Effect of the aging on lees and other alternative techniques on the low molecular weight phenols of Tempranillo red wine aged in oak barrels

The effect of different alternative techniques to the traditional aging on lees on the low molecular weight phenolic compounds of red wines was study as well as their evolution during the aging in oak wood barrels for six months. The study was carried out with Tempranillo red grapes from two consecutive vintages. The techniques assayed were the traditional aging on lees with or without the addition of exogenous β-glucanase enzymes, the use of yeast derivative preparations also with or without the addition of exogenous β-glucanase enzymes, the micro-oxygenation applied together with the aging on lees, and the use of non-toasted oak wood chips.     

利用X射线衍射光谱研究丝织品的老化

中国考古出土的丝织品数量大,种类丰富,是中国古代文化遗产的重要组成部分,但由于丝蛋白易于降解老化的材料特性,有许多保护问题需要研究解决。对古代丝织品老化程度、老化特征的分析检测有助于了解丝织品的保存状况,并可为保护方法的选择与改进提供帮助。文章通过X射线衍射分析对丝织品老化特征及结晶度的变化进行了研究。样品为经光老化、热老化和水解老化的白色丝织品和出土于湖北、陕西、内蒙古、青海的古代丝织品。X射线衍射分析结果表明,X射线衍射分析可以揭示丝织品的老化作用过程和老化特征,以及相应结晶度的变化,对于出土古代丝织品保存状况及老化机理的研究来说具有实用价值。同时还可为了解古代染织工艺的发展提供信息。     

Comparison of Singer's Formant, Speaker's Ring, and LTA Spectrum Among Classical Singers and Untrained Normal Speakers

Many studies have described and analyzed the singer's formant. A similar phenomenon produced by trained speakers led some authors to examine the speaker's ring. If we consider these phenomena as resonance effects associated with vocal tract adjustments and training, can we hypothesize that trained singers can carry over their singing formant ability into speech, also obtaining a speaker's ring? Can we find similar differences for energy distribution in continuous speech? Forty classically trained singers and forty untrained normal speakers performed an all-voiced reading task and produced a sample of a sustained spoken vowel /a/. The singers were also requested to perform a sustained sung vowel /a/ at a comfortable pitch. The reading was analyzed by the long-term average spectrum (LTAS) method. The sustained vowels were analyzed through power spectrum analysis. The data suggest that singers show more energy concentration in the singer's formant/speaker's ring region in both sung and spoken vowels. The singers' spoken vowel energy in the speaker's ring area was found to be significantly larger than that of the untrained speakers. The LTAS showed similar findings suggesting that those differences also occur in continuous speech. This finding supports the value of further research on the effect of singing training on the resonance of the speaking voice.     

陈化温度和Fe/Zr配比对SO42-/Fe2O3-ZrO2固体超强酸结构与性能的影响

用低温陈化法制备了SO42-/Fe2O3-ZrO2(简称SFZ)固体超强酸催化剂,用红外光谱(IR)和X光衍射(XRD)对其结构进行了表征,并考察了它对合成癸二酸二正丁酯的催化性能.IR谱显示,低温陈化的SFZ样品在1070 cm-1处吸收峰远强于常温陈化样品.XRD分析则显示,在焙烧温度为650℃、 Fe/Zr为2 ∶ 1时,低温陈化的样品出现了亚稳态的ZrO2四方晶相.该样品在催化酯化反应中使产率达90%以上,高于常温陈化样品的30%.研究结果表明: 在其他条件不变时,低温陈化所出现的亚稳态的ZrO2四方晶相是表面酸性和催化活性增加的微观原因.     

Characterization of Fibers in an Existing Network for High Speed System (10Gb/s or Greater) Compatibility

With OC-192 communications systems being commercially available and higher bit rate systems in development, prudent telecommunications network administrators are testing their installed fibers to determine if they can be successfully used at 10 Gb/s and higher. Together with New Brunswick Telephone (NBTel), the Fiber Optics Group at UNB have tested various installed fibers and cables in the NBTel network for their losses at wavelengths of 1244, 1310, 1550, and 1625 nm, as well as for strain and polarization mode dispersion (PMD). Weather conditions, age, place of installation, and cable types have also been considered. Aging does not seem to affect the performance of the fibers. Although most fibers are high-speed system compatible when looking at attenuation measurements, about 40% of the fibers tested would not meet the 10 Gb/s OC-192 system manufacturer's design guidelines concerning PMD.     

三聚氰胺-甲醛系凝胶老化过程中的体积收缩影响因素

 介绍了三聚氰胺-甲醛凝胶老化过程的溶剂效应及其对体积收缩的影响。从凝胶的离浆-溶胀平衡以及溶剂效应等两个方面对湿凝胶老化过程中的体积收缩作了分析,通过测量形状规则的湿凝胶在溶剂交换和老化过程中的体积变化研究湿凝胶组成、交换溶剂的成分及步骤对凝胶体积收缩的影响。结果表明：控制交换溶剂的组成能显著改善湿凝胶后处理过程中的体积收缩。合适的湿凝胶交换步骤是先使用凝胶体内液体和目标溶剂的混合溶剂进行交换,逐次增大目标溶剂的含量,直至最后使用纯目标溶剂进行交换,即可获得体积收缩较小的湿凝胶体系。     

Laryngeal adduction in resonant voice

The primary question in this study was whether subjects with nodules and subjects with healthy larynges would produce “resonant voice” with a similar laryngeal configuration. A second question regarded whether the electroglottographic closed quotient (EGG CQ) could be used to noninvasively distinguish resonant from other voice types. Twelve adult singers and actors served as subjects, including 6 persons with healthy larynges and 6 persons with nodules. Performers were used as an attempt to maximize token validity and stability. Subjects produced repeated tokens of resonant, pressed, normal, and breathy voice during sustained vowels. Laryngeal adduction was directly estimated using blinded, ordinal, visual-perceptual ratings based on videoscopic views of the larynx. EGG CQs were further calculated based on separate trials. The perceptual ratings indicated that subjects in both groups produced resonant voice with a barely adducted or barely abducted laryngeal configuration that was distinct from configurations for pressed and breathy (but not normal) voice. Previous literature suggests that this configuration may be relevant in many cases of voice therapy (I). Average CQs distinguished resonant from pressed voice, but inconsistently distinguished resonant from breathy voice. Further CQs were reliably different across healthy subjects and subjects with nodules. Thus, the utility of this measure to noninvasively estimate resonant voice may be limited, particularly without ongoing subject-specific calibration procedures.     

Are Field Derivatives Needed in Linear Constitutive Relations?

General linear constitutive relations need not contain any dependence on field derivatives, and the standard boundary conditions need not be modified. We show that the answer to the question asked as the title of this communication is therefore in the negative.     

Chemical Composition and Reaction Mechanisms for Aged p‐Xylene Secondary Organic Aerosol in the Presence of Ammonia

A laboratory study was carried out to investigate the chemical composition of aged aromatic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed from the photoxidation of p‐xylene in the presence of ammonia (NH₃). The experiments were conducted by irradiating p‐xylene/CH₃ONO/NH₃ air mixtures without and with NO in a home‐made smog chamber. The particulate products of aged p‐ xylene SOA in the presence of NH₃ were measured by UV–vis spectrophotometry, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR‐FTIR) spectroscopy, and aerosol laser time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (ALTOFMS) coupled with the fuzzy C‐means (FCM) clustering algorithm. The experimental results show that NH₃ does not alter the gas–particle partitioning in the photoxidation of p‐xylene without NO and that 2,5‐dimethylphenol is the predominant NH₃‐aged p‐xylene SOA without NO. However, NH₃ has a significant promotional effect on the formation of organonitrogen compounds in the OH‐initiated oxidation of p‐xylene with NO. Organic ammonium salts such as ammonium glyoxylate and p‐methyl ammonium benzoate, which are formed from NH₃ reactions with gaseous organic acids, were detected as the major particulate organonitrogen products of NH₃‐aged p‐xylene SOA with NO. 1H‐Imidazole, 4‐methyl‐1H‐imidazole, and other imidazole products of the heterogeneous reactions between NH₃ and dialdehydes of p‐xylene SOA were newly measured. The possible reaction mechanisms leading to these organonitrogen products are also discussed and proposed. The formation of imidazole products suggests that some ambient particles containing organonitrogen compounds may be the result of this mechanism. The results of this study may provide valuable information for discussing anthropogenic SOA aging mechanisms.