Laser-induced multiphoton dissociation ofn-butyl ether

The pulsed CO₂-laser-induced multiphoton dissociation of n-butyl vinyl ether is studied. Comprehensive measurements have been performed for 9.6.μm and 10.6 μm irradiation. The corresponding dissociation product distributions show distinct differences for the two irradiation wavelengths, the most important finding being that acetylene is only produced at 9.6 μm.     

Regional brain activity after prolonged cholinergic enhancement in early Alzheimer's disease

This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study examined changes in brain activation after prolonged (20 weeks) and stabilized treatment with the cholinesterase inhibitor galantamine in a small group of patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). Two cognitive activation paradigms were chosen: one requiring semantic association and the other relying on attention and requiring target detection. A group of age- and education-matched healthy controls was also scanned for comparison. A modest (but not statistically significant) improvement in behavioral scores after treatment was observed in both fMRI tasks. There were brain activation increases in the semantic association task after treatment, and the differences in brain activation present in the comparison of AD patients' baseline images with those of controls were not detectable after treatment. In the target detection task, regions that were activated in the elderly controls but not in the baseline images of the AD group also showed significant activation after treatment. Overall, however, the increases were modest and might reflect the heterogeneity of clinical response to treatment in this small group. Future pharmacological fMRI studies should include clinical response as a factor in the analysis of cholinergic enhancement effects in AD patients.     

Eine neue photometrische Bestimmungsmethode des Kobalts mit Nitrilotriessigs?ure

Zusammenfassung Es wird gezeigt, daß der Komplex, den Kobalt(II)-salze mit der Nitrilotriessigsäure bildet, zur photometrischen Bestimmung des Kobalts benutzt werden kann. Das Absorptionsmaximum dieses Komplexes liegt nach den durchgeführten Messungen bei 510 m. Die Extinktion des Komplexes ist abhängig vomph-Wert. In demph-Bereich von 4,88 bis 5,69 ist sie konstant. Die Extinktion ist außerdem von gewissen Salzzusätzen abhängig, sie wird durch Acetate und Tartrate wesentlich erhöht. Von der Verstärkungsmöglichkeit der Extinktion durch die Zugabe von konstanten Mengen Acetat wurde im vorliegenden Fall Gebrauch gemacht. Von einem Überschuß an Nitrilotriessigsäure ist die Extinktion unabhängig. Das 2Lambert-Beersche Gesetz hat in dem Bereich von 0,25–3,75 mg Kobalt/ml Gültigkeit. Das Verfahren eignet sich zur Bestimmung höherer Kobaltgehalte in Legierungen. Die filterphotometrischen Messungen wurden mit dem-Gerät Elko II unter Benutzung der Glühlampe in Verbindung mit dem Filter S53 E durchgeführt.z. Z. bei Riedel de Haen, Hannover.     

A parallel multi-configuration self-consistent field algorithm

A scalable multi-configuration self-consistent field (MCSCF) algorithm is described. The method for optimizing the orbital and configurational parameters is based upon the two-step Newton–Raphson approach with an augmented orbital Hessian matrix. A single copy of the two-electron integrals in the molecular orbital basis is distributed over the memory of all processors. Storage of the augmented Hessian is avoided by re-computing its elements as needed. A replicated data approach is used to parallelize the configuration interaction step. Scalability to 1024 processors is demonstrated.