"Ėfemeridy" : statʹi po voprosamʺ iskusstva, teatra i literatuyry, kriticheskīe ėti︠u︡dy, literaturnye ocherki, nabroski, vpechatli︠e︡nīi︠a︡ /

With: Rystenko, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasilʹi︠e︡vich), 1881?-1915. Skazanīe o dvi︠e︡nadt︠s︡ati snakhʺ t︠s︡ari︠a︡ Mamera : vʺ slavi︠a︡no-russkoĭ literaturi︠e︡ / A.V. Rystenko. Odessa : "Ėkonomicheskai︠a︡" tipografīi︠a︡, 1904. -- Nevskīĭ, V. A. (Vladimir Aleksandrovich). Khudozhestvennye vystavki i oznakomlenie shirokikh narodnykh mass s zhivopisʹi︠u︡ / V.A. Nevskiĭ. Kostroma : Sovetskai︠a︡ tipografii︠a︡, 1920. -- Vsepolʹskai︠a︡ revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īonnai︠a︡ partīi︠a︡ : ocherkʺ sovremennykhʺ stremlenīĭ vsepolʹskoĭ partīi / sostavilʺ Azʺ. Lʹvovʺ : Vʺ tipografīi Stavropigīĭskago Instituta, 1903. -- Gurko, Vasiliĭ Iosifovich, b. 1864. Borba truda i kapitala : ego neizbi︠e︡zhnyi︠a︡ posli︠e︡dstvīi︠a︡ / Generalʺ V. Gurko. Berlin : Wosroschednje Rossii/ Die Wiedergeburt Russlands, 1919. -- Samokvasov, D. (Dmitrīĭ), 1843-1911. Paskopki drevnikhʺ mogilʺ i opisanīe, khranenīe i izdanē mogilʹnykhʺ drevnosteĭ / D.I︠A︡. Samokvasova. Moskva : Sinodalʹnai︠a︡ Tipografīi︠a︡, 1908.

Opīsanie rukopiseĭ biblīoteki Viḟanskoĭ dukhovnoĭ seminarīi. (S prilozhenīi︠a︡mi)

The supplements contain congratulatory poems and correspondence between members of the imperial family and the metropolitans Platon and Augustin.

Dvi︠e︡ zami︠e︡tki po voprosam russkago i︠a︡zykovi︠e︡di︠e︡nīi︠a︡ /

Includes bibliographical references.

Kīevskiĭ Vyshgorod v udi︠e︡lʹno-vi︠e︡chevoe vremi︠a︡ /

Mode of access: Internet.

Pami︠a︡tniki diplomaticheskikh snoshenīĭ drevneĭ Rosīi s derzhavami inostrannymi.

No more published.

Arkhiv russkoĭ revoli͡ut͡sīi /

Mode of access: Internet.

Does chemotherapy improve survival in high-risk Stage I and II Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin?

Purpose: The effectiveness of synchronous carboplatin, etoposide, and radiation therapy in improving survival was evaluated by comparison of a matched set of historic control subjects with patients treated in a prospective Phase II study that used synchronous chemotherapy and radiation and adjuvant chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Patients were included in the analysis if they had disease localized to the primary site and nodes, and they were required to have at least one of the following high-risk features: recurrence after initial therapy, involved nodes, primary size greater than 1 cm, or gross residual disease after surgery. All patients who received chemotherapy were treated in a standardized fashion as part of a Phase II study (Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group TROG 96:07) from 1997 to 2001. Radiation was delivered to the primary site and nodes to a dose of 50 Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks, and synchronous carboplatin (AUC 4.5) and etoposide, 80 mg/m(2) i.v. on Days 1 to 3, were given in Weeks 1, 4, 7, and 10. The historic group represents a single institution's experience from 1988 to 1996 and was treated with surgery and radiation alone, and patients were included if they fulfilled the eligibility criteria of TROG 96:07. Patients with occult cutaneous disease were not included for the purpose of this analysis. Because of imbalances in the prognostic variables between the two treatment groups, comparisons were made by application of Cox's proportional hazard modeling. Overall survival, disease-specific survival, locoregional control, and distant control were used as endpoints for the study. Results: Of the 102 patients who had high-risk Stage I and II disease, 40 were treated with chemotherapy (TROG 96:07) and 62 were treated without chemotherapy (historic control subjects). When Cox's proportional hazards modeling was applied, the only significant factors for overall survival were recurrent disease, age, and the presence of residual disease. For disease-specific survival, recurrent disease was the only significant factor. Primary site on the lower limb had an adverse effect on locoregional control. For distant control, the only significant factor was residual disease. Conclusions: The multivariate analysis suggests chemotherapy has no effect on survival, but because of the wide confidence limits, a chemotherapy effect cannot be excluded. A study of this size is inadequately powered to detect small improvements in survival, and a larger randomized study remains the only way to truly confirm whether chemotherapy improves the results in high-risk MCC. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc.

Information capacity of optical fiber channels with zero average dispersion

We study the statistics of optical data transmission in a noisy nonlinear fiber channel with a weak dispersion management and zero average dispersion. Applying analytical expressions for the output probability density functions both for a nonlinear channel and for a linear channel with additive and multiplicative noise we calculate in a closed form a lower bound estimate on the Shannon capacity for an arbitrary signal-to-noise ratio.

Ferroelectric-like behaviour of melanin:humidity effect on current-voltage characteristics

The influence of low vacuum on quasistatic current-voltage (I–V) dependences and the impact of wet air pulse on dynamic bipolar I-V-loops and unipolar I-V-curves of fungal melanin thin layers have been studied for the first time. The threshold hysteresis voltages of I–V dependences are near to the standard electrode potentials of anodic water decomposition. Short wet air pulse impact leads to sharp increase of the current and appearance of “hump”-like and “knee”-like features of I-V-loops and I-V-curves, respectively. By treatment of I-V-loop allowing for I-V-curve shape the maxima of displacement current are revealed. The peculiarities of I-V-characteristics were modelled by series-parallel RC-circuit with Zener diodes as nonlinear elements. As a reason of appearance of temporal polar media with reversible ferroelectric-like polarization and ionic space charge transfer is considered the water-assisted dissociation of some ionic groups of melanin monomers that significantly influences electrophysical parameters of melanin nanostructures.

Why can't I measure the external quantum efficiency of the Ge subcell of my multijunction solar cell?

The measurement of the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of low bandgap subcells in a multijunction solar cell can be sometimes problematic. In particular, this paper describes a set of cases where the EQE of a Ge subcell in a conventional GaInP/GaInAs/Ge triple-junction solar cell cannot be fully measured. We describe the way to identify each case by tracing the I-V curve under the same light-bias conditions applied for the EQE measurement, together with the strategies that could be implemented to attain the best possible measurement of the EQE of the Ge subcell.

Multi-kilowatt peak power nanosecond Er-doped fiber laser

We report a two-stage diode-pumped Er-doped fiber amplifier operating at the wavelength of 1550 nm at the repetition rate of 10-100 kHz with an average output power of up to 10 W. The first stage comprising Er-doped fiber was core-pumped at the wavelength of 1480 nm, whereas the second stage comprising double-clad Er/Yb-doped fiber was clad-pumped at the wavelength of 975 nm. The estimated peak power for the 0.4-nm full-width at half-maximum laser emission at the wavelength of 1550 nm exceeded 4-kW level. The initial 100-ns seed diode laser pulse was compressed to 3.5 ns as a result of the 34-dB total amplification. The observed 30-fold efficient pulse compression reveals a promising new nonlinear optical technique for the generation of high power short pulses for applications in eye-safe ranging and micromachining.

PRACTICAL RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS

3. PRACTICAL RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS by Marilia Pires, University of Évora, Portugal This practice presents the main features of a free software to solve mathematical equations derived from concrete problems: i.- Presentation of Scilab (or python) ii.- Basics (number, characters, function) iii.- Graphics iv.- Linear and nonlinear systems v.- Differential equations

Mucopolysaccharidosis Type Ii: Identification Of 30 Novel Mutations Among Latin American Patients.

In this study, 103 unrelated South-American patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) were investigated aiming at the identification of iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) disease causing mutations and the possibility of some insights on the genotype-phenotype correlation The strategy used for genotyping involved the identification of the previously reported inversion/disruption of the IDS gene by PCR and screening for other mutations by PCR/SSCP. The exons with altered mobility on SSCP were sequenced, as well as all the exons of patients with no SSCP alteration. By using this strategy, we were able to find the pathogenic mutation in all patients. Alterations such as inversion/disruption and partial/total deletions of the IDS gene were found in 20/103 (19%) patients. Small insertions/deletions/indels (<22 bp) and point mutations were identified in 83/103 (88%) patients, including 30 novel mutations; except for a higher frequency of small duplications in relation to small deletions, the frequencies of major and minor alterations found in our sample are in accordance with those described in the literature.

Formação das substâncias de reserva durante o desenvolvimento de sementes de urucum (Bixa orellana L. - Bixaceae)

Annatto seeds do not germinate during early stages of their development because of insufficient reserve substances. In situ analysis showed that the principal reserves are proteins and starch, deposited in endosperm cells. During the early stages of development, the starch grains were elliptic, because amylose was the minor component. During development, these grains became more spherical due to an increase in amylose relative to amylopectin. Endosperm cells do not contain protein bodies, but they accumulate proteins dispersed in the cytoplasm. At the final stage of development the proteins became compacted due to the dehydration of the seeds wich is part of the global process of orthodox seeds maturation. Natural fluorescence revealed aromatic amino acids, principally tryptophan and tyrosine in the proteins. The seeds reached their maximum dry weight after moisture contents had declined to around 60%. At this point the seeds presented maximum germination capacity.