Evaluation of a new electrolytic cold vapor generation system for mercury determination by AFS

In this study we firstly report a new electrolytic cold vapor generation system for mercury determination on Pt/Ti cathode in the presence of organic acid catholyte. Comparing with the traditional inorganic acid, formic acid increased the signal intensity of Hg vapor from electrolytic generation on Pt cathode and reduced the impact of cathode erosion on the stability of signal intensity. Moreover, formic acid has better interference tolerance. The introduction location for carrier gas is probably the most important factor that influences the signal intensity of Hg from electrolytic vapor generation. The effects of the electrolytic conditions and interference ions on the ECVG have been studied. Under the optimized conditions, the detection limit (3σ) of Hg (II) in aqueous solutions is 1.4 ng L⁻¹; a relative standard deviation of 2.3% for 1 μg L⁻¹ Hg was obtained. The accuracy of this method was verified by the determination of mercury in the certified reference materials. This system has been applied satisfactorily to the determination of Hg in Traditional Chinese Medicines samples.     

A rapid method with ultra‐high‐performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for simultaneous determination of five type B trichothecenes in traditional Chinese medicines

A speedy and selective ultra‐HPLC‐MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of deoxynivalenol (DON), 3‐acetyldeoxynivalenol (3‐ADON), 15‐ADON, nivalenol and fusarenon X in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) was developed. The method was based on one‐step sample cleanup using reliable homemade cleanup cartridges. A linear gradient mobile‐phase system, consisting of water containing 0.2% aqueous ammonia and acetonitrile/methanol (90:10, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min, and an Acquity UPLC HSS T3 column (100 mm×2.1 mm, 1.8 μm) were employed to obtain the best resolution of the target analytes. [¹³C₁₅]–DON was used as the internal standard to accomplish as accurate as possible quantitation. The established method was further validated by determining the linearity (R²≥0.9990), sensitivity (LOQ, 0.29–0.99 μg/kg), recovery (88.5–119.5%) and precision (RSD≤15.8%). It was shown to be a suitable method for simultaneous determination of DON, 3‐ADON, 15‐ADON, nivalenol and fusarenon X in various TCM matrices. The utility and practical impact of the method was demonstrated using different TCM samples.     

Construction of two fluorescence‐labeled non‐combined DNA index system miniSTR multiplex systems to analyze degraded DNA samples in the Chinese Han Population

MiniSTR loci have been demonstrated to be an effective approach in recovering genetic information from degraded specimens, because of the reduced PCR amplicon sizes which improved the PCR efficiency. Eight non‐combined DNA index system miniSTR loci suitable for the Chinese Han Population were analyzed in 300 unrelated Chinese Han individuals using two novel five fluorescence‐labeled miniSTR multiplex systems(multiplex I: D10S1248, D2S441, D1S1677 and D9S2157; multiplex II: D9S1122, D10S1435, D12ATA63, D2S1776 and Amelogenin). The allele frequency distribution and forensic parameters in the Chinese Han Population were reported in this article. The Exact Test demonstrated that all loci surveyed here were found to be no deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. The accumulated power of discrimination and power of exclusion for the eight loci were 0.999999992 and 0.98, respectively. The highly degraded DNA from artificially degraded samples and the degraded forensic case work samples was assessed with the two miniSTR multiplex systems, and the results showed that the systems were quite effective.     

Identification of chemicals and their metabolites from PHY906, a Chinese medicine formulation,in the plasma of a patient treated with irinotecan and PHY906 using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is increasingly being used in combination with Western medicine. In general, TCM is comprised of multiple components in sharp contrast to Western medicine, where a single active chemical is used. Presently, there are no well-established standards for most of the chemical compounds of TCM and their respective metabolites. Moreover, there are no formal analytical methods for the identification of these chemicals, especially in trace amounts. The ability to measure the pharmacokinetic behaviors of chemicals and their metabolites from these herbal formulations are critical in understanding of the action of TCM. This paper describes the use of LC/MS/MS along with enzyme treatments and n-octanol/water partition coefficient, to investigate the chemical components of PHY906 and their metabolites in the plasma of a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treated with irinotecan and PHY906. The chemicals from an aqueous extract of PHY906 and the plasma from a patient was prepared and separated on an Agilent ZORBAX-SB C₁₈ column, and eluted with acetonitrile/0.05% (v/v) formic acid. From the PHY906 aqueous extract, a total of 57 compounds and 27 metabolites were identified and tentatively assigned structures based on their identified mass spectrometry, enzyme digestion and n-octanol/water partition coefficient. In contrast, analysis of patient plasma identified only 33 chemicals and new metabolites. These findings demonstrated that LC/MS/MS was and effective and reliable method for studying the parent chemicals of the Chinese herbal medicine PHY906 and their metabolites in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer.     

Analysis of ochratoxin A and ochratoxin B in traditional Chinese medicines by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry using [C20]-ochratoxin A as an internal standard

The paper reported a reliable analytical method for simultaneous determination of ochratoxin A (OTA) and ochratoxin B (OTB) in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS). The development of the method and investigations on the matrix influence were described in particular. The matrix effects were thereby minimized by using a reliable internal standard and a simple sample pretreatment. The established method was further validated by determining the linearity (R² ≥ 0.9990), average recovery (86.3–114.2%), sensitivity (limit of quantitation 0.03–0.19 ng mL⁻¹) and precision (relative standard deviation ≤ 13.1%). It was shown to be a suitable method for simultaneous determination of OTA and OTB in various TCMs. Finally, a total of 51 TCMs widely used in China were screened for OTA and OTB with the proposed method. The results showed that only 4 samples were contaminated with ochratoxins at low levels, indicating that it was low risk of ochratoxins to consumers who occasionally used TCMs.     

不同产地几种中药材中重金属含量测定及砷的形态分析

通过对不同产地几种中药材中砷、铅、镉、铜以及无机砷、三价砷含量的分析测定,得出样品中砷、铅、镉、铜以及无机砷、无机三价砷的测定RSD〈3%,加标回收率在91.32%—109.7%之间。11个样品的总砷含量在0.047—1.681μg/g之间,均低于2μg/g;无机砷含量为0.023—1.294μg/g;无机三价砷含量为0.019—0.918μg/g;铅含量两份样品未检出,其余样品为0.007—0.786μg/g,均低于5μg/g;镉的测定,两份样品未检出,其余样品含量为0.007—2.129μg/g,其中两份样品大于0.3μg/g;铜含量为4.441—14.07μg/g,均低于20μg/g。研究发现同种药材不同产地的重金属含量差异较大,部分产地金银花中镉含量超标严重,无机砷和三价砷含量相对较高,需引起重视。     

开放式复杂航空网络系统的动力学演化

本文首先实证研究了中国航空网(CAN)与外部经济环境,即国民生产总值(GDP)的相关性,进而揭示CAN的演化方式及其拓扑特征的起源.发现自1998年起网络节点的度与其GDP成线性关系,表明了网络拓扑与经济因素有密切的联系,且CAN的度演化服从类似于多重过程(multiplicative process)的模式,而该模式又强烈依赖于GDP的增长率.这种独特的模式暗示了CAN具有类似适应度模型的微观机理.通过对演化方程的研究发现:1)CAN在增长过程中,节点加入的时刻具有经济上的偏好性,即节点加入的时刻与该节 关键词： 国民生产总值(GDP) 中国航空网(CAN) 双段幂率分布 多重过程     

Constant-factor approximations for Capacitated Arc Routing without triangle inequality

Given an undirected graph with edge costs and edge demands, the Capacitated Arc Routing problem (CARP) asks for minimum-cost routes for equal-capacity vehicles so as to satisfy all demands. Constant-factor polynomial-time approximation algorithms were proposed for CARP with triangle inequality, while CARP was claimed to be NP-hard to approximate within any constant factor in general. Correcting this claim, we show that any factor  α$\alpha$ approximation for CARP with triangle inequality yields a factor  α$\alpha$ approximation for the general CARP.     

微机实时控制中的汉字开发

本文提出了在微机实时测量与控制中开发汉字的方法,给出了有关程序及流程图。要点是借助于 CCDOS 中的 CCLIB 库离线建立专用的小汉字库,使用时,完全不用任何 CCDOS 汉字系统来支持,大大节省内存空间,简而易行。特别适用于把汉字作为菜单提示或帮助的实时应用软件廉价开发。     

基于Bootstrap-DEA的工业能源效率分析

传统DEA方法存在小样本估计有偏、无法进行统计检验等缺点.而Bootstrap-DEA方法能够通过数值模拟技术产生大量的模拟样本,通过对新生成的样本进行估计来修正DEA效率估计偏差,进而计算出效率值的置信区间.作者利用Bootstrap-DEA方法首次对我国36个工业行业1995-2008年的能源利用效率进行分析.研究结果表明,我国工业行业的能源效率呈现出U字型变动趋势,行业间的能源效率差异不断减小.