Note on Open Problem

After the announcement in the Vol.23, No.4 issue of JMRE, some progress has been made. Profs Giorgio Letta (Pisa) and Luca Pratelli gave a proof without any use of ch.f. of half of the result, as follows:     

Pre-concentration efficiency of chelex-100 resin for heavy metals in seawater : Part 1. Effects of pH and Salts on the Distribution Ratios of Heavy Metals

The chelating characteristics of Chelex-100 resin were studied for selected heavy metals in seawater medium. The results of batch equilibrium and breakthrough experiments show that the metal-chelating efficiency of the resin is lower in seawater than in freshwater. These differences are caused by the complicated speciation of heavy metals in seawater medium and by the high concentrations of magnesium and calcium present which act as competitors to heavy metal ions. The optimal pH values for column operation are strongly affected by the salt matrix. Careful choice of experimental conditions is necessary to avoid losses of cadmium and manganese from seawater. For better performance, seawater samples should be adjusted to pH 6–7 before loading onto a Chelex-100 column.     

Improved Surface Characteristics and Contact Performance of Epitaxial p-AlGaN by a Chemical Treatment Process

The comparative study of epitaxial 380-run-thick p-Al0.091 Ga0.909 N materials without and with special surface chemical treatment is systematically carried out. After the treatment process, the deep level luminous peak in the 10 K photoluminescence spectrum is eliminated due to the decrease of surface nitrogen vacancy VN related defective sites, while the surface root-mean-square roughness in atomic force microscopy measurement is decreased from 0.395nm to 0.229nm by such a surface preparation method. Furthermore, the performance of surface contact with Ni/Au bilayer metal fihns is obviously improved with the reduction of the Schottky barrier height of 55meV. The x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） results show a notable surface element content change after the treatment which is considered to be the cause of the above-mentioned surface characteristics improvement.     

Technical improvements in protein microsequencing

Improved techniques for preparing samples and sequencing reagents have been developed to achieve highly sensitive protein sequencing. These improvements include a new sequencing buffer system which gives extremely low chromatographic background, a method for preparing polybrene, a key chemical in gas-phase protein microsequencing, and techniques for preparing protein samples suitable for microsequencing.     

伯胺N1923负离子混合萃取稀土元素

本文测定了 N 1 9 2 3在p H6 的条件下对三价稀土离子的萃取,实验表 明 N 1 9 2 3作 为中性萃取剂配位于稀土原子,并且有较高的萃取率.分别选用三氯醋酸和硫氰酸根作为 阴离子,对 N 192 3作为萃取剂时两个体系的萃取行为、萃合物组成和配位数进行了测定和比较     

On the complexity of a family of generalized matching problems

We consider a family of generalized matching problems called k-feasible matching (k-RM) problems, where k? {1,2,3,…} ∪ {∞}. We show each k-FM problem to be NP-complete even for very restricted cases. We develop a dynamic programming algorithm that solves in polynomial time the k-FM problem for graphs with width bounded by 2k. We also show that for any subset S of {1,2,…} ∪ {∞}, there is a set D of problem instances such that for k in S the k-FM problem is NP-complete on D, while for k not in S the k-FM problem is polynomially solvable on D.     

Extremal points and optimal solutions for general capacity problems

This paper studies the infinite dimensional linear programming problems in the integration type. The variable is taken in the space of bounded regular Borel measures on compact Hausdorff spaces. It will find an optimal measure for a constrained optimization problem, namely a capacity problem. Relations between extremal points of the feasible region and optimal solutions of the optimization problem are investigated. The necessary/sufficient conditions for a measure to be optimal are established. The algorithm for optimal solution of the general capacity problem onX = Y = [0, 1] is formulated.     

MnBi磁性多层膜磁光科尔效应的数值模拟

基于各向异性的平面电磁波传输理论和4×4矩阵法，计算了MnBi，Mn_0.53Bi_0.47，Mn_0.52Bi_0.44Sb_0.04磁性多层膜系列的磁光科尔旋转角、椭圆率随波长、入射角、磁性层厚度变化曲线.计算结果表明，模拟的科尔旋转角、椭圆率随波长变化规律与实验结果吻合很好；在一定波长的垂直入射下，模拟的科尔旋转角、椭圆率随磁性层厚度变化曲线出现科尔谱极大；在磁性层厚度一定的情况下，当入射光以某一角度 关键词： 4×4矩阵法 磁性多层膜 磁光科尔谱 介电张量