Optoelectronic Method of Noncontacting Reconstruction of the Profile of a Surface of Three Dimensional Objects of Large Dimensions

An optoelectronic method is considered for noncontacting reconstruction of the surface profile of three-dimensional objects of large dimensions. The optimal conditions for performing measurements are identified. It is shown that the proposed method, in contrast to the already known methods, does not require fine tuning of the equipment. A numerical method is given for compensating distortions caused by aberrations. A method is described for reconstructing the surface profile cell by cell which increases the accuracy of measurements.     

Assessing the Market Stability of Chemical Industry Enterprises

Breakdown of a company is examined and the concept of its stability is given. A system of indexes for characterizing the market position of an enterprise in the chemical industry and predicting its dynamics is proposed. An integral index can be an effective tool in the hands of managers in making managerial decisions related to effectively reacting to changes in the company's market position.     

Antitubercular activity of lomefloxacin in an experiment

The effect of lomefloxacin was studied on mice with experimental infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The antibiotic was administered in doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg. It was shown that the use of lomefloxacin for a month provided a lower death rate of the animals with progressing acute generalized tuberculosis, a lower level of the lesions in the internal organs and a lower number of the Mycobacterium isolates from them. The efficacy of the treatment depended on the drug dose. When lomefloxacin was used in a dose of 200 mg/kg, the survival rate was much higher and the number of the epithelial unicellular granulomas in the tissue of the lung and spleen was markedly decreased while with the lower dose the indices did not differ from those in the control.     

Optimization of Automated Synthesis of 2-[18F]Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose Involving Base Hydrolysis

Synthesis of 2-[¹⁸F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([¹⁸F]FDG) involving base hydrolysis was optimized. Fluorine-18 was isolated from irradiated water to more than 90% by sorption of [^{1 8}F]fluoride on QMA anion-exchange resin, which was followed by elution with a 96 : 4 (by volume) acetonitrile-water mixture containing Kryptofix 2.2.2 and potassium carbonate (molar ratio 2 : 1). This composition is the best for preparing the complex [K/K2.2.2]^{+ 18}F^- used in nucleophilic fluorinations. No additional azeotropic drying is required. Base hydrolysis under optimized conditions (40-45°C), followed by neutralization with HCl, removal of traces of the solvent, and purification of the final product on a combined SCX/Alumina N column, yielded [^{1 8}F]FDG of high radiochemical (>99%) and chemical purity with minimal product loss. With an RB-86 robotic system (Anatech, Sweden), the synthesis time was 38 min. The procedure is used in the Institute of Human Brain, Russian Academy of Sciences for routine synthesis of FDG; the radiochemical yield of the product by the end of synthesis (EOS) is reproducibly high: 63±3% (n = 40).     

Experimental Electronuclear Setup at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics

The purpose and current construction status, at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, of an experimental electronuclear setup, combining a pulsed proton linear accelerator (36 MeV, 0.5 mA) and a subcritical blanket thermal-power assembly 100 kW, are discussed. The main equipment is already available or is being built in industry. The setup can be used to investigate the dynamics of the interaction of a linac–driver and a subcritical reactor and problems concerning the accelerator–driver and the target–blanket assembly. The proton beams and neutron fluxes will be used for applied purposes. In the future it will be possible to increase substantially the current and energy of the proton beam.     

Thermodynamic Properties of Alloys and Phase Equilibria in the In–Sb System

New thermodynamic data for the In–Sb system are obtained and compared with calculation results available in the literature. An isothermal vacuum cell and a procedure for electrolyte preparation are described which ensure high measurement accuracy.     

Taste receptor response to sodium chloride and natriuresis in the workers and employees of an industrial enterprise

Studied in the course of one-stage epidemiologic survey of 1191 individuals were the threshold of gustatory sensitivity to table salt and nycterine natriuresis, relation of these indices to dietary habits, some risk factors for cardiovascular disorders and clinical parameters. Differing relations were established between gustatory sensitivity to table salt and natriuresis and age and gender of the examinees, the level of blood pressure, aggravated heredity in respect of arterial hypertension, smoking and alcohol abuse, this enabling one to embark upon a differential approach to dietetic correction of salt consumption.     

Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Crystallization in Nanometer-Sized Regions of the Copper Halide Phase in Photochromic Glasses

The halide phase in copper halide photochromic glasses is studied by the small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique. The dependences of the volume and composition of the halide phase on the temperature of primary heat treatment are determined. The temperature of the formation of a vacuum pore upon cooling from the temperature of primary heat treatment and the temperature of pore disappearance upon heating are investigated as functions of the size of the halide phase regions. The influence of the size of the halide phase regions and the temperature of secondary heat treatment on the crystallization temperature of the halide phase is elucidated. It is shown that the previously observed increase in the crystallization temperature of the halide phase with an increase in the size of the phase regions is associated with the change-over from homogeneous to heterogeneous crystallization. In turn, the mechanism of crystallization depends on the region where the vacuum pore is formed. In the case when the effective radii of drops are less than 130–140 Å, the vacuum pore is formed in the bulk of a liquid drop and the homogeneous crystallization occurs. The nuclei of heterogeneous crystallization arise when the formation of the vacuum pore is accompanied by the destruction of the vitreous matrix. This takes place when the radii of liquid drops are larger than 165–170 Å. The nuclei of heterogeneous crystallization disappear upon heat treatment of glasses at temperatures above 600°C. As a result, upon cooling from these temperatures, the homogeneous crystallization is observed in all cases and the crystallization temperature does not depend on the size of the halide phase regions.     

Mathematical Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer in Evaporation of a Substance from a Porous Body in Vacuum

A problem of the Stefan type which describes heat and mass transfer in a porous body with the double phase transition liquid–ice–vapor has been formulated and solved.     

The journal Khimicheskoe i Neftyanoe Mashinostroenie is 60 years old

Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftyanoe Mashinostroenie, No. 7, pp. 1–2, July, 1992.