Conformational stability of factor VIIa: biophysical studies of thermal and guanidine hydrochloride-induced denaturation

The binding of the multidomain protein factor VIIa (fVIIa) to tissue factor provides the interprotein communication necessary to make fVIIa an efficient catalyst of the initial event in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. We have investigated the stability of individual domains in fVIIa and the influence of Ca2+ and an irreversible active-site inhibitor (FFR-chloromethyl ketone). Equilibrium guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl)-induced unfolding monitored by tryptophan fluorescence and far-UV circular dichroism (CD) demonstrated that the gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) domain unfolds at 0.3 M GuHCl and the serine protease (SP) domain at 3 M GuHCl and that Ca2+ is a prerequisite for the formation of an ordered, compact structure in the Gla domain. The loss of amidolytic activity coincides with the first transition, which is stabilized by the active-site inhibitor, and a change in the environment of the active site is demonstrated using a fluorescent inhibitor (DEGR-chloromethyl ketone). Thermal unfolding monitored by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) reveals that Ca2+ stabilizes the SP domain slightly, increasing the unfolding temperature by 2.7 degrees C. In addition, Ca2+ is required for a large enthalpy change concomitant with unfolding of the Gla domain, and this unfolding enthalpy is only detectable in the presence of the SP domain, indicating some kind of interaction between these domains. Thermal unfolding measured by CD indicates secondary structural changes at the same temperature as the heat absorption in the DSC but only when both the Gla domain and the SP domain are present together with Ca2+ ions. Taken together, these results indicate a Ca2+-dependent interaction between the Gla domain and the SP domain, implying a high degree of flexibility of the domains in free fVIIa. It is also shown that the epidermal growth factor-like domains are stable at elevated temperatures and high GuHCl concentrations. Moreover, already at physiological temperature, subtle structural changes take place which influence the overall shape of fVIIa and are detrimental to its enzymatic activity.     

A minimum cost assessment method for composite generation andtransmission system expansion planning

Composite generation and transmission system expansion analysis should take into account both economic considerations and adequacy requirements. An optimum expansion plan should achieve the minimum total investment, operation and damage cost. A minimum cost assessment method for composite system expansion planning, which can be used to consider generation expansion and transmission expansion simultaneously, is presented. The minimization model proposed to incorporate both operating and outage costs can recognize different customer damage functions at different load buses and includes the duration of the simulated contingency system states . A computer program based on the presented method has been developed to provide a set of line, load bus, generator bus and system indices which can be used to select optimal expansion plans at different load growth levels. Case studies in which the method is applied to the IEEE Modified Reliability Test System indicate its effectiveness     

PC／ABS合金的研制及其在汽车上的应用

对ＰＣ／ＡＢＳ合金开发和研制及其在汽车上的应用作了评述。介绍了上海杰事公司在该领域的进展。     

天津市正常人全血和血清微量元素含量分析

人体内微量元素含量平衡与否与人体健康状态有着密切关系已为大量实践所证实。人体血液中微量元素的正常值测定是研究人体健康与微量元素关系的一项基础性工作,本文提供了天津市正常人全血及血清中几种微量元素含量的数据。     

温度,压力对漂移室气体增益的影响

研究了温度及气体压力对漂移室（工作于正比区）气体放大倍数的影响，温度和气体压力的变化范围分别是５￣４０℃及９０￣１０５ｋＰａ。用实验数据拟合得到了函数关系并测量了几种饱和度下函数中的参数值。     

新型高性能脉冲峰值保持电路

本文介绍了两种新型跨导型脉冲峰值保持器，分别用于多丝正比室（ＭＷＰＣ）和复合晶体闪烁探测器（Ｐｈｏｓｗｉｃｈ）输出脉冲信号的形状和幅度分析。电路的跨导放大级采用跨导型集成运算放大器，使电路结构简单化，且性能优良可靠，能响应输入脉冲最小上升时间分别为５０ｎｓ（Ｐｈｏｓｗｉｃｈ）和５００ｎｓ（ＭＷＰＣ）的信号，在４０ｄＢ的动态范围内，两电路的积分非线性均好于０．１％，特别适用于空间γ射线观测。     

Bone growth and bone development in the presence of implants or after induced leg-lengthening studied using the Oxford Scanning Proton Microprobe

To respond to varying environmental demands the bone tissue in the body is under continual reconstruction throughout life. It is known that metallic elements are important for maintaining normal bone structure, but their roles are not well understood. More information about the effects of metal excess or deficiency is needed to help in the development of metallic bone implants and to improve the treatment of bone fractures and defects. The Oxford Scanning Proton Microprobe (SPM) is being applied in two studies involving metal ions in bone: (1) bone regrowth and bonding to titanium bone implants may be influenced by diffusion of Ti ions into the bone. We are using microPIXE to determine the metal ion content of bone developing in contact with implants of pure Nb, Ti and Ti alloys. (2) Bone lengthening as a surgical procedure is induced by fracturing the bone and allowing it to heal with a small gap between the fractured ends created by the use of external fixators. The gap can be slowly increased during the healing process to stimulate the production of new bone. The enzymes and other constituents of the developing bone need certain metals for their function. Using experimental animals we have studied the concentrations of the metals and whether a deficiency of trace metals limits the optimum rate of bone lengthening.     

电位滴定法研究~(99)Tc-HMDP和~(99)Tc-HEDP中Tc的氧化态

~(99)Tc-HMDP和~(99)Tc-HEDP溶液是在相应的螫合剂存在下,用过量SnCl_2还原~(99)TcO_4-制得。用标准I_2液对SnCl_2进行了剩余量电位滴定,确定了在pH～3的介质中,~(99)Tc-HMDP和~(99)Tc-HE-DP中~(99)Tc的氧化态均为+4。全部实验在N_2气流中进行。~(99)Tc-HMDP和~(99)Tc-HEDP的紫外光谱表明:在用I_2滴定的过程中,~(99)Tc只处于一种氧化态+4;将它们放置在空气中,一小时后仍较稳定。