Hydrochemical Characteristic of the Niebieskie Źródła Springs

On the basis of the existing examination results of the hygrological conditions, literature and the author's field research 15 points were chosen for taking water samples to determine, by laboratory tests, their macro- and microcomposition. Altogether 37 hydrochemical elements were determined to supply documentary evidence for a possible influence of the industrial effiuents upon the water quality. It was found that damming the flow from the water region near the overflow in Nowy Ludwików (fig. l) made redox potential reduction which leads to a decay process intensification. The participation of the basic components, which gives the water its hydrochemical type, is stable and of similar composition in each of the samples analysed. Nitrite nitrogen concentration is one of the elements which can testify to possible anthropogenic efTects. In spite of the man's economic activity the total evaluation of the water quality supplying the Niebieskie źródła Springs is very high.On the basis of the existing examination results of the hygrological conditions, literature and the author's field research 15 points were chosen for taking water samples to determine, by laboratory tests, their macro- and microcomposition. Altogether 37 hydrochemical elements were determined to supply documentary evidence for a possible influence of the industrial effiuents upon the water quality. It was found that damming the flow from the water region near the overflow in Nowy Ludwików (fig. l) made redox potential reduction which leads to a decay process intensification. The participation of the basic components, which gives the water its hydrochemical type, is stable and of similar composition in each of the samples analysed. Nitrite nitrogen concentration is one of the elements which can testify to possible anthropogenic efTects. In spite of the man's economic activity the total evaluation of the water quality supplying the Niebieskie źródła Springs is very high.W artykule przedstawiono ocenę właściwości hydrochemicznych Niebieskich źródeł. Wskazano, iż skład chemiczny wód źródlanych formowany jest przez czynniki geogeniczne; ewentualny wpływ antropopresji przejawia się zawartością śladową związków azotu

Applicability of a Representation for the Martin's Real-Part Formula in Model-Independent Analyses

Using a novel representation for the Martin's real-part formula without the full scaling property, an almost model-independent description of the proton-proton differential cross section data at high energies (19.4 GeV - 62.5 GeV) is obtained. In the impact parameter and eikonal frameworks, the extracted inelastic overlap function presents a peripheral effect (tail) above 2 fm and the extracted opacity function is characterized by a zero (change of sign) in the momentum transfer space, confirming results from previous model-independent analyses. Analytical parametrization for these empirical results are introduced and discussed. The importance of investigations on the inverse problems in high-energy elastic hadron scattering is stressed and the relevance of the proposed representation is commented. A short critical review on the use of Martin's formula is also presented.Comment: Two comments and one reference added at the end of Subsec. 3.3; 23 pages, 9 figures; to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys.

Changes in the chemical composition of spring water in the Polish Tatra Mts. over the last sixty years

Porównanie obecnego składu chemicznego wody źródeł z wynikami badań archiwalnych wykazało, że w ostatnim 60-leciu wystąpiły znaczące zmiany stężeń wybranych jonów głównych. Interpretację zmian składu chemicznego wód przeprowadzono na podstawie stężenia wodorowęglanów, wapnia i magnezu tych samych 105 źródeł, w trzech okresach (lata: 1952–1962, 1970–1980, 2007–2010). Ze względu na budowę geologiczną zmiany stężeń oceniono w podziale na wody źródeł drenujących skały krystaliczne (n = 54) oraz skały osadowe (n = 51). Zaobserwowane zmiany stężenia wybranych jonów mają odmienny przebieg w wodach źródeł drenujących trzon krystaliczny w porównaniu z wodami źródeł drenujących serie osadowe. Źródła położone w krystalicznej części Tatr miały najwyższe stężenia HCO_3^-, Ca^2^+, Mg^2^+ w latach 70. XX w., a ich maksymalne stężenie było nawet dwukrotnie wyższe w tym okresie niż w latach 1952–1962. Analiza najczęściej występujących stężeń HCO_3^-, Ca^2^+ i Mg^2^+ w wodach drenujących trzon krystaliczny wskazuje na podobieństwo składu chemicznego wód w latach 1952–1962 i współczesnych (2007–2010). Cechą charakterystyczną wód źródlanych drenujących serie osadowe jest stopniowy wzrost od lat 50. XX w. do czasów obecnych stężenia HCO_3^- i Ca^2^+, w mniejszym stopniu Mg^2^+.Comparison of the present chemical composition of spring water with the archival research revealed significant changes in the selected main ion concentrations over the last 60 years. The interpretation of changes in the chemical composition of water was based on the concentration of bicarbonates, calcium and magnesium of the same 105 springs in three periods (1952–1962, 1970–1980 and 2007–2010). Due to the geological structure, the changes in the concentration were assessed within the groups of springs draining crystalline rocks (n = 54) and sedimentary rocks (n = 51). The course of the observed changes in the concentration of the selected ions is different in spring water draining the crystalline core than in springs draining sedimentary series. The springs located in the crystalline part of the Tatra had the highest concentrations of HCO_3^-, Ca^2^+ and Mg^2^+ in the 1970s of the 20th century and their maximum concentration was even twice higher in this period than in the 1950s–1960s of the 20th century. The analysis of the most frequently occurring concentrations of HCO_3^-, Ca^2^+ and Mg^2^+ in water draining the crystalline core indicates the similarity of the chemical composition of water in 1952–1962 and present (2007–2010). A gradual increase in the concentration of HCO_3^- and Ca^2^+ particularly, and to a lesser extent Mg^2^+, from the 50s of the 20th century to present is a characteristic feature of spring water draining sedimentary series

A ruthenium(II) hydride carbonyl complex with 4-phenylpyrimidine as co-ligand

The reaction of [RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3] with 4-phenylpyrimidine gave a new ruthenium(II) complex, namely [RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)2(pyrim-4-Ph)]. The complex has been studied by IR and UV–vis spectroscopy and by X-ray crystallography. The molecular orbitals of the complex have been calculated by density functional theory. The spin-allowed singlet–singlet electronic transitions of the complex have been calculated by time-dependent DFT, and the UV–vis spectrum of the compound has been discussed on this basis. The emission properties of the complex were also studied

Computational aeroelastic analysis of a hovering W3 Sokol blade with gurney flap

This paper demonstrates the potential effect of a gurney flap on the performance of the W3-Sokol rotor blade in hover. A rigid blade was first considered and the calculations were conducted at several thrust settings. The gurney flap was extended from 46%R to 66%R and it was located at the trailing edge of the main rotor blade. Four different sizes of gurney flaps were studied, 2%, 1%, 0.5% and 0.3% of the chord. The biggest flap proved to be the most effective. A second study considered elastic blades with and without the gurney flap. The results were trimmed at the same thrust values as the rigid blade and indicate an increase of aerodynamic performance when the gurney flap is used, especially for high thrust cases

Hitting half-spaces or spheres by Ornstein–Uhlenbeck type diffusions

The purpose of the paper is to provide a general method for computing the hitting distributions of some regular subsets D for Ornstein–Uhlenbeck type operators of the form 12Δ+F⋅∇, with F bounded and orthogonal to the boundary of D. As an important application we obtain integral representations of the Poisson kernel for a half-space and balls for hyperbolic Brownian motion and for the classical Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process. The method developed in this paper is based on stochastic calculus and on the skew product representation of multidimensional Brownian motion and yields more complete results than those based on the Feynman–Kac technique.

The role of microparticles in pathomechanisms of diabetic retinopathy : analysis of intercellular communication mechanisms in endothelial aging : case control study in patients with metabolic syndrome, diabetes type 1 and type 2

The project is proposed to explain the role of specific circulating microparticles (MPs) as conveyors in trafficking bio-active molecules in type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetic patients with risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS). The possible role of miRNAs as modulators of these processes (in switching on/off mechanism on the molecular level) is proposed. An increased number of MPs with respect to glucose concentrations and levels of proangiogenic factors in vivo (patients’ plasma) is expected. The relationship between age of patents and MP content (cell membrane glycoproteins, phosphatidylserine or miRNA profile) is possible. MPs will be obtained from T1DM (n = 30) T2DM (n = 30), MS (n = 30) and controls (n = 30). Retinopathy in diabetic patients will be assessed by imaging method. Biological profile of MPs will be assessed in vitro by means of flow cytometry, molecular biology methods and cell proliferation assays

Molecular, spectroscopic, and magnetic properties of cobalt(II) complexes with heteroaromatic N(O)-donor ligands

New [Co(SCN)2(L)4/2] complexes, where L = b-pic (1), pyCH2OH (2), py(CH2)3OH (3), 1,2,4- triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (4), [CoCl2(urotrop)2] (5), and [Co(DMIM)3]Cl2 H2O (6) where urotrop = hexamethylenetetramine and DMIM = 2,20-bis(4,5-dimethylimidazolyl) were synthesized in simple reactions of CoCl2 6H2O with ammonia thiocyanate and pyridine type ligands or urotropine and diimidazolyl ligands with cobalt(II) chloride in methanol solutions. The orthorhombic crystallization for (1), (2), and (4), the monoclinic one for (3) and (5) as well as the hexagonal one for (6) were found. The plots of the overlap population density-of-states indicated nonbonding character of the interactions between pyridine derivatives ligands and cobalt(II) ions in the complexes (1)–(4). The electronic spectra showed almost perfect octahedral complex in the case of (6). The magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed paramagnetic behavior with low values of the Curie–Weiss temperature, positive for complex (5) and negative for the other ones, although the transition to collective magnetic state at low temperatures for (4) and (5) was evidenced by an observation of antiferromagnetic coupling with Ne´el temperature of 4.5 K and the ferromagnetic one with Curie temperature of 10 K, respectively

Markers of antioxidant defense in patients with type 2 diabetes

Aims. Diabetes is considered a state of increased oxidative stress. This study evaluates blood concentrations of selected markers of antioxidant defense in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods. The study included 80 type 2 diabetes patients and 79 apparently healthy controls. Measured markers included ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and uric acid serum, and plasma and/or hemolysate levels. Results. FRAP, uric acid, CRP, and GGT levels were significantly higher in patients with diabetes. Plasma and hemolysate GR was significantly higher whereas GPx activity was significantly lower in patients with diabetes. There were no significant differences in antioxidant defense markers between patients with and without chronic diabetes complications. Fasting serum glucose correlated with plasma GPx, plasma and hemolysate GR, FRAP, and serum GGT, and HbA1c correlated with serum GGT. Only FRAP and serum uric acid were significantly higher in obese (BMI>30 kg/m2) patients with diabetes than in nonobese patients. Conclusions. Some components of antioxidant defense such as GR, uric acid, and GGT are increased in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, the whole system cannot compensate for an enhanced production of ROS as reflected by the trend toward decreased erythrocytes GSH