At first glance, tensegrity structures give the impression of levitation, but, of course, they do not deny gravity. They are a beautiful example of the application of basic physical laws and applying physical principles in practice. The term tensegrity refers to structures formed by rigid bodies under pressure in a network formed by mechanical tension.
Reduced soil tillage practices are claimed to improve soil health, fertility and productivity through improved soil structure and higher soil organic matter contents. This study compares soil structure stability of soil aggregates under three different tillage practices: conventional, reduced and no tillage. The erosive strength of soil aggregates has been determined using the abrasion technique with the soil aggregate erosion chambers (SAE). During abrasion soil aggregates have been separated into the exterior, transitional and interior regions. The forces needed to remove the material from the aggregate were calculated as erosive strength and compared with the tensile strength of the aggregates derived from crushing tests. The relationship between aggregate strength and other soil properties such as organic carbon and hydrophobic groups’ content has also been identified. The results show that erosive and tensile strength of soil aggregates is very low in topsoil under conventional and reduced tillage comparing with the subsoil horizons. Negative correlation was found between the content of organic carbon, hydrophobic compounds and erosive aggregate strength which suggests that the stabilising effect of soils organic carbon may be lost with drying. The positive relationship between the tensile strength and erosive strength for aggregates of 8–5 mm size suggests that the total strength of these aggregates is controlled by the sum of strength of all concentric layers.
Tento článek se věnuje historickému kontextu vzniku a přijetí teorému Cauchyho-Kowalevské a teorému Noetherové, dvou jedinečných výsledků, které zásadně ovlivnily moderní matematiku i matematickou a teoretickou fyziku. Autorkami těchto teorémů jsou dvě ženy, Sofie Kowalevská a Emmy Noetherová, které si v době, kdy ženy jen stěží dosahovaly vyššího vzdělání, svým talentem, houževnatostí a úsilím dokázaly vybojovat místo ve vědeckém světě a navždy se zapsaly do historie přírodních věd., The article covers the historical context ot the establishment and recognition of the Cauchy-Kowalevsky theorem and Noether theorem, two unique research results, which have essentially influenced modern mathematics, and mathematical and theoretical physics. The authors of theorems are two women, Sofie Kowalevsky and Emmy Noether who in a time when women barely reached higher education, achieved positions in the scientific world and forever influenced the history of natural sciences., Eliška Beránková., and Obsahuje bibliografii
We have shown that computation speed is restricted by means of Bremermann’s limit derived from fundamental laws of physics. One can easily find an example of algorithm for which Bremermann’s limit is broken and therefore it cannot be accomplished using any computer. and V článku je ukázáno, že rychlost počítače omezuje Bremermannova mez určená z fundamentálních fyzikálních zákonů. Jsou uvedeny příklady úloh, které tuto mez snadno překračují, a proto je počítačem nelze vyřešit.
V oblasti magnetického cielenia buniek, liečiv alebo génov, využívajúc princíp magnetickej separácie vel'kým gradientom, boli navrhnuté a teoreticky analyzované nové systémy, ako aj jednoduché usporiadania magnetov, už skôr študované Halbachovo pole. Na modelovanie magnetického pol'a sa s úspechom použiva metóda konečných prvkov. Táto metóda je predmetom tohto referátu. Novým potenciálnym systémom na magnetickú separáciu v mikrometrických rozemroch je nami študované pole s ve'lkým gradientom v okolí mikrometrických diskov zo silného feromagnetika v pôvodne homogénnom poli. Bol určený približný efektívny dosah takéhoto systému v prípade nanočastíc rádovo v mikrometroch. Obdobná analýza bola vykonaná aj pre magnetické částice v prúdiacom viskóznom tekutom prostredí. Účinná separácia, resp. cielenie, v prípade malých magnetov milimetrových rozmerov v priamom kontakte s kapilárou bola dosiahnutá pre mikročastice. V podobných systémoch v centimetrových rozemroch boli pozorované porovnatel'né výsledky. Kombinácia vel'kejj intenzity a gradientu je dosiahnutá len v blízkom okolí magnetov. Väčší dosah bol pozorovaný v prípade študovaného symetrického Halbachovho pol'a., The magnetic particles play an important role as magnetic drug, gene or cell carriers, in biomedicine and biotechnology. Their combination with a strongly non-homogeneous magnetic field is considered as a powerful way to target them to desired sites in living organism. It is important to know the potential applicability of these systems for magnetic drug targeting in living organism. For these purposes we have developed and evaluated a numerical model of magnetic targeting using finite element method applied to solve Maxwell equations describing electromagnetic field coupled with Newton law of particle motion., Andrej Krafčík, Melánia Babincová, Peter Babinec., and Obsahuje bibliografii