Environmental Enrichment Enhances Cav 2.1 Channel-Mediated Presynaptic Plasticity in Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy

Hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a devastating neonatal brain condition caused by lack of oxygen and limited blood flow. Environmental enrichment (EE) is a classic paradigm with a complex stimulation of physical, cognitive, and social components. EE can exert neuroplasticity and neuroprotective effects in immature brains. However, the exact mechanism of EE on the chronic condition of HIE remains unclear. HIE was induced by a permanent ligation of the right carotid artery, followed by an 8% O₂ hypoxic condition for 1 h. At 6 weeks of age, HIE mice were randomly assigned to either standard cages or EE cages. In the behavioral assessments, EE mice showed significantly improved motor performances in rotarod tests, ladder walking tests, and hanging wire tests, compared with HIE control mice. EE mice also significantly enhanced cognitive performances in Y-maze tests. Particularly, EE mice showed a significant increase in Ca_v 2.1 (P/Q type) and presynaptic proteins by molecular assessments, and a significant increase of Ca_v 2.1 in histological assessments of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. These results indicate that EE can upregulate the expression of the Ca_v 2.1 channel and presynaptic proteins related to the synaptic vesicle cycle and neurotransmitter release, which may be responsible for motor and cognitive improvements in HIE.     

The decreasing effect of ammonia enrichment on the combustion emission of hydrogen,methane, and propane fuels

In the present study, non-premixed combustion and NOx emission of H₂, NH₃, C₃H₈, and CH₄ fuels have been studied in a combustion test unit under lean mixture conditions (λ = 4) at 8.6 kW thermal capacity. Furthermore, the combustion and NOx emission of the H₂, C₃H₈, and CH₄ fuels have been investigated for various NH₃ enrichment ratios (5, 10, 20, and 50%) and excess air coefficients (λ = 1.1, 2, 3, and 4) at the same thermal capacity. The obtained results have been compared for each fuel. Numerical simulation results show that H₂ emits intense energy through the reaction zone despite the lowest fuel consumption in mass, among others, due to its high calorific value. Therefore, it has a higher flame temperature than others. At the same time, C₃H₈ has the lowest flame temperature. Besides, NH₃ has the shortest flame length among others, while C₃H₈ has the most extended flame form. The highest level of NOx is released from the NH₃ flame in the combustion chamber, while the lowest NOx is released from the CH₄. However, the lowest NOx emission at the combustion chamber exit is obtained in NH₃ combustion, while the highest NOx emission is obtained with H₂ combustion. It results from the shortest flame length of NH₃, short residence time, and backward NOx reduction to N₂ for NH₃. As for H₂, high flame temperature and relatively long flame, and high residence time of the products trigger NOx formation and keep the NOx level high. On the other hand, excess air coefficient from 1.1 to 2 increases NOx for H₂, CH₄, and NH₃ due to their large flame diameters, unlike propane. Then, NOx emission levels decrease sharply as the excess air coefficient increases to 4 for each fuel. NH₃ fuel also emits minimum NOx in other excess air coefficients at the exit, while H₂ emits too much emission. With NH₃ enrichment, the NOx emissions of H₂, CH₄, and C₃H₈ fuels at the combustion chamber exit decrease gradually almost every excess air coefficient apart from λ = 1.1. As a general conclusion, like renewable fuels, H₂ appears to be a source of pollution in terms of NOx emissions in combustion applications. In contrast, NH₃ appears to be a relatively modest fuel with a low NOx level. In addition, the high amount of NOx emission released from H₂ and other fuels during the combustion can be remarkably reduced by NH₃ enrichment with an excess air combustion.     

准噶尔盆地吉木萨尔凹陷陆相页岩油地质特征与聚集机理

综合利用岩心、测井、烃源岩热解、铸体薄片、场发射扫描电镜、激光共聚焦显微镜与高压压汞等分析测试的结果，对准噶尔盆地吉木萨尔凹陷芦草沟组陆相页岩油地质特征与聚集机理进行了研究。结果表明：吉木萨尔凹陷咸化湖盆型沉积地层富含有机质，是烃源岩层也是储层，页岩油藏具有“源储一体”的地质特征，存在粉砂岩类与泥岩类和白云岩类与泥岩类两类岩性组合类型。芦草沟组大面积整体含油、“甜点”富集且原油成熟度较低。页岩油赋存岩石的润湿性为亲油性，生烃增压是页岩油运聚的主要动力。微纳米孔喉、层理缝与构造裂缝形成页岩油的有利储集空间与渗流通道。页岩油整体为源内或近源聚集，并以游离态和吸附态赋存于芦草沟组“甜点”段与泥页岩层段中。     

发芽条件对西兰花芽苗菜总黄酮富集的影响

为富集西兰花芽苗菜总黄酮,研究不同消毒方法(物理消毒、物理化学联合法)对西兰花种子消毒效果的影响以及不同培养条件下总黄酮含量的变化。以西兰花种子为试材,通过单因素试验(浸泡温度、浸泡时间、发芽温度、发芽时间)与正交试验对发芽条件进行优化。结果表明,紫外消毒10 min联合1%食品级奥克泰士D10消毒效果好,发芽率最高;西兰花富集总黄酮的最适发芽条件为:浸泡温度25℃、浸泡时间6 h、发芽温度20℃、发芽时间4 d。在最佳工艺条件下,西兰花芽苗总黄酮含量为11.33 mg/g。     

酵母菌促进单核细胞增生李斯特氏菌的生长

为了缩短单核细胞增生李斯特氏菌(单增李斯特氏菌)的前增菌时间,提升检测效率,本研究将酵母菌(ATCC9763)作为一种生长促进剂加入到单核细胞增生李斯特氏菌的前增菌培养基(LB1)中,结果表明添加适量的酵母菌可以使单增生李斯特氏菌的生长速度提升近100%,并且这种促进作用与培养过程中酵母菌的接种量、培养基的溶氧量以及培养方式密切相关。根据酵母菌的生长特性分析,这种促进作用产生的原因很有可能是由于酵母菌在生长过程中发酵分解了培养基中的糖类等营养物质,改善了单增李斯特氏菌的营养条件,从而提高了单增李斯特氏菌的繁殖速度。本研究为缩短单增李斯特氏菌检测的富集培养时间,提高检测效率奠定了很好的基础,同时也侧面提示我们要关注发酵类食品遭受单增李斯特氏菌污染的食品安全风险。     

在线超低温预浓缩-全二维气相色谱-飞行时间质谱联用系统在大气挥发性有机物监测中的应用

采用自主研制的在线超低温预浓缩设备，连续在线采集大气样品或者连续采集苏玛罐离线样品，对样品进行超低温捕集浓缩和二次超低温冷冻聚焦，采用全二维气相色谱-飞行时间质谱联用技术分离检测浓缩后的挥发性有机物，实现对大气中C2~C12共100多种挥发性有机物的浓缩富集和定性定量分析。本研究对该方法的线性、重复性、加标回收率、检出限等性能进行表征，并与常规一维气相色谱-四极杆质谱联用系统的定性定量结果进行比较。结果表明，该方法不仅满足大气中挥发性有机物检测的性能指标要求，且组分定性定量的准确性、灵敏度等指标均优于一维气相色谱-四极杆质谱联用技术，在挥发性有机物成分较复杂的大气样品检测中具有明显优势。     

Towards Diastereomeric Pure Salts with Antisolvent Methods

Chiral molecules, especially enantiomers and diastereomers of purity > 99 %, present a significant market share within the chemical, pharmaceutical, and flavor industries. Antisolvent precipitations, both batch and semicontinuous operations to serve the current trends in flow chemistry were demonstrated to be environmentally benign and efficient tools in achieving high optical purities. Although salts are known to be insoluble in supercritical CO₂, instabilities of the nascent salts were detected and applied for increasing efficiency. Diastereomeric excess values of the crystalline products exceeded 99 % in maximum of three consecutive steps both by repeated resolution with half molar equivalent of the amine to the acid and by direct recrystallization of the salts.     

黔西南某中高硫煤脱硫过程中微量元素的分配特性研究

为探究黔西南某中高硫煤中微量元素的富集程度,以及在脱硫降灰提质利用过程中微量元素的分配特性,通过摇床对其脱硫降灰进行了试验研究,并在合适的分选工艺条件下,考察了原煤、精煤和尾煤产品中微量元素的分配特征。通过“一粗一精一扫”重选,可获得产率32.83%、硫分0.96%、灰分11.16%的合格精煤产品。分选产品微量元素分析结果表明,该分选工艺对Cu、Sb、As、Co、Mo、TI、Ni等有害元素具有较好的脱除效果,并能一定程度富集锂和稀土等有价微量元素。通过此工艺可分别回收28.73%和47.37%的锂至精煤和中煤产品,精煤煤灰中Li₂O理论含量达5 258 μg/g,具有综合回收利用价值。研究结果可为该类中高硫煤炭资源的清洁与综合利用提供参考。