Prevalence of Ecto-and Endoparasites in Animals

The article presents information on the spreading of common pest ecto- and endoparasites among farm and laboratory animals, as well as in the areas of livestock farms

Study of the reliability of Light-Emitting Diodes to the impact of Mechanical and Climatic Loads

This paper examines light-emitting diodes to the effects of mechanical and climatic loads. Typical dependence of the rate of failure of the OES on time. the radiation propagates mainly in the confining layer, which, due to the large bandgap, has small absorption losse

Experimental, Clinical and Morphological Analysis of H-Ras Oncoproteins for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

BACKGROUND: Activated forms of Ras are enhanced in both breast cancer as well as the cell lines with EGFR and HER2 expression. Therefore, H-Ras could be activated in breast tumours in the absence of direct mutational activation of Ras itself and could contribute to 20-50% of the cases. Expression inhibition, signal transduction interruption from H-Ras to the nucleus could become a promising therapeutic target. AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and morphological criteria of locally advanced breast cancer and the expression of H-Ras oncoprotein in patients who have been subjected to different regimens of farnesyltransferase inhibitor. METHODS: H-Ras status was assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC). RESULTS: An association between the expressions of H-Ras and Her2/neu (p = 0.001) as well as the tumour proliferation index Ki-67 (p = 0.001) in patients with breast cancer was established. Analysis of the relationship between H-Ras expression showed a relatively strong association with progression-free survival both before the treatment (V = 0.47; p = 0.001) and after the treatment (V = 0.45; p = 0.001). These results may indicate the clinical applicability of H-Ras as a prognostic factor or serve as a therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment. CONCLUSION: These results could indicate the potential clinical application of H-Ras as a prognostic factor or a therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment

Nucleon-nucleon potential in finite nuclei

We consider the spin-isospin-independent central part of the residual nucleon-nucleon potential in finite spherical nuclei taking into account the deformation effects of the nucleons within the surrounding nuclear environment. It is shown that inside the nucleus the short-range repulsive contribution of the potential is increased and the intermediate attraction is decreased. We identify the growth of the radial component of the spin-isospin independent short-range part of the in-medium nucleon-nucleon interaction as the responsible agent that prevents the radial collapse of the nucleus.Comment: 9 pages, 3 eps figure

Quantum Chaos in the Yang-Mills-Higgs System at Finite Temperature

The quantum chaos in the finite-temperature Yang-Mills-Higgs system is studied. The energy spectrum of a spatially homogeneous SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs is calculated within thermofield dynamics. Level statistics of the spectra is studied by plotting nearest-level spacing distribution histograms. It is found that finite temperature effects lead to a strengthening of chaotic effects, i.e. spectrum which has Poissonian distribution at zero temperature has Gaussian distribution at finite-temperature.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Revte

Inelastic Processes in the Collision of Relativistic Highly Charged Ions with Atoms

A general expression for the cross sections of inelastic collisions of fast (including relativistic) multicharged ions with atoms which is based on the genelazition of the eikonal approximation is derived. This expression is applicable for wide range of collision energy and has the standard nonrelativistic limit and in the ultrarelativistic limit coincides with the Baltz's exact solution ~\cite{art13} of the Dirac equation. As an application of the obtained result the following processes are calculated: the excitation and ionization cross sections of hydrogenlike atom; the single and double excitation and ionization of heliumlike atom; the multiply ionization of neon and argon atoms; the probability and cross section of K-vacancy production in the relativistic $U^{92+} - U^{91+}$ collision. The simple analytic formulae for the cross sections of inelastic collisions and the recurrence relations between the ionization cross sections of different multiplicities are also obtained. Comparison of our results with the experimental data and the results of other calculations are given.Comment: 25 pages, latex, 7 figures avialable upon request,submitted to PR

Magnetic properties of La 0.6 Sr 0.4 MnO 3 thin films on SrTiO 3 and buffered Si substrates with varying thickness

La0.60Sr0.40MnO3 (LSMO) thin films of varying thickness from 12 to 55 nm were deposited using the pulsed-laser deposition technique onto single-crystalline SrTiO3 (STO) and STO-buffered Si substrates. The Tc of LSMO filmsgrown on STO-buffered Si substrates decreases faster than films directly grown on STO with decreasing film thickness. The LSMO/STO film with thickness of 55 nm shows Tc at about 360 K, which is close to the bulk value, whereas TcLSMO film on STO-buffered Si film of similar thickness is reduced to 320 K. This difference is attributed to the strain and interfacial disorders in LSMO film on STO/Si. The filmsurface morphology is influenced by the film thickness. Oxygenation of LSMO films on STO-buffered Si affects the Tc minimally but improved the overall magnetization of the films due to better oxygenation, which is also the case for postannealing the sample at elevated temperatures. The thermomagnetic history effects observed in LSMO films of STO-buffered Si indicate the presence of inhomogeneity, mostly at the interface, which influences the magnetic properties significantly

The unusual cause of stroke: Cerebral dural arteriovenous fistula

Based on the data available in the literature and their own experience, the authors give current views on the etiology, pathogenesis, classification, clinical presentations, and treatments of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF), one of the unusual causes of stroke. The paper describes a young male patient with the lobar localization of the focus, a concurrence of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. It is stated that the early emergence and persistence of a considerable focus should alert the physician to the possibility of DAVF or another venous anomaly. An emphasis is laid on the leading role of multimodal imaging protocols in the early diagnosis of the disease. Selective cerebral angiography of the internal and external carotid and vertebral arteries is today the gold standard for the diagnosis and classification of DAVF

ДЕВОН-КАМЕННОУГОЛЬНЫЙ МАГМАТИЗМ И ОРУДЕНЕНИЕ ЮЖНО-УРАЛЬСКОЙ АККРЕЦИОННО-КОЛЛИЗИОННОЙ СИСТЕМЫ

The oceanic stage in the history of the South Urals completed in the Ordovician – Early Silurian. The Ordovician through Devonian events in the region included the formation of an island arc in the East Ural zone from the Middle Ordovician to Silurian; westward motion of the subduction zone in the Late Silurian – Early Devonian and the origin of a trench along the Main Ural Fault and the Uraltau Uplift; volcanic eruptions and intrusions in the Magnitogorsk island arc system in the Devonian. The Middle-Late Paleozoic geodynamic evolution of uralides and altaides consisted in successive alternation of subduction and collisional settings at the continent-ocean transition. The greatest portion of volcanism in the major Magnitogorsk zone was associated with subduction and correlated in age and patterns of massive sulfide mineralization (VMS) with Early – Middle Devonian ore-forming events in Rudny Altai. Within-plate volcanism at the onset of volcanic cycles records the Early (D1e2) and Middle (D2ef2) Devonian slab break off. The volcanic cycles produced, respectively, the Buribay and Upper Tanalyk complexes with VMS mineralization in the Late Emsian; the Karamalytash complex and its age equivalents in the Late Eifelian – Early Givetian, as well as the lower Ulutau Formation in the Givetian. Slab break off in the Late Devonian – Early Carboniferous obstructed the Magnitogorsk island arc and supported asthenospheric diapirism. A new subduction zone dipping westward and the Aleksandrovka island arc formed in the Late Devonian – Early Carboniferous. The Early Carboniferous collision and another event of obstructed subduction led to a transform margin setting corresponding to postcollisional relative sliding of plates that produced another slab tear. Postcollisional magmatism appears as alkaline gabbro-granitic intrusives with related rich Ti-magnetite mineralization (C1). Transform faulting persisted in the Middle Carboniferous through Permian, when the continent of Eurasia completed its consolidation. The respective metallogenic events included formation of Cu-Ni picritic dolerites (C2–3), as well as large-scale gold and Mo-W deposits in granites (P1–2).Завершение океанической стадии на Южном Урале произошло в ордовик – раннесилурийское время. В среднем ордовике в Восточно-Уральской зоне начала формироваться среднеордовикско-силурийская островная дуга. В позднем силуре – раннем девоне произошел перескок зоны субдукции на запад, формирование глубоководного желоба в зоне Главного Уральского разлома – Уралтауского антиклинория и началось образование вулкано-интрузивных формаций Магнитогорской островодужной системы (D1–D3). В среднепозднепалеозойской геодинамической эволюции уралид и алтаид произошло последовательное чередование субдукционных и трансформно-коллизионных обстановок в зоне перехода континент – океан. На Южном Урале с субдукционной обстановкой связан главный объем вулканических ассоциаций Магнитогорской мегазоны. В раннем (D1e2) и среднем (D2ef2) девоне произошли разрывы слэба, фиксирующиеся проявлениями внутриплитного вулканизма, приуроченного к начальным этапам раннедевонского позднеэмсского и позднеэйфельско-раннеживетского колчеданоносных вулканических циклов. В позднем девоне – раннем карбоне произошла блокировка Магнитогорской островной дуги с разрывом слэба, и, как следствие, – главный этап астеносферного диапиризма. На рубеже позднего девона – раннего карбона сформировалась новая зона субдукции западного падения и возникла Александровская редуцированная островная дуга. Раннекаменноугольная коллизия и повторная блокировка субдукционной зоны привели к трансформной обстановке, отвечавшей постколлизионному скольжению литосферных плит, и вновь – к появлению астеносферного окна («slab-tear»). В этой обстановке были сформированы габбро-гранитные интрузивы повышенной щелочности и связанные с ними Ti-Mgt месторождения мирового класса (С1). Трансформная геодинамическая обстановка оставалась ведущей на протяжении среднего карбона – перми, когда произошла окончательная консолидация Евразийского континента