Effects of pretreatment on flavor of peanut oil with cold-pressed process

The volatile flavor compounds from cold-pressed peanut oils which were pretreated by pulsed electric field (PEF), microwave (MW) and ultrasonic wave (UW) respectively were concentrated by HS-SPME and analyzed by GC-MS. The types and relative contents of aldehydes, ketones, pyrazines and other volatile flavor substances in peanut oil were studied. The results indicated that a total of 97 volatile flavor substances were identified from the tested samples. And the cold-pressed peanut oil prepared by different pretreatment methods had different volatile flavor substances. In PEF-pretreated-cold-pressed peanut oil, acetoin was the characteristic flavor compound which has a pleasant aroma of butter. Among the volatile flavor substances of MW-pretreated-cold-pressed peanut oil, pyrazines and pyrroles have nutty and roasty flavor, and this type of cold-pressed peanut oil had flavor characteristics similar to those of hot-pressed peanut oil. The volatile flavor substances of UW-pretreated-cold-pressed peanut oil were mainly acids, showing a smell of oleic acid. Hence, there were significant differences in the effect of pretreatment on volatile flavor substances of cold-pressed peanut oil, and different flavors of cold-pressed peanut oil can be obtained by changing the pretreatment method

1-[3-(2-Nitro­phen­yl)-5-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-1-yl]ethanone

The title compound, C17H15N3O3, was prepared from 1-(2-nitro­phen­yl)-3-phenyl­prop-2-en-1-one and hydrazine. The dihedral angle between the benzene and phenyl rings is 74.55 (2)°. The pyrazoline ring is in a slight envelope conformation with the C atom bonded to the phenyl ring forming the flap. In the crystal structure, weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect mol­ecules into chains along [100]

Counterfactual communication without a trace in the transmission channel

We report an experimental realization of a modified counterfactual communication protocol that eliminates the dominant environmental trace left by photons passing through the transmission channel. Compared to Wheeler's criterion for inferring past particle paths, as used in prior protocols, our trace criterion provide stronger support for the claim of the counterfactuality of the communication. We verify the lack of trace left by transmitted photons via tagging the propagation arms of an interferometric device by distinct frequency-shifts and finding that the collected photons have no frequency shift which corresponds to the transmission channel. As a proof of principle, we counterfactually transfer a quick response code image with sufficient fidelity to be scanned with a cell phone

Dissociative adsorption of pyrrole on Si(111)-(7×7)

Pyrrole adsorption on Si(111)-(7×7) has been investigated using high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS), thermal desorption spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and theoretical calculations. Compared to physisorbed pyrrole, chemisorption leads to the appearance of N–Si and Si–H vibrational features, together with the absence of N–H stretching mode. This clearly demonstrates the dissociative nature of pyrrole chemically binding on Si(111)-(7×7) through the breakage of N–H bond. Based on STM results, the resulting fragments of pyrrolyl and H atom are proposed to bind with an adatom and an adjacent rest atom, respectively. The STM images further reveal that the adsorption is site selective. The faulted center adatoms are most favored, followed by unfaulted center adatoms, faulted corner adatoms, and unfaulted corner adatoms. In addition, the chainlike pattern of reacted adatoms was observed, implying the possible existence of attractive interaction between adsorbed pyrrolyl and the precursor state. Theoretical calculation confirms that the dissociative adsorption with pyrrolyl bonded to an adatom and H atom to an adjacent rest atom is energetically favored compared to the associative cycloaddition involving the two alpha-carbon atoms of pyrrole and an adatom–rest atom pair. ©2003 American Institute of Physics

A simulation study on the measurement of D0-D0bar mixing parameter y at BES-III

We established a method on measuring the \dzdzb mixing parameter $y$ for BESIII experiment at the BEPCII $e^+e^-$ collider. In this method, the doubly tagged $\psi(3770) \to D^0 \overline{D^0}$ events, with one $D$ decays to CP-eigenstates and the other $D$ decays semileptonically, are used to reconstruct the signals. Since this analysis requires good $e/\pi$ separation, a likelihood approach, which combines the $dE/dx$, time of flight and the electromagnetic shower detectors information, is used for particle identification. We estimate the sensitivity of the measurement of $y$ to be 0.007 based on a $20fb^{-1}$ fully simulated MC sample.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure

Organ-specific metastatic landscape dissects PD-(L)1 blockade efficacy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: applicability from clinical trials to real-world practice

Background Organ-specific metastatic context has not been incorporated into the clinical practice of guiding programmed death-(ligand) 1 [PD-(L)1] blockade, due to a lack of understanding of its predictive versus prognostic value. We aim at delineating and then incorporating both the predictive and prognostic effects of the metastatic-organ landscape to dissect PD-(L)1 blockade efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods A total of 2062 NSCLC patients from a double-arm randomized trial (OAK), two immunotherapy trials (FIR, BIRCH), and a real-world cohort (NFyy) were included. The metastatic organs were stratified into two categories based on their treatment-dependent predictive significance versus treatment-independent prognosis. A metastasis-based scoring system (METscore) was developed and validated for guiding PD-(L)1 blockade in clinical trials and real-world practice. Results Patients harboring various organ-specific metastases presented significantly different responses to immunotherapy, and those with brain and adrenal gland metastases survived longer than others [overall survival (OS), p = 0.0105; progression-free survival (PFS), p = 0.0167]. In contrast, survival outcomes were similar in chemotherapy-treated patients regardless of metastatic sites (OS, p = 0.3742; PFS, p = 0.8242). Intriguingly, the immunotherapeutic predictive significance of the metastatic-organ landscape was specifically presented in PD-L1-positive populations (PD-L1 > 1%). Among them, a paradoxical coexistence of a favorable predictive effect coupled with an unfavorable prognostic effect was observed in metastases to adrenal glands, brain, and liver (category I organs), whereas metastases to bone, pleura, pleural effusion, and mediastinum yielded consistent unfavorable predictive and prognostic effects (category II organs). METscore was capable of integrating both predictive and prognostic effects of the entire landscape and dissected OS outcome of NSCLC patients received PD-(L)1 blockade (p < 0.0001) but not chemotherapy (p = 0.0805) in the OAK training cohort. Meanwhile, general performance of METscore was first validated in FIR (p = 0.0350) and BIRCH (p < 0.0001), and then in the real-world NFyy cohort (p = 0.0181). Notably, METscore was also applicable to patients received PD-(L)1 blockade as first-line treatment both in the clinical trials (OS, p = 0.0087; PFS, p = 0.0290) and in the real-world practice (OS, p = 0.0182; PFS, p = 0.0045). Conclusions Organ-specific metastatic landscape served as a potential predictor of immunotherapy, and METscore might enable noninvasive forecast of PD-(L)1 blockade efficacy using baseline radiologic assessments in advanced NSCLC