Diffraction enhanced imaging of soft tissues

The APS hosted a two-day workshop on Catalysis Research at the APS on September 12-13, 2005. The goal of the workshop was to evaluate current catalysis-related research at the APS and to plan future directions. The outcome of the meeting will be a report with recommendations to promote new, and support current, catalysis research at the APS. The workshop was attended by 82 participants representing industry, national laboratories, and universities.     

Solvatochromic Behavior of Chiral Mesoporous Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Applications for Sensing Small Molecules and Separating Cationic Dyes

Two anionic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with 1D mesoporous tubes ( 1 ) and chiral mesoporous cages ( 2 ) have been rationally constructed by means of a predesigned size‐extended hexatopic ligand, namely, 5,5′,5′′‐(1,3,5‐triazine‐2,4,6‐triyl)tris‐ (azanediyl)triisophthalate (TATAT). Charge neutrality is achieved by protonated dimethylamine cations. Notably, the two MOFs can be used to separate large molecules based on ionic selectivity rather than the size‐exclusion effect so far reported in the literature. Owing to the imino triazine backbone and carboxyl groups of the hexatopic ligand, which provide important host–guest interactions, rare solvatochromic phenomena of 1 and 2 are observed on incorporating acetone and ethanol guests. Furthermore, guest‐dependent luminescence properties of compound 2 were investigated, and the results show that luminescence intensity is significantly enhanced in toluene and benzene, while quenching effects are observed in acetone and ethanol. Thus, compound 2 may be a potential material for luminescent probes.     

Optimal Decision for Selling an Illiquid Stock

This paper is concerned with liquidation of an illiquid stock. The stock price follows a fluid model which is dictated by the rates of selling and buying over time. The objective is to maximize the expected overall return. The method of constrained viscosity solution is used to characterize the dynamics governing the optimal reward function and the associated boundary conditions. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the results.     

A Novel Method for Fabrication of a Glass-Electrode-Based Lipase Sensor

Lipase is one of the hydrolases. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of triglycerides, liberating fat acids. Based on its catalysis and the response of a glass electrode to the acids, a glass-electrode-based lipase sensor can be fabricated1, which has great potential in clinical medicine for the detection of blood fat in human serum samples.The immobilization of lipase on the bulb of a glass electrode is the key to the development of the sensor. In addition to its response time, which has a lot to do …     

ESTIMATION OF ACTIVATED ENERGY OF DESORPTION OF n-HEXANE ON ACTIVATED CARBONS BY TPD TECHNIQUE

1. INTRODUCTION In some cities of China, cancer and breath system diseases caused by the pollution of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been obviously increasing. The VOCs includes BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene), aldehydes, cresol, phenol, acetic acid, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which have long-term human health implications. Emission of the VOCs has threatened the health of people seriously [1,2]. The pollution of the VOCs mostly hails from…     

LETTER: Pair Creation of Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter Black Holes

For a spherically symmetric vacuum model with anegative cosmological constant, a complex constrainedinstanton is considered as the seed for the quantum paircreation of Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter black holes. The relative creation probability isfound to be the exponential of the negative of the blackhole entropy. The black hole entropy is known to be onequarter of the black hole horizon area. In the absence of a general noboundary proposal foropen creation, the constrained instanton approach isused in treating both the open and closed pair creationsof black holes.     

外控弱周期电流约束下电极B-Z反应体系中的时间自组织

以经典BZ化学反应体系的三变量Oregonator模型及电极过程动力学为基础,提出了外控弱周期电极电流约束下电极BZ反应体系与体相BZ反应体系相互耦合的动力学模型.在体相处于稳定定态参数条件下,系统地研究了外控弱周期电流约束下电极BZ反应体系中的动力学行为,定量分析了电流慢变流型上的准定态稳定性及有利于出现极限环振荡区域.研究表明,与以前所报道的外控弱周期电位约束情况类似,在外控弱周期电流约束下电极BZ反应体系中的极限环振荡区域亦发生了蜕变,但体系对外控电流约束中的这种持续性之周期扰动的响应表现在两个方面:有利于出现极限环振荡区域的缩变及原非振荡区胁迫振荡的出现.     

Mappings of finite distortion: the degree of regularity

This paper investigates the self-improving integrability properties of the so-called mappings of finite distortion. Let K(x)1 be a measurable function defined on a domain ΩRⁿ, n2, and such that exp(βK(x))L_loc¹(Ω), β>0. We show that there exist two universal constants c₁(n),c₂(n) with the following property: Let f be a mapping in W_loc^1,1(Ω,Rⁿ) with |Df(x)|ⁿK(x)J(x,f) for a.e. xΩ and such that the Jacobian determinant J(x,f) is locally in L¹ log^−c₁(n)βL. Then automatically J(x,f) is locally in L¹ log^c₂(n)βL(Ω). This result constitutes the appropriate analog for the self-improving regularity of quasiregular mappings and clarifies many other interesting properties of mappings of finite distortion. Namely, we obtain novel results on the size of removable singularities for bounded mappings of finite distortion, and on the area distortion under this class of mappings.