Microlensing by natural wormholes: theory and simulations

We provide an in depth study of the theoretical peculiarities that arise in effective negative mass lensing, both for the case of a point mass lens and source, and for extended source situations. We describe novel observational signatures arising in the case of a source lensed by a negative mass. We show that a negative mass lens produces total or partial eclipse of the source in the umbra region and also show that the usual Shapiro time delay is replaced with an equivalent time gain. We describe these features both theoretically, as well as through numerical simulations. We provide negative mass microlensing simulations for various intensity profiles and discuss the differences between them. The light curves for microlensing events are presented and contrasted with those due to lensing produced by normal matter. Presence or absence of these features in the observed microlensing events can shed light on the existence of natural wormholes in the Universe.Comment: 16 pages, 24 postscript figures (3 coloured), revtex style, submitted to Phys. Rev.

Современные представления о распространенности, патоморфологии и диагностике гранулематоза с полиангиитом с поражением легких (обзор литературы)

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) (Wegener's granulomatosis) is a rare systemic autoimmune disease from the group of vasculitis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs). GPA is proceeding with granulomatous inflammation, mainly of the upper and lower respiratory tract and low-immune necrotizing vasculitis that affects small- and medium-size vessels in lungs, kidneys, skin. The disease is an extremely rare long-term systemic disorder, is rarely the object of research, the literature data are few and unsystematic.Purpose. The purpose of the literature review was to study the published materials, analyze the received information and define tasks for further study of this pathology, primarily from the standpoint of radiation diagnostics.Materials and methods. The search was carried out in bibliographic databases MedLine, PubMed, if necessary, links to external full-text sources were used. 36 of the most significant publications were selected and worked out, including 8 domestic and 28 foreign. One of the selection criteria for articles was the availability of information about the radiological diagnosis of GPA in them.Results. Most authors focus their attention on clinical manifestations and features of treatment, not paying sufficient attention to diagnostic methods. Many studies have been carried out on a small sample of patients or are limited to individual clinical observations; there is practically no information on changes in the computed tomographic picture of the lungs in GPA in dynamics. The most complete semiotics of lung damage according to CT data is presented in the article by F. Martinez et al. (2012).Conclusions. It was found that in case of lung lesions by GPA, nodules, nodes and masses are more often determined, in half of cases – with cavities of decay, less often areas of ground-glass opacity and consolidation are detected. However, at present there is no unified approach to the interpretation of the radiological semiotics of the disease and the determination of the diagnostic value of individual computed tomographic patterns of lung damage. This requires their further detailed study for the correct and timely diagnosis of such a rare, but complex and potentially life-threatening disease.Гранулематоз с полиангиитом (ГПА) (гранулематоз Вегенера) – это редкое системное аутоиммунное заболевание из группы васкулитов, ассоциированное с антителами к цитоплазме нейтрофилов (АНЦА) и протекающее с гранулематозным воспалением преимущественно верхних и нижних дыхательных путей и малоиммунным некротизирующим васкулитом чаще сосудов мелкого и среднего калибра почек, легких, кожи. Заболевание относится к орфанным, редко является объектом исследования, литературные данные о нем немногочисленны и разрозненны.Цель исследования: изучение опубликованных материалов, анализ полученной информации и определение задач для дальнейшего изучения этой патологии, в первую очередь с позиции лучевой диагностики.Материал и методы. Поиск производился в библиографических базах данных MedLine, PubMed, при необходимости использовались ссылки на внешние полнотекстовые источники. Отобрано и проработано 36 наиболее значимых публикаций, из них 8 отечественных и 28 зарубежных. Одним из критериев отбора статей было наличие в них сведений о лучевой диагностике ГПА.Результаты. Большинство авторов акцентируют свое внимание на клинических проявлениях и особенностях лечения, не уделяя достаточного внимания диагностическим методам. Многие исследования проведены на небольшой выборке пациентов или ограничены отдельными клиническими наблюдениями, практически отсутствует информация об изменении компьютерно-томографической картины легких при ГПА в динамике. Наиболее полно семиотика поражения легких по данным КТ изложена в статье F. Martinez и соавт. (2012).Заключение. Установлено, что при поражении легких при ГПА чаще определяются очаги и образования округлой формы, в половине случаев – с полостями распада, реже выявляются участки уплотнения легочной ткани по типу “матового стекла” и консолидации. Однако в настоящее время не существует единого подхода к трактовке рентгенологической семиотики заболевания и определению диагностического значения отдельных компьютерно-томографических паттернов поражения легких. Это требует их дальнейшего детального изучения для правильной и своевременной диагностики такого редкого, но сложного и потенциально опасного для жизни заболевания

A program for a problem free Cosmology within a framework of a rich class of scalar tensor theories

A search for a problem free cosmology within the framework of an effective non - minimally coupled scalar tensor theory is suggested. With appropriate choice of couplings in variants of a Lee - Wick model [as also in a model supporting Q - ball solutions], non topological solutions [NTS's], varying in size upto 10 kpc to 1 Mpc can exist. We explore the properties of a ``toy'' Milne model containing a distribution of NTS domains. The interior of these domains would be regions where effective gravitational effects would be indistinguishable from those expected in standard Einstein theory. For a large class of non - minimal coupling terms and the scalar effective potential, the effective cosmological constant identically vanishes. The model passes classical cosmological tests and we describe reasons to expect it to fare well as regards nucleosynthesis and structure formation.Comment: 20 pages, Plain Tex, references added and expanded the previous version of article, 2 figures available from [email protected]

Nomenclatural standards, voucher specimens and genetic passports of potato cultivars created in the Siberian and Ural breeding centers

The present paper discusses methodological approaches to the creation of nomenclatural standards and genetic passports for Russian cultivars, currently being developed at the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) in collaboration with different breeding research centers. Plant material of potato cultivars bred in the Siberian Research Institute of Plant Cultivation and Breeding was collected by the cultivar creator A.D. Safonova in the experimental field of this institute and transferred to the VIR herbarium for preparation of their nomenclatural standards. Plant shoots and tubers of potato cultivars bred in other Siberian research centers in collaboration with the A.G. Lorkh All-Russian Research Institute of Potato Farming (VNIIKH) was collected by the representative of this institute in the experimental field of VNIIKH. As a result of joint research, nomenclatural standards were accomplished for 11 cultivars, namely ‘Аntonina’, ‘Zlatka’, ‘Lina’, ‘Lûbava’, ‘Nakra’, ‘Pamâti Rogačeva’, ‘Sarovskij’, ‘Safo’, ‘Solnečnyj’, ‘Tuleevskij’, ‘Ûna’** bred in five different Siberian breeding institutes including cultivars developed in collaboration with VNIIKH. Nomenclatural standards were prepared according to the ‘International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants’. DNA samples isolated from nomenclatural standards were used for preparation of genetic passports of these 11 cultivars. These genetic passports include information of the polymorphism of eight chromosome-specific microsatellites, data on the markers of 11 R-genes conferring resistance to various harmful organisms, as well as the information about cytoplasm types. Voucher specimens of additional three Siberian cultivars ‘Kemerovčanin’, ‘Kuznečanka’, ‘Tanaj’ and five Ural cultivars ‘Аlâska’, ‘Bravo’, ‘Irbitskij’, ‘Lûks’, ‘Terra’ from the Ural Research Institute for Agriculture were also registered in the VIR herbarium collection. For these eight cultivars, the genetic passports were not issued, but the results of SSR genotyping and molecular screening of voucher specimens performed with the same set of the DNA markers are presented in this report. A similar set of DNA markers was used for genotyping cultivar accessions from the in vitro and field collections of various institutes as well as cultivar specimens from eco-geographical tests performed within the framework of the Comprehensive Research Plan of the subprogram “Development of potato breeding and seed production in the Russian Federation”. The comparison of cultivar genetic passport data with genotyping results of specimens having the same name, but obtained from different sources made it possible to verify this plant material

Morris-Thorne wormholes with a cosmological constant

First, the ideas introduced in the wormhole research field since the work of Morris and Thorne are briefly reviewed, namely, the issues of energy conditions, wormhole construction, stability, time machines and astrophysical signatures. Then, spherically symmetric and static traversable Morris-Thorne wormholes in the presence of a generic cosmological constant are analyzed. A matching of an interior solution to the unique exterior vacuum solution is done using directly the Einstein equations. The structure as well as several physical properties and characteristics of traversable wormholes due to the effects of the cosmological term are studied. Interesting equations appear in the process of matching. For instance, one finds that for asymptotically flat and anti-de Sitter spacetimes the surface tangential pressure of the thin-shell, at the boundary of the interior and exterior solutions, is always strictly positive, whereas for de Sitter spacetime it can take either sign as one could expect, being negative (tension) for relatively high cosmological constant and high wormhole radius, positive for relatively high mass and small wormhole radius, and zero in-between. Finally, some specific solutions with generic cosmological constant, based on the Morris-Thorne solutions, are provided.Comment: latex, 49 pages, 8 figures. Expanded version of the paper published in Physical Review

X-ray absorption spectroscopy systematics at the tungsten L-edge

A series of mononuclear six-coordinate tungsten compounds spanning formal oxidation states from 0 to +VI, largely in a ligand environment of inert chloride and/or phosphine, has been interrogated by tungsten L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The L-edge spectra of this compound set, comprised of [W<sup>0</sup>(PMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>6</sub>], [W<sup>II</sup>Cl<sub>2</sub>(PMePh<sub>2</sub>)<sub>4</sub>], [W<sup>III</sup>Cl<sub>2</sub>(dppe)<sub>2</sub>][PF<sub>6</sub>] (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane), [W<sup>IV</sup>Cl<sub>4</sub>(PMePh<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>], [W<sup>V</sup>(NPh)Cl<sub>3</sub>(PMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>], and [W<sup>VI</sup>Cl<sub>6</sub>] correlate with formal oxidation state and have usefulness as references for the interpretation of the L-edge spectra of tungsten compounds with redox-active ligands and ambiguous electronic structure descriptions. The utility of these spectra arises from the combined correlation of the estimated branching ratio (EBR) of the L<sub>3,2</sub>-edges and the L<sub>1</sub> rising-edge energy with metal Z<sub>eff</sub>, thereby permitting an assessment of effective metal oxidation state. An application of these reference spectra is illustrated by their use as backdrop for the L-edge X-ray absorption spectra of [W<sup>IV</sup>(mdt)<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>2</sub>] and [W<sup>IV</sup>(mdt)<sub>2</sub>(CN)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>2–</sup> (mdt<sup>2–</sup> = 1,2-dimethylethene-1,2-dithiolate), which shows that both compounds are effectively W<sup>IV</sup> species. Use of metal L-edge XAS to assess a compound of uncertain formulation requires: 1) Placement of that data within the context of spectra offered by unambiguous calibrant compounds, preferably with the same coordination number and similar metal ligand distances. Such spectra assist in defining upper and/or lower limits for metal Z<sub>eff</sub> in the species of interest; 2) Evaluation of that data in conjunction with information from other physical methods, especially ligand K-edge XAS; 3) Increased care in interpretation if strong π-acceptor ligands, particularly CO, or π-donor ligands are present. The electron-withdrawing/donating nature of these ligand types, combined with relatively short metal-ligand distances, exaggerate the difference between formal oxidation state and metal Z<sub>eff</sub> or, as in the case of [W<sup>IV</sup>(mdt)<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>2</sub>], add other subtlety by modulating the redox level of other ligands in the coordination sphere

Аутоиммунные поражения печени у пациентов с болезнью Шёгрена, ассоциированной с антицентромерными антителами

Objective: to determine the frequency, spectrum and severity of liver affection in anti-centromere antibodies (ACA) positive patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS).Patients and methods. 119 ACA-positive patients with pSS were included in the study, 37 (31%) of them had signs of liver damage, 3 of these patients were excluded from the study (2 had cholelithiasis, 1 had viral hepatitis B). Signs of autoimmune liver damage were found in 34 (28.6%) patients, most of them were seropositive for antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA). The diagnosis of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) was established according to the recommendations of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the Russian Gastroenterological Association and the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver. In 5 (14.7%) patients the cause of cholestasis remained unspecified.Results and discussion. AMA were found in 73.5% of patients, elevated serum IgM levels – in 57.6%. Clinically liver damage in most cases was characterized by an asymptomatic, slowly progressive course without a dramatic increase of symptoms over time. Liver cirrhosis was found in 14.7% of patients. According to clinical, laboratory and morphological manifestations, PBC was diagnosed in 21 patients, 4 of them also had a cross syndrome with AIH. AMA-negative PBC was found in 3 patients and isolated AIH – in 1. In most cases, histological stage I of PBC was detected. During follow-up, median of 7 years (range from 2 to 15 years), in 7 patients with stage I PBC and in 7 AMA-positive patients without functional liver disorders no clinical, laboratory or instrumental progression of liver damage was noted. In this regard, it was suggested that these patients have epitheliitis of the biliary ducts as manifestation of glandular affection in pSS, and not true PBC.Conclusion. Autoimmune liver lesions are detected in 28.6% of ACA-positive patients with pSS, most (41.2%) of them develop epitheliitis of the biliary ducts as pSS manifestation or a combination of pSS with PBC (with the same frequency), less often PBC / AIH cross syndrome is diagnosed. PBC / pSS-related epitheliitis of the biliary ducts in ACA-positive patients is characterized by a slowly progressive asymptomatic course in most cases and rarely leads to the development of liver cirrhosis.Цель настоящего исследования – определить частоту, спектр и тяжесть течения поражений печени у позитивных по антицентромерным антителам (АЦА) пациентов с болезнью Шёгрена (БШ).Пациенты и методы. У 37 (31%) из 119 включенных в исследование АЦА-позитивных пациентов с БШ при обследовании выявлены признаки поражения печени, 3 из них были исключены из исследования (у 2 имелась желчнокаменная болезнь, у 1 – вирусный гепатит В). Признаки аутоиммунного поражения печени обнаружены у 34 (28,6%) больных, большинство из которых были серопозитивны по антимитохондриальным антителам (АМА). Диагноз первичного билиарного холангита (ПБХ) и аутоиммунного гепатита (АИГ) устанавливался согласно рекомендациям Американской ассоциации по изучению заболеваний печени, Российской гастроэнтерологической ассоциации и Российского общества по изучению печени. Причина холестаза у 5 (14,7%) пациентов осталась неуточненной.Результаты и обсуждение. АМА обнаружены у 73,5% пациентов, повышение уровня IgM – у 57,6%. Клинически поражение печени в большинстве случаев характеризовалось бессимптомным медленно прогрессирующим течением, как правило, без выраженного нарастания симптомов в динамике. Признаки цирроза выявлены у 14,7% пациентов. На основании клинико-лабораторно-морфологических проявлений ПБХ диагностирован у 21 больного, у 4 из которых также имелся перекрестный синдром с АИГ. АМА-негативный ПБХ установлен у 3 пациентов и изолированный АИГ – у 1. В большинстве случаев определялась I гистологическая стадия ПБХ. При динамическом наблюдении, медиана которого составила 7 лет (мин. 2 года, макс. 15 лет), у 7 пациентов с I стадией ПБХ и у 7 АМА-позитивных больных без функциональных нарушений печени в течение всего периода наблюдения клинического и лабораторно-инструментального прогрессирования поражения печени не отмечено. В связи с этим сделано предположение, что у данных пациентов имеется эпителиит билиарных протоков как проявление железистых поражений при БШ, а не истинный ПБХ.Заключение. Аутоиммунные поражения печени выявляются у 28,6% АЦА-позитивных пациентов с БШ, у большинства из них с одинаковой частотой (41,2%) развиваются эпителиит билиарных протоков в рамках БШ либо сочетание БШ с ПБХ, реже диагностируется перекрестный синдром ПБХ/АИГ. ПБХ/эпителиит билиарных протоков в рамках БШ у АЦА-позитивных пациентов в большинстве случаев характеризуется медленно прогрессирующим бессимптомным течением и редко приводит к развитию цирроза печени

Extrapolating SMBH correlations down the mass scale: the case for IMBHs in globular clusters

Empirical evidence for both stellar mass black holes M_bh<10^2 M_sun) and supermassive black holes (SMBHs, M_bh>10^5 M_sun) is well established. Moreover, every galaxy with a bulge appears to host a SMBH, whose mass is correlated with the bulge mass, and even more strongly with the central stellar velocity dispersion sigma_c, the `M-sigma' relation. On the other hand, evidence for "intermediate-mass" black holes (IMBHs, with masses in the range 1^2 - 10^5 M_sun) is relatively sparse, with only a few mass measurements reported in globular clusters (GCs), dwarf galaxies and low-mass AGNs. We explore the question of whether globular clusters extend the M-sigma relationship for galaxies to lower black hole masses and find that available data for globular clusters are consistent with the extrapolation of this relationship. We use this extrapolated M-sigma relationship to predict the putative black hole masses of those globular clusters where existence of central IMBH was proposed. We discuss how globular clusters can be used as a constraint on theories making specific predictions for the low-mass end of the M-sigma relation.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science; fixed typos and a quote in Sec.

Характеристика клинических, лабораторных и иммунологических проявлений у пациентов с болезнью Шёгрена, ассоциированной с антицентромерными антителами

Objective: to study clinical and laboratory features in patients with anticentromere antibody (ACA)-positive SjЪgren's disease (SD), as well as the sensitivity of different methods for determination of ACA, and to elaborate an algorithm for differential diagnosis in ACA-positive patients.Patients and methods. The V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology followed up 136 patients who were highly positive for ACA. The investigators used the 2001 Russian criteria for the diagnosis for SD; the 2013 ACR/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) criteria for that of scleroderma systematica (SDS); the guidelines of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, and the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver for that of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)/biliary duct epitheliitis in the presence of SD. Lymphomas were diagnosed by biopsies of affected organs according to the WHO classification. SD was diagnosed in 119 patients; SDS in 49 cases (37 with SDS concurrent with SD and 12 with isolated SDS), PBC/biliary duct epitheliitis in 23 (all cases with PBC/biliary duct epitheliitis concurrent with SD and/or SDS); 5 patients were excluded from the investigation. Further analysis included 131 ACA-positive patients. The patients were divided into three groups: SD (n=82 or 62.6%); SD+SDS (n=37 or 28.24%); SDS (n=12 or 9.16%).Results and discussion. Autoantibodies to centromere peptide (CENP) A and CENP-B in the same titers were detected in all ACA-positive patients, regardless of diagnosis. Comparative analysis of three patient groups revealed no statistically significant differences in the frequency of laboratory deviations. The signs characteristic of classical SD (rheumatoid factor (RF)), anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies, leukopenia, higher ESR values, hypergammaglobulinemia, and elevated IgG/IgA levels) were found in a small proportion of patients. The frequency and severity of glandular manifestations did not differ in SD and SD + SDS. PBC/biliary duct epitheliitis was present in 17.5% of ACA-positive patients (in most antimitochondrial antibody-positive cases); no statistically significant differences in its frequency were found between the groups. Other extraglandular manifestations in SD and SD + SDS were identified in a smaller number of patients. All sclerodermic spectrum manifestations were more common in SD and SD + SDS than in BS. Pulmonary arterial hypertension was not diagnosed in any patient from the SD group. MALT lymphomas were detected in 19 ACA-positive patients. Those were present only in BS patients and absent in the SDS group. MALT lymphomas developed in the first 10 years after the onset of SD. The transformation of MALT lymphoma into diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was observed in 2 patients. The main signs of lymphomas in SD patients were persistent parotid salivary gland enlargement, decreased levels of complement C4 and peripheral blood CD19+ cells, as well as cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, serum monoclonal secretion, lymphoid infiltration in the minor salivary glands (a focus score of &gt;4), and severe damage to the salivary and lacrimal glands.Conclusion. ACA-associated SD is an independent disease subtype characterized by an increased risk for SDS, PBC, and MALT lymphomas and by a low frequency of the systemic manifestations and laboratory signs characteristic of classical SD. Regardless of the detected type of antibodies and the presence or absence of extraglandular manifestations, damage to the salivary and lacrimal glands progresses in SD, which often leads to lymphomas; therefore, the therapy that may prevent this complication should be initiated as soon as possible after SD diagnosis. The lymphoproliferation signs identified in this investigation should be taken into account in all ACA-positive patients with SD for the early diagnosis of lymphoid tumors before therapy is prescribed. An algorithm for differential diagnosis in seropositivity for ACA is presented. Determination of autoantibodies to CENP-A and CENP-B does not allow the differential diagnosis in ACA-positive patients.Цель исследования – изучение клинических и лабораторных особенностей у пациентов с болезнью Шёгрена (БШ), позитивных по антицентромерным антителам (АЦА), а также чувствительности разных методов определения АЦА, разработка алгоритма дифференциальной диагностики у АЦА-позитивных пациентов.Пациенты и методы. В ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой» под наблюдением находилось 136 высокопозитивных по АЦА пациентов. Для диагностики БШ использовались отечественные критерии 2001 г., системной склеродермии (ССД) – критерии ACR/EULAR 2013 г., первичного билиарного холангита (ПБХ)/эпителиита билиарных протоков в рамках БШ – рекомендации Американской ассоциации по изучению заболеваний печени, Российской гастроэнтерологической ассоциации и Российского общества по изучению печени. Диагностика лимфом осуществлялась на основании исследований биоптатов пораженных органов согласно классификации ВОЗ. БШ диагностирована у 119 пациентов, ССД – у 49 (у 37 в сочетании с БШ и у 12 – изолированная ССД), ПБХ/эпителиит билиарных протоков – у 23 (во всех случаях в сочетании с БШ и/или ССД), 5 пациентов были исключены из исследования. В дальнейший анализ вошел 131 АЦА-позитивный пациент. Больные были разделены на три группы: БШ (n=82, или 62,6%); БШ + ССД (n=37, или 28,24%); ССД (n=12, или 9,16%).Результаты и обсуждение. Аутоантитела к центромерному пептиду (CENP) A и CENP-B в одинаковых титрах выявлены у всех АЦА-позитивных пациентов независимо от диагноза. При сравнительном анализе трех групп пациентов статистически значимых различий в частоте лабораторных отклонений не выявлено. Характерные для классической БШ признаки – ревматоидный фактор (РФ), антитела к Ro и La, лейкопения, повышение СОЭ, гипергаммаглобулинемия, увеличение уровня IgG/IgA – обнаружены у незначительной части пациентов. Частота и выраженность железистых проявлений при БШ и БШ + ССД не различались. ПБХ/эпителиит билиарных протоков имелся у 17,5% АЦА-позитивных пациентов (в большинстве случаев позитивных по антимитохондриальным антителам), статистически значимых различий в его частоте между группами не обнаружено. Другие внежелезистые проявления при БШ и БШ + ССД выявлены у меньшего числа пациентов. Все проявления склеродермического спектра при ССД и БШ + ССД встречались чаще, чем при БШ. Легочная артериальная гипертензия не диагностирована ни у одного пациента из группы БШ. MALT-лимфомы обнаружены у 19 АЦА-позитивных пациентов. Они встречались только у пациентов с БШ, в группе ССД лимфом не было. MALT-лимфомы развивались в первые 10 лет после начала БШ. Трансформация MALT-лимфомы в диффузную В-клеточную крупноклеточную лимфому наблюдалась у 2 пациентов. Основными признаками лимфом у пациентов с БШ были: стойкое увеличение околоушных слюнных желез, снижение уровня С4-компонента комплемента, а также CD19+ клеток в периферической крови, криоглобулинемический васкулит, моноклональная секреция в сыворотке крови, лимфоидная инфильтрация малых слюнных желез &gt;4 фокуса, а также тяжелое поражение слюнных и слезных желез.Заключение. БШ, ассоциированная с АЦА, является самостоятельным субтипом заболевания, отличающимся повышенным риском возникновения ССД, ПБХ и MALT-лимфом, низкой частотой характерных для классической БШ системных проявлений и лабораторных признаков. При БШ, независимо от выявляемого типа антител и наличия или отсутствия внежелезистых проявлений, прогрессирует поражение слюнных и слезных желез, что нередко приводит к развитию лимфом, поэтому терапия, способная предотвратить возникновение данного осложнения, должна быть инициирована сразу после установления диагноза БШ. Выявленные в настоящем исследовании признаки лимфопролиферации должны учитываться у всех АЦА-позитивных пациентов с БШ для ранней диагностики лимфоидных опухолей до назначения терапии. Приведен алгоритм дифференциальной диагностики при серопозитивности по АЦА. Определение аутоантител к CENP-A и CENP-B не позволяет осуществлять дифференциальную диагностику у АЦА-позитивных пациентов

Motion Pattern Encapsulation for Data-Driven Constraint-Based Motion Editing

The growth of motion capture systems have contributed to the proliferation of human motion database, mainly because human motion is important in many applications, ranging from games entertainment and films to sports and medicine. However, the captured motions normally attend specific needs. As an effort for adapting and reusing captured human motions in new tasks and environments and improving the animator’s work, we present and discuss a new data-driven constraint-based animation system for interactive human motion editing. This method offers the compelling advantage that it provides faster deformations and more natural-looking motion results compared to goal-directed constraint-based methods found in the literature