The relationship between denitrifying bacteria and methanogenic bacteria in a mixed culture system of acclimated sludges

The interaction between denitrification and methanogenesis, with methanol functioning as an electron donor, has been examined through usage of a mixed culture system of denitrifying sludge and methanogenic sludge in an anaerobic bioreactor. Competition for methanol between these two kinds of biocommunity could not be observed, whereas methanogenesis was suppressed as long as nitrate and nitrite were made available in the mixed system. The inhibition of methanogenesis in the methanogenic sludge caused by nitrogen oxides was studied. The redox potential (E_h) of the culture was monitored and/or controlled for the sake of characterizing the behavior of the biocommunities. An addition of nitrite elevated the E_h of the culture less than nitrate did. Nitrite addition, however, exerted a stronger inhibitory effect on methanogenesis as compared to nitrate at the same concentration. The influence of redox potential on the methanation of methanol was examined by using a methanogenic sludge in the E_h-stat batch culture. The hypothesis that the inhibitory effect being expressed by the nitrogen oxides is not simply attributed to an elevation of the redox potential of the culture is supported by the experimental results. The toxic effect of the nitrogen oxides themselves could also have possibly contributed significantly.     

EDELCA电力公司梯级调度自动发电控制系统

真正意义上的梯级调度自动发电控制（AGC）在国内尚属空白,委内瑞拉EDELCA电力公司的梯级联合调度已有30多年的经验,其AGC选择ACE（区域偏差控制）为控制方式,考虑各种复杂因素,控制功能针对不同的机组特性和运行情况有很大的灵活性。梯级调度AGC具有其自身的功能特点、目标函数、控制状态、参数及模式。     

多水平外区抑制的轮廓检测

提取自然图像中的物体轮廓是机器视觉研究的重要问题,主要困难在于自然图像中的纹理性边缘严重干扰了物体轮廓的提取。研究表明视皮层方位选择性神经元的非经典感受野机制使得人类视觉系统在处理自然图像时不仅能够抑制纹理性边缘,而且能够增强物体的轮廓。基于此人们提出多种仿生轮廓检测算法,但算法中被称为抑制水平的参量在取值较高时会漏检部分轮廓,而在其取值较低时又会引入过多的纹理性边缘。针对这一问题,提出多水平外区抑制轮廓检测算法,通过整合各级单水平外区抑制的检测信息,有效抑制了纹理性边缘和降低了漏检轮廓的可能性。实验结果表明,相对于传统算法,新算法在轮廓检测性能上提高了10%左右,并具有更好的稳健性。     

Inhibition behavior for copper corrosion by photoelectrochemical methods

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A Novel Artificially Humanized Anti-Cripto-1 Antibody Suppressing Cancer Cell Growth

Cripto-1 is a member of the EGF-CFC/FRL1/Cryptic family and is involved in embryonic development and carcinogenesis. We designed a novel anti-Cripto-1 artificial antibody and assessed the recognition to the antigen and the potential to suppress the growth of cancer stem cells. First, single chain antibody clones were isolated by bio-panning with the affinity to recombinant Cripto-1 protein from our original phage-display library. Then, the variable regions of heavy chain VH and light chain VL in each clone were fused to constant regions of heavy chain CH and light chain CL regions respectively. These fused genes were expressed in ExpiCHO-S cells to produce artificial humanized antibodies against Cripto-1. After evaluation of the expression levels, one clone was selected and the anti-Cripto-1 antibody was produced and purified. The purified antibody showed affinity to recombinant Cripto-1 at 1.1 pmol and immunoreactivity to cancer tissues and cell lines. The antibody was available to detect the immunoreactivity in tissue microarrays of malignant tumors as well as in Cripto-1 overexpressing cells. Simultaneously, the antibody exhibited the potential to suppress the growth of human colon cancer derived GEO cells overexpressing Cripto-1 with IC₅₀ at approximately 110 nM. The artificially humanized antibody is proposed to be a good candidate to target cancer cells overexpressing Cripto-1.     

咪唑啉缓蚀剂工艺条件优化及效果

在减缓金属腐蚀的研究中,为了缓解在酸性溶液、碱性溶液以及大气、土壤等介质中金属腐蚀较为严重的问题,对咪唑啉类缓蚀剂进行了工艺条件优化.采用静态失重法研究了碳钢在加入了缓蚀剂的盐酸溶液中的缓蚀性能.在最佳合成条件下苯甲酸与二乙烯三胺最佳摩尔比为1∶1.3,催化剂质量分数为1.2%,环化时间为1 h,咪唑啉中间体与氯化苄的最佳摩尔比为1∶1.1,季铵化反应时间为1 h,季铵化反应温度为70 ℃,缓蚀剂的最佳质量分数为1%,最终缓蚀率可以达到99.37%.     

Corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in hydrochloric acid by cationic arylthiophenes as new eco-friendly inhibitors: Experimental and quantum chemical study

This study describes the adsorption behavior of three arylthiophene derivatives namely: 2-(4-amidino-3-fluorophenyl)-5-[4-methoxy phenyl] thiophene dihydrochloride salt (MA-1217), 2-(4-amidinophenyl)-5-[4-chlorophenyl] thiophene dihydrochloride salt (MA-1316) and 2-(4-amidino-3-fluorophenyl)-5-[4-chlorophenyl]thiophene dihydrochloride salt (MA-1312) at C-steel in 1.0 mol·L^-1 HCl interface using experimental and theoretical studies. Electrochemical and mass loss measurements showed that the inhibition efficiency (IE) of the arylthiophene derivatives increases with increasing concentrations and exhibited maximum efficiency 89% at 21×10^-6 mol·L^-1 (MA-1217) by mass loss method. The investigated arylthiophene derivatives obey the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. From polarization studies the arylthiophene derivatives act as mixed-type inhibitors. Surface analysis were carried out and discussed. The mode of orientation and adsorption of inhibitor molecules on C-steel surface was studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Quantum chemical parameters as well as the radial distribution function indices and binding energies confirm the experimental results.     

Characterization of New DNA Aptamers for Anti-HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase

HIV-1 RT is a necessary enzyme for retroviral replication, which is the main target for antiviral therapy against AIDS. Effective anti-HIV-1 RT drugs are divided into two groups; nucleoside inhibitors (NRTI) and non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNRTI), which inhibit DNA polymerase. In this study, new DNA aptamers were isolated as anti-HIV-1 RT inhibitors. The selected DNA aptamer (WT62) presented with high affinity and inhibition against wild-type (WT) HIV-1 RT and gave a KD value of 75.10±0.29 nM and an IC₅₀ value of 84.81±8.54 nM. Moreover, WT62 decreased the DNA polymerase function of K103 N/Y181 C double mutant (KY) HIV-1 RT by around 80 %. Furthermore, the ITC results showed that this aptamer has small binding enthalpies with both WT and KY HIV-1 RTs through which the complex might form a hydrophobic interaction or noncovalent bonding. The NMR result also suggested that the WT62 aptamer could bind with both WT and KY mutant HIV-1 RTs at the connection domain.     

季辚盐对Al缓蚀作用的研究

用微分极化电阻和微分电容测量法研究3种季辚盐化合物在1mol·L-1MgCl2溶液中对Al的缓蚀作用及季辚盐分子结构对缓蚀效率的影响。结果表明,季辚盐化合物具有较好的缓蚀作用,链长的季辚盐比链短的缓蚀效率高。季辚盐在Al表面上吸附服从Langmuir吸附等温式,且为物理吸附。