Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Biomass/Oil Mixture

Investigation was focussed to application of waste POX （partial oxidation）, e.g., meal rape in form of suspension in high boiling hydrocarbons from crude oil distillation. There is an opportunity for utilization of biomass waste resulted from fuels bio-components production. A decrease of oxygen and water steam demand in feed for POX process was observed in this variant. Catalytic effect of iron nanoparticles or nickel nitrate as catalysts in improvement of the pilot plant biomass/oil partial oxidation was investigated as well. Presence of catalyst in the feed supports formation of carbon monoxide and suppression content of methane in the gas product. Experimental data were well compared with process simulation based on eauilibrium reactor model.     

Analysis of bell materials： Tin bronzes

The present study was set up to examine the effect of alloying elements （including harmful elements） on metallurgical features （material properties and qualitative parameters） of tin bronzes, with particular reference to church bells from Middle Ages to Current times. A driving force of this study was to identify and demonstrate features related to the quality of church bells made in different centuries. The findings have been derived via metallographic and chemical analysis of specimens of bells from various parts of Australasia and Europe. The bell materials consisted of a mixture of the a phase and the （α＋β） eutectoid essentially, in proportions determined by tin content and mould materials during casting. The samples from the 15th century to the one from the 20th century showed a progressive increase in hardness, ranging from the minimum of -280 VHM20g to a maximum of -470 VHM20g for the （α＋β） eutectoid, and -160 VHM20g to -230 VHM20g for the a phase. The investigation also shows that the sound decay of the bell decreased with lowering the wt.% of tin and increasing the wt.% of lead and silver. This information is expected to provide an additional interesting knowledge into manufacturing practices and their significance in the quality of church bells over past centuries.     

Einfluß des Gefügezustandes und der Gefügebeständigkeit auf die Zeitstandfestigkeit niedriglegierten vanadincarbidhaltigen Schweißgutes

Glühversuche von 5 000 h Dauer bei 600 °C, Gefügeuntersuchungen und Zeitstandversuche bei 525 bis 600 °C bis rd. 16 000 h Dauer an drei verschiedenen Schweißgutzusammensetzungen mit rd. 0,05 % C, 0,3 % Si, 0,7 % Mn, 0,6 bis 1,1 % Cr, 0,5 bis 0,95 % Mo, 0,3 % V und bis 0,5 % W. Bedeutung des Kohlenstoffgehaltes für die Ausscheidungsverfestigung durch Vanadincarbid. Einfluß der Gefügebeständigkeit in Abhängigkeit vom Molybdän- und Wolframgehalt auf die Zeitstandfestigkeit.     

The Fedosov ∗-product in Mathematica

The computer program ‘Fecom.nb’ implementing the Fedosov ∗-product in Darboux coordinates is presented. It has been written in Mathematica 6.0 but it can be easily modified to be run in some earlier version of Mathematica. To optimize computations elements of the Weyl algebra are treated as polynomials. Several procedures which order the terms are included.

New version program summary

Program title: Fecom.nbCatalogue identifier: AEBU_v2_0Program summary URL:http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEBU_v2_0.htmlProgram obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. IrelandLicensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.htmlNo. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 8107No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 42 175Distribution format: tar.gzProgramming language: Mathematica v.6.0Computer: AllOperating system: AllRAM: Sufficient for installation of MathematicaClassification: 17.16Catalogue identifier of previous version: AEBU_v1_0Journal reference of previous version: Comput. Phys. Comm. 179 (2008) 924Does the new version supersede the previous version?: YesNature of problem: Computing the ∗-product of the Weyl type in the Fedosov formalism in a Darboux chart.Solution method: Inputting the dimension of the phase space, coefficients of the symplectic connection, the range of approximation and the functions to be multiplied; computing the Abelian connection and the flat sections of the Weyl bundle representing the multiplied functions; calculating the projection of the ○-product of these flat sections on the phase space.Reasons for new version: Optimization and including the trivial cases - deformations of the 0th and the 1st order.Summary of revisions: In case we calculate the ∗-product up to the odd power hk, it is necessary to know the Abelian connection and the flat sections up to the degree 2k−1. But for the even power hk, it is sufficient to know the Abelian connection and the flat sections up to the degree 2k−2. In the new version of the program we use this observation. Now the running time of the program for even powers hk is shorter than in the previous version. The 0th and the 1st order of the deformation are trivial - the pointwise product of functions and the Poisson bracket of them respectively. But to make the program complete we added the possibility of calculating also these trivial situations. The new version of the program works then also for the maximal power of h equal 0 and 1.Running time: The test run, provided with the distribution, took approximately 2 minutes to run using Mathematica 7.0 on a Windows XP machine.     

PIMT Binding to C-Terminal Ala459 of CAIX Is Involved in Inside-Out Signaling Necessary for Its Catalytic Activity

Human carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), a unique member of the α carbonic anhydrase family, is a transmembrane glycoprotein with high enzymatic activity by which CAIX contributes to tumorigenesis through pH regulation. Due to its aberrant expression, CAIX is considered to be a marker of tumor hypoxia and a poor prognostic factor of several human cancers. Hypoxia-activated catalytic function of CAIX is dependent on posttranslational modification of its short intracellular domain. In this work, we have identified that C-terminal Ala459 residue, which is common across CAIX of various species as well as additional transmembrane isoforms, plays an important role in CAIX activation and in pH regulation. Moreover, structure prediction I-TASSER analysis revealed involvement of Ala459 in potential ligand binding. Using tandem mass spectrometry, Protein-L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) was identified as a novel interacting partner, further confirmed by an in vitro pulldown assay and an in situ proximity ligation assay. Indeed, suppression of PIMT led to increased alkalinization of culture media of C33a cells constitutively expressing CAIX in hypoxia. We suggest that binding of PIMT represents a novel intracellular signal required for enzymatic activity of CAIX with a potential unidentified downstream function.     

Drag and mass transfer in non-newtonian flows through multi-particle systems at low reynolds numbers

An approximate solution for the motion of an assemblage of solid spheres moving through a power-law fluid at low Reynolds numbers is obtained using HapThe theoretical predictions based on Kuwabara's zero-vorticity cell model are very similar to those based on Happel's model. An approximation technique     

Voltammetry as a Tool for Characterization of CdTe Quantum Dots

Electrochemical detection of quantum dots (QDs) has already been used in numerous applications. However, QDs have not been well characterized using voltammetry, with respect to their characterization and quantification. Therefore, the main aim was to characterize CdTe QDs using cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry. The obtained peaks were identified and the detection limit (3 S/N) was estimated down to 100 fg/mL. Based on the convincing results, a new method for how to study stability and quantify the dots was suggested. Thus, the approach was further utilized for the testing of QDs stability.     

Sarcosine as a Potential Prostate Cancer Biomarker—A Review

Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most common type of tumour disease in men. Early diagnosis of cancer of the prostate is very important, because the sooner the cancer is detected, the better it is treated. According to that fact, there is great interest in the finding of new markers including amino acids, proteins or nucleic acids. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is commonly used and is the most important biomarker of CaP. This marker can only be detected in blood and its sensitivity is approximately 80%. Moreover, early stages cannot be diagnosed using this protein. Currently, there does not exist a test for diagnosis of early stages of prostate cancer. This fact motivates us to find markers sensitive to the early stages of CaP, which are easily detected in body fluids including urine. A potential is therefore attributed to the non-protein amino acid sarcosine, which is generated by glycine-N-methyltransferase in its biochemical cycle. In this review, we summarize analytical methods for quantification of sarcosine as a CaP marker. Moreover, pathways of the connection of synthesis of sarcosine and CaP development are discussed.