A multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of polyethylene glycol recombinant human interleukin-6 (PEG-rhIL-6) in rats

Radiation therapy has been widely applied in cancer treatment. However, it often causes thrombocytopenia (deficiency of white blood cells) as an adverse effect. Recombinant human interleukin-6 (rhIL-6) has been found to be a very effective way against this thrombocytopenia, but IL-6 has low stability in blood, which reduces its efficacy. To increases the stability and half-life of rhIL-6, it was modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG). The pharmacokinetics and the tissue distribution of PEG-rhIL-6 labeled with ¹²⁵I were examined after subcutaneous injection in rats. The pharmacokinetic pattern of PEG-rhIL-6 was defined with linear-kinetics, and we fitted a one-compartment model with half-lives of 10.44–11.37 h (absorption, t _{1/2K a}) and 19.77–21.53 h (elimination, t _1/2Ke), and peak concentrations at 20.51–21.96 h (t _peak) in rats. Half-lives and t _peak of PEG-rhIL-6 were longer than those of rhIL-6 previously reported. In the present study, for deposition of PEG-rhIL-6 in rats, the tissue distribution examination showed that blood was the major organ involved, rather than liver. However, as to the elimination of PEG-rhIL-6, the major organ was the kidney. The excretion fraction of the injection dose recovered from urine was 23.32% at 192 h after subcutaneous administration. Less than 6% of PEG-rhIL-6 was eliminated via the feces at 192 h. These results indicate that PEG-rhIL-6 is a good candidate drug formulation for patients with cancer.     

成核剂对聚烯烃的结晶和力学性能的影响

本文利用加入各种类型的成核剂的方法得到了不同结晶形态的聚乙烯(PE)和聚丙烯(PP);用偏光显微镜研究了各种成核剂的成核作用和结晶形态;用显微激光分析仪和差动热分析(DSC)研究了各成核剂对结晶和熔融过程的依赖关系,并测定了它们对结晶度的依赖关系,研究了它们对拉伸力学性能的影响。研究结果表明,成核剂可以明显地使晶粒细而均匀,能改变结晶和熔融速率,以适应各种工艺性要求,但对力学性能的影响较小,因此可以根据工艺和使用要求选用不同的成核剂。     

PE/CaCO3-nanocomposites synthesized by in-situ polymerization

Polyethylene-nanocomposites with CaCO3-weight fractions from 0 to 15 wt.% were prepared by in-situ polymeriza- tion with Me2Si(Ind)2ZrCl2/MAO metallocene catalysts. A high activity especially in the presence of TIBA was observed. The morphology was investigated by using raster electron microscopy (REM) showing that the CaCO3-nanoparticles are uniformly distributed. The melting temperatures and the crystallization temperatures are not much influenced by increasing filler content.     

Ethylene polymerization with novel silicon bridged homo-dinuclear cyanoethyl cyclopentadienyl

Novel homo-dinuclear silicon bridged cyanoethyl cyclopentadienyl complexes of titanium and zirconium (CH3)2Si((η5-C5H3CH2CH2CN)(C5H5)MCl2)2 (M=Ti(1), Zr(2)) were synthesized and developed for the polymerization of ethylene. Compared with their corresponding mononuclear complexes (η5-C5H4CH2CH2CN)(C5H5)MCl2 (M=Ti(3), Zr(4)), the dinuclear complexes had higher catalytic activity. And the polyethylene produced had a higher molecular weight than that obtained with mononuclear catalysts. Effects of conditions on the ethylene polymerization catalyzed by (2)/MAO (methylaluminoxane) were studied in detail. The catalyst showed a very high activity ( >106g PE/mol Zr*h) under low catalyst concentration and high molar ratio of Al/Zr.     

Effect of small bowel preparation with simethicone on capsule endoscopy

Background: Capsule endoscopy is a novel non-invasive method for visualization of the entire small bowel. The diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy depends on the quality of visualization of the small bowel mucosa and its complete passage through the small bowel. To date, there is no standardized protocol for bowel preparation before capsule endoscopy. The addition ofsimethicone in the bowel preparation for the purpose of reducing air bubbles in the intestinal lumen had only been studied by a few investigators. Methods: Sixty-four participants were randomly divided into two groups to receive a bowel preparation of polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution (Group 1) and both PEG solution and simethicone (Group 2). The PEG solution and sime-thicone were taken the night before and 20 min prior to capsule endoscopy, respectively. Frames taken in the small intestine were examined and scored for luminal bubbles by two professional capsule endoscopists. Gastric emptying time and small bowel transit time were also recorded. Results: Simethicone significantly reduced luminal bubbles both in the proximal and distal small intes-tines. The mean time proportions with slight bubbles in the proximal and distal intestines in Group 2 were 97.1% and 99.0%, respectively, compared with 67.2% (P<0.001) and 68.8% (P<0.001) in Group 1. Simethicone had no effect on mean gastric emptying time, 32.08 min in Group 2 compared with 30.88 min in Group 1 (P=0.868), but it did increase mean small intestinal transit time from 227.28 to 281.84 min (P=0.003). Conclusion: Bowel preparation with both PEG and simethicone significantly reduced bubbles in the intestinal lumen and improved the visualization of the small bowel by capsule endoscopy without any side effects observed.     

Predictive functional control (PFC) and its application in chlorinated polyethylene process

The main principle and the characteristic of Predictive Functional Control (PFC) strategy are presented in this paper and the corresponding control system aid design software APC-PFC is also introduced. For a chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) process, a design scheme of cascade predictive functional control system is described and the control performance is improved obviously. Project (No. 69974035) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

废旧聚乙烯裂解制聚乙烯蜡的研究进展

废聚乙烯在废旧塑料中所占的比例较大,如何低碳回收利用废旧聚乙烯已成为人们十分关注的问题。文章综述了聚乙烯蜡的性能、应用及废旧聚乙烯裂解制聚乙烯蜡的机理和技术,指出了其今后的发展前景。     

Predictive functional control (PFC) and its application in chlorinated polyethylene process

INTRODUCTIONWiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnol ogy ,requirementsforthesatisfactoryperformanceofthecontrolprocessesarelargelyenhanced.However,moderncontroltheorybasedonthestate spacemethodcannotmeettherequirementofthepracticalcontrolproblemduetothefactt…     

聚乙烯聚丙烯预灌封注药管安全性研究

研究通过高效液相色谱法测定预灌封注药管中添加剂(抗氧剂168,抗氧剂1010)含量,对高密度聚乙烯和高密度聚丙烯为原料制备预灌封注药管的安全性进行评估。结果表明高密度聚乙烯、高密度聚丙烯、预灌封软膏注药管内杆及外套中的抗氧剂含量单个小于0.3%,总量小于0.3%,符合欧洲药典规定。     

A review of conservation treatments of waterlogged basketry from the northwest coast of North America

Abstract

Basketry artifacts fabricated from spruce and cedar limb wood and root and the inner bark of yellow and western red cedar have been found in water-saturated archaeological sites in the Pacific Northwest since the mid-twentieth century. These artifacts range in age from a few centuries to more than 5000 years old. While these materials retain their overall physical structure due to burial in an anoxic environment they are degraded on the cellular level. Experiments and treatments performed by archaeologists and conservators over the past 50 years have attempted to stabilize these degraded structures and minimize splitting, crumbing, and distortion of the woven structures as they dried. Many of these tests and treatments are published in out-of-print conference proceedings or remain unpublished in conservation lab records. This review of tests and treatments as well as a current condition assessment of several collections brings this information together for the first time and allows conservators and archaeologists specializing in these treatments to see the broader arch of success and failure of the preservation of waterlogged basketry materials.