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The rate of synthesis and decomposition of tissue proteins in hypokinesia and increased muscular activity
During hypokinesia and physical loading (swimming) of rats, the radioactivity of skeletal muscle, liver, kidney, heart, and blood proteins was determined after administration of radioactive amino acids. Tissue protein synthesis decreased during hypokinesia, and decomposition increased. Both synthesis and decomposition increased during physical loading, but anabolic processes predominated in the total tissue balance. The weights of the animals decreased in hypokinesia and increased during increased muscle activity
Magnetic properties of Co doped Nb clusters
From magnetic deflection experiments on isolated Co doped Nb clusters we made
the interesting observation of some clusters being magnetic, while others
appear to be non-magnetic. There are in principle two explanations for this
behavior. Either the local moment at the Co site is completely quenched or it
is screened by the delocalized electrons of the cluster, i.e. the Kondo effect.
In order to reveal the physical origin, we conducted a combined theoretical and
experimental investigation. First, we established the ground state geometry of
the clusters by comparing the experimental vibrational spectra with those
obtained from a density functional theory study. Then, we performed an analyses
based on the Anderson impurity model. It appears that the non-magnetic clusters
are due to a complete quenching of the local Co moment and not due to the Kondo
effect. In addition, the magnetic behavior of the clusters can be understood
from an inspection of their electronic structure. Here magnetism is favored
when the effective hybridization around the chemical potential is small, while
the absence of magnetism is signalled by a large effective hybridization around
the chemical potential.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure
On the question of human life safety in geologically active zones
Today geological active zones unite active faults of lithosphere especially earth’s crust and caused by them zones of increased permeability such as paleo-valleys and underground water flows, karst and geological bodies, that are different in terms of composition and structure from the enclosing rocks. There is an evidence that mortality in geologically active zones increases dramatically, mental instability is detected and road accidents are more frequent. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the frequency of suicides among the residents of Saint Petersburg living above the geologically active zones and outside these zones and the influence of geomagnetic and gravitational disturbances on them.
The dynamics of suicides among residents of 446 high-rise building in the territory of the Kalininsky and Vasileostrovsky districts of the city of Saint Petersburg is analyzed. Geological structure of those buildings was most studied. From 1999 to 2003 there were 268 suicides among the residents of such buildings. The group A included homes that were at least 40 m above the nearest tectonic fault. Group B included residential buildings located above or in the immediate vicinity of the faults. During the geomagnetic storms, full moon and new moon periods the number of suicides in a group A decreased. Magnetic storms and gravitational disturbances did not affect the frequency of suicides in a group B. There is also no significant correlation between dynamics of suicides and daily values of the K-index of the geomagnetic field, as well as between dynamics of suicides and the 3-hour geomagnetic activity in both groups.
Results of studies presented in this paper show that there is no evidence of a significant negative impact of tectonic faults on people living above them
Cavity-Dumping a Single Infrared Pulse from a Free-Electron Laser for Two-Color Pump-Probe Experiments
Electromagnetic radiation in the mid- to far-infrared spectral range
represents an indispensable tool for the study of numerous types of collective
excitations in solids and molecules. Short and intense pulses in this THz
spectral range are, however, difficult to obtain. While wide
wavelength-tunability is easily provided by free-electron lasers, the energies
of individual pulses are relatively moderate, on the order of microjoules. Here
we demonstrate a setup that uses cavity-dumping of a free-electron laser to
provide single, picosecond-long pulses in the mid- to far-infrared frequency
range. The duration of the Fourier-limited pulses can be varied by cavity
detuning, and their energy was shown to exceed 100 {\mu}J. Using the
aforementioned infrared pulse as a pump, we have realized a two-color
pump-probe setup facilitating single-shot time-resolved imaging of
magnetization dynamics. We demonstrate the capabilities of the setup first on
thermally-induced demagnetization and magnetic switching of a GdFeCo thin film
and second by showing a single-shot time-resolved detection of resonant
phononic switching of the magnetization in a magnetic garnet.Comment: The following article has been submitted to/accepted by the Review of
Scientific Instruments. After it is published, it will be found at
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