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Currently there is no clear guidance on the management of patients with concomitant chronic diseases of the veins (CVD), such as varicose and postthrombotic disease of the lower limbs, with endoprosthetics of the knee or hip joint. To reduce the risk of thromboembolic complications in patients of this group, the authors developed individual algorithms of reference.

The authors adapt recently developed a large eddy simulation / extended partially stirred reactor (LES/EPaSR) model by Sabelnikov and Fureby for simulation of turbulent combustion to Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations. The proposed RANS/EPaSR model is validated against experimental database created at ONERA for an air–methane premixed flame stabilized by a backward-facing step combustor. The RANS/EPaSR model is compared also with the following RANSbased combustion models: (i) quasi-laminar model with reduced chemical mechanism (QL RCM); (ii) premixed flamelet tabulated chemistry (PFTC) without taking into account the turbulence–chemistry interaction (TCI); and (iii) a PFTC with a presumed β probability density function (PDF) for a progress combustion variable.

The search for new decay chains of oganesson isotopes is presented. The experiment utilized the Dubna Gas Filled Recoil Separator and a highly segmented recoil-decay detection system. The signals from all detectors were analyzed in parallel by digital and analog data acquisition systems. For the first time, a target of mixed californium (51% Cf249, 13% Cf250, and 36% Cf251) recovered from decayed Cf252 sources was produced and irradiated with an intense Ca48 beam. The observation of a new decay chain of Og294 is reported. The prospects for reaching new isotopes Og295,296 are discussed.

The adsorption behavior of 197Hg and 183–185Hg on red amorphous selenium (red a-Se) and trigonal selenium (t-Se) was investigated experimentally by off-line and on-line gas chromatographic methods, in preparation of a sensitive chemical separation and characterization of the transactinides copernicium (Cn, Z = 112) and flerovium (Fl, Z = 114). Monte-Carlo simulations of a diffusion controlled deposition were in good agreement with the experimental results, assuming as interaction limits −ΔH ads red a-Se (Hg) > 85 kJ/mol, and −ΔH ads t-Se (Hg)

Irradiations of $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}$ and $^{240}\mathrm{Pu}$ targets with $^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ beams aimed at the synthesis of $Z=114$ flerovium isotopes were performed at the Dubna Gas Filled Recoil Separator. A new spontaneously fissioning (SF) isotope $^{284}\mathrm{Fl}$ was produced for the first time in the $^{240}\mathrm{Pu}+^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ (250 MeV) and $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}+^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ (245 MeV) reactions. The cross section of the $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}(^{48}\mathrm{Ca},3n)^{284}\mathrm{Fl}$ reaction channel was about 20 times lower than predicted by theoretical models and about 50 times lower than the maximum fusion-evaporation cross section for the $3n$ and $4n$ channels measured in the $^{244}\mathrm{Pu}+^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ reaction. In the $^{240}\mathrm{Pu}+^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ experiment, performed at 245 MeV in order to maximize the $3n$-evaporation channel, three decay chains of $^{285}\mathrm{Fl}$ were detected. The $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-decay energy of $^{285}\mathrm{Fl}$ was measured for the first time and decay properties of its descendants $^{281}\mathrm{Cn}, ^{277}\mathrm{Ds}, ^{273}\mathrm{Hs}, ^{269}\mathrm{Sg}$, and $^{265}\mathrm{Rf}$ were determined with higher accuracy. The assignment of SF events observed during the irradiation of the $^{240}\mathrm{Pu}$ target with a 250 MeV $^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ beam to $^{284}\mathrm{Fl}$ decay is presented and discussed. The cross sections at both $^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ energies are similar and exceed that observed in the reaction with the lighter isotope $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}$ by a factor of 10. The decay properties of the synthesized nuclei and their production cross sections indicate a rapid decrease of stability of superheavy nuclei as the neutron number decreases from the predicted magic neutron number $N=184$.

The ultimate objective of this work was to enhance the performance of air-breathing engines in transient modes. The paper presents the results of laboratory-scale experiments on ignition of nonpremixed fuel air composition in high-speed §ow by a near-surface electrical discharge. The experiments were ful¦lled under conditions of model supersonic combustor on the plane wall without any mechanical §ameholder. The ignition and §ameholding of hydrogen air and ethylene air compositions were demonstrated for direct fuel injection into the §ow at low (T0 = 300 750 K) gas temperature. The deposited power was Wpl/Htot 0.9, with both hydrogen and ethylene fuels under optimal conditions.