2,3,6,3′,4′-Penta-O-acetyl-4,1′,6′-tri­chloro-4,1′,6′-tride­oxy­sucrose

In the title compound, C22H29Cl3O13, the glucopyran ring exists in the chair conformation while the glucofuran ring adopts an envelope conformation. Intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds occur. In the crystal, adjacent mol­ecules are linked by weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds

Is the late near-infrared bump in short-hard GRB 130603B due to the Li-Paczynski kilonova?

Short-hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are widely believed to be produced by the merger of two binary compact objects, specifically by two neutron stars or by a neutron star orbiting a black hole. According to the Li-Paczynski kilonova model, the merger would launch sub-relativistic ejecta and a near-infrared/optical transient would then occur, lasting up to days, which is powered by the radioactive decay of heavy elements synthesized in the ejecta. The detection of a late bump using the {\em Hubble Space Telescope} ({\em HST}) in the near-infrared afterglow light curve of the short-hard GRB 130603B is indeed consistent with such a model. However, as shown in this Letter, the limited {\em HST} near-infrared lightcurve behavior can also be interpreted as the synchrotron radiation of the external shock driven by a wide mildly relativistic outflow. In such a scenario, the radio emission is expected to peak with a flux of $\sim 100 \mu$Jy, which is detectable for current radio arrays. Hence, the radio afterglow data can provide complementary evidence on the nature of the bump in GRB 130603B. It is worth noting that good spectroscopy during the bump phase in short-hard bursts can test validity of either model above, analogous to spectroscopy of broad-lined Type Ic supernova in long-soft GRBs.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, published in ApJ Lette

Manual small incision combined with negative power intraocular lens implantation for cataract with high myopia clinical observation

AIM: To evaluate the clinical effect of manual small incision combined with negative power intraocular lens implantation for cataract with high myopia. <p>METHODS: Totally 75 cases(98 eyes)with super high myopia and cataract which had underwent small incision combined with negative power intraocular lens implantation were studied retrospectively. Preoperative axial length and postoperative visual acuity, refractive diopter and expected deviation value(refractive deviation)were recorded. Eye conditions operation complications and postoperative were observed. The patients were followed-up for 6 to 12 months. <p>RESULTS: The mean preoperative axial length was 32.05±1.78mm. Best corrected visual acuity≥0.2 was in 66 eyes, accounting for 67.3%; ≥0.5 in 43 eyes, accounting for 43.9%; the postoperative refractive error <±1.00D was total 48 eyes, accounting for 49.0%; <±2.00D total 78 eyes, accounting for 79.6%. Intra-operative posterior capsular rupture occurred in 3 eyes. Intra-operative posterior elastic layer detachment occurred in 1 cases. The postoperative corneal edema was found in 21 eyes. Postoperative 6 months, posterior capsular opacification was found in 13 eyes, and the visual acuity recovered after Nd:YAG laser cut. No retinal detachment, secondary glaucoma, macular cystoid edema, intraocular lens shift and other complications were found. Two eyes had the symptom of binocular interference post-operation. Three months later, another eye was performed intraocular lens implantation. The symptoms were eliminated post-operation. <p>CONCLUSION: The manual small incision cataract extraction combined with negative power intraocular lens implantation for cataract with high myopia is safe, effective method

Proper Orthogonal Decomposition in the Generation of Reduced Order Models for Interconnects

In this paper, reduced order models are generated using the technique of proper orthogonal decomposition (POD), also known as Karhunen-Loève decomposition (KLD) for the simulations of interconnect problems. Model order reduction is achieved by projecting the state-space of the original problems onto a subspace spanned by a few numbers of proper orthogonal modes (POMs) extracted by the POD procedure from an ensemble of system responses at a series of selected frequencies. the proper orthogonal values (POVs) corresponding to the POMs indicate the level of the importance of each POM and provide a guidance for the number of POMs to be used in the reduced order models in order to have enough accuracy. Numerical experiment results obtained from the simulations of a two-conductor interconnect and a spiral inductor demonstrate that the reduced order models generated in this way can simulate the original system more effectively and faithfully than those generated with the standard Krylov subspace method with moment matching at a single point. © 2008 IEEE

Synergetic Effect of Yihuo Qingyi Decoction () and Recombinant Staphylokinase in Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis of Rats

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of recombinant staphylokinase (r-Sak) and the Chinese medicine Yihuo Qingyi Decoction (Herbal decoction for severe acute pancreatitis) in the treatment of the severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in rats, and to observe the synergistic effect of the two.MethodsOne hundred and sixty-two adult male SD rats with the body mass of 250–280 g were randomly divided into the following 5 groups: sham operation group (n=18), control group (n=36), Yihuo Qingyi Decoction treatment group (n=36), r-Sak treatment group (n=36), and Yihuo Qingyi Decoction plus r-Sak treatment group (n=36). The SAP ratmodel was prepared by retrograde injection of 5% sodium taurocholate into the cholangiopancreatic duct. Two days before modeling, Yihuo Qingyi Decoction was intragastrically administrated, and r-Sak was intraperitoneally injected. The survival rate within 18 h after modeling was determined. The pancreatic blood flow, the weight of ascites, and the serum amylase and lipase were investigated at 6 h, 12 h, and 18kh after modeling, and the pancreatic tissue was examined under light microscopy to see its pathological change.ResultsThe 18 h survival count of group A,B,C,D and E rats was 9,2,6,7 and 8 respectively. After r-Sak and Yihuo Qingyi Decoction intervention, the serum amylase and lipase and the weight of ascites were significantly decreased, especially in group E.18 h after modeling, the level of the serum amylase and lipase and the weight of ascites in group E was 1 100±118 U·L−1,1 000±150 U·L−1 and 13.40±1.80 g respectively, obviously lower than that of group B (P<0.05). After SAP was induced, the pancreatic blood flow showed a tendency to decrease, but the decrease extent in the treatment groups was smaller than that in the control group.18h after modeling, the pancreatic blood flow in group B and group E was 30.16±8.96 mL·100 g−1·min−1, and 129.10±42.58 mL·100 g−1·min−1 respectively, there was significant difference (P<0.05). The pathological change of the pancreatic tissue was alleviated in the treatment groups.ConclusionBoth r-Sak and Yihuo Qingyi Decoction play a beneficial role in the treatment of rat SAP and there is a synergistic effect between the two

(1R*,2R*)-1-(7-Bromo-3-methoxy­naphthalen-2-yl)-4-(dimethyl­amino)-2-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1-phenyl­butan-2-ol

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C33H32BrNO2, the naphthalene ring system and the benzene ring are oriented at dihedral angles of 82.24 (4) and 79.53 (4)°, respectively, to the quinoline ring system. An intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond occurs between the hydr­oxy H atom and the amine N atom

Digital Quantum Simulation of Yang-Mills Theory and Hadronization

A quantum algorithm with polynomial complexity to non-perturbatively calculate the Dyson series of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory is formulated in terms of quantum circuits. Applying it to the quantum simulation of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the quark and gluon's wave functions evolved from the initial states by the interactions can be observed and the information from wave functions can be extracted at any discrete time. This may help us understand the natures of the hadronization which has been an outstanding question of significant implication on high energy phenomenological studies.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figur

A supra-massive magnetar central engine for short GRB 130603B

We show that the peculiar early optical and in particular X-ray afterglow emission of the short duration burst GRB 130603B can be explained by continuous energy injection into the blastwave from a supra-massive magnetar central engine. The observed energetics and temporal/spectral properties of the late infrared bump (i.e., the "kilonova") are also found consistent with emission from the ejecta launched during an NS-NS merger and powered by a magnetar central engine. The isotropic-equivalent kinetic energies of both the GRB blastwave and the kilonova are about $E_{\rm k}\sim 10^{51}$ erg, consistent with being powered by a near-isotropic magnetar wind. However, this relatively small value demands that most of the initial rotational energy of the magnetar $(\sim {\rm a~ few \times 10^{52}~ erg})$ is carried away by gravitational wave radiation. Our results suggest that (i) the progenitor of GRB 130603B would be a NS-NS binary system, whose merger product would be a supra-massive neutron star that lasted for about $\sim 1000$ seconds; (ii) the equation-of-state of nuclear matter would be stiff enough to allow survival of a long-lived supra-massive neutron star, so that it is promising to detect bright electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave triggers without short GRB associations in the upcoming Advanced LIGO/Virgo era.Comment: Five pages including 1 Figure, to appear in ApJ

Interlayer Interactions in Anisotropic Atomically-thin Rhenium Diselenide

Recently, two-dimensional (2D) materials with strong in-plane anisotropic properties such as black phosphorus have demonstrated great potential for developing new devices that can take advantage of its reduced lattice symmetry with potential applications in electronics, optoelectronics and thermoelectrics. However, the selection of 2D material with strong in-plane anisotropy has so far been very limited and only sporadic studies have been devoted to transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) materials with reduced lattice symmetry, which is yet to convey the full picture of their optical and phonon properties, and the anisotropy in their interlayer interactions. Here, we study the anisotropic interlayer interactions in an important TMDC 2D material with reduced in-plane symmetry - atomically thin rhenium diselenide (ReSe2) - by investigating its ultralow frequency interlayer phonon vibration modes, the layer dependent optical bandgap, and the anisotropic photoluminescence (PL) spectra for the first time. The ultralow frequency interlayer Raman spectra combined with the first study of polarization-resolved high frequency Raman spectra in mono- and bi-layer ReSe2 allows deterministic identification of its layer number and crystal orientation. PL measurements show anisotropic optical emission intensity with bandgap increasing from 1.26 eV in the bulk to 1.32 eV in monolayer, consistent with the theoretical results based on first-principle calculations. The study of the layer-number dependence of the Raman modes and the PL spectra reveals the relatively weak van der Waals interaction and 2D quantum confinement in atomically-thin ReSe2.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, supplementary informatio