Total reflection X-ray fluorescence and archaeometry: Application in the Argentinean cultural heritage

Archaeometry is an interdisciplinary research area involved in the development and use of scientific methods in order to answer questions concerned with the human history. In this way the knowledge of archaeological objects through advanced chemical and physical analyses permits a better preservation and conservation of the cultural heritage and also reveals materials and technologies used in the past. In this sense, analytical techniques play an important role in order to provide chemical information about cultural objects. Considering the non destructive characteristic of this study, analytical techniques must be adequate in order to prevent any alteration or damage and in addition to allow the conservation of their integrity. Taking into account the irreplaceable character of the archaeological and artistic materials considered in this study, analytical techniques must be adequate in order to prevent any alteration or damage and in addition to allow the conservation of their integrity.     

Kinetics of isotope exchange of dioxygen with a powdered high-temperature superconducting material Ba2YCu3O7?x

It has been found that the rate of isotope exchange in Ba₂YCu₃O_7–x–O₂ system is high. Its kinetics is exponential, first order with respect to dioxygen and the exchange is of the mixed first/third type.

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Sequencing of real-world samples using a microfabricated hybrid device having unconstrained straight separation channels

We describe a microfabricated hybrid device that consists of a microfabricated chip containing multiple twin-T injectors attached to an array of capillaries that serve as the separation channels. A new fabrication process was employed to create two differently sized round channels in a chip. Twin-T injectors were formed by the smaller round channels that match the bore of the separation capillaries and separation capillaries were incorporated to the injectors through the larger round channels that match the outer diameter of the capillaries. This allows for a minimum dead volume and provides a robust chip/capillary interface. This hybrid design takes full advantage, such as sample stacking and purification and uniform signal intensity profile, of the unique chip injection scheme for DNA sequencing while employing long straight capillaries for the separations. In essence, the separation channel length is optimized for both speed and resolution since it is unconstrained by chip size. To demonstrate the reliability and practicality of this hybrid device, we sequenced over 1000 real-world samples from Human Chromosome 5 and Ciona intestinalis, prepared at Joint Genome Institute. We achieved average Phred20 read of 675 bases in about 70 min with a success rate of 91%. For the similar type of samples on MegaBACE 1000, the average Phred20 read is about 550-600 bases in 120 min separation time with a success rate of about 80-90%.     

Polarization Diagram of the Electrochemical Impedance of Second Order: A Theory that Accounts for the Diffusion of Reactants

With the aim of improving diagnostic possibilities of second-order impedance spectroscopy, a theory is put forward for a polarization diagram of a second-order impedance for reactions with charge transfer. The theory takes into account the diffusion of discharging particles in the absence of their specific adsorption.     

Mathematical modeling of sedimentation of a rarefied cloud of particles

In the present paper a mathematical model of sedimentation of a rarefied cloud of particles with account of the feedback effect of particles on the fluid is suggested. The calculations have shown that this effect changes significantly the pattern of particle motion. The results of model calculations agree fairly well with the experimental data on the sedimentation of coal dust particles in a settler. Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 109–113, March, 1999.     

一类2连通（n,n＋2）图的色类

本文研究了围长为6的K_4同胚图的色性,对于其中的非色唯一图,给出了其色类。     

Second-Order Impedance Spectroscopy of an Electroreduction Reaction with Allowance for the Frumkin Correction

A theory of second-order impedance spectroscopy is developed. The theory is good for analyzing an electroreduction reaction in surface-inactive supporting electrolytes with allowance made for the structure of the electrical double layer (the Frumkin correction). According to the theory, a measured second-order impedance contains, as a factor, an effective charge transfer coefficient. The latter's dependence on potential has a minimum connected with the diffuseness of the electrical double layer. The theoretical notions are experimentally confirmed on the basis of a real system.