Minimum concave cost production system: A further generalization of multi-echelon model

We will consider a concave minimization problem associated with a series production system in which raw material is processed inm consecutive facilities. The products at some facility are either sent to the next facility or stocked in the warehouse. The amount of demand for the final products during periodi, i = 1,,n, are known in advance. Our problem is to minimize the sum of processing, holding and backlogging cost, all of which are assumed to be concave.The origin of this model is the classical economic lot size problem of Wagner and Whitin and was extensively studied by Zangwill. This model is very important from the theoretical as well as practical point of view and this is one of the very rare instances in which polynomial time algorithm has been constructed for concave minimization problems.The purpose of this paper is to extend the model further to the situation in which time lag is associated with processing at each facility. We will propose an efficient O(n ⁴ m) algorithm for this class of problems.     

Hydrogel nanonetworks with functional core-shell structure

Nanohydrogel particles of poly(acrylonitrile-co-N-isopropylacrylamide (p(AN-c-NIPAM)) were synthesized using a microemulsion polymerization technique. Highly monodisperse nanohydrogel particles e.g. 50-150 nm, and various morphology such as core-shell and connected beads were obtained. It was shown that the shell thickness and the size of particles can be tuned by the monomer concentrations and their ratios as well as by the utilization of different crosslinkers. The hydrophobic core monomer, AN was converted to amidoxime groups to increase the hydrophilicity of the nanogels which provide more hydrophilic character and impart new functionality to the nanonetwork. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques were employed for the particle size characterizations. The amidoximation reaction was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy.     

Solution structure, mutagenesis, and NH exchange studies of the MutT enzyme–Mg-8-oxo-dGMP complex

The MutT pyrophosphohydrolase from E. coli (129 residues) catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates (NTP), including 8-oxo-dGTP, by substitution at Pβ, to yield NMP and pyrophosphate. The product, 8-oxo-dGMP is an unusually tight binding, slowly exchanging inhibitor with a K_D=52 nM, (ΔG°=−9.8 kcal/mol) which is 6.1 kcal/mol tighter than the binding of dGMP (ΔG°=−3.7 kcal/mol). The higher affinity for 8-oxo-dGMP results from a more favorable ΔH_binding (−32 kcal/mol) despite an unfavorable −TΔS°_binding (+22 kcal/mol). The solution structure of the MutT–Mg²⁺-8-oxo-dGMP complex shows a narrowed, hydrophobic nucleotide-binding cleft with Asn-119 and Arg-78 among the few polar residues. The N119A, N119D, R78K and R78A single mutations, and the R78K+N119A double mutant all showed largely intact active sites, on the basis of small changes in the kinetic parameters of dGTP hydrolysis and in ¹H–¹⁵N HSQC spectra. However, the N119A mutation profoundly weakened the active site binding of 8-oxo-dGMP by 4.3 kcal/mol (1650-fold). The N119D mutation also weakened 8-oxo-dGMP binding but only by 2.1 kcal/mol (37-fold), suggesting that Asn-119 functioned both as a hydrogen bond donor to C8=O, and a hydrogen bond acceptor from N7H of 8-oxo-dGMP, while aspartate at position −119 functioned as an acceptor of a single hydrogen bond. Much smaller weakening effects (0.3–0.4 kcal/mol) on the binding of dGMP and dAMP were found, indicating specific hydrogen bonding of Asn-119 to 8-oxo-dGMP. While formation of the wild type MutT–Mg²⁺-8-oxo-dGMP complex slowed the backbone NH exchange rates of 45 residues distributed throughout the protein, the same complex of the N119A mutant slowed the exchange rates of only 11 residues at or near the active site, indicating an increase in conformational flexibility of the N119A mutant. The R78K and R78A mutations weakened the binding of 8-oxo-dGMP by 1.7 and 1.1 kcal/mol, respectively, indicating a lesser role of Arg-78 than of Asn-119 in the selective binding of 8-oxo-dGMP, likely donating a single hydrogen bond to its C6=O. The R78K+N119A double mutant weakened the binding of 8-oxo-dGMP (K_I^slope=3.1 mM) by 6.5±0.2 kcal/mol which overlaps, within error with the sum of the effects of the two single mutants (6.0±0.3 kcal/mol). Such additive effects of the two single mutants in the double mutant are most simply explained by the independent functioning of Asn-119 and Arg-78 in the binding of 8-oxo-dGMP. Independent functioning of these two residues in nucleotide binding is consistent with their locations in the MutT–Mg²⁺-8-oxo-dGMP complex, on opposite sides of the active site cleft, with a distance of 8.4±0.5 Å between their side chain nitrogens.     

人工神经网络方法预测气相色谱保留值

本文运用一典型的人工神经网络模型－“反向传播“模型的改进形式，研究了诱导效应指数Ｉ，摩尔折射度Ｒｏ，疏水亲脂参数ＩｇＰ，以及分子联通性指数与气象色谱保留行为的关系，实现了对色谱保留植的预测。神经网络预测模型的最大相对误差不超过８．７％。结果表明，该方法性能良好，可望成为色谱保留值预测的有效手段。     

Fe/Zn双金属氰化物催化剂催化环氧丙烷聚合的活性结构研究

以氯化锌、铁氰化钾（含有整合剂）的水溶液为原料，合成了铁锌双金属氰化物（DMC）催化剂。为获得高活性的DMC催化剂，需将叔丁醇 、多元醇螯合剂螯合至其结构中，用XRD、XPS等分析手段，对铁锌DMC催化剂的结构与活性进行分析表征。实验发现，DMC催化剂的晶体结构与螯合剂密切相关，螯合剂能显著降低DMC催化剂的结晶程度，从而提高DMC催化剂的活性。同时，氯化锌过量也有利于DMC催化剂活性的提高。并表征了相关DMC催化剂的活性中心。     

高分辨双晶XRF研究酞菁化合物中硫杂质的化学态

酞菁化合物是一种大π键共轭体系的平面分子结构，它以颜色鲜艳、化学稳定性和价格便宜等特点，已在颜料工业上得到了广泛地应用．随着高科技的发展，酞菁化合物的应用进入静电复印的领域．研究中发现：酞普化合物的晶体结构直接影响它的色泽、耐热性、稳定性以及光电导性．在诸多的酸苦晶型中，β-型酞菁是比较稳定的一种，其它晶型届亚稳态型．近年来，光敏性较好的X-型用于激光印刷机感光鼓的载流子产生层［1］．用作静电复印中的酞育粗颜料，一般多为a一型，且含有大量的有机和无机杂质[2]，经高温真空升华提纯后，转变为卢一型．有趣…     

PAA/PVA SIPN高吸水性树脂的制备及性能研究

采用水溶液法合成了聚丙烯酸-聚乙烯醇(PAA-PVA)半互传网络型高吸水性树脂,其工艺条件的优化结果为:丙烯酸(AA)与PVA质量比为10∶0.5,AA中和度为80%,加入AA单体质量0.14%的引发剂和0.025%的交联剂,产物吸水率为530g/g,吸盐水率达63g/g。并采用红外光谱法表征了半互穿网络结构的形成。     

{Cu[H_2NC(CH_2OH)_3]_2}{Pic}_2·H_2O的合成与晶体结构

三羟甲基氨基甲烷与苦味酸(Pic)铜在乙醇水混合液中反应,制得少见的不对称氢键连接的超分子化合物{Cu[H2NC(CH2OH)3]2}{Pic}2?H2O。晶体属三斜晶系,空间群为P ,晶胞参数为a = 6.894(1),b = 8.219(1),c = 13.543(3) ? ?= 79.290(1),?= 8 3.36(2), ?= 84.590(1)埃轿狢20H30CuN8O22,V = 746.9(2) 3,Z = 1,Dc = 1.774 g/cm3,F(000) = 411,?= 0.844 mm-1,R = 0.0334,Rw = 0.0863。在配合物的结构单元中, Cu2+位于对称中心,分别与2个四齿配体(三羟甲基氨基甲烷)中的2个OH,1个NH2,三齿配位,呈笼状螯合。而另一个OH,因配体和中心离子构型的限制,不参与配位。     

人工神经网络及其在分析化学中的应用

人工神经网络是一种新兴的计算方法，有着广阔的发展前途，目前在分析化学领域已经有了多方面的应用。本文简要介绍了人工神经网络的原理及其在分析化学中的应用。     

新颖的二维超分子化合物[CoⅢ(aea)(2,2''''-bipy)]Cl·H2O的水热合成及结构表征

0IntroductionInrecentyearsgreatattentionhasbeenpaidtosupramolecularchemistryandawidevarietyofnet鄄workshavealreadybeenconstructedbasedupontheprincipleofcrystalengineering[1~3].Usually,variousmultifunctionalorganicligands,bothrigidandflexiblemulticarboxyli…