A comparison of location estimators for interlaboratory data contaminated with value and uncertainty outliers

While estimation of measurement uncertainty (MU) is increasingly acknowledged as an essential component of the chemical measurement process, there is little agreement on how best to use even nominally well-estimated MU. There are philosophical and practical issues involved in defining what is “best” for a given data set; however, there is remarkably little guidance on how well different MU-using estimators perform with imperfect data. This report characterizes the bias, efficiency, and robustness properties for several commonly used or recently proposed estimators of true location, μ, using “Monte Carlo” (MC) evaluation of “measurement” data sets drawn from well-defined distributions. These synthetic models address a number of issues pertinent to interlaboratory comparisons studies. While the MC results do not provide specific guidance on “which estimator is best” for any given set of real data, they do provide broad insight into the expected relative performance within broadly defined scenarios. Perhaps the broadest and most emphatic guidance from the present study is that (1) well-estimated measurement uncertainties can be used to improve the reliability of location determination and (2) some approaches to using measurement uncertainties are better than others. The traditional inverse squared uncertainty-weighted estimators perform well only in the absence of unrepresentative values (value outliers) or underestimated uncertainties (uncertainty outliers); even modest contamination by such outliers may result in relatively inaccurate estimates. In contrast, some inverse total variance-weighted-estimators and probability density function area-based estimators perform well for all scenarios evaluated, including underestimated uncertainties, extreme value outliers, and asymmetric contamination.     

静电和疏水效应对TGEV主蛋白酶二聚体稳定性的影响

从TGEV 3CL蛋白酶二聚体结构出发,研究了TGEV 3CL蛋白酶二聚体单体之间的静电和疏水相互作用.蛋白质的静电相互作用通过有限差分方法求解Poisson-Boltzmann方程得到,疏水相互作用通过分析溶剂可及性表面模型得到.考察了不同pH值对TGEV 3CL蛋白酶二聚体静电和疏水相互作用的影响,在pH值为5.5～8.5时,二聚体静电相互作用能、静电去溶剂化能和疏水自由能都较小,表明在该条件下静电和疏水相互作用有利于二聚体的稳定存在,这符合实验结晶所需条件.pH值对静电去溶剂化能的影响大于疏水自由能,表明静电作用是造成强酸或强碱条件下二聚体不能稳定存在的主要原因.     

环己烷催化氧化制取顺酐和醋酸的催化剂研究

为研究气态环己烷催化氧化制取顺酐及醋酸的新反应，采取不同的方法制备了系列固体VPO催化剂.借助XRD、FT-IR对催化剂进行了主体晶相确定，用氧化还原滴定方法测定了不同晶相催化剂中钒的平均氧化数.结合催化反应的活性评价，发现催化剂主体晶相、结晶度、活化气氛和催化剂的V4＋/V5＋比均对目标反应的催化活性产生影响，5种催化剂中以(VO)2P2O7晶相催化剂的活性为最高.     

使用本征值方法研究抗氧化剂的构效关系

利用本征值(EVA)方法对一组分子多样性较大的酚类或苯胺类抗氧化剂进行了理论研究,在未采用任何实验数据的情况下,研究结果接近于文献报道的QSAR模型,表明EVA方法是研究抗氧化剂抗氧化活性构效关系的良好工具.     

色谱法测定手性四面体金属簇合物对映体过量值

在自制的直链淀粉-三(苯基氨基甲酸酯)(ATPC)高效液相色谱手性固定相(HPLC-CSP)上,优化了手性四面体金属簇合物的手性分离条件,测定了不同合成条件下得到的手性四面体金属簇合物C0M0(CO)5C5H4C(O)CH3(μη^2-HC≡CCH2OH)的对映体过剩值(ee)。结果表明,高效液相色谱手性固定相法是拆分这类化合物的一种理想方法。     

中国居民的头发铅、镉、砷、汞正常值上限

根据普适性和实用性的原则,采用标准实验室测定的已有数据进行统计处理,并参照国内文献值及国际临床实验室资料作适当修正,提出了适用于中国居民的头发铅、镉、砷、汞正常值上限,供流行病学调查或疾病筛选时参考。     

KINETIC ANALYSIS OF CO-CONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION OF AB2 AND AB MONOMERS

This work deals with the kinetics of co-condensation polymerization of AB2 and AB monomers, giving expressions of the two-dimensional molecular weight distribution function and the number/weight average molecular weights of the resulting copolymers. The two-dimensional molecular weight distribution depends on two indices, n and l, which are the respective numbers of AB2 and AB units in a copolymer species. The evolution of the two-dimensional weight and z distributions during the co-condensation polymerization has been evaluated systematically. Finally, the two-dimensional distribution was transformed into a one-dimensional molecular weight distribution with only one variable (the molecular weight of the products instead of the degree of polymerization). The calculated results show that the highly branched copolymer has a very broad molecular weight distribution when the co-condensation polymerization approaches completion.     

Chemical Liquid Phase Deposition of Thin Aluminum Oxide Films

Introduction Inorganic oxide films have attracted a lot of interest in the last several decades. Among them, silicon dioxide films are widely used in modern microelectronics, optics and mechanics. This material has been grown by various methods including thermal oxidation, chemical vapor phase deposition, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor phase deposition, and so on.1,2 Recently, Nagayama et al.3 have reported that SiO2 thin films could be produced by a new chemical method of liquid phase depos…     

不同聚合机理的“平均聚合度”公式的分析讨论

平均聚合度和聚合度分布是决定聚合物产品质量的一个重要指标。平均聚合度直接表征聚合产品的分子量的大小,它的大小又决定高分子材料的性能,因此,研究平均聚合度具有重要的理论意义和实际意义。聚合反应按机理分类,可分为链型聚合和逐步聚合,链型聚合又分为自由基聚合、离子聚合、配位聚合,逐步聚合又分为缩聚和加聚反应。本文以自由基聚合、离子聚合、配位聚合以及缩聚的聚合机理为主线,对不同聚合机理对应的平均聚合度的公式进行推导和讨论,并加深理解,掌握其内涵。旨在提高学生对平均聚合度的认识和把握。     

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.