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Abstract Distributed intelligence systems (DIS) containing natural and artificial intelligence agents (NIA and AIA) for decision making (DM) belong to promising interdisciplinary studies aimed at digitalization of routine processes in industry, economy, management, and everyday life. In this work, we suggest a novel quantum-inspired approach to investigate the crucial features of DIS consisting of NIAs (users) and AIAs (digital assistants, or avatars). We suppose that N users and their avatars are located in N nodes of a complex avatar - avatar network. The avatars can receive information from and transmit it to each other within this network, while the users obtain information from the outside. The users are associated with their digital assistants and cannot communicate with each other directly. Depending on the meaningfulness/uselessness of the information presented by avatars, users show their attitude making emotional binary “like”/“dislike” responses. To characterize NIA cognitive abilities in a simple DM process, we propose a mapping procedure for the Russell’s valence-arousal circumplex model onto an effective quantum-like two-level system. The DIS aims to maximize the average satisfaction of users via AIAs long-term adaptation to their users. In this regard, we examine the opinion formation and social impact as a result of the collective emotional state evolution occurring in the DIS. We show that generalized cooperativity parameters $$G_i$$ G i , $$i=1,\dots,N$$ i = 1 , ⋯ , N introduced in this work play a significant role in DIS features reflecting the users activity in possible cooperation and responses to their avatar suggestions. These parameters reveal how frequently AIAs and NIAs communicate with each other accounting the cognitive abilities of NIAs and information losses within the network. We demonstrate that conditions for opinion formation and social impact in the DIS are relevant to the second-order non-equilibrium phase transition. The transition establishes a non-vanishing average information field inherent to information diffusion and long-term avatar adaptation to their users. It occurs above the phase transition threshold, i.e. at $$G_i>1$$ G i > 1 , which implies small (residual) social polarization of the NIAs community. Below the threshold, at weak AIA–NIA coupling ( $$G_i\le 1$$ G i ≤ 1 ), many uncertainties in the DIS inhibit opinion formation and social impact for the DM agents due to the information diffusion suppression; the AIAs self-organization within the avatar–avatar network is elucidated in this limit. To increase the users’ impact, we suggest an adaptive approach by establishing a network-dependent coupling rate with their digital assistants. In this case, the mechanism of AIA control helps resolve the DM process in the presence of some uncertainties resulting from the variety of users’ preferences. Our findings open new perspectives in different areas where AIAs become effective teammates for humans to solve common routine problems in network organizations.

Quantum-inspired algorithms represent an important direction in modern software information technologies that use heuristic methods and approaches of quantum science. This work presents a quantum approach for document search, retrieval, and ranking based on the Bell-like test, which is well-known in quantum physics. We propose quantum probability theory in the hyperspace analog to language (HAL) framework exploiting a Hilbert space for word and document vector specification. The quantum approach allows for accounting for specific user preferences in different contexts. To verify the algorithm proposed, we use a dataset of synthetic advertising text documents from travel agencies generated by the OpenAI GPT-4 model. We show that the “entanglement” in two-word document search and retrieval can be recognized as the frequent occurrence of two words in incompatible query contexts. We have found that the user preferences and word ordering in the query play a significant role in relatively small sizes of the HAL window. The comparison with the cosine similarity metrics demonstrates the key advantages of our approach based on the user-enforced contextual and semantic relationships between words and not just their superficial occurrence in texts. Our approach to retrieving and ranking documents allows for the creation of new information search engines that require no resource-intensive deep machine learning algorithms.

The combined use of drugs with different mechanisms of action is the main principle of musculoskeletal pain control in rheumatic diseases. However, there are few studies evaluating the efficacy of this approach in real practice.Objective: to determine the efficacy and safety of the combined use of celecoxib, diacerein, and the combination of glucosamine + chondroitin in osteoarthritis (OA) and chronic nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP). Material and methods. Statistical analysis of data obtained during a 3-month open observational study was performed. We included 1569 patients (63.6 % women and 36.4 % men, mean age 58.7 ± 11.0 years) with knee OA (kOA), hip OA (hOA), generalized OA (gOA), and chronic NSLBP with moderate/severe pain (≥ 4 on a numeric rating scale, NRS 0–10) who required nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Celecoxib 200 mg twice daily was prescribed, with the dose reduced to 200 mg per day or taken “as needed" after significant pain relief; diacerein 50 mg twice daily; and a medication of glucosamine 250 mg and chondroitin 200 mg, 2 capsules 2–3 times daily. Outcomes were assessed after 3 months using the dynamics of pain, fatigue, dysfunction (according to NRS), and the “Patient Acceptable Symptom State” (PASS) indicator. Results and discussion. 80.2 % of patients completed the 3 month course of treatment, 4.4 % discontinued treatment due to adverse events (AEs), and for 15.4 % of patients there was no follow-up. After 3 months of treatment ≥ 50 % decrease (from baseline) in the severity of symptoms was noted in 83.4 % of patients for pain on movement, in 83.7 % for pain at rest, in 78.6 % for pain at night, in 80.8 % for dysfunction, and in 83.4 % for fatigue. 87.7 % of patients reported PASS. There were no significant differences in treatment outcomes for different localizations of OA and NSLBP: a ≥ 50 % pain reduction in kOA was achieved in 81.6 % of patients, in hOA – in 82.2 %, in gOA – in 85.0 %, in NSLBP – in 88.1 %. AEs were registered in 350 (22.4 %) patients, the most frequent was dyspepsia (n = 280, 17.8 %), diarrhea was recorded in 37 (2.4 %) cases. No serious AEs requiring hospitalization were registered. Conclusion. Combination therapy with celecoxib, diacerein, and a combination of glucosamine and chondroitin significantly reduces the severity of symptoms of OA and NSLBS.

Abstract The light reflection properties of Ge disk lattices on Si substrates are studied as a function of the disk height and the gap width between disks. The interdisk spacing effect is observed even at such large gap widths as 500 nm. The gap width decrease leads to the appearance of the reflection minimum in the short wavelength region relative to one originated from the magnetic and electric dipole resonances in individual Ge disks, thereby essentially widening the antireflection properties. This minimum becomes significantly deeper at small gap widths. The observed behavior is associated with the features of the resonant fields around closely spaced disks according to numerical simulation data. The result shows the importance of using structures with geometrical parameters providing the short-wavelength minimum. This can essentially enhance their other resonant properties, which are widely used for applications, in particular, based on collective lattice resonances.

The efficiency of thin film photoelectric devices can be improved by redirecting incident electromagnetic radiation along their surface layers. Redirection can be achieved using antireflection coatings made of subwavelength dielectric particle arrays. In this study, we fabricate such coatings, consisting of Ge particles on quartz glass substrates via solid-state dewetting, transforming thin Ge films into compact particles. Using optically transparent substrates, we measure reflection and transmission spectra and determine absorption spectra, showing that substrates coated with Ge particles absorb much more strongly than substrates coated with continuous Ge films. The spectra obtained using objective lenses with different aperture angles indicate that scattered radiation is predominantly directed at glancing angles to the substrate surface. The lateral propagation of scattered radiation is the result of destructive interference, which suppresses both reflected and transmitted radiation.

Abstract We propose a novel platform for quantum metrology based on qubit states of two Bose–Einstein condensate solitons, optically manipulated, trapped in a double-well potential, and coupled through nonlinear Josephson effect. We describe steady-state solutions in different scenarios and perform a phase space analysis in the terms of population imbalance—phase difference variables to demonstrate macroscopic quantum self-trapping regimes. Schrödinger-cat states, maximally path-entangled (N00N) states, and macroscopic soliton qubits are predicted and exploited to distinguish the obtained macroscopic states in the framework of binary (non-orthogonal) state discrimination problem. For an arbitrary frequency estimation we have revealed these macroscopic soliton states have a scaling up to the Heisenberg and super-Heisenberg (SH) limits within linear and nonlinear metrology procedures, respectively. The examples and numerical evaluations illustrate experimental feasibility of estimation with SH accuracy of angular frequency between the ground and first excited macroscopic states of the condensate in the presence of moderate losses, which opens new perspectives for current frequency standard technologies.

Allergic rhinitis is the most common pathology among all allergic diseases. The article presents the epidemiologic and pathogenetic issues of the allergic rhinitis. The underdiagnosis of allergic rhinitis and its underestimation as a systemic pathology were observed in various countries. The importance of allergic rhinitis in paediatric practice, its impact on the quality of life, studies, and cognitive abilities is considered. The extranasal manifestations of the disease, as well as the role of allergic rhinitis in the development of increased respiratory viral morbidity are assessed. The differences between allergic and vasomotor rhinitis (non-allergic non-infectious rhinopathy) are analysed. Frequent interdependence and interaction of the allergic and vasomotor rhinitis are stressed. The signs of nonspecific hyperreactivity of the upper respiratory tract affected by the allergic rhinitis are presented. The role and importance of decongestants in the treatment of both allergic and vasomotor rhinitis are discussed in detail. Vasoconstrictors would help reduce hyperemia and nasal mucosa oedema, reduce the level of mucus secretion, improve the drainage of paranasal sinuses, normalizing the pressure in them. The use of a combination drug – a sympathomimetic combined with a local antihistamine agent would be the most appropriate treatment for patients with AR. The use of intranasal combination therapy for allergic rhinitis is justified: a sympathomimetic phenylephrine combined with a blocker of H1-histamine receptors dimethindene. The insights into the safety and efficacy of above drug combination in paediatric practice are presented. The use of a combination intranasal drug based on phenylephrine and dimethindene in patients with allergic rhinitis is justified in paediatric practice as both symptomatic and pathogenetic treatment. It is also advisable to administer it to treat acute respiratory viral diseases, in the post-viral period with situational exacerbations of the vasomotor component.

The solid-state dewetting phenomenon was used to obtain submicron- and micron-sized SiGe particle arrays by the Ge deposition on Si(100) substrates. Their transmission and reflection spectra were measured and numerically modeled by the FDTD method. They exhibit resonance effects in broad infrared spectral ranges, depending on the particle size. The broadband antireflection property is associated with wide particle size distributions and the influence of a high-index substrate. The results show that the dewetting phenomenon provides the natural formation of arrays of particles shaped as close to a sphere segment, and they turned out to be effective as antireflection coatings.

The POLISH2 optical polarimeter has been in operation at the Lick Observatory 3 m Shane telescope since 2011, and it was commissioned at the Gemini North 8 m in 2016. This instrument primarily targets exoplanets, asteroids, and the Crab Pulsar, but it has also been used for a wide variety of planetary, galactic, and supernova science. POLISH2's photoelastic modulators, employed instead of rotating wave plates or ferroelectric liquid crystal modulators, offer the unprecedented ability to achieve sensitivity and accuracy of order 1 ppm (0.0001%), which are difficult to obtain with conventional polarimeters. Additionally, POLISH2 simultaneously measures the intensity (Stokes I ), linear polarization (Stokes Q and U ), and circular polarization (Stokes V ), which fully describe the polarization state of incident light. We document our laboratory and on-sky calibration methodology and our archival on-sky database, and we demonstrate the conclusive detection of circular polarization of certain objects.

To date, a number of lantibiotics have been shown to use lipid II—a highly conserved peptidoglycan precursor in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria—as their molecular target. The α-component (Lchα) of the two-component lantibiotic lichenicidin, previously isolated from the Bacillus licheniformis VK21 strain, seems to contain two putative lipid II binding sites in its N-terminal and C-terminal domains. Using NMR spectroscopy in DPC micelles, we obtained convincing evidence that the C-terminal mersacidin-like site is involved in the interaction with lipid II. These data were confirmed by the MD simulations. The contact area of lipid II includes pyrophosphate and disaccharide residues along with the first isoprene units of bactoprenol. MD also showed the potential for the formation of a stable N-terminal nisin-like complex; however, the conditions necessary for its implementation in vitro remain unknown. Overall, our results clarify the picture of two component lantibiotics mechanism of antimicrobial action.

The paper presents the novel approach of user identification based on behavior analytics of user operations with a text information. It is offered to describe user behavior by content of his text documents. The structured representation of the considered behavioral information is carried out based on representation of documents text content in the user topic space, which is created by non-negative matrix factorization. The topic weights in the document characterize the user’s topic trend during an operating time with this document. The time variation of the topic weight values creates multidimensional time series that describe the history of user behavior when working with text data. Forecasting of such time series will allow for user identification based on estimated deviation of observed topic trend from the predicted topic weight values. This paper also presents the new time series forecasting method based on orthogonal nonnegative matrix factorization (ONMF) which is used within proposed user identification approach. It is worth noting that nonnegative matrix factorization methods were not used before for the time series forecasting task. The proposed user identification approach has been experimentally verified on the example of real corporate email correspondence created from the Enron dataset. In addition, experiments with other today popular forecasting methods have shown the superiority of proposed forecasting method in quality of user’s topic weights classification. Also we investigated two different approaches to estimates of the deviation of a time series point from the predicted value: absolute deviation and p-value estimation. Experiments have shown that both discussed approaches of deviation estimates are applicable in the proposed user identification approach.

The article presents the issues of epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment of allergic rhinitis. It describes the various types of nonallergic rhinitis, the relationship of allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis polyposa, eosinophilic nonallergic rhinitis, and rhinitis medicamentosa. The leading role of topical glucocorticosteroids in the therapy of rhinitis including non-allergic is considered in detail.

The article considers the role of histamine in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases and other pathological conditions. The mechanisms that contribute to the development of skin itching are considered separately. The article also shows the role and function of H1-histamine receptor blockers in the treatment of allergic diseases and pseudo allergic reactions. The mechanism of action, indications, contraindications and side effects of the antihistamine therapy are presented. The article also discusses the difference in first and second-generation antihistamines and shows the possible advantages of the first-generation drugs in paediatric practice. The article presents data on the use of dimethindene maleate (Fenistil) in children’s practice, including the use for the relief of skin itching of various genesis.

The article presents the results of a comparative study of control and safety of two technologies of therapeutic hypothermia in intensive care in patients with TBI: an estimate of the rate of its induction, control of its maintenance, dynamics of attaining normothermia. A total of 24 patients with a severe TBI divided into 2 groups were examined: I (n=12) –therapeutic hypothermia with "Blanketrol II" (CSZ) with the use of non-invasive technology to achieve the target core body temperature (Tco) of 34-34.50C; II group (n=12) – carrying out therapeutic hypothermia «Blanketrol - II» with the use of an esophageal device for hypothermia to achieve Tco - 34-34,50С. The mean time from the moment of induction to achievement of the target Tco in group I was 9.5±2.39 hours, in group II – 9±2.70 hours (p>0.05). The maintenance period Tco at the level of ≤34.50C in the II group was greater – 10.5±5.78 compared with 6.83±3.95 hours in patients of the I group (p

We use laser light and a transmission electron microscope to modulate a free-electron beam into high-contrast electron pulses and free-electron qubits by using temporal Talbot revivals. At large enough propagation distances, the discrete energy sidebands from a laser modulation acquire special phases and group delays that optimize or cancel their time-domain interference, producing a revival or alternatively a pulse train at close to 100% modulation depth. A sequence of two laser interactions at an optimized propagation distance allows us to coherently control adjacent energy sidebands in amplitude and phase in the way of a qubit. The use of continuous-wave laser light provides these modulations at almost the full brightness of the beam source. Free electrons under large-distance laser control are therefore a promising tool for ultrafast material characterizations or investigations of free-electron quantum mechanics.

This article discusses the place and role of an allergen-specific immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic diseases. It provides an action mechanism, indications for use, contraindications, and side effects of an allergen-specific immunotherapy. A comparison of different methodologies for an allergen-specific immunotherapy was made. The advantages of sublingual allergen-specificimmunotherapy in paediatric practice were demonstrated. Provides data on the efficiency and safety of pollinosis sublingual immunotherapy with sensitization to grass

The article tells about the epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis. The focus is on the treatment of allergic rhinitis, the leading role of topical corticosteroids in the treatment of rhinitis, and the specific use of budesonide.

Background: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is a ligand-gated ion channel, which is widely distributed both in the central and peripheral nervous system, and in some of the non-neuronal tissues, including epithelium and immune cells. The pathophysiology of a number of diseases is associated with dysfunctions of this receptor, including neurodegenerative and mental disorders like Alzheimer disease (AD) and schizophrenia. The nicotinic receptor of α7 type (α7-nAChR) plays important role in the memory and learning processes and is inhibited by soluble aggregates of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ). Aβ1-42 is the most toxic form of the amyloid peptide. Methods: The water-soluble analogue of the ligand-binding extracellular domain of α7-nAChR was produced in Pichia pastoris and purified from a culture medium by Ni-NTA and size-exclusion chromatography. The equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of the complex of the recombinant domain with α-bungarotoxin was measured on the optical SPR biosensor Biacore 3000. Structures of the α7 domain alone and in the complex with oligomeric Aβ1-42 peptide were studied by cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). Results: The α7 ligand-binding domain has an increased stability in solution, and demonstrates ligand-binding characteristics similar to those of the native receptor (Kd of the domain/α-bungarotoxin complex 28±2nM). Statistical analysis of the cryo-EM images of the individual domain particles revealed the presence of a pentameric structure, confirming intact subunit assembly. Unfortunately, the domain demonstrated the preferable orientation on grids with the top view. Nevertheless, the 3D structure of the domain with a height ~ 7 nm, external diameter of ~ 9 nm, and the pore diameter of ~ 2 nm was reconstructed at 8.5 Å resolution. 2D classification of the cryo-EM images of the domain particles in the complex with Aβ1-42 revealed the conformational changes appeared due to interaction with the amyloid peptide. Conclusion: Obtained results open new perspectives for structural studies of the nAChR ligand-binding domains in complex with the ligands which escape crystallization.

Endogenous antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionary ancient molecular factors of innate immunity that play a key role in host defense. Among the most active and stable under physiological conditions AMPs are the peptides of animal origin that adopt a β-hairpin conformation stabilized by disulfide bridges. In this study, a novel BRICHOS-domain related AMP from the marine polychaeta Capitella teleta, named capitellacin, was produced as the recombinant analogue and investigated. The mature capitellacin exhibits high homology with the known β-hairpin AMP family—tachyplesins and polyphemusins from the horseshoe crabs. The β-hairpin structure of the recombinant capitellacin was proved by CD and NMR spectroscopy. In aqueous solution the peptide exists as monomeric right-handed twisted β-hairpin and its structure does not reveal significant amphipathicity. Moreover, the peptide retains this conformation in membrane environment and incorporates into lipid bilayer. Capitellacin exhibits a strong antimicrobial activity in vitro against a wide panel of bacteria including extensively drug-resistant strains. In contrast to other known β-hairpin AMPs, this peptide acts apparently via non-lytic mechanism at concentrations inhibiting bacterial growth. The molecular mechanism of the peptide antimicrobial action does not seem to be related to the inhibition of bacterial translation therefore other molecular targets may be assumed. The reduced cytotoxicity against human cells and high antibacterial cell selectivity as compared to tachyplesin-1 make it an attractive candidate compound for an anti-infective drug design.

Objective: to identify the effectiveness of the drug Reamberin in complex intensive threatment of patients with cardiac surgery in heart fibrillation and remodeling of prosthetic heart valves and plastic defects of atrial and ventricular septa. Reamberin according the following protocol: 400 ml in the first 6 hours of the postoperative period as an intravenous drip at a rate of 60—90 drops/min. In group 2 (control group), 26 patients received standard intensive care medication. In addition to standard clinical and laboratory tests during the study following components were quantitavile determined in blood: troponin I, lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase, isofractions of creatine kinaseMB, transaminases (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase).Results. Treatment of patients from the main group revealed the recovery of functional parametersof the myocardium, improved dynamics of cardiac enzymes and normalization of blood acid-base status.Conclusion. Inclusion in the complex intensive therapy of post#cardiac surgery of the Reamberin in patients experiencing heart fibrillation after the cardiopulmonary bypass followed by electrical defibrillation improved the clinical course of the early postoperative period and reduced the risk of complications and early mortality.

Currently the topic of trust is very important. The most important problem of our country at the present stage performs low level of trust relationships between people, business, government. Generally trust is an integral part of society and is manifested in all its spheres. Directly, this paper analyzes the trust in the political sphere. Mostly, the task is to assess the level of public confidence in the existing government in our country.

The process of segmenting consumers ofbanking products and services connects withconducting marketing research. In the processof customer segmentation it is necessary to identify the factors that affect them. Identifi cation of competitive and consumer factors, in particular, is necessary for marketing decision making andthe development of the segment coverage strategy to reach a segment at all stages of planningmarketing activities and evaluating its effectiveness. After determining the basic segments on macro and micro levels the segment coveragestrategies are developed that should be based onthe results of the segmentation map construction.Banking institutions that implement informationtechnology to facilitate collecting and processingcustomer data, such as CRM-systems, receivemore opportunities to identify the client and provide a competitive position in the market.

Ly-6/uPAR or three-finger proteins (TFPs) contain a disulfide-stabilized β-structural core and three protruding loops (fingers). In mammals, TFPs have been found in epithelium and the nervous, endocrine, reproductive, and immune systems. Here, using heteronuclear NMR, we determined the three-dimensional (3D) structure and backbone dynamics of the epithelial secreted protein SLURP-1 and soluble domains of GPI-anchored TFPs from the brain (Lynx2, Lypd6, Lypd6b) acting on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Results were compared with the data about human TFPs Lynx1 and SLURP-2 and snake α-neurotoxins WTX and NTII. Two different topologies of the β-structure were revealed: one large antiparallel β-sheet in Lypd6 and Lypd6b, and two β-sheets in other proteins. α-Helical segments were found in the loops I/III of Lynx2, Lypd6, and Lypd6b. Differences in the surface distribution of charged and hydrophobic groups indicated significant differences in a mode of TFPs/nAChR interactions. TFPs showed significant conformational plasticity: the loops were highly mobile at picosecond-nanosecond timescale, while the β-structural regions demonstrated microsecond-millisecond motions. SLURP-1 had the largest plasticity and characterized by the unordered loops II/III and cis-trans isomerization of the Tyr39-Pro40 bond. In conclusion, plasticity could be an important feature of TFPs adapting their structures for optimal interaction with the different conformational states of nAChRs.

In the paper the complex approach to scientific and technical document quality assessment is proposed based on various automatically calculated document quality characteristics as widely used bibliometric and scientometric (based on citation indices), and the new types of characteristics based on the text semantic analysis, heuristics, and also on plagiarism detection methods. The integrated indicator of scientific and technical document quality assessment is formed on the basis of the received basic characteristics with use of machine learning methods similar to the problem of ranking in information retrieval. The developed prototype system based on offered approach is presented, and also the experimental investigations of the developed system directed on check of scientific and technical document quality assessment accuracy are carried out. The analysis of the state of art researches of scientific and technical document quality assessment showed the offered approach based on enhanced list of basic characteristic groups was considered by nobody in so broad statement and as a whole is innovative. The main part of the paper has the following structure. The second section contains an analytical overview of existing approaches to assess quality of scientific and technical documents. The third section provides detail of a proposed approach to assess quality of scientific and technical documents. The forth section describes a prototype system based on the proposed approach. The fifth section discusses results of experiments.

The estimation of some parameters with super-Heisenberg (SH) sensitivity, i.e. beyond Heisenberg limit, is one of the principal problems for current quantum metrology. We propose to use Bose–Einstein condensate quantum bright solitons for this purpose. We have shown that solitons, as quantum nonlinear structured field objects, allow SH phase estimation even with coherent probes in the framework of a nonlinear metrology approach. To achieve ultimate scaling in nonlinear phase estimation, which is 1/ N ^3 , we examine soliton phase shift occurring due to interaction of weakly coupled 1D solitons. We have shown that steady states of coupled solitons can be used for the formation of maximally path-entangled N 00 N -state providing minimal propagation error of solitons’ relative distance, momentum, and atom–atom scattering length parameter.