Local redistribution of blood under the effect of fixation stress against a background of hypokinesia

Fixation stress was used as a model of emotional disturbance. The effect of previous restrictions on mobility on the local redistribution of blood resulting from fixation stress was examined. Disturbances in carbohydrate which result from prolonged hypokinesia was studied. Radioactivity was used to determine the local redistribution of blood. Modified factor analysis was used to study the results of the experiment

Effective Mg Incorporation in CdMgO Alloy on Quartz Substrate Grown by Plasma-assisted MBE

The development of CdMgO ternary alloy with a single cubic phase is challenging but meaningful work for technological advancement. In this work, we have grown a series of Cd1-xMgxO ternary random alloys with various Mg concentrations (x = 0, 30, 32, 45, and 55%) on quartz substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) technique. The structural investigations of alloys were performed using the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The decreases in average crystallite size and lattice parameters were observed with an increase in Mg content in the alloys. XRD analysis confirms a single cubic phase is obtained for alloy compositions. The elemental and morphological studies were carried out using energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) spectroscopy and atomic force microscope (AFM) technique, respectively. The optical investigation was carried out using UV-Vis spectroscopy. The optical bandgaps were estimated using the Tauc relation and it was varied from 2.34 eV to 3.47 eV by varying the Mg content from zero to 55% in the alloys. The Urbach energy increases from 112 meV to 350 meV which suggests a more disordered localized state with an increase in Mg incorporation in the alloys.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures, 2 table

MBE grown preferentially oriented CdMgO alloy on m- and c-plane sapphire substrates

Unlike other II-VI semiconductors, CdO-based transparent oxide has great potential application for the fabrication of many optoelectronic devices. In this work, we study the growth of CdxMg1-xO alloys on m- and on c-plane sapphire substrates in Cd-rich to Mg-rich conditions using the plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy method. A structural and morphological study of CdMgO random alloys was carried out using X-ray diffraction and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) techniques whereas composition analysis was done by Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy method. The optical properties of thin films were investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy at room temperature. X-ray analysis confirmed the presence of cubic rock salt structure with CdMgO crystallographic orientation on c-plane sapphire and CdMgO preferential orientation on m-plane sapphire. The surface roughness was measured by the AFM. From the absorption curve, the optical bandgaps were determined using Tauc relation and it was found that the bandgap of films is influenced by the incorporation of Mg2+ ions into the CdO lattice. Bowing parameter was calculated both for samples on m- and c- sapphires.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figure

The oblique firehose instability in a bi-kappa magnetized plasma

In this work, we derive a dispersion equation that describes the excitation of the oblique (or Alfv\'en) firehose instability in a plasma that contains both electron and ion species modelled by bi-kappa velocity distribution functions. The equation is obtained with the assumptions of low-frequency waves and moderate to large values of the parallel (respective to the ambient magnetic field) plasma beta parameter, but it is valid for any direction of propagation and for any value of the particle gyroradius (or Larmor radius). Considering values for the physical parameters typical to those found in the solar wind, some solutions of the dispersion equation, corresponding to the unstable mode, are presented. In order to implement the dispersion solver, several new mathematical properties of the special functions occurring in a kappa plasma are derived and included. The results presented here suggest that the superthermal characteristic of the distribution functions leads to reductions to both the maximum growth rate of the instability and of the spectral range of its occurrence

Data production models for the CDF experiment

The data production for the CDF experiment is conducted on a large Linux PC farm designed to meet the needs of data collection at a maximum rate of 40 MByte/sec. We present two data production models that exploits advances in computing and communication technology. The first production farm is a centralized system that has achieved a stable data processing rate of approximately 2 TByte per day. The recently upgraded farm is migrated to the SAM (Sequential Access to data via Metadata) data handling system. The software and hardware of the CDF production farms has been successful in providing large computing and data throughput capacity to the experiment.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures; presented at HPC Asia2005, Beijing, China, Nov 30 - Dec 3, 200

Data processing model for the CDF experiment

The data processing model for the CDF experiment is described. Data processing reconstructs events from parallel data streams taken with different combinations of physics event triggers and further splits the events into datasets of specialized physics datasets. The design of the processing control system faces strict requirements on bookkeeping records, which trace the status of data files and event contents during processing and storage. The computing architecture was updated to meet the mass data flow of the Run II data collection, recently upgraded to a maximum rate of 40 MByte/sec. The data processing facility consists of a large cluster of Linux computers with data movement managed by the CDF data handling system to a multi-petaByte Enstore tape library. The latest processing cycle has achieved a stable speed of 35 MByte/sec (3 TByte/day). It can be readily scaled by increasing CPU and data-handling capacity as required.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures, submitted to IEEE-TN

Effect of temperature anisotropy on various modes and instabilities for a magnetized non-relativistic bi-Maxwellian plasma

Using kinetic theory for homogeneous collisionless magnetized plasmas, we present an extended review of the plasma waves and instabilities and discuss the anisotropic response of generalized relativistic dielectric tensor and Onsager symmetry properties for arbitrary distribution functions. In general, we observe that for such plasmas only those electromagnetic modes whose magnetic field perturbations are perpendicular to the ambient magneticeld, i.e.,B1 \perp B0, are effected by the anisotropy. However, in oblique propagation all modes do show such anisotropic effects. Considering the non-relativistic bi-Maxwellian distribution and studying the relevant components of the general dielectric tensor under appropriate conditions, we derive the dispersion relations for various modes and instabilities. We show that only the electromagnetic R- and L- waves, those derived from them and the O-mode are affected by thermal anisotropies, since they satisfy the required condition B1\perpB0. By contrast, the perpendicularly propagating X-mode and the modes derived from it (the pure transverse X-mode and Bernstein mode) show no such effect. In general, we note that the thermal anisotropy modifies the parallel propagating modes via the parallel acoustic effect, while it modifies the perpendicular propagating modes via the Larmor-radius effect. In oblique propagation for kinetic Alfven waves, the thermal anisotropy affects the kinetic regime more than it affects the inertial regime. The generalized fast mode exhibits two distinct acoustic effects, one in the direction parallel to the ambient magnetic field and the other in the direction perpendicular to it. In the fast-mode instability, the magneto-sonic wave causes suppression of the firehose instability. We discuss all these propagation characteristics and present graphic illustrations

Функціональне пристосування Quercus robur L. та Cercidiphyllum japonicum Siebold et Zucc. в урболандшафтах Львова

The general trends in the purity changes of the environment in connection with the urbanistic technogenesis were analyzed on the example of the largest city of Western Ukraine – Lviv – and its outskirts, Dublyany. The characteristic changes of some parameters of the main environmental factors – transformed ecosystems, including biogeochemical properties of edaphotope and pollution by heavy metals are described. Urbanization leads to a tendency of parkerising, alkalinization and significant measure of green zone soil contamination with heavy metals. The increase of the complex pressure of urban anthropogenic environment on vegetation is revealed and current changes of the chemical composition of dry matter of leaves of trees in terms of heavy metal content and structure-energy metabolites are analyzed. A significant accumulation of some chemical elements in the assimilation system of Quercus robur L. and Cercidiphyllum japonicum Siebold et Zucc. was found, their species-specific features of ash accumulative ability were revealed. Cercidiphyllum japonicum is proved to be a promising and effective, in terms of cleaning the environment from man-made pollution, decorative plant in the green belt of cities in the regions of Roztochchia and Pasmove Pobuzhya. Under the influence of edaphotope transformation and pollution in the assimilation bodies of woody plants some structural and metabolic changes occur to adapt to the new to their species environment. Oak as autochthonous species, has signs of stability of the metabolic system of assimilation to the urban genic changes. Cercidiphyllum’s structure demonstrates plasticity of dry matter of leaves, designed to adapt to the new environment acclimatization of exotic species, and thus performs an effective metal storage function in a green area of the city.На прикладі найбільшого міста заходу України Львова та Дублян виявлені тенденції зміни якостей навколишнього природного середовища в зв’язку з урботехногенезом та забрудненням. Урбанізація зумовлює тенденцію до фосфатизації, алкалізації та вагомого забруднення ґрунтів зеленої зони важкими металами. Показано зростання комплексного тиску урботехногенного середовища на рослини і проаналізовані актуальні зміни хімічного складу сухої речовини листків дерев за показниками вмісту важких металів та структурно-енергетичних метаболітів. З’ясовано істотне накопичення хімічних елементів в асиміляційному апараті дуба звичайного та багряника японського, виявлені їх видоспецифічні особливості щодо золоакумулятивної здатності. Обґрунтовано перспективність багряника японського, як ефективної з точки зору очищення довкілля від забруднень, декоративної породи у зеленій зоні міст регіону Розточчя і Пасмового Побужжя. Під впливом трансформації едафотопа й забруднення в асиміляційних органах деревних рослин відбуваються структурно-метаболічні зміни, спрямовані на пристосування видів у новому для них довкіллі. Дуб звичайний має ознаки стійкості метаболізму асиміляційних органів до урбогенних змін. Багряник японський має пластичну структуру сухої речовини листків, динамічно змінює її у новому для інтродуцента середовищі акліматизації і, при цьому виконує ефективну металоакумуляційну функцію у зоні міста