Improvement of Possibilities of Treating Pneumonias in Patients on the Background of Acute Myeloblast Leucosis in the Aspect of Immunoresistance Mechanisms

Aim: to analyze the influence of the immunomodeling preparation glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine disodium (glutoxim) on indices of cellular and humoral immunity in patients with pneumonias on the background of acute myeloblast leucosis to form new approaches to the improvement of treating pneumonias in patients with immunity disorders.Materials and methods. The research group - 37 patients with pneumonia on the background of acute myeloblast leucosis, who underwent the program treatment on the base of the hematological center “MI city multi-profile clinical hospital №4” Dnipro city, 2014-2015. The age of patients from 23 to 45 years old; 10 women and 27 men. The diagnosis of leucosis and pneumonia forms was verified corresponding to modern conventional clinical and morphological criteria. Patients from the main research group (n = 18) were prescribed with glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine disodium by the scheme 2 ml of 3 % (60 mg) i/v № 10 in mornings, summary dose - 300 mg. Indications of immunograms were studied: Т-lymphocytes, В-lymphocytes and their subpopulation composition (CD3 +, CD4 +, CD8 +, CD19 +, CD19-, CD16 +, CD56+) using the flowing laser cytofluorimetry. Immunoglobulin levels were determined by the method of immunoturbometry. Indications of immunograms were assessed in the treatment dynamics. The statistical processing – using packages of applied programs «Excel» and «Statistic 10».Results. According to the analysis of indices of the cellular and humoral immunity of patients with pneumonia on the background of acute myeloblast leucosis, the process of glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine disodium use proved the statistically reliable activation of phagocytosis and anti-infectious defense indices. The dynamics of humoral immunity indices also proved the positive influence on the state of the immune reactivity of the organism with the reliable increase of ІgА and Іg М, responsible for neutralization of infectious agents and bacterial toxins.Conclusions: The use of the ummunomodeling preparation glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine disodium (glutoxim) in patients with pneumonia on the background of acute myeloblast leucosis results in the improvement of indices of cellular and humoral immunity and phagocytosis activation. The research results prove the possibility of optimization of approaches to treating pneumonias in patients with severe immunity disorders by using immunomedeling therapy by glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine disodium (glutoxim)

The Economic Value of the Precision Disease Management System for Anthracnose and Botrytis Fruit Rot for the Florida Strawberry Industry

The objective of this study was to examine the economic benefits associated with precision fungicide application system for Florida strawberry production. Given the weather and disease forecast system developed by the University of Florida researchers (Peres, 2010a , strawberry growers can potentially 1) reduce fungicide application rates during cool and dry conditions without affecting yields, thus reducing production costs; or 2) apply fungicide at the precise time of high disease pressure during warm and wet weather, therefore, decreasing disease development and spread, and increasing the yields and profits.fungicide application reduction, precision disease management system, strawberry, effect on yield, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries, Environmental Economics and Policy, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Production Economics, Risk and Uncertainty,

Tessellation with some Irregular Poligons

An idea for the use of problems of tessellation with irregular polygons in the optional activities in Information Technologies teaching are presented

Ways to Improve the Personnel Policy of the Restaurant Business

На современном этапе эффективность работы организации напрямую зависит от правильно выстроенной кадровой политики. В статье представлены результаты диагностики проблем в кадровой политике одной из организаций. Выполнен анализ использования трудовых ресурсов, процедур и методов осуществления кадровой политики. Выработаны и рекомендованы мероприятия по повышению эффективности кадровой политики организации. Конечной целью кадровой политики является создание сплоченной, ответственной, высокопроизводительной команды, способной решать любые задачи, соответствующие миссии и стратегии организации.At the present stage, the effectiveness of the organization activity directly depends on the properly organized personnel policy. The article presents the results of the problem diagnosis in the personnel policy of one of the organizations. The analysis of the use of labor resources, procedures and methods of implementing the personnel policy is performed. Measures to improve the effectiveness of the personnel policy of the organization are developed and recommended The ultimate goal of the personnel policy is to create a cohesive, responsible, high-performance team that is able to solve any tasks that correspond to the mission and strategy of the organization

The Operators Aγ = γA + -γA for a Class of Nondissipative Operators A with a Limit of the Corresponding Correlation Function

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 47A48, Secondary 60G12In this work we present the operators Aγ = γA + -γA with Re γ = 1/2 in the case of an operator A from the class of nondissipative operators generating nonselfadjoint curves, whose correlation functions have a limit as t → ±∞. The asympthotics of the stationary curves e^(itAγ)f as t → ±∞ onto the absolutely continuous subspace of Aγ are obtained. These asymptotics and the obtained asymptotics in [9] of the nondissipative curves e^(itA)f allow to construct the scattering theory for the couples (Aγ , A) and (A, Aγ). We consider the basic terms from the scattering theory - wave operators, a scattering operator and the question of a similarity of A and Aγ. We obtain explicitly the wave operators, the scattering operator and the similarity of A and Aγ.Partially supported by Grant MM-810/98 of MESC and by Scientific Research Grant 21/09.05.2001 of Shumen University

Incentives for Residential Water Conservation: Water Price, Revenue, and Consumer Equity in Florida

Economic theory suggests that price incentives can be used to encourage water conservation in residential consumers. Conservation water rates are designed to send price signals that encourage households to reduce discretionary water use in the long term. However, it is not always clear that conservation rates effectively provide meaningful incentives. Utilities themselves may also not have strong incentives to implement conservation rates. If conservation rates have a negative impact on revenue, or if they lead to increased revenue variability, utilities may have a disincentive to use them. In addition, block pricing structures (where unit water rate increases with water usage) may be inequitable, in the sense that the “revenue burden” is borne disproportionately by some customer groups. This may make some rate structures unpopular with consumers and politically unfeasible. Because there is no consensus about what defines conservation rates, they take many forms. In Florida, the two most common are: uniform rates- where customers pay a set fee for each unit of water used, and inclining block rates- where the price per unit becomes progressively higher. Empirical evidence about the incentives provided by various structures is limited. This research has three main objectives. The first is to analyze whether or not the number of price blocks affects the conservation incentives faced by residential consumers. The second is to test for statistical evidence that rate structure effects revenue variability. And, the third is to analyze the impact of different rate structures on consumer equity. Secondary data from sixteen Florida utilities are used to meet the objectives of the study. The sample was originally chosen by Dr. John Whitcomb as a part of his study Florida Water Rates Evaluation of Single-Family Homes (2005). Whitcomb (2005) includes rate information, customer survey results, and empirical data on actual water use for 7,200 households from 1998 to 2003. For the first objective, a descriptive analysis of rate structures is used. Household reductions in water use are compared to corresponding reductions in water bills for all rate structure periods. Larger reductions in corresponding bills indicate stronger conservation price signals. Distribution of utility revenues between volumetric and fixed water and wastewater charges is also examined, and larger share of volumetric charges is linked to a stronger conservation price signal. The second part of the study uses graphical analysis and a simple OLS model to examine rate structure and revenue variability. For the third objective, Gini coefficients and Lorenz curves were used, following Morgan (1987). Households are divided into income groups and usage groups. Gini Coefficients are calculated based on these groups. Lower coefficients indicate a more equitable rate structure. The results indicate that the conservation price signals are strongest for inclining block structures with more than three price blocks. Block structures with three or less price blocks do not send stronger price signals than uniform rate structures. In some cases, the price incentive to reduce water consumption by 40% was stronger for uniform structures than for inclining block structures with three blocks. Within the sample, the price incentive is strongest for inclining block structures with more than three price blocks. Alternatively, the utility revenue distribution results suggest that the number of price blocks is not necessarily a good indicator of how conservation oriented a rate structure is. In several cases, the percentage of revenue from volumetric sources was higher for uniform structures than for block structures. Analysis for objectives two and three will be completed in October 2009. Preliminary results for objective two provide evidence that revenue variability could be a significant disincentive for utilities to adopt conservation rates. While there was no statistical evidence that overall revenue is affected by changes in rate structure, there is some evidence that utility revenue streams are more variable for block structures than for uniform structures. Preliminary objective three results suggest that customer equity is not adversely affected by conservation rates. When divided into income groups, the estimated Gini coefficients for uniform and inclining block rate structures were similar and close to zero, indicating equitable pricing.Conservation, water, price, revenue, equity, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Consumer/Household Economics, Demand and Price Analysis, Environmental Economics and Policy,

Performance assessment of Russian homeowners associations : The importance of being social

Performance of Russian homeowners associations – non-profits established to manage common property in residential housing – is assessed using the stochastic frontier technique, which is a powerful tool of productivity analysis. Performance variations are explained by physical and social factors, prominent among them is the availability of social capital among tenants, required to resolve collective action problems and ensure accountability of managing bodies and outside contractors. Lack of civic capacity could be an obstacle to implementing community-governance solutions in residential housing, making homeowners associations dysfunctional or prone to capture by vested interests.homeowners associations; non-profit organizations; common property; stochastic frontier; social capital

Porous 'Ouzo-effect' silica-ceria composite colloids and their application to aluminium corrosion protection.

By exploiting spontaneous emulsification to prepare porous SiO(2) particles, we report the formation of porous CeO(2)@SiO(2) hybrid colloids and their incorporation into a silica-zirconia coating to improve the corrosion protection of aluminium

Semiotic aspects of architectural graphic's History

[Abstract]The subject of this thesis are the semiotic aspects of the architectural graphics' history. It is suggested that the main expressive system in the architecture design - „architectural graphics“ is to be given a new meaning in the light of semiotics, as a contemporary science paradigm. The history of the architectural drawings is to be examined as a history of a system of signs, as a growth and development of an original architectural language. The aim of this paper is to prove the necessity and also to test the limits and the range of this research area. The study must altogether present the historical base of the architectural drawing systems and to analyze the concentration of graphics’ meanings, comparing to the contemporary elements in the design process. It shall also follow the existing ways of transferring architectural information, according to the audience, the culture and the building methods of the historical period. The study will focus over the communication processes in the architectural design, and will examine the key points of decoding and apprehending the architectural experience. The results of this study are expected in the fields of architectural history and education, same as in the area of visual and especially architectural semiotics. The value of this paper is to give a referance point for the future semiotics research over the architectural graphics, and another studies in the field of architectural semiotics