Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose the basis for the unification of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) group control protocols for the fast deployment of communication network on territories unsuitable for stationary nodes placement. Design/methodology/approach The paper proposes the application of active data (AD) conception in which the data exist in a form of executable code allowing data packets to control its own propagation through network. The implementation is illustrated for some scenarios of UAV data communication network deployment, i.e., transmission of the AD using navigation functions and dynamic reconfiguration of the nodes. Findings The conception of AD expands the range of possible UAV group operations due to on-the-fly adaptation abilities to changes in existing or forthcoming group behavior protocols. This allows the real-time change of data transmission formats, frequency ranges, modulation types, radio network topologies which, in turn, provides the ability to dynamically form the special data transmission networks from a general purpose device temporarily reconfiguring them for data transmission task between transmitter and receiver beyond radio visibility range. Practical implications The paper includes use cases for some situation of UAV data communication network deployment. Originality/value The paper aims to expand the UAV group control principles by implementing by rapid adaptation to changes in existing or forthcoming group behavior protocols.

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The paper considers an approach for application of computer vision systems to solve the problem of unmanned aerial vehicle control. The processing of images obtained through onboard camera is required for absolute positioning of aerial platform (automatic landing and take-off, hovering etc.) used image processing on-board camera. The proposed method combines the advantages of existing systems and gives the ability to perform hovering over a given point, the exact take-off and landing. The limitations of implemented methods are determined and the algorithm is proposed to combine them in order to improve the efficiency.

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Measurements of energy transformation and dissipation in mitochondria by the calorimetric method were carried out in the second half of the last century. However, to date no specialized calorimeter has been developed for this purpose. Selection of compounds providing uncoupleted mitochondrial respiration without damaging the respiratory chain components, for use in pharmaceutical compositions of drugs, development of new neuroprotectors, nefroprotectors require precise measurements of heat release by different mitochondrial uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation. A capillary differential nanocalorimeter for studying energy transformation and dissipation in the mitochondria has been created in the IBI RAS. The instrument meets the above requirements. The principal advantage of the nanocalorimeter is that it has thermal bridges for the thermostatingthe mitochondria injection. In the thermal bridges mitochondria acquire the desired temperature for a few seconds. Mitochondria are introduced uniformly along the entire length of the calorimeter chamber by means of a dispensing needle. This provides mixing of mitochondria with the sample without great energy consumption and thermal noise. Precision measurements of thermal power of the processes of transformation and dissipation of energy in the mitochondria are carried out at an absolute error less than 50 nW.