Comptes rendus de l'Académie bulgare des Sciences

C O N T E N T S

MATHEMATICS

01   Radoš Bakić   On the Number of Critical Points of a Polynomial in a Disc

02   Kosto V. Mitov, Nikolay M. Yanev   Limiting Distributions for Alternating Regenerative Branching Processes

03   Abraham B. Barragán, Lidia A. Hernández, Maxim I. Todorov   New Primal-dual Partition of the Space of Linear Semi-infinite Continuous Optimization Problems

04   Velichka Traneva, Pencho Marinov, Krassimir Atanassov   Index Matrix Interpretations of a New Transportation-type Problem

CHEMISTRY

05   Totka Todorova, Yuri Kalvachev, Hristina Lazarova, Margarita Popova   Catalytic Activity of Modified Mordenite in the Reaction of M‑Xylene Transformation

06   Silvia Tsanova-Savova, Fanny Ribarova, Vihren Petkov   Flavonoids Content in Foods in Respect of Their Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability

BIOLOGY

07   Georgi Markov, Maria Kuznetsova, Alexei Danilkin, Marina Kholodova, Laszlo Sugar, Miklós Heltai   Phylogenetic Patterns within and among Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) Populations in Central and Eastern Europe

08   Roumiana Vassilevska-Ivanova, Lydia Shtereva, Ira Stancheva, Maria Geneva, Marieta Hristozkova   Determination of the Antioxidant Capacity of Sideritis scardica Specimens Collected at Different Regions in Bulgaria

09   Mohammed Hamad, Suman Guo, Lijie Zhang, Nasya Tomlekova, Wenxuan Dong   Expression and Bioinformatics Analysis of SERK3Genes from Triploid Pingyi Tiancha and Tetraploid Hybrid Strain in Malus

10   Martin Stefanov, Ekaterina Yotsova, Katya Ivanova, Yuliana Markovska, Emilia Apostolova   Assessment of the Impact of Salinity on Photosynthetic Apparatus of Paulownia elongata x kawakami

GEOPHYSICS

11   Orlin Dimitrov, Atanas Vassilev   Comprehensive Analysis of Data from Geophysical Studies in the Western Black Sea

SPACE SCIENCES

12   Peter I. Y. Velinov   Expanded Classification of Solar Cosmic Ray Events Causing Ground Level Enhancements (GLEs). Types and Groups of GLEs

13   Anna Bouzekova-Penkova, Korneli Grigorov, Maria Datcheva, Cícero Alves Cunha   Influence of the Outer Space on Nanohardness Properties of Al‑based Alloy

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

14   Ivan Petelkov, Velislava Lyubenova, Anastasiya Zlatkova, Vesela Shopska, Rositsa Denkova, Maria Kaneva, Georgi Kostov   Encapsulation of Brewing Yeast in Alginate/Chitosan Matrix: Kinetic Characteristics of the Fermentation Process at a Constant Fermentation Temperature

MEDICINE

15   Nia Emilova, Adelina Tsakova, Julieta Hristova, Radoslav Abrashev, Stefan Denchev, Simeon Dimitrov, Mariana Gospodinova   Relation of Sex Steroids to Oxidative Stress and Acute Inflammatory Response in Acute Coronary Syndrome

16   Svetla T. Nikolova, Vasil T. Yablanski, Evgeni N. Vlaev, Alexey S. Savov, Ivo M. Kremensky   Association Study between MATN1 Promoter Polymorphism and Idiopathic Scoliosis in Bulgarian Patients

17   Alketa Qoku, Sheila Dhaskali, Brunilda Mazari, Eglantina Xhemollari, Luljeta Dhaskali   Incidence and Histopathological Characteristics of Spontaneous Tumours in Dog