The critical transmural pressure of the abirway

The critical transmural pressure (Ptm) is defined as the transmural pressure of the airway at the site where and when flow is limited during a forced expiration. According to the presented theory, the maximal expiratory flow (Vmax) can be calculated from the relation between Ptm and the corresponding cross-sectional area of the airway (A). By means of a pitot-static tube, Ptm-A curves were constructed for several locations in the elastic airway of a mechanical model. From these curves local Vmax was calculated at different values of Ptm and compared with actual flow, i.e. measured Vmax for the entire airway. In the downstream part of the airway, the actual flow equalled calculated Vmax at most Ptm values. The site of flow limitation, being the most upstream point where actual flow equals calculated local Vmax could therefore be located. Theory and experiments showed positive as well as negative Ptm not influenced by change in upstream or downstream resistance. Flow limitation could therefore be initiated at distending as well as compressing pressures across the wall of the airway. V was regarded as a function of Ptm and the elastic recoil pressure of the lung (Pel). Measured and calculated iso-Pel, Ptm-V curves agreed well with one major exception: when Ptm less than Ptm measured curves were distorted due to a concomitant downstrean compression of the collapsible airway.     

Sanierungsforschung in regional kontaminierten Aquiferen (SAFIRA) – 1. Information zum Forschungsschwerpunkt am Standort Bitterfeld

The SAFIRA-project (remediation research in regionally contaminated aquifers) focuses on innovative in situ remediation technologies to treat complex groundwater contamination. For this purpose, a model site located in Bitterfeld, Germany, was selected. The site is heavily contaminated with aliphatic and aromatic chlorinated hydrocarbons. The goal of the project is to develop, test and optimize new technologies of reactive barriers under controlled in situ conditions in a pilot plant. In order to create the necessary basis for this model project, the hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical conditions at the selected field site were investigated and various technologies for the design of the in situ pilot plant were examinated. Small-scale laboratory studies and tests in a mobile test unit (scale 1 m) were carried out in order to test the technologies prior to their application in the field. The technologies now tested in the reactive columns at the pilot plant include physico-chemical, microbial and combined techniques.     

Xenobiotics in groundwater and surface water of the city of Leipzig

Xenobiotics are increasingly being considered as ecotoxicologically relevant for the aquatic environment and human health. Their behaviour and the effects on the environment have not yet been comprehensively investigated and, therefore, are currently the subject of the project WASSER Leipzig initiated by the UFZ. The results of this article are based on groundwater and surface water analyses of a watershed within the town of Leipzig. Here the industrial chemicals bisphenol-A and t-nonylphenol, the polycyclic fragrances galaxolide and tonalide, the antiepileptic drug carbamacepine and caffeine where investigated. Xenobiotics showed ubiquitous occurrence in the rivers, which were contaminated from treated and untreated sewage, as well as in groundwater, contaminated by leaky sewers. Mean concentrations up to several hundred ng/l were found in the rivers, while groundwater concentrations, except for bisphenol-A, tended to be lower. Applying the statistical factor analysis on the hydrochemical measurements, a differentiation of the xenobiotics with regard to their hydrochemical behaviour in groundwater was performed.     

重核离子束成分的加速器质谱分析

为拓展加速器质量技术测量范围及测量放射性核束成分,建立了利用入射离子发射特征Ｘ射线鉴别同量异位素的方法,开展了利用ＡＭＳ测量重核离子束成分的工作。     

用液氨代替烧碱作钛液水解晶种的中和剂

用液氨代替烧碱作钛液水解晶种的中和剂,所得ＴｉＯ２产品的白度、着色力好,且经济效益好。介绍了液氨中和剂用量的计算和ＴｉＯ２晶种的制法。讨论了影响产品质量的因素。     

Si_3N_4陶瓷材料的氧化行为及其氧化机理

采用氧化后再氧化的实验方法,通过对 Ｓｉ３ Ｎ４ 陶瓷材料氧化行为的研究和氧化动力学的分析,讨论了 Ｓｉ３ Ｎ４ 陶瓷材料的氧化机理。结果表明, Ｓｉ３ Ｎ４ 陶瓷材料的氧化行为表现为氧化增量随时间的变化服从抛物线规律：（Δ Ｗ ）２ ＝ Ｋｐ ｔ 。提出了氧在氧化层中的向内扩散是 Ｓｉ３ Ｎ４ 氧化过程中的控制步骤;并认为烧结添加剂或杂质等对 Ｓｉ３ Ｎ４ 陶瓷材料氧化速度的影响,是通过改变氧化层的组成、结构,使氧在氧化层中的扩散速度发生变化而产生的。     

Synthesis and Evaluation of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIP) with Affinity for the Polypeptide Nisin

The method of hierarchical imprinting was used for the first time in order to synthesize polymers with a high affinity for nisin. The concept of this approach is demonstrated by filling the pores of silica particles, which contain immobilized peptidic templates, with a mixture of monomers/initiator, followed by polymerization and subsequent dissolution of the silica template. This method leaves imprinted polymers with binding sites located at the surface that are capable of recognizing larger molecules with the same immobilized epitope. The results of the high-performance liquid chromatography analyses illustrate that the highest retention factors and imprinting factors of nisin on nisin C-terminal analogously imprinted polymers could be obtained with acetonitrile/water mixtures containing more than 80% water. Furthermore, nisin was strongly retained on polymers that were imprinted with a longer amino acid sequence because of better sterical accessibility of the binding sites for the C terminus of nisin. The retention of nisin (k = 21.65) under aqueous elution conditions results from selective ionic interactions and hydrophobic interactions. Furthermore, the polymers exhibited selectivity for the template Lys-Ala and the structurally related dipeptide Ala-Lys. The results of the present work show that these hierarchically imprinted polymers could be used for the chromatographic separation of the polypeptide nisin in aqueous solutions.