Polysorbate identity and quantity dictate the extensional flow properties of protein-excipient solutions

While protein medications are promising for treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, challenges persist in terms of development and injection stability of high-concentration formulations. Here, the extensional flow properties of protein-excipient solutions are examined via dripping-onto-substrate extensional rheology, using a model ovalbumin (OVA) protein and biocompatible excipients polysorbate 20 (PS20) and 80 (PS80). Despite similar PS structures, differences in extensional flow are observed based on PS identity in two regimes: at moderate total concentrations where surface tension differences drive changes in extensional flow behavior, and at small PS:OVA ratios, which impact the onset of weakly elastic flow behavior. Undesirable elasticity is observed in ultra-concentrated formulations, independent of PS identity; higher PS contents are required to observe these effects than in analogous polymeric excipient solutions. These studies reveal novel extensional flow behaviors in protein-excipient solutions, and provide a straightforward methodology for assessing the extensional flow stability of new protein-excipient formulations.     

分析化学实验课程中融入思政教育的探索与实践

高校专业课程思政建设要求落实立德树人和铸魂育人的根本任务,将实践教育和科学精神的培养相结合,培养专业扎实,具有责任感和使命意识的人才,构建全课程全方位的育人教育。分析化学实验课是化学必修的实践课程,从课前准备、实验操作以及课后探讨分析中,将课程思政教育渐进式融入,帮助学生构建将小我融入大我的科学精神和使命意识,真正将教书和育人有机统一,培育科学创新和理想信念坚定的专业人才。     

Hydrogenation of CO2 to Hydrocarbons over Zirconia-Supported Cobalt Catalyst Promoted with Potassium

Catalysis Letters - The purpose of this study was to investigate the promotive effect of potassium on the catalytic performance and properties of Co/ZrO2 catalysts during hydrogenation of CO2 to...     

A hybrid GA and PSO optimized approach for heart-disease prediction based on random forest

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Nowadays, heart diseases are significantly contributing to deaths all over the world. Thus, heart-disease prediction has garnered considerable attention in the...     

基于VR技术的智能变电站运行仿真培训系统

为了更加真实、直观地呈现智能变电站的运行整体结构,构建基于VR技术的智能变电站运行仿真培训系统。该系统通过5个模块协同完成智能变电站运行仿真培训,结合实际变电站的设备情况,采用二维纹理映射方法完成变电站设备仿真建模;系统利用虚拟现实交互模块呈现培训场景,参与培训人员能够通过人机交互设备,实现场景漫游和相关培训内容操作。测试结果表明:该系统能够较好地模拟出智能变电站的实际运行情况,参与培训的人员可以身临其境地完成整个变电站的巡视,更真实、直观地呈现智能变电站的整体状态。     

Modernization of Air Supply Unit for Oxidation Towers Used in Bitumen Production

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - The hydrodynamics of oxidation towers used for bitumen production were studied using a model tower having transparent walls. Experiments were carried out in two...     

放电参数变化对电感耦合等离子闭式等离子体空间分布特性研究

射频电感耦合等离子体（ICP）在实际放电过程中，线圈的构型、电源参数、气压等外部工质条件的变化均会对结果产生较大影响，依靠实验很难得到多外部条件对ICP参数分布的影响机理和规律，因此需要结合仿真和实验的方法进行分析。该文通过建立感性线圈的电磁学有限元模型，分析不同线圈构型下射频电磁场在等离子体内部的空间分布，研究放电参数（线圈构型、功率大小）对等离子体分布影响和E-H模型下放电形态的跳变过程，并观察进入稳定H模式后电源参数的变化规律，为等离子体源的小型化工程应用提供理论基础。实验和仿真计算结果表明：不同线圈匝数在不同功率条件下，电磁场强度变化对等离子功率吸收和功率耦合有较大影响；当工作气压在0～20Pa时，ICP的电子密度呈轴对称分布，随着放电功率、气压的增大，等离子体吸收的功率和电离度也随之增加，其电子密度相应地增大，放电功率的增加会使得环状的等离子体区域随之扩大，在轴向、径向上的分布呈先逐渐增大而后在靠近腔室壁面区域迅速下降。     

Increasing Probability of Detecting Acoustic Emission Sources Using Artificial Neural Networks

Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing - We study the possibilities of reducing the location error of acoustic emission (AE) sources for cases where AE sources are located near AE receiving...