The concentration quenching characteristics of ~5D_3-~7F_J and ~5D_4-~7F_J (J=0―6) transitions of Tb~(3 ) in YBO_3:Tb~(3 ) phosphor

The photoluminescence quenching behaviors of 5D3-7FJ and 5D4-7FJ (J = 0―6) transitions of Tb3 in YBO3:Tb under 130―290 nm excitation were systematically investigated. The results revealed that the quenching concentrations of both 5D3-7FJ and 5D4-7FJ transitions of Tb3 in YBO3:Tb were mainly de-pendent on excitation wavelength. Particularly,the quenching concentrations of 5D4-7FJ transitions of Tb3 under 130―290 nm excitation were correlated with excitation bands of YBO3:Tb. The quenching concentrations of 5D3-7FJ transitions remained at low concentration (2%) under 186―290 nm excitation and then increased gradually with energy of incoming excitation photon when excited at 130―186 nm. This dependence should be involved in their excitation mechanisms and quenching pathway in particular excitation region.     

Single access hashing with overflow separators for dynamic files

The dynamic external hashing proposed in this paper allocates records according to the spiral storage technique. Separators derived from the signature technique are used for distinguishing primary from overflow records and for subdividing overflow chains into segments allocated into the primary file. Single access retrieval is obtained by means of a main memory index with an entry per bucket and containing separators and pointers. While this method uses a larger index than other recent proposals, it is much more convenient regarding load factor and insertion cost. Furthermore, file expansion is directed by various control parameters, thus allowing the user to choose the most suitable policy for his application.     

The structure-activity relationship of inhibitors of serotonin uptake and receptor binding

Summary An analysis of five different datasets of inhibitors of serotonin uptake has yielded quantitative structure/ activity relationships (QSARs) which delineate the role of steric and hydrophobic properties essential for inhibition by phenylethylamine-type analogues.     

二氯和邻菲罗啉二酮的镍(Ⅱ)、铜(Ⅱ)、锌(Ⅱ)配合物的合成与表征

以ＭＣｌ２和配体Ｌ（Ｌ＝１，１０－菲罗啉－５，６－二酮）为原料，合成了标题配合物ＭＬＣｌ２，Ｍ＝ＮｉⅡ，ＣｕⅡ，ＺｎⅡ，并经元素分析、热谱、ＩＲ和摩尔电导表征．三者均为四配位的电中性配合物，热稳定性高于５００Ｋ，易溶于ＤＭＦ、ＤＭＳＯ和吡啶，可溶于乙腈和水．它们在ＤＭＦ中于３５０ｎｍ和３１５ｎｍ附近显示出强的Ｍ－Ｌ荷移跃迁     

Infinite classes of anti‐mitre and 5‐sparse Steiner triple systems

In this paper, we present three constructions for anti‐mitre Steiner triple systems and a construction for 5‐sparse ones. The first construction for anti‐mitre STSs settles two of the four unsettled admissible residue classes modulo 18 and the second construction covers such a class modulo 36. The third construction generates many infinite classes of anti‐mitre STSs in the remaining possible orders. As a consequence of these three constructions we can construct anti‐mitre systems for at least 13/14 of the admissible orders. For 5‐sparse STS(υ), we give a construction for υ ≡ 1, 19 (mod 54) and υ ≠ 109. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 14: 237–250, 2006     

Heterograft copolymers of poly(ε‐caprolactone) prepared by combination of ATRA “grafting onto” and ATRP “grafting from” processes

This paper aims at reporting on the synthesis of a heterograft copolymer by combining the “grafting onto” process based on atom transfer radical addition (ATRA) and the “grafting from” process by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The statistical copolymerization of ε‐caprolactone (εCL) and α‐chloro‐ε‐caprolactone (αClεCL) was initiated by 2,2‐dibutyl‐2‐stanna‐1,3‐dioxepane (DSDOP), followed by ATRA of parts of the chlorinated units of poly(αClεCL‐co‐εCL) on the terminal double bond of α‐MeO,ω‐CH₂?CH? CH₂? CO₂‐poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The amphiphilic poly(εCL‐g‐EO) graft copolymer collected at this stage forms micelles as supported by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The unreacted pendant chloro groups of poly(εCL‐g‐EO) were used to initiate the ATRP of styrene with formation of copolymer with two populations of randomly distributed grafts, that is PEO and polystyrene. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 6015–6024, 2006     

Synthesis and characterization of mid‐ and end‐chain functional telechelics by controlled polymerization methods and coupling processes

Well‐defined polystyrene‐ (PSt) or poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL)‐based polymers containing mid‐ or end‐chain 2,5 or 3,5‐ dibromobenzene moieties were prepared by controlled polymerization methods, such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) or ring opening polymerization (ROP). 1,4‐Dibromo‐2‐(bromomethyl)benzene, 1,3‐dibromo‐5‐(bromomethyl)benzene, and 1,4‐dibromo‐2,5‐di(bromomethyl)benzene were used as initiators in ATRP of styrene (St) in conjunction with CuBr/2,2′‐bipyridine as catalyst. 2,5‐Dibromo‐1,4‐(dihydroxymethyl)benzene initiated the ROP of ε‐caprolactone (CL) in the presence of stannous octoate (Sn(Oct)₂) catalyst. The reaction of these polymers with amino‐ or aldehyde‐functionalized monoboronic acids, in Suzuki‐type couplings, afforded the corresponding telechelics. Further functionalization with oxidable groups such as 2‐pyrrolyl or 1‐naphthyl was attained by condensation reactions of the amino or aldehyde groups with low molecular weight aldehydes or amines, respectively, with the formation of azomethine linkages. Preliminary attempts for the synthesis of fully conjugated poly(Schiff base) with polymeric segments as substituents, by oxidative polymerization of the macromonomers, are presented. All the starting, intermediate, or final polymers were structurally analyzed by spectral methods (¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and IR). © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 727–743, 2006     

Establishment of hybrid-derived offspring populations in the Ohomopterus ground beetles through unidirectional hybridization

An approach to deduce the mechanism of stabilization of the hybrid-derived populations in the Ohomopterus ground beetles has been made by comparative studies on the phylogenetic trees of the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. A phylogenetic tree based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal gene roughly reflects the relations of morphological species group, while mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (ND5) gene shows a considerable different topology on the tree; there exist several geographically-linked lineages, most of which consist of more than one species. These results suggest that the replacement of mitochondria has occurred widely in the Ohomopterus species. In most cases, hybridization is unidirectional, i.e., the species A (♂) hybridized with another species B (♀) and not vice versa, with accompanied replacement of mitochondria of A by those of B. The results also suggest that partial or complete occupation of the distribution territory by a hybrid-derived morphological species. The morphological appearance of the resultant hybrid-derivatives are recognized as that of the original species A. Emergence of a morphological new species from a hybrid-derived population has been exemplified.     

Stable in situ sorting and minimum data movement

In this paper, we describe an algorithm to stably sort an array ofn elements using only a linear number of data movements and constant extra space, albeit in quadratic time. It was not known previously whether such an algorithm existed. When the input contains only a constant number of distinct values, we present a sequence ofin situ stable sorting algorithms makingO(n lg^(k+1) n+kn) comparisons (lg^(K) means lg iteratedk times and lg* the number of times the logarithm must be taken to give a result 0) andO(kn) data movements for any fixed valuek, culminating in one that makesO(n lg*n) comparisons and data movements. Stable versions of quicksort follow from these algorithms.Research supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant No.A-8237 and the Information Technology Research Centre of Ontario.Supported in part by a Research Initiation Grant from the Virginia Engineering Foundation.     

La（NCS）3.4.5H2O和B15C5在乙醇中的相平衡及热化学研究

采用半微量相平衡方法测定了三元体系Ｌａ（ＮＣＳ）３．４．５Ｈ２Ｏ－Ｂ１５Ｃ５－Ｃ２Ｈ５ＯＨ在２９８．１５Ｋ的溶解度，测定了各饱和溶液的折光率。