A laboratory study of irregular shoaling waves

The present research aims to investigate the dynamics of a single laboratory irregular wave, characterized by a narrow-banded spectrum and developing on a sloping sand bottom, in intermediate waters up to the surf zone. Experiments focused on the wave shoaling region, in order to examine how the wave is affected by breaking induced turbulence offshore the surf zone. A 3D acoustic Doppler velocimeter was used to measure the three wave velocity components, which were all processed to evaluate the time-averaged vertical distributions of orbital velocities, wave and turbulent Reynolds shear stresses and turbulent intensities. The vertical distributions of the phase-averaged velocity components, turbulent kinetic energy and transport of turbulence were also analysed. The adopted phase-averaging technique was applied to each investigated measurement point. Therefore, the crucial element of the study is that all the analysed values derive directly from real measurements and are not approximated by any kind of interpolation. The study confirmed some dynamic behaviour in the shoaling zone already known in the literature, such as the typical cell-type flow pattern of the mean flow and the necessity to evaluate the turbulent kinetic energy with all the three velocity components, when available, which would otherwise be underestimated. Referring to the time-averaged wave and Reynolds shear stresses, a contribution was added to the open debate on their order of magnitude. The measured wave Reynolds shear stresses were also compared with the results of the model by Zou et al. (J Geophys Res 111:C09032, 2006), confirming the behaviour typical of dissipative breaking waves. The analysis of turbulence transport in the shoaling zone revealed that it is seaward directed close to the surface and landward directed close to the bottom. The results presented in the paper can be extended only to other analogous flow conditions.     

Activation of the pre-supplementary motor area but not inferior prefrontal cortex in association with short stop signal reaction time – an intra-subject analysis

Background  

Our previous work described the neural processes of motor response inhibition during a stop signal task (SST). Employing the race model, we computed the stop signal reaction time (SSRT) to index individuals' ability in inhibitory control. The pre-supplementary motor area (preSMA), which shows greater activity in individuals with short as compared to those with long SSRT, plays a role in mediating response inhibition. In contrast, the right inferior prefrontal cortex (rIFC) showed greater activity during stop success as compared to stop error. Here we further pursued this functional differentiation of preSMA and rIFC on the basis of an intra-subject approach.     

吡啶与7-苯乙酰氨基-3-氯甲基头孢烷烯酸对甲氧基苄酯碘代物亲核取代反应动力学

以7-苯乙酰氨基-3-氯甲基头孢烷烯酸对甲氧基苄酯(GCLE)和吡啶为原料合成头孢他啶中间体7-苯乙酰氨基-3-吡啶甲基头孢-4-羧酸对甲氧苄酯,用高效液相色谱仪监测了吡啶与GCLE碘取代物在二氯甲烷、丙酮、四氢呋喃、乙酸乙酯和DMF混合液中的亲核取代反应,反应动力学行为可用SN2机理解释.在一定的溶剂中不同温度的速率常数可用Arrhenius方程很好的关联,求得了指前因子,初步讨论了反应的溶剂效应,得出在不同溶剂中亲核取代反应活性顺序为:丙酮＞四氢呋喃＞乙酸乙酯-DMF混合液＞二氯甲烷.     

流动注射化学发光法测定针剂中呋脲苄青霉素钠

基于碱性介质中,在以铁氰化钾作为催化剂和发光剂,亚铁氰化钾作为发光抑制剂,无过氧化氢时,呋脲苄青霉素钠与鲁米诺能够直接发生化学反应,提出了快速测定呋脲苄青霉素钠的流动注射化学发光法。结果表明:在最佳条件下,呋脲苄青霉素钠浓度在6.5×10-6～8.0×10-4mol.L-1范围内呈线性,方法的检出限(3s/k)为3.3×10-6mol.L-1,对浓度为5.0×10-4mol.L-1的呋脲苄青霉素钠标准溶液连续测定11次,测定值的相对标准偏差为0.9%。以粉针剂样品为基体,用标准加入法检验方法的回收率,测得结果在96.8%～98.3%之间。     

Study of ψ(4415) in the QPC model

Some authors consider the ψ(4415) to be the 4S or 5S excited tate of a cc pair. Starting from this assumption, we study he decays of the ψ(4415) to DD, D^*D^*, D_SD_S, D_S^*D_S^*, and get the corresponding branching ratios in terms of the Quark-Pair-Creation (QPC) model. Compared with the experimental data, we find that the results of 4S state agree much better than those of the 5S state. Therefore, it is more reasonable to assume the ψ(4415) to be a 4S state.     

On Solving the Lorenz System by Differential Transformation Method

The differential transformation method （DTM） is employed to solve a nonlinear differential equation, namely the Lorenz system. Numerical results are compared to those obtained by the Runge-Kutta method to illustrate the preciseness and effectiveness of the proposed method. In particular, we examine the accuracy of the （DTM） as the Lorenz system changes from a non-chaotic system to a chaotic one. It is shown that the （DTM） is robust, accurate and easy to apply.     

Nonlinear Local Lyapunov Exponent and Quantification of Local Predictability

Nonlinear local Lyapunov exponent （NLLE） is applied to quantitatively determine the local predictability limit of chaotic systems. As an example, we find that the local predictability limit of Henon attractor varies considerably with time, and some underlying phase-spatial structure does not appear. The local predictability limit of initially adjacent points in phase space may be completely different. This will cause difficulties in making the long-time analogue forecast.     

Aging and energy landscapes: application to liquids and glasses

The equation of state for a liquid in equilibrium, written in the potential energy landscape formalism, is generalized to describe out-of-equilibrium conditions. The hypothesis that during aging the system explores basins associated to equilibrium configurations is the key ingredient in the derivation. Theoretical predictions are successfully compared with data from molecular dynamics simulations of different aging processes, such as temperature and pressure jumps. Received 7 August 2002 / Received in final form 8 October 2002 Published online 19 December 2002 RID="a" ID="a"Present address: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique des Liquides, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France e-mail: mossa@lptl.jussieu.fr     

O-demethylation and sulfation of 7-methoxylated flavanones by Cunninghamella elegans

Metabolism of 7-O-methylnaringenin (sakuranetin) by Cunninghamella elegans NRRL 1392 yielded naringenin and naringenin-4'-sulfate. C. elegans also converted 5, 3', 4'-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone into eriodictyol-4'-sulfate. Furthermore, incubation of 5, 4'-dihydroxy-7, 3'-dimethoxyflavanone with the same fungus gave homoeriodictyol (5, 7, 4'-trihydroxy-3'-methoxyflavanone) and homoeriodicytol-7-sulfate. The structures of the new metabolites were established by spectral analysis including 2D-NMR, HR-ESI-FT-MS beside hydrolysis by acid.