A NEW FAMILY OF BINARY SEQUENCES WITH OPTIMAL AUTOCORRELATION VALUES AND NICE PSEUDO-RANDOM PROPERTIES

In this paper we present a series of binary sequences which is a generalization of GMW sequences constructed by Scholtz and Welch. Our sequences have optimal autocorrelation values as m -sequences, and nice pseudo-random property. The number of such sequences is counted and the linear span of such sequences is evaluated.     

Sequence Analysis for Alternating Copolymers by MALDI‐TOF‐MS: Importance of Initiator Selectivity for Comonomer Pair

A special initiator for metal‐catalyzed living radical polymerization facilitates sequence analyses by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF‐MS) of alternating copolymers from styrene and maleimide derivatives. The initiator is a malonate‐based alkyl halide (DEMM‐Br), in which two ester groups are attached on the carbon neighboring to bromide, and poor electron density of the radical species allows determination of next unit to the initiator in resultant alternating copolymers due to the selective initiation to styrene derivative. Thanks to the well‐defined α‐end group, sequence of the oligomeric products via radical copolymerization of PMS and EMI with DEMM‐Br can be more simply analyzed by MALDI‐TOF‐MS, and indeed the following are clarified: the crossover propagation is almost perfectly controlled regardless of the injection ratio; a minor error event of the disordered alternating sequence containing St–St sequential unit could take place; the minor error can be suppressed with an excess amount of maleimide.

     

RATE OF INTRA-MOLECULAR CONTACT FORMATION IN SHORT TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPACT POLYMERS CHAINS

It is important to know the rate of intra-molecular contact formation in proteins in order to understand how proteins fold clearly. Here we investigate the rate of intra-molecular contact formation in short two-dimensional compact polymer chains by calculating the probability distribution p(r) of end-to-end distance r using the enumeration calculation method and HP model on two-dimensional square lattice. The probability distribution of end-to-end distance p(r) of short two-dimensional compact polymers chains may consist of two parts, i.e. p(r) = p1(r) p2(r), where p1(r) and p2(r) are different for small r. The rate of contact formation decreases monotonically with the number of bonds N, and the rate approximately conforms to the scaling relation of k(N) ∝ N-α. Here the value of α increases with the contact radius a and it also depends on the percentage of H (hydrophobic) residues in the sequences of compact chains and the energy parameters of εHH, εHP and εPP . Some comparisons of theoretical predictions with experimental results are also made. This investigation may help us to understand the protein folding.     

Improved solid-phase peptide synthesis of ‘difficult peptides’ by altering the microenvironment of the developing sequence

Three types of resins, related to the spacer, environmental and microenvironmental models were prepared by grafting commercial AMP polymer with 2-[2-(2-aminoethylamino)-2-oxoethoxy]acetic acid. All resins were highly loaded and functionalized with Rink-amide linker. A comparative synthesis of the classic difficult sequence ACP (65-74) on the prepared resins by Fmoc/t-Bu chemistry is presented. The ‘microenviromental’ model resin afforded the crude peptide in the highest purity (98%).     

高抗冲聚丙烯序列结构的综合表征

用高分辨＾１３Ｃ ＮＭＲ、ＦＴＩＲ等手段获得了高抗冲聚丙烯的组成和序列分布等链结构方面的信息。用ＤＳＣ、ＷＡＸＤ等方法研究了它们的结晶行为、熔融转变及晶体结构，多种方法相结合有效地表征了高抗冲聚丙烯的序列结构。     

A benchmark of optimally folded protein structures using integer programming and the 3D-HP-SC model

The Protein Structure Prediction (PSP) problem comprises, among other issues, forecasting the three-dimensional native structure of proteins using only their primary structure information. Most computational studies in this area use synthetic data instead of real biological data. However, the closer to the real-world, the more the impact of results and their applicability. This work presents 17 real protein sequences extracted from the Protein Data Bank for a benchmark to the PSP problem using the tri-dimensional Hydrophobic-Polar with Side-Chains model (3D-HP-SC). The native structure of these proteins was found by maximizing the number of hydrophobic contacts between the side-chains of amino acids. The problem was treated as an optimization problem and solved by means of an Integer Programming approach. Although the method optimally solves the problem, the processing time has an exponential trend. Therefore, due to computational limitations, the method is a proof-of-concept and it is not applicable to large sequences. For unknown sequences, an upper bound of the number of hydrophobic contacts (using this model) can be found, due to a linear relationship with the number of hydrophobic residues. The comparison between the predicted and the biological structures showed that the highest similarity between them was found with distance thresholds around 5.2–8.2 Å. Both the dataset and the programs developed will be freely available to foster further research in the area.     

Shifted Jacobi multiplier sequences and transplantation between sine and cosine series

It is shown that the multiplier norm of a shifted Jacobi multiplier sequence can be estimated by the (same) multiplier norm of the original sequence uniformly with respect to the shift. Muckenhoupt’s transplantation theorem for Jacobi series is used essentially, for which also a functional analytic understanding is given in terms of the minimality of the Jacobi system in weighted L ^p -spaces.      

On the Space bvp（F） of Sequences of p-bounded Variation of Fuzzy Numbers

Recently, the space bvp of real or complex numbers consisting of all sequences whose differences are in the space lp has been studied by Basar, Altay [Ukrainian Math. J. 55（1）（2003）, 136-147], where 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞. The main purpose of the present paper is to introduce the space bvp（F） of sequences of p-bounded variation of fuzzy numbers. Moreover, it is proved that the space bvp（F） includes the space lp（F） and also shown that the spaces bvp（F） and lp（F） axe isomorphic for 1 ≤ p ≤∞. Furthermore, some inclusion relations have been given.     

The use of phase codes in ultrasound imaging: SNR gain and bandwidth requirements

Most of the literature on coded excitation describes the signal-to-noise ratio gain of a coded waveform in terms of the time-bandwidth product. We have shown that in the context of ultrasound imaging, the expression for the SNR gain provided by matched filtering a coded waveform, can be reduced to the total number of chips in the transmit signal. Hence, the SNR gain is independent of both the bandwidth and the duration of a single-chip. This concept is described in detail, clarifying this seeming contradiction. The impact of bandwidth and pulse duration on the SNR, SNR gain and axial resolution is described. Bandwidth requirements and the impact of regulatory peak-power limitations are also addressed.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">AP</Emphasis>) spaces (1 ≤ <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> ≤ ∞) and their adjoint ones

We study Besicovitch-type spaces of generalized almost periodic functions. The main result is a theorem on representation of linear continuous functionals that is similar to the classical result of F. Riesz.