Management of the Investigation and Detection of Legionellosis Agent in the Environmental Samples during the Preparation and Holding of the XXII Winter Olympics and XI Paralympics in Sochi

Provided are the data on the management and carrying out of the laboratory control over the hot-water supply systems of the sports venues and accommodation areas for the presence of Legionella pneumophila during the XXII Olympics and XI Paralympics in Sochi, 2014. Inspected have been 105 facilities. The samples from 37 of them showed positive. L. pneumophila DNA concentration varies between 2.19·102 and 3.92·107 genome equivalents (g.e.)/l. By means of bacteriological investigation detected have been legionella colonies in the water supply systems of 16 facilities, at one of the items - the loading is over 1·104 colony-forming units/l. Performed has been comparative analysis of the results obtained using PCR assay and bacteriological test. Based on the genotyping of 7 isolated strains serogroup 1 and 2 strains of 2-14 serogroups it is concluded that L. pneumophila strains circulating in the resort town Sochi are genetically heterogeneous

Static skin effect in organic metals

We have studied theoretically galvanomagnetic phenomena in layered conductors of organic origin with multi-sheet Fermi surface being of the form of a weakly corrugated cylinder and weakly corrugated planes. It is shown that in a strong magnetic field H unrestricted growth of the resistivity of such conductors with increasing H is accompanied by forcing current lines out to the specimen surface. The main dissipation mechanism of electron flows is charge carriers scattering by sample boundary even in bulk conductors whose thickness is larger than conduction electrons free path length l. In the case of the specular reflection at the surface the resistivity grows linearly with the magnetic field increasing

Rapid method to estimate temperature changes in electronics elements

Thermal behavior of electronic equipment is the determining factor for performing rapid assessment of the effectiveness of design and operation of the equipment. The assessment method proposed in this article consists in fixation of an infrared video stream from the surface of the device and converting it into a visible flow by means of a thermal imager, splitting it into component colors and their further processing using parabolic transformation. The result of the transformation is the number used as a rapid criterion for estimation of distribution stability of heat in the equipment

Waste Cleaning Waste: Photodegradation of Monochlorophenols in the Presence of Waste-Derived Photosensitizer

Soluble bio-based substances (SBO) have been isolated from urban waste. Their structural similarity with natural organic matter suggested exploring their activity in the photodegradation of organic substrates. In this work, they are shown to promote the photodegradation of monochlorophenols. Experiments performed with 1.0 × 10-4 M substrate solutions irradiated by simulated solar light in the presence of SBO showed the progressive degradation of all the probe substrates. The experimental data were fitted to a pseudo-first-order kinetics, and the rate constant was found to decrease in the following order: 2-chlorophenol > 3-chlorophenol > 4-chlorophenol. The effect of pH and SBO concentration on chlorophenols degradation was assessed. Experiments performed in the presence of selective scavengers along with EPR measurements supported the main role of singlet oxygen in the substrate photodegradation mechanism. Toxicity assays showed that the photodegradation of chlorophenols in the presence of SBO is accompanied with a progressive up to complete detoxification of the system. Moreover, no significant contribution of SBO to the whole system toxicity was observed. The results show how urban wastes can be a resource of photosensitizing bio-based substances to be explored in wastewater treatment