ON SOME DEPENDENCES OF VIRUS ADSORPTION FROM STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADSORBENTS

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A STUDY OF THE SORPTION CAPACITY OF LECITHIN MODIFIED NATURAL SORBENT RELATIVE TO NATIVE PROTEIN

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A Theoretical Information Approach to Ring and Total Aromaticity in Ground and Excited States

Applying the Shannon equation to the density matrix of a molecule, an information index is specified for the quantitative estimation of the ring and total aromaticity of molecules in ground · and excited states. The approach is applicable within each LCAO- method. The information index reproduces well the classification of molecules as aromatic, nonaromatic, and antiaromatic. It also correlates with results of other authors obtained by radically different approaches. A tendency is found for the aromaticity of aromatic molecules to decrease and of antiaromatic molecules to increase when the molecule is excited to the S1-state

SORPTION PROPERTIES OF NATURAL MINERAL SORBENTS TOWARDS SOME VIRUSES

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SORPTIVE PROPERTIES OF NATURAL MINERAL SORBENT TOWARDS HEPATITIS-B-SURFACE ANTIGEN

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SORPTION OF ADENOVIRUS TYPE 7 AND ECHO-VIRUS TYPE 19 ONTO A NATURAL MINERAL SORBENT

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A Theoretical Information Approach to Ring and Total Aromaticity in Ground and Excited States

Applying the Shannon equation to the density matrix of a molecule, an information index is specified for the quantitative estimation of the ring and total aromaticity of molecules in ground · and excited states. The approach is applicable within each LCAO- method. The information index reproduces well the classification of molecules as aromatic, nonaromatic, and antiaromatic. It also correlates with results of other authors obtained by radically different approaches. A tendency is found for the aromaticity of aromatic molecules to decrease and of antiaromatic molecules to increase when the molecule is excited to the S1-state

Вейвлет-анализ параметров систем автоматического управления авиационных двигателей

The article deals with wavelet analysis of signals received from the sensors of electronic control systems of aircraft gas turbine engines, which will significantly improve the diagnostics of engine operating condition to prevent failure and ultimately to reduce the economic costs. A block diagram of automatic control of aircraft gas turbine engine is presented.Статья посвящена вопросам вейвлет-анализа сигналов, полученных с датчиков электронных систем управления авиационных газотурбинных двигателей, что позволит заметно улучшить диагностику режимов работы двигателя для предотвращения их выхода из строя и в конечном счете для снижения экономических затрат. Представлена блок-схема автоматического управления авиационным газотурбинным двигателем

Effect of rearing temperature on physiological measures and antioxidant status of broiler chickens fed stevia (Stevia rebaudiana B.) leaf meal and exogenous xylanase

Background The global climate is warming. Heat stress, as a result of high ambient temperatures, may negatively impact physiology and reduce growth performance of poultry. Stevia is a perennial shrub indigenous to South America where its phytochemical extracts have been used as a natural sweetener for hundreds of years. Its physiological effects, including antioxidant properties, on poultry are well known, however, the translation of these to improved growth performance is variable. Combining stevia with a commercial xylanase to enhance feed digestibility could therefore form a feeding strategy to partially mitigate the negative impact of rearing birds under high ambient temperatures. Purpose The study aimed to compare the growth performance, dietary energy and nutrient availability, oxidative status, gastrointestinal tract development, and caecal short chain fatty acid concentration; at two ambient rearing temperatures, when feeding diets containing stevia and exogenous xylanase, alone or in combination, to broiler chickens. Study design/Methods: Day-old chicks (n = 105) were reared in a single floor pen following breeder recommendations for the first 7 days, whereupon birds (n = 96) were randomly allocated to one of four experimental diets (negative control, stevia at 20 g/kg diet, xylanase at 100 FXU/kg diet, stevia at 20 g/kg diet + xylanase at 100 FXU/kg diet), in one of two environmental conditions (high ambient temperature at 32 ± 2 °C or regular rearing at breeder recommendations), in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design. Results Rearing birds at high ambient temperature reduced daily feed intake (p = 0.02). Birds fed stevia and reared at regular temperature had similar weight gain to birds reared in high ambient temperatures, although birds on the control diet housed at regular temperatures had the greatest weight gain (P < 0.05). Exogenous xylanase improved overall dietary metabolisable energy and improved nitrogen retention in the high ambient temperature group only (P < 0.05). Dietary stevia reduced caecal digesta butyric acid: acetic acid at regular temperature, but xylanase increased the butyric acid concentration at high ambient temperature (P < 0.05). Dietary stevia increased (P < 0.001) the hepatic carotenoid concentrations and xylanase improved (P < 0.05) hepatic vitamin E concentrations. Conclusions Rearing temperature is an important environmental factor in broiler production. Exogenous xylanase supplementation can increase feed efficiency and dietary metabolisable energy. Feeding xylanase or stevia improves hepatic antioxidant status in broilers by increasing hepatic vitamin E and carotenoids, respectively, suggesting that either may be effective in counteracting oxidative stress

Time separation as a hidden variable to the Copenhagen school of quantum mechanics

The Bohr radius is a space-like separation between the proton and electron in the hydrogen atom. According to the Copenhagen school of quantum mechanics, the proton is sitting in the absolute Lorentz frame. If this hydrogen atom is observed from a different Lorentz frame, there is a time-like separation linearly mixed with the Bohr radius. Indeed, the time-separation is one of the essential variables in high-energy hadronic physics where the hadron is a bound state of the quarks, while thoroughly hidden in the present form of quantum mechanics. It will be concluded that this variable is hidden in Feynman's rest of the universe. It is noted first that Feynman's Lorentz-invariant differential equation for the bound-state quarks has a set of solutions which describe all essential features of hadronic physics. These solutions explicitly depend on the time separation between the quarks. This set also forms the mathematical basis for two-mode squeezed states in quantum optics, where both photons are observable, but one of them can be treated a variable hidden in the rest of the universe. The physics of this two-mode state can then be translated into the time-separation variable in the quark model. As in the case of the un-observed photon, the hidden time-separation variable manifests itself as an increase in entropy and uncertainty.Comment: LaTex 10 pages with 5 figure. Invited paper presented at the Conference on Advances in Quantum Theory (Vaxjo, Sweden, June 2010), to be published in one of the AIP Conference Proceedings serie