Кукурудза: параметри сівби

Aim. To highlight the results of the research conducted in 2020 – 2021 aiming at studying the  ffect of multi-depth and multifraction sowing of the  hybrid corn seeds of the DMS Sticker mid-early maturity group on the yield when grown in the conditions of the Northern Steppe of Ukraine and determine the economic efficiency of the approaches.Materials and methods. Winter wheat was a predecessor crop in the study. Tillage methods and  related conditions are described in the article. Herbicides were used to protect against weeds. Sowing was carried out in the third decade of April at a soil temperature of +8 – 10 ºС. The experiment considered 2 factors, namely the depth of sowing seeds and the size of the seed fraction. The results obtained were processed using measurement, mathematical and statistical methods of research, as well as calculation and comparison approaches.Results and discussion. On average, depending on the factors studied, the height of the plants varied significantly, as a rule, the tallest plants were obtained from large seeds, which had the highest mass of 1000 seeds. Thus, in particular, on average over two years of research, the height of the plants was 250.4 cm when the weight of 1000 seeds was 255 g, and the seeds were wrapped by 4 – 5 cm; when the weight of 1000 seeds was 300 g, the height was 251.1 cm, while with the weight of 350 g it was 258.3 cm; with the wrapping depth of 7 – 8 cm the height was 252.1 cm, 255.8 and 268.5 cm, and with the wrapping depth of 10 – 11 cm it was 257.6 cm, 261.8 and 266.1 cm.Conclusions. The use of the large seed fraction provided an increase in the yield of the DMS Sticker corn hybrid by 1.09 – 1.79 t ha-1 compared to the use of the small seed fraction and was 8.70 t ha-1. When using the large seed fraction and the wrapping depth of 10 – 11 cm, the cost of production was 56,550 UAH ha-1. The cost price of 1 ton of production was the lowest and amounted to UAH 2,247.1, the conditional net profit was the highest – 37,000 UAH ha-1, and the level of profitability was 189.3 %.Мета. Висвітлити результати наукових досліджень 2020 – 2021 рр., метою яких було виявити вплив на врожайність різноглибинної та різнофракційної сівби насіння гібриду кукурудзи середньоранньої групи стиглості DMS Sticker за вирощування в умовах Північного Степу України та визначити економічну ефективність застосування такої сівби.Матеріали та методи. Культурою-попередником у дослідженні була озима пшениця. Способи обробляння ґрунту та супутні умови описано в статті. Для захисту від бур’янів використовували гербіциди. Посів здійснювали в третій декаді квітня за температури ґрунту +8 – 10 ºС. Експеримент враховував 2 фактори, а саме: глибину посіву насіння та розмір фракції насіння. Отримані результати обробляли, використовуючи вимірювальні, математичні і статистичні методи дослідження, а також розрахунковий та порівняльний підходи.Результати та їх обговорення. Залежно від досліджуваних факторів, висота рослин істотно змінювалася: як правило, найвищі рослини були отримані з крупного насіння, що мало найбільшу масу 1000 насінин. Так, зокрема, за маси 1000 насінин 255 г у разі загортання насіння на 4 – 5 см пересічно за два роки досліджень висота рослин становила 250,4 см, за маси 1000 насінин 300 г – 251,1 см, а у випадку маси 1000 насінин 350 г – 258,3 см; за глибини загортання 7 – 8 см – 252,1 см, 255,8 і 268,5 см, а за глибини загортання 10 – 11 см – 257,6 см, 261,8 і 266,1 см.Висновки. Використання великої фракції насіння проти дрібної забезпечило збільшення врожайності гібрида кукурудзи DMS Sticker на 1,09 – 1,79 т га-1 порівняно з використанням дрібної фракції насіння і становило 8,70 т га-1. За використання великої фракції насіння та глибини загортання 10 – 11 см собівартість продукції становила 56 550 грн га-1. Собівартість 1 т продукції була найнижчою і становила 2 247,1 грн, умовно чистий прибуток був найвищим – 37 000 грн га-1, а рівень рентабельності – 189,3 %

РОЗРАХУНОК ПРОЦЕСУ ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ КОНДЕНСАТОРНИХ УСТАНОВОК В РОЗПОДІЛЬЧІ МЕРЕЖІ ЕНЕРГОСИСТЕМИ

The method of step-by-step introduction of condenser installations (CI) in the distributive networks of gridis offered; it enables to take into account their limited financial possibilities and to get the maximal declineof losses of electric power. It is shown that the indemnification of reactive power ought to be conducted in thefirst instance due to introduction of CI in the users network.Предложено метод поэтапного внедрения конденсаторных установок (КУ) в распределительные сети энергосистемы, который дает возможность учитывать их ограниченные финансовые возможности и получать максимальное снижение потерь электроэнергии. Показано, что впервую очередь компенсацию реактивной мощности необходимо проводить за счет внедренияКУ в сети потребителей.Запроповано метод поетапного впровадження конденсаторних установок (КУ) в розподільчі мережі енергосистеми, який дає можливість враховувати їх обмежені фінансові можливості і одержувати максимальне зниження втрат електроенергії. Показано, що в першу чергу компенсацію реактивної потужності необхідно проводити за рахунок впровадження КУ в мережі споживачів

Stress-strain state and wear modelling for fuel rod – grid contact

The paper presents an approach for effective solution of the stress-strain state and wear prediction problem for the case of contact between fuel rod and grid surfaces of a nuclear reactor. Boundary-initial value elastic-plastic problem statement, due to the quasi-static character of the forced oscillations, which was approved by eigen frequencies analysis, was reduced to boundary one. The influence of inhomogeneous temperature field and varying pressure in the outer surface of fuel rod’s shell are considered. For this, a sequence of special procedures for searching the most effective ways of numerical simulation with limited computational resources was considered. The method of weighted residuals and the finite difference method were used to solve the problem of nonlinear forced oscillations under periodic loading of the fuel rod, described as beam under bending. The analytical solution for the fuel rod’s shell displacements in thermo-elasticity problem is obtained, approximated for spatial case and added to the general three-dimensional Finite Element model. The same procedure was adopted for the maximum amplitude values of the displacements which were obtained in the geometrically nonlinear beam problem solution. After that the general elastic-plastic contact problem of the interaction between the fuel rod and the grid surfaces was solved, taking into account preliminary obtained stress distributions achieved by temperature and amplitude displacements influence. The theory of plasticity of an isotropic material with isotropic hardening was used as a model. The limits of linear solutions for beam deflections as well as deflection dependencies upon time are demonstrated and analyzed. The numerically obtained distributions of strains and stresses are presented. By use of the obtained maximum stress values an attempt for the wear estimation in contact zone was done and the fuel rod’s operating time without critical wear during the contact with the grid surface was determined. The obtained results may be considered as corresponding to practical operating data.Представлено підхід до ефективного розв’язання задачі прогнозування напружено-деформованого стану та зношування для випадку контакту поверхонь твелу та трубної дошки ядерного реактора. Початково-крайову пружно-пластичну постановку задачі внаслідок квазістатичного характеру вимушених коливань, який підтверджено аналізом власних частот, приведено до граничної. Розглянуто вплив неоднорідного температурного поля та змінного тиску на зовнішній поверхні оболонки твелу. Для цього було розглянуто послідовність спеціальних процедур для пошуку найбільш ефективних способів чисельного моделювання з обмеженими обчислювальними ресурсами. Методом зважених відхилів і методом скінченних різниць розв’язано задачу про нелінійні вимушені коливання при періодичному навантаженні твелу, що описується як балка при згині. Аналітичний розв’язок для переміщень оболонки твелу в задачі термопружності апроксимовано для просторового випадку та додано до загальної тривимірної моделі МСЕ. Така ж процедура була прийнята для максимальних значень амплітуди переміщень, отриманих у розв’язуванні задачі геометрично нелінійного згину балки. Після цього розв’язано загальну пружно-пластичну контактну задачу взаємодії поверхонь твелу та трубної дошки з урахуванням попередньо отриманих розподілів напружень, обумовлених доданими температурними та амплітудними переміщеннями. Як модель використано теорію пластичності ізотропного матеріалу з ізотропним зміцненням. Продемонстровано та проаналізовано межі лінійних розв’язків для прогинів балки, а також залежності прогину від часу. Наведено чисельно отримані розподіли деформацій і напружень. За отриманими максимальними значеннями напружень була зроблена спроба оцінювання зношування в зоні контакту та визначено час роботи твелу без критичного зносу під час контакту з поверхнею трубної дошки. Отримані результати можливо вважати такими, що відповідають практичним експлуатаційним даним

Use of S. Wright’s path coefficient method for statistical analysis of interrelated traits in rice

S. Wright’s analysis of plant productivity is of great current interest. The research objective was to determine the pair correlation coefficients and S. Wright’s path coefficients for rice varieties and, on their basis, to identify the contribution of each of them to the plant productivity. Ten rice varieties were taken as the test material. The experiments were conducted in the irrigated experimental field of theInstituteofRiceof the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences ofUkrainein 2013, 2014 and 2016. Seeds were sown with an SKS-6A manual seeder; the seeding rate was 7.0 mln germinable seeds per hectare. The predecessor was alfalfa. The plot area was5 m2; the sowing distance was15 cm. The plants were analyzed for the following traits: plant productivity (grain weight), panicle weight, grain weight from side stems, productive tillering capacity, grain number per panicle, spikelet number per panicle, 1000-grain weight, grain weight per panicle, plant height, panicle length and density, empty spikelet number per panicle, and incidence of blind seed disease. Pair correlation coefficients were determined by B.A. Dospekhov’s method; path analysis, by S. Wright’s method. The correlations of productivity with 12 quantitative traits of rice were determined: the correlation was close with the grain weight from side stems and medium with the panicle weight and with the grain weight per panicle. Path analysis of the plant productivity established that the correlations of plant traits with the productivity depended both on direct and indirect effects of each trait on the productivity. The relative contribution of each of the studied 12 traits to the rice productivity was determined; both direct and indirect effects of their interactions with other traits were evaluated. This made it possible to discover causes and consequences of interrelations between the traits and, as a result, to choose valuable-for-selection traits, such as panicle weight and productive tillering capacity, which had the greatest direct effects on the productivity and significant correlations with it

Comparative efficacy of various variants of pancreaticoduodenal resection, concerning the results of early postoperative period

У 131 пациента по поводу рака панкреатодуоденальной зоны (у 105) и фиброзного хронического панкреатита (у 26) выполнена панкреатодуоденальная резекция (ПДР). Разработанная техника формирования панкреатоеюноанастомоза на реконструктивном этапе ПДР обеспечивает снижение общей частоты осложнений по сравнению с таковой при общепринятой технике его наложения конец в конец, а также терминолатеральной технике — соответственно в 1,42 и 1,62 раза. Криовоздействие обеспечивает снижение общей частоты осложнений, а также частоту осложнений при применении различных вариантов реконструктивного этапа ПДР.Pancreatoduodenal resection (PDR) was performed in 131 patients: in 105 — for pancreatoduodenal zone cancer and in 26 — for fibrous chronic pancreatitis. The elaborated procedure for pancreatojejunoanastomosis formation, performed on reconstructive stage of PDR, secures the total complications rate lowering, comparing with such in conventional procedure with end to end anastomosis suturing and after terminolateral anastomosis formation — in 1.42 and 1.62 times, accordingly. Cryodestruction secures the lowering of the total complications rate and the complications rate while using various variants of the PDR on reconstruction stage

Digitally-enabled, patient-centred care in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity: The ARIA-MASK-air® approach

MASK-air®, a validated mHealth app (Medical Device regulation Class IIa) has enabled large observational implementation studies in over 58,000 people with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. It can help to address unmet patient needs in rhinitis and asthma care. MASK-air® is a Good Practice of DG Santé on digitally-enabled, patient-centred care. It is also a candidate Good Practice of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). MASK-air® data has enabled novel phenotype discovery and characterisation, as well as novel insights into the management of allergic rhinitis. MASK-air® data show that most rhinitis patients (i) are not adherent and do not follow guidelines, (ii) use as-needed treatment, (iii) do not take medication when they are well, (iv) increase their treatment based on symptoms and (v) do not use the recommended treatment. The data also show that control (symptoms, work productivity, educational performance) is not always improved by medications. A combined symptom-medication score (ARIA-EAACI-CSMS) has been validated for clinical practice and trials. The implications of the novel MASK-air® results should lead to change management in rhinitis and asthma

Why Are Outcomes Different for Registry Patients Enrolled Prospectively and Retrospectively? Insights from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF).

Background: Retrospective and prospective observational studies are designed to reflect real-world evidence on clinical practice, but can yield conflicting results. The GARFIELD-AF Registry includes both methods of enrolment and allows analysis of differences in patient characteristics and outcomes that may result. Methods and Results: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and ≥1 risk factor for stroke at diagnosis of AF were recruited either retrospectively (n = 5069) or prospectively (n = 5501) from 19 countries and then followed prospectively. The retrospectively enrolled cohort comprised patients with established AF (for a least 6, and up to 24 months before enrolment), who were identified retrospectively (and baseline and partial follow-up data were collected from the emedical records) and then followed prospectively between 0-18 months (such that the total time of follow-up was 24 months; data collection Dec-2009 and Oct-2010). In the prospectively enrolled cohort, patients with newly diagnosed AF (≤6 weeks after diagnosis) were recruited between Mar-2010 and Oct-2011 and were followed for 24 months after enrolment. Differences between the cohorts were observed in clinical characteristics, including type of AF, stroke prevention strategies, and event rates. More patients in the retrospectively identified cohort received vitamin K antagonists (62.1% vs. 53.2%) and fewer received non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (1.8% vs . 4.2%). All-cause mortality rates per 100 person-years during the prospective follow-up (starting the first study visit up to 1 year) were significantly lower in the retrospective than prospectively identified cohort (3.04 [95% CI 2.51 to 3.67] vs . 4.05 [95% CI 3.53 to 4.63]; p = 0.016). Conclusions: Interpretations of data from registries that aim to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of patients with AF must take account of differences in registry design and the impact of recall bias and survivorship bias that is incurred with retrospective enrolment. Clinical Trial Registration: - URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier for GARFIELD-AF (NCT01090362)

Improved risk stratification of patients with atrial fibrillation: an integrated GARFIELD-AF tool for the prediction of mortality, stroke and bleed in patients with and without anticoagulation.

OBJECTIVES: To provide an accurate, web-based tool for stratifying patients with atrial fibrillation to facilitate decisions on the potential benefits/risks of anticoagulation, based on mortality, stroke and bleeding risks. DESIGN: The new tool was developed, using stepwise regression, for all and then applied to lower risk patients. C-statistics were compared with CHA2DS2-VASc using 30-fold cross-validation to control for overfitting. External validation was undertaken in an independent dataset, Outcome Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF). PARTICIPANTS: Data from 39 898 patients enrolled in the prospective GARFIELD-AF registry provided the basis for deriving and validating an integrated risk tool to predict stroke risk, mortality and bleeding risk. RESULTS: The discriminatory value of the GARFIELD-AF risk model was superior to CHA2DS2-VASc for patients with or without anticoagulation. C-statistics (95% CI) for all-cause mortality, ischaemic stroke/systemic embolism and haemorrhagic stroke/major bleeding (treated patients) were: 0.77 (0.76 to 0.78), 0.69 (0.67 to 0.71) and 0.66 (0.62 to 0.69), respectively, for the GARFIELD-AF risk models, and 0.66 (0.64-0.67), 0.64 (0.61-0.66) and 0.64 (0.61-0.68), respectively, for CHA2DS2-VASc (or HAS-BLED for bleeding). In very low to low risk patients (CHA2DS2-VASc 0 or 1 (men) and 1 or 2 (women)), the CHA2DS2-VASc and HAS-BLED (for bleeding) scores offered weak discriminatory value for mortality, stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding. C-statistics for the GARFIELD-AF risk tool were 0.69 (0.64 to 0.75), 0.65 (0.56 to 0.73) and 0.60 (0.47 to 0.73) for each end point, respectively, versus 0.50 (0.45 to 0.55), 0.59 (0.50 to 0.67) and 0.55 (0.53 to 0.56) for CHA2DS2-VASc (or HAS-BLED for bleeding). Upon validation in the ORBIT-AF population, C-statistics showed that the GARFIELD-AF risk tool was effective for predicting 1-year all-cause mortality using the full and simplified model for all-cause mortality: C-statistics 0.75 (0.73 to 0.77) and 0.75 (0.73 to 0.77), respectively, and for predicting for any stroke or systemic embolism over 1 year, C-statistics 0.68 (0.62 to 0.74). CONCLUSIONS: Performance of the GARFIELD-AF risk tool was superior to CHA2DS2-VASc in predicting stroke and mortality and superior to HAS-BLED for bleeding, overall and in lower risk patients. The GARFIELD-AF tool has the potential for incorporation in routine electronic systems, and for the first time, permits simultaneous evaluation of ischaemic stroke, mortality and bleeding risks. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier for GARFIELD-AF (NCT01090362) and for ORBIT-AF (NCT01165710)

Two-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: results from GARFIELD-AF.

AIMS: The relationship between outcomes and time after diagnosis for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is poorly defined, especially beyond the first year. METHODS AND RESULTS: GARFIELD-AF is an ongoing, global observational study of adults with newly diagnosed NVAF. Two-year outcomes of 17 162 patients prospectively enrolled in GARFIELD-AF were analysed in light of baseline characteristics, risk profiles for stroke/systemic embolism (SE), and antithrombotic therapy. The mean (standard deviation) age was 69.8 (11.4) years, 43.8% were women, and the mean CHA2DS2-VASc score was 3.3 (1.6); 60.8% of patients were prescribed anticoagulant therapy with/without antiplatelet (AP) therapy, 27.4% AP monotherapy, and 11.8% no antithrombotic therapy. At 2-year follow-up, all-cause mortality, stroke/SE, and major bleeding had occurred at a rate (95% confidence interval) of 3.83 (3.62; 4.05), 1.25 (1.13; 1.38), and 0.70 (0.62; 0.81) per 100 person-years, respectively. Rates for all three major events were highest during the first 4 months. Congestive heart failure, acute coronary syndromes, sudden/unwitnessed death, malignancy, respiratory failure, and infection/sepsis accounted for 65% of all known causes of death and strokes for <10%. Anticoagulant treatment was associated with a 35% lower risk of death. CONCLUSION: The most frequent of the three major outcome measures was death, whose most common causes are not known to be significantly influenced by anticoagulation. This suggests that a more comprehensive approach to the management of NVAF may be needed to improve outcome. This could include, in addition to anticoagulation, interventions targeting modifiable, cause-specific risk factors for death. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Digitally‐Enabled, Patient‐Centred Care in Rhinitis and Asthma Multimorbidity: The ARIA‐MASK‐air ® Approach

MASK-air® , a validated mHealth app (Medical Device regulation Class IIa) has enabled large observational implementation studies in over 58,000 people with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. It can help to address unmet patient needs in rhinitis and asthma care. MASK-air® is a Good Practice of DG Santé on digitally-enabled, patient-centred care. It is also a candidate Good Practice of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). MASK-air® data has enabled novel phenotype discovery and characterisation, as well as novel insights into the management of allergic rhinitis. MASK-air® data show that most rhinitis patients (i) are not adherent and do not follow guidelines, (ii) use as-needed treatment, (iii) do not take medication when they are well, (iv) increase their treatment based on symptoms and (v) do not use the recommended treatment. The data also show that control (symptoms, work productivity, educational performance) is not always improved by medications. A combined symptom-medication score (ARIA-EAACI-CSMS) has been validated for clinical practice and trials. The implications of the novel MASK-air® results should lead to change management in rhinitis and asthma.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio