Constructing developable surfaces by wrapping cones and cylinders

We model developable surfaces by wrapping a planar figure around cones and cylinders. Complicated developables can be constructed by successive mappings using cones and cylinders of different sizes and shapes. We also propose an intuitive control mechanism, which allows a user to select an arbitrary point on the planar figure and move it to a new position. Numerical techniques are then used to find a cone or cylinder that produces the required mapping. Several examples demonstrate the effectiveness of our technique.     

Mechanical properties of graphene films enhanced by homo-telechelic functionalized polymer fillers via π–π stacking interactions

Most researches on graphene/polymer composites are focusing on improving the mechanical and electrical properties of polymers at low graphene content instead of paying attention to constructing graphene’s macroscopic structures. In current study the homo-telechelic functionalized polyethylene glycols (FPEGs) were tailored with π-orbital-rich groups (namely phenyl, pyrene and di-pyrene) via esterification reactions, which enhanced the interaction between polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecules and chemical reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets. The π–π stacking interactions between graphene sheets and π-orbital-rich groups endowed the composite films with enhanced tensile strength and tunable electrical conductivity. The formation of graphene network structure mediated by the FPEGs fillers via π–π stacking non-covalent interactions should account for the experimental results. The experimental investigations were also complemented with theoretical calculation using a density functional theory. Atomic force microscope (AFM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), UV–vis and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to monitor the step-wise preparation of graphene composite films.     

^60Coγ射线对刚地弓形虫缓殖子感染性的影响

应用不同剂量的~(60)Coγ射线照射含NT株弓形虫包囊的鼠脑匀浆后,以0.4％胰蛋白酶液消化,使弓形虫缓殖子从包囊中释放出来,并用生理盐水作连续10倍稀释,使成为含不同数量缓殖子的悬液,将此悬液接种小鼠,用生物检测方法确定其感染性。另设未经照射处理的缓殖子悬液感染小鼠的对照组。结果表明,γ射线0.55kGy剂量为控制鼠脑中NT株弓形虫感染性的最小有效剂量。γ射线0.1kGy剂量对弓形虫缓殖子感染性无明显影响,而0.45kGy照射后,其感染性较前者下降了10~4倍。     

鲁米诺化学发光法测定食品中的亚硫酸盐

提出了运用化学发光法测定食品中亚硫酸盐的新方法,对影响化学发光的诸因素进行了实验和探讨,得出较佳检测条件：方法的定量限为4.6 mg/kg,亚硫酸盐质量浓度在1.0～10.0 mg/L与发光强度增强值（△I）呈良好的线性关系,R2为0.993 4.对6类样品进行了测定并做加标回收试验,平均RSD 3.05％,平均回收率93.0％,可用于食品中亚硫酸盐的定量与定性检测.     

Corrosion kinetics and patina evolution of galvanized steel in a simulated coastal-industrial atmosphere

The corrosion kinetics and patina (corrosion products) layer evolution of galvanized steel submitted to wet/dry cyclic corrosion test in a simulated coastal-industrial atmosphere was investigated. The results show that zinc coating has a greater corrosion rate during the initial period and a lower corrosion rate during the subsequent period, and the patina composition and structure can greatly affect the corrosion kinetics evolution of zinc coating. Moreover, Zn₅(OH)₆(CO₃)₂ and Zn₄(OH)₆SO₄ are identified as the main stable composition and exhibit an increasing relative amount; while Zn₁₂(OH)₁₅Cl₃(SO₄)₃ cannot stably exist and diminish in the patina layer as the corrosion develops.     

Recursive projection twin support vector machine via within-class variance minimization

In this paper, a novel binary classifier coined projection twin support vector machine (PTSVM) is proposed. The idea is to seek two projection directions, one for each class, such that the projected samples of one class are well separated from those of the other class in its respective subspace. In order to further boost performance, a recursive algorithm for PTSVM is proposed to generate more than one projection axis for each class. To overcome the singularity problem, principal component analysis (PCA) is utilized to transform the data in the original space into a low-dimensional subspace wherein the optimization problem of PTSVM is convex and can be solved efficiently. The experimental results on several UCI benchmark data sets and USPS digit database show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.     

柳叶腊梅中总香豆素的提取工艺研究及纯化

研究畲药柳叶腊梅中总香豆素类化合物的超声辅助提取工艺和液液萃取纯化技术,建立一种简便、快速、廉价、无污染的工艺方法.利用超声的空化作用的液液萃取方法,在单因素实验的基础上,应用正交分析法进行三因素三水平实验研究,最后通过萃取技术得到纯度较高的香豆素类化合物.通过该工艺,利用正交分析的最优条件制备得到提取物中6,7-二甲氧基香豆素(化合物1)和6,7,8-三甲氧基香豆素(化合物2),提取量分别达到0.23 mg/g和0.76mg/g.纯化工艺采用乙醇超声辅助技术和萃取技术,可以快速、方便的提取出目的化合物.该工艺科学合理,适于大规模生产.     

Synthesis and characterization of a one-dimensional inorganic–organic hybrid iron phosphate: [Fe(bipy)(HPO4)(H2PO4)] (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridyl) with anti-ferromagnetic property

A coordinated iron phosphate, Fe(bipy)(HPO₄)(H₂PO₄) (I), has been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2₁/n (No. 14), with cell parameters M = 405.00, a = 10.904(4) Å, b = 6.4210(2) Å, c = 19.294(9) Å, β = 101.24(4) ų, V = 1324.9(9) ų, Z = 4, R₁ [I > 2((I)) = 0.0357, wR₂ [I > 2((I)) = 0.0717. This compound displays a new structure of ladder-like chains, in which each one-dimensional chain is constituted by the distorted octahedral units of Fe³⁺ bridged through PO₄ tetrahedra. The bipy ligands in the compound bind in a bidentate fashion to the iron atoms and the ladder-like structure of the compound extends into a three-dimensional supramolecular array via π–π stacking interactions of bipy ligands and strong hydrogen bonding between the chains. Mössbauer spectroscopy shows the presence of Fe³⁺ in the octahedral coordination. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show that this material may model as anti-ferromagnetic.     

β-Casein will chaperone β-lactoglobulin during nanofibril assembly,but prefers familiar company at high concentrations

Bovine β-casein behaves as a chaperone at neutral pH, i.e., it inhibits aggregation of unfolded proteins, but chaperone effects have not been investigated at acidic pH. We examined chaperone effects during heating at pH 2 and 80 °C for mixtures of 1% (w/v) β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) and β-Lg:β-casein molar ratios of 1:0.0625 to 1:1. These conditions hydrolyse β-Lg into peptides that self-assemble into amyloid-like nanofibrils. Hydrolysis rates in mixed solutions were unchanged from single-protein controls, according to sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. At ratios ≥1:0.125, β-casein slowed fibril growth in a concentration-independent way, according to Thioflavin T fluorescence. We observed twisted irregular fibrils coexisting with long semiflexible fibrils when β-casein was heated with β-Lg, using transmission electron microscopy. We hypothesise that β-casein monomers and peptides can interact with growing β-Lg nanofibrils or assemble into micelles, with the latter pathway predominating at high β-casein concentrations.