Analysis of Wall Thickness and Absorption Characteristics of Ammonium Nitrate(V) from Various Sources.

This study investigates the wall thickness and specific surface area (S) of ammonium nitrate(V) samples of varying provenance. The research focuses on both fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate(V) and three porous prill samples obtained from different manufacturers. The samples were analyzed using tomography scanning and two distinct porosimetry methods.

Evaluation of Ammonium Nitrate(V) Morphology and Porosity Obtained by SEM and Tomography Imaging.

This paper presents an evaluation of the morphology of fertilizer-grade and prill-grade ammonium nitrate(V). All samples were analyzed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and tomography techniques. The XRD results revealed that despite various provenances, all samples exhibited similar P symmetry and diffraction patterns.

Change of the Structural Properties of High-Performance Concretes Subjected to Thermal Effects.

The paper refers to studies of the structure of high-performance concrete with polypropylene fibre at different dosages. The authors see a research gap in the study of the effect of adding polypropylene fibre on the parameters of concrete exposed to high temperatures. The study takes into account the thermal effect-groups of samples were heated to 200 °C, 400 °C and 600 °C.

Application of X-ray Computed Tomography to Verify Bond Failures Mechanism of Fiber-Reinforced Fine-Grain Concrete.

This paper proposes the use of X-ray computed tomography (µCT, xCT) measurements together with finite element method (FEM) numerical modelling to assess bond failures mechanism of fiber-reinforced fine-grain concrete. Fiber-reinforced concrete is becoming popular for application in civil engineering structures. A dynamically developing topic related to concretes is the determination of bond characteristics.

A new and improved method based on polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) for the determination of A1298C mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene.

Intracellular folate homeostasis and metabolism is regulated by numerous genes. Among them, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is of special interest because of its involvement in regulation of the homocysteine level in the body as a result of folate metabolism. Moreover, some studies demonstrated that the homocysteine plasma level in individuals may be influenced by polymorphisms present in the MTHFR gene.

Lung cancer in patients under the age of 40 years.

Aim Of The Study: In the paper clinical cases of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer below the age of 40 years have been analyzed.

Material And Methods: THE ANALYSIS INCLUDED: sex, age, clinical symptoms found before and at the moment of diagnosis, character of changes visible in radiological imaging, time that passed from the first symptoms to reporting to a doctor and to establishing a diagnosis, type of diagnostic method used in establishing the final diagnosis, histopathologic type of cancer, degree of cancer progression.

Results: The results have been compared with a peer group who had been diagnosed 20 years earlier.

Cytological examination of pleural cavity lavage accompanied by the study of gene promoter hypermethylation of p16 and O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase genes in diagnostics of non-small cell lung cancer metastatic changes into pleura.

Aim Of The Study: Metastases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) into pleura disqualify a patient from surgery and present a bad prognostic index. The aim of the study was to find out whether washing out the pleural cavity in such cases and examining obtained washings for presence of cancer cells will help to detect early NSCLC metastases into pleura, and also whether negative results of the cytology determine whether hypermethylation of these genes will increase the sensitivity of this examination.

Material And Methods: The study consisted of the examination of 76 patients, including 59 operated on for NSCLC and 17 operated on for other reasons.

[Designing and optimization of real-time RT-PCR technique for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome in blood serum as internal laboratory quality control].

The need of hepatitis C virus (HCV) monitoring in serum samples of infected persons is of particular importance, because of chronic and non-symptomatic disease course of hepatitis C infection. We developed a novel "in-house" method variant for the detection of HCV genetic material in human blood serum. Detection technique is based on reverse transcription-real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-rPCR).

[Influence of flexible bronchoscopy on the concentration of exhaled nitric oxide].

Introduction: Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) is noninvasive parameter useful on estimation of airways inflammation, especially useful in monitoring of asthma inflammation. The aim of the study was estimation of bronchial tree inflammation after flexible bronchoscopy (FB) using eNO concentration.

Material And Methods: In 41 patients (aged 29 to 74 yrs) eNO measurements using Sievers 280 Nitric Oxide Analyzer were performed before and 24 hours after FB.

[A mutation within DYS389I locus in the missing person identification case].

An identification case is presented, in which a body of a deceased man was not recognized by his brother due to the corpse decomposition. The comparative material included DNA originating from the brother of the missing individual. In the Hemogenetics Laboratory of the Forensic Medicine Department, Jagiellonian University Medical College, bone tissue samples were genotyped for 16 STR loci on the chromosome Y and found concordant with the brother's reference sample, except a single locus DYS389I.

[Allelic variant 6' at locus D13S317 in a paternity casework; a semi-automatic genotyping problem].

During a routine paternity casework, performed with automated genotyping using an AmpFISTR Identifiler kit, an inconsistency affecting maternal segregation of D13S317 allele was encountered, manually detected as a variant allele in the mother and child. Alleles of the putative father were transmitted in 13 out of 15 autosomal STR loci, but in CSF1PO locus, there was an apparent mutation. We, therefore, directly sequenced the variant D13S317 allele in the mother and the child and compared the results to the available data on variant alleles within this STR locus.