The comparative characteristics of the Salmonella serotypes rarely encountered in the Maritime Territory

The results of the comparative study of the phenotypical properties and the plasmid profile of 63 strains of salmonellae, belonging to 44 serotypes of groups B, C1, C2, C3, D, E1, E4, F. The study revealed that strains of different serotypes had their individual plasmid profile. Strains of the same serotype of salmonellae isolated from similar sources had an identical plasmid profile, while strains isolated from different sources differed in their plasmid profiles, though they might have a similar phenotype. Plasmid analysis was shown to be an effective method for the intraspecific typing of rarely isolated Salmonella serotypes and suitable for use as the basis of the microbiological monitoring of salmonellae.     

Calculated and Experimental Estimation of Absorbed Mechanical Work in Deformation of Synthetic Fibres

Methods are proposed for obtaining the elastic and absorbed components of deformation and mechanical work expended in the region of a nondestructive mechanical effect from the stress-strain diagrams or by calculated prediction. The closeness of the values of the absorbed and correspondingly the elastic components obtained with the measured or predicted stress-strain diagram totally confirm the satisfactory reliability of modeling the physicomechanical properties of a fibre in the form of an integral equation in which the nonlinear-hereditary kernel analytically reflects the activating character of the mechanical effect combined with the concept of the deformation-time analogy in normalized form [5].     

Three-week hepatitis B vaccination provides protective immunity

To determine whether a 3-week hepatitis B (HB) vaccination could achieve protective immunity, 89 healthy non-immunized young adults received three doses of 20 micrograms each of HBs antigen (GenHevac B, Pasteur) and were randomly assigned to schedule A (n = 44): two doses at day 0, one dose at day 21; or schedule B (n = 45): one dose at days 0, 10 and 21. Seroprotection rates (anti-HBs > or = 10 mIU ml-1) for groups A and B respectively were: 23 and 40% at day 21; and 77 and 91% at day 82 (not significant). Anti-HBs geometric mean titres were higher in group B than in group A (p < 0.05) at days 21 (6.4 versus 3.8) and 82 (77.6 versus 33.5). One year after primary vaccination, the seroprotection rate remained as high as 90% in the vaccinees of group B; after boosting all vaccinees had protective levels of anti-HBs antibodies. Thus 3-week HB vaccination with GenHevac B allowed early and durable protective immunity.     

Composite material in the aluminum oxide-zirconium dioxide system

A dispersion-hardened material with average flexural strength 580 ± 40 MPa, which is a promising building material, has been fabricated by introducing a CaO-ZnO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ eutectic additive and tetragonal zirconium dioxide into aluminum oxide synthesized by calcining the hydroxide. The sintering temperature of this ceramic is 1550°C. The properties of the eutectic of this system are analyzed, and the optimal liquid-phase composition which gives intense sintering of the aluminum oxide is determined. __________ Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 4, pp. 12–15, April, 2007.     

Operation of an experimental facility for fabrication of fuel elements and fuel assemblies of the bor-60 containing vibrocompacted fuel

Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 320–323, November, 1989.     

Magnetic-Field-Controlled 1D Photonic Crystal Based on a Periodic Bigyrotropic Structure

A theoretical study is reported of the magnetic-field-controlled optical transmission through a stack of identical bilayers in which one layer is bigyrotropic and the other is nonmagnetic and isotropic. An analytical expression for the complex transmittance is derived. The transmittance–wavelength characteristic is examined for different magnetizations and for fixed materials parameters and total number of bilayers. The magnetization dependence of the position, height, and width of the center peak is investigated. The effect is calculated of magnetization on the ellipticity of transmitted light and the angle of optical rotation.     

Use of a mathematical model in predicting the density of glass for controlling a tank furnace

Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 1, pp. 11–12, January, 1992.     

Control over the parameters of InAs-GaAs quantum dot arrays in the Stranski-Krastanow growth mode

The effect of the growth temperature on the density, lateral size, and height of InAs-GaAs quantum dots (QD) has been studied by transmission electron microscopy. With the growth temperature increasing from 450 to 520°C, the density and height of QDs decrease, whereas their lateral size increases; i.e., the QDs are flattened. The blue shift of the photoluminescence line indicates decreasing QD volume. The observed behavior is in agreement with the thermodynamic model of QD formation. The effect of lowering the substrate temperature immediately after the formation of QDs on the QD parameters has been studied. On lowering the temperature, the lateral size of QDs decreases and their density increases; i.e., the parameters of QD arrays tend to acquire the equilibrium parameters corresponding at the temperature to which the cooling is done. The QD height rapidly increases with cooling and may exceed the equilibrium value for a finite time of cooling, which enables fabrication of QD arrays with a prescribed ratio between height and lateral size by choosing the time of cooling.     

Wide-band computer input module

A method and algorithm of adaptive frequency measurements, and the flow diagram of a wide band adaptive computer data input module with frequency range from 7.6 mHz to 64.54 MHz are described.Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 18–20, March, 1995.