“What Makes What Bedfellows?”: Proverbs vs. Phraseoschemata

The paper deals with explores properties of two Anglo-American proverbs, “Handsome is as handsome does” and “Adversity/politics makes strange bedfellows”, as well as their modifications and derivatives (such as anti-proverbs). The question is raised whether these proverbs may be considered phraseoschemata (the term originally coined by Dmitrij N. Šmelëv for set phrases such as X kak X ‘X is a typical specimen of its kind’, lit. ‘X like X’). A phraseoscheme has formalized structural patterns both in its syntax and its figurative meaning with variables that are to be filled in context. Analysing data retrieved from synchronic and diachronic corpora, the paper argues that the aforementioned proverbs and their derivatives retain stable structural patterns (namely, X is as X does and X makes Y bedfellows) and, therefore, should be regarded as phraseoschemata

Case Report: Use of Non-Ridgid Connector

Long span bridges have a tendency to experience harmful stress due to the increased surface area and of the restoration. These stresses can cause several problems including failure of the restoration or cause significant discomfort to the patient

The right to information from the point of view of legal theory, international law and international relations

Taking into account the informatization of public life, the growing role of information, and the development of the information society, the right to information is important not only as a certain set of powers but also as a priority vital interest, the implementation of which has a decisive impact on the life of a modern person. The purpose of the work is the study of information rights in the context of law per se, from the point of view of establishing the researched law at the international level and with regard to international relations regarding information. Research methodology consists of such methods as comparative legal method, inference, hermeneutic method, induction and deduction method, and historical legal method. As a result of the conducted research, it was concluded that the legal regulation of the right of citizens to access public information is one of the most important guarantees of the development of any democratic society. It is concluded that the establishment of the right to information and access to public information at the international level has a positive effect on the realization of fundamental rights by citizens, as well as on the activities of authorities and institutions of public society

The application of the analytic hierarchy process when choosing layout schemes for a geokhod pumping station

The article describes one possibility of choosing layout schemes for geokhod systems which is the analytic hierarchy process. There is the essence of the method summarized therein. The usage of the method is considered for the analysis and the choice of layout schemes for a geokhod pumping station

Calculation of Geometrical Parameters of Geokhod Transmission With Hydraulic Cylinders

Developed analytical expressions for determining parameters of transmission hydraulic cylinders' arrangement are considered, as well as the conditions for internal arrangement of a required number of hydraulic cylinders

Calculation of Geometrical Parameters of Geokhod Transmission With Hydraulic Cylinders

Developed analytical expressions for determining parameters of transmission hydraulic cylinders' arrangement are considered, as well as the conditions for internal arrangement of a required number of hydraulic cylinders

Calculation of Free Interior Dimensions in Geokhod Transmission With Hydraulic Cylinders

Analytical expressions to specify overall dimensions of free interior in the geokhod, as well as its relation to design factors of a transmission and geokhod geometry are considered in the paper

Application of Chaotic Synchronization and Controlling Chaos to Communications

This thesis addresses two important issues that are applicable to chaotic communication systems: synchronization of chaos and controlling chaos. Synchronization of chaos is a naturally occurring phenomenon where one chaotic dynamical system mimics dynamical behavior of another chaotic system. The phenomenon of chaotic synchronization is a popular topic of research, in general, and has attracted much attention within the scientific community. Controlling chaos is another potential engineering application. A unique property of controlling chaos is the ability to cause large long-term impact on the dynamics using arbitrarily small perturbations. This thesis is broken up into three chapters. The first chapter contains a brief introduction to the areas of research of the thesis work, as well as the summaries the work itself. The second chapter is dedicated to the study of a particular situation of chaotic synchronization which leads to a novel structure of the basin of attraction. This chapter also develops theoretical scalings applicable to these systems and compares results of our numerical simulations on three different chaotic systems. The third chapter consists or two logically connected parts (both of them study chaotic systems that can be modeled with delayed differential equations). The first and the main part presents a study of a chaotically behaving traveling wave tube, or TWT, with the objective of improving efficiency of satellite communication systems. In this work we go through an almost complete design cycle, where, given an objective, we begin with developing a nonlinear model for a generic TWT; we then study numerically the dynamics of the proposed model; we find conditions where chaotic behavior occurs (we argue that TWT in chaotic mode could be more power efficient); then we use the idea of controlling chaos for information encoding; we support the concept with numerical simulations; and finally analyze the performance of the proposed chaotic communication system. The second part of this chapter describes an experiment with a pair of electronic circuits modeling the well-known Mackey-Glass equation. An experiment where human voice was encoded into chaotic signal had been conducted which showed a possibility of engineering application of chaos to secure communications

Patterns of Pathomorphological Changes in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Acinar necrosis is the basic microscopic sign of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). Microcirculation disorder is one of the major factors in the pathogenesis and morphogenesis of ANP besides free radicals and damage of enzymatic origin. This study is dedicated to the description of microscopic changes in the pancreatic stroma in ANP, which leads to destruction of the exocrine pancreas with a putative mechanism of endocrine function preservation. This study has been carried out on histological samples of pancreas from 224 patients with ANP. Histological staining was performed with hematoxylin-eosin (H&E), Masson, Gomori methods, and PAS. Microscopy was performed with magnifications of 40×, 100×, and 400×. Vascular endothelial desquamation, stasis, and sludge are typical changes in microcirculation observed in early stages of ANP. Initially, parietal circular intravascular microthrombosis accompanied by endothelial desquamation as early as stromal swelling occurs with no detectable necrosis. Residual stroma appears between areas of necrosis and intact pancreatic tissue. Mucoid swelling is first seen in the perivascular spaces extending to the parenchyma and changing into fibrinoid imbibition causing further necrosis. Reticulin argyrophilic backbone surrounding the pancreatic acini and small ducts decompose. Pancreatic structures, which may be preserved in necrotic tissue, include nerves, major ducts, and Langerhans islets