Agaricoid basidiomycetes of Sverdlovsk region: results and research perspectives

There are 812 species of agaricoid basidiomycetes presently collected in Sverdlovsk region. The south-boreal subzone includes 680 species, whereas another ones relatively weak studied. In local scale, the richest list compiled for the Visim Nature Reserve (614 sp.)

The Heating System Capacity Calculation of the Cultivation Facilities

The article is devoted to the heating system capacity calculation of the cultivation facility, based on the conditions for ensuring the microclimate parameters regulated by the standards of technological design, depending on the external climatic conditions and the facility design parameters. One of the distinguishing features of the heating system capacity calculation of greenhouses is that the heat balance equation of the structure must be considered together with the equations of heat and mass transfer on the soil and covering constructions. The calculation is made for the greenhouse block № 3 in The Greenhouse Complex with a production area about 12 ha in the village of Sadovy, Ordzhonikidze District, Ekaterinburg. It takes into account convective and radiant heat exchange between the soil and the covering constructions, heat and mass exchange during evaporation and condensation and heat loss for heating infiltrating air. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd

Exact solutions for equilibrium configurations of charged conducting liquid jets

A wide class of exact solutions is obtained for the problem of finding the equilibrium configurations of charged jets of a conducting liquid; these configurations correspond to the finite-amplitude azimuthal deformations of the surface of a round jet. A critical value of the linear electric charge density is determined, for which the jet surface becomes self-intersecting, and the jet splits into two. It exceeds the density value required for the excitation of the linear azimuthal instability of the round jet. Hence, there exists a range of linear charge density values, where our solutions may be stable with respect to small azimuthal perturbations.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Physical Review

FORMING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY IN POPULAR SCIENCE IT DISCOURSE: DISCURSIVE MARKERS AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL DIAPASON

Purpose: The article substantiates the necessity to include the concept of identity, in general, and professional identity, in particular, as an indispensable element of virtually every major scientific linguistic investigation, and provides the rationale behind current investigation by justifying the research subject from psychological, sociological, and applied-linguistic perspectives. Methodology: In order to meet the stated objectives of the research, the following methods of analysis have been chosen: continuous sampling method along with corpus data collection (in order to facilitate further data analysis and reduce measurement errors to a minimum); discourse analysis (to single out and scrutinise encountered discursive markers along with their functioning in the chosen discursive space); functional analysis (to figure out the functional diapason of the analysed discourse); statistical data analysis (to assess collected, explored and presented amount of data in order to discover the underlying trends and patterns). Result: All the discursive markers collaborate with one another, forming a strong synergistic effect in terms of both the functional scope of language units and the functional scope of professional identity formation. In conclusion, the combined functional diapason of those discursive markers in popular science IT discourses significantly contributes to the overall partial construction of non-specialist’s professional identity. Applications: This research can be used for universities, teachers, and students. Novelty/Originality: In this research, the model of Forming professional identity in popular science IT discourse is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner

The Threat and Fear of War: The State and Politics in American Mass Media

The cultivation of political fears of the state and radical change of attitudes in the minds of people is possible in certain socio-political and economic conditions and massive propaganda in the mass media. The concept of political fear is insufficiently studied in psycholinguistics. This article is dedicated to exploring the political fears of the state in the modern American mass media. This research uses hypothetical-deductive and inductive methods, methods of definitional, interpretative and subjective analysis, and content analysis. It is found that in the modern American mass media, political fear of the state is revealed in fear of war and competition. To verbalize the horror of war and struggle, politicians in power use various tactics of agonal function as the main means of impact on opponents

Professional discourse: the verbal and visual semiosis interplay

The goal of this paper is to identify the dominating semiotic system in the formation of meaning and knowledge transfer in popular science discourse. The authors have carried out the semiotic analysis of verbal-visual relations in journal articles headlines belonging to the sphere of popular science, their correlation in the process of semiosis, representation of scientific knowledge in popular science discours

Respiratorni simptomi u radnica na preradi riba na obali Jadrana u Hrvatskoj

This article describes respiratory symptoms and lung function in 98 fish processing female workers employed in a fish processing plant located on the Croatian Adriatic coast and 95 matching controls. The study included chronic and acute respiratory symptoms which developed during the shifts. Lung function measurements included forced vital capacity (FVC), one-second forced expiratory volume (FEV1) and maximal expiratory rates at 50 % and the last 25 % (FEF50, FEF25). Chronic respiratory symptoms were significantly dominant in fish processing workers compared to controls. The most common chronic symptoms were hoarseness (57.1 %), nasal catarrh (51.0 %), chronic cough (42.9 %), chronic phlegm (34.7 %), and frequent chest cold (35.7 %). Exposed smokers and nonsmokers had a similar prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms. Acute symptoms over the work shift were high, with headache in lead (smokers: 62.5 %; nonsmokers: 56.1 %). Most of the ventilatory capacity parameters were significantly lower than predicted, FEF25 in particular, indicating obstructive changes predominantly in the smaller airways. These findings suggest that fish processing workers are prone to developing acute and chronic respiratory symptoms as well as to lung function changes. This calls for medical and technical preventive measures to be introduced in the work environment of the fi sh processing plant.Cilj je ovoga istraživanja bio ispitati respiratorne simptome i plućnu funkciju radnica zaposlenih na preradi riba u industriji na obali Jadranskog mora u Hrvatskoj. U istraživanje je uključeno 98 radnica zaposlenih na preradi riba i 95 žena neizložene kontrolne skupine. Ispitivani su kronični i akutni respiratorni simptomi koji se razvijaju tijekom radne smjene. Mjerena je plućna funkcija registriranjem forsiranoga vitalnog kapaciteta (FVC), forsiranoga ekspiracijskog volumena u prvoj sekundi (FEV1) te maksimalnoga ekspiracijskog protoka pri 50 % i zadnjih 25 % forsiranoga vitalnog kapaciteta (FEF50, FEF25) na krivulji maksimalni ekspiracijski protok-volumen (MEPV). Učestalost većine kroničnih respiracijskih simptoma bila je značajno viša u eksponiranih u usporedbi s kontrolnom skupinom. U eksponiranih radnica utvrđena je i visoka prevalencija akutnih simptoma koji se razvijaju tijekom radne smjene, posebno za promuklost (57,1 %) i katar nosa (51 %), potom slijedi kronični kašalj (42,9 %), kronični iskašljaj (34,7 %), upale sinusa (32 %) i česte prehlade (35,7 %). S obzirom na naviku pušenja pušači i nepušači imali su sličnu prevalenciju kroničnih respiratornih simptoma. Izložene radnice imale su visoku prevalenciju akutnih simptoma tijekom radne smjene i to naročito za glavobolju (pušači 62,5 %; nepušači 56,1 %). Ventilacijska funkcija pluća bila je značajno smanjena u usporedbi s predviđenim normalnim vrijednostima posebice za FEF25 % upućujući na opstruktivne promjene pretežno u manjim dišnim putovima. Naši podaci upućuju na opasnost razvoja kroničnih i akutnih respiracijskih simptoma i promjena plućne funkcije u radnika koji rade u industriji na preradi riba. Medicinske i tehničke preventivne mjere u radnom okolišu treba preporučiti u industriji prerade riba

Prevention and diagnosis of osteoporosis in patients with type 1 diabetes in real clinical practice

In the Russian Federation, as in all countries of the world, there is a significant increase in the spread of diabetes mellitus. The most dangerous consequences of the global diabetes epidemic are its systemic vascular complications - nephropathy, retinopathy, damage to the main vessels of the heart, brain, lower limb arteries. At the same time, doctors are increasingly turning their attention to impaired calcium-phosphorus metabolism in diabetes. Diabetic damage to bone tissue is combined with osteoporotic processes occurring in it, which ultimately lead to fractures and disability of patients.В Российской Федерации, как и во всех странах мира, отмечается значительный рост распространения сахарного диабета (СД). Самыми опасными последствиями глобальной эпидемии СД являются его системные сосудистые осложнения – нефропатия, ретинопатия, поражение магистральных сосудов сердца, головного мозга, артерий нижних конечностей. В то же время все чаще обращается внимание врачей на нарушения фосфорно-кальциевого обмена при СД. Диабетическое повреждение костной ткани сочетается с протекающими в ней остеопоротическими процессами, которые в конечном итоге приводят к переломам и инвалидизации пациентов

The Threat and Fear of War — The State and Politics in American Mass Media

The cultivation of political fears of the state and radical change of attitudes in the minds of people is possible in certain socio-political and economic conditions and massive propaganda in the mass media. The concept of political fear is insufficiently studied in psycholinguistics. This article is dedicated to exploring the political fears of the state in the modern American mass media. This research uses hypothetical-deductive and inductive methods, methods of definitional, interpretative and subjective analysis, and content analysis. It is found that in the modern American mass media, political fear of the state is revealed in fear of war and competition. To verbalize the horror of war and struggle, politicians in power use various tactics of agonal function as the main means of impact on opponents

Твердофазный синтез отрицательно заряженных олигомеров полиамидных миметиков нуклеиновых кислот

A Boc-protocol for manual solid-phase synthesis of novel sequences of negatively charged oligomeric polyamide mimetics of nucleic acids with a regular structure of the pseudopeptide backbone based on L-glutamic acid and glycine and having various positions of the carbethoxyethyl moiety was developed. Conditions for their cleavage from polymeric carrier, isolation and structure confirmation are presented.Разработан Вос-протокол ручного твердофазного синтеза новых последовательностей отрицательно заряженных олигомеров полиамидных миметиков нуклеиновых кислот с регулярной структурой псевдопептидного остова на основе L-глутаминовой кислоты и глицина и различным положением карбоксиэтильного остатка. Представлены условия для их удаления с полимерного носителя, выделения и доказательства структуры