Fair‐Weather Friends: Evidence of Lipoxin Dysregulation in Neurodegeneration

Lipoxins (LXs) are autacoids, specialized proresolving lipid mediators (SPMs) acting locally in a paracrine or autocrine fashion. They belong to a complex superfamily of dietary small polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)–metabolites, which direct potent cellular responses to resolve inflammation and restore tissue homeostasis. Together, these SPM activities have been intensely studied in systemic inflammation and acute injury or infection, but less is known about LX signaling and activities in the central nervous system. LXs are derived from arachidonic acid, an omega‐6 PUFA. In addition to well‐established roles in systemic inflammation resolution, they have increasingly become implicated in regulating neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative processes. In particular, chronic inflammation plays a central role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology, and dysregulated LX production and activities have been reported in a variety of AD rodent models and clinical tissue samples, yet with complex and sometimes conflicting results. In addition, reduced LX production following retinal injury has been reported recently by the authors, and an intriguing direct neuronal activity promoting survival and homeostasis in retinal and cortical neurons is demonstrated. Here, the authors review and clarify this growing literature and suggest new research directions to further elaborate the role of lipoxins in neurodegeneration.     

晶须取向对SiCw/6061Al复合材料热压缩变形行为的影响

采用SEM 和 Magiscan-2A 图像分析系统研究了晶须取向对SiCw/6061Al复合材料在300℃压缩变形行为的影响.结果表明:晶须取向影响着晶须折断程度和转动角度; 随着晶须取向角的增加,晶须转动和折断行为所导致的软化效果下降.同时晶须取向也影响复合材料的热压缩应力-应变曲线的形状.在热压缩变形过程中,晶须取向角为0°和30°的复合材料表现出明显应变软化现象, 晶须取向角为45°的复合材料无明显软化现象.晶须取向角为90℃的复合材料表现出应变硬化现象.     

PP－g－AA的制备和表征

用熔融接枝方法制备了聚丙烯－ｇ－丙烯酸（ＰＰ－ｇ－ＡＡ）。用光电子能谱，广角Ｘ射线衍射，红外光谱和化学滴定方法对接枝物进行了定性和定量表征。讨论了单体和引发剂浓度对接枝率的影响，确定了用红外光谱法测定接枝物含量的经验公式     

Biaxiale Ermüdung reibrührgeschweißter Strukturelemente

Biaxial fatigue of friction stir welded stiffened panels Within the framework of the European WelAir project, cruciform specimens made from stiffening FSW overlap joints were fatigued in the DLR biaxial test rig. To resemble the loading situation of pressurized fuselage structures, proportional loading without any phase shift, but with different load ratios λ between the loading components in both directions was applied.Natural crack initiation and subsequent crack growth were governed by the stiffness gradient caused by introducing the stringer. Cracks initiated and propagated at run‐in and run‐out locations in a direction perpendicular to the weld seam. The shortest fatigue life was observed for uniaxial loading in welding direction (λ = 0). An additional stress component perpendicular to the joint line (λ > 0) resulted in a higher number of cycles to failure. Similar to single stringer panels, increasing the load ratio also increased the number of cycles to failure for FSW clip‐stringer structural members, but additionally gives a different location of the fatal crack.     

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GROWTH OF SMALL CORNER FATIGUE CRACKS IN ALUMINIUM 6061-T651

Results of an experimental investigation of the fatigue growth of small corner cracks emanating from small flaws are presented. Growth-arrest behaviour was observed, and increases in crack length during growth periods were of the order of the transverse grain size. For the test material, the corner crack front intersects, on average, only three–six grains in the small crack regime monitored, so only a small number of constrained, interior grains is encountered. It is suggested that the presence of partially constrained surface grains may contribute to the 'anomalous' growth behaviour which has been observed by a number of investigators.
The crack growth histories of the test data presented exhibit considerable scatter. It is shown that a Student's t -test can be used to estimate confidence intervals in order to provide a measure of the observed scatter. The variation in confidence intervals in the transition from small to long fatigue crack growth is discussed.     

Effect of atmospheric pollutants on the corrosion of high power electrical conductors: Part 1. Aluminium and AA6201 alloy

The aim of this study was to evaluate the joint effect of marine and industrial pollutants on the atmospheric corrosion of aluminium and its AA6201 alloy. Weight loss was determined after 4, 11, 16 and 24 months exposure being morphology and attack intensity analysed through SEM-EDX. Both materials showed the most intense attack for the highest SO₂ contents. Good correlation among weight loss, attack depth and tensile strength to rupture with time and with pollutant contents was determined for both materials in most sites. The cause for low aggressiveness of the heaviest Cl⁻ polluted atmosphere on aluminium was electrochemically demonstrated.     

Influence of the aluminum surface on the final results of a two-step anodizing

1050 Aluminum alloy sheets were used to analyze the influence of a surface treatment on the characteristics of the alumina layer formed in a two-step anodizing. The study was mainly focused on two pretreatment steps, electropolishing and acid etching, as well as on the intermediate stripping step. The pretreatment procedure was optimized by accounting for the chemical nature of the substrate, with the results indicating that additional pretreatment steps enhanced the self-ordered porous arrangement. The E-t curves recorded during the experiments demonstrated that the best alumina layers were obtained when the first barrier layer had a high resistance; i.e., a high anodizing potential. The application time of the stripping step was optimized to clean the surface from alumina remains, without damaging the aluminum substrate. By optimizing all of these experimental conditions, we were able to obtain porous anodic aluminum oxide layers displaying ordered domains several hundreds of nanometers in length.     

反挤压对SiCw/6061力学性能影响的实验研究

以挤压工艺对SiCw/6061复合材料力学性能的影响为研究目标,通过改变挤压温度、挤压比以及凸模中心锥角等工艺参数,系统分析了挤压铸造制备的SiCw/6061复合材料反挤压变形前后强度、塑性及硬度的变化规律.研究表明,挤压变形可以有效地提升复合材料试件的各项力学性能指标;随着挤压温度的升高,试件的屈服强度、抗拉强度均呈现升高的变化趋势,延伸率先显著增大而后略有减小,硬度则呈现下降的趋势;随着挤压比的增加,试件的强度、塑性及硬度均呈现上升趋势;随着凸模中心锥角的增大,试件的屈服强度、抗拉强度均呈现先升高后下降的趋势,延伸率及硬度则随着锥角的增加始终呈上升趋势.     

VAc/AA改性的VAE乳液高速接嘴卷烟胶的研制

介绍了VAc/AA改性的VAE乳液高速接嘴卷烟胶的制备方法。研究了各种因素对胶粘剂性能的影响。结果表明 :VAc/AA用量增加 ,VAE乳液的粘接性能增强。选择与VAE乳液相适应的乳化剂和控制适宜的pH值 ,可以增加VAE乳液的稳定性。采用滴加引发剂和混合单体的方法 ,可以避免过速反应产生及大粒径胶粒生成     

基于无线疲劳监测系统的铝合金材料疲劳损伤研究

铝合金材料具有重量轻、强度高等特点,是国民经济发展的重要基础材料,在诸多领域(如飞行器设计与制造、建筑装饰等)中占有十分重要的地位。然而,其抗疲劳性能较差,在交变荷载作用下容易产生疲劳裂纹和发生疲劳破坏。提出了一种基于无线疲劳监测系统的铝合金材料疲劳损伤研究方法,实时监测了铝合金构件的疲劳应变,并实时分析了构件的疲劳损伤状况,为研究铝合金材料的疲劳性能提供了可借鉴性的方法。