点阴极电场辅助阳极连接中的紧密接触面积和电流

用等效电路的方法研究了点阴极情况下的电场辅助阳极连接效应，计算了连接电流，连接孕育期和紧密接触面积，本文结果表明，连接初期电流迅速衰减，随后缓慢变小，直至某一稳定值，孕育期随温度上升指数下降，连接温度高时，孕育期将难以观察到；待连接表面之间紧密接触面积随时间延长而非线性扩展，紧密接触区域增大时，其边界向外推进速度渐小，而接触面积增加渐快。     

Marchantinquinone, isolated from Reboulia hemisphaerica, as inhibitor of lipid peroxidation and as free radical scavenger

Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in plants as pharmaceuticals in the Western world. This interest is channeled into the discovery of new biologically-active molecules by the pharmaceutical industry and into the adoption of crude extracts of plants for self-medication by the general public. In both of these areas some attention is being paid to the investigation and use of ethnopharmacology, the traditional use of plants for medicinal purposes by particular cultural groups. Ethnopharmacologic leads have resulted in the introduction of new single molecule drugs but have a greater role to play if crude extracts are accepted for clinical use in the West. The problems confronting such usage are discussed. Considerable benefits for developing countries are possible when the local medicinal plants are subjected to scientific methods of validation of traditional use and quality control. This approach has met with success in some parts of the world but is not always appreciated by national governments and international agencies. Related areas of concern such as conservation of ecology and culture must be integrated with any such program. Plants used in traditional medicine therefore have an important role to play in the maintenance of health in all parts of the world and in the introduction of new treatments.     

Embolization with temporary balloon occlusion of the internal carotid artery and in vivo proton spectroscopy improves radical removal of petrous-tentorial meningioma

A highly vascular petroclival meningioma supplied by tentorial branches of the internal carotid artery was embolized by temporary balloon occlusion of the parent vessel distal to the tumor, followed by obliteration of the tumor vascularity with polyvinyl alcohol particles. Subsequently, in vivo proton spectroscopy showed necrosis of a large portion of the tumor and helped determine the timing of surgery. Both innovative techniques considerably facilitated the subsequent radical excision of the tumor with no neurological morbidity.     

Digital multi-filter auditory prosthesis: study of its efficiency in function of number of filters and their programming

A new method to determine a rate constant and total reaction product using data of reaction product kinetics is proposed. The method is based on the solution of the system of irrational equations (for special case), which describes such processes. This method was used to determine the reaction rate constant of interaction of some monoclonal antibodies with the antigens immobilized on immunological plates.     

Mechanisms underlying the chronotropic effect of angiotensin II on cultured neurons from rat hypothalamus and brain stem

The chronotropic effect of angiotensin II (Ang II) was studied in cultured neurons from rat hypothalamus and brain stem with the use of the patch-clamp technique. Ang II (100 nM) increased the neuronal spontaneous firing rate from 0.8 +/- 0.3 (SE) Hz in control to 1.3 +/- 0.4 Hz (n = 7, P < 0.05). The amplitude of threshold stimulation was decreased by Ang II (100 nM) from 82 +/- 4 pA to 62 +/- 5 pA (n = 4, P < 0.05). These actions of Ang II were reversed by the angiotensin type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist losartan (1 microM). In the presence of tetrodotoxin, Ang II (100 nM) significantly increased the frequency and the amplitude of the Cd2+-sensitive subthreshold activity of the cultured neurons. Ang II also stimulated the subthreshold early afterdepolarizations (EADs) to become fully developed action potentials. Similar to the action of Ang II, the protein kinase C (PKC) activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, 100 nM) increased the firing rate from 0.76 +/- 0.3 Hz to 2.3 +/- 0.5 Hz (n = 6, P < 0.05) and increased the neuronal subthreshold activity. After neurons were intracellularly dialyzed with PKC inhibitory peptide (PKCIP, 5 microM), PMA alone, Ang II alone, or PMA plus Ang II no longer increased the action potential firing initiated from the resting membrane potential level. However, superfusion of PMA plus Ang II or Ang II alone increased the number of EADs that reached threshold and produced action potentials even in the presence of PKCIP (5 microM, n = 4). The actions of Ang II could also be mimicked by depolarizing pulse and K+ channel blockers (tetraethylammonium chloride or 4-aminopyridine). These results indicate that Ang II by activation of AT1 receptors increases neuronal excitability and firing frequency, and that this may involve both PKC dependent and -independent mechanisms.     

MECHANISM OF DENDRITE FORMATION FROM A STREAM OF SUBMICRON AEROSOL IN THE PRESENCE OF EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD

In the present work we extend the model of dendrite formation to the case of submicron unipolar charged particles, where the main transport mechanism in convective Brownian diffusion and electrical effects due to the presence of charges on the particles and electric field around cylindrical collector.

We present solutions for the case of slip flow around the fiber and free molecular flow around particles.     

液态金属快速结晶的热力学驱动力

采用超高真空无容器悬浮熔炼技术使液态Ｆｅ和Ｎｉ的过冷度分别达２００和２３５Ｋ，借助量热法测定出其比热各为４８．６和４０．５Ｊ·ｍｏｌ~（－１）·Ｋ~（－１）．据此精确计算出深过冷Ｆｅ和Ｎｉ快速结晶的热力学驱动力△Ｇ_（ＬＳ），并与Ｔｕｒｎｂｕｌｌ模型和Ｄｕｂｅｙ－Ｒａｍａｃｈａｎｄｒａｒａｏ模型的近似计算结果相比较，发现这两种近似模型在过冷度超过１００Ｋ时均产生大于１％的偏差．进一步分析发现，△Ｇ_（ＬＳ）的计算偏差对深过冷液态金属中晶体形核率的影响极大，因此快速凝固研究中应尽可能精确计算△Ｇ_（ＬＳ）．     

白洋淀流域降水特性分析

选取白洋淀流域6个雨量站1959年-2009年日降水量资料,并以此为基础运用滑动平均法、Mann-Kendall非参数秩次检验法及小波分析法对该流域降水特性演变规律进行了分析。结果表明:在流域内,年降水量呈下降趋势且主要由年降水日数显著下降引起;年内各月降水量的不均匀程度呈减小趋势;不同量级降水频率波动较小,但呈现小强度降水比例增加、较大强度降水比例减少的结构变化;暴雨雨量和暴雨强度有较明显的下降趋势,降水潜力下降;年降水量存在4类尺度的周期变化规律,其中16a变化为主周期。