scholarly journals Assessment of phytopathological state of woody plants by ultrasound diagnostics

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
O. I. Korotkov ◽  
V. N. Gerasimchuk ◽  
V. A. Belyakov ◽  
Y. A. Gavrilenko ◽  
D. S. Gardt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Cupressus Sempervirens ◽  
Ultrasound Tomography ◽  
Magnolia Grandiflora ◽  
Morus Nigra ◽  
Vital Functions ◽  
Ultrasound Diagnostics ◽  
Significant Factors

The state of the wood trunk tissue of trees Cupressus sempervirens 'Stricta', Morus nigra L., Magnólia grandiflóra L., Carpinus orientalis Mill., growing in the Park of the Educational center "Sirius" (Sochi) was determined with the use of complex acoustic ultrasound tomography ARBOTOM® ABT05-S. It was revealed that these species were characterized by a significant differentiation in the degree of damage to bracket fungi. Low level of phytopathogenic damage was observed in Carpinus orientalis . The trunk wood of Morus nigra was characterized by the highest rates of phytopathogenic damage. The negative impact of bracket fungi is one of the most significant factors that reduce vital functions and reduce the life of many species of woody plants. Phytopathogenic damage to wood and trunk rot formation and voids have an impact on the growth and development of plants, reducing their life time, and can lead to death and fall of a tree, which within the urban environment is a potential danger to people.

scholarly journals Urban Dendroflora of the Macedonia Park in the City of Skopje, North Macedonia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-28
Author(s):  
Martina Shotaroska ◽  
Bojan Simovski ◽  
Tomcho Nikolovski ◽  
Katerina Chonevska ◽  
Ivan Minčev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
Pinus Nigra ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Cupressus Sempervirens ◽  
Hedera Helix ◽  
Platycladus Orientalis ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
Juniperus Scopulorum

Subject of research in this article is the urban dendroflora of the Macedonia Park, situated on about 50,000 m2 in the Macedonian capital city of Skopje, i.e., identification and presence of the recent woody plants. Thus, observed are morphological and ecological features of the woody plants and their current state in this urban environment. The investigation relates to a seven-year period (since the establishment of the Park in 2012 up to late 2019). After the field research and the inventorisation of the woody plants in the Park, 82 taxa were identified, represented in 1,318 individuals. Most represented tree species is the hybrid Platanus × hispanica Mill. ex Münchh. with 103 individuals (7.81% of the overall urban dendroflora). Most frequent tree including infraspecific taxa is Fraxinus excelsior L. (including F. e. ‘Globosa’, F. e. ‘Jaspidea’, and F. e. ‘Pendula’) with a total number of 146 individuals (11.08%). Concerning other growth form, the mini and small tree roses of hybrid Rosa Floribunda Group outnumber all ornamental woody species with 225 bushes (17.07%). Climbers are represented with 3 taxa (3.66% of identified taxa) in pergolas (Wisteria sinensis /Sims/ Sweet, Parthenocissus quinquefolia /L./ Planch.), and wire cage topiary (Hedera helix L.). Likewise, 87 individuals (6.60%) of 10 species (12.19%) occur as remnants of the greening in the past of which 3 species are used as a green core of a small sacral architecture: Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis (Mill.) Loudon (with 10 trees), Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (3), and Pinus nigra J.F.Arnold (1). In general, the urban dendroflora is properly selected and used for greening, although certain species and individuals are withering (e.g. Betula pendula ‘Youngii’, Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’, F. e. ‘Jaspidea’) or unsuitably used for avenue and in small alpine-like garden.

New host and distributional records for Camarosporidiella in Italy, Russia, and Ukraine

Mycotaxon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-489
Author(s):  
Dhandevi Pem ◽  
Rajesh Jeewon ◽  
Timur S. Bulgakov ◽  
Irina V. Bondarenko-Borisova ◽  
Mingkwan Doilom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Elaeagnus Angustifolia ◽  
Ulmus Pumila ◽  
Sequence Analyses ◽  
New Host ◽  
Amorpha Fruticosa ◽  
Morus Nigra ◽  
New Host Records

Camarosporidiella specimens collected from woody plants in central Italy, eastern Ukraine, and southeastern Russia were identified based on morphology and multi-gene (LSU, SSU, ITS, and TEF) sequence analyses. Camarosporidiella caraganicola on Amorpha fruticosa, C. celtidis on Ulmus pumila, C. elaeagnicola on Cytisus ruthenicus are described with new host records and as new fungal records for Ukraine. Camarosporidiella moricola on Morus nigra is newly reported for Italy, and C. robiniicola on Robinia pseudoacacia is new for Ukraine. Camarosporidiella elaeagnicola on Elaeagnus angustifolia is re-described to facilitate identification. Notes on host distribution of Camarosporidiellaceae are also provided.

Effect of dietary potassium supplementation on the calcium absorption capacity in the rumen and abomasum and fractional excretion of urinary minerals in sheep

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 508 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Bhanugopan ◽  
W. J. Fulkerson ◽  
M. Hyde ◽  
D. R. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Absorption ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Fractional Excretion ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Vital Functions ◽  
High K ◽  
Dietary Potassium ◽  
Fractional Absorption

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of potassium (K) supplementation on the calcium (Ca) absorption capacity from the rumen and abomasum of sheep. The Ca absorption capacity from the rumen and abomasum of sheep was measured using stable strontium (Sr) as a Ca-analogue tracer method. The sheep, cannulated at either the rumen or abomasum, were randomly allocated to one of two groups (control or K-supplemented) and fed in individual metabolism pens twice daily with a diet comprising oaten hay, lucerne chaff and barley fortified with or without potassium carbonate (K2CO3). The K content of the diet of the K-supplemented animals was 3.1% of dry matter compared with 1.4% for the control animals. The animals were fed their respective diets for a period of 2 weeks. The fractional absorption capacity (FC) of Ca was estimated before, during and after the treatment period. Supplementation with K decreased the FC of Ca in both the rumen and abomasum during treatment and increased the FC of Ca in the abomasum post-treatment. Supplementation with K also increased the fractional excretion of K in the urine, but decreased the fractional excretion of Ca and magnesium (Mg) (P < 0.05), showing that K supplementation significantly affected Ca and Mg metabolism. Results suggest that renal conservation of Ca and Mg is an important mechanism controlling the Ca and Mg pool for vital functions of the body. In times of high demand for these minerals during lactation and pregnancy, high K in the diets may predispose sheep to hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia, which in turn will have a negative impact on productivity and economic returns.

scholarly journals Perspectives of Development and Enhancement of the Efficiency of the Functioning of Small Forms of Business on the Village

2019 ◽  
Vol 19(34) (3) ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
Vadym Tkachuk ◽  
Oksana Vitriak
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
State Support ◽  
Manufactured Products ◽  
Low Education ◽  
System Improvement ◽  
Resource Support ◽  
The Village ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Significant Factors

The article substantiates the prospects for the development and increase of the functioning efficiency of small farming forms in the countryside. Particular attention is paid to the study of factors that have a negative impact on the farms and households functioning. Based on the analysis of statistical indicators, it has been established that the most significant factors that have a negative impact on the functioning of small farming forms in the countryside are the difficulty of manufactured products realization, insufficiently effective state support, lack of developed infrastructure, low education level of households' heads. In order to minimize the negative impact of the identified range of problems, it is proposed to introduce preventive measures in the following areas: the state support system improvement, infrastructure development, the production base and resource support improvement, integration relations development.

scholarly journals Environmental Aspects of Cooperation in Atomic Industry at the Post-Soviet Space

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
E. L. Moreva
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Vital Functions ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Institutional Construction ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The importance of the research lies in crucial significance of atomic industry ecological effects for people vital functions that can greatly restrict the sector’s development. Overcoming unfavorable atomic industry environmental impact is often seen in a way of technical technological development when it is possible to prevent, mitigate and/or neutralize the negative effects from its operating. But this is just part of the solution. The subject of this research addresses the ecological impact of atomic operations on the economic activity of the atomic industry enterprises in the post-soviet space and on the ways of optimizing their productive institutional construction at different levels of trans-border regions.The purpose of the work is to define the meaning of negative impact anticipating for the growth and development of the atomic industry while implementing innovative projects of local / national levels; participating in international competition and interaction for integration on the post-soviet space.It is concluded that inventory-making has crucial importance for atomic industry development. At the local/national level within two-side contacts it is expressed in stimulating the subjects of the industry to transform and perfect by national stakeholders and foreign competitors. At the level of trans-border connections such influence has not become the basis for productive integration interaction and atomic complex development because of the specificity of their subjects’ interests. The adequate inventory-making in institutional construction could allow using the possible ecological impacts of atomic production for their development and consolidating as a driver of social economic development at the postsoviet space.

scholarly journals Modifying the physical process of ultrasound tomography scanning through compressive sensing

2018 ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Victoria Erofeeva ◽  
Oleg Granichin ◽  
Ivan Senin
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Compressive Sensing ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Ultrasound Tomography ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Scanning Procedure ◽  
Ultrasound Diagnostics ◽  
Thin Slices ◽  
Tomography Scanning

Latest research papers on ultrasound tomography feature a new way of performing the scanning procedure that is similar to computed tomography. The underlying work of computed tomography consists of scanning thin slices with a rotating narrow X-ray beam. Usually, one needs a large number of projections for many different angles to reconstruct an image. In this work, we consider the application of the compressive sensing framework together with randomization to arrange an economy representation of the ultrasound diagnostics data without essential loss of performance. Using this approach, we will be able to randomly select the angles of scanning instead of obtaining all possible projections. We start with a brief overview of ultrasound tomography techniques, after that we formulate the problem of our interest, and provide the appropriate decision with results of preliminary computer simulations.

scholarly journals Experience of using distance technology to teach Chinese undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 22019
Author(s):  
Olga Fedotova ◽  
Elena Platonova ◽  
Vladimir Latun ◽  
Igor Filkevich ◽  
Oleg Igumnov
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Distance Technology ◽  
Russian Universities ◽  
Chinese Undergraduates ◽  
Significant Factors

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the organization of the educational process in Russian universities. The object of the research is the experience of implementing e-education and the transition to distance technologies for continuing education of Chinese undergraduates in the Russian metropolitan university. Russian universities had the technical capabilities and used various electronic educational platforms. In the same time, the results of the survey showed a decrease in the satisfaction of Chinese full-time students when switching to distance learning. The study shows the significant factors that had a negative impact on the educational process using distance technology to teach Chinese undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have grouped these factors into five groups (technical, language, emotional, and financial, content of lecture). Identification of these factors made it possible to develop a program to improve the educational process and enhance the satisfaction of foreign students studying at Russian universities.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the vital state of Magnolia grandiflora L. in the Arboretum of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens using the method of ultrasound tomography

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Plugatar ◽  
V. N. Gerasimchuk
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Visual Assessment ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Ultrasound Tomography ◽  
Magnolia Grandiflora ◽  
Botanical Gardens ◽  
Vital State ◽  
Tomography Method ◽  
Old Trees

As a result of instrumental diagnostics of the state of trunk wood, the level of phytopathogenic damage of the most old-age specimens of Magnolia grandiflora L. in the Arboretum of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens is estimated. Digital two-dimensional images of the trunk wood were obtained, and the relative indicators of the degree of its destruction were characterized. The results of the research allowed us to identify some patterns in the nature of the distribution of destructions in the trunk wood of M. grandiflora . It was found that of the six studied specimens of M. grandiflora , the greatest destruction of trunk wood was found in two 130-year-old trees growing in The Upper Arboretum Park. There was no correlation between the presence and degree of destruction of M. grandiflora trunk wood and the age of the trees examined. The use of the ultrasound tomography method expands the possibilities of diagnostics of phytopathogenic lesion of the trunk wood. The combination of visual assessment and instrumental diagnostics of trunk wood allows us to obtain more complete information about the vital state of trees.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Vocational Perspective

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-30
Author(s):  
Robert Miranda ◽  
Carolyn W. Rollins
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Life Time ◽  
The United States ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Academic History ◽  
The Impact

In recent years the number of individuals diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has increased. With a life time prevalence of 2.5%, OCD is more prevalent than schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or panic disorder. Undiagnosed and untreated, OCD can have negative effects on many aspects of an individual's life, including vocation. With the mean age of onset in the United States being approximately 16 years of age, the impact of OCD on an individual's vocational development can be considerable. Additionally, individuals with this disorder may present a poor work or academic history. Their vocational performance may be incorrectly interpreted as indicative of irresponsibility or a poor work ethic rather than as a consequence of the disease. Therefore, rehabilitation counselors should be cognizant of the symptoms associated with OCD and the negative impact of the disorder on an individual's life. This article outlines symptoms of the disorder, explores current treatment options, and discusses vocational implications associated with OCD.

scholarly journals Structural factor of reducing interterritorial inequality in the post-Covid period

2021 ◽  
Vol 301 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Olga Romanova ◽  
Alena Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Development ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Current Stage ◽  
Significant Factors

Carrying out large-scale structural transformations of both the entire Russian economy and its individual actors is one of the most important tasks of the current stage of national development. The urgency of this problem has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to identify the most significant factors in the pandemic that affect the economic growth of Russia’s regions and reduce territorial inequality. The use of methods of comparative and economic-statistical analysis made it possible to establish that the most important independent factor in the development of a region is the structure of the economy and such a factor that ensures it as the regional structural (industrial) policy. It has been substantiated that structural modernization is the basis for pursuing a non-contradictory short- and long-term policy to reduce interterritorial inequality. A particularly negative impact of the pandemic on regions with a low level of development of the real sector and overdevelopment of the service sector has been revealed.

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