Investigation on activating individual living monocytic U937 cell by interleukin-6 using Raman tweezers

We investigate the activation of living monocytic U937 cells induced by interleukin-6 （IL-6） at the single cell level. We employ home-built Raman tweezers to measure the Raman spectra of living U937 cells with and without IL-6 at the single cell level. Raman peaks of amide III, amide I, DNA backbone, as well as guanine and adenine in U937 cells, change at 1312, 1652, 1090, and 1576 cm ？1 , respectively, shortly after IL-6 is added in the medium. The change is a dynamic temporal process. In the activation process of U937 cells induced by IL-6, the protein signals recover in 20 min, while the nucleic acid signals continue to increase for 20 min. The results reveal that the biochemical cascades of activation in signal transduction induced by IL-6 can be investigated in situ at the single cell level.     

Alternative difference analysis scheme combining R‐space EXAFS fit with global optimization XANES fit for X‐ray transient absorption spectroscopy

Time‐resolved X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (TR‐XAS), based on the laser‐pump/X‐ray‐probe method, is powerful in capturing the change of the geometrical and electronic structure of the absorbing atom upon excitation. TR‐XAS data analysis is generally performed on the laser‐on minus laser‐off difference spectrum. Here, a new analysis scheme is presented for the TR‐XAS difference fitting in both the extended X‐ray absorption fine‐structure (EXAFS) and the X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES) regions. R‐space EXAFS difference fitting could quickly provide the main quantitative structure change of the first shell. The XANES fitting part introduces a global non‐derivative optimization algorithm and optimizes the local structure change in a flexible way where both the core XAS calculation package and the search method in the fitting shell are changeable. The scheme was applied to the TR‐XAS difference analysis of Fe(phen)₃ spin crossover complex and yielded reliable distance change and excitation population.     

High-lying excited states in <Superscript>10</Superscript>Be from the <Superscript>9</Superscript>Be(<Superscript>9</Superscript>Be,<Superscript>10</Superscript>Be)<Superscript>8</Superscript>Be reaction

A transfer-reaction experiment of ⁹Be(⁹Be, ¹⁰Be)⁸Be was performed at a beam energy of 45 MeV. Excited states in ¹⁰Be up to 18.80 MeV are produced using missing mass and invariant mass methods. Most of the observed high-lying resonant states, reconstructed from the α + ⁶He and t + ⁷Li decay channels, agree with the previously reported results. In addition, two new resonances at 15.6 and 18.8 MeV are identified from the present measurement. The 18.55 MeV state is found to decay into both the t + ⁷Li_g.s. and t + ⁷Li* (0.478 MeV) channels, with a relative branching ratio of 0.93 ± 0.33. Further theoretical investigations are encouraged to interpret this new information on cluster structure in neutron-rich light nuclei.     

Proposal for Remotely Realizing Multi-qubit Controlled-Phase Gates

A feasible proposal is explored to remotely perform a family of multi-qubit controlled-phase gates (MQCPG), with the aid of entanglement transfer and quantum repeater. To remotely realize the gates, some local transformations, including single-qubit rotating operation, controlled-NOT gate and quantum phase gate, are employed during the realization. It turns out that MQCPG can be implemented among separate spatially agents with nearly unit fidelity and success probability. Besides, required classical information consumption of the proposed scenario is worked out. Furthermore, some attractive issues are discussed including the feature of present proposal and the experimental feasibility based on current technologies. Remarkably, it is revealed that our proposal essentially accesses to several nontrivial features lying in breaking through the limitation that error probability scales exponentially with the length of the channel in the course of the realization of the gates, and well compatibility with today’s experimental technologies.     

Vanadium valency charge state in solid solutions ScNb2−2xTa2xVO9

Phase equilibria in the Sc₂O₃-V₂O₅-Nb₂O₅-Ta₂O₅ system and properties of ScNb_2−2xTa_2xVO₉ phases were studied by X-ray phase analysis, optical and radio spectroscopy. A continuous series of solid solutions was shown to exist at 0≤x≤1. V(IV) centers with different crystallographic surrounding were detected for all the considered compositions. A correlation between the number of V(IV) ions and the width of the forbidden gap in the solid solutions was found.     

介质壁加速腔加速结构优化

为了在介质壁加速器中增大轴向加速电场, 提高加速梯度的同时抑制径向电场对束包络的扩张, 提出了在每个加速电极上添加金属栅网结构。采用基于粒子云网格方法的电磁粒子模拟软件对不加栅网与添加栅网的电极结构进行了数值仿真, 分析了不同结构下加速管道中的电场分布和束包络变化。通过实验对比了两种不同结构下经过相同的加速长度获得的粒子能量。结果表明:添加金属栅网结构相对于不加栅网的金属小孔式结构, 轴向加速电场强度提高20%, 同时径向电场得到有效抑制;栅网结构下, 被加速的粒子束在自由漂移空间中的径向发散基本得到抑制;在相同的加速长度下加速H3+粒子, 栅网结构得到的能量增益提高了一倍。     

一种新型的RS-422总线数据处理算法研究与实现

为了满足某型机试飞数据中新型RS-422总线参数的实时监控和事后数据处理需求,提出了针对该新型RS-422总线参数的算法设计和实现方案。通过分析该新型RS-422总线参数的通信协议及数据包格式,决定采用调整机载格栅中数据的帧结构排放以及重置带头中参数采样率的方式,实现了参数的解析及还原算法,并设计了相应的实时监控以及事后处理软件。该软件已经成功应用于该型机的飞行试验中,为飞机飞行安全监控以及事后数据处理分析提供了有力保障。     

基于虚拟仪器技术和网络的综合实验控制系统设计

为实现大型物理实验现场复杂多样的仪器控制,分析了物理实验的特点、过程、环境及仪器控制功能需求,利用虚拟仪器技术、计算机网络技术和数据库技术,建立了一套集成硬件和软件的综合控制管理信息系统,实现记录系统中示波器状态远程批量设置及波形数据自动采集、控制探测系统的高压电源并发加压或退压、保障各测试项目间测试仪器之间时间关联、监控UPS电量和远端现场图片或视频状态。给出了系统的关键的设计思路,列举了某型示波器控制的通用控制代码。结果表明,系统达到了一人总控或多人分权控制实验过程中多种多台仪器的目标,方便快捷地实现不同品牌不同类型示波器的相同功能。