Reanalysis of Elastic Scattering of 6Li + 209Bi Reaction Using a New Density Distribution of 6Li Nucleus

In the present paper, the elastic scattering of ⁶Li + ²⁰⁹Bi system is reanalyzed by using the double folding model (DFM) at energies near the Coulomb barrier (E_Lab=29.9 and 32.8 MeV). With this goal, a new density distribution of ⁶Li nucleus, the no-core full configuration (NCFC) density distribution (DD), is used to obtain the real potentials in DFM calculations. The NCFC DD results are compared with the results of both gaussian shape (GS) DD and an earlier study as well as the experimental data. This comparison provides information about the similarities and differences of the models used in calculations.     

Fatty Acid Composition and Physical Properties of Turkish Tree Hazel Nuts

The fatty acid composition and some physical properties of nuts of Turkish tree hazels were investigated. Average nut weight, diameter, shell thickness, percent kernel, and moisture content were determined. Oil content ranged between 64.48% and 71.92%. Oleic and linoleic acids was the predominant fatty acids, together representing 91.7% of the total. The amount of palmitic and stearic acids was low while palmitoleic, margaric, margaroleic, linolenic, arachidic, and gadoleic acids were present in trace amounts. This is the first report on the fatty acid composition of Turkish tree hazel. __________ Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 306–308, July–August, 2005.     

Multi-dimensional energetic performance modeling of an aircraft engine with the aid of enhanced least–squares estimation based genetic algorithm method

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Aircraft must have reliable and sustainable sources of power systems and must use energy efficiently. Aircraft engine advances have dramatically...     

The insertion loss of perforated porous plates in a duct without and with mean air flow

Measurements of the acoustic insertion loss of poroelastic plates with different perforation ratios, mounted transversely across a flow duct, without and with flow have been made at various locations in the duct. For the lower perforation ratio the insertion loss is found to be approximately 3 dB higher with air flow than without over the frequency range of the measurements. A parallel impedance model has been formulated to predict the effects of perforation on the insertion loss without flow. Measurements and predictions without flow have been found to be in reasonable agreement.     

New phosphine oxide aziridinyl phosphonates as chiral Lewis bases for the Abramov-type phosphonylation of aldehydes

A series of Lewis bases were screened for Abramov-type phosphine additions to aldehydes. A novel phosphine oxide aziridinyl phosphonate POAP-A was found to be better than the others in forming the product in 96% yield and with 42% ee. The absolute configuration of the newly synthesized POAP Lewis bases was determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis.     

Simultaneous quantitation of IC87114, roflumilast and its active metabolite roflumilast N‐oxide in plasma by LC‐MS/MS: application for a pharmacokinetic study

A sensitive and reliable high‐performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) was developed and validated for simultaneous quantification IC87114, roflumilast (RFM), and its active metabolite roflumilast N‐oxide (RFN) using tolbutamide as an internal standard. The analytes were extracted by using liquid–liquid extraction and separated on a reverse phase C₁₈ column (50 mm × 3 mm i.d., 4.6 µ) using methanol: 2 mM ammonium acetate buffer, pH 4.0 as mobile phase at a flow rate 1 mL/min in gradient mode. Selective reaction monitoring was performed using the transitions m/z 398.3 > 145.9, 403.1 >186.9, 419.1 > 187.0 and 271.1 > 155.0 to quantify quantification IC87114, RFM, RFN and tolbutamide, respectively. The method was validated over the concentration range of 0.1–60 ng.mL^?1 for RFM and RFN and 6 to 2980 ng.mL^?1 for IC87114. Intra‐ and inter‐day accuracy and precision of validated method were within the acceptable limits of <15% at all concentrations. Coefficients of correlation (r²) for the calibration curves were >0.99 for all analytes. The quantitation method was successfully applied for simultaneous estimation of IC87114, RFM and RFN in a pharmacokinetic drug–drug interaction study in Wistar rats. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Working group report: Heavy-ion physics and quark-gluon plasma

This is the report of Heavy Ion Physics and Quark-Gluon Plasma at WHEPP-09 which was part of Working Group-4. Discussion and work on some aspects of quark-gluon plasma believed to have created in heavy-ion collisions and in early Universe are reported.     

Phenanthroline Cu(II)-bentonite composite characterization

Summary The penetration of the phenanthroline ligand into the interlayer space of the Cu-bentonite results in the formation of Cu(Phen)₃-bentonite composite. The expansion of the d₀₀₁ basal spacing of the Cu-Bent from 14.24 to 17.7 Å on intercalation and the colour change indicate the cation immobilized dimeric ligand species’ presence, which are thermally stable up to 315°C. The shift to higher frequency of the ring vibrations resulted from the π interactions is associated with the linkage of the tilted monomers to the smectite layers at elevated temperatures. The OH stretches and the bending peaks decrease in the intensity in parallel with an easy exchange between the water groups and the aromatic backboned ligands at room temperature.     

Double-folding analysis of the 6Li + 58Ni reaction using the ab initio density distribution

The elastic scattering angular distributions of the ⁶ Li + ⁵⁸ Ni reaction are reanalyzed by using the double-folding model (DFM) within the framework of the optical model (OM) at energies near the Coulomb barrier, E _Lab = 9.9, 11.2, 12.1, 13.0 and 14.0 MeV. With this goal, for the first time, the no-core full configuration (NCFC) density distribution (DD) of the ⁶ Li nucleus is used in order to obtain the real potentials. Also, in order to see the validity of NCFC DD, another density distribution (Gaussian shape) of the ⁶ Li nucleus is used to obtain the real potentials in DF calculations. The results with NCFC DD are compared with Gaussian shape (GS) DD as well as the experimental data. It has been seen that the NCFC DD results are in agreement with the experimental data, giving better results than GS DD.     

On the Energy-Momentum Problem in Static Einstein Universe

The energy-momentum distributions of Einstein＇s simplest static geometrical model for an isotropic and homogeneous universe are evaluated. For this purpose, Einstein, Bergmann-Thomson, Landau-Lifshitz （LL）, Moller and Papapetrou energy-momentum complexes are used in general relativity. While Einstein and Bergmann-Thomson complexes give exactly the same results, LL and Papapetrou energy-momentum complexes do not provide the same energy densities. The Moller energy-momentum density is found to be zero everywhere in Einstein＇s universe. Also, several spacetimes are the limiting cases considered here.