scholarly journals Possibilities of Instrumental Recording of Quantitative Characteristics of the Cranial Rhythm

2017 ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Y. . Potekhina ◽  
V. . Kanakov ◽  
V. . Ikonnikov ◽  
A. . Mokhov ◽  
A. . Kantinov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Optimal Conditions ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Total Amplitude ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Quantitative Characteristics ◽  
Osteopathic Treatment ◽  
Instrumental Recording ◽  
Cyclic Changes ◽  
First Time

Introduction. The cranial rhythm is represented by the rhythmic movement of the skull bones associated with the cyclic changes in production and pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid. The existing methods of instrumental recording of the quantitative characteristics of the cranial rhythm are either invasive, either contact, or very complex. Objective. To evaluate the EHF-bioradiolocation method as a method of recording of the quantitative characte-ristics of the cranial rhythm. Methods. Twenty volunteers were examined. At the first stage of the study, we determined the optimal conditions for registering the cranial rhythm with the help of the EHF bioradiolocator. At the second stage, the volonteers’ cranial rhythm was registered with the use of an EHF-bioradiolator. Then the volonteers were subjected to osteopathic diagnostics and correction. After that the cranial rhythm was recorded again. Results. For the first time we registered the cranial rhythm with the help of the EHF-bioradiolocator. In most cases, the frequency of the cranial rhythm recorded by the device coincided with the frequency determined by an osteopath. After the osteopathic treatment, the total amplitude of the oscillations increased in all the patients. Assessment of changes in the frequency of the cranial rhythm was difficult due to the presence of several harmonics. Conclusion. With the help of the EHF-bioradiolocator, it is possible to register the quantitative characteristics of the cranial rhythm - frequency and amplitude. The methodology we developed is safe and relatively simple. It is non-contact, and can be used both for diagnostic purposes, and for monitoring and evaluation of the treatment results.

Evaluating quality of science in CGIAR research programs: Use of bibliometrics

2021 ◽  
pp. 003072702110242
Author(s):  
Max Rünzel ◽  
Paolo Sarfatti ◽  
Svetlana Negroustoueva
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Practical Utilization ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
First Time ◽  
Quality Of Research

When evaluating Quality of Science (QoS) in the context of development initiatives, it is essential to define adequate criteria. The objective of this perspective paper is to show how altmetric and bibliometric indicators have been used to support the evaluation of QoS in the 2020 Review of the Phase 2-CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs, 2017–2022), where, for the first time, the Quality of Research for Development (QoR4D) frame of reference has been utilized across the entire CGIAR CRP portfolio. Overall, the CRP review showed a significant output of scientific publications during the period 2017–2020, with 4,872 articles, 220,101 references, and 7.1 citations per article. Additionally, wider interest in scientific publications is demonstrated by good to high altmetrics, with average attention scores ranging from 70.8 to 806.9 with an average of 425.1. The use of selected bibliometrics was shown to be an adequate tool, for use together with other qualitative indicators to evaluate the QoS in the 12 CRPs. The CRP review process clearly demonstrated that standardized, harmonized and consistent data on research output is paramount to provide high-quality quantitative instruments and should be a priority throughout the transition toward One CGIAR. Therefore, we conclude that the QoR4D framework should be augmented by standardized bibliometric indicators embedded in measurement frameworks within the new One CGIAR. Finally, its practical utilization in monitoring and evaluation should be supported with clear guidelines.

FACES OF V.M. SHUKSHIN: MARTIN IDEN, HAMLET, STEPAN RAZIN

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Т.А. Богумил
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Socialist Realism ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Early Departure ◽  
First Time

В статье предлагается концепция жизни и творческого роста В.М. Шукшина сквозь призму тезаурусного и кластерного подходов. Объяснительными «персональными моделями» для интерпретации биографического текста писателя являются кластеры Мартина Идена, Гамлета и Степана Разина. Ранее биографы и литературоведы указывали на важность этих персон для Шукшина, но разрозненно. Впервые предпринята попытка свести указанные персональные модели воедино, в целостный сюжет становления писателя в пространстве культуры. На разных этапах эволюции автора доминирует одна из указанных моделей, последовательно сменяя друг друга, но не вытесняя, а «внахлест». Ранний этап творчества, ориентированный на стратегию Мартина Идена, является попыткой «вписаться» в наличный культурный мейнстрим. Выражено это в следовании поэтике соцреализма. Второй этап подспудно начинается с реабилитации отца Шукшина в 1956 года, когда актуализируется «гамлетовский комплекс», проявляющийся в чувстве вины перед отцом, через стратегию утаивания подлинного «я», мотивы чудаковатости. Третий этап связан с личностью реального исторического лица, Степана Разина, и выражается в открытом протесте против власти. Все важные для В.М. Шукшина поведенческие модели объединены мотивом одинокого противостояния враждебному социуму и имеют трагический финал, что обусловило ранний уход писателя и порождение мифов о насильственном характере его смерти. В.М. Шукшин одновременно был фигурой неординарной и типичной, что позволило его биографии стать «персональной моделью» для последующих авторов, выходцев из сельской глубинки. The article proposes the concept of life and creative growth of V.M. Shukshin through the prism of the thesaurus and cluster approach. The explanatory "personal models" for interpreting the biographical text of the writer are clusters of Martin Eden, Hamlet and Stepan Razin. Earlier, biographers and literary critics pointed out the importance of these people for Shukshin, but it was scattered. For the first time, an attempt was made to bring these personal models together into an integral plot of the formation of the writer in the space of culture. At different stages of the writer’s evolution, one of these models dominates, successively replacing each other, but not crowding out, but “overlapping”. The early stage of creativity, focused on Martin Eden’s strategy, is an attempt to “fit in” the current cultural mainstream. This is expressed in following the poetics of socialist realism. The second stage implicitly begins with the rehabilitation of Shukshin’s father in 1956, when the “Hamletian complex” is actualized. It is manifested in a sense of guilt towards his father, the strategy of concealing the true “I”, eccentricities. The third stage is connected with the personality of a real historical person, Stepan Razin, and is expressed in an open protest against the authorities. All important for V.M. Shukshin's behavioral models are united by the motive of a lonely confrontation with a hostile society and have a tragic ending, which led to the early departure of the writer and the generation of myths about the violent nature of his death. V.M. Shukshin was an extraordinary and typical figure at the same time. That allowed his biography to become a “personal model” for subsequent authors who came from the rural outback.

Free Vibration Analysis of Two-Stage Planetary Gear With Friction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Yunbo Yuan ◽  
Tao He ◽  
Donghua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Sliding Friction ◽  
Free Vibration Analysis ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Torsional Coupling ◽  
Coupling Dynamic ◽  
First Time

Considering the effect of teeth surface sliding friction, free vibration of two-stage planetary gears (TPG) is studied theoretically for the first time. The lateral-torsional coupling dynamic model and equation are established with three degrees of freedom: two translations and one rotation. The change rule of natural frequency is discussed with the case of first stage planetary gear’s number 4 and second stage planetary gear’s number 3, 4 and 5. Afterwards three vibration modes are summarized by calculating the free vibration. In order to understand the behavior of friction, the effect of friction on natural frequencies is analyzed for the case of considering friction and not considering friction. Furthermore, the ‘self-coupling’ phenomenon is obtained from the vibration of center component of TPG Meanwhile, the ‘mutual coupling’ is obtained between the first-stage planetary gear (FPG) and the second-stage planetary gear (SPG).

scholarly journals The assessment of woody plants vital state in the landscaping of Ishim

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Olga E. Tokar
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Current State ◽  
Quantitative Characteristics ◽  
Vital State ◽  
Total Composition ◽  
Vitality Index ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Town ◽  
Trees And Shrubs ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Characteristics

This paper analyzes the current state of landscaping in Ishim. The data on the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of woody plants have been obtained for the first time; the assessment of trees and shrubs state is based on the analysis of the vitality index. A database of green plants within 21 objects in Ishim was created and analyzed. The paper also contains data on the species diversity of trees and shrubs in Ishim. It turned out that the objects under study have trees and shrubs placed in special dividing strips, linearly, in rows or in small compact groups, less often they are planted singly. The species composition is represented by 47 species from 28 genera, 16 families and 2 divisions. The biomorphological structure is represented by trees (25, or 53% of species) and shrubs (22, or 47% of species). The total composition of tree and shrub plantations, determined by the number of trunks (bushes) and the percentage of woody plants, is 2854; the composition of the preserved ones is 2 815 (99%) pieces; the ones assigned for removal are 39 (1%) pcs. The vitality index shows that among 85% of the studied objects of the town at the time of the survey were healthy, among 10% of the objects they were qualified as damaged, among 5% of them were severely damaged. Based on the results of examining crowns and trunks of woody plants, signs of diseases and pests, a plan of measures for the treatment, restoration and preservation of woody plants was drawn up and recommendations were given for caring, sanitary felling and removal of single specimens.

On the Life Cycle of Spirocerca lupi: Preinfective Stages in the Intermediate Host

1972 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Chhabra ◽  
Kunwar Suresh Singh
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Spirocerca Lupi ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
First Time

The development of the preinfective stages of S. lupi has been described and illustrated and the details of morphology given for the first time.The sex of the first stage juveniles can be distinguished by locating the position of the genital primordium. On an average, the first stage juveniles measure 0·39 mm. in length and 0·036 mm. in breadth, early second stage 0·78 and 0·044 mm. and the advanced second stage 1·40 mm. and 0·63 mm. respectively. The second stage juveniles obtained from beetles were not infective to dogs.

INTENSIFICATION OF CLEANING OF DRAINS OF DAIRY INDUSTRY

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Л.А. Марченко ◽  
Т.Н. Боковикова
Keyword(s):  
Sorption Capacity ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Sorption Process ◽  
Optimal Conditions ◽  
Cleaning Efficiency ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Coagulation Process ◽  
Model Solutions

Проведен анализ состава сточных вод предприятий молочной промышленности. Исследованы технические характеристики сорбционных материалов, способных восстановить состав ресурса до норм ПДК. Установлено, что применение двухстадийной очистки модельных растворов с использованием на 1й стадии процесса коагуляции, на 2й сорбции позволяет увеличить эффективность очистки до 92. Оценена сорбционная емкость сорбентов и проанализированы факторы, на нее влияющие. Подобраны оптимальные условия проведения процесса сорбции в зависимости от условий и характера объектов очистки. The analysis of the wastewater composition of the dairy industry was carried out. The technical characteristics of a number of sorption materials that can restore the composition of the resource to the MPC standards are investigated. It is shown that the use of twostage purification of model solutions using on the first stage of the coagulation process, on the second stage, the sorption process, allows increase the cleaning efficiency up to 92. The sorption capacity of sorbents was evaluated and the factors affecting it were analyzed, the optimal conditions for the sorption process were selected depending on the conditions and nature of the objects to be cleaned.

scholarly journals Decreasing Mining Losses for the Room and Pillar Method by Replacing the Inter-Room Pillars by the Construction of Wooden Cribs Filled with Waste Rocks

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Skrzypkowski
Keyword(s):  
Underground Mining ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Ore Body ◽  
Strength Tests ◽  
Waste Rocks ◽  
Rock Pillars ◽  
First Time ◽  
Numerical Program ◽  
Vertical Deformations ◽  
Maximal Capacity

The article presents methods of securing mining excavations using wooden cribs. For the underground room and pillar method used to excavate zinc and lead ore body in the Olkusz-Pomorzany mine in Poland, model tests for the replacement of rock pillars by wooden cribs are presented. In the first stage of research, the results of laboratory strength tests carried out on models of four-point, six-point and eight-point cribs made of wooden beech beams at a 1:28 scale arranged horizontally were determined. For the first time, a concave round notch connection was used to connect the beams of the wooden cribs. The maximal capacity of cribs consisting only of beams and filled with waste rocks taken from underground mining excavations was determined. In addition, the vertical deformations of the cribs at maximal loading force and their specific deformations are presented. Additionally, on the basis of load-displacement characteristics, the range in variability of the stiffness of empty cribs and those filled with waste rocks was calculated as a function of their compressibility. In the second stage of research, the room and pillar method was designed in the Phase2 numerical program. The aim of the study was to determine the stresses in the inter-room pillars. Based on the results of laboratory and numerical tests, a factor of safety was determined, indicating that it is possible to reduce mining losses while maintaining the safe exploitation conditions of the ore body.

scholarly journals Dissemination of Isaria fumosorosea Spores by Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Jiří Nermuť ◽  
Jana Konopická ◽  
Rostislav Zemek ◽  
Michal Kopačka ◽  
Andrea Bohatá ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Entomopathogenic Nematodes ◽  
Heterorhabditis Bacteriophora ◽  
Potato Dextrose Agar ◽  
Steinernema Feltiae ◽  
Soil Organisms ◽  
Isaria Fumosorosea ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Glass Tubes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Globally Distributed

Entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi are globally distributed soil organisms that are frequently used as bioagents in biological control and integrated pest management. Many studies have demonstrated that the combination of biocontrol agents can increase their efficacy against target hosts. In our study, we focused on another potential benefit of the synergy of two species of nematodes, Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, and the fungus Isaria fumosorosea. According to our hypothesis, these nematodes may be able to disseminate this fungus into the environment. To test this hypothesis, we studied fungal dispersal by the nematodes in different arenas, including potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates, sand heaps, sand barriers, and glass tubes filled with soil. The results of our study showed, for the first time, that the spreading of both conidia and blastospores of I. fumosorosea is significantly enhanced by the presence of entomopathogenic nematodes, but the efficacy of dissemination is negatively influenced by the heterogeneity of the testing arena. We also found that H. bacteriophora spread fungi more effectively than S. feltiae. This phenomenon could be explained by the differences in the presence and persistence of second-stage cuticles or by different foraging behavior. Finally, we observed that blastospores are disseminated more effectively than conidia, which might be due to the different adherence of these spores (conidia are hydrophobic, while blastospores are hydrophilic). The obtained results showed that entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) can enhance the efficiency of fungal dispersal.

Variation in lipid reserves of second-stage juveniles of Meloidogyne exigua in a coffee field and its relationship with infectivity

Nematology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando da Silva Rocha ◽  
Jorge Teodoro de Souza ◽  
Vicente Paulo Campos
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Lipid Content ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Annual Variations ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Tomato Cultivars ◽  
First Time

AbstractIn this study we assessed the variations in lipid content of second-stage juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne exigua, recovered from a coffee field, by staining and quantifying the neutral lipids using image analysis. Our results showed that annual variations in J2 stained lipid area correlate with temperature, rainfall and total number of J2 per 100 cm3 of soil. Laboratory and glasshouse experiments showed that decreases in the lipid stained area of J2 of M. exigua led to decreased infectivity and reproduction on tomato. The susceptibility of tomato cvs Kada and Nemadoro to M. exigua varied according to the stained lipid area of the J2 inoculated on roots. Only J2 containing an average of 80% stained lipid area were able to infect cv. Nemadoro, which contains the Mi resistance gene, whereas J2 containing 20% stained lipid area were still able to infect cv. Kada, considered to be highly susceptible. In this study we show for the first time the dynamics of lipid variation in J2 of M. exigua in a coffee field and the dependence of infectivity and parasitism on the resistance level of tomato cultivars and the lipid stained area in J2.

scholarly journals Successful maternal outcome after vaginal delivery in a patient with Eisenmenger Syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1262
Author(s):  
Divya Chauhan ◽  
Rachna Agarwal ◽  
Prerna Gupta ◽  
Gita Radhakrishnan ◽  
Ayalur Gopalakrishnan Radhika
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Septal Defect ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Septal Defect ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension ◽  
Maternal Outcome ◽  
Vacuum Extraction ◽  
Eisenmenger Syndrome ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
First Time ◽  
Period Of Gestation

Patients with Eisenmenger syndrome are advised against pregnancy. Sometimes patients are diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome for the first time during pregnancy. This is what has happened in our case. A primigravida was diagnosed with ventricular septal defect with severe pulmonary artery hypertension for the first time during pregnancy at 34 weeks period of gestation. Management of such patients is challenging with different studies showing variable results. Here we describe such a case which was managed conservatively and was allowed to go into labour spontaneously with vacuum extraction during second stage which subsequently led to a favourable maternal outcome.

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