TGF-β1 induction of the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 in astrocytes occurs through Smads and Sp1 transcription factors

Background  

The adenine nucleotide translocator 1 (Ant1) is an inner mitochondrial membrane protein involved with energy mobilization during oxidative phosphorylation. We recently showed that rodent Ant1 is upregulated by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) in reactive astrocytes following CNS injury. In the present study, we describe the molecular mechanisms by which TGF-β1 regulates Ant1 gene expression in cultured primary rodent astrocytes.     

不锈钢丝网上薄膜TiO2光催化剂的Raman光谱研究

用Raman光谱方法来研究用Sol Gel法负载于金属丝网的薄膜TiO2 光催化剂的物相结构、厚度以及粒径大小。研究结果显示 ,薄膜达到一定厚度能够阻止基底Fe元素向薄膜表层的扩散 ;在 4 0 0℃下灼烧制得的薄膜TiO2 光催化剂具有锐钛矿晶型 ,而高于 4 0 0℃时 ,将出现金红石相TiO2 ;锐钛矿晶型TiO2 的Raman特征峰产生偏移 ,表明薄膜粒径的变化 ,通过计算表明 ,薄膜TiO2 的粒径为 10nm左右 ,TEM的分析结果也与之一致。     

Analysis of transient wave scattering from an inclusion with an unilateral smoothly contact interface by BEM

Summary A 2D time-domain Boundary Element Method (BEM) is applied to solve the problem of transient scattering of plane waves by an inclusion with a unilateral smooth contact interface. The incident wave is assumed strong enough so that localized separations take place along the interface. The present problem is indeed a nonlinear boundary value problem since the mixed boundary conditions involve unknown intervals (separation and contact regions). In order to determine the unknown intervals, an iterative technique is developed. As an example, we consider the scattering of plane waves by the cross section of a circular cylinder embedded in an infinite solid. Numerical results for the near field solutions are presented. The distortion of the response waves and the variation of the interface states are discussed. The financial support by the China National Natural Science Foundation under Grant No. 19872001 and No. 59878004 is gratefully acknowledged. The second author is also grateful to the support of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars under Grant No. 10025211.     

Formation of nanosystems under near-equilibrium copper condensation in an ultrapure inert medium

Mechanisms of the self-organization of nanosystems at the condensation of the extremely weak steady flows of copper vapors obtained in magnetron sputtering in an ultrapure argon are studied. It is shown that the free-energy minimization near equilibrium condensation creates prerequisites for the self-organization of statistically homogeneous layers of nanoclusters and determines the transition to the formation of nanosystems in the form of fractal networks. Original Russian Text ? V.I. Perekrestov, A.S. Kornyushchenko, Yu.A. Kosminskaya, 2007, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 86, No. 12, pp. 879–883.     

Stark structure of the Yb3+ ion levels in (YbxY1?x)2Ti2O7 and the crystal field in rare-earth titanates with a pyrochlore structure

The absorption spectra of Yb₂Ti₂O₇ single crystals and the luminescence and luminescence excitation spectra of Y₂Ti₂O₇: Yb (1%) polycrystals were studied in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. The spectra were analyzed in terms of the crystal-field theory and the exchange-charge model. Based on the set of crystal-field parameters found for Yb₂Ti₂O₇, analogous sets of parameters were determined for other rare-earth titanates and proved to be in reasonable agreement with all available experimental data. __________ Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 47, No. 8, 2005, pp. 1376–1380. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2005 by Klimin, Popova, Chukalina, Malkin, Zakirov, Antic-Fidancev, Goldner, Aschehoug, Dhalenne.     

BOUNDEDNESS OF VECTOR-VALUED CALDERN-ZYGMUND OPERATORS ON HERZ SPACES WITH NON-DOUBLING MEASURES

In the paper we obtain vector-valued inequalities for Calder6n-Zygmund operator, simply CZO on Herz space and weak Herz space. In particular.we obtain vector-valued inequalities for CZO on Lq(Rd, |x|αdμ) space, with 1< q <∞, -n <α< n(q -1), and on L1,∞(Rd,|x|αdμ) space, with -n <α< 0.     

Reverse micellar synthesis and properties of nanocrystalline GMR materials (LaMnO3, La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 and La0.67Ca0.33MnO3): Ramifications of size considerations

Nanoparticles of complex manganites (viz. LaMnO₃, La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ and La_0.67Ca{0.33}MnO₃) have been synthesized using the reverse micellar route. These manganites are prepared at 800‡C and the monophasic nature of all the oxides has been established by powder X-ray diffraction studies. TEM studies show an average grain size of 68, 80 and 50 nm for LaMnO₃, La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ and La_0.67Ca{0.33}MnO₃respectively. Ferromagnetic ordering is observed at around 250 K for LaMnO₃, 350 K for La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ and 200 K for La_0.67Ca{0.33}MnO₃. These Curie temperatures correspond well with those reported for bulk materials with similar composition.     

关于极大$S^2NS$阵的一个注记

一个实方阵A称为是S2NS阵,若所有与A有相同符号模式的矩阵均可逆,且它们的逆矩阵的符号模式都相同．若A是S2NS阵且A中任意一个零元换为任意非零元后所得的矩阵都不是S2NS阵,则称A是极大S2NS阵．设所有n阶极大S2NS阵的非零元个数所成之集合为S(n),Z4(n)={1/2n(n-1) 4,…,1/2n(n 1)-1},除了2n 1到3n一4间的一段和Z4(n)外,S(n)得到了完全确定．本文将用图论方法证明Z4(n)∩S(n)=(?)．