Detection of a ferroelastic phase transition in Csx(NH 4)1-xLiSO4 with the use of the DSC method

In this paper the technology of producing solid solutions of Cs x(NH4)1-xLiSO4 using the slow evaporation method is presented. Appropriate conditions were chosen to grow large samples. The ammonium ion content in the solid solutions was determined using the Kjeldahl method. It was found that the real ammonium ion concentration is twice lower than the one applied in the initial substances. At room temperature, the base crystal, lithium cesium sulfate (CsLiSO4), is paraelastic, whereas lithium ammonium sulfate (NH4LiSO4) is ferroelectric. It is expected that as a result of substituting Cs+ ions with N{\text{H}}-{4}^{ + } N H 4 + ions, instead of the Cs+ ions, the modification of the ferroic properties of solid solutions of Cs x(NH4)1-xLiSO4 will take place. Tests conducted with the use of the differential scanning calorimetry method (DSC) allowed the detection of the ferroelastic phase transition which takes place in these compounds. A gradual increase of temperature transition was observed from 202 K for the pure CsLiSO4 to 203.8 K for Cs 0.90(NH4)0.10LiSO4 and 230.1 K for Cs0.85(NH4)0.15LiSO4 with the increase of N{\text{H}}-{4}^{ + } N H 4 + ions concentration. Using polarized light microscopy, a ferroelastic domain structure was detected in the examined solid solutions, which appeared below the structural phase transition temperature

Modeling the Influence of Fixed-route Network Operational System on the Area Service Quality

Fixed-route networks constitute a category of transport infrastructure systems. As a fixed-route transport system subgroup they present a combination of transport solutions related in terms of operating properties. Owing to property criteria systematization, an analysis of the fixed-route system regarded as a part of a fixed-route network category is of higher cognitive value than a separate, fragmentary examination of its particular representatives

Issues on simulation of the railway rolling stock operation process – a system and literature review

Railway traffic simulation, taking into account operation and maintenance conditions, is not a new issue in the literature. External effects in such networks (eg. level crossings) were not taken into account in studies. The used models do not take into account sufficiently the process of degradation and recovery of the network. From the technical side, currently carried out simulations are made using similar approaches and techniques as in the initial stage of research. Well-established work in this area could be the basis for evaluation of new solutions. However, the progress in simulation tools during the last years, especially in performance and programming architecture, attempt to create a modern simulation tool. In the paper were presented the main assumptions for the evaluated event-based simulation method, with application to stiff-track transportation network

Rectification referring to the authorship of the article ‘Application of Genetic Algorithms in Design of Public Transport Network’

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Adrenergic and cholinergic innervation of pulmonary tissue in the pig

Both the adrenergic and the cholinergic components of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) have been found to be an important source of nerve fibres supplying the lungs. On the other hand, data regarding the innervation of the pulmonary tissue in breeding animals are surprisingly scarce. Therefore, in the present study noradrenergic and acetylcholinesterase-positive (AChE-positive) innervation of the lungs of sexually immature pigs was studied using histochemical methods. Studies were performed on six juvenile female pigs (aged 9 weeks, body weight 15–20 kg). Samples of the tissue were collected from the caudal lobe of the right lung. 10µm cryostat sections were processed for the sucrosepotassium phosphate-glyoxylic acid technique to determine the occurrence and distribution of noradrenergic nerve fibres, while AChE-positive nerves were detected according to the acetylcholinesterase histochemistry. The present results revealed a dense network of noradrenergic nerve fibres localised mainly in the muscular membrane surrounding the epithelium of the bronchuli while AChE-positive nerve terminals supplied functional capillary vessels localised in the inter-alveolar septum and mucous membrane of the bronchi and bronchuli. The results of the present study confirm those of physiological experiments reporting the influence of the adrenergic and cholinergic components of the autonomic nervous system on the lung functions of pigs

Uterus-innervating neurones of paracervical gangliol in the pig: immunohistochemical characteristics

Immunohistochemical characteristics of neurones innervating the porcine uterus located in paracervical ganglia were studied with a combination of retrograde fluorescent tracing and immunofluorescence. Retrograde fluorescent tracer Fast Blue (FB) was injected into the uterine horn and uterine cervix. The presence of biologically active substances, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), neuropeptide Y (NPY), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), galanin (GAL), Met-enkephalin-Arg-Gly-Leu (MEAGL) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) was studied in FBpositive neurones localised in paracervical ganglia. FB-positive neurones containing TH, NPY, VIP and MEAGL were numerous, while those containing CGRP were scarce. The results pointed to some species-related differences in immunohistochemical coding of neurones of paracervical ganglion responsible for uterus innervation

Distribution and immunohistochemical characterisation of paracervical neurons innervating the oviduct in the pig

The present study was aimed at disclosing the distribution of paracervical neurons projecting to the ampulla and isthmus of the porcine oviduct and the pattern(s) of co-existence of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine ß-hydroxylase (DßH), neuropeptide Y (NPY), substance P (SP), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) within these nerve cell bodies. The fluorescent retrograde tracer Fast Blue (FB) was injected into the wall of the ampullar (n = 3) and isthmal (n = 3) part of the organ in six sexually immature female pigs. After a survival period of three weeks paracervical ganglia (PCG) were collected. 10 µm-thick cryostat sections of the ganglia were examined for the presence of FB-positive (FB+) nerve cells under the fluorescent microscope. Tracered neurons were counted in every third section and processed for double-labelling immunofluorescence according to the method of Wessendorf and Elde. 78.6% of FB+ neurons were projecting to the isthmus while 21.4% of the studied population innervated the ampulla of the oviduct. Double-labelling immunofluorescence revealed the existence of the following different chemically coded subpopulations of the studied perikarya: TH+/D bH+, TH+/NPY+, TH+/NOS+, TH+/ NOS-, SP-/NOS+, SP+/CGRP+