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EFFECT OF INOCULATION METHODS OF BIOZOTE-MAX (PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA-PGPR) ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE UNDER NATURALLY SALT-AFFECTED SOIL
Authors: IMDAD ALI MAHMOOD, ARSHAD ALI MUHAMMAD ARSHAD ULLAH, , NAWAZ QAISER , BADAR-UZ-ZAMAN TARIQ SULTAN,
Published: June 2018

A field experiment was carried out at the experimental farm of Soil Salinity Research Institute, Pindi Bhattian during 2016-17 to assess evaluate different Rhizobial inoculation methods on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa) cv. Basmati-385 under naturally salt-affected soil (pH= 8.12, ECe= 7.88 dS m-1and SAR=24.96). Seeds of rice were inoculated with Biozote–Max (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria-PGPR) produced in Soil Biology and Biotechnology Research Programme of Land Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural research Centre (NARC), Islamabad under PARC-Agrotech. Company (Pvt) Ltd. NARC, Islamabad in three ways i.e. rice seeds inoculated for direct seeding and nursery and dipping seedling roots in the solutions of these rhizobial strains comparable of control un-inoculated (control) by each inoculation method. The performances of Rhizobial strain Biozote–Max used as seed and seedling root dipping inoculation were superior to uninoculated control in all the parameters of the rice crop. Among the treatments, seed and seedling root dipping inoculation with Rhizobial strain Biozote–Max performed best in recording plant height, panicle length, number of tillers, 1000-grain weight and grain yield of rice crop. Maximum tillering was observed with all strains under different inoculation methods. Although, the strains performed better as compared to control, however, dipping of nursery roots produced significantly higher yield followed by seed inoculation for direct seeding. Overall, among all the inoculation methods seedling root dipping produced comparable paddy yield. The highest paddy yield (367 g m-2) was harvested with SBCC (M8) seed inoculation which was 13% more than that of un-inoculated (control).
Evidence in Practice: A New Series for Clinicians
Authors: Kamper Steven J.
Published: June 2018

JOSPT Editor Steven J. Kamper introduces the “Evidence in Practice” series, which aims to help practicing physical therapists build expertise in understanding research. Each article will focus on one feature of the research process and explain the basics concisely in nontechnical language. The articles will not delve into the complexity of scientific methodology; rather, the goal is to provide “bite-sized” explanations that cover the most important issues for interpreting research evidence. The focus will be on clinical research, as opposed to basic discovery research, to reflect the core purpose and readership of the Journal. It is our hope that Evidence in Practice becomes a valuable resource for clinicians attempting to meet the challenge of integrating research evidence into their care delivery.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2018;48(6):429. doi:10.2519/jospt.2018.0105
Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song”
Authors: Hesselink Nathan D.
Published: June 2018

This article demonstrates how the confluence of ambiguity and rhythm in a pop/rock song creates a powerful force for audience participation. Focusing on Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” (2001) as a case study, I document in detail the myriad ways listening audiences have made sense of its meter and how this knowledge has informed their interpretations of compositional intent. I conclude with further thoughts on the roles and possibilities of ambiguity and the directions it points towards mass participation and collaborative problem solving in the realms of aesthetics and music theory.
Songs for Hands
Authors: Maler Anabel
Published: June 2018

Song signing has long played an important role in Deaf cultures around the world. Recently, sign-language song translations have crossed over from the Deaf to the hearing world; entire communities of Deaf, hearing, and hard-of-hearing song signers now flourish on YouTube. The resulting videos form multimedia events featuring music, English, American Sign Language (ASL), gestures, pantomime, and even costumes.

Artistic song signing presents music analysts with a unique challenge. This paper asks how sign language, gestures, sung words, and music interact to shape our understanding of a given song. Using Stephen Torrence’s video interpretation of the song “Fireflies” by Owl City and other supporting examples, I show how the song signer can represent musical features by altering existing signs or creating new ones. More specifically, I reveal how Torrence represents pitch, timbre, and phrasing through sign alteration and manipulation of the signing space. Additional examples demonstrate multiple methods for articulating phrases in signed songs. The analysis draws on scholarship from ASL literary research, popular music analysis, and studies of music and gesture.
What Modular Analysis Can Tell Us About Musical Modeling in the Renaissance
Authors: Schubert Peter , Lessoil-Daelman Marcelle
Published: June 2018

Two Kyrie movements by Lassus and Palestrina, both based on a famous chanson by Lupi, are analyzed. Modular analysis, which involves tracking repeating contrapuntal combinations, is applied to the model and to the imitation pieces. It reveals the two composers’ different approaches to their material: Palestrina works from within, increasing contrapuntal density, while Lassus builds long, formally structured spans.
“On the System of Stravinsky’s Harmony” by Yuri Kholopov
Authors: Ewell Philip A.
Published: June 2018

Yuri Kholopov is generally regarded as the foremost Russian music theorist in the latter half of the twentieth century. Though he published articles in a wide array of topics, he was happiest when discussing twentieth-century concepts; it was to this end that he devoted a large part of his life’s work. The essay by Kholopov translated in the present article is from 1997, six years before he died. There are several significant points that he makes with respect to Stravinsky’s music. First, Kholopov links a quotation from Stravinsky on harmony to Sergei Taneev’sInvertible Counterpoint in the Strict Style, thus suggesting that by borrowing ideas from Taneev, the Petersburg-based Stravinsky was influenced by the Moscow-based Taneev. This speaks to a possible Russian influence on Stravinsky aside from Rimsky-Korsakov, whose influence on Stravinsky is not in doubt. Second, Kholopov posits a new fundamental “neotonality” in Stravinsky’s music, which exhibits a “central element” (CE) to which all other tones gravitate. Third, Kholopov’s work situates octatonicism into a broader framework of Stravinsky’s compositional practices. Ultimately, it is but one aspect of this music and is not emphasized as a fundamental structural element in Stravinsky’s music, as it is in writings by Arthur Berger, Pieter van den Toorn, and Richard Taruskin, for example. Fourth, in the section on polarity, Kholopov posits that when Stravinsky uses this term in relation to his music, he may have meant to say “stability,” which was a term from the writings of Boleslav Yavorsky that most Russian musicians knew in the early twentieth century. This reinterpretation of polarity sheds new light on this most important concept in Stravinsky studies. Lastly, there is the idea that Stravinsky was, in fact, a serial composer for his entire life. Of course, Stravinsky famously claimed so himself late in life; Kholopov solidifies this claim, traces the evolution of Stravinsky’s serial works, and finds an intriguing four-note series inFirebird.
Critical Responses to “Theorizing Improvisation (Musically)”
Authors: Lewis George E.
Published: June 2018

This paper constitutes a response to selected topics and issues discussed by panelists in the 2012 joint AMS/SEM/SMT session on improvisation. The growth of critical improvisation studies is discussed, the place of music in the field and the implications for interdisciplinary scholarship are examined, as well as issues related to musical analysis, listening and intentionality, the ideologically charged relationship of improvisation to composition, histories of improvisation outside of musical domains, possible theoretical and conceptual migrations of ideas from music to nonmusical domains, digital interactivity, improvisation as a basis for intercultural, transnational, and human-machine communication, and the impact of improvisation considered as a fundamental human condition.
Metal as a Gradual Process
Authors: McCandless Gregory R.
Published: June 2018

While the popular genres of progressive rock and heavy metal have received significant scholarly attention, discussions of the syncretic subgenre of progressive metal are rare. Jonathan Pieslak’s 2007 article on the music of Meshuggah does much to delimit the stylistic boundaries of the subgenre, noting the importance placed by progressive metal bands and their fans on the rhythmic and metrical complexity of the music. Dream Theater, one of the most visible and commercially successful progressive metal bands, however, has received little scholarly attention to this point. The aim of this article is to describe Dream Theater’s unique metrical processes, focusing on a technique that I label the ABAC Additive Metrical Process (ABAC-AMP). The temporally complex examples I analyze in this article—culled from throughout Dream Theater’s decades-long career—are compared with techniques of early minimalist composers. The analysis demonstrates Dream Theater’s “progressive” aesthetic, and it aids in a characterization of the band’s sound as possessing a progressive rock center and a heavy metal periphery.
Pastorals, Passepieds, and Pendants: Interpreting Characterization Through Aria Pairs in Handel’sRodelinda
Authors: Decker Gregory J.
Published: June 2018

Like pendant portraits in Baroque visual art, which were meant to be viewed and understood as pairs, contemporaneous opera seria arias may be interpreted with respect to one another. In this article, I illustrate the usefulness of regarding arias as pendants by examining two pairs from G.F. Handel’s operaRodelinda(1725). Structural and semiotic investigations comprise my musical analyses with a focus on musical topics, voice leading, and musical gestures. The analytical methodology of Matthew Shaftel (2009) coupled with the foundational interpretive frameworks of Robert Hatten (1994 and 2004), Lawrence Kramer (1990), and Wye Jamison Allanbrook (1983) provide a consistent set of strategies with which to negotiate the disparate domains of musical structure and dramatic content. Examples of aria pairs sung by two different characters and by the same character are considered. Viewing two arias as pendants aids in developing specific interpretations and has broader ramifications for understanding characterization throughout the work.
A Foreign Sound to Your Ear
Authors: Rings Steven
Published: June 2018

This article presents a “longitudinal” study of Bob Dylan’s performances of the song “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” over a 45-year period, from 1964 until 2009. The song makes for a vivid case study in Dylanesque reinvention: over nearly 800 performances, Dylan has played it solo and with a band (acoustic and electric); in five different keys; in diverse meters and tempos; and in arrangements that index a dizzying array of genres (folk, blues, country, rockabilly, soul, arena rock, etc.). This is to say nothing of the countless performative inflections in each evening’s rendering, especially in Dylan’s singing, which varies widely as regards phrasing, rhythm, pitch, articulation, and timbre. How can music theorists engage analytically with such a moving target, and what insights into Dylan’s music and its meanings might such a study reveal? The present article proposes one set of answers to these questions. First, by deploying a range of analytical techniques—from spectrographic analysis to schema theory—it demonstrates that the analytical challenges raised by Dylan’s performances are not as insurmountable as they might at first appear, especially when approached with a strategic and flexible methodological pluralism. Second, the article shows that such analytical engagement can lend new insight into an array of broader theoretical questions, especially those concerning the refractory relationship between song and performance in Dylan’s practice. Finally, the paper illustrates that a close, analytical attentiveness to the sonic particulars of Dylan’s live performances can open our ears to the cacophony of musical pasts that animate his music making.
Tomorrow’s Music On Yesterday’s Machines
Authors: Murcott Dominic
Published: June 2018

In April 2012 London’s Southbank Centre hosted a two-day festival entitled “Impossible Brilliance: The Music of Conlon Nancarrow.” A three-way collaboration between the Southbank, London Sinfonietta and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the event included what was probably the second ever performance of the complete Studies for Player Piano over ten 40-minute concerts. During the two or more years it took to develop the event it became clear that programming these works posed a great number of artistic and practical questions for which there are few existent performance traditions. The author was the instigator and curator of the festival and this essay discusses these issues and explore the solutions that emerged. The first section examines the unique qualities of the Studies in their original form and surveys the many ways the Studies have already been presented in performance and on recordings; the second is a report on the approach adopted for the festival. The article concludes with a brief discussion of broader issues of authenticity and reproduction raised by the process of curating the event to suggest that Nancarrow’s work emerged from a particular, non-repeatable historical moment.
Formal Functions of Metric Dissonance in Rock Music
Authors: Biamonte Nicole
Published: June 2018

This article explores the interactions of metric dissonance with phrase structure and form in rock music, offers categorization schemes for common formal functions of metric dissonance, and presents several corpus studies of metric dissonance in the works of single artists and bands as well as in a cross-section of rock songs. These data allow for comparative analyses of the metric profile of a given artist or band, suggest genre correlations with particular metric patterns, and demonstrate a trend of increasing metric dissonance throughout the history of rock.
Dissonant Harmony and “Seed-Tones”
Authors: Trinastic Michael K.
Published: June 2018

French-American composer Dane Rudhyar’s (1895–1985) vision of dissonance as a spiritual discipline was profoundly influential upon American ultra-modernist composers in the 1920s and ’30s. Rudhyar’s own compositions manifest his theoretical ideas, which revolve around a mystical conception of Tone as the totality of all possible musical sounds. His prose reveals several interrelated methods of creating Tone: using the piano’s sounding board as a gong, employing dissonant harmony (relating pitches by geometric relationships, which manifest as interval cycles), applying “the new sense of space” (beginning from wholeness, which requires equal divisions of the octave), and creating organic forms by basing each composition on a “seed-tone” (a dissonant tonic sonority). Rudhyar’s theoretical writings suggest two compatible methods of constructing seed-tones: building quintal sonorities (which exemplify dissonant harmony in Rudhyar’s theory) and employing “interpenetrating harmonic series.” These two methods facilitate the identification of seed-tones and their elaborations in Rudhyar’s piano music. Schenkerian-style graphs accompany detailed analyses of two of Rudhyar’s piano pieces: “Stars” and the first movement ofGranites. Rudhyar’s seed-tones may suggest new analytic perspectives for other post-tonal repertoire. In addition, Rudhyar’s connection of dissonance with spirituality serves as a reminder that many early-twentieth-century pioneers in atonality and dodecaphony perceived a numinousness in this new music.
The Charitonidis Class: A group of large Athenian Late Protogeometric skyphoi
Authors: Papadopoulos John K.
Published: June 2018

This article assembles and publishes a group of distinctive large Athenian Late Protogeometric skyphoi. Aspects of shape and decoration are fully discussed, so too the evidence for establishing the date of the group, as well as their distribution. The group, if not the potter, is named after the man who published two complete examples of the class from the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis: Serapheim Charitonidis.
Cutting the Gordian knot. The iconography of Megaron 2 at Gordion
Authors: Berndt Susanne
Published: June 2018

This article examines the incised drawings of Early Phrygian Gordion, and in particular those of Megaron 2. Aspects of their iconographic and archaeological contexts are taken in to consideration, as well as literary sources and especially the story of the Gordian knot. The focus of the study is a series of incised labyrinths, which have hitherto not been recognized as such, but which are of particular interest for the analysis of this building. The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in the labyrinth helps to throw light on both the images of Megaron 2 but also on the story of the Gordion knot, and how these are interlinked with each other. It is suggested that Ariadne’s ball of thread and the Gordian knot are two different expressions of a similar concept; both represent sovereignty provided by a Goddess. Megaron 2 seems to have been a building that was intimately connected with both the king and the Phrygian Mother Goddess.
Synthesis, characterization and up-conversion luminescence properties of alpha-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+/PVP/MOFs multilayer nanocrystals
Authors:   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Lam Thi Kieu Giang ,   Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Marciniak Lukasz ,   Institute of Low Temperature and Structural Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Tran Quang Huy ,   National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), Dinh Manh Tien ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vu Duc Chinh ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Nguyen Vu ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Tran Thu Huong ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hoang Thi Khuyen ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Nguyen Thanh Huong ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Pham Duc Roan ,   Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education, Nguyen Thanh Binh ,   Laboratory of Photochemistry Imaging and Photonics, Institute of Applied Physics and Scientific Instrument, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Le Quoc Minh ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology,   Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Published: June 2018

The precursor PVP-capped α-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanospheres were used as the templates for preparing the α-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+/PVP/MOFs multilayer nanocrystals with a self-template method. By using iron (III) carboxylate and zeolitic imidazolate frameworks dissolved in dimethylformamide (DMF) solution containing 25% of diethylene glycol (DEG), the spherical-shaped α-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+/PVP/MIL-100 and α-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+/PVP/ZIF-8 multilayer nanocrystals were successfully prepared with the sizes of 300-500 nm at 100oC for one hour. Under a 976 nm laser excitation at room temperature, the α-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+/PVP/MIL-100 and α-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+/PVP/ZIF-8 multilayer nanocrystals exhibited strong up-conversion luminescence with three emission bands centered at around 520 nm, 540 nm, and 655 nm corresponding to 2H11/2 → 4I15/2, 4S3/2 → 4I15/2, and 4F9/2 → 4I15/2transitions of Er3+ ions, respectively.
The effect of the dielectric layer thickness on the negative permeability in metamaterials
Authors:   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST, Pham Thi Trang ,   Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Tong Ba Tuan ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST,   Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Trinh Thi Giang ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST, Nguyen Hoang Tung ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST, Dang Minh Tuan ,   Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the gifted, Vu Dinh Lam ,   Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST
Published: June 2018

In this work, we investigate the influences of the dielectric layer on the magnetic resonance of the cut-wire pair structure (CWP). The interaction between the cut-wires is modeled through a LC circuit, based on which, the magnetic resonant frequency is calculated. Furthermore, the dependence of the resonant bandwidth on the structure parameters is also determined. By tuning the dielectric layer thickness, we obtained a noticeable broadening of the negative permeability regime of 17%, which represents the enhancement of the magnetic resonance. A good agreement between the theory, simulation, and practical experiment has been demonstrated. We believe that our results should be consequential with regard to the determination of the mechanism behind the wave-matter interaction in the GHz frequency regime.
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass: preliminary results at University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city
Authors:   Department of Cardiovascular surgery - University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city, Nguyen Hoang Dinh , Vo Tuan Anh ,   Department of Cardiovascular surgery - University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang ,   Department of Cardiovascular surgery - University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city, Pham Tran Viet Chuong ,   Department of Cardiovascular surgery - University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city, Vu Tam Thien ,   Department of Cardiovascular surgery - University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city
Published: June 2018

Background - Objectives: In the recent years, minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is under rapid development worldwide. The number of MIDCAB is growing dramatically in developed countries. This study aimed for the assessment of indications, techniques, and short-term result of MIDCAB and the experience in building a new technique in our center.Method: We reported 4 patients who underwent minimally invasive coronary artery bypass at the University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh city.Results: 4 patients were operated with MIDCAB procedure. Mean ICU time was 1.4, mean mechanical ventilation time was 5.7 hours, and in-hospital time was 8.4 days. In postoperative time, patients recovered quickly; they experienced less pain than normal and returned to normal activities in a short time.Conclusions: In our very first experiences with MIDCAB procedure, the early outcomes are satisfactory with low morbidity and no mortality. MIDCAB is safe and feasible, provided that patient selection is good and safety protocols are followed.
A PARAMETRIC STUDY ON CONTROL OF FLOW SEPARATION OVER AN AIRFOIL IN INCOMPRESSIBLE REGIME
Authors: Prabhu L , Srinivas J
Published: June 2018

This paper presents the effects of airfoil geometry on flow separation behavior and obtains the transition patterns at a specific angle of attack. A strong adverse pressure gradient field is observed at the leading edge of the airfoil, and it results in a flow detachment. Leading edge flow separation is studied along with the variation of skin friction coefficient over the airfoil. Novelty in the approach is the development of a hybrid control scheme to delay the flow separation with blowing/suction of air (termed active control) over the airfoil together with the tapping of flow from the pressure side as in a classical passive control procedure. The active controller delays the flow separation, while the passive controller is used to reduce the drag coefficient significantly and increases the total performance of an airfoil. The effectiveness of these controls is examined by varying the control parameters including blowing/suction velocity, the position of the slot in terms of percentage of chord and size of the slot. All the numerical simulations are carried out using ANSYS-Fluent software. A surrogate model is also developed to predict the aerodynamic characteristics conveniently without much computational effort. The outcome of this study reveals that the blowing/suction velocity has a higher influence in delaying the flow separation. ABSTRAK: Kertas ini membentangkan tentang kesan geometri aerofoil pada perubahan pemisah aliran udara dan memperoleh bentuk peralihan pada darjah yang tepat. Terdapat tekanan kuat yang tidak sesuai pada kawasan kecerunan di hujung hadapan permukaan aerofoil, dan ini menyebabkan aliran udara terpisah. Pemisah aliran udara pada hujung hadapan ini dikaji bersama koefisien geseran pada permukaan aerofoil. Pendekatan baru pada kaedah ini adalah berkaitan pembangunan skim kawalan hibrid bagi melengahkan aliran pemisah udara melalui tiupan/sedutan udara (kawalan aktif) ke atas aerofoil bersama ketukan pada aliran dari tepi tekanan seperti mana prosedur klasik kawalan pasif. Kawalan aktif ini melengahkan aliran pemisah udara, sebaliknya kawalan pasif telah digunakan bagi mengurangkan koefisien penangguhan dengan ketara dan menambahkan jumlah prestasi aerofoil. Keberhasilan kawalan-kawalan ini dikaji dengan mengubah parameter kawalan termasuk kelajuan tiupan/sedutan udara, posisi slot berdasarkan peratusan garis temu dan saiz slot. Semua simulasi-simulasi numerikal ini dijalankan menggunakan perisian Ansys-Fluent. Model pengganti turut dibangunkan untuk menjangka ciri-ciri aero-dinamik dengan mudah tanpa usaha pengiraan yang banyak. Keputusan kajian ini mendedahkan tentang kelajuan tiupan/sedutan udara berpengaruh besar dalam melambatkan pemisahan aliran udara.
POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WITH CASCADED MULTILEVEL CONVERTER BASED STATCOM
Authors: Heidari Mahdi , Kovsarian Abdonnabi , Seifossadat S. GHodratollah
Published: June 2018

Static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) are increasingly implemented in power systems. Moreover, cascaded multilevel converters (CMC) are more frequently taken in consideration because of their strong capabilities. In this paper, the design and simulation of a multilevel STATCOM for voltage regulation of load is presented. Design of the passive components, active and reactive power controller, and balancer of capacitor voltage are parts of proposed system design. The pole placement method was used for the design of the controller. Simulation results with MATLAB/SIMULINK show good performance of voltage regulation in full load and dynamic load conditions. ABSTRAK: Penyelaras pengimbang statik (STATCOM) semakin dilaksanakan dalam sistem kuasa. Selain itu, penukar pelbagai aras tingkatan (CMC) lebih diutamakan kerana mempunyai banyak kelebihan. Dalam kajian ini, reka bentuk dan simulasi bertingkat STATCOM bagi pelbagai voltan beban dibentangkan. Reka bentuk komponen pasif, penyelenggara kuasa aktif dan reaktif dan pengimbang voltan kapasitor adalah sebahagian daripada sistem yang dicadangkan. Bagi reka bentuk penyelenggara, kaedah penempatan titik telah digunakan. Hasil simulasi melalui MATLAB/SIMULINK menunjukkan keputusan yang baik pada regulasi voltan pada beban penuh dan pada keadaan beban dinamik.
HUMORAL IMMUNITY TO THE DAMAGE OF LIPID METABOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH RENOCARDIAC SYNDROME
Authors: Demikhova N. V.
Published: June 2018

A total of 289 patients with chronic renocardiac syndrome, 204 of them with chronic glomerulonephritis and 85 diabetic nephropathy. The worsening of the lipid metabolism, depending on the degree of chronic renal failure (CRF), I noted in the degree of CKD, manifested increased low density lipoprotein (LDL) of 1.22 times (p=0.004), triglycerides (p=0.02), atherogenicity index (p<0.0001) and decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (p<0.001). The coefficient of LDL / HDL ratio was greatest in patients with CRF I, which indicates the most intense pro-atherogenic processes in these patients. The biological role of education lipoprotein immune complexes (LPIC) is confirmed by us revealed a statistically significant negative correlation between the ratio and the atherogenic LDL IgG (r=- 0,3; p=0.04), and LDL atherogenic factor IgM (r=-0,46, p=0.01) in patients with chronic renal failure group 1. A statistically significant negative correlation between daily proteinuria and LDL IgG, LDL IgM (r=-0,3; p=0,005; r=-0,4; p=0.004, respectively), which suggests the assumption of our damaging effect LPIC on the renal glomerulus.
PREDICTICAL VALUE OF DETERMINING THE OXIDATIVSTRESS INDEX IN BLOOD SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH PYELONEPHRITIS
Authors: Korol L. , Mygal L. , Stepanova N. , Kolesnyk M.
Published: June 2018

Aim of the work was to evaluate the possibility of determining the oxidative stress index (OSI) in blood serum of women with pyelonephritis as prognostic marker of recurrent pyelonephritis.
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: CAUSES OF INADEQUACY OF THE TECHNIQUE
Authors: Mogylnyk A. I.
Published: June 2018

In recent years peritoneal dialysis is gaining an increasing prevalence in the treatment of patients with chronic stage V kidney disease. The possibility of long–term use of this technique of renal replacement therapy remains limited. This article provides insight onto possible causes of peritoneal dialysis failure in patients with terminal renal insufficiency.
IMMUNE STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, ACCOMPANIED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND METABOLIC DISTURBANCES
Authors: Bychkova N.G. , Bychkova S.A.
Published: June 2018

The chronic kidney disease (CKD) is often accompanied to the chronic pulmonary disease (COPD) III stage and metabolic syndrome, (MS) which is because to the persistence of arterial hypertension and disturbances in hydrocarbon metabolism.

Materials and methods. There were examined the 52 patients with III stage COPD, combined with MS, aged 51,3±4,2 years old, among them 23 with COPD, combined with MS and CKD I-IIstage (the main group). The compared group was included the 29 patients with COPD, combined with MS, without signs CKD. The all persons were examined by immunology investigation with the detection of cell and humoral immunity indexes and cytokine level.

Results and discussion. The breath function data’s, the arterial hypertention stage and level did not have the significant differences. All the patients had the creatinine clearance not less than 60 ml/min/1,73m2.

The detection of immune status shows the decrease of T-cell amount, especially the T-cytotoxical lymphocytes/ supressors, the significantly increase level ofactivated Tcells with early activated markers, those, which expressed adhesion molecule ICAM-1 and FAS- receptor, autoimmune and inflammatory changes in blood serum.

Conclusions. The available ofСKD in patients COPD, combined with MS, initiated the more high activity of system immune inflammation in atherosclerosis manifestation as the morphological substrate of MS.
STATEOF KIDNEYS VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM AND SYSTEMIC ENDOTHELIUM DYSFUNCTION OF VESSELS IN PATIENTS WITH HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA
Authors: Syniachenko O.V. , Bevzenko T.B. , Diadyk O.O. , Iermolaieva M.V. , Iegudina Е.D. , Suiarko VI.
Published: June 2018

Purpose – to assess the nature of the vascular endothelium dysfunction in henoch–schonlein purpura (HSP) with glomerulonephritis (GN), its pathogenetic importance, the degree of change arteriole endothelium and immune deposits in the glomerular endothelium cells of the kidneys, and their relationships.

Material and methods. The study included 82patients with HSP, among which in 21 cases of GN in vivo reserash of kidney tissue was accomplished, including the degree of immune complexes deposits in the endothelial cells were studied. Indicators of vascular endothelium function were compared with blood levels of immune-inflammatory proteins and the nature of the adsorption-rheological properties of serum. The state of changes in blood vessels of the kidneys and the immunoglobulin’s (Ig) A, G, Mlevel ofdeposits in the glomerular endothelium cells, C3- and Clq-components ofcomplement were assessed.

Results and discussion. HSP is accompanied by increase in blood the level of endothelin-1, thromboxane-A2 and cyclic guanosine monophosphate against a background of decrease the amount of prostacyclin and nitrite, which is related to the total level of disease activity and severity of kidney damage, with the parameters of fibrinogen, $2-microglobulin, IgA, IgG, IgM, rheumatoid factor and circulating immune complexes in blood, as well as surface tension, viscoelasticity modulus, surface and volumetrical viscosity of serum. The level of thromboxanemia determines the severity of vessels’elas- tofibrosis and the indices of cyclic guanosine monophosphate - the degree of proliferation of the arteriolar endothelium and the deposits of IgG in the glomerulus’endotheliocyte.

Conclusions. Expressed disturbances of vessels’ endothelium function peculiar to HSP, that is determined by the activity of the disease and the severity of GN, correlated with blood levels of immune-inflammatory proteins and the disorders of adsorption-rheological properties of serum, the affection of the endothelium of arterioles of the kidneys and increase in the deposition of immune complexes in the glomerulus’endotheliocytes.
HEMODIALYSIS IN UKRAINE (2006-2015 YEARS)
Authors: Kolesnyk M. O. , Saidakova N. O. , Kozlyuk N. I. , Nikolaenko S. S. , Snisar L.M.
Published: June 2018

We used the data of “National Register of CKD Patients ” which is formed annually by SI “Institute of Nephrology NAMS of Ukraine”. The results demonstrate the low level of availability of medical care
PRESCRIPTION AND ADEQUACY OF HEMODIALYSIS IN DEPARTMENTOFNEPHROLOGY AND DIALYSIS SI «INSTITUTE OF NEPHROLOGYOF NAMSOF UKRAINE”
Authors: Kulyzkyi M.V. , Busygina J.S. , Bilenko A.V.
Published: June 2018

Some components of adequate hemodialysis in GI “Institute of nephrology of NAMSU” is analyzed and compared to our personal data for 2009year and mean for Ukraine.
COMPLEX RADIONUCLIDE EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE SINGLE KIDNEY IN CHILDREN
Authors: Kundin V.
Published: June 2018

Summary. Introduction. The aim of the work is the determination of functioning of the single kidney (SK) by

complex scintigraphic research with using nephrotrophic radiopharmaceuticals (NRP) of different mechanisms of elimination and the detection of its diagnostic significance.

Materials and methods. 90 children (range 5-16 years) with SK were examined: dynamic (DRSG) and static (SRSG) scintigraphy with angiography was made them. 150 scintigraphic examinations with different NRP were made: 99mTc-DTPA (diethyleneaminopentacetate) – 51, 99mTc – PP (pyrophosphate) – 40,99mTc – DMSA (dymethylenesuccinateacetate) – 34, 99mTc MAG3 (mer- captoacetyle-3-glycine) – 15, 99mTc-EC (ethylenedicysteine) – 10. Time options of renal blood flow and transport of NRP, SGF, ERP were determined. Control group consists of15 children.

Results.The main scintigraphic features ofSK are: presence of single kidney on scintigraphic image; slowdown of time options of renal haemodynamic, increasing of SGF and ERP of SK on 50-60 %; decreasing of standard parameters SGF and ERP on 40-50%. The slowdown of SK excretion ability is associated with retention NRP in parenchyma. Proportions of SK increase on 2-3 sm average, and size of scintigraphic picture – on 40%. The main type of renographic curve in children with SK is parenchymatose, and it is found in 50% ofpatients. The accumulation and distribution of NRP in SK in 73,3 % is quite uniform.

Conclisions. Thus, SK in children functions in strain way of all compensation mechanisms that provide blood purification from products of vital functions, which shows the slowdown of main options of the SKfunctioning.
ASSOCIATION OF ADSORPTION-RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF URINE IN GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF RENAL STRUCTURES IN PATIENTS WITH HEMORRHAGIC VASCULITIS
Authors: Syniachenko O. , Bevzenko T. , Syniachenko P. , Diadyk O.
Published: June 2018

The aim of the work: to assess adsorption-rheological state of urine in patients with hemorrhagic vasculitis (HV) with glomerulonephritis (GN), comparing the indicators with the nature of the morphological changes of the glomeruli, tubules, interstitium and vessels of the kidneys.

Materials and methods. Microscopy of nephrobiopsy specimens was performed in 21 patients with HVwith GN, urinary syndrome and preserved renal function. Using computer tensiometers “MPT2-Lauda”, “ADSA-Toronto” and “PAT2-Sinterface” indicators of surface viscosity, surface elasticity, module of viscoelasticity, relaxation time (RT), dynamic surface tension (ST) of urine, inclination angle and phasic angle (FA) of tensiongrams were studied.

Results and discussion. GN in HV is accompanied by a significant increase in (11%) the equilibrium ST of urine in 57% of patients on the background of decrease (21%) of FA. Adsorption-rheological condition of urine depends on the sex ofpatients and blood pressure level, the relative density of this biological fluid (RT, FA), its content ofprotein and non-protein nitrogen products, glomerular filtration rate and morphological class of GN (ST). The severity of the some renal structures lesion, the level of immune deposits in the mesangium, endothelium of glomerular capillary and podocytes, the degree of plasmatic impregnation arterioles and vascular endothelial proliferation significantly affect the integrated physical and chemical properties of urine. Prognostic significance in relation to the severity of morphological changes in the kidneys has an indicator of ST.

Conclusions. Assessment of adsorption- rheological properties of urine is a diagnostic method of GN in HV, and variations of such physic-chemical parameters are determined by morphological class and the clinical course of renal pathology, correlated with the severity of glomerular, tubular, interstitium and vessels lesion
THE RENAL LESION IN SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS
Authors: Syniachenko O.V. , Bevzenko T.B. , Iermolaieva M.V. , Diadyk O.O.
Published: June 2018

The aim and the objectives: to investigate the frequency and the character of renal lesion in systemic vasculitis, as well as aspects of the pathogenesis of nephropathy in this category of patients.

Material and methods: investigate 525 patients, including 193 - with vasculitis Shenlayna-Henoch, 116- with microscopic polyangiitis, 93 - with cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, 39 - with polyarteritis nodosa, 29 - with aortoarteritis Takayasu, 28 - withWegener’s granulomatosis and 27 - with eosinophilic vasculitis Churg-Strauss.

Results: the renal lesion is observed in 52-68% cases of vasculitis depends on the age and the sex of the patients, the duration of the disease, the degree of activity of the pathological process, alteration in the heart and lungs, integrated severity extrarenal signs of the disease, at that, the rate ofprogression of nephropathy associated with the character of the disorders of the immune system, the rheological properties of blood and endothelial vessels’function.

Conclusions: kidney disease is one of the leading signs of systemic vasculitis and observed in most patients, it is determine the course of the disease.
HLA-PHENOTYPE IN PATIENTS WITH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH VARIOUS MORPHOLOGIC FORMS AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROM
Authors: Kolesnyk M. , Driyanska V. , Drannik G. , Petrina O. , Velychko M. , Nepomnyaschiy V. , Liksunova L. , Gaysenyuk F.
Published: June 2018

In the work was determined the HLA-phenotype specificities in patients with different morphologic forms of chronic glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome (CGN, NS) to define the additional predictors of a disease course.

Materials and methods. There was studied the HLA-antigens distribution in the 264 CGN, NS patients and 350 healthy donors by typing the lymphocytes with the aid ofstandard microlymphocytotoxic test (Terasaki’s test). The diagnosis was confirmed morphologically using the thin needle nephrobiopsy.

Results. It is advisable to associate CGN, NS (RR > 2) with antigens HLA- A23, 24, 28; B8, 38, 41, 44 in patients; the causal role (a > 0.1) was determined for A24, 28; B8. In proliferative GN was additionally revealed the etiologic role of B27 known as antigen associated with risk ofautoimmune diseases. In patients with various morphologic forms is advisable the association of some antigens with development of chronic renal failure (CRF) – A30, B41 in FSGS, A10 – MGN; and also hormone resistance (HR) – A19+31+32 in FSGS, B8 – MGN and MC.

Conclusion. The revealed reliable associations ofHLA types both with CGN, NS and its separate morphologic forms with the risk of CRF and/or HR allow take into consideration the availability ofsuch antigens in phenotype ofpatients with confirmed by biopsy diagnosis as the additional diagnostic and prognostic markers.
ANDERSON-FABRY DISEASE: MANIFESTATION AND PROGNOSIS
Authors: Pichkur N. O.
Published: June 2018

The aim of the study was to describe diagnostic and treatment experience of Fabry disease in Ukraine, rare inherited multisystem metaboliс disorder with chronic kidney insufficiency as one of signs. The diagnosis was found in nine years old boy with acroparestesia and multiply angiokeratomas after enzymodiagnostic test (determination of lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A activity level in peripheral blood leucocytes). The parents gave consent to examine of the other child in family, 19 years old boy with myeloradiculonevritis and inferior paraparesis, and glomerulonephritis presented by proteinuria. Fabry disease was confirmed in proband by special enzymodiagnostic test. Clinical-genealogical analysis was exposed by the "phenomenon of grandfather": grandfather exitus from End Stage Renal Disease, probably due renal manifestation of Fabry disease. Enzyme replacement therapy was stabilized patient state, decreased the proteinuria level and saved the renal function. Early and classic signs of Fabry disease which allows to suspect a genetic anomaly were presented in article. Information about Fabry disease physician followed by in-time diagnosis and onset of specific therapy those provide favorable disease course, social adaptation and rehabilitation of patient, effective medical-genetic consultation in gen-compromised families.
CORRECTION OF RESISTANT ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONICKIDNEYDISEASE STAGE I–III
Authors: Loboda O. M.
Published: June 2018

Aim. The aim was to investigate the use of the I1–imidazoline receptor agonist moxonidine as an ‘add–on’ agent and determine its effect on heart rate variability in patients with CKD st. I–III and resistant hypertension.

Methods. We investigated the safety and efficacy of moxonidine (200–600 mg) in a group of 35patients with CKD st. I–III whose had prior treatment with three or more antihypertensive medications, although without adequate control [systolic blood pressure (SBP) 145–165 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP (DBP) 95–100 mm Hg]. BP was measured according to internationally accepted guidelines before and after 3 month of treatment with moxonidine used as an ‘add–on’ agent in the patients with CKD st. I–III and resistant hypertension. Age ofpatients was 53±5,8 years. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) before treatment was 68,7±23,0 mL/min/1,73m 2. Before and 3 months after treatment, we determined improvement in the time–frequency analysis of heart rate variability.

Results. Following treatment with moxonidine, the SBP significant fell from 153.6±8.1 to 130.7±4.6 mmHg (P< 0.001). The DBP also showed a significant reduction from 96.7±2,4 to 80.9±2,6 mmHg (P< 0.001). Reduction

of SBP pressure was 22.9±7.9 mm Hg and reduction of DBP was 15.9±3.1 mm Hg. 29patients (83%) achieved the goal blood pressure – 130/80 mm Hg and less. 5 patients (14%) were not achieve goal blood pressure, but blood pressure lowered <140/90 mm Hg. In 1 patient (3%) blood pressure decreased from 160/100 mm Hg to 145/90 mm Hg. The majority of patients (28 – 80%)
STATE OF URINARY TRACTS’IMMUNITYINPATIENTS WITH ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS AND CYSTITIS
Authors: Rudenko A. , Kornilina O. , Mitchenko N. , Pasechnikov S.
Published: June 2018

Materials and methods. 64 patients with acute pyelonephritis (AP) and 15 healthy women were examined. in urine were determined indices which characterized a state of urinary tracts’ immunity. The analysis of immunological data of urine was carry out in patients with AP (first detected) and by exacerbation chronic pyelonephritis with concomitant cystitis (acute or chronic) or without him.

Results. in urine of AP patients were marked useful increase of levels of many immunological indices – complement’s C3–component, lactoferrin, lisozym, myeloperoxidasa, immunoglobulins A, М, G, secretory igA (sigA), secretory component (SC) and cytokine’s disbalans TNF– a and iL–10 with predomination of proinflammatory cytokines.

Conclusions. in urine of patients with AP and cystitis observed the greatest elevation of above–mentioned indices levels except igA, sigA and SC level. The reliable differences between the groups of patients with AP with concomitant acute or chronic cystitis don’t showed save the igM level which reliable rised in patients with acute cystitis.