РОЛЬ И МЕСТО АВСТРИЙСКОЙ НЕФТЯНОЙ КОМПАНИИ ÖSTERREICHISCHE MINERALÖLVERWALTUN В ЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКОЙ СТРУКТУРЕ ЕВРОСОЮЗА И СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОЕКТЫ С РОССИЕЙ

The role and place of the largest in Central Europe Austrian oil company Österreichische Mineralölverwaltung (OMV) in the energy structure of the European Union are described, as well as the features of promoting Russian-Austrian bilateral projects with the identification of new prospects for cooperation. The energy market of the European Union has been analyzed, external and internal barriers to its development have been identified, the features of functioning and long-term prospects for the development of OMV have been considered. It takes into account the fact that in 2017 a sufficiently large share of European energy (20,9% of the total energy produced in Europe) is generated by energy generated at power plants using alternative energy sources.Описаны роль и место крупнейшей в Центральной Европе австрийской нефтяной компании Österreichische Mineralölverwaltun (OMV) в энергетической структуре Евросоюза, а также особенности продвижения двусторонних российско-австрийских проектов с выявлением новых перспектив для сотрудничества. Проанализирован энергетический рынок Евросоюза, выделены внешние и внутренние барьеры, препятствующие его развитию, рассмотрены особенности функционирования и долгосрочные перспективы развития OMV. Учитывается тот факт, что в 2017 г. достаточно большую долю энергетики Европы (20,9% от общей произведенной энергии Европы) формирует энергия, сгенерированная на электростанциях, использующих альтернативные источники энергии

Infective endocarditis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with non ST elevation myocardial infarction

A rare clinical case of native aortic valve infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a 56-year old man without known risk factors predisposing to the development of IE is presented. Diagnosis of IE in this patient was a challenge due to the lack of recent interventions that could be considered as a source of bacteremia, scarce clinical manifestation and absence of typical complications. Aortic valve vegetation was detected by transesophageal echocardiography. K. pneumoniae isolate was susceptible to all antibiotics tested. Antibacterial therapy (cefepime 6 g/day IV for 2 weeks in the hospital followed by ceftriaxone 4 g/day IM and cefixime 400 mg/day PO, a total of 4 weeks as an outpatient) resulted in a complete resolution of IE signs and symptoms, laboratory abnormalities as well as vegetation size decrease. Surgical treatment was not required in this patient

Long-term neurological and behavioral results of biodegradable scaffold implantation in mice brain

The aim of the study was to assess the integral outcomes of implantation biocompatible scaffold as the carrier of neural stem cells in the reconstructive surgery of open traumatic brain injury (TBI) by parameters of neurological and cognitive status of the animals in the experiment. Materials and Methods. Adult male C57BL/6 mice were injured with open-skull weight-drop method. 3D hydrogel scaffold based on modified chitosan in complex with hyaluronic acid was transplanted into the lesion cavity 1 week after TBI. Using a variety of behavioral and cognitive tests (modified neurological severity scores (mNSS), open field test as well as novel object recognition and passive avoidance tests) the short-and long-term neurological and memory functions sequelae induced by TBI were assessed. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to visualize the injury site. Results. Significant functional recovery was observed on both the mNSS and open field tests in the scaffold transplantation group compared to the control TBI group. In addition, enhanced improvement of short and long-term memory functions was found 5 months post injury. Magnetic resonance imaging data revealed that the scaffold transplantation result in decreasing of the volume of injury area compared to control TBI group and preventing the disruption of the neural networks of the brain. Conclusion. Taken together, our findings indicated that transplantation of 3D biodegradable scaffold into injury cavity contributed to the preservation of volume in the damaged region in the first months after TBI which in turn led to a better functional recovery in the remote period

Systematic bias in estimates of reproductive potential of an Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stock: implications for stock–recruit theory and management

Stock–recruit relationships that use spawning stock biomass (SSB) to represent reproductive potential assume that the proportion of SSB composed of females and the relative fecundity (number of eggs produced per unit mass) are both constant over time. To test these two assumptions, female-only spawner biomass (FSB) and total egg production (TEP) were estimated for the Northeast Arctic stock of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) over a 56-year time period. The proportion of females (FSB/SSB) varied between 24% and 68%, and the variation was systematic with length such that SSB became more female-biased as the mean length of spawners increased. Relative fecundity of the stock (TEP/SSB) varied between 115 and 355 eggs·g–1 and was significantly, positively correlated with mean length of spawners. Both FSB and TEP gave a different interpretation of the recruitment response to reductions in stock size (overcompensatory) compared with that obtained using SSB (either compensatory or depensatory). There was no difference between SSB and FSB in the assessment of stock status; however, in recent years (1980–2001) TEP fell below the threshold level at which recruitment becomes impaired more frequently than did SSB. This suggests that using SSB as a measure of stock reproductive potential could lead to overly optimistic assessments of stock status