bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Use of Interactive Multimedia (Macromedia Flash) to Increase Creative Thinking Ability of Students in Basic Physics Subject
Authors: Marnita M. , Ernawati E.
Published: April 2018

Students were intellectuals who should have the ability to think critically, one of which is the creative thinking skills. However, the students' limited ability in basic physics as well as the limitations of using a variety of multimedia resulted in basic physics final exam results lower than 6 on average from maximum value of 10. This leads to the lower creative thinking skills of students in basic physics. This research is a Quasi Experiment research on students in the first semester of academic year 2014/2015 which amounted to 38 people. This research is expected to increase creative thinking skills as well as lecturers and students activities. Data obtained from this study is the data of creative thinking skills of students and data on the observation of activity of lecturers and students. The data were analysed by using formula percentage of completeness of learning outcomes, gain indexes and statistical t-test. Based on the results of data analysis it is showed that the use of interactive multimedia (Macromedia Flash) can improve creative thinking skills of students.
The Effect of Electro Magnetic Field Intensity to Biodiesel Characteristics
Authors: Nufus T. H. , Setiawan R. P. A. , Hermawan W. , Tambunan A. H.
Published: April 2018

Various studies of diesel fuel optimization have been done, one of them by using a permanent magnet on the fuel line, the lack of magnetic field intensity decreases along with time increasing by using an electromagnetic field. The purpose of this study is to analyse the biodiesel fuel characteristics due to exposure of electromagnetic fields in terms of the viscosity and vibration of these fuel molecules. Electromagnetic field is generated from wire coil of 5000-9000 on galvanum pipe with diameter of 1.5 cm and length of 10 cm and connected to 12 V batteries. Here, biodiesel fuel is inserted in a galvanum tube, magnetized for 1200 s, and tested its viscosity of the falling ball system by viscometer. Fuel functional groups as well as vibrations between fuel molecules are tested with FTIR. The results show that the magnetized fuel changes. The viscosity of fuels from 2933 to 2478 and an increasing in the absorption of fuel molecules ranges from 13-58%. Therefore, the increasing of vibrating fuel molecules decreases its molecular attraction tug. These indicate that the magnetized fuel molecule causes a changing in the fuel molecule, cluster becomes de-clustered. It is a potential method to clarify the phenomenon of fuel magnetization due to its efficient combustion process.
Optical Illusion Design Based on Four Convex Lenses System and Cloaking Area Characterization
Authors: Sugiarto I. T. , Birowosuto M. D. , Isnaeni I. , Tresna W. P.
Published: April 2018

A set up of optical illusion based on 4f system and characterization of cloaking area have been carried out. The cloaking area is an area where the object is placed on the area as if it disappears from view; the set-up of cloaking area is located at the top of the third lens. The distance between the lens and the cloaking, which is generated from 4f system, depends on the size of the focal point and the size of the lens used. The larger the focal point of the lens used the wider the distance between the lenses and the larger the size of the diameter of the lens, the cloaking range will be increasingly wide, and vice versa. From the experimental results that we obtained that the cloaking area for set up using FL (focusing lens) 100, 50, 50 and 100 mm with a diameter of 3.6 cm lens is ± 2 cm, whereas for the set up using lens FL 150, 100, 100 and 150 mm with lens diameter 2.54 cm is ± 1 cm.
Unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma: thirteen years of anxiety requiring psychiatric treatment
Authors: Alguire Catherine , Chbat Jessica , Forest Isabelle , Godbout Ariane , Bourdeau Isabelle
Published: April 2018

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor of the adrenal gland. It often presents with the classic triad of headache, palpitations and generalized sweating. Although not described as a typical symptom of pheochromocytoma, anxiety is the fourth most common symptom reported by patients suffering of pheochromocytoma. We report the case of a 64 year old man who had severe anxiety and panic disorder as presenting symptoms of pheochromocytoma. After 13 years of psychiatric follow-up, the patient was diagnosed with malignant pheochromocytoma. After surgical resection of his pheochromocytoma and his hepatic metastases, the major panic attacks completely disappeared, the anxiety symptoms improved significantly and the psychiatric medications were stopped except for a very low maintenance dose of venlafaxine. We found in our cohort of 160 patients with pheochromocytoma 2 others cases of apparently benign tumors with severe anxiety that resolved after pheochromocytoma resection. These cases highlight that pheochromocytoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of refractory anxiety disorder.

Learning points:

Anxiety and panic disorder may be the main presenting symptoms of pheochromocytoma.

The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma should be excluded in cases of long-term panic disorder refractory to medications since the anxiety may be secondary to a catecholamine-secreting tumor.

Surgical treatment of pheochromocytoma leads to significant improvement of anxiety disorders.
Differences between ATA, AACE/ACE/AME and ACR TI-RADS ultrasound classifications performance in identifying cytological high-risk thyroid nodules
Authors: Lauria Pantano A , Maddaloni E , Briganti S I , Beretta Anguissola G , Perrella E , Taffon C , Palermo A , Pozzilli P , Manfrini S , Crescenzi A
Published: April 2018

Objective

Thyroid ultrasound is crucial for clinical decision in the management of thyroid nodules. In this study, we aimed to estimate and compare the performance of ATA, AACE/ACE/AME and ACR TI-RADS ultrasound classifications in discriminating nodules with high-risk cytology.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

1077 thyroid nodules undergoing fine-needle aspiration were classified according to ATA, AACE/ACE/AME and ACR TI-RADS ultrasound classifications by an automated algorithm. Odds ratios (ORs) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for high-risk cytology categories (TIR3b, TIR4 and TIR5) were calculated for the different US categories and compared.

Results

Cytological categories of risk increased together with all US classifications’ sonographic patterns (P < 0.001). The diagnostic performance (C-index) of ACR TI-RADS and AACE/ACE/AME significantly improved when adding clinical data as gender and age in the regression model (P < 0.001). A significant difference in the final model C-index between the three US classification systems was found (P < 0.029), with the ACR TI-RADS showing the highest nominal C-index value, significantly superior to ATA (P = 0.008), but similar to AACE/ACE/AME (P = 0.287). ATA classification was not able to classify 54 nodules, which showed a significant 7 times higher risk of high-risk cytology than the ‘very low suspicion’ nodules (OR: 7.20 (95% confidence interval: 2.44–21.24), P < 0.001).

Conclusions

The ACR TI-RADS classification system has the highest area under the ROC curve for the identification of cytological high-risk nodules. ATA classification leaves ‘unclassified’ nodules at relatively high risk of malignancy.
Novas prácticas culturais en Portugal: Trinta Por Uma Linha e Tropelias & Companhia
Authors: Reis da Silva Sara , Agrelo Costas Eulalia
Published: April 2018

Despois de facer unha serie de alusións ao contexto editorial portugués no relativo á Literatura Infantil e Xuvenil tras o remate da ditadura de Salazar, aproxímanse ao termo de axente cultural, no que inscriben o proxecto Trinta Por Uma Linha e o seu impulsor, João Manuel Ribeiro, investigador, estudoso e docente do ensino superior, ademais de ser un recoñecido poeta e contista. Sinálase que os catálogos dos dous selos que acolle, Trinta Por Uma Linha e Tropelias & Companhia, revelan un serio e documentado investimento no ámbito da Literatura Infantil e Xuvenil, a través da publicación de volumes da autoría dalgúns dos nomes portugueses máis representativos deste sistema literario e incluso doutros en proceso de emerxencia. Estes títulos engloban relevantes series, caso de “Rimas Traquinas”, e propoñen unha importante, a única do xénero en Portugal, colección de estudos ao redor da literatura para os máis novos, a colección “Percursos em Literatura Infantojuvenil”. Sublíñase tamén a resistencia destes selos por non caer ante as difíciles condicións económicas derivadas da crise e por continuar a cumprir unha importante función divulgativa e formativa.
A propósito del desafío independentista en Cataluña: un análisis de la participación en las elecciones autonómicas catalanas (2006-2015)
Authors: León Ranero José Manuel
Published: April 2018

En los últimos años, la problemática territorial, presente en la historia de España desde el S. XIX, se ha acentuado, al albur de la crisis institucional y económica que vive nuestro país. El presente estudio se centra en el caso de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña, donde se han dado dos fenómenos de forma simultánea: un aumento sin precedentes de la participación y la expansión del fenómeno independentista, que hasta hace escasas fechas era relativamente latente. A lo largo de las siguientes páginas se relacionan ambos fenómenos estableciendo de ese modo un análisis de la participación del periodo 2006-2015. El objetivo es concluir si efectivamente el fenómeno independentista ha procurado el aumento de participación (y analizar qué bloque identitario se ve beneficiado), comprobar la hipótesis que relaciona poblaciones grandes y un escaso sentimiento de pertenencia a la colectividad y analizar si lo identitario explica en mayor medida la movilización en 2006 que en 2015.
¿Renovación de las elites o renovación de las élites políticas? Los diputados outsiders en los países del Mercosur (2003-2015)
Authors: Donatello Luis Miguel , Levita Gabriel
Published: April 2018

En este trabajo abordamos las relaciones entre la política partidaria y otros espacios de poder analizando las características sociológicas de los diputados nacionales de los países del Mercosur que ocuparon sus bancas entre 2003 y 2015, enfocándonos en quienes construyeron sus carreras por fuera de las estructuras de los partidos políticos. Es decir, aquellos que la literatura sobre el tema denomina outsiders. Para ello elaboramos cuadros a partir de las bases de datos PELA de la Universidad de Salamanca. En diálogo con la sociología política francesa y la ciencia política el análisis muestra el peso de sindicalistas y empresarios entre los diputados outsiders. Aun considerando las diferencias por país, concluimos que estos son un factor de renovación de las elites políticas antes que de las elites en general de la región. El estudio aporta al debate sobre la configuración de los grupos dirigentes en la región en la actualidad.
Betanzos, espello electoral de España
Authors: Cotelo Carmen
Published: April 2018

Este artigo ofrece un achegamento á orixe do “test de Betanzos”, formulada nun estudio sociolóxico encargado por Manuel Fraga e presentado publicamente por el no mes de xaneiro do 1983. Segundo este traballo, o municipio betanceiro era xunto con Jerez de la Frontera (Andalucía) e Getafe (Madrid) unha das tres middletowns existentes en España naquel momento. Co paso dos anos, Betanzos é a única destas tres cidades que permanece no tempo como espello social do país. Probablemente, ese primitivo estudio sociolóxico estea a día de hoxe definitivamente perdido polo que hai que apoiarse nas escasas referencias documentais das que se van tendo novas. A fonte fundamental que permite explicar a elección de Betanzos como middletown e a súa prevalencia como tal respecto das outras dúas cidades é a análise dos resultados das convocatorias electorais celebradas ata aquel momento ao Congreso de los Diputados (1977, 1979 e 1982) e ao Parlamento de Galicia (1981). Suscítase tamén outra cuestión: por que se busca unha middletown electoral en España coincidindo co inicio da andadura da Transición española tras corenta anos de ditadura. A escasa experiencia na utilización de ferramentas sociolóxicas de prospección electoral nunha democracia recentemente estreada, o recurso á importación de métodos xa experimentados noutros países e a necesidade de acoutar o máis posible a mostra electoral conforman o grupo de factores explicativos. De coñecemento público, o estudio encargado por Manuel Fraga foi o primeiro realizado en España na procura dunha middletown.
Micromorphological properties of al-fe- humus soils of the north taiga of Western Siberia
Authors: Kritskov I. V. , Loiko S. V. , Geras'ko L. I. , Istigechev G. I. , Kuzmina D. M.
Published: April 2018

Soil-forming rocks rock of the territory being researched consists of layers of polymict sands which is distinctly visible in the soil profile of present-day soil. The prevalent components of the sandy rocks are minerals resistant to weathering, namely quartz and feldspars. One can observe a high content of minerals that do not participate in the soil formation process; their amount can reach up to 90% of the sample’s weight. Minerals susceptible to weathering are featured in the altered feldspars which are comprised of a mixture of acid plagioclase grains partially or completely replaced by sericite particles. These particles are susceptible to various degrees of weathering due to mineralogical compositional heterogeneity. A sample of the sandy fraction was compared with the microscopic structure of soil particles selected from the primary genetic horizons. Due to the acid hydrolysis, the diagnostics of the primary mineral weathering was conducted based on eluvial horizons, where the crystal lattice of the mineral is most actively destroyed through the influence of acidic solutions, which results into a series of cavities in the dissolution area. Two main types of particle dissolution were identified and the connection between the type of weathering and soil composition was established. The intensity of illuviation was examined through the morphology of iron hydr/oxide films, as well as the description of their amount, shape, and structure. A characteristic of the primary soil processes featuring the description of the surfaces of mineral particles was revealed. In addition, current primary processes were identified; specifically, Al-Fe-humus process and superficial gleying process. A comparison between the eluvial horizon sandy particles and the particles of the parent rock material indicates a small number of mechanisms transforming them via soil processes. Consequently, coarse particles retain a greater volume of lithogenic memory. 
Abundance and biomass estimation of this summer individuals of alien fish species in Zaporizke reservoir
Authors: Marenkov O. N.
Published: April 2018

Substantial changes in the hydroecosystem of the Zaporizke reservoir have led to a significant transformation of aquatic
biocoenoses. As a result, number of some aboriginal fish species have decreased. The regulation of the Dnipro river has
contributed to the spread of new species of fish. Over the past 30 years, the ichthyofauna of the reservoir has gained about 20
species of fish that acclimatized and expanded their range. The article presents the results of ichthyological research of 2010-
2016. The article determines main causes of the spread of new species of fish, and gives the results of complex monitoring
studies on the number and biomass of young alien fish species of the Zaporizke reservoir. It was found that the most numerous
first summer individuals of alien fish species are big-scale sand smelt Atherina pontica (Eichwald, 1831), Prussian carp Carassius
gibelio (Bloch, 1782), topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846), black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus
abaster Risso, 1826) and pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Synantropic flora in phytocoenoses of ecological network (the case of Vinnytsia region, Ukraine)
Authors: Shavrina V. I. , Tkach E. D. , Mykolayko V. P.
Published: April 2018

The floristic diversity of the connecting areas of the four ecological corridors (further referred to as ecocorridors) of Vinnytsia region includes 262 synanthropic species (45.2%) out of 580 species of higher vascular plants in total. Apophytes are predominant: 138 of them were found at the Nemiysky, 120 – at the Dniestrovsky, 104 – at the Southern Bug, and 59 – at the Lyadivskyi eocorridors. According to the degree of adaptation to anthropogenically disturbed conditions, these apophytes
belong to hemiapophytes — 85, 73, 61, and 25 species respectively at the ecocorridors. The adventive flora was evaluated on the time of entry, the naturalization degree, and the mean of distribution. It was found that archaeophytes predominate among anthropophytes according to the time of entry, epecophytes – to the naturalization degree, and akolyutophytes – to the mean of distribution. Five indices – synanthropization (IS), apophytization (IAp), anthropophyzation (IAn), archeophytization (IAr), and kenophytization (IKn) – have been determined. Moreover, it was established that apophytic processes prevail over the adventive ones at the areas studied.
Feed conversion efficiency in different groups of dairy cows
Authors: Ruban S. Yu. , Perekrestova A. V. , Shablia V. P. , Bochkov V. M.
Published: April 2018

It was estimated the conversion of feed into milk, content of urea, fat, protein, somatic cells in the milk of cows of different breeds in different seasons and months of the year. It was established that the peculiarities of the organization of feeding process significantly influence the productive indicators. Thus, in the conditions of a modern milk complex for 1500 cows with an unattached system of keeping in boxes and feeding with the use of mixed rations, the average value of feed conversion (the measures of digestibility of the feed when it "converted" into dairy products) is 1.38 kg of milk per kilogram of dry matter of
feed, and the ratio of fat to protein is 1.10, which is lower than the existing standards. It was established that changes in the conditions by months of the year significantly influenced practically all analyzed qualitative characteristics of milk. And this fact entails the corresponding monthly fluctuations of indicators of safety of products, emissions of by-products of metabolism, and, consequently, fluctuations of dairy cattle breeding impact on the environment and ecology. It was found that milk yield positively and significantly (P≥0.999) correlated with the consumption of feed dry matter (r = 0.454) and feed conversion rate (r
= 0.547). At the same time, the milk yield is negatively related to the fat content (r = –0.211) and the protein content (r = –0.192) in milk. The level of urea in milk positively correlates with the content of protein in milk (r = 0.130; P≥0.99). The influence of the factor "breed" on the following important economic-useful traits such as daily milk yield (η2 = 0.131) and feed conversion rate (η2 = 0.130) are proved.
Calculation of the magnetic resonance isotropy tensors of the nucleus of POPC phospholipid bilayers in a cell membrane
Authors: Elsagh A. , Zare K. , Monajjemi M.
Published: April 2018

Importance of membrane phospholipids and their various applications in various sciences and industries including chemistry and biochemistry, chemical sensors and treatment of diseases and effective delivery of drugs and materials through cellular membrane is clear. Investigation of the NMR parameters including isotropy of the isotropic value (σiso), anisotropy chemical shift (σaniso), reduced anisotropy (δ), asymmetric parameter (η) of the anisotropy parameter (Δσ) and skew parameter (Ҡ) enables the recognition of target active centers. Phospholipid structure was optimized using calculation of molecular mechanics and quantum mechanics. Then, using ab initio calculations, factors of NMR chemical isotropy tensor were calculated for membrane phospholipids. According to results, it was found out that carbon no. 2 bonded to nitrogen and after that, no. 32 carbon atom bonded to the oxygen have most contribution to the dynamics movements of phospholipid in membrane. It can be concluded that high electronegativity of the nitrogen and oxygen plays an important role in sensitivity of the phospholipid carbons. Increased number of electronegative agents in the phospholipid results in better control of the dynamic role of the membrane. Evaluation of the NMR parameters of phospholipid structure led to recognition of the active centers and owing to the mutual effect of these centers, transfer and exchange in these active sites and if agents similar to the human’s genetic structure are taken into account for transfer and exchange, they can be very useful and rapid transmitters for delivery of drugs to the target cells.
Application of morphogeometric method estimation of fluctuating asymmetry of Acer pseudoplatanus L.
Authors: Prikhodko S. A. , Shtirts Yu. A.
Published: April 2018

The possibility of using a morpho-geometric method for determining the indices of the fluctuating asymmetry of Асеr pseudoplatanus L. leaf for bioindication is evaluated. The material was collected on the roadside territories of motorways of the city of Donetsk with different traffic intensity. The values of the fluctuating asymmetry of A. pseudoplatanus leaf blade, grown in conditions of city roadside ecosystems, are increased with the increase in the transport load, obtained through Procrustean analysis of variance. The morphogeometric method for determining the fluctuating asymmetry showed greater sensitivity in comparison with the use of an index calculated by the normalizing formula based on measurements of individual bilateral features. It is expedient to carry out studies in which the task is to accumulate data on the dynamics of fluctuating asymmetry indices obtained by a morphogeometric method, with a view to the subsequent widespread application of this approach for bioindication and biomonitoring of the state of the environment.
Possess of locating the elementary schools using combined FAHP-Fuzzy logic in the GIS
Authors: Ramandi M. Mohammadi , Cheshme B. Ghermez
Published: April 2018

According to population growth and consequently students growth and on the other hand lack of educational spaces, imbalance in supply (students) and demand (educational centers), it causes high population density of students in classrooms, beyond standards. In addition, imbalanced population density causes accessibility problems to these centers and also spending a lot of students’ time and money. The mentioned problems are due to weaknesses in the construction of schools in appropriate locations. Lots of urban dilemmas such as traffic, pollution, Social and cultural issues and security can reduce by choosing appropriate location for construction of schools. There are different methods for determining the appropriate locations for the construction of schools, among which the most important is the hierarchical process analysis method. In this study, using Fuzzy logic in the geographical information system (GIS), space Distribution and Location of deployment and Functional radius of the elementary schools in the Qazvin city have investigated  and also in the network analysis method, areas out of schools coverage have been specified. Then, using Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process, layers, criteria and also effective sub-criteria in choosing location of elementary schools, weighted and combined each other and appropriate and inappropriate locations for construction of elementary schools, especially in areas that placed out of schools coverage, have obtained. Results show that the elementary schools of the Qazvin city aren’t enough for covering all of the total area, and some of the northern, eastern and western neighborhoods despite having the necessary student density, are deprived of having elementary school and also are out of the coverage of existing schools.
Post-Postmodern Urban Architecture based on Jacques Lacan’s three orders
Authors: Mafakher Farshad
Published: April 2018

Developments in modern architecture coincided with developments in scientific and aesthetic approaches of modern time with modernity demanded in all scientific fields. Aesthetic views in modern architecture tended toward clear and simple ways of viewing, therefore it was brought to visual brevity and urban scales and details were created in buildings and urbanism. Visual brevity and its interaction with time and pace in the course of changing views at the time of evolution of modern architecture and romantic thoughts date back to nineteenth century, revealing naturalistic architecture pinnacle in architectural works. Visual brevity prioritized destination with no slightest doubt and the architect’s image (the imaginary) evolved in modern architecture. On the other hand, through environmental same-concept with living organism of nature, visual brevity created organic architecture. The criticism of postmodernism, compared with modernism, considered premodernism forgotten images, discussing time and pace in modern criticism in terms of concentrated, deconcentrated or skipping human and followed deliberative time and pace to evaluate architecture and urbanism works, the inspiration of which was the architect’s postmodern images. Postmodern symbolism (the symbolic) stemmed from forgotten memories. Regarding this, with a closer look, modern and postmodern developments are analyzed considering Jacques Lacan’s three orders. Post-postmodern realism (the real) toward a vague non-sense world in real world is the aesthetics particular of this era. Lack of same- concept in this type of aesthetics resulted in lack of a clear specification source. Hence, continuous research is required. 
Імуногістохімічна характеристика субпопуляцій лімфоцитів селезінки голубів та курей
Authors: Dunaievska O. F.
Published: April 2018

The article is devoted to the study of immunohistochemical features of the spleen of birds based on the detection and morphometric calculation of clusters of the T- and B-lymphocytes. For the research, the selection of the spleen is performed at the stage of morphofunctional maturity in clinically healthy sexually mature birds of both sexes in the ratio 1: 1: blue pigeons (age 10-14 months), chickens of domestic breeds of Poltava clay (age 19-20 weeks). The slices of material are fixed in 10-12% chilled solution of neutral formalin, embedded in paraffin. Histological sections made on a microtome MS-2 and have a thickness not exceeding 5 micrometres.  The mouse monoclonal antibodies of the Danish firm DAKO are used to detect and study subpopulations of lymphocytes. Morphometric studies are performed under light microscopy (Microscope Biolam-Lomo and Micros MC-50). The microphotography of histological preparations was carried out with CAM V 200 video camera. It is mounted on a  microscope  Micros  MC-50. Subpopulations of lymphocytes  CD4 +, CD8 +, СD19 +, СD20 + were detected in the red and white pulp of the spleen of pigeons and chickens, they are situated singly and diffusely, more often formed chains or aggregations. The CD4 + cells in pigeons and chickens are dominated in lymphoid sheaths near the vessels, amounted the 56.63 ± 4.03 pieces per conditional unit of area and 85.71 ± 6.09 pieces per conditional unit of area respectively. The populations of CD8 + cells are also predominated in lymphoid sheaths near the vessels, but their number was smaller than the CD4+ population by 1.81 times in chickens and by 2.36 times in pigeons. In the red pulp, CD4 + cells are occupied 7.67% of the total population of the splenic cells in chickens and 5.99% in pigeons. The CD8 + cell in the red pulp are less concentrated: 2,8% and 4,45% respectively. The index of immunoregulation of the spleen of chickens was 1.85, and the pigeons – 2.0. B-lymphocytes (cluster CD19 +, CD20 +) are concentrated in the B-dependent zone of the spleen – the lymphoid nodules. Most of the CD20 + cells are in lymphoid nodules of chickens (77.27%), in pigeons this indicator is 61.66%. Cells of CD19 + in lymphoid nodes are occupied approximately the same relative square of pigeons and chickens from their total amount in the pulp –  74.14% and 76.60%. The total number of T-lymphocytes (the population of CD4 +, CD8 +) are prevailed almost by two times in chickens, B-lymphocytes (populations CD19 +, CD20 +) in pigeons – by 1,6 times. In the spleen of pigeons and chickens are developed both humoral and cellular immune protection.
Розробка імунопрофілактичного протипневмококового засобу та визначення його імуногенних властивостей на білих мишах
Authors: Kysera Ya. V. , Storchak Yu. G. , Gutyj B. V.
Published: April 2018

In today's veterinary science and practice, the issue of creation and introduction into the production of diagnostic and preventive immunobiological remedies remains relevant. The prevention of factor bacterial diseases is one of the main tasks of veterinary medicine. Taking into account that sufficient immunobiological reactivity and resistance of an animal`s organism is provided by the optimal composition of vitamins, macro- and microelements, and insufficient vitamin, mineral, including micromineral nutrition causes in them a violation of the function of the immune system, reduces the resistance of the organism to infections, increases the incidence, emerged the issue of developing a new preventive and immunostimulant. It was established the specific composition of streptococci. Complex researches were carried out, which included the isolation of the most virulent pneumococci from the experimental material, taken in the animal farms of Lviv region in order to develop a preventive remedy "Pneumo-Pro" against pneumococcal infection. In 29% of cases there was S. pneumoniae, 21% – S. pyogenes, 17% – S. bovis, 12% – S. agalactiae and 21% – other streptococci streptococci streptococci strains that did not respond to streptococcal serums and were not identified as S. pneumoniae. Investigation of the sensitivity of pneumococci to antibiotics has shown that isolates have been sensitive to enrofloxacin, ofloxacin. Resistance to vancomycin, cefalexin, streptomycin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, cefazolin, lincomycin and erythromycin has been established. A non-harmful and immunogenic prophylactic remedy against pathogens of pneumococcal infection was tested with laboratory animals. During the development of a prophylactic remedy, the determination of its harmlessness was investigated immunogenic properties with different ratios of components of the preventive agent "Pneumo-Pro". White mice were used in the studies. The created preventive remedy "Pneumo-Pro" in its composition contains two components: Streptococcus pneumoniae and alcoholic extract of propolis, which possesses anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. Experimental studies have shown that propolis, due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, prevents of pneumonia. Clinical observations showed the harmlessness of the experimental samples of the remedy: no swelling and abscesses at the injection site, no increase in local temperature and body temperature, a deterioration in the general condition of laboratory animals. The expediency of the use of immunoprophylaxis, made from local isolates of an infectious agent in order to increase the resistance of animals.
Моделювання природної еволюції видів роду Solanum L. cекції Petota Dumort. за фітофторостійкістю
Authors: Podhaietskyi A. Ad. , Kravchenko N. V. , Kriuchko L. V. , Gorbas S. M. , Podhaietskyi A. An.
Published: April 2018

The article presents the theoretical substantiation and experimental data, confirming the natural evolution of potato species from the standpoint of the stability and effectiveness of genetic control of resistance to late blight. Resistant samples of wild potato species which were differ in the appearance of the trait were used as the initial material for research. Artificial infection of seedlings obtained from self-pollination of potato samples with the race of phytophthora (Phytophtora infestans (Mont.) De Bary) 1-11X, Y, Z (25-30 conidia in the view of the microscope, 120 x), which made it possible to identify various types of resistance to fungus. The evolutionary changes of the species, relating their response to the changing of phytopathological situation in their areas have been experimentally proven. The intraspecific variety of S. demissum Lindl and S. stoloniferum Schlechtd. samples by resistance to phytophthora, which manifested both among I1 and among I2, has been identified. Depending on the evolution of the samples, differences in the genetic control of resistance to the pathogen were found, which was manifested in the frequency of appearance of offspring with high resistance, hypersensitivity, high, medium and low field resistance, as well as complete damage of seedlings. In the species of S. demissum the sample was found, in its progeny the seedlings with extremely high resistance to the pathogen were not isolated, but in the case of the UK sample No 27-19 the part of such material was 94.2%. The lower level of genetic control in this species was characterized by the type of supersensitive resistance. Variation in the offspring samples by this type of resistance was observed in the range of 0-78.4%, and the splitting of seedlings with high field stability was even smaller and was within 0-45%. Similar data were obtained for the species of S. stoloniferum. A similar type of conjugate evolution of phytophthora resistance in the testing species has been experimentally proved. There were no differences in the manifestation of hypersensitive resistance or they were very insignificant. The maximum differences between species were 4% in the class with the offspring frequency of 81-100%. Based on the results of the phytophthora resistance evaluation of various samples of potato species in I2, it was assumed that under epiphytotic conditions in the area of species growth, samples with effective genetic control of the trait, i.e., with an extremely high degree of resistance, will be evolutionally promising. 
Особенности биологии и современное состояние популяций сенницы эдип Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787) на территории Беларуси
Authors: Kulak A. V. , Yakovlev R. V.
Published: April 2018

The article provides data on distribution, biological features, long-term population dynamics and modern conditions of the heath butterfly Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787) on the territory of Belorussia. In the Belorussian Polesie region, there is quite dense network of large settlements of this species on large bog massifs. The species is very sensitive to overgrowing of the habitats by bushes and reeds caused by the drop of the groundwater level in the bogs due to the water drainage by land reclamation systems and the climate warming. The overgrowing of the bogs has significantly accelerated in the last decades when they have been no longer used for mowing. In the same time, the fight against bogs bushing by burning vegetation and mechanized mowing is a concern for the well-being of the settlements of C. oedippus.
Assessment and forecast of water quality in the River Ingulets irrigation system
Authors: Lykhovyd P. V. , Kozlenko Ye. V.
Published: April 2018

Scarcity of water is one of the most important problems of irrigated farming. Safe use of contaminated water and waste-water needs continuous monitoring of the water quality and its influence on the irrigated lands and cultivated crops. The Ingulets irrigation system is one of the main systems, which supplies with water fields of Kherson and Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine. The water is contaminated by the effluent disposals and wastes of the metallurgic factories. The new water quality improvement technique was introduced in the Ingulets irrigation system in 2010. The study is dedicated to agricultural assessment of the Ingulets irrigation system water quality with the new amelioration technique by using the FAO and DSTU 2730-94 criteria. It was established, that water quality in the Ingulets irrigation system is still poor, though it becomes better each year since 2010 till nowadays. Total dissoluble salts content in the water is 1489-2280 mg/L, toxic ions content in eCl- is 10.49-21.63 me/L, sodium adsorption ratio is 4.33-7.94 me/L, sodium percentage is 46.4-58.9%, magnesium to calcium ratio is 1.03-1.68, power of hydrogen is 7.31-8.72 in the period from 2007 to 2017. So, the Ingulets irrigation system water requires further amelioration to become safe and suitable for irrigation without any restrictions. Short-term forecast of the water quality by using the triple exponential smoothing with handling of the seasonal effects with multiplicative method of the Holt-Winters algorithm showed that significant improvement of the water quality by some criteria should be achieved till 2025: total dissoluble salts content in the water should be 1212 mg/L, toxic ions content in eCl- should be 6.61 me/L, sodium adsorption ratio should be 4.31 me/L, sodium percentage should be 49.3%, magnesium to calcium ratio should be 1.05, power of hydrogen should be 8.05 in 2025. 
Качество зерна пшеницы разных сортов в зависимости от зараженности амбарным долгоносиком (Sitophilus granarius L.)
Authors: Yashchuk N. O. , Matseiko L. M. , Bober A. V.
Published: April 2018

We considered the influence of varietal features of wheat grain on the degree of its infection by granary weevil and the change of quality indices grain of crop at the pest infestation. We stidued the samples of grain of winter wheat of soft varieties of Oriyka, Zluka, Forest song and spring durum Kharkovskaya 27 variety. Our study consisted in determining the technological and sowing parameters of wheat grains of different varieties after the 1 month of storage (after passing the post-harvest ripening) and after 12 months of storage (after infection of grain by granary weevil). After passing the post-harvest ripening, the wheat grain of all studied varieties was suitable for technological, seed and fodder purposes and grain Kharkovskaya 27 for the food purposes. After 12 months of storage, the most populated barn weevil was wheat grain of winter soft variety Forest song (more than 3000 pieces in one kilogram in obvious form and 34 % in hidden form). The least infected was grain of spring wheat durum Kharkovskaya 27 (about 500 pieces in one kilogram). The difference in the infection of the wheat grain of the studied varieties is explained by the different hardness of the grain. After 12 months of storage, the population with a granary weevil of wheat grains of all studied varieties promoted an increase in the moisture content and content of foreign materials and carried out to decrease in the characteristics of grain-unit, energy of germination, germinating ability, content of protein and gluten.In the varieties of Oriyka, Zluka and Kharkovskaya 27 energy of germination and germinating ability decreased from 3 till 10 % compared to the initial indices. We observed the most significant decrease in the sowing indices in the variety of Forest song: by 58% less than the initial value of the energy of germination and by 51 % less than germinating ability. We concluded that the wheat grain of the spring durum Kharkovskaya 27 was the most resistant to infection of granary weevil and the preservation of technological quality indicators was.
К проблеме использования инбридинга в мясном скотоводстве
Authors: Ugnivenko A.N.
Published: April 2018

The influence of homogenous and heterogenous mating of parents on female productivity and breeding value of the sires of Ukrainian Beef has been studied. Inbred males and females have different breeding values in meet cattle breeding. Large number of improvers of growth rate were found among the sires, obtained from related mating. In females, inbred depression by growth rate, reproductive performance and milk performance has been observed. Cows, obtained from the linebreeding had the lowest milk performance and reproductive ability. It is not recommended to use related mating in meet cattle breedingfor females obtaining, due to inbred depression. Mating of parents with inbreeding to the maternal line ancestor or “mediator” leads to heterosis by milk and reproductive ability. Heterogenity of parents by indexes of antigen similarity (ras) or body tallness index (IBT) reduces the negative impact of inbreeding. Inbreedingappliedonparentsthatweredifferentbyconformation type and ancestry is less risky as compared to homogenous animals.
Оцінка токсикорезистентності ставковика озерного (Mollusca: Gastropoda) до впливу йонів мангану (II) у водному середовищі
Authors: Pinkina T.V. , Pinkin A.A.
Published: April 2018

Under the conditions of growing environmental pollution heavy metal ions took one of the first places among other pollutants. Nowadays annual anthropic entry of a great number of heavy metals into hydrosphere several times exceeded the entry from natural sources. The topicality of the research influence of the above pollutants on hydrobionts with the aim of introducing the research results to the ecological monitoring system is beyond doubt. Lymnaea stagnalis (Linné, 1758) a secondary-water lung pondmollusc, can be a suitable object for toxicological investigations. The fundamental ecotoxicological indices of L. stagnalis effected by various concentrations of Mn2+ water environment and the ranges of acute – and chronically lethal, trausferred and subthreshold toxicant concentrations as well as the decrease of toxicity of ions covered have been determined. The fundamental ecotoxicological indices of L. stagnalis effected by various concentrations of Mn2+ water environment and the ranges of acute – and chronically lethaled, trausferred and subthreshold toxicant concentrations as well as the decrease of toxicity of manganese ions (ІІ) covered have been determined. The effect of Mn2+ on dimensional and weight characteristics and the survival of adult and young mollusks has been studied. Reversibility of poisoning L. stagnalis by different Mn2+ has been studied. Restoration of the broken functions is of a reversible nature. The linear indices varying considerably with toxicity have been distinguished. At first the aquatic balance in the bodies of mollusks is becoming positive along with the increase in the heavy metal concentrations in the environment, while under the toxicant concentration increase the balance gradually tends to be positive. The paper covers the effects of manganese ions on the pond snail behavioral reactions. The paper investigates the effects of Mn2+ (acute lethal concentration – 100‒195 mg/dm3; chronically lethal – 35‒95 mg/dm3; trausferred – 0,3‒20 mg/dm3; subthreshold concentration – 1 mg/dm3) on the peculiarities of L. stagnalis reproduction and development. There have been determinate sensitive ethological responses of L. stagnalis at their reproductive period in the polluted environment. The studies have been made into structural stability of mollusk syncapsule, the peculiarities of their texture and formation physiology as well as an incidence of evolution disturbances at different intoxication levels by manganese ions (ІІ). The research makes it possible to ecologically estimate the nature of the substance influence and the response of the affected organism.
Анализ распространения фасциолеза крупного рогатого скота в Тюменской области
Authors: Siben A. N. , Domatsky V. N. , Nikonov A. A. , Beletskaya N. I.
Published: April 2018

Fasciolosis of cattle leads to significant economic losses in agriculture. This paper reports results of studying of the prevalence of cattle fascioliasis on the Tyumen region depending on natural subzones and climatic conditions in the period from 2004 to 2014. The influence of such parameters as the hydrothermal coefficient, the sum of precipitation and average temperatures during the years of the study (for May, June, July) are analyzed. Coprological studies (n 7838) were conducted by the methods of sequential washing and ether-acetic sedimentation to determine the prevalence of fasciolae in cattle. During the study period, the fascioliasis prevalence decreased from 15.97% in 2004 to 2.19% in 2014. The prevalence rate (PR) was 4.76 ± 1.42% in the forest-steppe subarea, 4.89 ± 2.04% in the northern forest-steppe, and 5.63 ± 3.0% in small-leaved aspen-birch forests. Increasing of the prevalence of the cattle fascioliasis was registered along the south-north gradient, from the subzone of the southern forest-steppe (PR 10.14%) to small-leaved aspen-birch forests (PR 22.22%) only in 2004. Decreasing of the prevalence of the cattle fascioliasis from 2004 to 2014 is associated with the dehelminthization of animals. From 2004 to 2010, the correlation coefficient between the fascioliasis prevalence in cattle and the hydrothermal coefficient, the sum of precipitation and average monthly temperatures was 0.49 (P = 0.91), 0.10 (P = 0.83), 0.76 (P = 0.05), respectively. The received data show the expressed positive connection of the fascioliasis prevalence and the sum of average temperatures for the period of 2004-2010. An analysis of the impact of climatic conditions on the fascioliasis prevalence in cattle should be considered considering the type and direction of antiparasitic measures in the farms.
Doświadczenie przed doświadczeniem: wiara jako warunek poznania. Wokół myśli Siemiona L. Franka i Abrahama J. Heschela
Authors: Węcławski Michał
Published: April 2018

Koncepcje Siemiona L. Franka oraz Abrahama J. Heschela, chociaż różnią się od siebie, wykazują zarazem zasadniczą zbieżność tam, gdzie zbiegają się ze sobą rosyjska i żydowska filozofia religijna XIX i XX wieku. Celem tekstu jest zarówno wydobycie i wskazanie owych różnic i podobieństw, jak i, nade wszystko, podjęcie w ich towarzystwie namysłu nad zagadnieniem wiary. Ukazuje się ona jako kategoria tyleż swoista, co fundamentalna dla refleksji nad sytuacją człowieka w świecie. Będąc daleko więcej niż przyjęciem dogmatu, jawi się raczej fundującym doświadczenie aktem wglądu w niepojętą, lecz samooczywistą realność (Frank), otwarciem na niedostępną zmysłom ani rozumowi rzeczywistość tego, co niewysłowione (Heschel). Jako wewnętrzna siła egzystencji, która daje początek głębszemu i pełniejszemu poznaniu, łączy się zarazem z kategoriami właściwymi dla ludzkiego doświadczenia, takimi jak: rozum, tajemnica,ciemność i światło, słyszenie i widzenie, przeszłość i przyszłość, zawierzenie oraz ufność – które artykuł, uwzględniając szerszy kontekst myśli filozoficznej i religijnej, stara się uwypuklić i opisać.
Racjonalność czy rozumność: próba zmiany paradygmatu filozoficznego poznania Boga – myśl Xaviera Zubiriego
Authors: Niziński Rafał
Published: April 2018

Znaczna część filozoficznych dowodów na istnienie Boga oraz innych prób mówieniao Nim stara się sprostać jedynie kanonom racjonalności, tym samym raczej wykluczadojście do takiego obrazu Boga, który może być Bogiem religii. Zubiri stara się przedstawićtaką filozoficzną drogę do Boga, w wyniku której otrzymany obraz Boga będziejednocześnie Bogiem religii. Wymaga to jednak częściowego odejścia od racjonalnościna rzecz rozumności, gdzie rozumność to zgodność z życiem człowieka.
Jak powstała Wulgata i któremu tekstowi Pisma Świętego przysługuje to miano?
Authors: Królikowski Janusz
Published: April 2018

Wulgata jest łacińskim tłumaczeniem Biblii, któremu przypisywano wielkie znaczenie w Kościele i który nadal jest uznawany za wzniosły tekst, zwłaszcza w liturgii. Istnieje jednak wiele nieporozumień dotyczących Wulgaty i w konsekwencji zdarza się, że niektóre łacińskie tłumaczenia Biblii odnoszą się do Wulgaty, podczas gdy są zupełnie odmiennymi tekstami. Ten artykuł jest próbą wyjaśnienia, jakie były początki Wulgaty jako autentycznego tekstu Biblii po soborze trydenckim i jak to przekonanie zostało zachowane w życiu i tradycji Kościoła katolickiego.