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Тепловой насос в системе отопления индивидуального жилого дома
Разработка системы теплоснабжения отдельно стоящего дома с использованием теплового насоса, выбор электрооборудования, исследование режимов работы насосного оборудования и систем управления теплоснабжением.Development of a heat supply system for a detached house using a heat pump, selection of electrical equipment, study of operating modes of pumping equipment and heat supply management systems
Boundary String Field Theory of the DDbar System
We develop the boundary string field theory approach to tachyon condensation
on the DDbar system. Particular attention is paid to the gauge fields, which
combine with the tachyons in a natural way. We derive the RR-couplings of the
system and express the result in terms of Quillen's superconnection. The result
is related to an index theorem, and is thus shown to be exact.Comment: 38 pages, harvmac. v2: added reference
D-brane Dynamics in the c=1 Matrix Model
Recent work has shown that unstable D-branes in two dimensional string theory
are represented by eigenvalues in a dual matrix model. We elaborate on this
proposal by showing how to systematically include higher order effects in
string perturbation theory. The full closed string state produced by a rolling
open string tachyon corresponds to a sum of string amplitudes with any number
of boundaries and closed string vertex operators. These contributions are
easily extracted from the matrix model. As in the AdS/CFT correspondence, the
sum of planar diagrams in the open string theory is directly related to the
classical theory in the bulk, i.e. sphere diagrams. We also comment on the
description of static D-branes in the matrix model, in terms of a solution
representing a deformed Fermi sea.Comment: 19 pages. v2: references added, comments on vanishing disk amplitude
Orbital dynamics during an ultrafast insulator to metal transition
Phase transitions driven by ultrashort laser pulses have attracted interest
both for understanding the fundamental physics of phase transitions and for
potential new data storage or device applications. In many cases these
transitions involve transient states that are different from those seen in
equilibrium. To understand the microscopic properties of these states, it is
useful to develop elementally selective probing techniques that operate in the
time domain. Here we show fs-time-resolved measurements of V Ledge Resonant
Inelastic X-Ray Scattering (RIXS) from the insulating phase of the Mott-
Hubbard material V2O3 after ultrafast laser excitation. The probed orbital
excitations within the d-shell of the V ion show a sub-ps time response, which
evolve at later times to a state that appears electronically indistinguishable
from the high-temperature metallic state. Our results demonstrate the potential
for RIXS spectroscopy to study the ultrafast orbital dynamics in strongly
correlated materials.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure
Disruption of CUL3-mediated ubiquitination causes proximal tubule injury and kidney fibrosis
Cullin 3 (CUL3) is part of the ubiquitin proteasomal system and controls several cellular processes critical for normal organ function including the cell cycle, and Keap1/Nrf2 signaling. Kidney tubule-specific Cul3 disruption causes tubulointerstitial fibrosis, but little is known about the mechanisms. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that dysregulation of the cell cycle and Keap1/Nrf2 pathway play a role in initiating the kidney injury upon Cul3 disruption. Cul3 deletion increased expression of cyclin E and p21, associated with uncontrolled proliferation, DNA damage, and apoptosis, all of which preceded proximal tubule injury. The cdk2-cyclin E inhibitor roscovitine did not prevent the effects of Cul3 deletion, but instead exacerbated the kidney injury. Injury occurred despite accumulation and activation of CUL3 substrate Keap1/Nrf2, proposed to be protective in kidney injury. Cul3 disruption led to progressive interstitial inflammation, functionally relevant renal fibrosis and death. Finally, we observed reduced CUL3 expression in several AKI and CKD mouse models and in fibrotic human kidney tissue. These data establish CUL3 knockout mice as a novel genetic CKD model in which dysregulation of the cell cycle may play a primary role in initiating tubule injury, and that CUL3 dysregulation could contribute to acute and fibrotic kidney disease
Role of the podocyte in proteinuria
In recent years, the podocyte, with its elaborate cytoarchitecture and slit diaphragm, has been the focus of extensive research, yet its precise role in the glomerular filtration barrier is still debated. There are puzzling observations indicating that a comprehensive mechanistic model for glomerular filtration is still necessary. There is no doubt that podocytes are essential for glomerular filtration barrier integrity. However, most albumin never reaches the podocyte because it is prevented from entering the glomerular filter at the endothelium level. Another puzzling observation is that the glomerular filter never clogs despite its high load of several kilograms of plasma proteins per day. Recently, we proposed a novel model in which an electrical potential difference is generated across the glomerular filtration barrier by filtration. The model offers novel potential solutions to some of the riddles regarding the glomerular filter
Causal hierarchy within the thalamo-cortical network in spike and wave discharges
Background: Generalised spike wave (GSW) discharges are the electroencephalographic (EEG) hallmark of absence seizures, clinically characterised by a transitory interruption of ongoing activities and impaired consciousness, occurring during states of reduced awareness. Several theories have been proposed to explain the pathophysiology of GSW discharges and the role of thalamus and cortex as generators. In this work we extend the existing theories by hypothesizing a role for the precuneus, a brain region neglected in previous works on GSW generation but already known to be linked to consciousness and awareness. We analysed fMRI data using dynamic causal modelling (DCM) to investigate the effective connectivity between precuneus, thalamus and prefrontal cortex in patients with GSW discharges. Methodology and Principal Findings: We analysed fMRI data from seven patients affected by Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy (IGE) with frequent GSW discharges and significant GSW-correlated haemodynamic signal changes in the thalamus, the prefrontal cortex and the precuneus. Using DCM we assessed their effective connectivity, i.e. which region drives another region. Three dynamic causal models were constructed: GSW was modelled as autonomous input to the thalamus (model A), ventromedial prefrontal cortex (model B), and precuneus (model C). Bayesian model comparison revealed Model C (GSW as autonomous input to precuneus), to be the best in 5 patients while model A prevailed in two cases. At the group level model C dominated and at the population-level the p value of model C was ∼1. Conclusion: Our results provide strong evidence that activity in the precuneus gates GSW discharges in the thalamo-(fronto) cortical network. This study is the first demonstration of a causal link between haemodynamic changes in the precuneus - an index of awareness - and the occurrence of pathological discharges in epilepsy. © 2009 Vaudano et al
Advances in diffusion MRI acquisition and processing in the Human Connectome Project
The Human Connectome Project (HCP) is a collaborative 5-year effort to map human brain connections and their variability in healthy adults. A consortium of HCP investigators will study a population of 1200 healthy adults using multiple imaging modalities, along with extensive behavioral and genetic data. In this overview, we focus on diffusion MRI (dMRI) and the structural connectivity aspect of the project. We present recent advances in acquisition and processing that allow us to obtain very high-quality in-vivo MRI data, whilst enabling scanning of a very large number of subjects. These advances result from 2 years of intensive efforts in optimising many aspects of data acquisition and processing during the piloting phase of the project. The data quality and methods described here are representative of the datasets and processing pipelines that will be made freely available to the community at quarterly intervals, beginning in 2013
The Human Connectome Project's neuroimaging approach
Noninvasive human neuroimaging has yielded many discoveries about the brain. Numerous methodological advances have also occurred, though inertia has slowed their adoption. This paper presents an integrated approach to data acquisition, analysis and sharing that builds upon recent advances, particularly from the Human Connectome Project (HCP). The 'HCP-style' paradigm has seven core tenets: (i) collect multimodal imaging data from many subjects; (ii) acquire data at high spatial and temporal resolution; (iii) preprocess data to minimize distortions, blurring and temporal artifacts; (iv) represent data using the natural geometry of cortical and subcortical structures; (v) accurately align corresponding brain areas across subjects and studies; (vi) analyze data using neurobiologically accurate brain parcellations; and (vii) share published data via user-friendly databases. We illustrate the HCP-style paradigm using existing HCP data sets and provide guidance for future research. Widespread adoption of this paradigm should accelerate progress in understanding the brain in health and disease
Heritability of fractional anisotropy in human white matter: a comparison of Human Connectome Project and ENIGMA-DTI data
The degree to which genetic factors influence brain connectivity is beginning to be understood. Large-scale efforts are underway to map the profile of genetic effects in various brain regions. The NIH-funded Human Connectome Project (HCP) is providing data valuable for analyzing the degree of genetic influence underlying brain connectivity revealed by state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods. We calculated the heritability of the fractional anisotropy (FA) measure derived from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) reconstruction in 481 HCP subjects (194/287 M/F) consisting of 57/60 pairs of mono- and dizygotic twins, and 246 siblings. FA measurements were derived using (Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis) ENIGMA DTI protocols and heritability estimates were calculated using the SOLAR-Eclipse imaging genetic analysis package. We compared heritability estimates derived from HCP data to those publicly available through the ENIGMA-DTI consortium, which were pooled together from five-family based studies across the US, Europe, and Australia. FA measurements from the HCP cohort for eleven major white matter tracts were highly heritable (h2 = 0.53–0.90, p < 10− 5), and were significantly correlated with the joint-analytical estimates from the ENIGMA cohort on the tract and voxel-wise levels. The similarity in regional heritability suggests that the additive genetic contribution to white matter microstructure is consistent across populations and imaging acquisition parameters. It also suggests that the overarching genetic influence provides an opportunity to define a common genetic search space for future gene-discovery studies. Uniquely, the measurements of additive genetic contribution performed in this study can be repeated using online genetic analysis tools provided by the HCP ConnectomeDB web application
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