The Effect of Marinating on Fatty Acid Composition of Sous-Vide Semimembranosus Muscle from Holstein-Friesian Bulls

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of two commercial oil marinades on marinated bovine semimembranosus muscles’ (n = 12) fatty acid composition. Fatty acids were determined in unmarinated raw and sous-vide beef and marinated muscles with two different marinades. The application of marinating changed the fatty acid composition in sous-vide beef. The sum of saturated fatty acids (SFA) and n-6/n-3 ratio decreased. However, the sum of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), including n-6 and n-3, increased in marinated sous-vide beef, while a proportion of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and arachidonic acid (AA) de-creased. The concentration (mg/100 g) of the sum of SFA and CLA in sous-vide beef was unaffected by marinating; however, the treatment significantly increased the sum of MUFA, PUFA, n-6 fatty and n-3 fatty acid concentrations. Using marinades containing canola oil and spices prior to the sous-vide treatment of beef was effective in improving its fatty acid composition

Position Estimation in Mixed Indoor-Outdoor Environment Using Signals of Opportunity and Deep Learning Approach

To improve the user's localization estimation in indoor and outdoor environment a novel radiolocalization system using deep learning dedicated to work both in indoor and outdoor environment is proposed. It is based on the radio signatures using radio signals of opportunity from LTE an WiFi networks. The measurements of channel state estimators from LTE network and from WiFi network are taken by using the developed application. The user's position is calculated with a trained neural network system's models. Additionally the influence of various number of measurements from LTE and WiFi networks in the input vector on the positioning accuracy was examined. From the results it can be seen that using hybrid deep learning algorithm with a radio signatures method can result in localization error 24.3 m and 1.9 m lower comparing respectively to the GPS system and standalone deep learning algorithm with a radio signatures method in indoor environment. What is more, the combination of LTE and WiFi signals measurement in an input vector results in better indoor and outdoor as well as floor classification accuracy and less positioning error comparing to the input vector consisting measurements from only LTE network or from only WiFi network

Determination of plutonium in urine: evaluation of electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy

Mass spectroscopy has the distinct advantage of detecting atoms rather than radioactive decay products for nuclides of low specific activity. Electrothermal vaporization (ETV) is an efficient means of introducing small volumes of prepared samples into an inductively coupled mass spectrometer to achieve the lowest absolute detection limits. The operational characteristics and capabilities of electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled mass spectrometer mass spectroscopy were evaluated. We describe its application as a detection method for determining Pu in urine, in conjunction with a preliminary separation technique to avoid matrix suppression of the signal

Quest for hyperheavy toroidal nuclei

We investigate the possibility of observing toroidal breakup configurations in Au+Au collisions using the CHIMERA multidetector system. BUU simulations indicate that the threshold energy for toroidal configuration formation is around 23 MeV/nucleon. The simulations of the Decay process using the static model code ETNA indicate the sensitivity of some observables to different studied break-up geometries

The influence of mechanical damaging on positrons lifetime in ultra-high-molecular polyethylene

The influence of damaging of the ultra-high-molecular polyethylene (PE-UHMW) Chirulen ®1120, which is applied, among others, to produce hip endoprostheses, on spectra of positrons lifetime in this material was investigated. Polyethylene samples were damaged by: impact, rolling friction and collisions with metal balls in a planetary mill. Changes in the parameters of positrons lifetime spectra related to annihilation of ortho-positronium (o-Ps) were analyzed in dependence on the mechanical energy passed to the sample. On the basis of the Eldrup–Tao model, changes in the radii of voids in which a positronium is formed and annihilated, as well as changes in the degree of filling up the space atoms in the examined polymer were determined.Досліджували вплив пошкоджень ультрависокомолекулярного поліетилену марки Chirulen®1120, який застосовують для виготовлення тазостегнових ендопротезів, на час існування позитронів в цьому матеріалі після опромінення. Зразки поліетилену пошкоджували в лабораторних умовах методами удару, вальцювання та тертя, а також шляхом зіткнення з металевими кульками у планетарному млині. Зміни часу існування орто-позитронів аналізували залежно від механічної енергії, отриманої зразком, а зміни радіусів порожнин, в яких утворюються та анігілюються позитрони, визначали, застосовуючи модель Елдрупа–Тао.Исследовали влияние повреждений ультравысокомолекулярного полиэтилена марки Chirulen®1120, который применяют для изготовления тазобедренных эндопротезов, на время существования позитронов в этом материале после облучения. Образцы полиэтилена были повреждены в лабораторных условиях методами удара, прокатывания и трения, а также путем столкновения с металлическими шариками в планетарной мельнице. Изменения времени существования орто-позитронов анализировали в зависимости от механической энергии, полученной образцом, а изменения радиусов полостей, в которых образуются и аннигилируются позитроны, определяли с применением модели Елдрупа–Тао

Spectra of Positrons Lifetimes in Choose Gel Drugs

Spectra of positrons lifetimes in selected gel non-steride analgesic and antiphlogistic drugs were investigated. The basic components in them were sodium salts of diclophenac and they differed from one another with the chemical composition of other components. It was found that in all of the investigated spectra there occurred a component which testified to the formation of positronium. The differences in the values of ortho-Ps component lifetimes and their intensity can be attributed to the presence of ingredients modifying the effects of the drug