Schiff's bases of polyallylamine

Summary Schiffs bases of polyallylamine were synthesized by the reaction with four aldehydes. Salicylaldehyde (S)- and 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde (P)-Schiff's base could be used as reverse osmosis membranes when crosslinked with divinyl sulfone, diacetyl or ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether. S-base membrane had a high mechanical strength but poor water permeability (K₁), while P-base membrane showed a high rejection, particularly against CoCl₂, and a high K₁ because of chlate formation, but poor strength. The membranes of P-base and a hybrid PS-base exhibited a possibility of separating alkali metal salts and transition metal salts from each other.     

A university computer network for South Africa?

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria has recently extended their network linking CSIR sites within South Africa to include a number of teaching universities. Developments for the network system include alternative traffic routing, port hunting and access to the national Post Office network and its international X.25 packet-switching service. The eventual aim of the CSIR network is to achieve a unified packet-switching system operating under international protocols, and offering resource-sharing facilities to the scientific research and academic community throughout South Africa.     

Activity of drimane antifeedants and related compounds against aphids,and comparative biological effects and chemical reactivity of (−)- and (+)-polygodial

A series of natural drimanes and related synthetic compounds was tested for antifeedant activity against aphids. Polygodial and warburganal were the most active. The synthetic compounds methyl 9-hydroxydrimenoate and 9-hydroxydrimenal, although active against lepidopteran larvae, were inactive against aphids. Natural (–)-polygodial and the synthetic (+) isomer showed similar levels of activity as aphid antifeedants and in phytotoxicity, fish toxicity, and human taste tests, but reacted at different rates with enantiomers of 1-phenylethylamine.     

First nuclear transmutation of 237Np and 241Am by accelerator-driven system at Kyoto University Critical Assembly

This study demonstrates, for the first time, the principle of nuclear transmutation of minor actinide (MA) by the accelerator-driven system (ADS) through the injection of high-energy neutrons into the subcritical core at the Kyoto University Critical Assembly. The main objective of the experiments is to confirm fission reactions of neptunium-237 (²³⁷Np) and americium-241 (²⁴¹Am), and capture reactions of ²³⁷Np. Subcritical irradiation of ²³⁷Np and ²⁴¹Am foils is conducted in a hard spectrum core with the use of the back-to-back fission chamber that obtains simultaneously two signals from specially installed test (²³⁷Np or ²⁴¹Am) and reference (uranium-235) foils. The first nuclear transmutation of ²³⁷Np and ²⁴¹Am by ADS soundly implemented by combining the subcritical core and the 100 MeV proton accelerator, and the use of a lead-bismuth target, is conclusively demonstrated through the experimental results of fission and capture reaction events.     

二醋酸纤维素薄膜剂量计的制备和性能研究

为了改善醋酸纤维素薄膜剂量计在γ辐射剂量测定中稳定性欠佳的问题,拓展其辐射测量应用范围,采用离子液体均相乙酰化纤维素方法制得的二醋酸纤维素（CDA）粉末为原料,优化CDA薄膜制备工艺,研究其γ辐射变色性能及稳定性,制备适用于γ辐射剂量测量且性能优良的CDA薄膜剂量计。基于CDA的辐射变色机理,该薄膜剂量计在270 nm的单位厚度吸光度与吸收剂量存在良好的线性关系,剂量率、CDA的取代度和辐照气氛对薄膜的工作曲线影响较小。CDA薄膜剂量计的剂量检测量程为50~400 kGy,扩展不确定度为8.8%（K=2）,辐照后24 h内吸光度测试稳定,具有良好的辐照稳定性,基本满足工业上对于辐射剂量计的使用要求,有望应用于γ辐射剂量的测量。     

Periodic control of continuous stirred tank reactors—II Cases of a nonisothermal single reactor

The optimal periodic control of a single nonisothermal CSTR in which a single reaction, a parallel reaction or a consecutive reaction is taking place is studied. Both the feed rate and the heat transfer between the reactor content and the immersed coil are periodically controlled. Utility consumption and conversion of the raw material into the waste are included in the performance index together with conversion into the desired product. The results indicate a respectable improvement in the reactor performance.     

Effects of Size and Distribution of Spheroidized Cementite on Void Initiation in the Punched Surface of Medium-Carbon Steel

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - In this study, we investigated the effects of the size and distribution of spheroidized cementite on the characteristics of a punched surface as well as...     

Sarcomere shortening and contraction nodes in stretched-restrained ovine myofibres during post mortem storage

Myofibres of muscles removed from the carcass shorten during rigor mortis. Whether myofibres of stretched and restrained muscle tissues shorten during post mortem storage was examined. Muscle strips removed from the semimembranosus muscle of sheep before rigor onset were stretched and restrained. The muscle strips were fixed separately in formalin solution from 1.5 hr to 12 days post mortem, and embedded in paraffin. Sections were stained with Mallory-azan. Some myofibres in the pre-rigor-excised and stretched-restrained muscle strips had contraction nodes at 1 day post mortem. The contraction node did not increase in frequency hereafter. Two to several successive sarcomeres shortened regularly to form the nodes parallel to the Z-line. In addition, several successive sarcomeres shortened partly and successively from one side to the other side to form the nodes oblique to the Z-line. Oblique and irregular contraction nodes appear to cause kinks or bends of myofibres. Sarcomere lengths were not always uniform in individual myofibres. Formation of contraction nodes and shortening of partial sarcomeres in the stretched-restrained myofibres indicate that the myofibres shorten individually during rigor mortis and vary in shortening states as in muscles left on the carcass.     

Data Driven Cyber-Physical System for Landslide Detection

Mobile Networks and Applications - Natural disaster is one of the most important research topics worldwide. In this paper, a data driven cyber-physical system is introduced to detect landslides....     

Chiral Nanoparticle‐Induced Enantioselective Amplification of Molecular Optical Activity

Enantiodifferentiation is of fundamental importance in chiral chemistry and substantially requires high optical activity (OA) of enantiomers; but the enantiomeric OA is typically weak due to subwavelength molecular dimension, leading to a lack of sensitive enantiodifferentiation. A new approach is devised to evidently amplify the enantiomeric OA by anchoring axially chiral molecules containing the binaphthyl chromophore on silver chiral nanoparticles (AgCNPs) with a sub‐5 nm helical pitch (P). Compared to the OA of dissolved enantiomers, that of (R)‐ and (S)‐ enantiomers can be enantioselectively amplified on right‐handed and left‐handed AgCNPs, respectively, in as high as one order of magnitude. The enantioselective amplification is probably ascribed to the enantiospecific adsorption‐induced change in the dihedral angle of the binaphthyl chromophore, resulting from chirality transfer from chiral footprints of the AgCNPs to the binaphthyl chromophore through the Ag–S bicontacts. The enantioselective amplification tends not to occur as long as P > 5 nm or on achiral Ag nanoparticles, due to a lack of the chirality transfer. This work imposes the significant application of enantiodifferentiation, which is on practical demand for producing single‐enantiomer pharmaceutics and pesticides with no fatal adverse effect, on the emerging chiral metamaterials composed of metallic CNPs.