Real time frequency domain fiberoptic temperature sensor

The excited state phosphorescence lifetime of alexandrite crystals is used to monitor temperature in the physiological range from 15-45°C with precision and accuracy of 0.2°C. A 500-μm cubic alexandrite crystal bounded to the distal end of an optical fiber of similar core dimensions is excited with pulsed Ne-He laser light. This apparatus uses a sampler for data acquisition and frequency domain methods for data fitting. The instrument amplifies the AC components of the detector output and band limits the signal to 12.5 kHz. The fundamental frequency of the excitation is set to 195.13 Hz to obtain 64 harmonics. This band limited signal is sampled and averaged over few hundred cycles in the time domain. The frequency domain representation of the data is obtained by employing fast Fourier transform algorithms. The phase delay and the modulation ratio of each sampled harmonic are then computed. Five to 50 values of the phase and modulations are averaged before computing the sensor lifetime. The instrument is capable of measuring precise and accurate excited state lifetimes from subpicowatt luminescent signals in plastic optical fibers. A least squares fit yields the lifetimes of single exponentials. A component of zero lifetime is introduced to account for the backscatter excitation seen by the photodetector leaking through optical interference filters. The phosphorescence lifetimes measured reproducibly to about three parts in a thousand are used to monitor physiological temperature. Temperatures are computed employing empirical polynomials. The system drift is negligible over 15 h of continuous operation. The instrumentation and methods allow 1.3-s update times and 30-s full response times     

Protein C Osaka 10 with aberrant propeptide processing: loss of anticoagulant activity due to an amino acid substitution in the protein C precursor

We studied the molecular basis of protein C deficiency in a family with a history of thromboembolic disease. An approximately 50% reduction in anticoagulant activity despite normal levels of protein C amidolytic activity and antigen was detected in plasma from the proband. All the exons and intron/exon junctions of the protein C gene were studied using a strategy that combined polymerase chain reaction amplification with DNA sequencing of the amplified fragments. We identified a C-to-A change at nucleotide number 1387 of the protein C gene in the proband and his mother, and this mutant was designated protein C Osaka 10. The C-to-A change resulted in the substitution of Ser for Arg at position -1, which is the processing protease cleavage site. The mutant protein C was partially purified from plasma of the patient's mother using barium adsorption followed by ion-exchange column chromatography. It eluted at the same sodium chloride concentration as normal protein C, and thus gamma-carboxylation of the mutant protein appeared to be normal. The apparent molecular weight of this mutant protein C was the same as that of the normal protein on immunoblotting. Amino-terminal sequence analysis showed that the light chain of the mutant protein C had an additional Ser at position-1. Thus, the loss of anticoagulant activity of protein C Osaka 10 can be explained by alteration of the conformation of the Gla domain by the additional Ser in the mutant molecule.     

铝锂合金力学性能的各向异性

针对当前困扰铝锂合金实际应用的各向异性问题，概述关于铝锂合金中各向异性的表现规律，产生机理及对于降低各向异性所采用的方法等方面的研究现状和进展，对铝锂合金各向异性表现与微观组织结构的关系以及目前克服各向异性所采用方法的局限性进行分析。就此提出，若彻底解决这一问题则必须采用更先进的合金化方法及热加工工艺，研制新一代铝锂合金的观点和研究方向。     

Inter- and intra-molecular ionic interactions of polyampholyte: Carboxymethyl-2-diethylaminoethylcellulose

Carboxymethyl-2-diethylaminoethylcellulose (CM-DEAE cellulose) was prepared by etherification of carboxymethylcellulose with diethylaminoethyl chloride in a NaOH solution. The behaviour of CM-DEAE cellulose in aqueous solution was studied by viscosity and GPC measurements. The degree of substitution (DS) and existing states of DEAE substituents were examined by the use of proton NMR, and those of the CM substituents were observed with FT-IR. The results reveal that the reduced viscosity and apparent molecular size of CM-DEAE cellulose vary with the concentration of sodium chloride and changes in pH and DS. These phenomena can be explained in terms of inter- and intra-molecular ionic interactions.     

Crystallization behaviour of Ni-Co-base metallic glasses by isochronal and isothermal annealing

The crystallization behaviour of three amorphous alloys, Co₅₀Ni₂₅Si₁₅B₁₀, Ni₅₀Co₂₅Si₁₅B₁₀ and Ni₅₀Co₂₅P₁₅B₁₀, was studied by means of differential thermal analysis in conjunction with scanning transmission electron microscopy. Isochronal annealing showed a strong dependence of crystallization on scan rate over the range of 1.99 to 20.70 K min^–1. At high Co/Ni ratios, a sequential two-stage crystallization process involving primary MS-I phase followed by MS-II phase precipitation was observed. At low Co/Ni ratios MS-I and MS-II crystallization were concurrent and inseparable. Replacement of the metalloid Si with P as the glass-former dramatically reduced the activation energy for crystallization as well as the crystallization temperature. A mechanistic understanding of these findings was pursued in light of TEM/STEM microanalysis     

AVO 异常检测技术及其应用

本文介绍了一系列简单而实用的 AVO 异常显示、检测和增强的新技术。包括:共炮检距(或相近)显示技术、振幅比值显示技术、滚动显示技术、线性转换显示技术、抛物线转换显示技术和 AVO 增强技术。文中以实例说明了上述各种方法的应用情况。     

提高延迟焦化装置苛刻度的探索

介绍了镇海炼化延迟焦化装置为提高苛刻度所采取的降低循环比、缩短生焦时间、提高加热炉出口温度等措施情况。实施降低循环比的措施后,液体产品收率增加了1.96%,焦炭收率下降了1.7%,处理量提高了4.7%。缩短生焦周期后,Ⅰ、Ⅱ套焦化装置的处理量分别提高了6.2%、7.2%。同时,炉出口温度需根据不同的原料油性质和不同的产品要求来确定。对于炉管烧焦周期,应以经济性为原则,科学权衡利弊后确定。介绍了加强除焦、行车设备维护保养所采取的一些措施。     

橡胶缓冲块压铸模的设计与制造

分析了橡胶缓冲块零件的结构及工艺要求，介绍了橡胶缓冲块压铸模的设计特点及制造工艺。     

有扰对称信道平均信息量的计算

照相手机让诺基亚抢了风头，这真是亚洲人的失策。在日本和韩国，内置摄像头的手机早就不是什么值得炫耀的东西了。不过日本人的动作还是很快的，GD88和N8一副后来居上的架势，让人不敢小瞧。