Fluorimetric determination of the levels of urinary neopterin and serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in the nonagenarians

Twelve self-sustaining nonagenarians, 10 women and two men, aged 94+/-3 years, and eight institutionalised nonagenarians, eight women, aged 91+/-1 year as well as 11 control subjects, seven women and four men, aged 84+/-5 years entered the study. Urinary neopterin, an indicator of systemic immune activation, and serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), a marker of lipoperoxidation, were determined initially, and collection of the blood and urine samples was repeated at 3-month interval. Neopterin was measured in the urine specimens by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. A C(18) reversed-phase column 3.3x150 mm, 5 mum-diameter packing Separon SGX was used. Potassium phosphate buffer (15 mmol l(-1), pH 6.4) at flow rate of 0.8 ml min(-1) was used as mobile phase. After centrifugation (5 min, 1300xg) and diluting 100 mul of urine specimens with 1.0 ml of mobile phase containing 2 g of disodium-EDTA per litre, a 20 mul sample was injected on a column. Neopterin was identified by its native fluorescence (353 nm excitation, 438 nm emission). Creatinine was determined by Jaffé kinetic reaction after dilution of sample 1:50 (v/v). The concentration of neopterin in urine was expressed as neopterin/creatinine ratio (mumol mol(-1) creatinine). TBARS were determined spectrofluorometrically using LS-5 spectrofluorimeter (excitation wavelength 528 nm, emission wavelength 558 nm) after extraction with n-butanol treatment with thiobarbituric acid. The significance of differences between nonagenarians and control group was examined by ANOVA-Kruskal-Wallis tests, using statistical software NCSS 6.0.21 (Kaysville, UT, 1996). The decision on significance was based on P=0.05. Urinary neopterin was significantly higher in institutionalised compared to self-sustaining subjects and controls (625+/-565 vs. 203+/-63 mumol mol(-1) creatinine, and 198+/-128 mumol mol(-1) creatinine, respectively, P=0.006). The serum TBARS were higher in both groups of nonagenarians (3.23+/-1.16 mumol l(-1) and 2.69+/-0.39 vs. 2.12+/-0.83 mumol l(-1) for the self-sustaining, institutionalised and controls, respectively, P=0.023). We conclude that the fluorimetric determinations of urinary neopterin and serum TBARS can be useful for the monitoring health status in the elderly patients.     

NEPCⅡ新电子枪热结构分析与测试

北京正负电子对撞机重大改造工程(BEPCⅡ)要求其直线注入器提供更高的能量和流强, 为此必须设计大电流和小发射度的新电子枪, 以提高正电子的产额. 利用ANSYS对BEPCⅡ新电子枪的温度场分布及结构的热变形进行了模拟分析. 对于电子枪复杂的内部结构形态以及能量转换方式, 分析了传导传热方式对温度场的影响. 在此基础上进行了温度场与结构变形的耦合分析, 利用EGUN对电子枪形变前后束流光学特性进行模拟分析, 并对模拟结果与试验 测试结果进行了分析比较.     

扫描探针制备技术的研究现状及发展

探讨了近几年来探针制备技术的发展和趋势,分别就探针检测性能的改进、探针结构、探针检测功能拓展及多通道信息采集组合探针等几方面,对相关制备技术的方法、特点以及相应检测条件、适用环境展开讨论,这些方面反映探针制备技术正朝着尖锐化、多样化、功能化和组合方向发展。     

广义向量均衡问题的解与解集的凸性

引进集值映射的锥真拟凹概念，讨论一类具有集值映射的广义向量衡问题解的存在性与解集的凸性。     

Apparatus for High-Resolution Solid Hydrogen Matrix Isolation Spectroscopy and Its Application

Apparatus integrating a Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer and a mid-infrared difference frequency generation (DFG) laser spectrometer was built for the study of the matrix isolation spectrum in solid molecular hydrogen. A 3-cm-long molecular hydrogen crystal was grown in a liquid-helium Dewar, and its infrared absorption spectrum in the 1-5 μm region was recorded to test the system. The W₀(0) (ν=0←0, J=6←0) line around 2410 cm⁻¹ of solid hydrogen was investigated with the DFG laser spectroscopy. High-resolution matrix isolation spectrum of CO² co-deposited with hydrogen on a BaF₂ cold plate at liquid-helium temperature was studied.     

CDMA蜂窝移动通信系统中的无线资源管理算法研究

无线资源管理是CDMA蜂窝移动通信系统保证业务质量(QoS)和提高频谱利用率的关键技术，本文提出了CDMA系统中无线资源管理算法的一般模型，阐述了三种重要的无线资源管理算法，即功率控制算法、呼叫接纳控制算法和分组调度算法的主要研究情况，并分析了目前研究中仍然存在和需要解决的问题。     

年龄相关的种群扩散系统的最优分布控制

本文讨论年龄相关的种群扩散系统的最优分布控制 ,证明了最优分布控制的存在性 ,得到了分布控制为最优的充分必要条件及确定最优控制的最优性组 .     

苯磺酰苯胺类药物理化性能的研究

利用高效液相色谱和分光光度法，研究了新合成的5个苯磺酰苯胺类化合物的酸离解常数和脂溶性，结果表明，他们具有较弱的酸性和合适的脂溶性。预计会有较好的抗肝片吸虫活性。     

时域介电谱方法及其应用

提出了微分和二次微分时域介电谱方法。极化响应可描述为exp[-(t/τ)^α]类型若干个分得很开的峰,峰的线型决定α,它有1和1/2两个典型值.极化机构种类和峰的个数相等,峰高给出各机构对极化贡献的成份.响应时间τ由峰的位置定决,谱线的分离说明习惯设α=1而令τ有连续分布的看法缺乏根据,在石蜡中观察到温度升高时,指数增大,石蜡熔解过程中出现时域谱线分裂,从中可得到分子链运动的许多信息。