PVTx relationships and solid-liquid equilibria for the m-xylene-p-xylene system under high pressures

PVTx relationships of the m-xylene-p-xylene system have been measured with a glass piezometer at 283.15 and 298.15 K and pressures up to 200 MPa, or up to the point of solidification of m-xylene where this occurred at a lower pressure. Freezing pressures of m-xylene were observed as a discontinuity in the volume at increasing pressure. Approximate solid-liquid equilibria under high pressures were obtained from the freezing pressure measurement. The Carnahan-Starling-van der Waals (CS-vdW) equation of state was used to correlate the PVTx data. The solid-liquid equilibria under high pressures were calculated with the CS-vdW equation of state for the liquid phase and a simple equation of state for the solid phase. In order to test the validity of the calculation method, the solid-liquid equilibrium relationships of the benzene-cyclohexane system were also calculated. It was found that the solid molar volume should be treated as a function of temperature and/or pressure to fit the experimental data.     

Fundamental imaging properties of transillumination laser computed tomography based on coherent detection imaging method.

The coherent detection imaging (CDI) method uses the optical heterodyne detection technique. CW and single frequency lasers having long coherence lengths are used to exploit the maximum advantages of heterodyne detection, such as high directionality, selectivity and sensitivity. The CDI method based on optical heterodyne detection enables selective filtering of the directional coherence-retaining emergent photons, which leads to image reconstruction from projections, similar to X-ray computed tomography (CT). So far we have demonstrated the advantages and capabilities of the measurement technique for transillumination optical computed tomography in biomedicine. Here, we investigate the fundamental imaging properties of CDI method, such as its high directionality and quantitativeness, with preliminary physical phantom experiments. The results show that the CDI method satisfies the requirements for CT reconstruction under the first order approximation, and enables quantitative measurements in the sense that the relationship between estimated and actual concentration retains a satisfactory linearity.     

Significance of proton relaxation time measurement in brain edema, cerebral infarction and brain tumors

We examined the proton relaxation times in vitro in various neurological diseases using experimental and clinical materials, and consequently obtained significant results for making a fundamental analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as followings. 1) In the brain edema and cerebral infarction, T1 prolonged and T2 separated into two components, one fast and one slow. Prolongation of T1 referred to the volume of increased water in tissue. The slow component of T2 reflects both the volume and the content of increased edema fluid in tissue. 2) In the edematous brain tissue with the damaged Blood-Brain-Barrier (BBB), the slow component of T2 became shorter after the injection of Mn-EDTA. Paramagnetic ion could be used as an indicator to demonstrate the destruction of BBB in the brain. 3) After the i.v. injection of glycerol, the slow component of T2 became shorter in the edematous brain with the concomitant decrease of water content. The effects of therapeutic drug could be evaluated by the measurement of proton relaxation times. 4) Almost all tumor tissue showed a longer T1 and T2 values than the normal rat brain, and many of them showed two components in T2. It was difficult to determine the histology of tumor tissue by the relaxation time alone because of an overlap of T1 and T2 values occurred among various types of brain tumors. 5) In vivo T1 values of various brain tumor were calculated from the data of MRIs by zero-crossing method, and they were compared with the in vitro T1 values which were measured immediately after the surgical operation. Though the absolute value did not coincide with each other due to differences in magnetic field strength, the tendency of the changes was the same among all kinds of tumors. It is concluded that the fundamental analysis of proton relaxation times is essentially important not only for the study of pathophysiology in many diseases but also for the interpretation of clinical MRI.     

An application of fragment interaction analysis based on local MP2

We have developed a method named ‘fragment interaction analysis based on local MP2’ (abbreviated as FILM). This method enables us to decompose the interaction energy associated with dispersion interactions into contributions of localized occupied orbitals. In this study, the basis set dependence of the results derived from FILM was examined. The results suggested that the individual ratio of pair correlation energies of selected orbital pairs to the total dispersion interaction was almost independent of the basis set size. As an illustrative example, detailed analysis was performed on the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease complexed with lopinavir molecule.     

Dedekind symbols with plus reciprocity laws

Dedekind symbols are generalizations of the classical Dedekind sums (symbols), and the symbols are determined uniquely by their reciprocity laws, up to an additive constant. For Dedekind symbols D and F, we can consider two kinds of reciprocity laws: D(p,q)−D(q,−p)=R(p,q) and F(p,q)+F(q,−p)=T(p,q). The first type, which we call minus reciprocity laws, have been studied extensively. On the contrary, the second type, which we call plus reciprocity laws, have not yet been investigated. In this note we study fundamental properties of Dedekind symbols with plus reciprocity law F(p,q)+F(q,−p)=T(p,q). We will see that there is a fundamental difference between Dedekind symbols with minus and plus reciprocity laws.     

Enhancement of the Lewis acidity by substitution of sulfur-containing hetero aromatics in triarylboranes

Triarylboranes bearing two thiophene, dimethylthiophene, or benzothiophene units were synthesized. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed the planar structure around the boron atom and non-bonding S-S interaction of the thiophene. They exhibited several intense absorption bands in the UV region. They were stable in the air for months and showed extremely strong Lewis acidities.     

Transversal infinitesimal automorphisms of harmonic foliations on complete manifolds

Summary In this paper we study infinitesimal automorphisms of finiteL ²-norm for harmonic Riemannian and Kähler foliations admitting a complete bundle-like metric. The results generalize facts established recently in the compact case.1980 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 57 R 30, Secondary 58 E 20.Work supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.     

Characterization of NIES CRM No. 23 Tea Leaves II for the determination of multielements

A candidate environmental certified reference material (CRM) for the determination of multielements in tea leaves and materials of similar matrix, NIES CRM No. 23 Tea Leaves II, has been developed and characterized by the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan. The origin of the material was tea leaves, which were ground, sieved through a 106-μm mesh, homogenized, and then subdivided into amber glass bottles. The results of homogeneity and stability tests indicated that the material was sufficiently homogeneous and stable for use as a reference material. The property values of the material were statistically determined based on chemical analyses by a network of laboratories using a wide range of methods. Sixteen laboratories participated in the characterization, and nine certified values and five reference values were obtained. These property values of the candidate CRM, which are expressed as mass fractions, were close to the median and/or mean values of the mass fractions of elements in various tea products. The candidate CRM is appropriate for use in analytical quality control and in the evaluation of methods used in the analysis of tea and materials of similar matrix.     

Mesostructured organosilica with a 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium bridging unit: photoinduced charge separation in the organosilica framework

Polycondensation of 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium-bridged organosilane in the presence of a nonionic surfactant yielded a mesostructured organosilica solid with a functional framework that exhibited long-lived photoinduced charge separation.