Solids Extraction of Cod Frame and Effects on Ultrafiltration of the Aqueous Extract

Grinding, pH adjustment, heat treatment and centrifugation were studied to recover solids from ground cod frames and to apply ultrafiltration (UF) to the resulting aqueous phase. Early heat treatment (90°C/20 min) dissolved collagen into aqueous phase resulting in a very low UF flux. A pH adjustment to 4.5 after grinding (～0.32 cm die), with no heat resulted in efficient separation after centrifuging. UF of the aqueous phase showed an increase in initial flux (23 L/hr m²). However, when the same aqueous material was heated and then centrifuged (1–2% solids removed), UF flux was further increased to 46 L/hr m²and this process gave highest solids recovery (90%).     

Interspecies Behavioral Variability of Medaka Fish Assessed by Comparative Phenomics

Recently, medaka has been used as a model organism in various research fields. However, even though it possesses several advantages over zebrafish, fewer studies were done in medaka compared to zebrafish, especially with regard to its behavior. Thus, to provide more information regarding its behavior and to demonstrate the behavioral differences between several species of medaka, we compared the behavioral performance and biomarker expression in the brain between four medaka fishes, Oryzias latipes, Oryzias dancena, Oryzias woworae, and Oryzias sinensis. We found that each medaka species explicitly exhibited different behaviors to each other, which might be related to the different basal levels of several biomarkers. Furthermore, by phenomics and genomic-based clustering, the differences between these medaka fishes were further investigated. Here, the phenomic-based clustering was based on the behavior results, while the genomic-based clustering was based on the sequence of the nd2 gene. As we expected, both clusterings showed some resemblances to each other in terms of the interspecies relationship between medaka and zebrafish. However, this similarity was not displayed by both clusterings in the medaka interspecies comparisons. Therefore, these results suggest a re-interpretation of several prior studies in comparative biology. We hope that these results contribute to the growing database of medaka fish phenotypes and provide one of the foundations for future phenomics studies of medaka fish.     

Bench-scale continuous hydrogenation of Australian coals — study of iron catalysts and recycle solvent composition

The inter-relations between iron catalysts, recycle solvent composition and product yield and composition have been investigated in bench-scale (1–2 kg h^?1) continuous hydrogenation of Australian coals at process severity of 21–22 MPa at 400–430°C. Products and recycle solvent are recovered in batch distillation (atmospheric and vacuum) and the distillate solvent is returned to slurry feed without further treatment. Successive samples of recycle solvent are analysed by g.c.-m.s., i.r. and titrimetry. The effect of adding iron catalysts in the form of red mud - sulphur mixtures or compounds after a short period of continuous operation without catalyst is demonstrated. Distillate yields from black coals increase from 24–34 wt% daf under non-catalytic conditions to 35–53 wt% daf by adding iron catalysts. The composition of the almost equilibrated recycle solvent also changes and a new equilibrium is approached after the iron catalyst is added. The effect of solvent composition on distillate yield can not be determined from these data. The ratio of hydroaromatic components to hydroaromatic plus aromatic components in the solvent increases from ≈0.2 at non-catalytic equilibrium to ≈0.5–0.6 at catalysed equilibrium after adding iron. Other compositional parameters in the recycle solvent do not show any clear responses to the addition of iron. Equilibrium solvent composition under constant operating conditions is attained at ≈10 passes at 1 kg ^h?1 throughput with total system holdup of ≈20 kg. Paraffins for the Queensland subbituminous coal equilibrated at 18–24% in the solvent, phenolics at 16–21%, basic nitrogen at ≈0.4% (as N), and the balance a mixture of aromatics and hydroaromatics. The total aromatics neglecting phenolics in the equilibrium recycle solvent consists of ≈40–50% each of two-and three-ring and 5–10% four-ring members.     

CARBON-OXYGEN REACTION IN MOLTEN NICKEL AND NICKEL-10% CHROMIUM IN A VACUUM INDUCTION FURNACE

在电熔氧化镁坩埚中真空感应熔炼镍和镍-10％铬合金,于1500—1540℃温度和10~(-4)乇压力的条件下,通过三种不同方法(碳脱氧、氧脱碳)获得了10~(-5)-10~(-6)数量级的碳氧乘积;对碳氧反应的机理提出了看法。     

A survey on enhanced subspace clustering

Subspace clustering finds sets of objects that are homogeneous in subspaces of high-dimensional datasets, and has been successfully applied in many domains. In recent years, a new breed of subspace clustering algorithms, which we denote as enhanced subspace clustering algorithms, have been proposed to (1) handle the increasing abundance and complexity of data and to (2) improve the clustering results. In this survey, we present these enhanced approaches to subspace clustering by discussing the problems they are solving, their cluster definitions and algorithms. Besides enhanced subspace clustering, we also present the basic subspace clustering and the related works in high-dimensional clustering.     

Overcoming challenges in the study of nitrided microalloyed steels using atom probe

Nitrided steels are widely used in the engineering field due to their superior hardness and other attractive properties. Atom probe tomography (APT) was employed to study two Nb-microalloyed CASTRIP steels with different N contents. A major challenge of using APT to study this group of materials is the presence of tails after Fe peaks in the mass spectra, which overestimates the composition for alloying elements such as Nb and Cu in the steels. One important factor that contributes to the tails is believed to be delayed field evaporation from Fe²⁺. This artefact of the mass spectrum was observed to be the most severe when voltage pulsing was used. The application of laser pulses with energy ranging from 0.2 to 1.2 nJ successfully reduced the tails and lead to better compositional measurement accuracy. Spatial resolution in the z-direction (along the tip direction) was observed to be less affected by changing laser energy but deteriorates in x-y direction with increasing laser energy. This investigation suggests that pulsed-laser atom probe with ∼0.4 nJ laser energy can be used to study this group of materials with improved mass resolution while still maintaining high spatial resolution.     

三维快速自旋回波(SPACE)——序列原理及其应用

二维快速自旋回波(Two Dimensional Turbo Spin Echo,2D TSE)是目前临床应用十分广泛的一项成像技术。通 过与隔层扫描技术相结合,2D TSE 已在短时间内迅速应用于整个大脑的成像。由于射频能量吸收率(Specific Absorption Rate,SAR)以及 T2 衰减的影响,TSE 数据采集效率难以满足三维成像的要求。SPACE(Sampling Perfection with Application-optimized Contrasts by using different flip angle Evolutions)在 TSE 的基础上,采用非选择回聚脉冲和可变翻转 角,克服了 SAR 和 T2 衰减的影响,满足了临床对三维 TSE 的需求。文章将详细介绍 SPACE 的基本原理,分析成像参 数对图像质量的影响,并简单介绍 SPACE 在人体各个部位的临床应用及其前景展望。     

Comparison of modified injection molding and conventional machining in biodegradable behavior of perforated cannulated magnesium hip stents

In this study,perforated cannulated magnesium(Mg)hip stents were fabricated via modified Mg injection molding and conventional machining,respectively.Additionally,the stent canal was filled with paraffin to simulate injection of biomaterials.The microstructure,mechanical performance,corrosion behavior,and biocompatibility were comparably studied.Scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS)showed higher affinity of interstitial element such as oxygen and carbon as consequences of routine molding process.After immersion in SBF,machining stents showed reduced degradation rate and increased deposition of calcium phosphate compared to molding stents.Corrosion resistance was improved via paraffin-filling.Consistently,the hemolysis and in vitro osteoblast cell culture models showed favourable biocompatibility in machining stents compared to molding ones,which was improved by paraffin-filling treatment as well.These results implied that the feasibility of the prepared machining stents as the potential in vivo orthopaedic application where slower degradation is required,which could be enhanced by designing canal-filling injection of biomaterials as well.