Miniature fibre optic ultrasonic probe

We investigate the feasibility of using optical fiber Bragg gratings for the sensing of ultrasonic fields for medical applications. In preliminary experimental investigations, ultrasonic waves with a frequency of 950 kHz have been detected with a noise limited pressure resolution of approximately 10-2 atmospheres in a 3 KHz measurement bandwidth

Mössbauer study of treated Nd2Fe14B

Mossbauer spectroscopy was applied to study the composition and properties of the surface material of the treated magnets. Была применена Мессбауэровская спектроскопия для изучения состава и свойств поверхностного материала обработанных магнитов

Quality of Education and Science in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals—From Millennium Goals to Agenda 2030: Factors of Innovation Activity and Socio-Economic Impact

The relevance of the analysis of Sustainable Development Goals is based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The purpose of the study is to create a model of management/regulation of the quality of education and scientific research systems based on Sustainable Development Goals. The data of the ratings that reflect certain tasks of the Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to educational and scientific activities, are analyzed. The methodology of calculating the index of the success of realization of separate purposes of sustainable development is used. Bibliometric analysis as a research tool is used to create a quality of education management model. The example of the roadmap for achieving SDGs within the relationship chain “quality of education and science + partnership and networks–innovation–socio-economic impact–sustainable development goals” is provided. The suggested methodology for determining the index of success in achieving Sustainable Development Goals includes managing education systems, implementing scientific research, and managing/regulating the economy on micro-(university), meso-(regional), and macro-(national) levels. The tool in this case is a strategy for achieving KPIs, which can be fundamentally implemented in the form of a roadmap, with detailing of its elements using other tools. The “management/regulation” stage of the process of achieving Sustainable Development Goals is concretized by a mind map

Magnetic state features of Mn1.4Fe0.6P0.5As0.5

Mossbauer spectroscopy in the temperature range between 4 K and 270 K was used to more clearly define the magnetic phase diagram of Mn2-xFexAs0.5P0.5. It is shown that antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states coexist in the alloy Mn1.4Fe0.6As0.5P0.5 in the temperature range of 150 K < T < 160 K

Rapid detection of peptide markers for authentication purposes in raw and cooked meat using ambient liquid extraction surface analysis mass spectrometry

In this paper, our previously developed ambient LESA-MS methodology is implemented to analyze five types of thermally treated meat species, namely beef, pork, horse, chicken, and turkey meat, in order to select and identify heat-stable and species-specific peptide markers. In-solution tryptic digests of cooked meats were deposited onto a polymer surface, followed by LESA-MS analysis and evaluation using multivariate data analysis and tandem electrospray MS. The five types of cooked meat were clearly discriminated using principal component analysis and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis. A number of 23 heat stable peptide markers unique to species and muscle protein were identified following data-dependent tandem LESA-MS analysis. Surface extraction and direct ambient MS analysis of mixtures of cooked meat species was performed for the first time and enabled detection of 10% (w/w) of pork, horse, and turkey meat, and 5% (w/w) of chicken meat in beef, using the developed LESA-MS/MS analysis. The study shows, for the first time, that ambient LESA-MS methodology displays specificity sufficient to be implemented effectively for the analysis of processed and complex peptide digests. The proposed approach is much faster and simpler than other measurement tools for meat speciation; it has potential for application in other areas of meat science or food production

Influence of Mn/Fe ratio on the magnetic properties of the Mn2-xFexP0.5As0.5,0.5rxr1 alloys

The analysis of 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy results for cation and anion substituted Mn2-xFexP1-yAs y was done in order to find out the influence of the Mn/Fe ratio on the magnetic properties of solid solutions and to compare experimental hyperfine parameters with those calculated from firstprinciples

Invariant-mass and [gamma]-ray spectroscopy using secondary, radioactive ion beams

Coulomb excitation of secondary beams (5 < Z < 20) at energies around 250 .1 MeV was explored at GSI. For low-lying states, 7-ray spectroscopy was utilized, while high-lying excitations were investigated by means of invariant-mass spectroscopy