The Mineral Composition of Date Palm Fruits (Phoenix dactylifera L.) under Low to High Salinity Irrigation

Adaptability to salinity varies between different varieties of date palm trees. This research aims to explore the long-term impact of different salinity irrigation levels on the mineral content of 13 date palm varieties grown in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Date varieties were grown using three irrigation water salinity levels of 5, 10 and 15 dS m⁻¹. The mineral composition (B, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, P and Zn) of date palm fruits was determined using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). High salinity levels showed no effect on the mineral content of Ajwat AlMadinah, Naghal, Barhi, Shagri, Abu Maan, Jabri, Sukkari and Rothan varieties. All date varieties remained good sources of dietary potassium, magnesium, manganese and boron even at high salinity levels. Increased salinity had no effect on the percent Daily Value (%DV) categories of most of the analyzed minerals. While no genotypes showed a general adaptation to different saline environments, Barhi, Ajwat Al Madinah, Khinizi, Maktoumi and Shagri varieties were more stable towards salinity variation. In the UAE, the genotype x saline-environment interaction was found to be high which makes it impossible to attribute the variation in mineral content to a single varietal or salinity effect.     

Studies of the thiadiazine, taurolidine-I. Identification of the molecular species present in aqueous solutions by (1)H- and (13)C-NMR spectroscopy

The equilibria in deuterium oxide solutions of the diamine, 4,4'-methylenebis(tetrahydro-1,2,4-thiadiazine-1,1-dioxide), were studied using highfield (1)H- and (13)C-NMR with the aid of solutions of tetrahydro-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazine-1,1-dioxide (taurultam), its two N-methyl detivatives and methylene glycol. Comparison of the (1)H-NMR spectrum of taurolidine with the one obtained from a mixture of taurultam and methylene glycol indicated that the same equilibria exists in both these solutions. It was concluded that taurolidine, taurultam and its 4-hydroxymethyl adduct and methylene glycol are the major components present. To facilitate the interpretation of the (13)C-spectra, (13)C-enriched methylene glycol was added to solutions of taurultam. The (13)C-studies confirmed the (1)H-NMR study.     

KNi3(AsO4)(As2O7)

The structure of the title compound, potassium trinickel arsenate diarsenate, is built up from corner‐ and edge‐sharing NiO₆ octahedra, AsO₄ tetrahedra and As₂O₇ groups, giving rise to a polyhedral connectivity which produces large tunnels running along the crystallographic [010] direction. The K⁺ cations are located within these tunnels.     

Entanglement Generation Between Two Mechanical Resonators in Two Optomechanical Cavities

A standard model is suggested to explore correlation features of two spatially separated optomechanical cavities. The cavities are coupled through the photon-hopping process. In particular, we investigate the generation of entanglement between mechanical resonators in the strong coupling regime and the two cavities are assumed to be driven by a coherent laser field. In order to quantify entanglement we use the logarithmic negativity. The analytical solutions are presented for the system in a parameter regime very close to the current experimental results. We show that in the presence of the photon hopping process between the cavities, the two mechanical resonators and the field modes can be entangled. This shows clearly that the entanglement can be transfer via radiation pressure of a photon hopping coupling from the intracavity photon-phonon entanglements to an inter-cavity photon-photon or phonon-phonon entanglement.     

Copper(I) Complex [Cu(ca<Subscript>2</Subscript>dapte)(NCS)] with the Flexible N<Subscript>2</Subscript>S<Subscript>2</Subscript> Schiff-base Tridentate Ligand: Synthesis,Characterization and Crystal Structure

Abstract  

New copper(I) complex involving the flexible N₂S₂ Schiff-base ligand ca₂dapte [Cu(ca₂dapte)(NCS)], [ca₂dapte = N,N′-bis-(cinnamaldehyde)-1,2-di(o-iminophenylthio)ethane], has been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. The coordination polyhedron around the Cu(I) center is best described as a distorted tetrahedron. The flexible N₂S₂ Schiff-base ligand ca₂dapte acts as a tridentate ligand via two S atoms and one N atom, while the NCS^- ligand is coordinated to the metal ion through its nitrogen atom. Crystal data: space group P-1, a = 10.7486(7), b = 12.3737(13), c = 12.7578(11) ?, α = 89.385(7), β = 68.527(7), γ = 66.190(8)°; V = 1425.8(2) ?³, Z = 2, R = 0.0417, wR ₂ = 0.0744.