[The specificity of moral aspects of activity of medical workers in Health Care of Russia].

The transformation of values and dissemination of consumerism ideology, associated with active implementation of market mechanisms of functioning in the Russian health care system, significantly affected processes of implementing moral aspects of activities of medical workers. The transition of physician and patient to buying and selling relationships initiated the situation when the life and health maintenance is considered not as an ultimate purpose of medical profession, but as a service supplied for particular fee. Moreover, quality of medical care supplied is considered as directly proportional to its cost.

Optimal Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) Cut-Offs: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Czech Population.

The key pathogenetic mechanism of glucose metabolism disorders, insulin resistance (IR), can be assessed using the Homeostasis Model Assessment of IR (HOMA-IR). However, its application in clinical practice is limited due to the absence of cut-offs. In this study, we aimed to define the cut-offs for the Czech population.

Gold nanoparticles of different shape for bicolor lateral flow test.

Spherical gold nanoparticles are the most commonly used marker in lateral flow assays. However, the widespread practice of using identical coloration for the test and control zones of test strips can lead to erroneous interpretations of the assay's results. We propose an immunochromatographic test strip with lines of different colors.