SIMULATION AND SELECTION OF A PROTECTION TYPES IN THE DESIGN STAGE OF SHIPS AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

The requirements of the rules and regulations of the Classification Societies are based on the assumption that during the construction and operation of ships the hull corrosion protection measures are implemented according to the standards and other regulatory documents currently in force. For the purposes of designing the ship hull structures, the load components for different corrosion protection types have been obtained in the paper. There have been collected the data on the relationship between the corrosion protection weight load and the ship displacement, which enables to select the lowest corrosion protection type by weight. Technical and economic parameters of corrosion protection of ship hull structures have been analyzed. To achieve the objective of the paper a cumulative simplified approach of economic feasibility of selecting the corrosion protection type for ship hull structures has been employed. It has been determined that a total cost of protection from stress-corrosion fractures decreases for the ships with a displacement of more than 6000 [t] in the case of usage of the impressed current cathodic protection instead of the sacrificial anode cathodic one. The results of the investigation can be used by shipbuilders at the ship design stage, which enables to make a correct selection of a corrosion protection type and decreases its total cost

Rare and little known lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) of the fauna of Eastern Kazakhstan

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Сравнительная оценка регионов России с неблагоприятными условиями ведения сельского хозяйства

Joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the Russian Federation has caused the necessity of developing some measures for exit from WTO limitations in the field of state support for agriculture. In view of that, the Ministry of agriculture of Russia has assigned the group of Federation subjects with unfavorable conditions for development of agriculture. The authors have evaluated that group of regions in comparison with other areas according to a number of indicators. The conclusion is made about the necessity of differentiated approach to management of agroindustrial production with account for specific features of regions, deepening their specialization and shaping branchial regional clusters. Also stressed is the significance of expanding and deepening the statistical analysis of conditions and results of economic activities in subjects of the Russian Federatio

Development of a procedure for determination of damage to seeds and cotton fibers in cotton cleaning machines

Studies on the dynamic state of cotton raw materials when introducing working bodies of processing machines into it allow to draw the following proposition. Depending on the rate of penetration of the working body into the cotton medium and the density of the medium, in the formulas used to describe the state of the medium, the exponent у ρ can vary from 1.5 to 3. The exponent for density ρ is a measure of the compression and compaction of raw materials on the surface of the working body. The exponent of ρ is also related to the amount of damage to cotton fibers and seeds. For the first time, a cotton mass is considered as a compressible porous two-component medium consisting of a mixture of cotton fibers and air included in the composition of a porous medium, which is essential in dynamic processing processes, and it must be taken into account when planning technological modes. From experiments on the penetration of a splitter with a peripheral speed u=3.5 m/s into a cotton medium with a density of ρ=150–350 kg/m3, it can be seen that a locally located “air cushion” appears in the close vicinity of the split end. The pressure in it increases by 1.5–2 times in comparison with the pressure of statistical compression of cotton fibers alone, without taking into account the influence of the air located in the pores of the system. The forces of compression of cotton fibers from the action of the splitter and the force of volumetric action on the fibers are comparable in the area of the "air cushion". Using the general equations of the mechanics of the compressed medium, as well as experimental data, the fundamental equation of the dynamic state of the mass of raw cotton when the working body of the processing machine is introduced into it, such as the density of the medium, the speed of the working body, its external shape and the degree of surface treatment, is derived. The resulting equation can be used to describe the power stresses in a cotton environment in the technological processes of roller and saw ginning, and during cotton cleanin

A Monte Carlo Study of Hyperon Production with the MPD and BM@N Experiments at NICA

Study of the strangeness production in heavy-ion collisions is one of the most important parts of the physics program of the BM@N and MPD experiments at the NICA accelerator complex. With collision energies sNN of 2.3–3.3 GeV in the fixed target mode at BM@N and 4–11 GeV in the collider mode at MPD, the experiments will cover the region of the maximum net baryon density and provide high-statistics complementary data on different physics probes. In this paper, some results of Monte Carlo studies of hyperon production with the BM@N and MPD experiments are presented, demonstrating their performance for investigation of the objects with strangeness

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of M. tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2 Infections-Unexpected Similarities of Pathogenesis and What to Expect from Co-Infection

Tuberculosis is still an important medical and social problem. In recent years, great strides have been made in the fight against M. tuberculosis, especially in the Russian Federation. However, the emergence of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has led to the long-term isolation of the population on the one hand and to the relevance of using personal protective equipment on the other. Our knowledge regarding SARS-CoV-2-induced inflammation and tissue destruction is rapidly expanding, while our understanding of the pathology of human pulmonary tuberculosis gained through more the 100 years of research is still limited. This paper reviews the main molecular and cellular differences and similarities caused by M. tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2 infections, as well as their critical immunological and pathomorphological features. Immune suppression caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus may result in certain difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Furthermore, long-term lymphopenia, hyperinflammation, lung tissue injury and imbalance in CD4+ T cell subsets associated with COVID-19 could propagate M. tuberculosis infection and disease progression

Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress

In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology, geodesy and cryospheric sciences. Many symbolic major events have celebrated these developments, e.g., in Venice, Italy, the 15th (2006) and 20th (2012) years of progress and more recently, in 2018, in Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry. On this latter occasion it was decided to collect contributions of scientists, engineers and managers involved in the worldwide altimetry community to depict the state of altimetry and propose recommendations for the altimetry of the future. This paper summarizes contributions and recommendations that were collected and provides guidance for future mission design, research activities, and sustainable operational radar altimetry data exploitation. Recommendations provided are fundamental for optimizing further scientific and operational advances of oceanographic observations by altimetry, including requirements for spatial and temporal resolution of altimetric measurements, their accuracy and continuity. There are also new challenges and new openings mentioned in the paper that are particularly crucial for observations at higher latitudes, for coastal oceanography, for cryospheric studies and for hydrology. The paper starts with a general introduction followed by a section on Earth System Science including Ocean Dynamics, Sea Level, the Coastal Ocean, Hydrology, the Cryosphere and Polar Oceans and the ‘‘Green” Ocean, extending the frontier from biogeochemistry to marine ecology. Applications are described in a subsequent section, which covers Operational Oceanography, Weather, Hurricane Wave and Wind Forecasting, Climate projection. Instruments’ development and satellite missions’ evolutions are described in a fourth section. A fifth section covers the key observations that altimeters provide and their potential complements, from other Earth observation measurements to in situ data. Section 6 identifies the data and methods and provides some accuracy and resolution requirements for the wet tropospheric correction, the orbit and other geodetic requirements, the Mean Sea Surface, Geoid and Mean Dynamic Topography, Calibration and Validation, data accuracy, data access and handling (including the DUACS system). Section 7 brings a transversal view on scales, integration, artificial intelligence, and capacity building (education and training). Section 8 reviews the programmatic issues followed by a conclusion

Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology, geodesy and cryospheric sciences. Many symbolic major events have celebrated these developments, e.g., in Venice, Italy, the 15th (2006) and 20th (2012) years of progress and more recently, in 2018, in Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry. On this latter occasion it was decided to collect contributions of scientists, engineers and managers involved in the worldwide altimetry community to depict the state of altimetry and propose recommendations for the altimetry of the future. This paper summarizes contributions and recommendations that were collected and provides guidance for future mission design, research activities, and sustainable operational radar altimetry data exploitation. Recommendations provided are fundamental for optimizing further scientific and operational advances of oceanographic observations by altimetry, including requirements for spatial and temporal resolution of altimetric measurements, their accuracy and continuity. There are also new challenges and new openings mentioned in the paper that are particularly crucial for observations at higher latitudes, for coastal oceanography, for cryospheric studies and for hydrology. The paper starts with a general introduction followed by a section on Earth System Science including Ocean Dynamics, Sea Level, the Coastal Ocean, Hydrology, the Cryosphere and Polar Oceans and the “Green” Ocean, extending the frontier from biogeochemistry to marine ecology. Applications are described in a subsequent section, which covers Operational Oceanography, Weather, Hurricane Wave and Wind Forecasting, Climate projection. Instruments’ development and satellite missions’ evolutions are described in a fourth section. A fifth section covers the key observations that altimeters provide and their potential complements, from other Earth observation measurements to in situ data. Section 6 identifies the data and methods and provides some accuracy and resolution requirements for the wet tropospheric correction, the orbit and other geodetic requirements, the Mean Sea Surface, Geoid and Mean Dynamic Topography, Calibration and Validation, data accuracy, data access and handling (including the DUACS system). Section 7 brings a transversal view on scales, integration, artificial intelligence, and capacity building (education and training). Section 8 reviews the programmatic issues followed by a conclusion

FIGURES 1 – 6. Nicotikis kabakov i in Review of species of the genus Nicotikis Marseul, 1883 (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Southeast Asia

FIGURES 1 – 6. Nicotikis kabakov i Zinchenko sp. n. (holotype). 1 — dorsal view; 2 — ventral view; 3 — pygidium; 4 — antenna; 5 — male genitalia, ventral view; 6 — same, lateral view

Nicotikis kabakovi Zinchenko, sp. n.

Nicotikis kabakovi Zinchenko sp. n. (Figs. 1–6) Type material. Holotype (male): length: PEL: 3.3 mm, the total length 4.35 mm. Width: EW: 2.2 mm. With two labels, as follows: 1. White, printed: “ Thailand. Lampang Prov., 30 km SE Lampang City, near Nat. Park Wiang Kosui[,] h= 450 m, on rotten bamboo, 18 ° 4 ' 1.2 '' N, 99 ° 39 ' 52.5 '' E, 2.06.2010[.] V.K. Zinchenko leg.” 2. Red, printed: “ HOLOTYPE Nicotikis kabakovi V. Zinchenko det. 2013 ” (ISEA). Paratypes: 6 specimens, labeled as holotype: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 30.05.2010; 1 ♂, 1 $, 1.06.2010; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2.06. 2010 (ISEA). 1 ♂, “D.R. Vietnam [,] Bai- Tuong[Baithuong,] ~ 300 m. O. Kabakov [.] 27 xii [1] 964 ” (ZISP). Diagnosis. Nicotikis kabakovi closely resembles N. lackneri and N. korshunovi, but differs from these species in the following characters: fifth elytral stria confined to the basal part of elytra, stria four longer and slightly shorter than or equal to the sutural stria. From N. korshunovi the new species also differs in the shape of antennal club and aedeagus. Description. Length of body: PEL: 3.2–3.6 mm, the total length 3.5–4.5 mm. Width: EW: 2.1–2.3 mm. Body (Fig. 1) oblong, slightly convex medially black, shiny. Antennae and legs dark reddish-brown. Antennal club tomentose, with V-shaped sutures, basal suture widely interrupted medially (Fig. 4). Ratio of width of pronotum to head about 2.56–2.85. Frons concave, very finely and sparsely punctuate. Frontal stria of head complete, impressed and carinate medially. Labrum relatively wide, indistinctly emarginate anteriorly. Mandibles convex, finely but rather densely punctuate distributed by 0.5 –2.0 times their diameter. Pronotal sides weakly arcuate and convergent on basal 2 / 3, thence acutely convergent anteriorly. Marginal pronotal stria complete laterally. Outer pronotal stria well impressed and sinuate at sides, united with apical pronotal stria, the last one a little carinato-crenate. Basal end of outer lateral stria more or less prolonged along the pronotal base on about 1 / 8 – 1 / 6 of its length. Pronotal disc sparsely covered with fine ground puncturation, almost smooth at middle. Epipleura tristriate in addition to the complete epipleural marginal and elytral marginal stria there is also a third complete stria. The last two subcariniform, all of them sinuate medially. Oblique and fine humeral stria present in basal quarter. Subhumeral striae absent. First to third dorsal striae complete and clearly impressed. Fourth and fifth dorsal striae distinct in posterior half the elytra, the fourth present on apical 2 / 5 to 1 / 2, the fifth on apical 2 / 5 to 3 / 5. Sutural stria present in apical half, its apical portion shortened in 1 / 7 – 1 / 5, reaching almost to mid-length of elytra. All the dorsal striae crenate apically. Propygidium (Fig. 3) irregularly covered with ocelloid, large and round punctures, rather densely distributed (0.2 –2.0). Pygidium almost smooth or with some punctures medially, with very deep, enlarged fovea on each side, united basally by a row of large punctures. Prosternal lobe (Fig. 2) broad and convex medially, its anterior margin rounded. Disc with several deep round punctures at sides, rather distributed (0.2–0.5). Marginal stria complete. Prosternal process narrow, with two weak carinal striae united basally. Two lateral striae present, their outer edge carinate. Mesosternum transverse and flat, its anterior margin emarginate. Marginal mesosternal stria bifurcate, interrupted medially and replaced here by a median mesosternal stria composed of two parts (Fig. 2). Meso-metasternal suture fine. Intercoxal disc of metasternum with a little impressed median line, doubly margined laterally. Lateral metasternal disc densely covered with deep and semicircular punctures. Intercoxal disc of 1 st abdominal sternum with two striae on each side, the outer one of them abbreviated basally. Protibia with 5 spiny denticles on outer margin and a pair of spines at inner angle. Mesotibia with 4, rarely 5 dental spines on outer margin, the apical ones doubled. Metatibia with 3–4 denticulate spines on outer margin. Meso- and metatibial apical corner a little elongate, usually with two spines. Ventral surface of profemur alutaceous. Male genital structures as figured (Figs. 5–6). Etymology. The species is dedicated the memory of Oleg Kabakov, the well-known coleopterist, who made a great contribution to the study of the fauna of Indochina. Distribution. The species is known only from Thailand and central Vietnam and has been collected in May, June and December.Published as part of Zinchenko, Vadim, 2014, Review of species of the genus Nicotikis Marseul, 1883 (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Southeast Asia, pp. 487-492 in Zootaxa 3860 (5) on page 488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.5.7, http://zenodo.org/record/22686