bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Patient-Reported and Objectively Measured Function Before and After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Authors: Hurd Wendy J. , Morrow Melissa M. , Miller Emily J. , Adams Robert A. , Sperling John W. , Kaufman Kenton R.
Published: January 2017

Background and Purpose:

Documenting functional outcomes after reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) is critical to advancing patient care. The interplay been self-reported and objectively measured outcome measures has not been widely described. The utilization of wearable devices to document upper extremity limb activity is a new approach for objectively measuring outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in pain, and self-reported function and objectively measured limb activity after RSA. We also assessed the influence of pain on self-reported function and objectively measured limb activity to determine the impact of pain on outcomes after RSA.

Materials:

This study implemented a prospective, repeated-measures design. Fourteen patients undergoing RSA underwent testing before surgery, and 2 and 12 months after surgery. Patient-reported instruments included pain, Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and hands (DASH), and physical component summary (PCS) of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. Objective limb activity (mean activity value, m/s2/min epoch; inactive time, %; low activity, %; and high activity, %) was captured with triaxial accelerometers worn on the upper and lower arm. A repeated-measures ANOVA tested for differences across time. The Spearman rank-order correlation was calculated to evaluate the influence of pain on DASH, PCS scores, and mean limb activity.

Results:

Patient-reported measures improved after surgery (pain, P < .01; DASH, P < .01; PCS, P = .01). No change in limb activity was found at 1 year compared with preoperative values for mean (forearm, P = 1.00; arm, P = .36), inactivity (forearm, P = .33; arm, P = .22), low (forearm, P = .77; arm, P = .11) or high (forearm, P = 1.00; arm, P = .20) activity. There was a relationship between pain and DASH scores 1 year after surgery (P = .04) but not before surgery (P = .16), or 2 months after surgery (P = .30). There was no relationship between pain and PCS scores at any time point (preoperative, P = .97; 2 months, P = .21; 1 year, P = .08) nor pain and limb activity (forearm: preoperative, P = .36; 2 months, P = .67; 1 year, P = .16; arm: preoperative, P = .97; 2 months, P = .59; 1 year, P = .51).

Conclusions:

RSA reduced pain and enhanced patient-perceived function. Objectively measured upper extremity limb activity is not different 1 year after surgery compared with preoperative levels.

Level of Evidence:

III.
Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Matrix-Borosilicate Glass Hollow-Particle Syntactic Foams
Authors: Zeltmann S. E. , Chen B. , Gupta N.
Published: January 2017

Syntactic foams are particulate composites, which consist of a dispersion of hollow particles in a matrix. These materials are extensively used in the structures of underwater vehicles, but existing studies have shown that the commonly used soda-lime–borosilicate glass hollow particles are susceptible to significant degradation upon exposure to moisture. In this work, epoxy matrix syntactic foams are fabricated using borosilicate glass hollow particles that are not susceptible to degradation in wet environments. Nine compositions are fabricated and tested for quasi-static compressive properties, high-strain-rate compressive properties, and flexural properties. The quasi-static compressive strength and energy absorption are found to increase with composite density and the compressive strength is found to exceed that of similar syntactic foams using soda-lime–borosilicate hollow particles. The syntactic foams were observed to have 70 %–108 % higher peak stress in the high-strain-rate regime compared to the quasi-static values but the strength within the high-strain-rate regime was not dependent on the strain rate. The flexural properties were shown to have strong sensitivity to volume fraction of hollow particles.
Diagnostic challenges and management of a patient with acromegaly due to ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion from a bronchial carcinoid tumour
Authors: Kyriakakis Nikolaos , Trouillas Jacqueline , Dang Mary N , Lynch Julie , Belchetz Paul , Korbonits Márta , Murray Robert D
Published: January 2017

A male patient presented at the age of 30 with classic clinical features of acromegaly and was found to have elevated growth hormone levels, not suppressing during an oral glucose tolerance test. His acromegaly was originally considered to be of pituitary origin, based on a CT scan, which was interpreted as showing a pituitary macroadenoma. Despite two trans-sphenoidal surgeries, cranial radiotherapy and periods of treatment with bromocriptine and octreotide, his acromegaly remained active clinically and biochemically. A lung mass was discovered incidentally on a chest X-ray performed as part of a routine pre-assessment for spinal surgery 5 years following the initial presentation. This was confirmed to be a bronchial carcinoid tumour, which was strongly positive for growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatostatin receptor type 2 by immunohistochemistry. The re-examination of the pituitary specimens asserted the diagnosis of pituitary GH hyperplasia. Complete resolution of the patient’s acromegaly was achieved following right lower and middle lobectomy. Seventeen years following the successful resection of the bronchial carcinoid tumour the patient remains under annual endocrine follow-up for monitoring of the hypopituitarism he developed after the original interventions to his pituitary gland, while there has been no evidence of active acromegaly or recurrence of the carcinoid tumour. Ectopic acromegaly is extremely rare, accounting for <1% of all cases of acromegaly. Our case highlights the diagnostic challenges differentiating between ectopic acromegaly and acromegaly of pituitary origin and emphasises the importance of avoiding unnecessary pituitary surgery and radiotherapy. The role of laboratory investigations, imaging and histology as diagnostic tools is discussed.

Learning points:

Ectopic acromegaly is rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cases of acromegaly.

Ectopic acromegaly is almost always due to extra-pituitary GHRH secretion, mainly from neuroendocrine tumours of pancreatic or bronchial origin.

Differentiating between acromegaly of pituitary origin and ectopic acromegaly can cause diagnostic challenges due to similarities in clinical presentation and biochemistry.

Serum GHRH can be a useful diagnostic tool to diagnose ectopic acromegaly.

Pituitary imaging is crucial to differentiate between a pituitary adenoma and pituitary hyperplasia, which is a common finding in ectopic acromegaly.

Diagnosing ectopic acromegaly is pivotal to avoid unnecessary interventions to the pituitary and preserve normal pituitary function.
Neuroendocrine integration of nutritional signals on reproduction
Authors: Evans Maggie C , Anderson Greg M
Published: January 2017

Reproductive function in mammals is energetically costly and therefore tightly regulated by nutritional status. To enable this integration of metabolic and reproductive function, information regarding peripheral nutritional status must be relayed centrally to the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH) neurons that drive reproductive function. The metabolically relevant hormones leptin, insulin and ghrelin have been identified as key mediators of this ‘metabolic control of fertility’. However, the neural circuitry through which they act to exert their control over GNRH drive remains incompletely understood. With the advent of Cre-LoxP technology, it has become possible to perform targeted gene-deletion and gene-rescue experiments and thus test the functional requirement and sufficiency, respectively, of discrete hormone–neuron signaling pathways in the metabolic control of reproductive function. This review discusses the findings from these investigations, and attempts to put them in context with what is known from clinical situations and wild-type animal models. What emerges from this discussion is clear evidence that the integration of nutritional signals on reproduction is complex and highly redundant, and therefore, surprisingly difficult to perturb. Consequently, the deletion of individual hormone–neuron signaling pathways often fails to cause reproductive phenotypes, despite strong evidence that the targeted pathway plays a role under normal physiological conditions. Although transgenic studies rarely reveal a critical role for discrete signaling pathways, they nevertheless prove to be a good strategy for identifying whether a targeted pathway is absolutely required, critically involved, sufficient or dispensable in the metabolic control of fertility.
Influence of External Pressures of Different Symmetry on the Phase Transitions and Thermodynamic of the RbHSO4 Ferroelectrics
Authors: Zachek I.R. , Karkuljevska M.C. , Vdovych A.S. , Levitsky R.R.
Published: January 2017

We use the four-sublattice model of the RbHSO4 crystal modified by taking  into account the piezoelectric coupling to the strains ,  . Within the mean  field approximation we calculate the components of the polarization vector  and static dielectric permittivity tensor of mechanically clamped and free  crystals, as well as their piezoelectric characteristics. We study the  influence of hydrostatic pressure  and uniaxial stresses  on the phase  transition and physical characteristics of the crystal. A good  quantitative description of the experimental data is obtained.
Quantum Size Effects in Thin Film Based on Lead Telluride
Authors: Freik D.M. , Dzumedzey R.O. , Kostyuk O.B. , Ruvinskyy M.A.
Published: January 2017

Based on the model of quantum flat rectangular and with infinitely high walls pit, the correspondences were calculated and received value of the Fermi energy and kinetic coefficients (conductivity σ, Seebeck coefficient S and thermoelectric power S2σ) for n-PbTe, by the Boltzman kinetic equation. Еhe cases with strongly degenerate and degenerate electronic gas in the films of lead telluride with n-type of conductivity are considered separately. The oscillating character of dependences of thermoelectric parameters of nanostructures based on n-PbTe for the degenerate and strongly degenerate electron gas has been theoretically proved.
Edge Absorption of thin Films –Ga2O3
Authors: Bordun O.M. , Bordun B.O. , Lushchanets V.B. , Kukharskyy I.Yo.
Published: January 2017

Fundamental absorption edge of b–Ga2O3 thin films, obtained by radio-frequency ion-plasmous sputtering, was investigated, using the method of optical spectroscopy. It was ascertained that the optical band gap Eg increases from 4.60 to 4.65 eV after the heat treatment films in argon atmosphere and to 5.20 eV after the reduction of annealed films in a hydrogen atmosphere. Consolidated effective mass of free charge carriers in b–Ga2O3 films after annealing and after reduction in hydrogen was estimated. It was found that the concentration of charge carriers after heat treatment in argon atmosphere is 7.30´1017 cm–3 and after reduction in hydrogen, is 2.62´1019 cm–3, which is typical for degenerated semiconductors. It was shown that the shift of fundamental absorption edge in thin films b–Ga2O3 after reduction in hydrogen is caused by Burstein-Moss effect.
Investigation of V1-xTixFeSb Semiconductor Solid Solution. II. Peculiarities of Crystal and Electronic Structure
Authors: Romaka V.V. , Rogl P. , Romaka L.P. , Stadnyk Yu.V. , Korzh R.O. , Krayovskyy V.Ya. , Kovbasuk T.M. , Tsygylyk H.V.
Published: January 2017

The peculiarities of the crystalandelectronicstructureof V1-xTixFeSb, х = 0 – 0,20, semiconductor solid solution wereinvestigated. Themechanismofgenerationofstructuraldefectsofacceptoranddonornatureisdescribed. In particular the nature of donors in n-VFeSb was established (“a priori doping”) as a result of presence of vacancies in Sb atomic site (4b). The obtained result lays in the basis of the technology for obtaining thermoelectric materials based on n-VFeSb with maximal efficiency of thermal to electrical energy conversion.
The Influence of Technological and Tribological Factors on the Aftereffect and Wear Resistance of Polymer Composites
Authors: Sirenko H.O. , Lutsas A.V. , Skladanyuk M.B. , Soltys L.M.
Published: January 2017

The anti-wear properties of polymer composites based on polytetrafluoroethylene with not metallized and metallized carbon fibers in conditions of friction and wear in over limit and limit of specific loads have been researched. The definitions of loading and time indicators the aftereffect which give the quantitative assessment of influence processes and mechanism of friction and wear have been introduced first. It is established that in anti-wear tests of composites samples as in stepped over limit specific load (Ni=var) as in constant limit and specific load (Ni=const) with high probability appears time aftereffect.
Hydrothermal synthesis of 3D disulfide nanoparticles molybdenum / carbon
Authors: Shyiko L.O. , Budzulyak I.M. , Ravsky M. , Kulyk Yu.O. , Kotsyubinsky V.O.
Published: January 2017

The results of the synthesis of 3D multilayer nanoparticles of molybdenum disulfide / carbon by hydrothermal synthesis with the use of cetyltrimethylammonium cation as micelles are presented in the paper. The elemental composition, structural and morphological properties of the obtained materials were investigated by X-ray diffractometry, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry and adsorption porometry. The synthesized nanoparticles, preferably spherical in shape with an average size of 40-70 nm, have been found to have a doublet-hierarchical structure in which 2H-MoS2 layers alternate with carbon layers (atomic ratio of about 1: 1). Annealing at a temperature of 500 ° C in an argon atmosphere leads to the destruction of nanospheres, but does not change the atomic Mo: S ratio.
The Influence of the Chemical Composition and Temperature of Molten Rocks on Laws Wetting Their Platinum-Rhodium Plate Spinneret
Authors: Diduk I.I. , Bagliuk G.A.
Published: January 2017

The results of investigation of platinum-rhodium substrate wetting by the melts of ten different compositions of rocks and the values ​​of their surface tension and adhesion in a wide temperature range. It is shown that the highest values ​​of surface tension and adhesion observed for basalt melts, whereas neutral aluminosilicate glass melts, which do not containiron oxide compounds are characterized by a high value of the contact angle and the lowest values ​​of surface forces. Doping of ZrO2in the meltcompositionsignificantly increases angles of wetting and surface tension and adhesion throughout the temperature range as compared with the same melts without zirconia.
Ways to improve the performance of GaAs-sex Schottky transistors (PTSH) and selective-doped heterotransistors (SLGT) for the formation of modern microwave circuits
Authors: Novosyadlyy S.P. , Lutsky I.M.
Published: January 2017

There is no doubt that the use of Schottky-based FET technology on GaAs to form high-speed LSIs has great potential. No less prospects are opened for the unique in their properties SLGT - technology for the design of modern LSI / VLSI.In the case of SLGT, three main technological criteria can be satisfied: speed, low power consumption, and processability of the manufacturing process of complex LSI structures.
Life in Labour (to the 170th anniversary of Ivan Pulyuy’s birth)
Authors: Kozyrsky V. G. , Rokitsky O. M. , Schenderovsky V. A.
Published: January 2017

February 2, 2015 marked 170 years since the birth of the renowned scientist and patriot of Ukraine - Ivan Pulyuy. This name comes back to us from oblivion, like many other bright and outstanding figures that were forced to work outside of Ukraine against their will. Fundamental research in physics and electrical engineering, popular scientific and journalistic works, memories of Ivan Pulyuy, a talented physicist, thoughtful philosopher, sincere Ukrainian patriot, are very topical today, when Ukraine establishes its independence.
Self-Organising Processes and Fractal Approach to the Formation of Non-Crystalline States
Authors: Mar’yan M. I. , Yurkovych N. V.
Published: January 2017

Shows a description of the fractal structure  to the non-crystalline state using the system non-linear dynamic equations, which takes into account the flow of negative entropy of the surrounding environment and the fraction of atoms in soft configuratons. Based on the investigation for the study of non-crystalline materials and the transition to non-crystalline state of the possibility fractal approach to describe them.
Effect of Point Defect in Carbon Nanotube (8.0) on the Molecular Electrostatic Potential distribution Near it Edge
Authors: Datsyuk A.M.
Published: January 2017

The influence of point defect on the electronic and spatial structure of carbon nanotubes (8.0) have been studied depending on the placement vacancies in the structure of nanotubes.

On the basis of quantum-chemical calculations and using semi-empirical and ab initio approaches the  maps of the distribution of molecular electrostatic potential were builds in the planes which are perpendicular to the main axis of the nanotubes. It is shown that defects such as vacancy, are placed outside the first hexagonal carbon belt no effect on the topology of the distribution of molecular electrostatic potential in the vicinity of the entrance to the carbon nanotube. Instead, reactivity of port’s atoms such nanotubes may determinated point defects of the vacancy type to be placed in first hexagonal belt.
Electric Stimulation of Charge-Discharge Processes of Electrochemical Capacitors
Authors: Budzulyak I.M. , Rachiy B.I. , Vashchynsky V.M. , Ivanichok N.Ya. , Lutsas А.V. , Nykoliuk M.O.
Published: January 2017

The research is devoted to study the impact of charge-discharge processes in electrochemical capacitors. Nanoporous carbon material was used like electrode material , which was gotten through carbonization of raw plant material. The supercapacitor model and main mode parameters of operation were chosen for this experiment. Experimental data were gotten, where we make the conclusion, that the long-term processing of electric stimulation enhances capacity properties of  electrochemical capacitors.
Temperature Dependence of Initial Permeability of NixCo1-xFe2O4 Ferrite System
Authors: Bushkova V.S. , Kopayev A.V. , Bushkov N.I. , Karpyk B.V. , Matkivskyi O.M.
Published: January 2017

The aim of this work was to create and study of ferrite nickel-cobalt powders, using sol-gel technology with participation of auto-combustion. Dependence of the initial permeability from the degree of substitution of cobalt cations on nickel cations is obtained. It is revealed that the crystallite size has a significant influence on the magnetic properties of the samples. With decreasing of crystallite size of nickel-cobalt ferrite Curie temperature decreases. It is shown that the smaller the particle size, the greater the thickness of the surface layer with significant violations of magnetic structure.
On the Use of Thermoelectric Devices in Cryosurgery
Authors: Moskalyk I.A.
Published: January 2017

In this article the current state of thermoelectric devices usage in cryosurgery is given. The advantages of thermoelectric cooling devices and rational spheres of their application are determined.
ПШЕНИЦА МЯГКАЯ ОЗИМАЯ: ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ПЛАСТИЧНОСТЬ БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ И ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ МАРКЕРОВ
Authors: Moskalets V. V. , Moskalets T. Z. , Vasylkivskyi S. P. , Grynyk I. V. , Vovkohon A. G. , Lobova O. V. , Shevchuk O. A. , Knyazyuk O. V.
Published: January 2017

The priority in studying new lines and varieties of common winter wheat was their ecological plasticity by biological and technological markers. It was revealed that for stability and plasticity on the basis of seed production the varieties and lines are divided into stable, narrow and wide-adaptive ones, the latter of which are characterized by a wide range of ecological valence (with high and medium variability and homeostasis, with variance of stability which is close to zero, and with environmental factor plasticity which is greater than one). We studied new cultivars and lines of hexaploid сommon winter wheat from Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University and Nosovka Breeding and Research Station of V.M. Remeslo Mironovka Institute of Wheat by seed production, technological indicators of grain, flour and bread quality. The new perspective highly productive and ecologically plastic varieties and lines of сommon wheat are: Yuvivata 60, Zoriana Nosivska, Nosshpa100, L3-95, KS 14, KS 22-04. According to representative criteria, the most promising genotypes, which are the main products in Forest-Steppe of Ukraine and high-quality raw materials for bakeries and bioethanol were identified. It was found that technological characteristics of grain, flour and bread of new cultivars and lines of common wheat meet the modern requirements for production of dietetic food and bioenergy products, that is important and relevant in the context of food security in Ukraine.
NEW DATA ON SOME OF THE RECENTLY DESCRIBED LITHOSIINI SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA, EREBIDAE, ARCTIINAE)
Authors: Volynkin Anton V. , Dubatolov Vladimir V. , Bucsek Karol
Published: January 2017

The paper contains new data on some of the recently described Lithosiini species from Indochina: male vesici of Lyclene kontumica Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013, Lyclene kepica Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013, Adites thanhi Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2016, Aemene monastyrskyi Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013, Aemene annamica Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2016, and female genitalia of Lyclene kontumica, Lyclene kosterini Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013 and Lyclene zinchenkoi Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013 are described and illustrated for the first time; updated diagnoses for Lyclene kosterini and Lyclene kepica are given; Adites thanhi is reported for Thailand for the first time. In addition, Asura punctata Rothschild, 1913 is transferred to the genus Lyclene: Lyclene punctata (Rothschild, 1913), comb. nov., its male genitalia are described and illustrated for the first time. Adults of all species mentioned are illustrated.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ФОРМУВАННЯ ФІТОКЛІМАТУ ПІДКРОНОВОГО ПРОСТОРУ КУЩОВИХ ВИДІВ І ФОРМ ЯЛІВЦІВ В МЕЖАХ КОМПЛЕКСНОЇ ЗЕЛЕНОЇ ЗОНИ МІСТА ЛЬВОВА
Authors: Shuplat T. I. , Popovich V. V.
Published: January 2017

The peculiarities of undertree microclimate of Juniperus L. shrubs are presented. The studied plants were registered within the municipal area of Lviv city and its green belt. Temperature and humidity conditions of the undertree space in summer and winter periods were studied in detail. The comparison of indices of microclimate under the shrubs and adjacent open area was done. The thermal influence of snow accumulation and negative effects of the process of glaciation on sprouts of shrubs with different crown heights and shapes was detemined. It was suggested that undertree microclimate plays an extremely important role in the formation of climatope and edaphotope of juniper ground shrubs especially for those which grow in urban xerophilous environment.
SPECIES DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENTOMOFAUNA IN THE SOUTHERN MIDDLE TAIGA OF THE MIDDLE OB
Authors: Tyumaseva Z. I. , Guskova E. V.
Published: January 2017

We gave data on the species diversity and distribution of entomofauna in the southern middle taiga of the Middle Ob. The habitat distribution of individual species, as well as of taxonomic insect groups was identified.
TO THE SYSTEMATICS AND NOMENCLATURE OF SOME PALAEARCTIC NYMPHALIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA)
Authors: Korb S. K.
Published: January 2017

The following primary types are designated: lectotype of Argynnis eugenia montana Bang-Haas, 1906, lectotype of Argynnis
amphilochus var. elatus Staudinger, 1892, neotype of Papilio tritonia Boeber, 1812 and lectotype of Melitaea trivia nana Staudinger,
1871. The holotype (by monotypy) of Argynnis eugenia fulgens Bang-Haas, 1927 is figured. The type locality of Melitaea trivia
nana Staudinger, 1871 by lectotype designation is Macedonia. The synonymisation of taxa Boloria tritonia (Boeber, 1812) and B.
elatus (Staudinger, 1892) is now objective.
A NEW WEEVIL TRIBE, MEKORHAMPHINI TRIB. NOV. (COLEOPTERA, ITHYCERIDAE) WITH TWO NEW GENERA IN BURMESE AMBER
Authors: Poinar G. O. , Brown A. E. , Legalov A. A.
Published: January 2017

A new tribe, Mekorhamphini trib. n., two new genera Mekorhamphus gen. n. and Habropezus gen. n. and two new species (M. gyralommus sp. n. and H. plaisiommus sp. n.) are described from Burmese amber. The new tribe resembles the tribe Mesophyletini but differs from the latter by possessing contiguous procoxal cavities and very wide elytra with regular striae. From the tribe Anchineini, it differs by the contiguous procoxal cavities, precoxal portion of the prosternum elongated, and swollen trochanters. The new taxa can be distinguished from modern Carini by having antennae attached near the middle of the rostrum, an elongated precoxal portion of the prosternum and enlarged trochanters.
ОЦІНКА ІСНУЮЧИХ ЗАГРОЗ ВІТРОПАРКІВ ПІВДНЯ УКРАЇНИ ДЛЯ МІГРАЦІЙНОЇ ОРНИІТОФАУНИ
Authors: Gorlov P. I. , Siokhin V. D. , Matsyura A. V.
Published: January 2017

The article presents data on the species diversity, the number of birds, directions and altitudes of flight during the periods of seasonal migrations based on studies of 13 wind farms in the Ukrainian Azov-Black Sea region. In total 194 expedition field trips have been performed for 549 days. There are 3 wind farms in the Black Sea basin, 7 in the Sivash-Dzharylgach basin and 3 in the Azov basin. We registered 100 bird species, but they use the territory of wind farms in different ways: they always present, periodically fly or do not fly to the wind farm. A large number of wetlands located in the Azov-Black Sea region attract waterfowl bird species that dominated (79.8% of the total number in spring and 68.7% in autumn). The analysis of the birds stay at the wind farm sites shows that there were registered not more than 25% of the total number of birds recorded in the study area. The main flight directions were north-east in spring (23.7% of all flights) and south-west in autumn (29.6%). Flying birds were registered at different altitudes, but 89.5% of birds flew in the range up to 50 m above the ground in spring and 79.1% – in autumn. The threats of wind farms on birds was evaluated by integrated management assessment tolls. It was found that just few of birds (about of 1 percent) could fly at dangerous altitudes (45-155 m) over the wind farm areas and cross the wind farm barrier. This wind turbines’ impact on the birds was considered as rather insignificant. The bird deaths caused by collisions with the wind turbines were not registered.
ПРОДУКТИВНІСТЬ ТА ЗАБІЙНІ ЯКОСТІ ПЕРЕПЕЛІВ ПРИ РІЗНИХ РІВНЯХ ГУАНІДИНОЦТОВОЇ КИСЛОТИ В РАЦІОНАХ
Authors: Sychov M. Yu. , Pryumak H. I.
Published: January 2017

The authors have investigated the effect of different levels guanidinoacetic acid in the diets of quails on their productivity and carcass quality. Experimental studies were carried out in the conditions of the problematic research laboratory of feed additives in the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Material for scientific and economic experience was quail of Pharaoh species of meat direction of productivity. The experiment was carried out by method of groups-analogues. Compound feed were fed in dry crumbled form. Young animals were fed in a group. The daily amount of compound feed was divided in two parts – morning and evening rations. The effect of using different levels of Guanidinoacetic Acid (GAA) in compound feed on productivity and carcass quality of young quails was studied. We have found that compound feed with the level of GАА 0.06% contributes to live body weight increase by 3.9 g and muscles of the pelvic limbs yield by 26.2%. At the same time, use of diets with a level of 0.12% of guanidine acetate increases live weight by 13.5 g, the absolute growth of 6.5 g, average daily growth by 0.9 g, a relative growth of 2%, the mass of carcass, semi-eviscerated carcass, and eviscerated carcass of 4.8, 4.9 and 4.3% correspondingly, slightly increases the mass of pectoral muscles by 9.1%, significantly increases the yield of muscles of the pelvic limbs by 36.4%, and reduces feed conversion by 5%. Poultry which was fed with 0.18% of GАА exceeded control of body weight by 12.2 g, the absolute growth by 4.4 g, average daily growth by 0.6 g, the relative growth by 1.1%, yield of muscles of the pelvic limbs by 36.4% and  had a lower feed conversion rate by 9.1%. During the study period the safety of livestock which was fed with GААvwas high and ranged from 90 to 96%.  It was established the perspective of further research, which is to examine the impact of Guanidinoacetic Acid on the egg production of egg-laying quails, morphological and chemical composition of eggs and  their hatching  quality.
WHAT IS LYCLENE DASARA (MOORE, 1859) (LEPIDOPTERA, EREBIDAE, ARCTIINAE)?
Authors: Volynkin Anton V. , Bucsek Karol
Published: January 2017

The paper contains data on the taxonomy of the 'Lyclene dasara (Moore, [1860])' complex. L. dasara is known certainly from islands Java and Bali. The continental populations previously treated as 'L. dasara' belong to two different species, L. chromatica (Swinhoe, 1891) stat. nov. known from South India and L. undulata (Swinhoe, 1903) stat. & comb. nov. known from Himalaya, China and Indochina (including the Malay Peninsula). All three species are very close externally, but differ in both male and female genitalia. The name Lyclene corrigera Volynkin & Bucsek, nom. nov. is introduced as replacement for Lyclene undulata Bucsek, 2012, nec. Swinhoe, 1903.
Museum Interpretation as a Didactic Concept: Case Study ofthe Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters / Muzejska interpretacija kao didaktički koncept: studija slučaja Strossmayerove galerija starih majstora
Authors: Bračun Sova Rajka , Kemperl Metoda
Published: January 2017

AbstractThis paper examines how knowledge ofartworks is transmittedto visitors through text interpretation in art museums. The theoretical concepts called upon belong to the field of museum education. The research adopts a qualitative methodology, taking the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters in Zagreb as a case study. Thismuseumproducedan online guidefor ageneral audience, which is supposed to be used in the gallery while viewing and examining artworks. Another source of knowledge ofthe artworks is the gallery catalogue in the format of a printed book, presenting masterpieces from the collection. The analytical approach consists of a close and comparative discourse analysis of the two gallery interpretive materials. We found that the didactic conceptualization of museum interpretation is based on a differentiated approach to knowledge transmission. A relationshipexists between knowledge production and dissemination on the one hand, andtheattitude toward a visitor on the other. Similarities and dissimilaritiespertain to the content and the format of the catalogue and the guide. The didactic conceptualisation of the guide is based on a more visual discourse and anexclusive/inclusive discourse in terms of art historyinformation and adapted museum authority.Keywords: interpretation; knowledge transmission; museum education---SažetakU članku se razmatraju načini na koje se znanje o umjetničkim djelima prenosi posjetiteljima putem tekstualnih interpretacija u umjetničkim muzejima. Teorijski koncepti oslanjaju se na istraživanja u polju muzejske edukacije. U istraživanju se primjenjuje kvalitativna metodologija, a podaci se prikupljaju metodom studije slučaja za koju je poslužila Strossmayerova galerija starih majstora u Zagrebu. U sklopu muzejske djelatnosti Galerija je izradila mrežni vodič namijenjen širokom krugu posjetitelja za korištenje unutar galerijskog prostora prilikom promatranja umjetničkih djela. Drugi izvor znanja o umjetničkim djelima je tiskani katalog koji sadrži pregled remek-djela iz zbirki Galerije. Analitički pristup podrazumijeva podrobnu analizu diskursa oba oblika galerijskog interpretacijskog materijala i njihovu komparativnu analizu. Utvrđeno je da se didaktička konceptualizacija muzejske interpretacije temelji na razlikovnom pristupu prenošenju znanja. Uspostavlja se odnos između proizvodnje i širenja znanja s jedne strane, zatim odnosa prema posjetitelju s druge strane. Sličnosti i razlike odnose se na sadržaj i format kataloga i vodiča. Didaktička konceptualizacija vodiča temelji se više na vizualnom diskursu i diskursu uključivosti/isključivosti koji se određuje u odnosu na povijesno-umjetničke informacije i uspostavljeni autoritet Galerije. Ključne riječi: interpretacija; muzejska edukacija; prenošenje znanja.
Art-Based Research of Constructivist Teaching / Umjetnički utemeljeno istraživanje konstruktivističke nastave
Authors: Topolovčan Tomislav
Published: January 2017

This paper provides a critical analysis of art-based research in education, that is, in constructivist learning and teaching. It presents the methodological features and advantages of art-based research in terms of the axiological, ontological and epistemological features of the constructivist, participatory and critical scientific paradigm, and the manifestations thereof in teaching and learning. In this respect, art-based research belongs to qualitative research with an emphasis on narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and case studies, including a series of qualitative methods for collecting data, primarily the creative process, autoethnographic introspection and expression, but also interviews, recordings and participatory observation. An analysis of the said scientific paradigms, the features of constructivist teaching, and art-based research indicates their compatibility based on the co-construction of knowledge as a creative process. Such ontological and epistemological features of learning are suitable for art-based research, as it is used to study the introspective processes of constructing one's own knowledge as a creative process and its results. This paper examines the implications of art-based research in the practical and theoretical investigation of the research of learning and teaching.Key words: art-based research; constructivism; education; learning; qualitative research methods; teaching.---U radu je kritički analizirano umjetnički utemeljeno istraživanje u odgoju i obrazovanju, odnosno u konstruktivističkom učenju i nastavi. Prikazana su metodološka obilježja i prednosti umjetnički utemeljenog istraživanja s obzirom na aksiološka, ontološka i epistemološka obilježja konstruktivističke, sudjelujuće i kritičke znanstvene paradigme te njihovih manifestacija u nastavi i učenju. U tom je pogledu umjetnički utemeljeno istraživanje pozicionirano u kvalitativna istraživanja s naglaskom na narativno istraživanje, fenomenologiju, utemeljenu teoriju, etnografiju i studiju slučaja koje uključuju niz kvalitativnih metoda prikupljanja podataka, ponajprije stvaralački proces, autoetnografsku introspekciju i ekspresiju, ali i intervjue, zapise i sudjelujuće promatranje. Analizom navedenih znanstvenih paradigmi, obilježja konstruktivističke nastave i umjetnički utemeljenog istraživanja ukazano je na njihovu kompatibilnost baziranu na (su)konstrukciji znanja kao stvaralaštva. Takvim ontološkim i epistemološkim obilježjima učenja odgovara umjetnički utemeljeno istraživanje jer se time istražuju introspektivni procesi konstruiranja vlastitog znanja kao stvaralačkog procesa i njegova rezultata. U radu su prikazane implikacije umjetnički utemeljenog istraživanja u praksi i teorijskom promišljanju istraživanja učenja i nastave.Ključne riječi: kvalitativne metode istraživanja; konstruktivizam; nastava; odgoj i obrazovanje; učenje; umjetnički utemeljeno istraživanje.
DAYA SERAP Eucheuma cottonii Lin TERHADAP LIMBAH Pb
Authors: Muawanah Muawanah , Sari Nira , Haryono Tri
Published: January 2017

Dampak dari operasional tambak intensif dan aktivitas pelayaran di wilayah pesisir adalah meningkatnya bahan cemaran di perairan pantai. Satu di antaranya yaitu Pb. Karagenan yang terdapat di dalam Eucheuma cottonii Lin berfungsi antara lain sebagai pengental, fungsi ini hampir sama dengan agar dan alginat yang terdapat pada jenis rumput lainnya yaitu dapat mengikat ion logam berat. Kegiatan rekayasa dilakukan pada skala laboratorium di ruang terbuka, menggunakan dua wadah dengan volume masing-masing 50 liter. Satu wadah diisi dengan air laut dari tandon dengan hasil pengujian awal Pb: 0,017 mg/L (bak 1). Satu wadah lagi sebagai pembanding diisi dengan air laut yang sudah ditambahkan larutan induk Pb dengan hasil pengujian awal Pb: 1,018 mg/L (bak 2). Kedua wadah tersebut masing-masing diisi dengan 250 gram bibit rumput laut, kemudian dilengkapi dengan aerasi. Hasil pengukuran minggu pertama pada bak 1 diperoleh senyawa Pb pada air laut sebesar 0 mg/L dengan demikian terjadi penyerapan sebanyak 100%, namun pada minggu kedua konsentrasi Pb naik kembali menjadi 0,008 mg/L. Sedangkan hasil pengukuran minggu pertama pada bak 2 diperoleh senyawa Pb pada air laut yaitu 0,853 mg/L atau berkurang sebesar 0,165 mg/L demikian terjadi penyerapan sebanyak 16,11%; dan pada minggu kedua kandungan Pb menjadi 0,811 mg/L atau berkurang sebesar 0,042 mg/L dari kandungan minggu pertama dengan persentase penyerapan menjadi 4,8%. Sebagai data pendukung diukur juga beberapa parameter kualitas air lainnya, seperti: DO, pH, salinitas, suhu, nitrit, dan amonia. Selain nilai konsentrasi Pb mengalami penurunan, senyawa N seperti nitrit dan amoniak juga mengalami penurunan. Berdasarkan pengujian di atas Eucheuma cottonii Lin mempunyai kemampuan untuk menyerap unsur Pb dalam air laut.
«CANDIDATUS MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII»: A NEW MEMBER OF ORDER RICKETTSIALES, ENDOSYMBIONT OF IXODES RICINUS TICK
Authors: Shpynov S. N.
Published: January 2017

Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii is the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus endosymbiont. This unique bacteria can occupy and persist within the mitochondria of animals. I. ricinus is an important vector of human pathogens in natural focal of infections. Candidatus M. mitochondrii found in the intermembrane space of mitochondria and in the cytoplasm of ovarian cells in 100% females of I. ricinus. The bacteria contain flagella in the salivary glands of ticks. Candidatus M. mitochondrii has two groups of unique genes for the members of the order Rickettsiales (cbb3 cytochrome oxidase and flagellin), which allows it to play an important role in embryogenesis of the I. ricinus ticks and cause seroconversion in 58% of patients after ticks bloodsucking. This bacterium formed MALOs group (midichloria and like organisms) with genetically closely related organisms which demonstrated a association with a wide range of host from arthropods to ciliates, amoebae, sponges, fish and various animals and humans. Now there is no data about replication the Candidatus M. mitochondrii in humans and pathogenicity of this microorganism. Although a high percentage of seropositive samples obtained from patients after bloodsucking of I. ricinus in anamnesis, this bacterium cannot yet be regarded as responsible for the pathology as known human pathogenic from order Rickettsi-ales (Rickettsia, Anaplasma and Ehrlichia spp.). Needed to reconsider the attitude to an immune response to the saliva of I. ricinus, taking into account the potential impact of Candidatus M. mitochondrii. It is considered highly possible role of this bacterium in the immune response and immunomodulation in humans with bloodsucking of I. ricinus in anamnesis. DNA of Candidatus M. mitochondrii was the first time detected in I. ricinus ticks from European part of Russia.
THE NEW METALL-BETA-LACTAMASE’S INHIBITOR EFFICACY IN A MODEL SYSTEM IN VITRO
Authors: Afinogenova A. G. , Voroshilova T. M. , Afinogenov G. E. , Maday D. Yu.
Published: January 2017

The Enterobacteriaceae antibiotics resistance depends on a combination of several mechanisms, such as the beta-lactamases overproduction, the microbial cell reduction outer membrane permeability (usually associated with loss of protein porin), the presence of efflux systems. Particularly noteworthy are the metallo-beta-lactamases (MBL) whose presence causes resistance of gram-negative microorganisms to all beta-lactam antibiotics (in some cases except aztreonam). Currently there are no MBL inhibitors permitted for use in the clinic. The effective inhibitors search for carbapenem-resistant bacteria MBL authorized for use in the clinic and reinforcing effects of carbapenems, served as the basis for the present study. The work was carried out in three stages: 1) creating a model system using a standard enzyme reagent metallo-beta-lactamase P. aeruginosa recombinant expressed in E. coli, to evaluate the increasing of minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of carbapenems against previously sensitive Gram-negative microorganisms strains in vitro;

2) evaluation of MBL promising inhibitors in the presence of the same standard enzyme reagent; 3) evaluation of the ability of the identified inhibitors increase the carbapenems effects against clinical isolates of Gram-negative microorganisms producing MBL, in terms of the their MIC and fractional inhibitory concentration index (FIC index). The checkerboard array was modified to evaluate the combined use of carbapenems and potential MBL inhibitor a drug from the group of bisphosphonates etidronic acid. Using a standard enzyme reagent metallo-beta-lactamase P. aeruginosa recombinant expressed in E. coli, we created a model system that allows to assess the prospects of new inhibitors MBL gram-negative microorganisms. A dose-dependent effect of increasing the meropenem level MIC from reagent MBL quantity in a model system against previously antibiotic sensitive reference strains of microorganisms was revealed. MBL enzyme inactivation was noted in the presence of even small doses of bisphosphonate, in the tests the appearance of logarithmic phase of P. aeru ginosa ATCC 27853 growth was shown delayed up to 12 hours compared to the control. In this case the maximum dose of etidronic acid 50 000100 000 g/ml completely inhibited the MBL, there was no a log phase microbes growth due to the effect of meropenem on the reference level of sensitivity (2 g/ml). The synergistic effect (FIC index 0.5) of combined meropenem with etidronic acid use was identified against clinical isolates Gram-negative microorganisms resistant to carbapenems and producing MBL, wherein the enhancing action of the antibiotic was more 8512 times compared with the initial MIC levels.
MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS APPLICATION EXPERIENCE IN THE SEVERE INJURIES INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS
Authors: Svistunov S. A. , Kuzin A. A. , Suborova T. N. , Zharkov D. A.
Published: January 2017

Modern clinical medicine and surgery problems are associated with infections complications after medical care. In recent years, surgery has made substantial progress related to the new organizational approaches and medical technology specialized medical care to the wounded and injured. However, these gains are offset by a high rate of infectious complications that require finding effective measures emerging infectious complications timely diagnosis and their prevention. Clinical manifestations are often nosocomial in patients with severe injuries and are largely determined by the influence of clinical and pathogenetic risk factors. Such infectious complications require a comprehensive assessment, including microbiological testing. The main causative agents of infectious complications in surgical hospitals are S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, Acinetobacter spp., which can cause bloodstream infections, soft tissue, respiratory and urinary tract infections, especially in debilitated and immunocompromised patients and patients in intensive care units. These micro organisms are dangerous to patients and medical staff, as they can survive for a long time in the hospital environment, as well as to spread from patient to patient in violation of isolation restrictive measures and requirements for hygiene of medical workers hands. Clinical patterns of infection associated with medical care for severe injuries are to the possibility of serial and parallel development, both in different and in the same time frame of local, visceral and generalized infection with prevalence of combined forms of patients surgical hospital with a high risk of nosocomial infection against the background of factors, diagnostic and treatment process and hospital environment, introduction of the agent. Early etiological diagnosis allows timely assign empirical causal treatment and arrange for infection control to prevent the spread of microorganisms in the hospital. The use of chromogenic (fluorogenic) environments in the study samples of clinical material at the stage of primary seeding makes it possible to obtain rapid response (1824 h). Microbiological monitoring in the diagnosis of infectious complications in patients with severe injuries and epidemiological surveillance for infections associated with medical care can detect agents capable of becoming the leading pathogens, form stable intra and inter group associations and change the nature of the infection on persistence type superinfection and reinfection, as well as the features of the multi year and intra change frequency allocation pathogens.
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist 5 (PCL-5) and Life Events Checklist 5 (LEC-5) for the Brazilian context
Authors: Lima Eduardo de Paula ,   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,  Brazil, Vasconcelos Alina Gomide , Berger William , Kristensen Christian Haag , Nascimento Elizabeth do , Figueira Ivan , Mendlowicz Mauro Vitor ,   Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil,   Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil,   Universidade Federal Fluminense,  Brazil
Published: January 2017

Abstract Objective: To describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist 5 (PCL-5) and the Life Events Checklist 5 (LEC-5) for the Brazilian sociolinguistic context. Method: The adaptation process sought to establish conceptual, semantic, and operational equivalence between the original items of the questionnaire and their translated versions, following standardized protocols. Initially, two researchers translated the original version of the scale into Brazilian Portuguese. Next, a native English speaker performed the back-translation. Quantitative and qualitative criteria were used to evaluate the intelligibility of items. Five specialists compared the original and translated versions and assessed the degree of equivalence between them in terms of semantic, idiomatic, cultural and conceptual aspects. The degree of agreement between the specialists was measured using the content validity coefficient (CVC). Finally, 28 volunteers from the target population were interviewed in order to assess their level of comprehension of the items. Results: CVCs for items from both scales were satisfactory for all criteria. The mean comprehension scores were above the cutoff point established. Overall, the results showed that the adapted versions' items had adequate rates of equivalence in terms of concepts and semantics. Conclusions: The translation and adaptation processes were successful for both scales, resulting in versions that are not only equivalent to the originals, but are also intelligible for the population at large.