Rejoinder for Gaining effciency via weighted estimators for multivariate failure time data

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有阻尼的二阶脉冲无穷时滞泛函微分方程解的存在性

应用Kuratowski非紧性测度和分段估计方法,研究Banach空间中有阻尼的二阶脉冲无穷时滞泛函微分方程mild解的存在性和正则性.脉冲项的紧性条件,先验估计和非紧性测度估计的限制条件没有被使用,所得结果不同于许多已知的结果.作为应用,举了两个例子说明该文的结果.     

Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites Composed of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and Coated Silver Nanoparticles

The effects of addition of synthesized organic-suspension silver nanoparticles on the crystallization and thermal stability of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, polarized optical microscopy (POM), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The TEM images showed the average primary size of the as-synthesized silver nanoparticles, coated with a monolayer of the surfactants consisting of oleic acid and an alkylamine, was about 5 nm with narrow distribution, and that they were uniformly dispersed in n-heptane. PHBV/silver nanocomposites were prepared by melt mixing in an internal mixer and then injection molded into rectangle-shaped specimens by a labscale injection molding device. The coated silver nanoparticles showed a homogenuous dispersion in the PHBV matrix when the content of coated silver nanoparticles was about 1%. Both the DSC and POM data showed the efficient heterogeneous nucleation by the coated silver nanoparticles for facilitating PHBV crystallization. The thermal stability of the PHBV/silver nanocomposites improved with the increase in the content of the coated silver nanoparticles.     

Rogue wave solutions for a generalized nonautonomous nonlinear equation in a nonlinear inhomogeneous fiber

In this paper, we investigate a generalized nonautonomous nonlinear equation which describes the ultrashort optical pulse propagating in a nonlinear inhomogeneous fiber. By virtue of the generalized Darboux transformation, the first- and second-order rogue-wave solutions for the generalized nonautonomous nonlinear equation are obtained, under some variable–coefficient constraints. Properties of the first- and second-order rogue waves are graphically presented and analyzed: When the coefficients are all chosen as the constants, we can observe the some functions, the shapes of wave crests and troughs for the first- and second-order rogue waves change. Oscillating behaviors of the first- and second-order rogue waves are observed when the coefficients are the trigonometric functions.     

Synthesis and Herbicidal Activities of Sodium Hydrogen 1-(Substituted Phenoxyacetoxy)Alkylphosphonates

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A series of sodium hydrogen 1-(substituted phenoxyacetoxy) alkylphosphonates was designed and synthesized. The test for herbicidal activity indicated that most of the phosphonates (8) possessed excellent postemergence herbicidal activities against broadleaf weeds. Especially, 8f and 8g showed the best herbicidal activity against rape and amaranth with more than 95% inhibitory rate.

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Bivalent Organophosphorus Compounds—Synthesis and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activity

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A series of novel symmetric S,S′-2,2′-(ethane-1,2-diylbis(azanediyl)) bis(2-oxoethane-2,1-diyl) O,O,O′,O′-tetraethyl diphosphorodithioate derivatives (12) was designed and synthesized based on the cluster effect and the multiple binding sites of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). The structures of all the newly synthesized title compounds were characterized by ¹ Choi, S. K. Synthetic Multivalent Molecules: Concepts and Biomedical Application, 20–21. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004, chapter 1 [Google Scholar]H and ¹³ Tang, H., Zhao, L. Z., Zhao, H. T., Huang, S. L., Zhong, S. M., Qin, J. K., Chen, Z. F., Huang, Z. S. and Liang, H. 2011. Euro. J. Med. Chem., 46: 4970–4979. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]C NMR as well as elemental analyses. Their inhibitory activities against AChE were tested, and compound 12b exhibited the best activity (6.60-fold higher than ethion). The results suggested that the compound would bind to the catalytic center and the narrow gorge of the AChE simultaneously.

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