The Geobacillus icigianus G1w1(T) strain was isolated from sludge samples of unnamed vaporing hydrothermal (97°С) outlets situated in a geyser in the Troinoy region (Valley of Geysers, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Russian Federation; 54°25'51.40″N, 160°7'41.40″E). The sequenced and annotated genome is 3,457,810 bp and encodes 3,342 genes.

A theory of higher-derivative 2D dilaton gravity which has its roots in the massive higherspin mode dynamics of string theory is suggested. The divergences of the effective action to one-loop are calculated, both in the covariant and in the conformal gauge. Some technical problems which appear in the calculations are discussed. An interpretation of the theory as a particular D=2 higher-derivati...

Tatiana S. Pavlova a*, Alla B. Kholmogorova b, c a Center for Emergency Psychological Aid, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia b Faculty of Psychological Counseling, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia c Research Institute of Psychiatry, Federal Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the R...

Schools and universities teach fundamental principles, universal facts, and generalized skills. But some fields also require students to gain knowledge that’s bound to locations or artifacts. Becoming an expert in, for example, geology, medicine, civil engineering, art, or history requires linking situated and generalized knowledge. In this way, general principles are applied in various specifi...

We investigate the influence of the projective invariance on the renormalization properties of the theory. One-loop counterterms are calculated in the most general case of interaction of gravity with scalar field. Permanent address: Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141 980 Dubna (Moscow Region), Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected]...

We report here the complete genome sequence of a Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolate, NDV/Altai/pigeon/770/2011, isolated from a rock dove in the Russian Federation. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, this strain was clustered into genotype VIb class II.

A modern classification of pastures in Karakalpak Ustyurt has been developed, which combines 7 pasture types (Anabasis salsa, Salsola arbusculiformis-Anabasis Artemisia terrae-albae-Anabasis Haloxylon ammodendron, Tamarix hispida-T. elongata, Kalidium caspicum, Halocnemum strobilaceum), 2 classes (pastures stratal plains on gray-brown soils and drainless depressions solonchaks) 42 varieties, a ...