In order to screen the antioxidant capacity of commonly consumed indigenous foods of tropical region, vegetables, fruits, tea, oil seeds, legumes, spices and cereal were analyzed. Among the vegetables, green chili sho...In order to screen the antioxidant capacity of commonly consumed indigenous foods of tropical region, vegetables, fruits, tea, oil seeds, legumes, spices and cereal were analyzed. Among the vegetables, green chili showed the highest total oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORACFL) and lipophilic ORAC (L-ORACFL); whereas, bean showed highest hydrophilic ORAC (H-ORACFL) content. The H-ORACFL of vegetable samples varied between 2.26 to 23.08 ~tmol of Trolox equivalent (TE)/g of fresh weight (FW) and L-ORACFL content widely varied from 0.20 (sweet pumpkin) to 16.95 (green chili). The range of H-ORACFL values of fruits showed large variation (0.45-178 Ixmol of TE/g FW). All four different types of tea showed high H-ORACFL (1,295.84-2,709.11 lamol of TE/g), in contrast to negligible amount of L-ORACFL. In legumes, H-ORACFL content ranged from 16.22 to 140.54; whereas, L-ORACFL ranged from 4.43 to 25.78. Porso millets showed higher L-ORACFL value (19.4) as compared to H-ORACFL (0.8). In case of spices, L-ORACFL content varied from 29.75 ± 0.00 to 1,575.24 ± 39.63, which is considerably higher as compared to H-ORACFL (61.68 ± 1.71 to 272.82± 1.05) content. Comparatively, spices showed much higher H-ORACFL values as compared to fruits analyzed. In case of selective vegetables, fruits and tea samples, the total phenol content was highly correlated with the H-ORACFL content.展开更多
Low energy gamma radiation (0.2-10.0) MeV near the Earth's surface has several origins. Primary and secondary cosmic radiations with interactions of very high energy protons (〉 1 GeV) in terrestrial atmosphere a...Low energy gamma radiation (0.2-10.0) MeV near the Earth's surface has several origins. Primary and secondary cosmic radiations with interactions of very high energy protons (〉 1 GeV) in terrestrial atmosphere are the main sources. The second most important source near the surface of the Earth and in the tropical and equatorial regions is the radon gas (Rn-222) that decays in alpha particles and gamma rays in this energy range. Also the telluric radionuclides 238U, 235U, 40K and 232Th in decays produce gamma radiation with different intensities at different locations on the surface of the Earth. Other sources less present are electrical discharges (lightning strikes) and man-made radioactive sources for medical, dental and industrial applications. In this work, it is shown that measurements of these components during all year 2016 are carried out at the ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics) campus in Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil and their possible correlations with atmospheric phenomena.展开更多
The free electron gas in a uniform magnetic field at low temperature is restudied. The grand partition function previously obtained by Landau's quantitative calculation contains three parts, which are all approximate...The free electron gas in a uniform magnetic field at low temperature is restudied. The grand partition function previously obtained by Landau's quantitative calculation contains three parts, which are all approximate. An improved calculation is presented, in which two of the three parts are obtained in exact forms. A simple remedy for Landau and Lifshitz's qualitative calculation in the textbook is also given, which turns the qualitative result into the same one as obtained by the improved quantitative calculation. The chemical potential is solved approximately and the thermodynamic quantities are caiculated explicitly in both a weak field and a strong field. The thermodynamic quantities in a strong field obtained here contain both non-oscillating and oscillating corrections to the corresponding results derived from Landau's grand partition function. In particular, Landau's grand partition function is not sufficiently accurate to yield our nonzero results for the specific heat and the entropy. An error in the Laplace-transform method for the problem is corrected. The results previously obtained by this method are also improved.展开更多
文摘In order to screen the antioxidant capacity of commonly consumed indigenous foods of tropical region, vegetables, fruits, tea, oil seeds, legumes, spices and cereal were analyzed. Among the vegetables, green chili showed the highest total oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORACFL) and lipophilic ORAC (L-ORACFL); whereas, bean showed highest hydrophilic ORAC (H-ORACFL) content. The H-ORACFL of vegetable samples varied between 2.26 to 23.08 ~tmol of Trolox equivalent (TE)/g of fresh weight (FW) and L-ORACFL content widely varied from 0.20 (sweet pumpkin) to 16.95 (green chili). The range of H-ORACFL values of fruits showed large variation (0.45-178 Ixmol of TE/g FW). All four different types of tea showed high H-ORACFL (1,295.84-2,709.11 lamol of TE/g), in contrast to negligible amount of L-ORACFL. In legumes, H-ORACFL content ranged from 16.22 to 140.54; whereas, L-ORACFL ranged from 4.43 to 25.78. Porso millets showed higher L-ORACFL value (19.4) as compared to H-ORACFL (0.8). In case of spices, L-ORACFL content varied from 29.75 ± 0.00 to 1,575.24 ± 39.63, which is considerably higher as compared to H-ORACFL (61.68 ± 1.71 to 272.82± 1.05) content. Comparatively, spices showed much higher H-ORACFL values as compared to fruits analyzed. In case of selective vegetables, fruits and tea samples, the total phenol content was highly correlated with the H-ORACFL content.
文摘Low energy gamma radiation (0.2-10.0) MeV near the Earth's surface has several origins. Primary and secondary cosmic radiations with interactions of very high energy protons (〉 1 GeV) in terrestrial atmosphere are the main sources. The second most important source near the surface of the Earth and in the tropical and equatorial regions is the radon gas (Rn-222) that decays in alpha particles and gamma rays in this energy range. Also the telluric radionuclides 238U, 235U, 40K and 232Th in decays produce gamma radiation with different intensities at different locations on the surface of the Earth. Other sources less present are electrical discharges (lightning strikes) and man-made radioactive sources for medical, dental and industrial applications. In this work, it is shown that measurements of these components during all year 2016 are carried out at the ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics) campus in Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil and their possible correlations with atmospheric phenomena.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10675174
文摘The free electron gas in a uniform magnetic field at low temperature is restudied. The grand partition function previously obtained by Landau's quantitative calculation contains three parts, which are all approximate. An improved calculation is presented, in which two of the three parts are obtained in exact forms. A simple remedy for Landau and Lifshitz's qualitative calculation in the textbook is also given, which turns the qualitative result into the same one as obtained by the improved quantitative calculation. The chemical potential is solved approximately and the thermodynamic quantities are caiculated explicitly in both a weak field and a strong field. The thermodynamic quantities in a strong field obtained here contain both non-oscillating and oscillating corrections to the corresponding results derived from Landau's grand partition function. In particular, Landau's grand partition function is not sufficiently accurate to yield our nonzero results for the specific heat and the entropy. An error in the Laplace-transform method for the problem is corrected. The results previously obtained by this method are also improved.