Fair‐Weather Friends: Evidence of Lipoxin Dysregulation in Neurodegeneration

Lipoxins (LXs) are autacoids, specialized proresolving lipid mediators (SPMs) acting locally in a paracrine or autocrine fashion. They belong to a complex superfamily of dietary small polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)–metabolites, which direct potent cellular responses to resolve inflammation and restore tissue homeostasis. Together, these SPM activities have been intensely studied in systemic inflammation and acute injury or infection, but less is known about LX signaling and activities in the central nervous system. LXs are derived from arachidonic acid, an omega‐6 PUFA. In addition to well‐established roles in systemic inflammation resolution, they have increasingly become implicated in regulating neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative processes. In particular, chronic inflammation plays a central role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology, and dysregulated LX production and activities have been reported in a variety of AD rodent models and clinical tissue samples, yet with complex and sometimes conflicting results. In addition, reduced LX production following retinal injury has been reported recently by the authors, and an intriguing direct neuronal activity promoting survival and homeostasis in retinal and cortical neurons is demonstrated. Here, the authors review and clarify this growing literature and suggest new research directions to further elaborate the role of lipoxins in neurodegeneration.     

7050铝合金双级双峰时效强化机理

本文系统地研究了7050铝合金双级双峰时效微观组织对强度和硬度的影响。 结果表明，7050铝合金的双级时效出现了双峰现象。 第二峰的硬度和强度均略高于第一峰。 透射电子显微镜（TEM）观察表明，第二峰值的硬度和强度的增加是由于一定数量的n相数量的增加引起的。 此外，n相和GP区的共同作用优于GP区单独的效果。     

PP－g－AA的制备和表征

用熔融接枝方法制备了聚丙烯－ｇ－丙烯酸（ＰＰ－ｇ－ＡＡ）。用光电子能谱，广角Ｘ射线衍射，红外光谱和化学滴定方法对接枝物进行了定性和定量表征。讨论了单体和引发剂浓度对接枝率的影响，确定了用红外光谱法测定接枝物含量的经验公式     

Biaxiale Ermüdung reibrührgeschweißter Strukturelemente

Biaxial fatigue of friction stir welded stiffened panels Within the framework of the European WelAir project, cruciform specimens made from stiffening FSW overlap joints were fatigued in the DLR biaxial test rig. To resemble the loading situation of pressurized fuselage structures, proportional loading without any phase shift, but with different load ratios λ between the loading components in both directions was applied.Natural crack initiation and subsequent crack growth were governed by the stiffness gradient caused by introducing the stringer. Cracks initiated and propagated at run‐in and run‐out locations in a direction perpendicular to the weld seam. The shortest fatigue life was observed for uniaxial loading in welding direction (λ = 0). An additional stress component perpendicular to the joint line (λ > 0) resulted in a higher number of cycles to failure. Similar to single stringer panels, increasing the load ratio also increased the number of cycles to failure for FSW clip‐stringer structural members, but additionally gives a different location of the fatal crack.     

RETARDATION AND REPAIR OF FATIGUE CRACKS BY ADHESIVE INFILTRATION

Abstract— This paper presents results which demonstrate that polymeric filler materials, such as low-viscosity epoxies, can be vacuum-infiltrated into fatigue cracks in 7050 aluminium alloy to produce significant levels of fatigue crack retardation. It was found that the main test variable affecting the degree of retardation was the stress level at which the adhesive was introduced and cured. Two infiltrated adhesives were tested.
Infiltration at 0% (of the original) peak fatigue stress level produced negligible retardation, while infiltration at the 80% stress level produced about 300% increase in fatigue life for one adhesive and 3000% for the other adhesive. For the highest infiltration stress level both crack-face wedging and adhesion contributed initially to the retardation, but the adhesive component ceased after a crack grew through the adhesive to the original crack tip position. The results are discussed in terms of the applicability of the technique to highly-stressed aircraft components.     

Effect of atmospheric pollutants on the corrosion of high power electrical conductors: Part 1. Aluminium and AA6201 alloy

The aim of this study was to evaluate the joint effect of marine and industrial pollutants on the atmospheric corrosion of aluminium and its AA6201 alloy. Weight loss was determined after 4, 11, 16 and 24 months exposure being morphology and attack intensity analysed through SEM-EDX. Both materials showed the most intense attack for the highest SO₂ contents. Good correlation among weight loss, attack depth and tensile strength to rupture with time and with pollutant contents was determined for both materials in most sites. The cause for low aggressiveness of the heaviest Cl⁻ polluted atmosphere on aluminium was electrochemically demonstrated.     

Influence of the aluminum surface on the final results of a two-step anodizing

1050 Aluminum alloy sheets were used to analyze the influence of a surface treatment on the characteristics of the alumina layer formed in a two-step anodizing. The study was mainly focused on two pretreatment steps, electropolishing and acid etching, as well as on the intermediate stripping step. The pretreatment procedure was optimized by accounting for the chemical nature of the substrate, with the results indicating that additional pretreatment steps enhanced the self-ordered porous arrangement. The E-t curves recorded during the experiments demonstrated that the best alumina layers were obtained when the first barrier layer had a high resistance; i.e., a high anodizing potential. The application time of the stripping step was optimized to clean the surface from alumina remains, without damaging the aluminum substrate. By optimizing all of these experimental conditions, we were able to obtain porous anodic aluminum oxide layers displaying ordered domains several hundreds of nanometers in length.     

ECAP制备的亚微米7050铝合金的力学性能和微观结构

采用等通道角挤压法 (ECAP法 )制备亚微米 70 5 0铝合金。为了提高合金的力学性能 ,在挤压过程中增加了固溶时效处理工艺 ,并对 70 5 0铝合金在不同处理工艺条件下的显微组织和力学性能的变化进行了研究。结果表明 :ECAP挤压后进行固溶和时效处理能明显提高合金的力学性能。退火态合金经过ECAP后 ,晶粒尺寸明显细化到亚微米级。将挤压一次的试样进行固溶处理和时效处理 ,合金的强度在 5 75MPa左右 ,而延伸率能达到2 5 .5 %左右 ;若经等通道角挤压过的试样在固溶处理后立即进行再次挤压 ,并配合时效处理 ,合金强度能迅速达到 6 16MPa ,延伸率为 16 .9%。     

VAc/AA改性的VAE乳液高速接嘴卷烟胶的研制

介绍了VAc/AA改性的VAE乳液高速接嘴卷烟胶的制备方法。研究了各种因素对胶粘剂性能的影响。结果表明 :VAc/AA用量增加 ,VAE乳液的粘接性能增强。选择与VAE乳液相适应的乳化剂和控制适宜的pH值 ,可以增加VAE乳液的稳定性。采用滴加引发剂和混合单体的方法 ,可以避免过速反应产生及大粒径胶粒生成     

高吸水性树脂AA/DMAEMA的常温合成研究

以丙烯酸(AA)和甲基丙烯酸-N,N’-二甲氨基乙酯(DMAEMA)为原料,N,N’--亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,采用常温水溶液聚合法合成了耐盐性能良好的高吸水性树脂。研究了合成的有关工艺条件对产物吸水性能的影响。在AA/HEMA为95/5(摩尔比),交联剂质量分数0．0002％,引发剂质量分数为0．46％,还原剂用量为0．23％时,合成树脂的吸水率700 g/g,吸收1％的氯化钠溶液能力大于80g/g。