Heat and mass transfer in the process of electrofractionation of secondary milk products

Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, South Africa, 30 June - 2 July, 2008.Complete and wasteless processing of milk envisages a complex utilization and recovery of raw products, including secondary resources, taking into account ecological factors due to high indices of biological and chemical oxygen demand of whey. Electrical activation of whey is one of the promising methods of processing of secondary milk raw products that we have studied and used for recovery of protein-mineral concentrate, inversion of lactose into lactulose and their subsequent application. The working regimes of heat and mass transfer, characteristics of the obtained products and advantages of electrophysical treatment are described.vk201

Demographical characteristics of pregnant women at embryo-fetal malformation risk

The aim of the study is to assess the demographic characteristics of pregnant women at risk of embryo-fetal malformations in I and II trimesters of pregnancy. The study included 1203 pregnant women at embryo-fetal malformation risk in the I and II trimesters of pregnancy, who were directed to the consultation to the National Centre of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics in Moldova in 2009-2011. The pregnant women involved in the study have as expressed the informed consent. All pregnant women have been the native residents of the Republic of Moldova. The selection criteria of pregnant women at risk were follows: advanced maternal age (older than or equal to 35 years old), pathological obstetric and family history. The majority of pregnant women at risk of embryo-fetal malformations have been found mostly in the cities – Chisinau (54.4%), Balti (6.2%), Orhei (1.8%), Tiraspol (2.8%) – compared to rural districts – Ialoveni (1.8%) and Causeni (1.3%). Most pregnant women were from the central zone of the Republic of Moldova compared to the north zone, Transdniestrian region and the south zone (62.7% vs 14.8%, 11.8% and 10.7% respectively). The analysis results of the antenatal diagnosis of the women in the study determined the presence of the following risk factors of embryo-fetal malformations, listed in the decreasing order: an advanced maternal age over 35 years old – in 52.5% of pregnant women, pathological personal history – in 12.3%, pathological obstetric history – in 4.3%, family history with abnomalities – in 4.7%, presence of occupation hazards – in 0.7% and the father’s age over 40 years old – in 1.0% of cases

Potentiation effect of the AMPK activator A-769662 on cardiac myocytes metabolism and survival

Abstract 286 van Poster session 2 Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology, London 30th March – 1st April 2012 Second Congress of the ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science