Mutual solubilities of hydrocarbons and water with the CPA EoS

The knowledge of hydrocarbon/water phase equilibria is important in the design and operation of equipment for petroleum transport and refining and petrochemical plants. The presence of water in a hydrocarbon mixture can affect the product quality and damage the operation equipment due to corrosion and formation of gas hydrates. Tracing the concentration of hydrocarbons in aqueous media is also important for technical purposes like preventing oil spills and for ecological concerns such as predicting the fate of these organic pollutants in the environment.     

Adjoint operator method and normal forms of higher order for nonlinear dynamical system

I.IntroductionInordertostudybifurcationsofnonlineardynamicalsystemsinthedegeneratecasesofhighercodimensionnumber(>3),wemustcomputenormalformsofhigherorderfornonlineardynamicalsystems.Inrecenttwentyyearsmanyscientistsmadeveryimportantcontributionstodevelop…     

基于正极性或-符合展开的易测性网络

为提高数字电路的可测性,提出了可实现任意逻辑函数的正极性或-符合网络的易测性实现,并给出了测试网络中所有单固定故障的通用测试集．该实现基于逻辑函数的正极性或-符合展开,网络的同或部分分别采用了串联和树形结构．为提高可测性,同或串的实现结构只需增加1个控制端及1个观察端,同或树的实现结构只需增加3个控制端及1个观察端．对于1个n变量的逻辑函数,两种实现结构下通用测试集的基数分别为（n＋4）和（n＋5）．这样短的通用测试集非常适合用内建自测试实现,从而有效地缩短测试时间．     

Algebraic structure in the loop space homology Bockstein spectral sequence

Let be a finite, -dimensional, -connected CW complex. We prove the following theorem:

If is an odd prime, then the loop space homology Bockstein spectral sequence modulo is a spectral sequence of universal enveloping algebras over differential graded Lie algebras.

     

Stability of the C *-Algebra Associated with Twisted CCR

The universal enveloping C ^*-algebra A of twisted canonical commutation relations is considered. It is shown that, for any (–1,1), the C ^*-algebra A is isomorphic to the C ^*-algebra A ₀ generated by partial isometries t _i ,t _i ^*,i=1,¨,d satisfying the relations t _i ^* t _j = _ij (1– _k<i t _k t _k ^*), t _j t _i =0, ij and it is proved that the Fock representation of A is faithful.     

Homogeneity and the disjoint arcs property

Some previous results of the author towards a classification of homogeneous metric continua are improved. The disjoint arcs property is fully revealed in this context. In particular, closed -manifolds, , are characterized as those homogeneous continua which do not have the disjoint arcs property.

     

Dynamic aspects of phase decomposition in reactive blends of polycarbonate and syndiotactic polymethyl methacrylate

Dynamics of phase separation in bisphenol-A polycarbonate (PC)/syndiotactic polymethyl methacrylate (sPMMA) blends has been investigated by means of time-resolved light scattering. Solvent-cast films of the PC/sPMMA blends were transparent, suggestive of miscible character. Several temperature jumps were carried out at a 50/50 PC/sPMMA composition from a homogeneous state (room temperature) into a two-phase regime. The process of phase separation first occurred for some considerable period, then it was followed by phase dissolution driven by chemical reaction. The thermodegradative reaction of sPMMA triggered the dissolution process by probably forming PC/sPMMA graft or random copolymers at the interface, which eventually resulted in a single phase. However, annealing at elevated temperatures for an extended period could lead to cross-linking, and thus a two-phase structure could be fixed permanently. The early stage of spinodal decomposition was interpreted in terms of the linearized Cahn-Hilliard theory. In the late stages of spinodal decomposition, the relationship between scattering peak wavenumber and time was found to obey a power law, but the exponents showed a strong dependence on temperature jumps. The temporal universal scaling failed due to the influence of the chemical reaction. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Butler groups with a single τ-adic relation

It is proved that a τ-adic relation characterizing a Butler group is piecewise rational. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 882–887, December, 1996.     

A Feigenbaum sequence of bifurcations in the Lorenz model

For some high values of the Rayleigh numberr, the Lorenz model exhibits laminar behavior due to the presence of a stable periodic orbit. A detailed numerical study shows that, forr decreasing, the turbulent behavior is reached via an infinite sequence of bifurcations, whereas forr increasing, this is due to a collapse of the stable orbit to a hyperbolic one. The infinite sequence of bifurcations is found to be compatible with Feigenbaum's conjecture.     

Unfolding Features of Bovine Testicular Hyaluronidase Studied by Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy

Chemical unfolding of bovine testicular hyaluronidase (HAase) has been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Thermodynamic parameters were determined for unfolding HAase from changes in the intrinsic fluorescence emission intensity and the formations of several possible unfolding intermediates have been identified. This was further confirmed by representation of fluorescence data in terms of ‘phase diagram’. The secondary structures of HAase have been assigned and semiquantitatively estimated from the FTIR. The occurrence of conformational change during chemical unfolding as judged by fluorescence and FTIR spectroscopy indicated that the unfolding of HAase may not follow the typical two-state model.