On the photovoltaic effect asymmetry in ferroelectrics.

Despite symmetrical polarization, the magnitude of a light-induced voltage is known to be asymmetric with respect to poling sign in many photovoltaic (PV) ferroelectrics (FEs). This asymmetry remains unclear and is often attributed to extrinsic effects. We show here for the first time that such an asymmetry can be intrinsic, steaming from the superposition of asymmetries of internal FE bias and electro-piezo-strictive deformation.

[Role of poliomyelitis viruses in the etiology of serous meningitis in Odessa 1979-1983].

The etiology of aseptic meningitides has been studied in the patients hospitalized in the Odessa city clinical hospital in 1979-1983. Altogether 268 strains of enteroviruses have been isolated, among them 105 poliomyelitis viruses (38.8%); 26 poliomyelitis virus strains have been isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid.