Age distribution of circulatingα-interferon

Summary A sensitive radioimmunoassay showed that circulating -interferon in the plasma of healthy individuals was low in children and reached the highest level in the young adult, then declined gradually with age. Circulating -interferon was 0.201±0.059 ng/ml in males (n=19) and 0.184±0.076 ng/ml in females (n=14) at ages 30–39 years old. It was noted that circulating -interferon was maintained up to a certain level even in elderly individuals.     

Autophagy and other vacuolar protein degradation mechanisms

Autophagic degradation of cytoplasm (including protein, RNA etc.) is a non-selective bulk process, as indicated by ultrastructural evidence and by the similarity in autophagic sequestration rates of various cytosolic enzymes with different half-lives. The initial autophagic sequestration step, performed by a poorly-characterized organelle called a phagophore, is subject tofeedback inhibition by purines and amino acids, the effect of the latter being potentiated by insulin and antagonized by glucagon. Epinephrine and other adrenergic agonists inhibit autophagic sequestration through a prazosin-sensitive ₁-adrenergic mechanism. The sequestration is also inhibited by cAMP and by protein phosphorylation as indicated by the effects of cyclic nucleotide analogues, phosphodiesterase inhibitors and okadaic acid.Asparagine specifically inhibits autophagic-lysosomal fusion without having any significant effects on autophagic sequestration, on intralysosomal degradation or on the endocytic pathway. Autophaged material that accumulates in prelysosomal vacuoles in the presence of asparagine is accessible to endocytosed enzymes, revealing the existence of an amphifunctional organelle, the amphisome. Evidence from several cell types suggests that endocytosis may be coupled to autophagy to a variable extent, and that the amphisome may play a central role as a collecting station for material destined for lysosomal degradation.Protein degradation can also take place in a salvage compartment closely associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In this compartment unassembled protein chains are degraded by uncharacterized proteinases, while resident proteins roturn to the ER and assembled secretory and membrane proteins proceed through the Golgi apparatus. In thetrans-Golgi network some proteins are proteolytically processed by Ca²⁺-dependent proteinases; furthermore, this compartment sorts proteins to lysosomes, various membrane domains, endosomes or secretory vesicles/granules. Processing of both endogenous and exogenous proteins can occurr in endosomes, which may play a particularly important role in antigen processing and presentation. Proteins in endosomes or secretory compartments can either be exocytosed, or channeled to lysosomes for degradation. The switch mechanisms which decide between these options are subject to bioregulation by external agents (hormones and growth factors), and may play an important role in the control of protein uptake and secretion.     

Wine technology: Current trends

Conclusion Current enological research does not aim at developing technological wines whose organoleptic characteristics are basically determined by the methods used in the transformation of grape wine, but rather to refine methods which will highlight the original qualities of different cultivars and viticultural conditions.     

盾构隧道管片接缝密封垫防水耐久性试验研究

为研究盾构管片接缝橡胶密封垫的防水耐久性,开展了橡胶密封垫水热加速老化试验,并对老化后试样进行拉伸力学性能试验、试样表面电镜扫描与长期防水性能试验,分析了橡胶垫表面微观尺度下的防水失效机理;采用橡胶密封垫极限防水压力为耐久性评价指标,结合基于Arrhenius方程的p-T-t数学模型,推导了橡胶密封垫长期防水性能折减系数的预测公式。结果表明：老化后橡胶密封垫表面接触状况的恶化和橡胶材料的硬化,加速了橡胶密封垫接触面间渗漏通道的形成;橡胶密封垫防水性能随着老化时间的增加不断降低,但下降速度逐渐减小。采用提出的防水性能预测公式对广东榕江-关埠引水工程盾构隧洞实际使用的橡胶密封垫的耐久性进行了预测,预测服役100 a后的老化系数为0.390,结果相对于仅考虑橡胶材料力学性能时的预测结果偏小12.36%,对原设计使用期内频繁出现的渗漏现象提供了合理解释与更准确的寿命预测。     

老龄化背景下城轨换乘站客流组织仿真分析

针对人口老龄化背景下的城轨换乘站客流组织问题,从影响因素分析出发,量化老年乘客生理特征对乘客行动力影响的外在表现,并运用社会力模型描述换乘站内行人运动。借助AnyLogic仿真软件,以重庆市某换乘站为实验对象构建地铁换乘站仿真模型。通过设计多场景仿真实验,结果发现老年乘客比例对站内客流速度、进站时间、换乘时间都有明显影响,尤其是在站内客流瓶颈处和高差变化处的影响更为明显。最后,对适老背景下城轨车站设计和运营提出针对性建议。     

纯铁氮化层时效的透射电镜研究

用透射电镜研究了纯铁离子氮化缓冷后时效时,其扩散层中相的转变过程,并用实验力学中测定宏观应变的Moire法原理,通过对电镜水纹图象进行分析,测定了a"与a_N相间的共格应变值。     

白酒催化老熟的研究

白酒催化老熟的研究朱国彪王志祥（江苏石油化工学院应用化学系,常州２１３０１６）（东南大学化学化工系,南京２１００９６）为了缩短白酒的贮存时间,降低白酒的生产成本,提高白酒的风味质量,白酒的人工老熟引起了国内外许多学者的重视［１３］．所谓白酒的人工老...     

非离子表面活性剂非均相光催化降解试验研究

以非离子型表面活性剂－脂肪醇聚氧乙烯醚为目标污染物,投加适量光敏半导体为催化剂,在高压汞灯照射下进行实验,在探讨各种影响因素作用的基础上,提出了在弱紫外辐照下使ＡＥＯ－９降解的最佳条件组合,为逐步利用自然光源催化氧化表面活性剂提供科学依据。     

药物盐酸曲普利啶热氧降解历程及动力学研究

采用热重法、微分热重法和差热分析法研究药物盐酸曲普利啶在空气流中的热氧降解历程及动力学,从而发现该药物的热氧降解过程由５个紧连步骤组成．用Ｃｏａｔｓ－Ｒｅｄｆｅｒｎ方程进行动力学处理,确定盐酸曲普利啶热氧降解的表观反应级数均为１．１,反应活化能分别为６６．５,１１３．７,１１６．２,１５３．８和１８０．６ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ．     

H2O2氧化降解壳聚糖的动力学

为制备分子量分布较窄的可溶性低分子量壳聚糖，研究了简单均相体系下双氧水降解壳聚糖的过程与机理，考察了温度、双氧水浓度和时间对降解反应的影响，实验结果显示均相条件下壳聚糖的氧化降解符合无规降解动力学规律．同一降解体系中，同一反应时刻下，水解产物的分子量的倒数与反应温度成正比．