Causes of Decay of Fresh-cut Celery

A decay of fresh-cut celery (Apium graveolens) segments stored at < 5°C in sealed film bags began with a water soaking of the cut surfaces. Slimy moisture accumulated inside the bags. The segments water soaked completely, softened, discolored and sometimes disintegrated. Total aerobic bacterial populations isolated from decayed segments ranged from log₁₀ 7.0–7.7 CFU/g tissue weight. The predominant bacteria, identified by fatty acid analysis as Pseudomonas fluorescens and P. marginalis, caused water soaking, soft rot, and discoloration in freshly inoculated celery tissues stored at 5 or 25°C. Leuconostoc mesenteroides was also isolated and may have been responsible for slime production.     

Rheological behaviour of processed avocado pulp emulsions

Shear rate vs. shear stress data were obtained on avocado pulp in water emulsions using a concentric cylinder rheometer and fitted to a power law model. Dilution, as volume fraction of water, had a pronounced effect on the apparent viscosity of the pulp emulsions and the Richardson equation, (η_R= exp.( a φ) for the emulsion viscosity fitted the data well. A mean slope coefficient, a , of 4.57 can be used as a first approximation. Enzymatic treatment (40°C, 1 h), is slightly more effective than thermal treatment (65°C, 1 h), in reducing the initial apparent viscosity of the pulp-water emulsions     

复合超细丙纶及应用

对国内外细旦丙纶的开发和发展进行了介绍，阐述了单丝纤度为０．１～０．５ｄｔｅｘ的复合超细丙纶的制造方法、原材料规格、复合剥离技术以及产品质量。重点讨论了复合超细丙纶及织物的舒适性、染色性和卫生性，应用于织造、服装领域。     

Estimates by computer simulation of genetic distances from comparisons of RNAse A mismatch cleavage patterns

The RNAse A mismatch cleavage method was used to analyze genomic variability in RNA and DNA systems. However, there is no method which relates the digestion patterns observed to the extent of genetic variation. Here we report computer simulations which provide a simple estimator of genetic distances from the comparison of RNAse A digestion patterns. The results show that the number of non-shared fragments is proportional to the number of mutations between each pair of sequences compared. This prediction is supported by the comparison of the RNAse A mismatch patterns and the nucleotide sequences of a set of influenza A (H3N2) hemagglutinin genes. The procedure allows a quantitative and reliable use of the RNAse A mismatch cleavage method.     

Spontaneous mutation for a quantitative trait in Drosophila melanogaster. II. Distribution of mutant effects on the trait and fitness

Exposure of the Chinese hamster ovarian AuxB1 cell line in vitro to fractionated X-irradiation generated sublines designated DXR-10, which proved resistant to multiple drugs and overexpressed P-glycoprotein (Pgp), as judged by Western blotting using the C219 monoclonal antibody. Further characterization of these irradiated DXR-10 sublines has provided evidence for: (i) the expression of cross-resistance to gramacidin D, taxol, puromycin and Navelbine, but not to daunomycin or mitoxantrone; (ii) overexpression of the class I Pgp, as judged by Western blotting using the C494 monoclonal antibody; (iii) decreased accumulation of 3H-vincristine, which could be enhanced by verapamil addition; (iv) unaltered accumulation and subcellular distribution of adriamycin; (v) significantly increased rhodamine 123 accumulation in the presence of verapamil; (vi) plasma-membrane ultrastructural modifications resulting in a significantly increased surface area; (vii) numerous clonal karyotypic alterations, with abnormalities involving the long arm of chromosome 1 being consistently identified; (viii) a lack of overexpression of sorcin; (ix) increased total glutathione levels and overexpression of glutathione S-transferase pi. The fact that only certain of these features are considered characteristic of the 'classic' multidrug-resistant CHRC5 cell line supports our earlier proposal that exposure to fractionated X-irradiation results in the expression of a unique drug-resistance phenotype.     

Impact modeling with smooth particle hydrodynamics

Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a new computational technique well suited to computation of hypervelocity impact phenomena. This paper reviews the characteristics, philosophy, and a bit of the derivation of the method. As illustrations of the technique, several test case computations and several application computations are shown.     

Studies of Na-segregation at Ni/α-quartz interfaces

Ni/α-quartz bilayers were irradiated at 77 K with 200 keV Na⁺ ions at a fluence of 5 × 10¹⁶ ions/cm² and annealed in hydrogen up to 883 K. The Na-migration at the Ni/α-quartz interface and towards the Ni-surface, the hydrogen storage in the irradiated region, and the Ni/α-quartz interface broadening due to Na implantation and decoration were investigated via Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) and Resonant Nuclear Reaction Analysis (RNRA). We demonstrate that after a one hour-annealing at 833 K a large fraction of the implanted Na has been trapped at the Ni/α-quartz interface from where it is released at 883 K. The results are discussed and compared with our findings in Na-irradiated metals and silicon compounds.     

InGaAs（P）分别限制应变单量子阱激光器的优化设计

针对较常用的ＩｎＧａＡｓ（Ｐ）分别限制应变单量子阱激光器，给出了为得到最大净增益的优化设计参数。对于激射波长为１．５５μｍ的无应变激光器，最佳的光限制层波长为１．２４μｍ，厚度为１００ｎｍ。当阱材料引入压缩应变后．由于价带的有效状态密度减小，量子阱激光器的微分增益变大，阱深的增大对增大线性增益的效果更加明显．所以最佳光限制层的波长将变短，为１．２０μｍ