Chaotic Interaction of Langmuir Solitons and Long Wavelength Radiation

In this work we analyze the interaction of isolated solitary structures and ion-acoustic radiation. If the radiation amplitude is small solitary structures persists, but when the amplitude grows energy transfer towards small spatial scales occurs. We show that transfer is particularly fast when a fixed point of a low dimensional model is destroyed.Comment: LaTex + 4 eps file

Determination of suitability of different potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties with white and pigmented pulp for processing into potato products

The article provides an overview of the current state of research in the field of requirements for the quality of potatoes for processing them into potato products. It is noted that the quality of potatoes with white pulp is determined by the mass fraction of: dry matter over 20 %; reducing sugars 0.2-0.5 %, glycoalkaloids no more than 200 mg/kg; starch not less than 16 %. For potatoes with pigmented pulp in addition to these indicators it is necessary to take into account the mass fraction of anthocyanins (over 0.5 %), which are effective antioxidants. The review presents the information on changes in the content of glycoalkaloids in potato tubers with pigmented pulp depending on the type of processing. The objective of experimental research is to analyze the qualitative indicators of native potato varieties with white and pigmented pulp to determine the practicability of their processing into potato products and further using as a starting material for selection. As research objects were selected 21 potato varieties with white pulp and 8 potato varieties with pigmented (colored) pulp. As a result of evaluation of the feasibility of using potatoes with white pulp 7 varieties out of 21 varieties of potatoes can be recommended for the production of potato products (Kamelot, Fritella, Rubin, Triumf, Ariya, Izyuminka, Mirazh). It is shown that the program «Statistica 12» can be used to assess the quality of potatoes on indicators of their suitability for processing into potato products. It was determined that the mass fraction of glycoalkaloids in the potato tuber is an important characteristic of the variety for its using in the production of potato products and as a table potato. Correlations between the mass fraction of potato dry matter and the mass fraction of glycoalkaloids (r = 0.47) and between the mass fraction of reducing sugars and the mass fraction of glycoalkaloids (r = 0.37) were established. The increasing in the mass fraction of these compounds is unwanted, and therefore, it is necessary to control their concentrations for choosing varieties for processing and as a starting material for the selection. Based on the analysis of the results of the evaluation of 8 experimental samples of potatoes with pigmented pulp, one sample was selected to be recommended for processing into potato products (VNIIKX-1), and two samples can be recommended as a starting material for the selection of table varieties with a high anthocyanin mass fraction (VNIIKX-4 and Indigo)

Study of the composition of potatoes by agronomic traits determining its suitability for industrial processing

The study of biochemical quality indicators of 26 new potato hybrids was carried out in order to determine the ones mostly suitable for processing into starch and potato products and for use as table variety. An express method was used to determine dry matter (DM), Evers method was used to determine the total starch content of tubers, the polarimetric method and a glucometer test were used to determine reducing sugars, glycoalkaloids and inorganic phosphorus were determined by spectrophotometric method. There have been selected 5 hybrids suitable for industrial processing and as a source material for breeding. One potato hybrid with 25,06 % content of DM, more than 18,22 % of starch met the requirements for potatoes used for processing into starch and starch products; another potato hybrid can be recommended for the production of fried potato products according to the parameters: DM – 22.40 % starch – 16.18 %, reducing sugars – 0.23 %, glycoalkaloids – 62,0 mg/kg. Three of the studied hybrids with the content of DM of more than 22 %, starch not less than 16%, reducing sugars 0.2-0.4 % and glycoalkaloids 60-126 mg / kg may be used for the production of other types of potato products. The rest of the hybrids can only be recommended for use as table potatoes. The relationship between indicators affecting the quality of potato products has been revealed. Correlations were established between the mass fractions of: dry matter and starch in the tuber (r = 0.98) – high correlation; reducing sugars and glycoalkaloids (r = 0.68); tuber dry matter and glycoalkaloids (r = 0.59); dry matter and glucose (r = -0.61); starch and glucose (r = -0.58) – average correlations. It has been established that the mass fraction of reducing sugars and the direction of rotation of the plane of polarization of light by sugars change non-linearly under different temperature conditions of sample storage

CEM03 and LAQGSM03 - new modeling tools for nuclear applications

An improved version of the Cascade-Exciton Model (CEM) of nuclear reactions realized in the code CEM2k and the Los Alamos version of the Quark-Gluon String Model (LAQGSM) have been developed recently at LANL to describe reactions induced by particles and nuclei for a number of applications. Our CEM2k and LAQGSM merged with the GEM2 evaporation/fission code by Furihata have predictive powers comparable to other modern codes and describe many reactions better than other codes; therefore both our codes can be used as reliable event generators in transport codes for applications. During the last year, we have made a significant improvements to the intranuclear cascade parts of CEM2k and LAQGSM, and have extended LAQGSM to describe photonuclear reactions at energies to 10 GeV and higher. We have produced in this way improved versions of our codes, CEM03.01 and LAQGSM03.01. We present a brief description of our codes and show illustrative results obtained with CEM03.01 and LAQGSM03.01 for different reactions compared with predictions by other models, as well as examples of using our codes as modeling tools for nuclear applications.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures, to be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series: Proc. Europhysics Conf. on New Trends in Nuclear Physics Applications and Technologies (NPDC19), Pavia, Italy, September 5-9, 200

Flux-splitting schemes for parabolic problems

To solve numerically boundary value problems for parabolic equations with mixed derivatives, the construction of difference schemes with prescribed quality faces essential difficulties. In parabolic problems, some possibilities are associated with the transition to a new formulation of the problem, where the fluxes (derivatives with respect to a spatial direction) are treated as unknown quantities. In this case, the original problem is rewritten in the form of a boundary value problem for the system of equations in the fluxes. This work deals with studying schemes with weights for parabolic equations written in the flux coordinates. Unconditionally stable flux locally one-dimensional schemes of the first and second order of approximation in time are constructed for parabolic equations without mixed derivatives. A peculiarity of the system of equations written in flux variables for equations with mixed derivatives is that there do exist coupled terms with time derivatives

Estimated Inpatient Hospital Stay in Individual Wards: Guidelines on Radiation Safety after Radioiodine Therapy

Radionuclide therapy safety requirements are regulated by the Russian Radiation Safety Standards (RRSS), which state the maximum allowed radionuclide activity in the body and the equivalent dose rate (EDR) of gamma radiation. Therefore, it is necessary to estimate the time of an inpatient hospital stay in specially designed radionuclide therapy wards. The article presents the findings of individual 131I biokinetics studies in 64 patients admitted to radioiodine therapy of thyrotoxicosis and differentiated thyroid cancer. We developed a method to calculate the time interval to reach the EDR of 20μSv/h and the recommended EDR of 3 and 0.3μSv/h for adults and children, respectively. It is based on the measurement of the 131I excretion constant. Keywords: Radioiodine therapy, Radiation safety, Guidelin

Use of Geographic Information Systems for Creation of Electronic Database of Anthrax Burial sites in the Stavropol Territory

Objective of the study was to use geographic information systems to create an electronic database of anthrax burials and electronic cadastres in the Stavropol Territory. Materials and methods. ESRI - ArcGIS10 software was used as a GIS platform. Results and discussion. A retrospective analysis of the epizootiologic and epidemiological situation on anthrax in the Stavropol Territory was carried out. It was revealed that 352 anthrax stationary potentially hazardous sites were located in the territory of all 26 districts, in 16 of which 52 were abandoned anthrax burials. The greatest epidemiological risk is posed by 22 cattle burial grounds, in which animal corpses were buried (42.3 %). 30 cattle burial grounds with ash burials (57.7 %) pose a lower potential danger. The arrangement of anthrax burial sites in the Stavropol Territory has a number of disadvantages, only 23 cattle burial grounds (44.2 %) have a satisfactory veterinary and sanitary state. Based on the information obtained, an electronic geographic information database of anthrax cattle burial grounds was created for each district of the Stavropol Territory. The structure of the database is presented in the form of a table, which contains all the basic information about the burial, including geographical coordinates. The information was then entered into the ArcGIS10 program, using the geographical method. Each point, plotted on the map, contains the description of the animal burial ground, presented in the table. Thus, the main layer of the geographic information system is created. It can be overlaid with other layers that carry information about the location of the anthrax stationary potentially hazardous sites, the nature of the soil, objects located in the territory. In addition, electronic cadastral atlases of the location of anthrax cattle burials in each district of the Stavropol territory have been created. Electronic cadastral atlases are easier to use, do not require specialized personnel and applicable computer GIS system, but at the same time can give the necessary information about a particular burial in the Stavropol Territory