Molecular chaperone-like properties of sodium caseinate to suppress the pressure-induced aggregation of β-lactoglobulin

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to determine whether sodium caseinate can inhibit the aggregation of whey protein induced by pressure treatment. Solutions of β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg, 0.2%, w/v) and mixtures containing 0.2% (w/v) β-Lg and 0–0.5% (w/v) sodium caseinate (NaCas) were pressurized at 400–800?MPa. NaCas suppressed the aggregation of β-Lg induced by pressure treatment, and this function was dependent on the concentration of NaCas. Furthermore, NaCas altered the aggregation process of β-Lg by suppressing the transition of the aggregate from the soluble phase to the insoluble phase and, as a result, the fraction of insoluble aggregates was decreased. During this process, NaCas formed stable complexes with the denatured β-Lg, and the formation of complexes prevented further aggregation of β-Lg. These results indicate that NaCas exhibits a chaperone-like activity under high pressure.     

固体浸没透镜飞行高度的气浮控制

采用固体浸没透镜的光存储方法是提高光存储密度的比较实用的近场光存储方法,而严格控制SIL下底面与光存储介质之间的亚波长级距离是此光存储系统正常工作的前提.本文采用电容法测量SIL的飞行高度,采用弹性悬臂将SIL加载在转盘表面上,转盘以不同速度转动时SIL将悬浮在不同的高度.计算机首先采集到SIL的飞行高度信息,再与设定的飞行高度作比较,根据比较结果调整转盘转速,从而达到调整SIL飞行高度的目的.采用此方法,可以动态地将SIL的下底面控制在距高速转动的转盘表面上150～600 nm范围内的一定高度上.     

增强UV-B辐射、NaCl胁迫及其复合处理对小麦幼苗光合作用及黄酮代谢的影响

依据增强UV-B辐射、NaCl胁迫及其复合处理不同天数，分别测定各处理小麦幼苗第一片真叶的净光合速率、气孔导度、叶肉细胞间隙二氧化碳浓度、叶绿素含量、黄酮含量和苯丙氨酸裂解酶活性.发现NaCl胁迫和增强UV-B辐射均明显降低小麦幼苗的净光合速率、气孔导度和叶肉细胞间隙CO2浓度;和NaCl胁迫相较， NaCl+UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗上述指标无进一步降低效应.增强UV-B辐射、NaCl胁迫及其复合处理均促进苯丙氨酸裂解酶活性和黄酮含量提高.说明了增强UV-B辐射降低小麦幼苗净光合速率的主要原因是气孔限制，而NaCl胁迫减轻了增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗光合作用的降低效应.     

石英玻璃低能质子辐照损伤动力学研究

地面模拟研究了JGS3光学石英玻璃在真空、热沉和能量低于200keV的低能质子辐照下表面光学性能变化的基本规律．并建立了辐照损伤色心演化的动力学唯象模型。试验结果表明．大通量低能质子辐照对石英玻璃表层具有明显的表面损伤效应。随着辐照吸收剂量的增加,光密度变化先以线性规律迅速增加．加进一步增加时逐渐呈现饱和趋势;采用较高能量辐照作用后光密度变化出现饱和趋势的拐点提前,且饱和数值降低。根据对试验结果的分析,建立了低能质子辐照下石英玻璃色心演化的动力学模型．并给出了光密度变化的表达式。采用模型结果进行数学模拟,模拟曲线与试验结果曲线相似。因此所建立的动力学模型可以用来定量描述低能质子辐照下石英玻璃光学性能随辐照吸收剂量的变化规律。     

20K-40K温区大功率单级脉管制冷机研究

脉管制冷机没有低温下的运动部件,具有运行可靠、低振动、低磁噪声以及长寿命等显著优点,可望在空间技术、超导、低温电子等领域获得广泛应用.文中介绍自行研制的一台20K-40K温区大功率单级脉管制冷机.初步实验结果表明,该制冷机的最低制冷温度为15.4K,在20K、30K和40K的制冷量分别达到6.1W,21.3W和37.3W.该制冷机为进一步的超导应用奠定了良好基础.     

Contract and product quality in platform selling

More and more e-tailers (platforms) are allowing manufacturers direct access to customers. Two common contracts are offered by platforms to manufacturers: the revenue sharing contract where a platform appropriates a portion of the manufacturer’s revenue, and the fixed fee contract where a platform charges a fixed rent for each sale. Using an analytical model, this paper studies the interrelationship between a platform’s contract choice and a manufacturer’s product quality decision. We find that if product quality is exogenously given, the platform will always adopt the revenue sharing contract. If the manufacturer endogenously decides the quality, however, the platform’s contract choice may be changed. This is because the revenue sharing contract, compared to fixed fee, leads to a lower selling price of the manufacturer, whereas the fixed fee contract can motivate a higher quality than does revenue sharing. As a result, a large (small) market heterogeneity induces the platform to adopt the revenue sharing (fixed fee) contract. We also extend the model to several directions, finding that longer product line, manufacturer competition, lower marginal production cost, and higher platform cost all tend to induce the platform to put forward a fixed fee contract; while if quality decision is less flexible than contract decision, the platform is more ready to embrace revenue sharing. Besides, when there are two platforms competing for the same market, they should differentiate their contract choices so as to mitigate competition.     

Structural characteristics of ultra-low k SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> thin films prepared using a molecular template

Nanoporous SiO₂ thin films with ultra-low dielectric constants were synthesized using a molecular template method. Uniform films with pore size between 10 and 20 nm were obtained as observed by N₂ adsorption/desorption isotherms and transmission electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential thermal analysis were carried out to investigate the effect of n-hexane washing on structural properties before and after the surface modification process. The results showed that –OH bonds were substituted with –CH₃ bonds in the films as a result of modification of trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS)/n-hexane solution. Four kinds of model were used to analyze the relationship between porosity and dielectric constant of the films, where the dielectric constant was determined from capacitance-voltage measurements. The investigation indicated that the corresponding relationship was in accord with that estimated by the Rayleigh model.     

Electron acceleration in a tightly focused laser beam

Electron acceleration in a tightly focused ultra-intensity linear polarized laser beam is investigated numerically. It has been found that the acceleration is strong phase dependent and is periodic to the variety of the initial laser field phase. When optimal initial parameters are chosen, the electron can be accelerated effectively. The accelerated electrons are emitted in pulses of which the full width is less than the half period of the laser field.     

一类正则化参数自由的线性约束凸优化问题的预测-校正算法

我们对文章的结构做这样的安排:第二节给出本文需要的预备知识;第三节简述单个目标函数问题(1.1)的己有算法和求解可能遇到的困难,第四节给出解决问题的预测-校正方法;第五节和第六节对问题(1.2)分别陈述己有方法的固有困难和我们提出的解决方案.最后,在第七节中,我们为提出的方法给出统一的算法框架,证明这类算法的收敛性和遍历意义下的收敛速率,同时给出我们的一些结论.     

High-power continuous-wave operation of a diode-pumped laser at

The continuous-wave laser properties of an efficient diode-pumped Nd:GdVO₄ crystal operating at formed with a simple plane-concave cavity have been studied. With the incident pump power of 21 W, an output power of 6.9 W was obtained, giving an optical conversion efficiency of 32.8% and a slope efficiency of 35.3%. The laser characterization of two different Nd³⁺-doped concentration of Nd:GdVO₄ crystals were studied.