A molecular thermodynamic theory is developed for polyampholytes from the coarse-grained charged hard-sphere chain model. The phase behavior of polyampholytes with variations in sequence and chain length is satisfactorily predicted by the theory, consistent with simulation results and experimental observations. At a fixed chain length, the phase envelope expands as the sequence of charge distri...

Determining the semantic intent of web queries not only involves identifying their semantic class, which is a primary focus of previous works, but also understanding their semantic structure. In this work, we formally define the semantic structure of noun phrase queries as comprised of intent heads and intent modifiers. We present methods that automatically identify these constituents as well a...

We consider sequences that encode boundary circuits of fused polycycles made up of polygonal faces with p sides, p < or = 6. We give a constructive algorithm for recognizing such sequences when p = 5 or 6. A simpler algorithm is given for planar hexagonal sequences. Hexagonal and pentagonal sequences of length at most 8 are tabulated, the former corresponding to planar benzenoid hydrocarbons Cx...

Phytochemical investigation of the roots and stems of Illigera luzonensis afforded two new aporphine alkaloids (1) and (2), one new bisdehydroaporphine alkaloid (3), and one new benzenoid (4), along with 28 known structures. The structures of new compounds were elucidated by spectral and MS analysis. Among the isolated compounds, (1) and (4-13) were subjected into the examination for their inhi...

The geometric-arithmetic index of graph G is defined as GA(G) = ∑ uv∈E(G) 2 √ dudv du+dv , du (or dv) is the degree the vertex u (or v). The GA index of benzenoid systems and phenylenes are computed, a simple relation is established between the geometric-arithmetic of a phenylene and the corresponding hexagonal squeeze in this paper. Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C05, 05C12

We make use of the classical correspondence between Kekulé structures and lattice paths to obtain explicit formulas for the Pauling bond order of edges in benzenoid parallelograms. These formulas are further used to establish the average π-electron content of hexagonal rings in such benzenoids. We then compare this quantity with the atom-based π-electron content of rings, and study the local an...

Chemical investigation of the EtOH extract of the fresh stem of Aquilaria sinensis collected in Hainan Province of China resulted in the isolation of a new benzenoid, named aquilarin A (1), together with two known compounds balanophonin (2) and (+)-lariciresinol (3). Their structures were elucidated by a study of their physical and spectral data. Compounds 2 and 3 exhibited cytotoxicity against...