Performance Comparisons of Five Different SPF Mouse Transport Containers

[Objectives]This study aimed at providing gist for selecting qualified transport containers by comparing the performance of common SPF mouse transport containers at home and abroad,and laying a foundation for subsequent improvement of transport containers.[Methods]In this study,5 different transport containers were selected,and their microbial filtration performance,ventilation,sterilization method and flux,and other related design and construction were analyzed.[Results]The results showed all 5 SPF mouse transport containers can provide enough air for the survival of mouse and protect them from bacterial infections.Transport container B and D are superior to others on one-time sterilization flux and deformation degree after autoclaving.Furthermore,taking into account the related design and construction of these transport containers,such as viewing window and carrying handle,the result of comprehensive comparison is that the transport container D>A>E>C>B.[Conclusions]In summary,the 5 SPF transport containers tested in this study can all satisfy the basic demand of SPF mouse transportation,but each transport container has its own advantages and disadvantages on storage space,deformation degree after autoclaving and other aspects.Thus,SPF mouse transport containers should be selected by different demand.

Quantifying structural distortion manipulation for desired perovskite phase:PartⅡ.Three-step workflow to reveal phase evolution logic

Distortion manipulation emerges as an efficient approach to obtain desired perovskite phases for various applications.In part I of this study,we propose a paradigm to quantify the structural distortion manipulation,which enables us to obtain desired perovskite phases by translating relevant materials research into a single mathematical question.As part II of this continuous study,we construct normalized structures by introducing all possible couplings of dominant distortions into a cubic supercell and then compare them with variously shaped primitive/conventional cells known in the database.The structure comparison demonstrates that distortions are the only cause for phase and property variations.This confirms that our proposed distortion parameters can be directly used to construct phases,providing theoretical support for the paradigm in Part I.Given the limited number of distortion types,we identify that the positional relations involved in distortion arrangements and couplings are the keys to describe numerous phases.Furtherly,a three-step workflow is proposed with core contents related to the positional relation,distortion hierarchy,and distortion-component-generation ordering in spatial dimension,respectively.The definition basis and value changes of distortion/model parameters in this workflow illustration provide guidelines about how to reveal the logic behind the perovskite phase evolution.

2-local unstable homotopy groups of indecomposable A^(2)_(3)-complexes

In this paper,we calculate the 2-local unstable homotopy groups of indecomposable A^(2)_(3)-complexes.The main technique used is analysing the homotopy property of J(A,X),defined by Gray(1973) for a CW-pair(X,A),which is homotopy equivalent to the homotopy fibre of the pinch map X∪CA→∑A.