Constructing Space for Science at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Those who have worked in the Royal Institution of Great Britain have, since its foundation in 1799, made significant contributions to scientific knowledge, to its practical application, and to its communication to a wide variety of audiences. Such work cannot be carried out in an architectural vacuum, and in this paper we examine how the buildings of the Royal Institution, 20 and 21 Albemarle Street in central London, have shaped the work undertaken within its walls and how, on a number of occasions, the buildings have been reconfigured to take account of the evolving needs of scientific research and communication. This paper is based on the Conservation Plan of the Royal Institution that we wrote during 2003. The Conservation Plan did not examine the land owned by the Royal Institution to the north (i.e., 22 and 23 Albemarle Street; for this area see Richard Garnier, “Grafton Street, Mayfair,” Georgian Group Journal 13 (2003), 210–272), but it did discuss 18 and 19 Albemarle Street. In this paper we concentrate on the core Royal Institution buildings at 20 and 21 Albemarle Street. Other studies of the relationship of architecture,space, and science include Crosbie Smith and Jon Agar, ed., Making Space for Science: Territorial Themes in the Shaping of Knowledge (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997); Peter Galison and Emily Thompson, ed., The Architecture of Science (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999); and Sophie Forgan,“The architecture of science and the idea of a university,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 20 (1989), 405–434. Frank A.J.L. James is Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution; he has written widely on the history of nineteenth-century science in its social and cultural contexts and is editor of the Correspondence of Michael Faraday. He is President of the British Society for the History of Science. Anthony Peers is an Associate of Rodney Melville and Partners where he works in the field of building conservation as an architectural historian. He is a Council member of the Ancient Monument Society.     

Non-CPMG Fast Spin Echo with full signal

The standard Fast Spin Echo sequence used in MR imaging relies on the CPMG condition. A consequence of this condition is that only one component of the transverse magnetization can be measured. To counter this, some phase modulation schemes (XY, MLEV.) for the pulse train have been proposed, but they are useful only over a very restricted range, close to pi, of the refocusing pulse rotation angle. Some other solutions not relying on phase modulation have also been suggested, but they destroy one half the available signal. Revisiting the phase modulation approach, J. Murdoch ("Second SMR Scientific Meeting," p. 1145, 1994) suggested that a quadratic phase modulation could generate a train of classical echoes. We show here that indeed a quadratic phase modulation has a very suitable property: after an adequate change of frame, the dynamic of the system composed of all the protons situated in one pixel can be seen as stationary. If the parameter of the quadratic phase modulation is well chosen, it is then possible to put the dynamic system in a combination of two suitable states and obtain a signal identical to the signal of a classical spin echo, at least for nutation of the refocusing pulse higher than, approximately, two radians.     

Monitoring of metabolic profiling and water status of Hayward kiwifruits by nuclear magnetic resonance

The metabolic profiling of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, Hayward cultivar) aqueous extracts and the water status of entire kiwifruits were monitored over the season (June-December) using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodologies. The metabolic profiling of aqueous kiwifruit extracts was investigated by means of high field NMR spectroscopy. A large number of water-soluble metabolites were assigned by means of 1D and 2D NMR experiments. The change in the metabolic profiles monitored over the season allowed the kiwifruit development to be investigated. Specific temporal trends of aminoacids, sugars, organic acids and other metabolites were observed.The water status of kiwifruits was monitored directly on the intact fruit measuring the T₂ spin-spin relaxation time by means of a portable unilateral NMR instrument, fully non-invasive. Again, clear trends of the relaxation time were observed during the monitoring period.The results show that the monitoring of the metabolic profiling and the monitoring of the water status are two complementary means suitable to have a complete view of the investigated fruit.     

Determination of Oleanolic Acid In Ligustrum Lucidum and its Medicinal Preparation by Capillary Electrophoresis

ABSTRACT

A simple, rapid, accurate, selective and reproducible capillary electrophoretic method was developed for the assay of oleanolic acid in traditional Chinese herb Ligustrum lucidum and its medicinal preparation. The buffer solution used in this method was 10% acetonitrile and 0.010 M borax solution adjusted to pH 7.50 with 0.10M hydrochloric acid. The Effects of pH value and modifier on the migration behavior of oleanolic acid was investigated and a simulated equation as well as the apparent dissociation constant were obtained. The linear calibration range was 0.040-1.50 mg/ml(r=0.9979). The relative standard deviation of the migration time of oleanolic acid was 0.46% under the optimized conditions. The content of it in Ligustrum lucidum and a kind of Ligustrum lucidum-containing Chinese medicinal preparation was succesfully determined within 4 min.     

Effect of mobile phase anionic additives on selectivity,efficiency, and sample loading capacity of cationic drugs in reversed-phase liquid chromatography

In the present work, we study the effect of mobile phase anionic additive type and concentration on the selectivity, efficiency, and sample loading capacity of cationic drugs in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). The type and concentration of an anionic additive are known to have a strong effect on the absolute retention of cations in RPLC; in contrast they have only a small effect on the selectivity of one cation relative to a second as seen here. This is mainly due to the similarity of the ion pair formation constants between the selected cations. The limiting retention factors of cations (i.e. the retention factor of the fully ion-paired analyte at very high additive concentration) are roughly proportional to their inherent hydrophobicities (i.e. the retention factor of the analyte in the absence of the anionic additive). With a given anion, differences in ion pairing strength between the solutes are required for effective selectivity adjustment. Based on the Wade–Lucy–Carr (W–L–C) kinetic model of overload peaks, the approach we developed in our previous work was used to study the effect of mobile phase anionic additives type and concentration on the limiting plate count (N₀) and sample loading capacity (ω_0.5) of various cationic drugs. Under linear chromatographic conditions, where the analyte exhibits its smallest peak width and thus maximum apparent plate count, the type and concentration of anionic additives have almost no effect on peak width. In comparison to neutral analytes the sorption isotherms of cationic species are very easily overloaded even when many fewer moles of cations as compared to neutrals are injected. We showed that different anionic additives profoundly affect the cations’ “overload profiles” (i.e. plots of plate count versus amount injected) by changing the sample loading capacities. The increase in sample loading capacities with different anions show the same order as the extent of ion pairing between the anions and the basic analytes. The detrimental effect of sample overloading on peak width can be greatly diminished by using either a stronger ion pairing agent or a higher concentration of a given ion pairing agent. Both effects operate by increasing the sample loading capacity, thereby allowing more solute to be injected. We believe that the increase in sample loading capacity described above is due in part to the increase in the number of ion-exchange sites as more anions sorb to the stationary phase. At the same time, the formation of a neutral ion-paired analyte also increases the amount of cation which can be loaded onto the stationary phase by allowing a greater fraction of the analyte to be present in the stationary phase as an electrically neutral (i.e. ion-paired) species.     

正交设计优选掌裂草葡萄中总黄酮的提取工艺

以芦丁为标样,采用荧光光度法测定掌裂草葡萄中总黄酮含量。以总黄酮提取率为考察指标,采用正交设计方法优选最佳提取工艺。结果显示:其优选工艺为:药材加15倍量的60%乙醇,在60℃下回流提取2.0h,重复提取3次,总黄酮提取率为35.99%。     

Ultrasound-assisted extraction of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid from Ligustrum lucidum Ait

Oleanolic acid and ursolic acid are the main bioactive compounds in fruit of Ligustrum lucidum Ait, which possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antiprotozoal, antimutagenic and anticancer properties. In this study, the ultrasound-assisted extraction of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid from L. lucidum Ait was investigated with HPLC-photodiode array detection. Effects of several experimental parameters, such as type and concentration of extraction solvent, ratio of liquid to material, extraction temperature and extraction time, on extraction efficiencies of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid from L. lucidum were evaluated. The influence of experimental parameters on extraction efficiency of ursolic acid was more significant than that of oleanolic acid. The optimal extraction conditions were 95% ethanol, the ratio of material to liquid at 1:20, and extraction for 10 min at 40 °C under ultrasonic irradiation. Under the optimal conditions, the yields of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid were 6.3 ± 0.25 and 9.8 ± 0.30 mg/g, respectively. The results indicated that the ultrasound-assisted extraction is a very useful method for the extraction of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid from L. lucidum.     

相移技术中五步等步长Stoilov算法的性能分析

Stoilov算法是近几年提出的一种五步等步长相移算法。有关文献中的误差分析表明 ,该算法的性能优于四步等步长Carr啨算法闹懈隽耍樱簦铮椋欤铮鏊惴ǖ恼繁泶锸?,采用线性误差理论详细分析了算法的性能 ,尤其是算法性能对相移步长的依赖关系。分析表明 ,可以选择一个最佳的相移步长以有效减少位相测量误差 :相移步长为 5 2°时可有效抑制二次相移量误差的影响 ;相移步长为 90°时可极大地减少光强误差的影响。最后给出了Stoilov算法与Carr啨算法和Hariharan算法的比较。     

基于白光干涉测试技术的改进Carré相移算法

为了减小白光相移干涉法测量物体微观形貌时产生的误差,对极值法的搜索路径进行优化后与Carré相移算法相结合,提出一种基于白光干涉测试技术的改进Carré相移算法.该算法减小了光源扰动及电荷耦合元件散粒噪声带来的影响,且对相移器的线性误差不敏感,免去了相位解包裹过程,提高了运算效率.采用单刻线样块对扫描步距进行校准实现了光源中心波长的在线修正,减小了由于光源特性及环境扰动误差带来的影响.采用不同算法对标准粗糙度样块进行三维形貌恢复以及表面粗糙度的重复性测量实验,结果表明:该算法对表面粗糙度的测量结果较传统白光干涉算法准确度提高,测量重复性优于1%.     

原子吸收光谱法测定女贞属苦丁茶中金属含量

用火焰原子吸收光谱法测定贵州不同产地的女贞属苦丁茶中Cu、Zn、Ca,Mg 4种金属的含量,并比较含量差异.测定结果表明,女贞属苦丁茶中4种金属元素的含量较高,Cu元素含量为11.28-18.15μg·g-1、Zn元素含量为25.92-43.21μg·g-1、Ca元素含量为2371-12091μg·g-1、Mg元素含量...