Exploring the defect equilibrium and charge transport in electrode material La0.5Sr0.5Fe0.9Mo0.1O3-δ.

Perovskite-type La0.5Sr0.5Fe0.9Mo0.1O3-δ synthesized via glycine nitrate combustion and sintered at 1350 °C was found to have an orthorhombic lattice, which transforms upon heating into a rhombohedral and then a cubic one. The oxygen content and electrical conductivity in this oxide were measured in the range of oxygen partial pressures from 10-20 to 0.5 atm at 750-950 °C by coulometric titration and four-probe dc techniques, respectively. The oxygen content data were used to model the defect equilibrium in the oxide. Oxidation, charge disproportionation and electron exchange reactions between iron and molybdenum were assumed by the model to be involved in the formation of defects. The experimental data were well approximated with the model and the concentrations of charge carriers in La0.5Sr0.5Fe0.9Mo0.1O3-δ were determined to be used for the electrical conductivity analysis. The average mobility of oxygen ions and n- and p-type charge carriers was determined to be about 10-5, 0.007, and 0.07 cm2 V-1 s-1 with an activation energy of 0.80 ± 0.02, 0.34 ± 0.01, and 0.23 ± 0.01 eV, respectively. Comparison with La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-δ shows that 10% Mo substitution provides a substantial increase in both the concentration and mobility of n-type carriers, which results in an almost threefold increase in electron conductivity under reducing conditions, while maintaining a high level of ionic conductivity.

[The experience of using drug Afalaza for treatment of lower urinary symptoms in treatment-nave patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia].

INTRODUCTION: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common diseases in men over 50 years. The prevalence of the BPH increases with age, and pathologic features of BPH are found in about 90% of men over 80 years. AIM: The aim of the study was to study the efficacy and safety of Afalaza for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in treatment-nave patients with BPH. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A multicenter study of using Afalaza for the treatment of LUTS in treatment-nave patients with BPH was carried out in 9 urological centers in Moscow. A total of 80 treatment-nave patients with BPH were enrolled. The improvement in the total score of IPSS, IIEF-5 and QoL after 30 weeks of therapy was evaluated as well as changes in prostate volume and maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax). RESULTS: After 30 weeks of therapy, there was a significant decrease in the total IPSS score. A decrease in the total IPSS score by 5.5 points (+37.9%) from 14.5+/-4.0 at the baseline to 9.0+/-4.1 at the visit 9 was seen. The QoL decreased by 1.8 (-38.3%) points from 4.7+/-1.0 at the baseline. The Qmax also changed from 12.7+/-4.6 to 16.4+/-5.7 (+28.3%) after 30 weeks of therapy. At the visit 9, the total IIEF5 score increased by 3.4+/-4.4 (+19.9%) from 17.1+/-4.3 at the baseline. In addition, prostate volume decreased from 42.7+/-11.1 at baseline to 41.0+/-9.8 cc post-treatment (-5.15%). A reduction of post-void residual urine volume from 26.0+/-25.3 at baseline to 17.7+/-24.2 (-31.9%) post-treatment was also shown. CONCLUSION: The results of a multicenter study demonstrate the efficacy of Afalaza for treatment of treatment-nave patients with LUTS/BPH. Afalaza reduces prostate volume and improves an erectile function.

Tomography of spatial mode detectors.

Transformation and detection of photons in higher-order spatial modes usually requires complicated holographic techniques. Detectors based on spatial holograms suffer from non-idealities and should be carefully calibrated. We report a novel method for analyzing the quality of projective measurements in spatial mode basis inspired by quantum detector tomography. It allows us to calibrate the detector response using only gaussian beams. We experimentally investigate the inherent inaccuracy of the existing methods of mode transformation and provide a full statistical reconstruction of the POVM (positive operator valued measure) elements for holographic spatial mode detectors.

[Prerequisites to the use of multichannel programmed muscle electrostimulation in patients with infantile cerebral palsy]. / Predposylki ispol'zovaniia mnogokanal'noi programmiruemoi élektrostimuliatsii myshts u bol'nykh detskim tserebral'nym paralichom.

The paper deals with the use of multichannel programmed electrostimulation of muscles or artificial correction of movements to treat patients with infantile cerebral paralysis. This electrostimulation is a highly effective technique for correction of a pathological human motor stereotype and serves to consolidate the physiological movement patterns simulated during treatment sessions.

[The characteristics of population immunity to measles and diphtheria in adolescent collectives]. / Kharakteristika populiatsionnogo immuniteta k kori i difterii v podrostkovykh kollektivakh.

Population immunity to measles and diphtheria was evaluated among adolescents of a professional-technical school. Low indices of immunity were found. There was a clear difference in the number of girls and boys with antibody titers to measles virus and diphtheria anatoxin (dilution 1:40) as well as in the number of non-immune to diphtheria. A clear increase of the number of students with protective titers by the end of the school year evidences presence of latent epidemic process of measles and diphtheria.