Open tubular capillary electrochromatography: A useful microreactor for collagen I glycation and interaction studies with low-density lipoprotein particles

Diabetes, a multifunctional disease and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized countries, strongly associates with the development and progression of atherosclerosis. One of the consequences of high level of glucose in the blood circulation is glycation of long-lived proteins, such as collagen I, the most abundant component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the arterial wall. Glycation is a long-lasting process that involves the reaction between a carbonyl group of the sugar and an amino group of the protein, usually a lysine residue. This reaction generates an Amadori product that may evolve in advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs, as reactive molecules, can provoke cross-linking of collagen I fibrils. Since binding of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) to the ECM of the inner layer of the arterial wall, the intima, has been implicated to be involved in the onset of the development of an atherosclerotic plaque, collagen modifications, which can affect the affinity of native and oxidized LDL for collagen I, can promote the entrapment of LDLs in the intima and accelerate the progression of atherosclerosis.In this study, open tubular capillary electrochromatography is proposed as a new microreactor to study in situ glycation of collagen I. The kinetics of glycation was first investigated in a fused silica collagen I-coated capillary. Dimethyl sulphoxide, injected as an electroosmotic flow marker, gave information about the charge of coating. Native and oxidized LDL, and selected peptide fragments from apolipoprotein B-100, the protein covering LDL particles, were injected as marker compounds to clarify the interactions between LDLs and the glycated collagen I coating. The method proposed is simple and inexpensive, since only small amounts of collagen and LDL are required. Atomic force microscopy images complemented our studies, highlighting the difference between unmodified and glycated collagen I surfaces.     

The composition-explicit distillation curve technique: Relating chemical analysis and physical properties of complex fluids

The analysis of complex fluids such as crude oils, fuels, vegetable oils and mixed waste streams poses significant challenges arising primarily from the multiplicity of components, the different properties of the components (polarity, polarizability, etc.) and matrix properties. We have recently introduced an analytical strategy that simplifies many of these analyses, and provides the added potential of linking compositional information with physical property information. This aspect can be used to facilitate equation of state development for the complex fluids. In addition to chemical characterization, the approach provides the ability to calculate thermodynamic properties for such complex heterogeneous streams. The technique is based on the advanced distillation curve (ADC) metrology, which separates a complex fluid by distillation into fractions that are sampled, and for which thermodynamically consistent temperatures are measured at atmospheric pressure. The collected sample fractions can be analyzed by any method that is appropriate. The analytical methods we have applied include gas chromatography (with flame ionization, mass spectrometric and sulfur chemiluminescence detection), thin layer chromatography, FTIR, corrosivity analysis, neutron activation analysis and cold neutron prompt gamma activation analysis. By far, the most widely used analytical technique we have used with the ADC is gas chromatography. This has enabled us to study finished fuels (gasoline, diesel fuels, aviation fuels, rocket propellants), crude oils (including a crude oil made from swine manure) and waste oils streams (used automotive and transformer oils). In this special issue of the Journal of Chromatography, specifically dedicated to extraction technologies, we describe the essential features of the advanced distillation curve metrology as an analytical strategy for complex fluids.     

平面三次Pythagorean-Hodograph Hyperbolic曲线

本文基于Pythagorean-hodograph (PH)曲线和代数双曲线的良好几何特性,构造了Pythagorean-Hodograph Hyperbolic (PH-H)曲线,并给出了PH-H曲线的定义以及相应性质.同时,分别利用Hyperbolic基函数和Algebraic Hyperbolic (AH) B\''ezier基函数,得到了平面三次AH B\''ezier曲线为PH曲线的两个不同的充要条件.此外,三次PH-H曲线也被用于求解具有确定解的$G^1$ Hermite插值问题.文中给出了具体实例来说明我们的方法.     

PN结伏安特性的实验研究

介绍了验证PN结伏安关系特性实验的实验原理,并利用绘图软件Origin7.5对实验数据进行处理.结果表明,PN结的扩散电流和两端的正向电压之间满足指数关系.通过与理论公式的比较,准确地测出了玻尔兹曼常数.     

A≈110质量区奇A核形状演化研究

应用E-GOS（E-Gamma Over Spin）曲线方法研究了A≈110质量区奇A核结构随角动量增加的演化, 发现随着角动量的增加原子核的激发特性从振动逐渐演化为转动。 The E-GOS（E-Gamma Over Spin）curves were used to investigate the structure evolution in the odd A nuclei around A≈110 as a function of spin. The result shows that there is a clear transition from vibration to rotation while increasing spin.     

Synthesis and characterization of thermoluminescent Li2B4O7 nanophosphor

Lithium borate (Li₂B₄O₇) is a low Z_eff, tissue equivalent material that is commonly used for medical dosimetry using the thermoluminescence (TL) technique. Nanocrystals of lithium borate were synthesized by the combustion method for the first time in the laboratory. TL characteristics of the synthesized material were studied and compared with those of commercially available microcrystalline Li₂B₄O₇. The optimum pre-irradiation annealing condition was found to be 300 °C for 10 min and that of post-irradiation annealing was 300 °C for 30 min. The synthesized Li₂B₄O₇ nanophosphor has very poor sensitivity for low doses of gamma up to 10¹ Gy whereas from 10¹ to 4.5×10² Gy this phosphor exhibits a linear response and then from 4.5×10² to 10³ Gy it shows supralinearity. Thermoluminescence properties of Li₂B₄O₇ nanophosphor doped with Cu has also been investigated in this paper. It shows low fading and a linear response over a wide range of gamma radiation from 1×10² to 5×10³ Gy. Therefore the synthesized lithium borate nanophosphor doped with Cu may be used for high dose measurements of gamma radiations.     

Yb3+,Er3+掺杂的SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+长余辉材料的发光特性

根据Dorenbos能级模型的推论,利用掺杂Yb3+和Er3+对典型的长余辉材料SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+(简称SAO:ED)的发光特性(发光强度和余辉时间)进行调制.在发光特性分析中,发展并使用了一种简便易行的解析模型,而不是常用的多项e指数衰减函数的经验模型.研究发现,正如Dorenbos所预言的,Yb+3...     

基于局部轮廓特征的无人机头部检测跟踪算法

针对无人机的结构特点,提出了一种基于目标轮廓提取、轮廓自动分段、头部定位以及头部模板匹配四个模块的目标头部检测跟踪算法.首先对第一帧图像提取目标轮廓,并通过计算轮廓点的变化率,对轮廓进行自动分段,得到目标的4个局部轮廓点列,进而根据头部轮廓点列的特点,完成头部轮廓筛选,然后利用基于目标中轴的二次曲线拟合,实现头部顶点的...     

Analysis of statistical nature of electrical breakdown time delay in nitrogen at 6.6 mbar pressure in presence of positive ions and N(4S) atoms

On the basis of the mean value of electrical breakdown time delay and the standard deviation of electrical breakdown time delay σ dependence on the afterglow period τ, the mechanisms which dominantly influence to breakdown initiation in nitrogen were separated. It was shown that the positive ions formed in mutual collision of long‐lived metastable molecules have a dominant role in breakdown initiation for τ values up to 70 ms. The metastable molecules were derived from previous breakdown and discharge. In this case σ ≪ t_d and the total time delay t_d is approximately equal to formative time t_f which decreases in value with the increase of overvoltage. When positive ions have a dominant role in the breakdown initiation the Gaussian distribution describes data of t_d ≈ t_f very well. For τ > 1 s, N (⁴S) atoms formed in previous breakdown and discharge, have a dominant role in the breakdown initiation. Then, σ ≈ and Laue's distribution, which is valid for statistical time delay t_s, describes t_d data very well (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

面心立方金属声子色散曲线的数值模拟

把分析型嵌入原子法（AEAM）和晶格动力学理论相结合,在三维布喇菲晶格振动模型的基础上模拟了面心立方金属Au、Ag、Pt、Cu和Ni沿[00ζ]、[0ζζ]、[ζζζ]和[0ζ1]4个对称方向的声子色散曲线.结果表明：模拟曲线与实验点线符合的较好,特别在低频附近二者几乎一致,而在纵波模（L）q=（001）2π/a,q=...