Quantitative intra- and intergeneric taxonomic relationships among Micrococcaceae strains reveal contradictions in the historical assignments of the strains and indicate the need for species reclassification.

This article reports the results of quantitative intra- and intergeneric taxonomic relationships among Micrococcaceae strains and a novel endophytic bacterium (SG) isolated from a suspension culture of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh in our laboratory. The known strain Rothia sp.

Modeling the Converse Magnetoelectric Effect in the Low-Frequency Range.

This article is devoted to the theory of the converse magnetoelectric (CME) effect for the longitudinal, bending, longitudinal-shear, and torsional resonance modes and its quasi-static regime. In contrast to the direct ME effect (DME), these issues have not been studied in sufficient detail in the literature. However, in a number of cases, in particular in the study of low-frequency ME antennas, the results obtained are of interest.

Modeling the Magnetoelectric Composites in a Wide Frequency Range.

This article presents a general theory of the ME effect in composites in the low- and high-frequency ranges. Besides the quasi-static region, the area of electromechanical resonance, including longitudinal, bending, longitudinal shear, and torsional modes, is considered in more detail. To demonstrate the theory, expressions of ME voltage coefficients are obtained for symmetric and asymmetric layered structures.

Modeling the Composites for Magnetoelectric Microwave Devices.

Many studies of the ME effect have been carried out in the microwave range in connection with the possibility of creating new electronic devices. One of the main microwave ME effects is the FMR line shift in an electric field, and the purpose of this article is to compare the FMR line shift in the ME structure in an electric field for a number of ferromagnetic metals, their alloys, and YIG ferrite using various piezoelectrics. This article discusses the regimes when the bias field is directed along the main axes of the magnetic component, while, as is known, the observed effect is due only to deformation.

HLDF-6 peptides exhibit neuroprotective effects in the experimental model of preclinical Parkinson's disease.

The mechanisms of the neuroprotective action of the hexapeptides HLDF-6 encoded by the amino acid sequence 41-46 of Human Leukemia Differentiation Factor and its homoserine derivative HLDF-6H were studied in an experimental 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced model of Parkinson's disease (PD). C57Bl/6 mice received two intraperitoneal injections of 18 mg/kg MPTP-HCl, with an interval of 2 hours. MPTP-induced motor dysfunction was assessed using horizontal grid test.

Physics of Composites for Low-Frequency Magnetoelectric Devices.

The article discusses the physical foundations of the application of the linear magnetoelectric (ME) effect in composites for devices in the low-frequency range, including the electromechanical resonance (EMR) region. The main theoretical expressions for the ME voltage coefficients in the case of a symmetric and asymmetric composite structure in the quasi-static and resonant modes are given. The area of EMR considered here includes longitudinal, bending, longitudinal shear, and torsional modes.

Magnetoelectric Magnetic Field Sensors: A Review.

One of the new materials that have recently attracted wide attention of researchers are magnetoelectric (ME) composites. Great interest in these materials is due to their properties associated with the transformation of electric polarization/magnetization under the influence of external magnetic/electric fields and the possibility of their use to create new devices. In the proposed review, ME magnetic field sensors based on the widely used structures Terfenol-PZT/PMN-PT, Metglas-PZT/PMN-PT, and Metglas-Lithium niobate, among others, are considered as the first applications of the ME effect in technology.

Self-Biased Bidomain LiNbO/Ni/Metglas Magnetoelectric Current Sensor.

The article is devoted to the theoretical and experimental study of a magnetoelectric (ME) current sensor based on a gradient structure. It is known that the use of gradient structures in magnetostrictive-piezoelectric composites makes it possible to create a self-biased structure by replacing an external magnetic field with an internal one, which significantly reduces the weight, power consumption and dimensions of the device. Current sensors based on a gradient bidomain structure LiNbO (LN)/Ni/Metglas with the following layer thicknesses: lithium niobate-500 μm, nickel-10 μm, Metglas-29 μm, operate on a linear section of the working characteristic and do not require the bias magnetic field.

A Magnetoelectric Automotive Crankshaft Position Sensor.

The paper is devoted to the possibility of using magnetoelectric materials for the production of a crankshaft position sensor for automobiles. The composite structure, consisting of a PZT or LiNbO piezoelectric with a size of 20 mm × 5 mm × 0.5 mm, and plates of the magnetostrictive material Metglas of the appropriate size were used as a sensitive element.

Magnetoelectric Current Sensors.

In this work a magnetoelectric (ME) current sensor design based on a magnetoelectric effect is presented and discussed. The resonant and non-resonant type of ME current sensors are considered. Theoretical calculations of the ME current sensors by the equivalent circuit method were conducted.

Anxiolytic activity of the neuroprotective peptide HLDF-6 and its effects on brain neurotransmitter systems in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice.

This study is focused on a new amide derivative of the peptide HLDF-6 (Thr-Gly-Glu-Asn-His-Arg). This hexapeptide is a fragment of Human Leukaemia Differentiation Factor (HLDF). It displays a broad range of nootropic and neuroprotective activities.

Autistic children display elevated urine levels of bovine casomorphin-7 immunoreactivity.

Elevated concentrations of circulating casomorphins (CM), the exogenous opioid peptides from milk casein, may contribute to the pathogenesis of autism in children. Because several mass spectrometry studies failed to detect casomorphins in autistic children, it was questioned whether these peptides can be detected in body fluids by mass spec. Here we demonstrated, using a novel high sensitivity ELISA method, that autistic children have significantly higher levels of urine CM-7 than control children.

Beta-casomorphins-7 in infants on different type of feeding and different levels of psychomotor development.

Casomorphins are the most important during the first year of life, when postnatal formation is most active and milk is the main source of both nutritive and biologically active material for infants. This study was conducted on a total of 90 infants, of which 37 were fed with breast milk and 53 were fed with formula containing cow milk. The study has firstly indicated substances with immunoreactivity of human (irHCM) and bovine (irBCM) beta-casomorphins-7 in blood plasma of naturally and artificially fed infants, respectively.

Personality, coping style, and constitutional neuroimmunology.

Risk of developing certain diseases correlates with human personality. Cardiologists have defined Type "A" personalities as coronary-prone. Associated psychological peculiarities are easily angered, competitive, impatient and hard-driving.

Influence of human B-casomorphin-7 on specific binding of 3H-spiperone to the 5-HT2-receptors of rat brain frontal cortex.

Using radio-receptor analysis, it has been demonstrated that human beta-casomorphin-7 (Tyr-Pro-Phe-Val-Glu-Pro-Ile) displaces 3H-spiperone from 5-HT2-receptors of rat brain frontal cortex. IC50 of human beta-casomorphin-7 was 8 microM. These data suggest that one of the mechanisms of neurotropic action of beta-casomorphin-7 is might be associated with its influence on the serotoninergic system.