the substrates studied. This affords a facile method for the generation of radical cations from aromatic amines and heterocyclics by the action of an organic oxidant.     

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF Pd-Sn COMPLEX CARBONYLATION OF ACETYLENE

The influence of different concentration of HO, SnCl2, Cl- and n-BuOH on the carbonylation of acetylene has been studied. The results show that the yield of n- butyl propionate increases with the increase of HC1 concentration and the catalytic activity is depressed when Cl" concentration increases. However, the stability of catalytic complex is promoted by Cl-. The key to the carbonylation of acetylene lies in the addition of SnCl2, which promotes the formation of the complex of C2H2, CO with catalyst and plays an important role in the hydrogen removal from n-BuOH. The hydrogen removed from n BuOH is the hydrogen source of this reaction. Meanwhile, the principle of the effect of HCl, Cl- and SnCl2 on reaction has been discussed. The reaction model has also been proposed.     

STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF CARCINOGENESIS(IX)——DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF PROLIFERATING AND TISSUE-SPECIFIC ENZYME GENES-DURING HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS

With cDNA fragments of CPSI, OCT and ACT as probes, dot and Northern blot analyses of poly(A)+-RNA from rat liver with different pathological lesions during carcinogenesis induced by di-ethylnitrosamine were conducted. It was shown that the level of mRNA of tissue-specific enzymes, CPSI and OCT decreased while that of the proliferating enzyme ACT mRNA increased, and the alteration was correlated with the degree of pathological changes in each case. The relative changes in the mRNA level of these enzymes during hepatocarcinogenesis were correlated with that of enzyme activities. Implication of these findings in the mechanism of carcinogenesis in terms of cell proliferation and differentiation was discussed.     

ELASTICITY OF MONOLAYER OF LINOLEIC ACID AND ITS POLYMER

The dynamic elasticity of linoleic acid monolayer on a subphase of10~(-4)mol/L TbCl_3 at various surface pressure has been measured by means of dynamic oscil-lation method in measuring the change of surface pressure caused by periodic compression-expansion cycles of the barrier. The elasticity of monolayer increases with increasing ofsurface pressure linearly. The linoleic acid polymer monolayer has been obtained underUV-irradiation in situ when keeping a constant surface pressure. But the elasticity of theresulting polymerized monolayer is even smaller than that of its corresponding monomermonolayer. The elasticity of the polymerized linoleic acid monolayer decreases with in-creasing polymerization time. The explanation based on entropy has been presented.     

THE PHOTOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE PYRIDINE ADDUCT OF TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRINATORHODIUM(Ⅱ)AND THE MECHANISM OF PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION

A new rhodium(Ⅱ)porphyrin complex was isolated by chromatography from the photochemical reac-tion of(μ—tetraphenylporphyrinato)bis[dicarbonylrhodium(Ⅰ)]with pyridine in benzene and has been charac-terized.From the results,the reaction mechanism is proposed.     

THEORETICAL STUDY OF POLYMERIZATION WITH POSITIONAL ISOMERISM

The polymerization with positional isomerism has been theoretically studied by means ofthe nonsteady-state kinetic method. The distribution function of head-to-tail sequence, theexpressions of the concentrations of head-to-head and tail-to- tail enchainments, and variousdyad and triad fractions have been rigorously derived on the basis of the reaction scheme.Finally, the relationships between the microstructural parameters of the resultant polymerand the polymerization conditions have been established, so that the microstructure of thepolymer with positional isomerism can be predicted from the polymerization conditions. In thecase of the reaction time being long enough, the expressions of dyad and triad fractionsgiven in this paper are simplified into those derived from the probability method.     

COMPATIBILITY IN POLYMER BLENDS OF POLY (VINYL ACETATE) AND POLY (METHYL METHACRYLATE)STUDIED BY NMR

Compatibility of poly (vinyl acetate) (PVAc) with poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) mixtures has been studied by using nuclear magnetic relaxation, differential scanning calorimeter and small-angle X-ray scattering techniques. The nuclear magnetic relaxation time T_1's were measured as a function of composition in blends of PMMA and PVAc prepared from chloroform solution. The results show that the system is miscible for casting from chloroform solution.     

REACTION OF M-DIMETHOXYBENZENE WITH CROTONIC ACID IN THE PRESENCE OF PPA

The reaction of m-dimethoxybenzene with crotonic acid in the presence of PPA affords anunexpected compound,which has been proved to be a dimer by H-NMR and MS.The x-ray struc-tural analysis has the same result.The phenomenon has not been reported.     

EFFECT OF WATER ON THE OXIDATION OF METHANOL OVER ELECTROLYTIC SILVER

The mechanism of methanol adsorption induced by oxygen and the effect of water on the methanol oxidation on electrolytic silver have been studied by ultra-high vacuum temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy(TPRS), transient response method and isotopic exchange experiment. It has been found that oxygen adsorbed on silver can greatly promote methanol adsorption and can also react with methanol to produce water. Experimental results show that oxygen in the water comes from the adsorbed oxygen and hydrogen from the methyl and the hydroxyl in methanol. It has also been found that there exists competitive adsorption between water and oxygen on silver and water can increase the selectivity of methanol oxidation to formaldehyde. This result is consistent with the catalytic activities.     

TERMINATION AND TRANSFER OF THE CHAIN RADICALS IN THE POLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLONITRILE INITIATED BY VANADIUM(V)-THIOUREA REDOX SYSTEM

The dependence of the molecular weights on the concentration of reactants in the polymerization of acrylonitrile initiated by vanadium (V)-thiourea redox system has been investigated. It was found that the molecular weights of the polymer change nonlinearly with increasing concentrations of nitric acid and thiourea. Probably, the composition of the complexes exert a great influence on the chain initiation and termination. The reaction of "complextermination" gives rise to the decrease of the molecular weights markedly while the concentrations of thiourea and vanadium (V)in the range from one to three molar ratios.     

INVESTIGATION OF THE FRIEDEL-CRAFTS REACTION OF THE CHLOROMETHYLATED COPOLYMER OF STYRENE-DIVINYLBENZENE

In the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalyst, the chloromethylated copolymer of styrene-divinylben-zene may react with each other and cross-link by itself Thus a new type of polymeric adsorbent wasobtained, and its structure was identified by its physical properties and infrared spectra. The Friedel-Crafts reaction is manifestly affected by the nature of the solvent, the kind and amount of catalystused, reaction temperature and reaction time, etc. The porous structure and physical properties of the adsorbent prepared have been investigatedsystematically. The adsorbent has high specific surface area (1000--1300m~2/g), porosity, narrowpore distribution,high skeleton density and good mechanical properties.     

THE SOLID SOLUTION PHASE DIAGRAM OF THE MIXTURE OF ORTHO- AND PARACHLOROTOLUENES

The complete miscible solid solution with a minimum freezing point (-50.75℃; 26.88% para-) of the ortho- and para-chlorotoluene has been proved in this paper by many methods as the thermal analysis method, the X-ray matter phase analysis, the fractional crystallized separation method and the solidified separation method of solid solution, and by the Fel'dman's experiential productivity formula compared with the theoretical productivity formula which was obtained from the solidified separation according to the solid solution phase diagram. Therefore, the international official conclusion of simple eutectic type phase diagram of ortho- and para-chlorotoluene mixture does not agree with the experimental facts.The powder diffraction files of ortho- and para-chlorotoluenes are given in this paper.     

CHICKEN HEART UBIQUINOL:CYTOCHROME c REDUCTASE——ISOLATION BY AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY AND RESOLUTION OF ENZYME INTO SUBUNITS

Chicken heart mitochondrial ubiquinol: cytochrome c reduetase has been isolated as a monodisperse form by solubilization with Triton X-100 in low ionic strength and subsequent affinity chromatography. The enzyme complex contains less than 0.15μmol ubiquinone and 12 μmol phospholipid per μmol enzyme. The spectrum of cytochreme b in the reduced enzyme exhibited two maximum α-absorption bands at 558nm and 562nm; a shoulder at 553 nm for c_1. The purified enzyme complex consists of at least 9 subunits with apparent molecular weight of 47K, 44K, 36K, 31K, 25K, 17K, 15K, 12K and 9K. The enzyme complex has been dissociated into subdomains of subunits in the presence of increasing concentration of salt and Triton X-100. Three subunits carrying the redox centers (cytochrome b, cytochrome c_1, and Fe-S protein) have been further isolated.     

SOLVENT QUALITY AND SOLUTION BEHAVIOR OF NYLON 12

The refractive index increment,dynamic and static laser light scattering,intrinsic viscosity[η]and Huggins constant(K_H)of nylon 12 have been measured in m-cresol and sulphuric acid/water system at 10-60℃.The intrinsic viscosity,R_H,R_g,A_2,and(~2)~(1/2)(calculated from viscosity data)and"a"values of nylon 12 are found to be higher in m-cresol than in sulphuric acid.All these parameters decrease with the increase in water contents in sulphuric acid.The refractive index increment,K_H and activation energy show an opposite trend to that of[η].The intrinsic viscosity,R_H,R_g,A_2, and(~2)~(1/2) have maximum values around 30-40℃in sulphuric acid/water system,whereas in m-cresol they fall at about 20℃.It has been concluded that the variation in size,interaction parameter(second virial coefficient),[η]and K_H of the polymer solutions with the alteration in solvent composition and temperature are the out come of change in thermodynamic quality of solvents,selective adsorption,hydrogen bonding and conformational transitions.It has also been concluded that the increase in temperature first enhances the quality of the solvent,encourages hydrogen bonding and specific adsorption, and then deteriorates,bringing conformational transitions in the polymer molecules.However,the addition of water to sulphuric acid continuously deteriorates the solvent quality.This characteristic of the solvent system brings conformational changes in the polymer especially at low temperatures.     

DYNAMIC PROCESS OF VALENCE CHANGE OF EUROPIUM ION IN EUROPIUM DIFLUORIDE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE

The dynamic process of the ionic valence changing from Eu~(2+) to Eu~(3+) in EuF_2 at high temperature has been investigated by ESCA, high,temperature X-ray diffraction, high temperature spectrum, high temperature magnetic Isusceptibility and Mssbauer spectrum. It has been shown that the formed Eu~(3+) exists in different compounds when EuF_2 is heated to high temperature in different atmospheres. In air, Eu~(3+) exists in the form of hexagonal EuOF, in nitrogen, in the form of orthogonal EuF_3 and non-hexagon EuOF. This is because decomposition or disproportionation of EuF_2 is different with different atmospheres. The magnetic susceptibility measurement showed quantitatively that the change rate from Eu~(2+) to Eu~(3+) is about 95% in air, and about 75% in nitrogen when it is heated to 900℃. A small amount of Eu~(2+) coexists with Eu~(3+) in the final product.