High transverse momentum inclusive neutral pion production in d+Au collisions at RHIC

Preliminary results are presented on high-pT inclusive neutral pion production in d+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV in the pseudo-rapidity range 0 gamma,gamma are detected in the Barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the STAR experiment at RHIC. The analysis procedure is described in detail and the results are found to be in good agreement with earlier STAR findings and with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, poster proceedings of Quark Matter conference, Budapest (Hungary), 4-9 August 200

Andriy Kuzmenko

Thousands of music fans have been shocked recently by the death of Andriy Kuzmenko, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Skryabin.Andriy was a Ukrainian singer, a writer, a TV presenter, a producer, an actor and a wonderful man, that is way he is so respected

Stabilizing small particles of lithium hydroxide with adsorbed water molecules: a quantum chemical study

Quantum chemical calculations have been carried out of the energetic and geometric characteristics of the lithium hydroxide molecular models within the frameworks of both semiempirical (the MNDO method) and ab initio (the STO-3G and 6-31G basises being used) approaches. The adsorption of water molecules has been shown to result in stabilizing small particles of the compound. The vibrational spectra of the LiOH microcrystallites have been also examined

Analysis of migration processes based on census data

The subject matter of research is the internal migration processes of the Russian population in the period from the 1960s to 2010. The research is based on the data about the territorial population flows published in the all-Union census materials of 1970, 1979, and 1989, and in the all-Russia census materials of 2002 and 2010. The basic migration flows and directions are considered. Methodologically, the analysis of migration is based on the use of end-to-end indicators enabling to assess the dynamics of migration processes over a long period. Special attention is paid to rural-urban internal migrations, the volumes, patterns and consequences of which have not been so far properly investigated or assessed. The authors offer and calculate relative indicators that have never been used to assess the processes in question. To make the census materials of the soviet and post-soviet periods comparable, the economic zoning adopted before 2000 is used, and the administrative-territorial network is unified. The authors confirm the hypothesis that from decade to decade the intensity of territorial mobility of both urban and rural population was reduced. Interregional migration flows are considered, and various tendencies and migration intensity for over four decades are de ned. The authors analyze the dynamics in the structure of migrants by the time they lived in the place of their permanent residence in various regions. The research shows that the tendencies developed at that time and persisting continue to adversely affect the territorial re-distribution of population and the regional social and economic development of the country. The research results can be used in adjusting the regional socio-economic and migration policy.The article has been prepared with the support of the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation Project № 14–02–00525

Andriy Kuzmenko

Thousands of music fans have been shocked recently by the death of Andriy Kuzmenko, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Skryabin.Andriy was a Ukrainian singer, a writer, a TV presenter, a producer, an actor and a wonderful man, that is way he is so respected