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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AGE-RELATED ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY IN PATIENTS WITH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
Every fourth patient at the age of 50 years, every third patient at the age of 60 years, every second man at the age of 70 years and almost everyone (90%) older than 80 years have Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Lower urinary tract symptoms developing against the background of BPH are often connected both with manifestations of the hyperplasia of a prostate, and with the age androgenic deficiency (AAD). Aim: To determine the frequency of emergence of age androgenic deficiency of patients with Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Materials and Methods: 180 patients with clinical signs of Benign prostatic hyperplasia have been examined. All patients were conducted with standard clinical examination: survey, measurement of International prostate symptom score (IPSS), assessment of quality of life (QOL). The research of the androgenic status of patients included clinical assessment of deficiency of androgens with the use of the standard international questionnaire: “The questionnaire of Aging Males’ Symptoms” (AMS) and hormonal blood test with determination of level of the general testosterone, follicle-stimulating and luteinizing hormones. Results: There were 118 patients with the low level of the general testosterone (Tgen) (67,7%) of all people. An average level of Tgen was 8,74 ± 0,9 nmol/l. In group of patients with low testosterone the GPA (grade point average) on a scale of AMS was 47,3 ± 9,1. Patients with BPH and AAD frequently have the accompanying pathology which is generally presented in such diseases as arterial hypertension, a metabolic syndrome, coronary heart disease, diabetes of the II type, anurolithic disease. Conclusions: Monitoring of the Tgen level is necessary for patients with BPH. Considering the high risk of a combination of BPH with the deficiency of testosterone it is necessary to include in the standard scheme of inspection the hormonal blood test with determination of the Tgen level
Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy of Iron Sulfur Proteins
Nuclear inelastic scattering in conjunction with density functional theory
(DFT) calculations has been applied for the identification of vibrational modes
of the high-spin ferric and the high-spin ferrous iron-sulfur center of a
rubredoxin-type protein from the thermophylic bacterium Pyrococcus abysii
Relatively oxidized conditions for diamond formation at Udachnaya (Siberia)
Thanks to the physical strength of diamonds and their relatively unreactive chemical nature, their mineral inclusions may remain exceptionally preserved from alteration processes and chemical exchanges with surrounding minerals, fluids and/or melts following diamond formation. Cr-bearing spinels are relatively common inclusions found in peridotitic diamonds and important oxybarometers providing information about the oxygen fugacity (fO2) of their source mantle rocks. Here, we investigated a magnesiochromite-olivine touching pair in a diamond from the Udachnaya kimberlite (Siberia) by in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction and energy-domain synchrotron Mossbauer spectroscopy, aiming to constrain the physical-chemical conditions of diamond formation and to explore the redox state of this portion of the Siberian craton when the diamond was formed. The P-T-fO(2) entrapment conditions of the inclusion pair, determined by thermo- and oxybarometric analyses, are similar to 5.7(0.4) GPa and similar to 1015(50) ? (although entrapment at higher T and re-equilibration during subsequent mantle storage are also possible) and fO(2) near the enstatite-magnesite-olivine-diamond (EMOD) buffer. The determined fO(2) is similar to, or slightly more oxidized than, those of xenoliths from Udachnaya, but whilst the xenoliths last equilibrated with the surrounding mantle just prior to their entrainment in the kimberlite at similar to 360 Ma, the last equilibration of the inclusion pair is much older, occurring at 3.5-3.1, similar to 2 or similar to 1.8 Ga before final encapsulation in its host diamond. Hence, the similarity between xenoliths and inclusion fO(2) values indicates that the modern redox state of this portion of the Siberian lithosphere was likely attained relatively early after its formation and may have persisted for billions of years after diamond formation, at least at the local scale. Moreover, the oxygen fugacity determination for the inclusion pair provides direct evidence of diamond formation near the EMOD buffer and is consistent with recent models suggesting relatively oxidized, water-rich CHO fluids as the most likely parents for lithospheric diamonds
Measuring velocity of sound with nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
Nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering is used to measure the projected
partial phonon density of states of materials. A relationship is derived
between the low-energy part of this frequency distribution function and the
sound velocity of materials. Our derivation is valid for harmonic solids with
Debye-like low-frequency dynamics. This method of sound velocity determination
is applied to elemental, composite, and impurity samples which are
representative of a wide variety of both crystalline and noncrystalline
materials. Advantages and limitations of this method are elucidated
Three dimensional quadratic algebras: Some realizations and representations
Four classes of three dimensional quadratic algebras of the type \lsb Q_0 ,
Q_\pm \rsb , \lsb Q_+ , Q_- \rsb ,
where are constants or central elements of the algebra, are
constructed using a generalization of the well known two-mode bosonic
realizations of and . The resulting matrix representations and
single variable differential operator realizations are obtained. Some remarks
on the mathematical and physical relevance of such algebras are given.Comment: LaTeX2e, 23 pages, to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Ge
Dynamics of Metal Centers Monitored by Nuclear Inelastic Scattering
Nuclear inelastic scattering of synchrotron radiation has been used now since
10 years as a tool for vibrational spectroscopy. This method has turned out
especially useful in case of large molecules that contain a M\"ossbauer active
metal center. Recent applications to iron-sulfur proteins, to iron(II) spin
crossover complexes and to tin-DNA complexes are discussed. Special emphasis is
given to the combination of nuclear inelastic scattering and density functional
calculations
The Relativistic Linear Singular Oscillator
Exactly-solvable model of the linear singular oscillator in the relativistic
configurational space is considered. We have found wavefunctions and energy
spectrum for the model under study. It is shown that they have correct
non-relativistic limits.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures in eps format, IOP style LaTeX file (revised
taking into account referees suggestions
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