Infrared radiation of Venusian clouds

The thermal infrared emission of Venus measured by Venera-9 and Venera-10 is analyzed. The emission of the night side corresponds to a brightness temperature of 244 K. The brightest temperature of the day side is 233-234 K. The extent of the upper layer of clouds, in which the thermal emission is formed, is 4-6 km. The altitude of the emitting layer above the surface of the planet (64-67 km) is determined from the brightness temperature and the existing models of the atmosphere of Venus. In some cases, correlation is noted between the inhomogeneity and the details of the ultraviolet image. The day side temperatures strangely coincide with the freezing point of sulfuric acid at a concentration of 66-77%

The formation of social-psychological competence in professional activity of subjects two different groups of bank workers

© 2014 Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s). The research of the problems caused by occupational optimization of Bank employees aimed at creating a social-psychological competence in their professional activity, which is ordered in the labour market. The purpose of the article is aimed at identifying the personal characteristics of the subjects of the two different groups of Bank employees in their professional activities. A leading method is a method of testing aimed at identifying personal characteristics such as: empathic abilities, personality predisposition to conflict behavior, ability to listen, machiavellism. The article revealed that the socio-psychological competence of the subjects of the two different groups of Bank employees is determined by a set of specific vocational skills, such as empathic abilities, personality predisposition to conflict behavior, listening skills, the manifestation of machiavellism. The article can be useful for selection and placement of personnel in the internal environment

A922 Sequential measurement of 1 hour creatinine clearance (1-CRCL) in critically ill patients at risk of acute kidney injury (AKI)

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Variability of diagnostic criteria and treatment of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome across European countries

The aim of the surveys conducted by the Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome Working Group of the ESPN was to study the possible variability of treatment in Europe at different stages of the disease by means of questionnaires sent to members of the Working Group. Four surveys have been completed: treatment of the first flare, treatment of the first relapse and the issue of steroid dependency, use of rituximab, and the management of steroid-resistant patients. A uniform treatment of the first flare was applied in only three countries, and ten additional centers have adopted one of the three main protocols. Reported treatment of the first relapse was relatively uniform, whereas the use of additional immunosuppressants in steroid dependency was widely variable. Rituximab had already been used in hundreds of patients, although the formal evidence of efficiency in steroid dependency was relatively recent at the time of the survey. The definition of steroid resistance was variable in the European centers, but strikingly, the first-line treatment was uniform throughout the centers and included the combination of prednisone plus calcineurin antagonists. Conclusion: The variability in the approach of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is unexpectedly large and affects treatment of the first flare, strategies in the case of steroid dependency, as well as the definitions of steroid resistance.What is Known:• Steroids and immunosuppressants are the universal treatment of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.What is New:• The variability of treatments and strategy of treatment in European centers of pediatric nephrology

Nurses' perceptions of aids and obstacles to the provision of optimal end of life care in ICU

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Composition and Structural Characterization of the Extractive Pitches as Compared with the Commercial Reference Pitches of Different Origins

Текст статьи не публикуется в открытом доступе в соответствии с политикой журнала.The chemical and group composition, the empirical properties and the molecular structural characteristics of the extractive pitches produced by thermal dissolution of three medium-ranked coals were studied in comparison with the reference commercial pitches including typical coal-tar pitch, petroleum-derived pitch and the pitch sample derived from the blended mixture of coal tar with petroleum feedstock. The structural parameters of the average pitch molecules have been compared based on the 1H and 13C NMR spectra. It was shown that, in terms of chemical composition and empirical properties including carcinogen content, the extractive pitches resemble blended pitch sample, the structural parameters being close to commercial coaltar pitch sample. The average pitch molecule of extractive pitches was composed of predominantly aromatic nuclei with rather pericondensed structure