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We present the prototype of a dedicated brain Positron Emission Tomography system BPET and the results of a first NEMA (NU2-2018 & NU4-2008) performance evaluation. BPET is a modular system, based on the PETA6SE application specific integrated circuit and LYSO crystals coupled in light sharing mode to silicon photomultipliers. All electronics are integrated into the detector head, which makes the system ultra-compact. The NU2-2018 spatial resolution in the axial center in [radial/tangential/axial] direction at r=10 mm is [4.0 / 3.9 / 3.5] mm full width at half maximum. The NU2-2018 system sensitivity is 2.9 cps/kBq for the smallest energy window at the radial center. It is 8.4 cps/kBq for the largest energy window considered at r=10 cm. We further show results of a noise equivalent count rate evaluation and BPET reconstructed images from a brain image quality phantom and a 3D Hoffman brain phantom. The performance characteristics of the BPET prototype are comparable to current clinical systems. BPET is the basis for the development of a clinical low-cost ultra-compact, fully integrated brain Positron Emission Tomography system.

This review is devoted to the use of antiaggregants. We consider here pathogenesis of intraarterial thrombosis, mechanism of action of antiaggregants, and recommendations on the use of drugs of this class for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and prevention of atherothrombotic complications of stable ischemic heart disease. Information on mechanisms of development and causes of resistance to antiaggregants is also presented. Finally we discuss the problem of safety of therapy with antiaggregants, methods of lowering the risk of bleeding, and prevention of aspirin induced gastropathy.

The article is devoted to investigation of the specifics of simultaneous interpretation as a top of the translation skills, which determines high demands to the level of development of translation competence. The subject of research is the study of modern approaches to the classification of errors that occur in the simultaneous interpreting activity. The aim of the research are: 1) an investigation of the causes and mechanisms which lead to appearance of the errors in the implementation of practical translation work of a simultaneous interpreter; 2) an analysis of modern approaches to the classification of possible translation errors. In the process of implementing of the investigation method of analysis, systematization and generalization, linguistic methods of lexicalsemantic, grammatical, discursive and contextual analysis were used. On the basis of the investigation it was found that in the most general form translative errors can be divided into semantic and language ones. Each of the categories may be additionally divided into some subcategories. Semantic errors are distortions of the original pragmatists, deviations from the norm, providing disinforming impact on the recipient. Language errors do not affect the conceptual content of the original, affecting mainly on his perception by the audience of receiving cultural model. In the frames of the investigation errors from the practical simultaneous interpreting practice are given, which allows to demonstrate the functioning of different types of errors in the modern interpretation. Results of the investigation, identification of mechanisms, possible reasons, which lead to mistaken interpretation in the process of simultaneous translation, may be successfully used in the optimization of process of translation in interpreters’ practice, in the education of the interpreters, as materials in the development of theoretical and methodological literature in translation studies. The authors conclude that the interpretation is one of the most difficult types of translation, a complex, gradual psychological process that takes place under extreme conditions, leading to errors in the speech of simultaneous interpreter. It is impossible to completely avoid erroneous interpretation and reconstruction of the original discourse; however, the understanding of the mechanisms of deviations from the norm, the use of appropriate translation strategies allows one to avoid semantic errors that distort the original pragmatics.

The paper discusses the use of absolute and relative indicators characterizing cash flows, as part of a technique to evaluate creditworthiness of companies. The authors present the calculations, made on the basis of 2014 financial statements of Novomoskovsk chemical industry enterprise «NAK “Azote”». The results of calculations illustrate the variability of findings concerning dynamics of the financial position of the organization, depending on whether the use of revenues or the amount of positive cash flow from current operations are taken as the basis for evaluating the rates of floating funds turnover.

Aim: Zirconium-89 has gained great interest for PET, when imaging at late time points is required. Desferrioxamine B (DFO), is mostly used for this radionuclide as bifunctional chelator (BFC) and w ...

In article the legislative base, which is the foundation of functioning of the state system of medical-social examination, is considered and analyzed. The questions of legal regulation of the state activity in the sphere of social policy concerning disabled people are discussed. The methods of sociological research and logical analysis of literature and official normatively-legal papers, being the basis of activity of the system of medico-social examination and sphere of giving to the invalids the equal with other citizens possibilities in realization of constitutional rights and freedoms, public welfare and establishment, are applied to the invalids as the measures of government support. In conclusions the emphasis is placed on need of carrying out radical restructurings for system of medico-social examination. It is offered to modify the existing classification of indexes of health and indexes, related to the health taking into account the socio-economic, climatic and other features; to strength the control of execution of government programs in the medico-social sphere; to modify the traditional classification of groups of disability; to change a way of features accounting of disabled people with various functional violations proceeding from a complex assessment of dysfunction of the neuro-physiological and psycho-physiological statuses; to use the innovative technologies of diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation in correction of the functional violations with taking in mind not only the nosologic group of disease, but by an individual approach.