Cobalt(II)/(III) complexes bearing a tetradentate thiosemicarbazone: Synthesis,experimental and theoretical characterization,and electrochemical and antioxidant properties

New cobalt complexes, Co1 and Co2 , were synthesized starting from acetylacetone-S-methylthiosemicarbazone. The square planar cobalt(II) and octahedral cobalt(III) complexes were characterized by FT-IR, UV–visible, ¹H NMR, and X-ray diffraction spectroscopies and mass spectrometry. Frontier orbitals of the complexes were theoretically obtained to better understand the complex structures and intermolecular interactions. The electrochemical behaviors of Co1 and Co2 were investigated and the results were evaluated by comparing with each other and with similar published compounds to determine their possible usage in various electrochemical technologies, such as energy storage devices, electrocatalysts, and electrosensors. Metal-based oxidation at around 0 V and metal-based reduction at around −1.0 V indicated that these complexes are valuable for the proposed applications. By determining the trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and the radical scavenging activity of the cobalt complexes, the compatibility between the antioxidant qualification, redox, and theoretical calculation results was discussed.     

Structural and Morphological Properties of Boron Doped V2O5 Thin Films: Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Blue

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Boron doped vanadium thin films were fabricated on the micro-slide glass substrates by spray pyrolysis technique at substrate temperature of 400°C....     

利用Turbiscan多重光散射技术研究常温液体奶酪的稳定性

常温液体奶酪是一种能够在室温下贮藏3~6个月的奶酪产品。液体奶酪在经高温处理后体系中的微生物数量达到商业无菌水平，但由于液体奶酪是一种水包油的不稳定乳液体系，在常温贮藏过程中，由于分散相颗粒的迁移和粒径大小变化导致乳液体系容易出现聚集、絮凝、浮油及沉淀等失稳现象，从而影响产品品质，缩短产品货架期，准确判断液体奶酪的稳定性对优化其加工条件具有重要意义。传统液态乳制品的稳定性评价主要是通过加速实验后肉眼观察分层、沉淀等情况，以及动态光散射等手段，尚缺乏快速可靠以及量化的评价标准。Turbiscan多重光技术在测试流体的稳定性时，无需对样品进行前处理，可实时检测样品的背向散射光和透射光的强度，计算出体系内部颗粒的迁移速率、沉淀层的厚度、体系的不稳定指数等参数，因此是评价流体稳定性的有效手段。研究利用Turbiscan多重光散射技术评价乳化盐、乳化剂、稳定剂和甜味剂的添加量对常温液体奶酪稳定性影响，同时以TSI值和感官得分为响应值，采用响应面法中的Box-Behnken试验设计模型优化常温液体奶酪的最佳配方工艺条件，并分析了导致常温液体奶酪不稳定的主要因素。研究发现：当乳化盐添加量为0.20%，0.40%，0.60%和0.80%时，24 h后的不稳定性指数从0.4增加到12.6；当乳化剂添加量为0.80%，1.0%时，24 h后的不稳定性指数从0.95增加到3.9；当稳定剂添加量为0.7%，0.9%时，24 h后的不稳定性指数从0.9增加到1.3，而甜味剂对体系整体稳定性的影响差异不显著。各因素对常温液体奶酪的不稳定性指数和感官得分影响顺序为乳化盐添加量（A）＞乳化剂添加量（B）＞稳定剂添加量（C）。乳化盐添加量0.60%、乳化剂添加量0.60%、稳定剂添加量0.70%、甜味剂添加量5.5%时，产品品质最佳且稳定性最高，在此优化条件下，样品在37 ℃，24 h内的整体不稳定指数值为0.80，样品顶端、底端的背散射光强变化值分别为0.66和0.78，感官评分为89分。研究表明通过调整乳化盐、乳化剂和稳定剂的用量能够很好地解决常温液体奶酪分层的问题，提高常温液体奶酪的稳定性。     

Transformation of Wiener measure under anticipative flows

Summary LetT()=+F() be a transformation from the Wiener space to itself with the range ofF() assumed to be in the Cameron-Martin space. The absolute continuity and the density function associated withT is considered;T is assumed to be embedded in or defined through a parameterizationT _t =+F _t () andF _t is assumed to be differentiable int. The paper deals first with the case where the range of thet-derivative ofF _t () is also in the Cameron-Martin space and new representations for the Radon-Nikodym derivative and the Carleman-Fredholm determinant are derived. The case where thet-derivative ofF _t is not in the Cameron-Martin space is considered next and results on the absolute continuity and the density function, under conditions which are considerably weaker than previously known conditions, are presented.The work of the second author was supported by the fund for promotion of research at the Technion     

Symmetric orbits of orthogonal Plücker actions and triviality of their second order envelopes

The orbits of Lie groups acting in Euclidean spaces by isometries are extrinsically symmetric iff they are parallel, i.e. satisfy % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaeSijHikaaa!3764!\[\mathbb{Z}\]h = 0. Submanifolds characterized by the integrability condition \-R · h = 0 of this system % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaeSijHikaaa!3764!\[\mathbb{Z}\]h = 0 are called semi-parallel; they are the second order envelopes of the symmetric orbits. Let the orbit set of an action of SO(n, R) in E ^{% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaWaaSaaaeaaca% aIXaaabaGaaGOmaaaaaaa!3773!\[\frac{1}{2}\]n(n–1)} contain a Plücker submanifold. It is proved that 1) the only symmetric orbits are Plücker orbits and for n = 2 > 4 the unitary orbits, 2) each of their second order envelopes is trivial, i.e. is a single orbit or its open part.Partially supported by ESF Grant 139/305     

Noncommutative Geometry and Integrable Models

A construction of conservation laws for -models in two dimensions is generalized in the framework of noncommutative geometry of commutative algebras. This is done by replacing theordinary calculus of differential forms with other differentialcalculi and introducing an analogue of the Hodge operator on thelatter. The general method is illustrated with several examples.     

Application of Multivariate Calibration Techniques to HPLC Data for Quantitative Analysis of a Binary Mixture of Hydrochlorathiazide and Losartan in Tablets

New multivariate approaches have been applied to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with multiwavelength photodiode-array (PDA) detection. Multivariate calibration techniques such as partial least squares (PLS), principal component regression (PCR), classical least squares (CLS), and inverse least squares (ILS) was subjected to HPLC data for simultaneous quantitative analysis of synthetic binary mixtures and a commercial tablet formulation containing hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) and losartan potassium (LST). The combined use of HPLC and multivariate calibrations has been denoted HPLC–CLS, HPLC–ILS, HPLC–PCR, and HPLC–PLS. Successful chromatographic separation of the two active compounds and enalapril maleate, used as internal standard (IS), was accomplished by means of a 4.6 mm i.d. × 250 mm, 5 m particle, Waters Symmetry C₁₈ reversed-phase column and a mobile phase consisting of 60:40 acetate buffer (0.2 M, pH 4.8)–acetonitrile (v/v, 60:40). HPLC data based on the ratio of analyte peak areas to IS peak area were obtained by PDA detection at five-wavelengths (250, 255, 260, 265, and 270 nm). The HPLC–CLS, HPLC–ILS, HPLC–PCR, and HPLC–PLS calibration plots for hydrochlorothiazide and losartan potassium were constructed separately by using the peak-area ratios corresponding to the concentrations of each active compound. The HPLC multivariate calibrations obtained were tested for different synthetic mixtures containing HCT and LST in the presence of the IS. These multivariate chromatographic methods were also applied to a commercial pharmaceutical dosage form containing HCT and LST. The results obtained from the multivariate calibrations were compared with those obtained by use of another, classical HPLC method using single-wavelength detection.Revised: 29 September 2004 and 4 January 2005     

Transition Metal Ion-binding Properties of a 14-Membered N2O2S2- Macrobicyclic Ligand

The selective liquid–liquid extraction of various transition metal cations from the aqueous phase to the organic phase was carried out using a 14-membered N₂O₂S₂-macrobicycle. Metal picrates such as Pb²⁺, Co²⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺,Cu²⁺ and Cd²⁺ were used in this extraction studies. It was found that the ligand showed moderate selectivity towards Pb²⁺ only among the other metals. The extraction constant (log K _ex) was determined to be 13.8 for Pb²⁺ complex.