Armenian National Academy of Sciences

About: Armenian National Academy of Sciences is a government organization based out in Yerevan, Armenia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Laser. The organization has 4090 authors who have published 4042 publications receiving 40828 citations. The organization is also known as: Armenian National Academy of Sciences & NAS RA.

Wireless Sensors and RFID in Garden Automation

Abstract: Exact sensors sense conditions of environment and save it in small memories, then radio frequencies are used for reading information from small memories. With decrease size and cost of sensors and RFID tools , new usage is found for these tools every day. In this text, solution is presented for better management of garden and farm by combination and usage of both these technologies in farming industry complexes. Then we plan combination of remote senior management and remote technical management by connectivity between wireless sensor networks , LAN and WAN. This solution can be used in parks, green areas of cities and jungles.

Phospholipid pool, lipid peroxidation, and superoxide dismutase activity under various types of oxidative stress of the brain and the effect of low-energy infrared laser irradiation.

Abstract: The effect of low-energy infrared laser irradiation on the phospholipid pool, lipid peroxidation, and superoxide dismutase activity in the brain of white rats was studied in experimental ischemia, reperfusion, and acute edema. These models are characterized by oxidative stress; the contents of tri- and diphosphoinositides and sphingomyelins were lowered, whereas the levels of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine did not change, and the amount of phosphatidylcholine was increased. In acute brain edema, the contents of hydroperoxides and malonic dialdehyde in enzymatic and nonenzymic lipid peroxidation systems were increased in mitochondrial and microsomal fractions and the level of arachidonic acid was significantly elevated. Infrared laser irradiation contributes to the correction of the changes in the phospholipid pool; laser irradiation lowered the increased levels of hydroperoxides and malonic dialdehyde and elevated superoxide dismutase activity in the brain during ischemia, reperfusion, and acute edema of the brain. The data suggest that low-energy infrared laser irradiation has certain neuroprotective activity in various types of oxidative stress including ischemia, reperfusion, and acute edema of the brain.

One-meter Schmidt telescope of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory: New capabilities

Abstract: In 2013–2015 the Laboratory of spectroscopy and photometry of extragalactic objects (LS-PEO) of the Special Astrophysical Observatory together with Armenian specialists upgraded the 1-m Schmidt telescope of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. We completely redesigned the control system of the telescope: we replaced the actuating mechanisms, developed telescope control software, and made the guiding system. We reworked and prepared a 4k × 4k Apogee (USA) liquid-cooled CCD with RON ~ 11.1 e−, a pixel size of 0.″868, and field of view of about 1□°, and in October 2015 mounted it in the focus of the telescope. The detector is equipped with a turret bearing 20 intermediate-band filters (FWHM = 250 A) uniformly covering the 4000–9000 A wavelength range, five broadband filters (u, g, r, i, z SDSS), and three narrow-band filters (5000 A, 6560 A and 6760 A, FWHM = 100 A). During the first year of test operation of the 1-m telescope we performed pilot observations within the framework of three programs: search for young stellar objects, AGNevolution, and stellar composition of galaxy disks.We confirmed the possibility of efficiently selecting of young objects using observations performed in narrow-band Hα and [SII] filters and the intermediate-band 7500 A filter. Three-hours long exposures with SDSS g-, r-, and i-band filters allow us to reach the surface brightness level of 28m/□″ when investigating the stellar content of galaxy disks for a sample of nine galaxies. We used observations performed with the 1-m telescope in five broadband (SDSS u, g, r, i, and z) and 15 intermediate-band filters (4000–7500 A) to construct a sample of quasar candidates with 0.5 < z < 5 (330 objects) in about one-sq. degree SA68 field complete down to RAB = 23m. Spectroscopic observations of 29 objects (19.m5 < R < 22m) carried out at the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences confirmed the quasar nature of 28 objects.