由丙烯生产丙烯酸功效改进的单反应器法

本发明涉及一种从丙烯生产丙烯酸的改进方法。在该方法中使用单一反应器，增加了反应物中丙烯的量，因而提高了功效和总产量。(美国)

Initial Research of Four Strobilurin Fungicides' Effect on the Quality and Yield Formation of Fruit Vegetables

Objective] The effects of four QoI fungicides on potato and tomato and cumumber quality and yield formation under disease-free conditions were studied in order to research the physiological effects of four QoI fungicides on these fruit veg-etables and explore the range of minium dose for the obvious physiological effect and the dose for the maximum effect. [Method] The effects of four strobilurin fungi-cides on yield formation and quality were studied under disease-free conditions in the field. Two applications of each strobilurin fungicide were designed. The yield and commercial ratio for each application were investigated. [Results] The minimum dose for the obvious physical effect on potato and tomato and cucumber was lower than 133 mg/L , the dose for maximum effect on patoto and cucumber of the four stro-bilurin fungicides maybe also lower than 667 mg/L. The dose of fenaminstrobin and pyraoxystrobin for maximum effect on tomato maybe also lower than 667 mg/L. [Conclusion] The study suggested that enotroburin, fenaminstrobin, pyrametostrobin and pyraoxystrobin were able to increase the yield and ratio of high quality potato and cucumber and tomato.

Advances in the Research and Development of Acrylic Acid Production from Biomass

The shortage of petroleum has resulted in worldwide efforts to produce chemicals from renewable resources. Among these attempts, the possibility of producing acrylic acid from biomass has caught the eye of many researchers. Converting the carbohydrates first to lactic acid by fermentation and then dehydrating lactic acid to acrylic acid is hitherto the most effective way for producing acrylic acid from biomass. While the lactic acid fer- mentation has been commercialized since longer times, the dehydration process of lactic acid is still under development because of its low yield. Further efforts should be made before this process became economically feasible. Because of the existence of acrylic acid pathways in some microorganisms, strain improvement and metabolic engineering provides also a possibilitv to produce acrylic acid directly from biomass by fermentation.

Study on graft copolymerization of chitosan with AA （acrylic acid） and flocculating ability of the product

Graft copolymerization is one of the most attractive methods to modify natural polymers. In this study, graft copolymerization of acylic acid onto chitosan in aqueous media by ceric ammonium nitrate was investigated. The graft copolymerization reaction was carried out in a three necked flask maintained at 70＋/-0.05 ℃ under nitrogen atmosphere in a homogeneous aqueous phase （containing a small potion of acetic acid） by using ceric ammonium nitrate as an initiator. Evidence of grafting was obtained. The synthetic conditions were systematically optimized through studying the influential factors on grafting. The effectiveness of each individual factor was investigated by calculating and monitoring the variations of the grafting parameters [like monomer conversation Cm, grafting efficiency （Ge） and viscosity]. Under optimum conditions monomer conversion of 100.5% and graft efficiency of 94% were obtained, at temperature of 70℃. Flocculating ability of the copolymerization product of chitosan was studied by using Kaolin suspension as the flocculating object. And the application of the product was applied in Huayue dyeing plant. The results indicate that the higher the viscosity is, the better the flocculating ability of the copolymerization product of chitosan will be. The flocculating percentage reaches 96.0%, when the concentration of the product is only 1.0 mg/L and pH fixed at 7.0. Suitable separating mixtures for the grafted copolymer were chosen and the investigation of flocculation ability of the grafted copolymer was carried out with the aim of developing a good flocculant for wastewater treatment. A test of treating dyeing wastewater with the grafted copolymer was carried out and showed that grafting of Acrylic Acid with chitosan has a high COD removal rate 75% to the dyeing wastewater when the concentration is only 6.0 mg/L.

Novel biosensor-based microarray assay for detecting rs8099917 and rs12979860 genotypes

AIM:To evaluate a novel biosensor-based microarray(BBM) assay for detecting rs12979860 and rs8099917 genotypes.METHODS:Four probes specific for rs8099917C/T or rs12979860G/T detection and three sets of quality control probes were designed,constructed and arrayed on an optical biosensor to develop a microarray assay.Two sets of primers were used in a one tube polymerase chain reaction(PCR) system to amplify two target fragments simultaneously.The biosensor microarray contained probes that had been sequenced to confirm that they included the rs8099917C/T or rs12979860G/T alleles of interest and could serve as the specific assay standards.In addition to rehybridization of four probes of known sequence,a total of 40 clinical samples collected from hepatitis C seropositive patients were also tested.The target fragments of all 40 samples were amplified in a 50 μL PCR system.Ten μL of each amplicon was tested by BBM assay,and another 40 μL was used for sequencing.The agreement of the results obtained by the two methods was tested statistically using the kappa coefficient.The sensitivity of the BBM assay was evaluated using serial dilutions of ten clinical blood samples containing 10 3-10 4 white cells/μL.RESULTS:As shown by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis,two target segments of the interleukin 28Bassociated polymorphisms(SNPs) were successfully amplified in the one-tube PCR system.The lengths of the two amplified fragments were consistent with the known length of the target sequences,137 and 159 bps.After hybridization of the PCR amplicons with the probes located on the BBM array,the signals of each allele of both the rs8099917 SNPs and rs12979860 SNPs were observed simultaneously and were clearly visible by the unaided eye.The signals were distinct from each other,could be interpreted visually,and accurately recorded using an ordinary digital camera.To evaluate the specificity of the assay,both the plasmids and clinical samples were applied to the microarray.First,30 PCR amplicons of the various SNP alleles were hybridized on the BBM microarray.Full agreement between plasmids and the BBM assay was observed,with 30/30 correct matches(100%).The kappa value for the BBM assay with plasmids was 1.00(P < 0.05).For the 40 clinical blood samples,the BBM assay hybridization and direct sequencing results were compared for each amplicon.For patient blood samples,agreement was 28/28 for rs8099917T/T,9/11 for rs8099917T/G,1/1 for rs8099917G/G,24/24 for rs12979860C/C,11/14 for rs12979860C/T,and 2/2 for rs12979860T/T.Only five clinical samples of amplicon assay and direct sequencing results were discordant and heterozygotes:2/11 rs8099917T/G and 3/14 rs12979860C/T.The agreement of outcomes between BBM assay and direct sequencing for the detection of rs8099917 and rs12979860 was 95% and 92.5%,respectively;and the corresponding kappa values were 0.88 and 0.85(A kappa value > 0.75 was defined as substantial agreement).The BBM assay and sequencing had similar specificities for detection and identification of the two SNPs and their alleles.The sensitivity evaluation showed that the BBM assay could detect and identify SNP sequences present in blood samples containing as few as 10 2 white blood cells/μL.CONCLUSION:This biosensor microarray assay was highly specific,sensitive,rapid and easy to perform.It is compatible with clinical practice for detection of rs8099917 and rs12979860.