Longitudinal DC electric discharge in a supersonic air flow

A longitudinal dc electric discharge in a submerged high-pressure supersonic air jet is described. Photographs of the discharge are provided. The experimental voltage across the discharge gap and the discharge current are given for two resistances of the resistor that limits the discharge current over a certain range of the discharge channel length along the air flow. The current-voltage discharge characteristic is provided at a constant discharge length. The main discharge characteristics are obtained from a comparison of the experimental and theoretical results calculated on the basis of the simplest model.     

Seizure warning algorithm based on optimization and nonlinear dynamics

There is growing evidence that temporal lobe seizures are preceded by a preictal transition, characterized by a gradual dynamical change from asymptomatic interictal state to seizure. We herein report the first prospective analysis of the online automated algorithm for detecting the preictal transition in ongoing EEG signals. Such, the algorithm constitutes a seizure warning system. The algorithm estimates STL_max, a measure of the order or disorder of the signal, of EEG signals recorded from individual electrode sites. The optimization techniques were employed to select critical brain electrode sites that exhibit the preictal transition for the warning of epileptic seizures. Specifically, a quadratically constrained quadratic 0-1 programming problem is formulated to identify critical electrode sites. The automated seizure warning algorithm was tested in continuous, long-term EEG recordings obtained from 5 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. For individual patient, we use the first half of seizures to train the parameter settings, which is evaluated by ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) curve analysis. With the best parameter setting, the algorithm applied to all cases predicted an average of 91.7% of seizures with an average false prediction rate of 0.196 per hour. These results indicate that it may be possible to develop automated seizure warning devices for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.Mathematics Subject Classification (1991):20E28, 20G40, 20C20     

Selective hydrodechlorination of fluorinated arylamines

Chlorine-containing polyfluorinated anilines and meta-phenylenediamines undergo selective hydrodechlorination easily upon reduction by zinc in aqueous ammonia. A new approach is thus provided to synthetically valuable, partially fluorinated arylamines based on utilizing polyfluorochloroarenes, which are available as intermediates of perfluoroarene production from perchloroarenes. When chlorine atoms are present in positions both ortho and para to the amino group, para chlorine is initially eliminated. Based on this reaction, a one-pot synthesis of partially fluorinated 4-aminopyridines from 3,5-dichlorotrifluoro- and 3-chlorotetrafluoropyridine has been realized.     

Chalcogenide glass chemical sensors: Research and analytical applications

The paper is devoted to research and development in the field of chalcogenide glass chemical sensors for determination of heavy metal ions in solution. The overview of the solid-state scientific approach and research design of the sensing materials is followed by the original results of the analytical application of the chalcogenide glass sensors for laboratory analysis, industrial control and environmental monitoring.     

Radiation grafting from binary monomer mixtures. I. Vinyl ether of monoethanolamine and vinyl ether of ethyleneglycol

Gamma-radiation grafting of vinyl ether of monoethanolamine and vinyl ether of ethyleneglycol (VEEG) on polyethylene films has been studied from binary monomer mixtures. The effect of co-monomer composition and total exposure radiation dose on the grafting process is investigated. A combination of potentiometric and gravimetric techniques is applied to determine the grafting degree of each monomer in the final graft copolymer. The presence of more active monomer VEEG in the mixture was found to enhance the grafting of both monomers because the increasing of copolymerization rate which in turn increases the total grafting degree. The modification of the hydrophilic properties of the graft copolymer is studied by examining the grafted films for water- and copper (II) ions uptake.     

Radical trifluoromethylation of ammonium enolates

The easy radical trifluoromethylation of a series of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with CF₃I is described. The reaction occurs in the presence of a nitrogen base and sodium dithionite in CH₃CN-H₂O solution. Additionally, we report a new access to ammonium triflinates.     

Chemical reactions of double bonds in activated carbon: microwave and bromination methods

The reaction of localised C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bonds on the surface of activated carbons has been shown to be an effective method of chemical modification especially using microwave-assisted reactions.     

Tautomerism of azine derivatives

The tautomeric properties of 4-pyrimidinylmethanes were studied in the case of 2-CH₃- and 2-CF₃-4-pyrimidinylcyanoacetic esters, 2-CH₃-4-pyrimidinylnitromethane, and 4-pyrimidinylnitromethane. It was shown by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy that an equilibrium with the participation of three tautomeric forms — pyrimidine form A and pyrimidinylidene forms B and C with o- and p-quinoid orientations of the double bonds in the heteroring — may be realized in aprotic dipolar solvents (dimethyl sulfoxide).See [1, 2] for communications I and II.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1544–1548, November, 1978.     

Unexpected synthesis of a naphthylsilole

The reaction of 1,4-dilithiotetraphenylbutadiene (2) with 1,1′-dichloro-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl-1-silole (3) leads to 2,3,4,5-tetraphenyl-1-(1,2,3-triphenylnaphthalen-4-yl)-1H-silole (5) instead of the expected octaphenyl-1,1′-spirobisilole (1). The reaction of 2 with SiC1₄ in dioxane produced 1 in low yield, confirming results reported earlier.