Comparison of different separative techniques in the quantitative determination of active compound enclosed in liposomal systems

The suitability of three different separative techniques, dialysis, gel filtration and centrifugation, for determining the percentage of active compound included (PAI) in liposomal systems was assessed. Two model compounds, glucose and vitamin E acetate were encapsulated in dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), soybean lecithin (SL) and hydrogenated soybean lecithin (HSL) multilamellar vesicles (MLV). Vitamin E acetate PAI values from DPPC MLV liposomes obtained by dialysis, gel filtration and centrifugation, were compared with those determined by differential scanning calorimetry. Glucose PAI values from DPPC MLV liposomes, obtained using the same separative techniques, were compared with that calculated by taking into account the glucose content of the liposome internal aqueous phase on the basis of liposome mean size determined by light scattering.
Vitamin E acetate and glucose PAI values from SL and HSL liposomes were compared with those obtained for DPPC liposomes. Dialysis proved suitable for PAI determination for both lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds, centrifugation was found to be suitable only for the determination of lipophilic compound PAI values while gel filtration using Sephadex G-25M proved inadequate for the determination of PAI values for both lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds in the experimental conditions used in this study.     

螺旋升流塔式光催化反应器的设计研究

采用颗粒污染物的旋流分离模型设计了螺旋升流塔式光催化反应器,能够在悬浮态光催化反应系统中提高光催化剂的回收率.反应器采用塔式结构布置,能有效提高反应器的光照面积与反应液体积之比(A/V值),在本试验条件下A/V值可达到12.95.采用该反应器处理硝基苯模拟废水,当硝基苯初始浓度为466 mg/L时,反应器对硝基苯的去除率稳定在60%左右,运行12 h后对光催化剂的回收率为92.80%.     

Influence of storage time on protein composition and simulated digestion of UHT milk and centrifugation presterilized UHT milk in vitro

The centrifugation presterilizing UHT (C-UHT) sterilization method removes 90% of the microorganism and somatic cells from raw milk using high-speed centrifugation following UHT treatment. This study aimed to study the changes in protein composition and plasmin in the UHT and C-UHT milk. The digestive characteristics, composition, and peptide spectrum of milk protein sterilized with the 2 technologies were studied using a dynamic digestive system of a simulated human stomach. The Pierce bicinchoninic acid assay, laser scanning confocal microscope, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, and AA analysis were used to study the digestive fluid at different time points of gastric digestion in vitro. The results demonstrated that C-UHT milk had considerably higher protein degradation than UHT milk. Different processes resulted during the cleavage of milk proteins at different sites during digestion, resulting in different derived peptides. The results showed there was no significant effect of UHT and C-UHT on the peptide spectrum of milk proteins, but C-UHT could release relatively more bioactive peptides and free AA.     

Modélisation de l'efficacité de filtration d'un échangeur cyclone

This work is a modelling of the Aireco® filtration system. This heat exchanger, with particle catching capabilities, is made of a cyclonic body which contains refrigerated coils. The water vapour contained in the gas to be treated condensed on the coils surface. Our modelling considers two main capture surfaces: the entry zone in which particles are collected by inertial impaction and the cyclonic body in which particles diffused by centrifugal force is the main phenomena. We found that these considerations explain our experimental results with an accuracy more than 90%, when the Aireco® is on a normal point of working.     

Maillard reaction in natural rubber latex: Improvement of concentration process

Maillard reaction in natural rubber (NR) latex was studied by treating fresh latex with formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde. Volatile fatty acid number of the treated latex could be lower than acceptable limit (< 0.08) for more than 20 days. Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the occurrence of protein crosslinks in the treated latex. NR treated with glutaraldehyde has much higher nitrogen content than NR treated with formaldehyde and untreated NR, respectively. Colloidal stability of rubber particles, represented by pH, zeta potential, viscosity, and particle size distribution information, were unchanged after treating the latex with formaldehyde. Treatment of the fresh latex with glutaraldehyde 100 and 200 mmol/kg of latex led to the aggregation of rubber particles. Interestingly, the Maillard crosslinking of proteins in fresh latex could efficiently promote the transfer of rubber particles from the serum phase into the cream phase during centrifugation. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134, 45224.     

Recovery and detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts from water samples using continuous flow centrifugation

Continuous flow centrifugation (CFC) was used in conjunction with immunomagnetic separation (IMS) and immunofluorescence microscopy (IFA) and nested PCR to recover and detect oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum and cysts of Giardia intestinalis from 10L volumes of source water samples. Using a spiking dose of 100 oocysts, nine of 10 runs were positive by IFA, with a mean recovery of 4.4+/-2.27 oocysts; when another 10 runs were analyzed using nested PCR to the TRAP C-1 and Cp41 genes, nine of 10 were positive with both PCR assays. When the spiking dose was reduced to 10 oocysts in 10L, 10 of 12 runs were positive by IFA, with a mean oocyst recovery of 3.25+/-3.25 oocysts. When 10 cysts of Giardia intestinalis were co-spiked with oocysts into 10L of source water, five of seven runs were positive, with a mean cyst recovery of x=0.85+/-0.7. When 10 oocysts (enumerated using a fluorescence activated cell sorter) were spiked into 10L volumes of tap water, one of 10 runs was positive, with one oocyst detected. For the majority of the source water samples, turbidities of the source water samples ranged from 1.1 to 22 NTU, but exceeded 100 NTU for some samples collected when sediment was disturbed. The turbidities of pellets recovered using CFC and resuspended in 10 mL of water were very high (exceeding 500 NTU for the source water-derived pellets and 100 NTU for the tap water-derived pellets). While not as efficient as existing capsule-filtration based methods (i.e., US EPA methods 1622/1623), CFC and IMS may provide a more rapid and economical alternative for isolation of C. parvum oocysts from highly turbid water samples containing small quantities of oocysts.     

基于BP神经网络的旋风分离器分割粒径模化与预测

为精确建立分割粒径与旋风分离器结构参数和操作参数之间的复杂映射关系,发展了基于数据驱动的BP神经网络（BPNN）的分割粒径模型。使用全局量纲分析,提出环形空间雷诺数、表征旋风分离器本体尺寸影响的量纲为1数和排气芯管插入深度尺寸比作为网络输入参数,表征空气动力等效分割粒径大小的量纲为1尺寸作为网络输出参数,分别确定了训练算法和隐含层神经元个数对BPNN分割粒径模型预测精度的影响。结果表明：贝叶斯正则化算法优于L-M算法和拟牛顿算法,并在隐含层神经元个数为7时达到最优预测性能。与理论模型、半经验模型和多元回归模型进行比较,结果表明,贝叶斯正则化BPNN分割粒径模型展现出了较好的预测能力和泛化性能,模型预测的均方误差为0.136、决定系数为0.975。     

离心式豌豆胚皮分离机设计及分离机理分析

设计一种离心式豌豆胚皮分离机,并分析其分离机理。胚皮混合物进入高速旋转的分离盘后,在摩擦力作用下随着分离盘做圆周运动,并克服摩擦力而向外抛出。由于豆胚和豆皮假密度的差异,假密度较大的豆胚抛出的距离较远落在外面的接皮筒内,而假密度较小的豆皮则落在里面的接皮筒内,因此改变接皮筒相对于分离盘的高度,即可改变豆胚中的含皮率和豆皮中的含胚率,以适应不同企业、不同豌豆品种对分离率的不同要求。对分离盘的分离机理进行详细分析与计算,建立绝对速度→v_a与分离盘角速度ω、分离盘出口半径r以及物料颗粒与分离盘间摩擦系数的数学模型,该模型可为离心式分离机的后续研发工作提供参考。