Theoretical Study of Weakly Bound Dimers between Hydrogen Fluoride and Some Polar Molecules

Weakly bound linear and bent dimers, FH—X (where X = CO, OC, CNH, NCH, N₂O and ON₂), are investigated using the DFT B3LYP and ab initio MP2 methods with the same basis sets (6–311++G(3df,2pd)). The strengths of the H—C or H—N H‐bonds in dimers FH—CO, FH—CNH, and FH—N₂O are compared with those of the H—O or H—N H‐bonds in dimers FH—OC, FH—NCH, and FH—ON₂. The results obtained for the H‐bond distances, the elongation effect of the HF bond, the red shift of the HF stretching frequency, and the energy difference between the dimer and the charge transfer reveal that the H‐bonds of the first group of dimers are stronger than those of the second. The Gibbs energies calculated for the six dimer formations indicate that the weakly bound dimers are unstable at room temperature (T = 298 K) (FH—X's → FH + X's, ΔG < 0).     

On solving a D.C. programming problem by a sequence of linear programs

We are dealing with a numerical method for solving the problem of minimizing a difference of two convex functions (a d.c. function) over a closed convex set in ⁿ . This algorithm combines a new prismatic branch and bound technique with polyhedral outer approximation in such a way that only linear programming problems have to be solved.Parts of this research were accomplished while the third author was visiting the University of Trier, Germany, as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation.     

On laplace continued fraction for the normal integral

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Effects of DNA secondary structure on oligonucleotide probe binding efficiency

Secondary structure motifs in nucleic acid probes generally impair intended hybridization reactions and so efforts to predict and avoid such structures are commonly employed in probe design schemes. Another key facet of probe design that has received much less attention, however, is that secondary structure at targeted probe binding site regions may also impair hybridization. Thus, evaluation of both probe and target site secondary structures together should improve hybridization prediction and design effectiveness. Several challenges confound this goal, including imperfect empirical rules and parameters underlying predictions and the fact that folding algorithms scale poorly with respect to sequence length. Here, we attempt to quantify the consequences of target site structure on predicted hybridization using sequences sampled from the human genome. We also provide a methodology for choosing a reasonable “window size” around target sites that is as small as possible without compromising folding algorithm prediction accuracy.     

关于图的Ramsey数的几个下界

推广了3个C4对完全图的R am sey数下界以及一个经典R am sey数下界问题,得到了3个C4对完全图的R am sey数的线性下界,以及一个关于多项式的经典R am sey数下界.     

经典Ramsey数R（5,12）的下界

研究素数阶循环图的一些性质，得到一个Ｒａｍｓｅｙ数新的下界：Ｒ（５，１２）≥１３８．     

Ramsey数R_(11)(4)的新下界

该文用群论和数论研究了素数阶循环图存在4阶团的充要条件，得到了Ramsey数R11（4）的新下界。     

算子值全纯函数的正族性质

在经典函数论的正族理论基础上给出了算子值函数的正族概念，由此得到了关于算子值正族的几个基本原则。     

工件带安装时间平行机排序问题的列生成算法

研究了工件带与加工次序有关的安装时间的平行机排序问题，给出它的整数规划模型，并结合动态规划和分支定界方法，给出它的列生成算法．通过试验表明：算法对中等规模的问题是有效的，它可以计算到10台机器和60个工件甚至含有更多大工件的大规模问题．     

SiO2/EPDM复合材料微观形态与动态力学性能的关系

利用DMTA方法研究了分散剂、硅烷偶联剂以及二者并用对二氧化硅增强乙丙橡胶复合材料动态力学性能的影响,采用扫描电镜和橡胶加工分析仪测试了填料在橡胶基体中的分散和填料在基体中形成的填料网络结构,利用结合胶测试研究了复合材料中填料橡胶之间的相互作用程度。实验结果表明:按照空白样和采用分散剂、硅烷偶联剂、分散剂+硅烷偶联剂对SiO₂进行表面处理,填料在橡胶基体中的分散程度提高,填料填料的相互作用逐渐弱化,填料网络结构逐渐减弱,橡胶复合材料在低应变下的储能模量逐渐降低,抗滚动阻力性能逐渐提高。同时,结合胶含量逐渐提高,玻璃化转变峰逐渐变宽,复合材料的抗湿滑性能逐步提高分散剂与硅烷偶联剂并用改性二氧化硅对橡胶复合材料性能提高有协同作用。