Genomic imprinting and carcinogenesis

The solution structure of a synthetic ET(B) selective agonist, ET-1[Cys(Acm)(1,15), Ala3, Leu7, dAsp8, Aib11] has been solved by 1H NMR and molecular modelling studies. Such solution structures of linear modified peptides in aqueous methanol are being used in an ongoing program of research designed to assist in an understanding of the basic structural requirements for the biological activity of vasoconstrictors. The resulting structure of this peptide is characterised by an alpha-helical conformation between residues Leu6-His16 and by N- and C-termini which assume no defined conformation. A knowledge of the solution structures of this and related peptides, which are ET(B) selective agonists, are proving to be important in the understanding of how they interact with the ET(B) receptor.     

Ohmic contact and transport properties of II–VI Green/Blue laser diodes

The employment of the Zn(Se,Te) pseudo-graded contacting scheme to p-type ZnSe-based alloys contributes directly to the recent demonstration of room temperature continuous-wave operation of II– VI green-blue laser diodes. Contact ohmicity is maintained down to cryogenic temperatures which enabled the investigation of electrical transport properties associated with the p-type nitrogen-doped ZnSe, Zn(S,Se), and (Zn,Mg)(S,Se). The observation of both persistent photoconductivity and a metastable population of holes which are in thermodynamic equilibrium with hydrogenic acceptors having reduced activation energy suggests the presence of a DX-like behavior for holes in p-type (Zn,Mg)(S,Se).     

In-Plane Cracking Behavior and Ultimate Strength for 2D Woven and Braided Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composites Tensile Loaded in Off-Axis Fiber Directions

The tensile mechanical properties of ceramic matrix composites (CMC) in directions off the primary axes of the reinforcing fibers are important for the architectural design of CMC components that are subjected to multiaxial stress states. In this study, two-dimensional (2D)-woven melt-infiltrated (MI) SiC/SiC composite panels with balanced fiber content in the 0° and 90° directions were tensile loaded in-plane in the 0° direction and at 45° to this direction. In addition, a 2D triaxially braided MI SiC/SiC composite panel with a higher fiber content in the ±67° bias directions compared with the axial direction was tensile loaded perpendicular to the axial direction tows (i.e., 23° from the bias fibers). Stress–strain behavior, acoustic emission, and optical microscopy were used to quantify stress-dependent matrix cracking and ultimate strength in the panels. It was observed that both off-axis-loaded panels displayed higher composite onset stresses for through-thickness matrix cracking than the 2D-woven 0/90 panels loaded in the primary 0° direction. These improvements for off-axis cracking strength can in part be attributed to higher effective fiber fractions in the loading direction, which in turn reduces internal stresses on weak regions in the architecture, e.g., minicomposite tows oriented normal to the loading direction and/or critical flaws in the matrix for a given composite stress. Both off-axis-oriented panels also showed relatively good ultimate tensile strength when compared with other off-axis-oriented composites in the literature, both on an absolute strength basis as well as when normalized by the average fiber strength within the composites. Initial implications are discussed for constituent and architecture design to improve the directional cracking of SiC/SiC CMC components with MI matrices.     

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凹凸棒粘土用作高水速凝注浆悬浮剂

以凹凸棒粘土作为高水速凝固化充填材料的悬浮稳定剂，考察了不同制浆机械对凹凸棒粘土制浆率的影响。采用高剪切混合乳化机预制的1％凹凸棒粘土浆配制高水速凝固化充填材料甲、已料单浆可获得满意的悬浮稳定效果。其充填体结石抗压强度早期发展迅速，后期持续增长。采用此工艺，注浆料的材料成本仅增加2％。     

合成氢化松香乙酯的新工艺研究

以DRC为催化剂,在无溶剂条件下,通过氢化松香与乙醇的直接酯化反应合成氢化松香乙酯。探索了反应温度、催化剂用量、反应时间、物料配比等因素对反应酯化率的影响,确定最佳反应条件为:反应温度180℃,催化剂用量为原料氢化松香质量的6%,反应时间6h,醇与酸的摩尔比为3∶1。在最佳条件下酯化率达92.2%。还探讨了用阴离子交换树脂柱层析分离纯化氢化松香乙酯粗产物的方法。此外,利用红外光谱对氢化松香乙酯精制产物进行了表征;用GC-MS分别对氢化松香乙酯粗产物及其精制产物进行了定性和定量分析,比较了柱层析前后化学组成的变化。     

Study of collective user behaviour in Twitter: a fuzzy approach

The study of collective user behaviours in social networking sites has become an increasing important topic in social media mining. Understanding such behaviours has its potential to extract actionable patterns that can be beneficial to develop effective marketing strategies, optimise user experiences and maximise website revenues. With the rapid development of micro-blogging, Twitter has become a richer source of intelligence that can be used to study collective user behaviour, due to its efficient and meaningful user-to-user interactions. However, the classical statistical methods have some drawbacks in bridging the gap between user-generated data and human analysts who mostly use linguistic terms to analyse data and model/summarise knowledge learned. To address this gap, this work proposes a new approach, which employs the mass assignment theory-based fuzzy association rules algorithm (MASS-FARM), for the first time, to extract useful interaction behaviour of Twitter users. The influential factors (including activity time, number of friends/followers and the number of tweets) are represented as fuzzy granules, and the associations amongst are studied by employing MASS-FARM. The collective user behaviours are analysed in the Reply category and the Non-Reply category, respectively. The applicability and usefulness of the proposed method are demonstrated via an empirical study on a collected Twitter data set. The derived results are also discussed and compared with existing works.     

煤中吡啶型氮热解机理的量子化学研究

用密度泛函 ( DFT)方法 ,在 UB3LYP/6- 31 G( d)水平上研究了煤中吡啶型氮的热解机理 ,对热解过程中由于官能团周围环境的不同而形成的三类吡啶自由基进行了量子化学计算 ,通过对键的 Mulliken布居数等计算结果的分析 ,分别得到了这三类自由基的热解途径 .并优化得到了反应物、中间体和产物的几何构型 .计算结果表明 ,吡啶型氮主要是以 HCN的形式释放出来的 .NH3 是 HCN二次反应的产物 .     

Blends of chlorinated isotactic polypropylene with poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) I. Effect of component polymers composition on the blend miscibility

Chlorinated isotactic polypropylenes (CPP) having various chlorine contents were blended with poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)s (EVA) having various vinyl acetate (VA) contents. The blends were made by casting films from dilute THF solutions and miscibility of the blends was identified by single glass transition temperature, which was confirmed by DSC and dynamic mechanical measurements. Based on the miscibility data from a large number of CPP/EVA combinations, a miscibility map was depicted where CO equivalent weight (CO-EQW) of EVA was plotted against chlorine equivalent weight (Cl-EQW) of CPP. Though an attractive interaction between CPP and EVA could be detected in all the miscible and immiscible blend pairs, miscibility of the CPP/EVA blends could solely be observed in a relatively narrow range of Cl-EQW ca. 65–100 and CO-EQW ca. 170–230.     

新型单组分聚氨酯防水涂料的研制

由异氰酸酯、聚醚多元醇和各种助剂制成不含焦油、不含溶剂的单组分湿固化聚氨酯(PU)防水涂料。讨论了聚醚配比、体系中水份及酸碱度等影响因素。该涂料具有性能优良、使用方便、对环境无污染等优点。经济效益和社会效益显著 ,具有广阔的发展前景