Formula that accounts a number of atoms within a period of the periodic table

The formula that determines a number of atoms within a period of the Periodic Table is derived and compared with the formula offered by Tomkeieff in 4 . © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 2007     

Determination of cadmium and lead in table salt by sequential multi-element flame atomic absorption spectrometry

In the present paper, a simultaneous pre-concentration procedure for the sequential determination of cadmium and lead in table salt samples using flame atomic absorption spectrometry is proposed. This method is based on the liquid-liquid extraction of cadmium(II) and lead(II) ions as dithizone complexes and direct aspiration of the organic phase for the spectrometer. The sequential determination of cadmium and lead is possible using a computer program. The optimization step was performed by a two-level fractional factorial design involving the variables: pH, dithizone mass, shaking time after addition of dithizone and shaking time after addition of solvent. In the studied levels these variables are not significant. The experimental conditions established propose a sample volume of 250 mL and the extraction process using 4.0 mL of methyl isobutyl ketone. This way, the procedure allows determination of cadmium and lead in table salt samples with a pre-concentration factor higher than 80, and detection limits of 0.3 ng g⁻¹ for cadmium and 4.2 ng g⁻¹ for lead. The precision expressed as relative standard deviation (n = 10) were 5.6 and 2.6% for cadmium concentration of 2 and 20 ng g⁻¹, respectively, and of 3.2 and 1.1% for lead concentration of 20 and 200 ng g⁻¹, respectively. Recoveries of cadmium and lead in several samples, measured by standard addition technique, proved also that this procedure is not affected by the matrix and can be applied satisfactorily for the determination of cadmium and lead in saline samples. The method was applied for the evaluation of the concentration of cadmium and lead in table salt samples consumed in Salvador City, Bahia, Brazil.     

QuEChERS method for the simultaneous quantification of phorate and its metabolites in porcine and chicken muscle and table eggs using ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

An analytical method to detect phorate and its metabolites, including phorate sulfone, phorate sulfoxide, phoratoxon, phoratoxon sulfone, and phoratoxon sulfoxide, in porcine and chicken muscles and table eggs was developed and validated. Extraction was performed using a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method and analysis was conducted using ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry. Matrix‐matched calibrations were linear over the tested concentrations, with determination coefficient ≥ 0.995 for all tested analytes in the different matrices. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.001 and 0.004 mg/kg, respectively. The calculated recovery rates at three fortification levels were satisfactory, with values between 74.22 and 119.89% and relative standard deviations < 10%. The method was applied successfully to commercial samples collected from locations throughout the Korean Peninsula, and none of them showed any traces of the tested analytes. Overall, the developed method is simple and versatile, and can be used for monitoring phorate and its metabolites in animal products rich in protein and fat.     

流动注射安培法快速测定食盐中碘

报道了在酸性溶液中 ,IO- 3可被过量的I- 还原 ,FI流动注射安培法快速测定食盐中碘的方法。溶解于蒸馏水中的食盐样品 (30 μl)注入pH 1的 0 .1mol·L- 1NaCl + 1× 10 - 3mol·L- 1KI的载液中。自行研制的壁喷玻碳电极安培流通检测池作为工作电极 ,电位为 + 0 .2V(vs.SCE)。该系统和反向 (注入KI)系统的线性范围均为 1× 10 - 6 ～ 1× 10 - 4mol·L- 1,检出限为 5× 10 - 7mol·L- 1,相对标准偏差为 0 .8% (n =37) ,样品测定的回收率为 97.6 %～ 10 4 % ,采样频率 90样·h- 1。通过Bernoull恒流瓶可获得无脉冲载流。     

Determination of trace iodide in iodised table salt on silver sulfate-modified carbon paste electrode by differential pulse voltammetry with electrochemical solid phase nano-extraction

Electrochemical solid phase nano-extraction, a novel sample preparation technique, was used for the determination of trace iodide in iodised table salt based on the silver sulfate nanoparticle-modified carbon paste electrode. Electrochemical solid phase nano-extraction was realized in the exchange between the sulfate anion in nanoparticles and an iodide anion from aqueous solution. The released silver cation serves as the electrochemical probe for the determination of iodide. The extraction follows a Freundlich adsorption isotherm, and can be used in the detection of iodide in the concentration range 5.0 × 10⁻¹²-4.0 × 10⁻⁹ M. The amount of iodide in iodised table salt was determined as 0.875 ± 0.002 μg/g, which is about 2.5% of the addition amount of iodate with a relative deviation of 5.92% and a standard addition recovery of 90-110%. The large amounts of chloride and iodate did not interfere with the detection.     

High-order incompressible large-eddy simulation of fully inhomogeneous turbulent flows

The subgrid-scale (SGS) eddy-viscosity model developed by Vreman [Phys. Fluids 16 (2004) 3670] and its dynamic version [Phys. Fluids 19 (2007) 065110] are tested in large-eddy simulations (LES) of the turbulent flow in an Re = 12,000 lid-driven cubical cavity by comparison to the direct numerical simulation (DNS) data of Leriche and Gavrilakis [Phys. Fluids 12 (2000) 1363]. This appears to be the first test of this class of model to flows without any homogeneous flow directions, which is typical of flows in complex geometries. Additional LES predictions at Re = 18,000 and Re = 22,000 are compared to the DNS data of Leriche [J. Sci. Comp. 27 (2006)]. The new LES framework yielded excellent agreement for both the mean velocity and Reynolds stress profiles and matches DNS data better than the more traditional Smagorinsky-based SGS models.     

Peer-to-Peer环境下基于分布式Kalman滤波的信用管理

Peer-to-Peer(P2P)环境下的信用管理对鼓励节点间的资源共享和抵制恶意节点的行为有重要的作用.针对目前P2P信用管理系统中全局信用值需要迭代计算,网络通信开销较大等问题,借鉴多传感器目标跟踪中的信息融合思想,提出了一种新的P2P环境下信用管理机制.建立了节点信用变化方程和测量方程,给出了节点全局信用值的分布式Kalman滤波估计方法,并讨论了恶意节点抑制问题.理论分析和仿真计算表明本文方法的信用值计算精度高、收敛速度快、资源开销小、对动态节点的适应性强并具有很好的可扩充性.     

A nonlinear threshold model applied to spallation analysis

Spallation in heterogeneous media is a complex, dynamic process. Generally speaking, the spallation process is relevant to multiple scales and the diversity and coupling of physics at different scales present two fundamental difficulties for spallation modeling and simulation. More importantly, these difficulties can be greatly enhanced by the disordered heterogeneity on multi-scales. In this paper, a driven nonlinear threshold model for damage evolution in heterogeneous materials is presented and a trans-scale formulation of damage evolution is obtained. The damage evolution in spallation is analyzed with the formulation. Scaling of the formulation reveals that some dimensionless numbers govern the whole process of deformation and damage evolution. The effects of heterogeneity in terms of Weibull modulus on damage evolution in spallation process are also investigated.     

基于人工智能的VoIP网络QoS专家系统的设计与实现

设计并实现了一个基于人工智能的VoIP网络QoS（服务质量）分析的专家系统.首先叙述了系统的总体架构,说明该系统的原始数据来自于探针从各地市VoIP网络采集后由FTP定时传送过来的通信数据.详细分析了专家系统中5个关键部分的实现策略：全局数据库的表分区技术及关联映射机制,解释器的规则配置原理,处理器的推理原则,专家知识库知识的来源及配置和人机接口的简便性.实际运行效果表明：该系统的设计是智能和高效的.