Study design:Retrospective, open-cohort, consecutive case series. Objective: To describe the demographic characteristics, clinical features and outcomes in patients undergoing initial in-patient rehabilitation after an infectious cause of spinal cord myelopathy. Setting: Spinal Rehabilitation Unit, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Admissions between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2010. Methods: The following data were recorded: aetiology of spinal cord infection, risk factors, rehabilitation length of stay (LOS), level of injury (paraplegia vs tetraplegia), complications related to spinal cord damage and discharge destination. The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) and functional independence measure (FIM) were assessed at admission and at discharge. Results: Fifty-one patients were admitted (men ¼ 32, 62.7%) with a median age of 65 years (interquartile range (IQR) 52-72, range 22-89). On admission, 37 (73%) had paraplegic level of injury and most patients (n ¼ 46, 90%) had an incomplete grade of spinal damage. Infections were most commonly bacterial (n ¼ 47, 92%); the other causes were viral (n ¼ 3, 6%) and tuberculosis (n ¼ 1, 2%). The median LOS was 106 days . The most common complications were pain (n ¼ 47, 92%), urinary tract infection (n ¼ 27, 53%), spasticity (n ¼ 25, 49%) and pressure ulcer during acute hospital admission (n ¼ 19, 37%). By the time of discharge from rehabilitation, patients typically showed a significant change in their AIS grade of spinal damage (Po0.001). They also showed significant improvement (Po0.001) in their FIM motor score (at admission: median ¼ 27, IQR 20-34; at discharge: median ¼ 66, IQR 41-75). Conclusion: Most patients returned home with a good level of functioning with respect to mobility, bladder and bowel status, and their disability improved significantly.

The article focuses on the relevance of establishing legal norms for virtual currency, which is currently working in the gray zone. The article substantiates why cryptocurrency was referred to other property in the framework of civil law. The author suggests a definition of cryptocurrency to introduce it into legislation. Attributes of cryptocurrency theft are considered. The most attention is given to fraud, in particular different types of cryptocurrency phishing, and possible ways of criminal prosecution for cryptocurrency theft.

The development of analytical tools for financial analysis of the organization at the stage of economical growth is considered in this article. Reorientation of the methodology for financial stability evaluation, in accordance with the functional approach, is most relevant for the processes of distribution and redistribution of in-house financial resources. By the example of the report of the enterprise it is shown that both economically significant information and effective solutions to financial problems, including the tasks of maintaining investment attractiveness, can be obtained only with the appropriate accounting system.

The acidity characteristics of zeolite are highly significant, and understanding the acidic properties is essential for developing new types of zeolite catalysts. Zeolite membranes were synthesized using metakaolin, sodium hydroxide, and alumina with a molar ratio of 6Al2Si2O7:12NaOH:2Al2O3 as the starting ingredients. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy were used for this study. N2 adsorption measurements determined the surface areas of the SOD zeolite membrane (115 m2/g) and the LTA membrane (150 m2/g). The units of absorbed water vapor were 40 and 60 wt% for the SOD membrane and the LTA membrane, respectively. The strength and number of acid sites of the synthesized LTA and SOD zeolite membranes were determined by temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia. As a result, the value of the total acidity of the LTA zeolite membrane is in the range of 0.08 × 1019 units/m2 while that of the sodalite membrane is an order of magnitude lower and is 0.006 × 1019 units/m2. The apparent activation energy values for desorption of ammonia from LTA and SOD zeolite membranes were calculated using data on the kinetics of desorption of ammonia at different heating rates. It was found that at temperatures below 250 °C, the degree of conversion of the activation energy values is no more than 35 kJ/mol, which corresponds to the desorption of physically bound ammonia. An increase in the activation values up to 70 kJ/mol (for SOD) and up to 80 kJ/mol (for LTA) is associated with the desorption of chemically bound ammonia from the samples.