Desulphurization of Coke-Mixed Iron Ore Pellets

The Authors have published reports1.2 concerning the simultaneous process for making the reduced pellets on the firing stage from the coke-mixed iron ore pellets. From the above experiments almost 90% reduced & strong pellets could be obtained in a short reduction period using the pellets with coke 20% addition. This method was considered to be effective and economical, but it was liable to form the pellets containing relatively high content of sulphur because of sulphur in the redu-ctant

Improvement in Efficiency of Wireless Power Transfer of Magnetic Resonant Coupling Using Magnetoplated Wire

Wireless power transfer is expected in the use of an electric vehicle and a chip card. However, it requires a high efficiency and takes a long distance. In this paper, we propose the use of a magnetoplated wire (MPW), which is a copper wire (COW) whose circumference is plated with a magnetic thin film to improve transmission efficiency. The MPW can reduce resistances due to the proximity effect comparison with the COW. The inner diameter of COW and MPW coils is d(i) = 37 mm and their number of turns is n = 10. As a result, the resistances of the COW and MPW at the frequency f = 12 MHz are 6.8 and 4.1 Omega, respectively, which show a reduction of 40%. The quality factors of the COW and MPW at the frequency f = 12 MHz are 83 and 138, respectively, which show an increase of 66%. The efficiencies of the COW and MPW at a transmission distance of 10 mm are 69.8% and 77.7%, respectively, which show an increase of 7.9%.ArticleIEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS. 47(10):4445-4448 (2011)journal articl

Josephson junction in cobalt-doped BaFe2As2 epitaxial thin films on (La, Sr)(Al, Ta)O3 bicrystal substrates

Josephson junctions were fabricated in epitaxial films of cobalt-doped BaFe2As2 on [001]-tilt (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O3 bicrystal substrates. 10m-wide microbridges spanning a 30-degrees-tilted bicrystal grain boundary (BGB bridge) exhibited resistively-shunted-junction (RSJ)-like current-voltage characteristics up to 17 K, and the critical current was suppressed remarkably by a magnetic field. Microbridges without a BGB did not show the RSJ-like behavior, and their critical current densities were 20 times larger than those of BGB bridges, confirming BGB bridges display a Josephson effect originating from weakly-linked BGB

New NTP analogs: the synthesis of 4′-thioUTP and 4′-thioCTP and their utility for SELEX

The synthesis of the triphosphates of 4′-thiouridine and 4′-thiocytidine, 4′-thioUTP (7; thioUTP) and 4′-thioCTP (8; thioCTP), and their utility for SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment) is described. The new nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) analogs 7 and 8 were prepared from appropriately protected 4′-thiouridine and -cytidine derivatives using the one-pot method reported by J. Ludwig and F. Eckstein [(1989) J. Org. Chem., 54, 631–635]. Because SELEX requires both in vitro transcription and reverse transcription, we examined the ability of 7 and 8 for SELEX by focusing on the two steps. Incorporation of 7 and 8 by T7 RNA polymerase to give 4′-thioRNA (thioRNA) proceeded well and was superior to those of the two sets of frequently used modified NTP analogs for SELEX (2′-NH(2)dUTP and 2′-NH(2)dCTP; 2′-FdUTP and 2′-FdCTP), when an adequate leader sequence of DNA template was selected. We revealed that a leader sequence of about +15 of DNA template is important for the effective incorporation of modified NTP analogs by T7 RNA polymerase. In addition, reverse transcription of the resulting thioRNA into the complementary DNA in the presence of 2′-deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) also proceeded smoothly and precisely. The stability of the thioRNA toward RNase A was 50 times greater than that of the corresponding natural RNA. With these successful results in hand, we attempted the selection of thioRNA aptamers to human α-thrombin using thioUTP and thioCTP, and found a thioRNA aptamer with high binding affinity (K(d) = 4.7 nM)

Femtoscopic study of coupled-channel baryon-baryon interactions with S=−2S=-2

Particles and Nuclei International Conference - PANIC2021, 5 - 10 September, 2021, OnlineThe correlation functions of pΞ− and ΛΛ pairs from pp and pA collisions are studied in the coupled-channel framework using the NΞ-ΛΛ coupled-channel baryon-baryon potentials obtained in the lattice QCD calculation at almost physical quark masses. The pΞ− correlation function is calculated to be significantly enhanced from the pure Coulomb case, while the ΛΛ correlation function is slightly enhanced from that of the pure fermion quantum statistics. These features reflect the large and small scattering lengths in the pΞ− and ΛΛ channels in magnitude, and agree with the observed data by the ALICE collaboration. The agreement confirms the S = −2 baryon-baryon potentials from lattice QCD

Effect of Components Thickness on Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Single Cell of PEFC Operated at High Temperature

Since the heat transfer characteristics in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (PEFC) influences its power generation performance, this study clarifies the temperature characteristics to in-plane direction in single PEFC. In addition, since we expect the heat and mass transfer as well as power generation characteristic are enhanced by decreasing PEM and GDL’s thicknesses, it is effective to investigate the impact of components thickness on them under high temperature operation. This study aims to clarify how to influence PEM and GDL’s thicknesses on not only heat and mass transfer characteristics but also power generation characteristic under high temperature, e.g., 90 °. The present study measured temperature distributions to in-plane direction on cathode separator back of cell by thermograph with power generation changing initial operation temperature as well as relative humidity of inflow gases. As a result, the increase in generated power and the even temperature distribution were obtained due to the decrease in GDL’s thickness. Since the moisture transfer was promoted with decreasing the thickness of PEM, the power generation performance was improved. It was clarified that the impact of GDL’s thickness was larger than that of PEM’s thickness

SUMOylation of DISC1: a potential role in neural progenitor proliferation in the developing cortex

DISC1 is a multifunctional, intracellular scaffold protein. At the cellular level, DISC1 plays a pivotal role in neural progenitor proliferation, migration, and synaptic maturation. Perturbation of the biological pathways involving DISC1 is known to lead to behavioral changes in rodents, which supports a clinical report of a Scottish pedigree in which the majority of family members with disruption of the DISC1 gene manifest depression, schizophrenia, and related mental conditions. The discrepancy between modest evidence in genetics and strong biological support for the role of DISC1 in mental conditions suggests a working hypothesis that regulation of DISC1 at the protein level, such as posttranslational modification, may play a role in the pathology of mental conditions. In this study, we report on the SUMOylation of DISC1. This posttranslational modification occurs on lysine residues where the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) and its homologs are conjugated to a large number of cellular proteins, which in turn regulates their subcellular distribution and protein stability. By using in silico, biochemical, and cell-biological approaches, we now demonstrate that human DISC1 is SUMOylated at one specific lysine 643 (K643). We also show that this residue is crucial for proper neural progenitor proliferation in the developing cortex