Korelacija između sadržaja titana u čeliku i elektromagnetskih svojstava neorijentiranih elektrolimova

In this study the correlation between the titanium content of steel and the core loss of non-oriented electrical steel sheets was determined. The core loss and titanium content of steel have a weak, but positive, correlation. The core loss was found to increase with an increasing titanium content. The study included a statistical analysis of an industrial data set and a metallographic analysis of the titanium inclusions. The analyzed titanium inclusions in the electrical steel sheets containing 0,006 mas.% Ti and 0,008 mas.% Ti were complex oxycarbonitrides, complex TiC and complex Ti(C,N).U radu se opisuje korelacija između sadržaja titana u čeliku i elektromagnetskih svojstava neorijentiranih elektrolimova. Postoji relativno niski stupanj pozitivne korelacije između magnetskih gubitaka i sadržajem titana. Magnetski gubici rastu sa sadržajem titana u čeliku. Izvedena je statistička analiza podataka za limove industrijske proizvodnje i metalografska analiza titanovih uključaka. Analizirani uključci u elektrolimovima sa 0,006 mas.% Ti i 0,008 mas.% Ti bili su kompleksni oksikarbonitridi, kompleksni TiC i kompleksni Ti(C,N)

Korelacija između sadržaja titana u čeliku i elektromagnetskih svojstava neorijentiranih elektrolimova

In this study the correlation between the titanium content of steel and the core loss of non-oriented electrical steel sheets was determined. The core loss and titanium content of steel have a weak, but positive, correlation. The core loss was found to increase with an increasing titanium content. The study included a statistical analysis of an industrial data set and a metallographic analysis of the titanium inclusions. The analyzed titanium inclusions in the electrical steel sheets containing 0,006 mas.% Ti and 0,008 mas.% Ti were complex oxycarbonitrides, complex TiC and complex Ti(C,N).U radu se opisuje korelacija između sadržaja titana u čeliku i elektromagnetskih svojstava neorijentiranih elektrolimova. Postoji relativno niski stupanj pozitivne korelacije između magnetskih gubitaka i sadržajem titana. Magnetski gubici rastu sa sadržajem titana u čeliku. Izvedena je statistička analiza podataka za limove industrijske proizvodnje i metalografska analiza titanovih uključaka. Analizirani uključci u elektrolimovima sa 0,006 mas.% Ti i 0,008 mas.% Ti bili su kompleksni oksikarbonitridi, kompleksni TiC i kompleksni Ti(C,N)

Resistance of plant life forms of native and regenerated alpine plant communities to experimental trampling

Trampling of vegetation as a result of recreation can adversely affect natural habitats, leading to loss of vegetation and degradation of plant communities. Many studies indicated that intrinsic properties of plant communities appear to be the most important factors determining the response of vegetation to trampling disturbance. Specifically, the dominant life-form of a plant community accounts for more variation in the resistance of communities to trampling than the intensity of the trampling experienced, suggesting that simple assessments based on this trait could guide decisions on access to natural sites. We verify these claims in the Belianske Tatry National Nature Reserve in Slovakia, which has been closed since 1978 due to destruction by mass tourism, with the exception of one trail made accessible since 1993. In researching the resistance of communities according to dominant life forms we adjusted the number of passes according to the minimum (75 tourists) and maximum (225 tourists) daily visitation during the tourist season. The studied communities occur in close proximity to the trails on the saddles through which the open trail passes. Available evidence from our studies suggests that vegetation dominated by hemicryptophytes is more resistant to trampling and recovers from trampling to a greater extent than vegetation dominated by other life forms. Therefore, we selected three alpine communities dominated by hemicryptophytes. In the Juncetum trifidi community, they almost completely dominate, they are mainly composed of grasses. Although they dominate the Junco trifidi-Callunetum vulgaris community, the species, Calluna vulgaris has been added to the woody chamephytes, and thus the woody Chamaephytes achieve a higher cover than in the Juncetum trifidi community. Although in the community Seslerietum tatrae biscutelletosum laevigatae hemicryptophytes dominate, it consists of several plant life forms and its grasses reach greater heights than in previous communities. We found that it is not possible to estimate the resilience of communities to trampling by dominant life forms. Life forms within one community react very similarly, but this statement cannot be generalized globally for all communities. At the same time, we found that if we damage the native community, which subsequently regenerates, the life forms of the community behave differently when damaged repeatedly. More detailed research is needed worldwide, which would point out patterns of behaviour of alpine plant vegetation to trampling

HMG-CoA reductase is regulated by environmental salinity and its activity is essential for halotolerance in halophilic fungi

The activity and level of HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) were addressed in halophilic fungi isolated from solar saltpans. Representative fungi belonging to the orders Dothideales, Eurotiales and Wallemiales have a specific pattern of HMGR regulation, which differs from salt-sensitive and moderately salt-tolerant yeasts. In all of the halophilic fungi studied, HMGR amounts and activities were the lowest at optimal growth salinity and increased under hyposaline and hypersaline conditions. This profile paralleled isoprenylation of cellular proteins in H. werneckii. Inhibition of HMGR in vivo by lovastatin impaired the halotolerant character. HMGR may thus serve as an important molecular marker of halotolerance

Weak itinerant ferromagnetism in Heusler type Fe2VAl0.95

We report measurements of the magnetic, transport and thermal properties of the Heusler type compound Fe2VAl0.95. We show that while stoichiometric Fe2VAl is a non-magnetic semi-metal a 5% substitution on the Al-site with the 3d elements Fe and V atoms leads to a ferromagnetic ground state with a Curie temperature TC = 33+-3 K and a small ordered moment ms = 0.12 mB/Fe in Fe2VAl0.95. The reduced value of the ratio ms/mp = 0.08, where mp = 1.4 mB/Fe is the effective Curie-Weiss moment, together with the analysis of the magnetization data M(H,T), show magnetism is of itinerant nature. The specific heat shows an unusual temperature variation at low temperatures with an enhanced Sommerfeld coefficient, g = 12 mJK-2mol-1. The resistivity, r(T), is metallic and follows a power law behavior r(T) = r0+AT^n with n = 1.5 below TC. With applying pressure, TC decreases with the rate of (1/TC)(dTC /dP) = -0.061 GPa-1. We conclude substitution on the Al-site with Fe and V atoms results in itinerant ferromagnetism with a low carrier density.Comment: 27 pages, 9 figure

Genetic interactions between a phospholipase A2 and the Rim101 pathway components in S. cerevisiae reveal a role for this pathway in response to changes in membrane composition and shape

Modulating composition and shape of biological membranes is an emerging mode of regulation of cellular processes. We investigated the global effects that such perturbations have on a model eukaryotic cell. Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s), enzymes that cleave one fatty acid molecule from membrane phospholipids, exert their biological activities through affecting both membrane composition and shape. We have conducted a genome-wide analysis of cellular effects of a PLA2 in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system. We demonstrate functional genetic and biochemical interactions between PLA2 activity and the Rim101 signaling pathway in S. cerevisiae. Our results suggest that the composition and/or the shape of the endosomal membrane affect the Rim101 pathway. We describe a genetically and functionally related network, consisting of components of the Rim101 pathway and the prefoldin, retromer and SWR1 complexes, and predict its functional relation to PLA2 activity in a model eukaryotic cell. This study provides a list of the players involved in the global response to changes in membrane composition and shape in a model eukaryotic cell, and further studies are needed to understand the precise molecular mechanisms connecting them