Simultaneous Quantification of Benazepril, Gliclazide and Valsartan in Human Plasma by LC–MS–MS and Application for Rapidly Measuring Protein Binding Interaction between Rhein and These Three Drugs

For new drug candidates with high protein binding in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy, their influence on the protein bindings of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, sulfonylurea drugs, and angiotensin receptor blockers should be predicted to prevent side effects. To provide an efficient tool for this study, a sensitive and rapid LC–MS–MS method was developed for the simultaneous quantification of representative drugs, benazepril, gliclazide and valsartan in human plasma. Chromatographic separation was performed on a Shim-pack VP-ODS C18 column (250 × 2.0 mm i.d., 5 μm) using methanol–0.05% formic acid (90:10, v/v) as mobile phase. Detection was performed on a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization source and operated in SRM mode. Lower limits of quantification were 2, 2 and 20 ng^?1 mL for benazepril, gliclazide and valsartan with 0.1 mL plasma sample. The method fulfills the precision, accuracy, linearity, sensitivity, selectivity requirements to quantify the three drugs and has been successfully used to studying protein binding of benazepril, gliclazide and valsartan in the presence of rhein.     

Hydroxycinnamic Acids as DNA‐Cleaving Agents in the Presence of CuII Ions: Mechanism,Structure–Activity Relationship,and Biological Implications

The effectiveness of hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs), that is, caffeic acid (CaA), chlorogenic acid (ChA), sinapic acid (SA), ferulic acid (FA), 3‐hydroxycinnamic acid (3‐HCA), and 4‐hydroxycinnamic acid (4‐HCA), as pBR322 plasmid DNA‐cleaving agents in the presence of Cu^II ions was investigated. Compounds bearing o‐hydroxy or 3,5‐dimethoxy groups on phenolic rings (CaA, SA, and ChA) were remarkably more effective at causing DNA damage than the compounds bearing no such groups; furthermore, CaA was the most active among the HCAs examined. The involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Cu^I ions in the DNA damage was affirmed by the inhibition of the DNA breakage by using specific scavengers of ROS and a Cu^I chelator. The interaction between CaA and Cu^II ions and the influence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), the solvent, and pH value on the interaction were also studied to help elucidate the detailed prooxidant mechanism by using UV/Vis spectroscopic analysis. On the basis of these observations, it is proposed that it is the CaA phenolate anion, instead of the parent molecule, that chelates with the Cu^II ion as a bidentate ligand, hence facilitating the intramolecular electron transfer to form the corresponding CaA semiquinone radical intermediate. The latter undergoes a second electron transfer with oxygen to form the corresponding o‐quinone and a superoxide, which play a pivotal role in the DNA damage. The intermediacy of the semiquinone radical was supported by isolation of its dimer from the Cu^II‐mediated oxidation products. Intriguingly, CaA was also the most cytotoxic compound among the HCAs toward human promyelocytic leukemia (HL‐60) cell proliferation. Addition of exogenous Cu^II ions resulted in an effect dichotomy on cell viability depending on the concentration of CaA; that is, low concentrations of CaA enhanced the cell viability and, conversely, high concentrations of CaA almost completely inhibited the cell proliferation. On the other hand, when superoxide dismutase was added before, the two stimulation effects of exogenous Cu^II ions were significantly ameliorated, thus clearly indicating that the oxidative‐stress level regulates cell proliferation and death. These findings provide direct evidence for the antioxidant/prooxidant mechanism of cancer chemoprevention.     

Fixed poles in the model matching problem for systems over semirings

In this paper, solution existence conditions for the model matching problem are studied for systems over semirings, which are used in many applications, such as queueing systems, communication networks, and manufacturing systems. The main contribution is the discovery of fixed pole structure in solutions to the model matching problem. This fixed pole structure provides essential information contained in all the solutions to the model matching problem. For a discrete-event dynamic system example, a common Petri net component in the solutions of the model matching problem can be discovered from the fixed pole structure.     

串扰时延故障的SAT-ATPG算法研究

随着芯片运行速度不断提高,对串扰时延的测试已成为一个迫切需要解决的问题;文中提出一种面向多条攻击线的受害线上最大串扰噪声的测试生成方法;此方法建立了串扰通路时延故障模型、分析了布尔可满足性问题、讨论了七值逻辑,研究了串扰时延故障测试转换为CNF的逻辑表达式,在非鲁棒测试条件下约简CNF范式,并提出了串扰时延故障的SAT-ATPG算法;最后通过实例分析,对本文算法进行验证;结果表明:该算法对串扰时延故障的测试矢量的生成是有效的。     

基于LabVIEW的控制阀性能测试评估系统设计

控制阀在工业控制领域扮演十分重要的角色,但目前国内对控制阀性能测试评估系统的研究十分薄弱,常规的仪器仪表很难精确测试控制阀的性能。本文基于NI compactRIO硬件、各类传感器以及Labview软件开发设计了一套控制阀性能测试评估系统,该系统实现了控制阀的在线测试和功能评估,并且可将控制阀各项性能指标评估结果汇集于一张类似体检单的报表显示。采用该系统对某公司的直通气开式薄膜调节阀S9044进行了性能测试评估,实验结果表明,该系统能够精确地测试出调节阀的各项性能指标,且系统软件交互界面良好、扩展性强、精度高。     

触发电压对±100 kV多级多通道开关性能的影响

研制了一种用于快脉冲直线型脉冲变压器的±100 kV多级多通道火花开关,研究了触发电压极性、幅值对多级多通道火花开关触发性能的影响,分析了不同触发电压下开关各部分延时及抖动。研究结果表明:触发电压的极性对双极性多级多通道火花开关触发性能影响较小;开关的触发放电延时和抖动随着触发电压的增大而减小。进一步分析了多级多通道火花开关的触发击穿模式以及影响开关击穿延时和抖动的主要因素,提出了减小开关触发击穿延时及抖动的技术途径。     

The transverse laser induced thermoelectric voltages in step flow growth （1-x）Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 thin films

This paper reports that the transverse laser induced thermoelectric voltages (LITV) are observed for the first time in the step flow growth (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PMN-PT,x = 0.20, 0.33, 0.50) thin films deposited on vicinal-cut strontium titanate single crystal substrates. Because lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate is a solid solution of lead magnesium niobate (PMN) and lead titanate (PT), there are two types of signals. One is wide with a time response of a microsecond, and the other superimposed with the wide signal is narrow with a time response of a nanosecond. The transverse LITV signals depend on the ratio of PMN to PT drastically. Under the irradiation of 28-ns pulsed KrF excimer laser with the 248-nm wavelength,the largest induced voltage is observed in the 0.50Pb(Mg1/Nb2/3)O3-0.50PbTiO3 films. Moreover, the effects of film thickness, substrates, and tilt angles of substrates are also investigated.     

New Secure Quantum Dialogue Protocols over Collective Noisy Channels

Quantum dialogue (QD) belongs to two-way quantum secure direct communication. Particles are usually affected by noise during transmission in the quantum channel. In this paper, we propose three new robust quantum dialogue protocols immune to collective-amplitude-damping noise, collective-rotation noise and collective-dephasing noise, respectively. Based on logical qubits, both parties can communicate with each other directly without being disturbed by quantum channel noise. The security analysis shows that the proposed QD protocols can resist common outsider attacks without information leakage.

     

Periodic solutions for discrete-time Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with delays

In this paper, the existence of periodic solutions for general discrete-time Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with delays (DCGNND) is investigated. Based on graph theory, coincidence degree theory, and Lyapunov method, a sufficient criterion ensuring the existence of periodic solutions for DCGNND is established. In the end, an example and its numerical simulation are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical result.