Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of N-methylpyrrolidinone in riverine biofilms

A rugged procedure utilizing reversed-phase liquid chromatography with positive-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-MS) along with tandem MS is described for the quantification and confirmation of N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP) in methanolic extracts of riverine biofilm. The LC-MS method provided a 100-fold improvement in detection limits (2 ng g(-1) with a repeatability of 80-95% based on triplicate analyses) compared to a conventional LC-UV detection procedure and was applicable to quantitative analysis of biofilm samples with little or no clean up. Under low-energy collision induced dissociation (CID) conditions (17 V, laboratory frame of reference, with argon as the collision gas), two product-ions of the [M+H]+ ion were formed at m/z 69 [MH-CH3NH2]+ and m/z 58 [MH-CH3NCH]+ with relative abundances of 30% and 5%, respectively. These CID transitions were used to demonstrate that biofilm uptake of a photocatalytically-generated mixture of NMP was rapid once acclimation was achieved.     

Metallocene catalysis in the complex-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate

The initiation stage of methyl methacrylate polymerization in the presence of benzoyl peroxide-metallocene (MC) systems is considered, with MC = Cp₂Fe, (C₅Me₅)₂Fe, (AcC₅H₄)(C₅H₅)Fe, Cp₂TiCl₂, Cp₂ZrCl₂, and (C₅Me₅)₂ZrCl₂. The decomposition of benzoyl peroxide in the presence of a metallocene proceeds via the formation of its complex with the metallocene. The catalytic effect of the metallocenes on the initiation of methyl methacrylate polymerization is due to the formation of a metallocene-benzoyl peroxide complex and its decomposition yielding primary radicals. The chain propagation stage is metallocene-dependent, which is explained by the formation of complex sites. Their formation pathway and structures are analyzed using quantum-chemical calculations.     

A comparative investigation of the fatty acid compositions of the seeds of a number of lines of a genetic collection of Gossypium hirsutum

A comparative analysis has been made of the amounts of lipids and their fatty-acid compositions in the seeds of the lines of agenetic collection of cotton plants of the speciesGossypium hirsutum and their hybrids and the variety Tashkent-1. The results obtained on the fatty-acid compositions of some hybrids make it possible to recommend the use of individual lines of cotton plants as donors for improving the food-value indices of cottonseed oil.Institute of Chemsitry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 173–176, March–April, 1991.     

General Formulations of Finite-field Method Classified by Symmetry for Molecular Linear and Nonlinear Polarizabilities

1 INTRODUCTIONWith the invention of lasers[1] and the observation of second-harmonic generation in quartz[2], nonlinear optics(NLO), as a cornerstone of photonics, has been booming since 1960's. And intense interest has been aroused to search materials exhibiting appropriate nonlinear optical properties suitable for the construction of practical optical devices for the important techniques such as frequency converting, signal processing and optical computing[3～6]. In order to determine …     

Scheduling on same-speed processors with at most one downtime on each machine

We consider the problem of scheduling a set of independent tasks on multiple same-speed processors with planned shutdown times with the aim of minimizing the makespan. We give an LPT-based algorithm, LPTX, which yields a maximum completion time that is less than or equal to 3/2 the optimal maximum completion time or 3/2 the time that passes from the start of the schedule until the latest end of a downtime. For problems where the optimal schedule ends after the last downtime, and when the downtimes represent fixed jobs, the LPTX maximum completion time is within 3/2 of the optimal maximum completion time. In addition, we show that this result is asymptotically tight for the class of polynomial algorithms assuming that P≠NP. We also show that the bound obtained previously for a similar problem, when no more than half of the machines are shut down at the same time, for the LPT algorithm is asymptotically tight in the class of polynomial algorithms if P≠NP.     

Revêtements modérés et groupe fondamenttal de graphe de groupes

Let R be a discrete complete valuation ring, with algebraically closedresidue field. Let X be a semi-stable R-curve, with smooth generic fibre. In this paper we study tame coverings of X.     

在RHIC的极限碎裂和Ф介子产生(英文)

利用强子和串级联模型LUCIAE研究了PHOBOS的极限碎裂等以及在PHIC进行的Au +Au碰撞中带电粒子多重性的经验标度规律 .对介子的产生机制也通过与带电粒子多重性的比较进行类似的研究 .结果似乎表明在串级碎裂模型中带电粒子和介子有共同的产生机制 .还讨论了PHOBOS经验标度规律的模型依赖性 .     

甘肃岷县不同生长年限当归药材的红外光谱分析

采用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)及其二阶导数谱对不同生长年限当归药材进行分析研究.结果表明,不同生长年限当归药材的红外图谱较为相似,仅从一维谱图上无法反映出不同生长年限当归药材的红外特征谱明显的异同,但通过二阶导数图谱中1771、1747、1712、1559、1514、1466、766、711cm-1和668cm-1处的峰型差异可发现不同生长年限当归药材之间的一些成分存在较明显的差异.由于生长时间不同,导致它们的化学成分存在差异,所以体现了各自的红外特征谱,其中第三年当归药材与第一年和第二年当归药材间差异较大.     

Exploration for Degradation of Λ Polarization Produced in Relativistic Nucleus Nucleus Collisions

The degradation of Λ transverse polarization produced in S+Pb central collisions at energy 200 GeV per nucleon has been studied in detail. The S+Pb central collision events have been generated using Monte-Carlo generator——LUCIAE at 200 GeV per nucleon. The various factors degrading Λ transverse polarization have been analysed quantitatively. The ratios of Λ′s produced from rescattering, secondary production and decays of Σ, Ξ hyperons to the total measurable Λ′s in experiment have been investigeted and the degradation effect of these Λ on the total polarization has been determined. The simulation and calculation show that above three factors decrease the Λ transverse polarization strongly, however, can not eliminate the polarization completely when the Λ′s are assumed to be produced from hadronic gas in the final state. To explan the experimental data of vanished Λ polarization, it probably needs to consider new mechanisms of Λ production, including a weak effect of QGP formation.     

Correlation of stress and atomic-scale surface roughness evolution during intermittent homoepitaxial growth of (111)-oriented Ag and Cu

Stress evolution during intermittent homoepitaxial growth of (111)-oriented Cu and Ag thin films has been studied. A tensile stress change is observed when growth is stopped, but the change is reversed when growth is resumed. Reflection high energy electron diffraction analysis of the atomic scale surface roughness during intermittent growth demonstrates a strong correlation between the surface structure and reversible stress evolution. The results are discussed in terms of an evolving surface defect population.