Content of protein oxidative modification products and nitrogen monoxide metabolites in the kidneys and myocardium of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes in dynamics of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion

Introduction. Acute disorders of cerebral circulation similar to diabetes mellitus (DM) cause long-term multiple organ effects, although pathogenesis of internal organs injury in association with DM and cerebral ischemia-reperfusion has not been investigated completely. The aim of the study. To study the dynamics of the content of protein oxidative modification and metabolites in the myocardium and kidneys of rats with DM complicated by cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. Results. The content of protein oxidative modification products in the tissues of the kidneys and myocardium and the content of nitrogen monoxide metabolites in the cortical and medullary substance of the kidneys were found to decrease in the early ischemic-reperfusion period in rats without DM. In rats with DM early post-ischemic changes are restricted by the increase of nitrogen oxide metabolites content in the renal medullary substance. Total remote changes of the examined parameters are found in the myocardium of rats without DM and the medullary substance of the kidneys in rats with DM. Conclusions. Diabetes mellitus eliminates or restricts the reaction of the examined indices peculiar for control animals in both periods of observation in all the examined tissues except the medullary substance of the kidneys on the 12th day of the post-ischemic period

Measurement of global polarization of {\Lambda} hyperons in few-GeV heavy-ion collisions

The global polarization of {\Lambda} hyperons along the total orbital angular momentum of a relativistic heavy-ion collision is presented based on the high statistics data samples collected in Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.4 GeV and Ag+Ag at 2.55 GeV with the High-Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer (HADES) at GSI, Darmstadt. This is the first measurement below the strangeness production threshold in nucleon-nucleon collisions. Results are reported as a function of the collision centrality as well as a function of the hyperon transverse momentum (p_T) and rapidity (y_{CM}) for the range of centrality 0--40%. We observe a strong centrality dependence of the polarization with an increasing signal towards peripheral collisions. For mid-central (20--40%) collisions the polarization magnitudes are (%) = 6.0 \pm 1.3 (stat.) \pm 2.0 (syst.) for Au+Au and (%) = 4.6 \pm 0.4 (stat.) \pm 0.5 (syst.) for Ag+Ag, which are the largest values observed so far. This observation thus provides a continuation of the increasing trend previously observed by STAR and contrasts expectations from recent theoretical calculations predicting a maximum in the region of collision energies about 3 GeV. The observed polarization is of a similar magnitude as predicted by 3D fluid dynamics and the UrQMD plus thermal vorticity model and significantly above results from the AMPT model.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure

Inclusive e+^+e−^- production in collisions of pions with protons and nuclei in the second resonance region of baryons

Inclusive e$^+$e$^-$ production has been studied with HADES in $\pi^-$ + p, $\pi^-$ + C and $\pi^- + \mathrm{CH}_2$ reactions, using the GSI pion beam at $\sqrt{s_{\pi p}}$ = 1.49 GeV. Invariant mass and transverse momentum distributions have been measured and reveal contributions from Dalitz decays of $\pi^0$, $\eta$ mesons and baryon resonances. The transverse momentum distributions are very sensitive to the underlying kinematics of the various processes. The baryon contribution exhibits a deviation up to a factor seven from the QED reference expected for the dielectron decay of a hypothetical point-like baryon with the production cross section constrained from the inverse $\gamma$ n$\rightarrow \pi^-$ p reaction. The enhancement is attributed to a strong four-momentum squared dependence of the time-like electromagnetic transition form factors as suggested by Vector Meson Dominance (VMD). Two versions of the VMD, that differ in the photon-baryon coupling, have been applied in simulations and compared to data. VMD1 (or two-component VMD) assumes a coupling via the $\rho$ meson and a direct coupling of the photon, while in VMD2 (or strict VMD) the coupling is only mediated via the $\rho$ meson. The VMD2 model, frequently used in transport calculations for dilepton decays, is found to overestimate the measured dielectron yields, while a good description of the data can be obtained with the VMD1 model assuming no phase difference between the two amplitudes. Similar descriptions have also been obtained using a time-like baryon transition form factor model where the pion cloud plays the major role.Comment: (HADES collaboration

ION VATAMANU

Ion Vatamanu was a chemist, writer and public figure. He was equally passionate about both his chosen fields of activity: chemistry and poetry. Chemistry, with its perfect equilibrium of logic and precision, provided inspiration for lyrical creativity, whereas poetry writing enlivened his imagination and passion for chemistry. He loved his parents. He adored his wife Elena, whom he often gifted a sea of flowers. He loved his daughters Mihaela, Mariana, and Leontina. He loved life, and he loved people

STUDYING THE RESEARCH RESULTS REGARDING FERTILIZERS USED IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

This paper represents an analysis of the research concerning the use of fertilizers and nutrients balance in the soils of the Republic of Moldova. The nature and effectiveness of fertilizers, their influence on the agrochemical properties of soils, the protection of the environment from the pollution by nutrients in addition to the regulatory normatives of our country developed in order to determine the necessary in fertilizers for obtaining the expected crops have been as well discussed