Optical Analysis of Hg2+ Ions by Oligonucleotide–Gold-Nanoparticle Hybrids and DNA-Based Machines

Zwei verschiedene optische Methoden für die Analyse von Hg2+-Ionen, die auf der Bildung von Thymin-Hg2+-Komplexen beruhen, werden vorgestellt. Bei diesen Methoden werden die Hg2+-Ionen mithilfe aggregierter Goldnanopartikel und einer auf der DNA-Chemie basierenden Maschine (siehe Schema) analysiert.

Enzymatic activities in constructed wetlands and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) biodegradation

The bioaccumulation of phthalate acid esters (PAEs) from industrial products and their mutagenic action has been suggested to be a potential threat to human health. The effects of the most frequently identified PAE, Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), and its biodegradation, were examined by comparison of two small scale plots (SSP) of integrated vertical-flow constructed wetlands. The influent DBP concentration was 9.84 mg l(-1) in the treatment plot and the control plot received no DBP. Soil enzymatic activities of dehydrogenase, catalase, protease, phosphatase, urease, cellulase, beta-glucosidase, were measured in the two SSP after DBP application for 1 month and 2 months, and 1 month after the final application. Both treatment and control had significantly higher enzyme activity in the surface soil than in the subsurface soil (P < 0.001) and greater enzyme activity in the down-flow chamber than in the up-flow chamber (P < 0.05). In the constructed wetlands, DBP enhanced the activities of dehydrogenase, catalase, protease, phosphatase and inhibited the activities of urease, cellulase and beta-glucosidase. However, urease, cellulase, beta-glucosidase activities were restored 1 month following the final DBP addition. Degradation of DBP was greater in the surface soil and was reduced in sterile soil, indicating that this process may be mediated by aerobic microorgansims. DBP degradation fitted a first-order model, and the kinetic equation showed that the rate constant was 0.50 and 0.17 d(-1), the half-life was 1.39 and 4.02 d, and the r(2) was 0.99 and 0.98, in surface and subsurface soil, respectively. These results indicate that constructed wetlands are able to biodegrade organic PA-Es such as DBP. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

受限正规树文法与基于正则表达式包含判定的类型检查

XML简单灵活的特性使得XML在网络服务、关系数据库以及形式化研究等领域得到应用。同时，XML处理的技术不断发展，近期的研究表明静态类型化的处理方式在XML处理的有关方面有重要的优势。静态类型化XML处理技术是将XML的模式语言作为程序语言的基本数据类型，在程序运行之前进行静态的类型检查，从而确保运行时的类型安全。目前大多数静态类型系统采用正则表达式类型作为基本类型，正则表达式类型与树自动机是一一对应的。 子类型关系判定是类型检查中的核心问题。语义子类型的方法在静态类型化XML处理中有很多优点。在这种子类型判定方法中，类型被看成是值的集合，子类型关系判定转化为集合的包含判定。目前广泛应用的XML的模式语言如DTD、XML Schema等都是正规树语言的子类。正规树语言的包含问题是可判定的。在类型检查中，正则表达式类型的实现是基于树自动机的，子类型关系判定转化为树自动机的包含判定，效率较低。 本文提出了一种基于正则表达式包含判定的类型检查方法。由于DTD是目前使用最普遍的XML模式语言，因此本文首先提出针对DTD的类型检查方法，然后在此基础上进行扩展，提出了产生式不相交的正规树文法的概念以及针对该受限树文法的类型检查方法。DTD以及XML Schema等常用的XML模式语言均可由该树文法直接描述。在本文的方法中，子类型关系判定的过程不需要构造树自动机，而是根据类型表达式的树状结构自下而上地进行检查，每一层的检查基于正则表达式的包含判定，同时在判定过程中利用了树文法中的标号与类型之间的联系。该方法可以针对不同种类的正则表达式使用不同的包含判定算法。通过采用一种称为消除局部递归类型的策略，使得对并类型的子类型关系判定比基于树自动机的类型检查方法更加简单。本文实现了上述类型检查方法，并通过相应的实验说明该方法的可行性以及有效性。同时分析比较了已有的XML类型检查的方法与基于正则表达式包含判定的类型检查方法的优缺点。

本体辅助的自动化模式匹配技术

在基于映射的数据交换系统框架下,提出了一种本体辅助的模式匹配方法.它利用WordNet词汇本体和决策树学习相结合的方法进行属性名称匹配,构建数据类型本体计算属性数据类型的语义距离,依赖领域本体发现一对多的语义匹配关系,这3个过程逐步提高了匹配质量.建立在实际应用数据上的实验结果表明,该方法具有较高的精确度和召回率.

Homogeneous Epitaxial Growth of N,N '-di(n-butyl)quinacridone Thin Films on Ag(110)

The structural evolution of the ordered N-N' dibutyl-substituted quinacridone (QA4C) multilayers (3 MLs) has been monitored in situ and in real time at various substrate temperatures using low energy electron diffraction (LEED) during organic molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Experimental results of LEED patterns clearly reveal that the structure of the multilayer strongly depends on the substrate temperature. Multilayer growth can be achieved at the substrate temperatures below 300 K, while at the higher temperatures we can only get one ordered monolayer of QA4C. Two kinds of structures, the commensurate and incommensurate one, often coexist in the QA4C multilayer. With a method of the two-step substrate temperatures, the incommensurate one can be suppressed, and the commensurate, on the other hand, more similar to the (001) plane of the QA4C bulk crystal, prevails with the layer of QA4C increasing to 3 MLs. The two structures in the multilayers are compressed slightly in comparison to the original ones in the first monolayer.

Di-nuclear systems studied with the velocity filter SHIP

Various nuclear reactions like quasi-fission, fusion-fission or particle and cluster evaporation from excited compound nuclei were studied in heavy-ion reactions at the velocity filter SHIP of GSI. The velocity filter offers the possibility to detect all reaction products under zero degree relative to the beam direction. Together with the measurement of the product velocity distribution this allows for an identification of the underlying reaction mechanism. This article is focussed on reactions of Mg-25 and Ni-64 beams on Pb-206,Pb-207 targets at energies of 5.9 x A MeV and 8.7 x A MeV. Besides evaporation residues from Mg-25 + Pb-206 collisions we found evidence for rotation and quasi-fission of nuclear molecules formed in the entrance channel after the capture stage. The break-up of the systems showed a preferred clustering leading to isotopes in the region 84 <= Z <= 88 and 122 <= N <= 127 of the chart of nuclei.

Nuclear potential and fusion cross sections for synthesizing super-heavy elements in di-nuclear systems

A double folding method with simplified Skyreme-type nucleon-nucleon interaction is used to calculate the nuclear interaction potential between two nuclei. The calculation is performed in tip-to-tip orientation of the two nuclei if they are deformed. Based on this methods, the potential energy surfaces, the fusion probabilities and the evaporation residue cross sections for some cold fusion reactions leading to super-heavy elements within di-nuclear system model are evaluated. It is indicated that after the improvement, the exponential decreasing systematics of the fusion probability with increasing charge number of projectile on the Pb based target become better and the evaporation residue cross sections are in better agreement with the experimental data.

Azimuthal di-hadron correlations in d plus Au and Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV measured at the STAR detector

Yields, correlation shapes, and mean transverse momenta p(T) of charged particles associated with intermediate-to high-p(T) trigger particles (2.5 < p(T) < 10 GeV/c) in d + Au and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV are presented. For associated particles at higher p(T) greater than or similar to 2.5 GeV/c, narrow correlation peaks are seen in d + Au and Au + Au, indicating that the main production mechanism is jet fragmentation. At lower associated particle pT < 2 GeV/c, a large enhancement of the near- (Delta phi similar to 0) and away-side (Delta phi similar to pi) associated yields is found, together with a strong broadening of the away-side azimuthal distributions in Au + Au collisions compared to d + Au measurements, suggesting that other particle production mechanisms play a role. This is further supported by the observed significant softening of the away-side associated particle yield distribution at Delta phi similar to pi in central Au + Au collisions.

Effect of the nucleating agent 1,3 : 2,4-di(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene) sorbitol on the gamma phase content of propylene/ethylene copolymer

The influence of the concentration of a nucleating agent (NA), namely 1,3:2,4-di(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene) sorbitol (DMDBS), on the gamma phase content in a propylene/ethylene copolymer was investigated by means of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction (WAXD), Small- Angle X-ray Scatter (SAXS) and Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM).