This article is devoted to the problem of recovering the ages of social network users by using machine learning to combine the methods suggested in this article. Methods based on analyzing the user ...profile information about education, subscription, and information about the education of the user’s friends are considered. All of these methods can be used individually for samples of users with certain characteristics. To increase the proportion of users whose age can be recovered, a classification model was built for choosing the best age inference method for each. Two other age inference algorithms were tested as well, namely, ranking and score averaging. As a result, the first approach produced the best results on the test sample. The theoretical significance of this work consists in proposing a method of combining age inference algorithms, which increases the applicability and accuracy of individual algorithms. The study results can be applied in many spheres of analyzing user profiles in social network studies.
We establish the conditions of existence of some types of power-type solutions of a binomial nonautonomous ordinary differential equation with regularly varying nonlinearities.
The article deals with the problem of forming the autocompetence of a preschool teacher as a universal characteristic as a part of the structure of professional competence. The article substantiates ...the idea of the role of auto competence in the dynamic adaptation of the teacher in modern educational realities. The formation of auto competence is presented in the form of a step-by-step model that reveals the logic of the process based on objectively existing contradictions between the understanding of the importance of increasing the level of awareness of the subject’s own personality, and insufficient knowledge of a specific set of means and conditions that motivate him to self-knowledge. The authors trace the features of the formation of auto-competence at each of the stages described in the study. The article summarizes the practical experience of implementing the program for the auto competence formation into the process of psychological and pedagogical support of teachers.
Ensuring the safe operation of nuclear reactors is one of the most significant tasks of nuclear power engineering. The difficulty lies in the necessity of using nondestructive methods. One of such ...promising methods is the neutron noise diagnostics of a nuclear reactor.
In this paper, the possibility of noise diagnostics by the method of positive definite Töplitz correlation matrices is studied. The advantage of this method is its purely mathematical nature; no model of the process is employed. The method is applicable whenever the process is quasi-stochastic. The results are compared with those from the conventional spectral analysis.
•Model-free method based on the properties of positive definite Töplitz correlation matrices.•Method of evaluation of the process instability and determination of its frequencies.•Method has been applied to the analysis of the IBR-2M pulse reactor noise.•Method has been tested both on static and dynamic states of the reactor.
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Apolipoprotein E transports lipids and couples metabolism between astrocytes and neurons. The E4 variant (APOE4) affects these functions and represents a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's ...disease, but the molecular mechanisms remain elusive. We show that ApoE produces different types of lipoproteins via distinct lipidation pathways. ApoE forms high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-like, cholesterol-rich particles via the ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1), a mechanism largely unaffected by ApoE polymorphism. Alternatively, ectopic accumulation of fat in astrocytes, a stress-associated condition, redirects ApoE toward the assembly and secretion of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins, a process boosted by the APOE4 variant. We demonstrate in vitro that ApoE can detect triacylglycerol in membranes and spontaneously assemble lipoprotein particles (10–20 nm) rich in unsaturated triacylglycerol, and that APOE4 has remarkable properties behaving as a strong triacylglycerol binder. We propose that fatty APOE4 astrocytes have reduced ability to clear toxic fatty acids from the extracellular milieu, because APOE4 reroutes them back to secretion.
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•The N terminus of ApoE binds to PIPs and TAG in an isoform-specific manner•Lean astrocytes secrete cholesterol-loaded ApoE; this is unaffected by polymorphism•Fatty astrocytes chronically exposed to fatty acids produce TAG-rich ApoE particles•APOE4 boosts TAG secretion, whereas APOE2 is less active and behaves as APOE-KO
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) provides the metabolic link between astrocytes and neurons. Lindner et al. show that astrocytes produce different types of ApoE-containing particles, depending on their genotype and metabolic status. APOE4 astrocytes with excess lipid droplets have a reduced ability to clear fatty acids and secrete potentially toxic triacylglycerol-rich particles.
Article explores the problems of training for pre‑school education in‑ novative development of economy, the increasing demands of society towards quality education based on an analysis of the ...problems hin‑ dering innovation in pre‑school education are priority areas for im‑ proving the existing system of teacher training. Identifies conditions that ensure the quality of training the student to professional activities. Stresses the significance of the fluidity of education based on the desire to learn and improve their skills.
Transient receptor potential subfamily V, member 1 (TRPV1) is a nonselective cation channel expressed in both the peripheral and central nervous systems (CNS). TRPV1 protein levels in rat tissues ...were determined under normal and pain states using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In naive rats, brain TRPV1 protein concentrations ranged from 1.5 to 4 ng/mg in hippocampus, cortex, hypothalamus, and cerebellum. Rat spinal cord TRPV1 protein levels were 40–50 ng/mg in L1–L5 of the lumbar regions, but increased to 97 ± 9.3 ng/mg toward the end of the lumbar region (L6–S1). In the complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain model, TRPV1 protein level significantly increased on both the contralateral (36.5 %,
p
< 0.05) and ipsilateral (31.4 %,
p
< 0.05) L4–L6 dorsal root ganglia (DRG). TRPV1 protein levels also increased 33.3 % (
p
< 0.05) on the ipsilateral sciatic nerve, but no significant change in the lumbar spinal cord of CFA rats. In the monoiodoacetate-induced rat knee joint pain model, TRPV1 protein level was significantly reduced in the ipsilateral L3–L5 DRG (33.3 %,
p
< 0.01), no significant difference was detected in the lumbar region of the spinal cord. Quantitative determination of TRPV1 protein levels may help to elucidate the TRPV1 physiological roles and regulatory mechanisms in various pain states.
The article presents the internal conditions that influence the manifestation of the responsible attitude of an individual to work.
The indicators of the responsible attitude which are determined
in ...individual’s behavior are consistently considered and analyzed.
The formation of internal conditions for the manifestation of an individual’s responsible attitude to activity is associated with the presence of one’s own individual style of work, a temporary type of personality, the ability of
an individual to be aware of functional states, the ability to independently create the necessary and sufficient conditions for the high-quality, timely completion of the task and stress-resistance.
•Algorithm for disentangling neutron noise from reactor-operations’ power changes.•Algorithm tested on both static and dynamic states of the reactor.•Algorithm optimized for the best separation ...between neutron noise and power changes.•Algorithm speed adequate for real-time monitoring.
Neutron noise spectra in nuclear reactors are a convolution of multiple induced reactivities. Under normal IBR-2M reactor operating conditions the full noise range can reach ±22% with respect to average power. Slow changes in average power (induced for instance by the control rods) are thereby much smaller than the neutron noise, however they are of importance in conducting the safe operation of the reactor. The problem we address is the separation of neutron noise from the slow power-changes. For this task we used an algorithm based on the basic element method (BEM) developed at Laboratory of Information Technologies – LIT JINR. The algorithm was applied to both static and dynamic states of the reactor in the 0–2 MW power range. The average processing time for one point on a x86_64 Intel Core i5-4570 Sandy Bridge processor at 3.20 GHz, was approximately 50 μs, which allows the use of the MSPPA-6 algorithm in real time.
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Experimental data on the assessment of flax varieties and breeding numbers were obtained in field experiments at the experimental field of ERPC - Agrotechnopark FSBEI HE Izhevsk SAA on ...sod-medium podzolic medium loamy soil in the grain-grass crop rotation in 2015-2016, 2018, 2020. It was found that the change in the yield of whole and long fiber in the varieties and breeding numbers of fiber flax by 41.6…64.3% was caused by the influence of soil and meteorological conditions. Among the studied collection, the combination of good plasticity and stability to abiotic conditions is characteristic of the domestic variety TOST 2, according to the yield of long fiber – the breeding number from Lithuania – B-168 and the variety from France – Diane. It was found that the domestic varieties TOAST 1, Zaryanka, Antey and the breeding number K4196×1288/12 provided relatively high stability in the yield of the whole and long fiber in various abiotic medium conditions. This made it possible to use these varieties as a source material in breeding programs.