Amino-acid synthesis in carbonaceous meteorites by aqueous alteration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

It has been suggested that amino acids and other organic compounds found in carbonaceous meteorites formed by aqueous alteration in the meteorite parent bodies. Observations of carbonaceous material in interstellar grains and interplanetary dust particles indicate that condensed organic compounds may have been present in meteorite parent bodies at the time of aqueous alteration. One group of compounds thought to be representative of this carbonaceous material is the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Recently it was proposed that PAHs condense on SiC grains in the molecular envelopes of carbon-rich red-giant stars, which would allow for their subsequent incorporation into meteorite parent bodies during accretion. This incorporation mechanism is supported by the identification of SiC grains in carbonaceous chondrites. The possibility therefore exists that PAHs, and/or other condensed organic compounds, represent the starting material for aqueous alteration which leads to the formation of amino acids and other water-soluble organic compounds. Here we present calculations of the distribution of aqueous organic compounds in metastable equilibrium with representative PAHs as functions of the fugacities of O2, CO2 and NH3. The results reported here for pyrene and fluoranthene, two PAHs with different structures but the same stoichiometry, differ greatly but indicate that the formation of amino and carboxylic acids is energetically favourable at probable parent-body alteration conditions. The actual reaction mechanisms involved could be revealed by consideration of isotope data for PAHs, amino acids, other organic compounds and carbonates in carbonaceous chondrites.     

Sex pheromone of the pine sawflyDiprion pini (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae): Chemical identification,synthesis and biological activity

The main component of the sex pheromone secretion of femaleDiprion pini L. (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) from insects collected both in Finland and in France has been identified as athreo-3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol (8 ng per female) stereoisomer by GC-MS and synthesis. The secretion also contains lower and higher homologues in small amounts (1–4% of the main component). Combined gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection showed activity in both natural and esterified extracts (acetates and propionates); the esters of the main component gave the largest responses. The acetates and propionates of the eight stereoisomers of 3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol were synthesized from enantiomerically highly enriched (>99% ee) building blocks. The stereochemistry of the main component was established to be (2S,3R,7R)-3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol by GC analysis of the natural material. It was purified by liquid chromatography prior to the GC analysis of both its pentafluorobenzoates and its isopropylcarbamates on a non-chiral polar column (ECD) and a chiral column (NPD), respectively. Field tests demonstrated that both the acetate and propionate of the main component (100 g of each applied on cotton roll dispensers) were active in attracting males, with or without the presence of several of the minor compounds. Experiments with smaller amounts of the acetate and the propionate (1 g in France and 50 g in Finland) demonstrated that the propionate was more active than the acetate, and that it also caught more males than a blend of the two compounds.     

改进的SIFT特征匹配算法

针对SIFT特征匹配算法在特征空间中进行历遍搜索,匹配速度慢的问题,提出一种金字塔层间匹配算法。首先,根据特征点所处金字塔层不同将特征点划分为不同的集合,其次,选择待配准图像金字塔中某一层集合,在基准图像金字塔中寻找相似层,并确定待配准图像金字塔与基准图像金字塔层之间的相似关系,最后,在相似层之间寻找匹配点。待配准图像中的选择层集合由金字塔底层到顶层,寻找相似层所用时间依次缩短。与原算法相比,该算法具有相同的旋转稳定性。将该算法与原算法分别应用实际图像配准中,结果表明:可见光图像配准中,匹配速度提高了3.2倍,正确匹配率提高了10.3％,红外图像配准中,匹配速度提高1.4倍,正确匹配率达到100％。     

血清金属元素含量与缺血性脑血管病相互关系探讨

对缺血性脑血管病（ＩＣＶＤ）患者血清Ｚｎ、Ｃｕ、Ｃｒ、Ｍｇ元素进行测定,结果表明患者血清Ｃｕ、Ｃｒ、Ｍｇ含量比对照组低,Ｚｎ含量和Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ比值比对照组高,测定患者Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ比值较测定单一元素Ｚｎ、Ｃｕ更有意义。     

金属薄膜中的电导率计算

考虑到杂质和表面粗糙的散射,运用量子统计的格林函数方法,计算金属薄膜中的电导率．计算表明：在薄膜系统中,来自杂质和表面粗糙散射的电导率都以π／ｋＦ（ｋＦ为费米波矢值）为周期随厚度ｄ振荡．     

近炸引信炮口保险距离的计算

该文以国外某舰炮弹药无线电近炸引信为例,分析研究了该无线电近炸引信炮口安全保险距离有关的参量,通过对火药燃烧时间和电路延迟时间的计算推出了几种不同情况下该无线电近炸引信炮口保险距离,分析计算方法具有普遍性。     

枪口火焰光电测量方法探讨

该文简述了常用枪口火焰测量的几种方法,对各方法存在的问题下作了系统分析,类比于枪口噪声的测量科学地提出了评价枪口火焰大小及强弱的评价指标,在此基础上提出了一种行之有效的光电测试方法,文中阐明了该方法的原理及系统组成,通过枪口火焰的实弹实验,证明了该方法的可行性。     

新型钢管砼框架节点试验研究及其应用

给出了钢管混凝土框架节点的试验结果,并采用有限元法对新型节点模式进行了应力场分析。介绍了该新型节点的设计方案及在实际工程中的应用。     

Stability of the Sarcin/Ricin domain of 28S RNA in rat ribosome under hydrostatic pressure

Under 2 100 bar of hydrostatic pressure, KNA N-glycosidase can still cleave the N-C bond of adenosine at position 4324 in R/S domain of 28S RNA in rat ribosome, demonstrating that high pressure has no effect on the tertiary structure of S/R domain.