Comptes rendus de l'Académie bulgare des Sciences

C O N T E N T S

CHEMISTRY

01   Dimitar D. Radev, Edward Ampaw   Classical and Contemporary Synthesis Methods of Boron Carbide Powders: a Review

MATHEMATICS

02   Jozef Bobok   On Spaceability of Besicovitch Functions

03   Hikmet S. Özarslan   A New Application of Absolute Matrix Summability

04   Vejdi Hasanov, Sevdzhan Hakkaev   Newton’s Method for a Nonlinear Matrix Equation

CHEMISTRY

05   Borislav Barbov, Yuri Kalvachev   Seed-assisted Synthesis of Nanosized Beta Zeolite

BIOLOGY

06   Ivanka Dimitrova-Dyulgerova, Pavel Merdzhanov, Krasimir Todorov, Daniela Seymenska, Plamen Stoyanov, Rumen Mladenov, Albena Stoyanova   Essential Oils Composition of Betonica Officinalis L. and Stachys Sylvatica L. (Lamiaceae) from Bulgaria

07   Dimitar Ivanov, Raina Gavazova, Margarita Gabrashanska, Radka Argirova   Activity of N‑Acetylglucosaminyltransferase in Normal Rats, Rats Bearing Zajdela Ascitic Hepatoma and Zajdela Hepatoma Cells

08   Viktoriya Georgieva, Nadya Hristova-Avakumova, Dochka Tzoneva, Alexandar Todorov, Vera Hadjimitova   Alanyl‑Glutamine Dipeptide Ameliorates Antioxidant Status and Disease Outcome in Critically Ill Patients without Exhibiting Antioxidant Properties in Vitro

09   Rosa Petrosyan, Sergey Movsesyan, Mania Nikogosyan, Irina Odoyevskaya, Mariana Panayotova-Pencheva, Mikhail Voronin, Nadezhda Terenina   Host Organism Immunobiological Reactivity in Conditions of Experimental Trichinellosis of White Rats

GEOLOGY

10   Vladimir Georgiev   Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Evolution of the Madan Ore Field - an Overview

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

11   Rossitza Kenderova, Georgi Rachev, Ahinora Baltakova, Nina Nikolova, Dimitar Krenchev   Variations in Soil Surface Temperature in the Pirin High Mountain Area and Their Relation with Slope Processes Activity

GEOPHYSICS

12   Georgi Milev   Geodetic Aspects in the Assessment of the Least Squares Method

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

13   Jose Anand, Raja Paul Perinbam Jeevaratinam, Meganathan Deivasigamani   Performance of Optimized Routing in Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks Using Evolutionary Algorithms

MEDICINE

14   Vesselin Alexandrov, Yana Feodorova, Samir Naimov, Marian Draganov   Transfection Potential of the Serum‑free McCoy‑Plovdiv Cell Line

15   Raina T. Gergova, Adile Muhtarova, Ivan G. Mitov   Virulence Potential of Bulgarian Streptococcus Pyogenes Clinical Isolates

16   Savina Stoitsova, Diana Gómez Barroso, Fernando Vallejo, Rebeca Ramis, Mira Kojouharova, Anna Kurchatova   Spatial Analysis of Hepatitis A Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Higher Hepatitis A Incidence in Bulgaria: 2003–2013

17   Evgeni Mekov, Yanina Slavova, Marianka Genova, Adelina Tsakova, Dimitar Kostadinov, Delcho Minchev, Dora Marinova, Mihail Boyanov   Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in Hospitalized COPD Patients