Evaluation of the Fractional Flow Reserve by Computer Tomography Data: Comparison of the Calculated Parameters with the Results of Invasive Measurements.

Aim      To create a three-dimensional mathematical model of coronary flow in patients with ischemic heart disease based on findings of computed tomography angiography (CTA) with subsequent calculation of the fractional flow reserve (FFRCTA) and comparison of estimated FFRCTA with FFR reference values measured by coronary angiography (CAG).Material and methods  The study included 10 patients with borderline stenosis (50-75 %) as determined by CTA performed with a 640‑slice CT-scanner. Based on CTA findings, three-dimensional mathematical models were constructed for further calculation of FFRCTA.

Structural Dependent Eu Luminescence, Photoelectric and Hysteresis Effects in Porous Strontium Titanate.

Eu doped porous nanostructured SrTiO films and powder fabricated by sol-gel route without using any precursor template are characterized by different morphology and phase composition. The films show red and yellow luminescence with the most intensive photoluminescence (PL) bands at 612 nm and 588 nm, respectively. Raman, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of undoped nanostructured porous SrTiO films showed the presence of TiO, SrO, and SrTiO phases and their components.

Role and place of ultrasonography in diagnostics of adhesive intestinal obstruction.

Objective: The aim: To study the possibilities of ultrasound in adhesive ileus obstruction diagnosis and indications for surgical treatment determination.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The results of diagnosis and treatment of 60 patients with acute adhesive intestinal obstruction with comparative use of X-ray and ultrasound methods were analyzed.

Results: Results: The use of a standard X-ray examination of the abdominal organs upon admission to the hospital allowed the diagnosis of acute adhesions of small bowel obstruction in only 32 (53.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF NEW TECHNIQUES IN MODELLING OF ACUTE ADHESIVE SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION.

The aim of our research was the elaboration of acute adhesive small bowel obstruction model and further study of pathomorphological changes of small bowel and peritoneum in experiment. The study was carried out on 40 rats which were done suturing of sero-serous small bowel stiches and modelling of angulations of small bowel with the use of mechanical and implantation factors of peritoneal adhesive disease development according to the worked out by us technique. The suggested experimental model allows modelling the acute adhesive small bowel obstruction just on the 3rd day of the experiment and specifying some aspects of adhesion formation in peritoneum under pathomorphological study.

Detection of Incorporation of p-Coumaric Acid into Photoactive Yellow Protein Variants in Vivo.

We report the design and characterization of photoactive yellow protein (PYP)-blue fluorescent protein (mTagBFP) fusion constructs that permit the direct assay of reconstitution and function of the PYP domain. These constructs allow for in vivo testing of co-expression systems for enzymatic production of the p-coumaric acid-based PYP chromophore, via the action of tyrosine ammonia lyase and p-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (pCL or 4CL). We find that different 4CL enzymes can function to reconstitute PYP, including 4CL from Arabidopsis thaliana that can produce ∼100% holo-PYP protein under optimal conditions.

Structure-Property Relationships in Graphene-Based Strain and Pressure Sensors for Potential Artificial Intelligence Applications.

Wearable electronic sensing devices are deemed to be a crucial technology of smart personal electronics. Strain and pressure sensors, one of the most popular research directions in recent years, are the key components of smart and flexible electronics. Graphene, as an advanced nanomaterial, exerts pre-eminent characteristics including high electrical conductivity, excellent mechanical properties, and flexibility.

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Results of examination and treatment in 256 patients, suffering an acute ileus (AI), were analyzed. Differentiation—diagnostic program was elaborated, what have permitted to establish a correct diagnosis in 98.4% patients.

Optogenetic Inhibitor of the Transcription Factor CREB.

Current approaches for optogenetic control of transcription do not mimic the activity of endogenous transcription factors, which act at numerous sites in the genome in a complex interplay with other factors. Optogenetic control of dominant negative versions of endogenous transcription factors provides a mechanism for mimicking the natural regulation of gene expression. Here we describe opto-DN-CREB, a blue-light-controlled inhibitor of the transcription factor CREB created by fusing the dominant negative inhibitor A-CREB to photoactive yellow protein (PYP).

Orientation effects in morphology and electronic properties of anatase TiO(2) one-dimensional nanostructures. I. Nanowires.

By means of ab initio calculations we have revealed the existence of sizable anisotropy in electronic properties of anatase TiO2 nanowires with respect to orientation: nanowires with 〈001〉, 〈100〉 and 〈110〉 axes are found to be direct band-gap, indirect band-gap and degenerate semiconductor materials, respectively. The degenerate semiconducting properties of 〈110〉-oriented TiO2 nanowires are predicted to be the intrinsic features closely connected with stoichiometry. A band-gap variation with nanowire diameter is also shown to display rather complex behavior characterized by a competition between quantum confinement and surface state effects that is fully compatible with the available contradictory experimental data.

Orientation effects in morphology and electronic properties of anatase TiO(2) one-dimensional nanostructures. II. Nanotubes.

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[Hepatic dysfunction correction in patients with obturation jaundice].

Comparative analysis of results of examination and treatment of 54 patients, suffering obturation jaundice syndrome, is presented. The presence and severity of hepatic dysfunction was determined in accordance to indices of cytolysis and cholestasis syndromes, and its severity--in accordance to V. P.

[Criteria of diagnosis and principles of treatment of obturation jaundice and its complicated forms--an acute cholangitis and biliary sepsis].

Analysis of the examination and treatment results was conducted in 92 patients, suffering the obturation jaundice syndrome. There was elaborated a diagnostic program, in which the existing diagnostic standard for obturation jaundice and its complicated forms, an acute cholangitis and biliary sepsis, was added by determination of the blood procalcitonin level, microbiological investigation of the blood and bile, the bile microscopy, the analysis of the system inflammatory response syndrome signs and the organs dysfunction (according to SOFA scale). The program introduction have permitted to perform differential diagnosis of uncomplicated--in 30 (32.

[Unsolved issues of classification of mechanical jaundice].

Basing on analysis of results of examination and treatment of 160 patients, suffering mechanical jaundice, its practical classification was elaborated, containing the issues of pathogenesis and the main characteristics according to anatomo-topographic and clinical criteria.

Notch1 functions as a negative regulator of lymphatic endothelial cell differentiation in the venous endothelium.

In development, lymphatic endothelial cells originate within veins and differentiate via a process requiring Prox1. Notch signaling regulates cell-fate decisions, and expression studies suggested that Jag1/Notch1 signaling functions in veins during lymphatic endothelial specification. Using an inducible lymphatic endothelial Prox1CreER(T2) driver, Notch signaling was suppressed by deleting Notch1 or expressing dominant-negative Mastermind-like in Prox1+ endothelial cells.

Anthrax toxin receptor 2 functions in ECM homeostasis of the murine reproductive tract and promotes MMP activity.

Anthrax Toxin Receptor proteins function as receptors for anthrax toxin, however physiological activity remains unclear. To evaluate the biological role of Antxr2, we generated Antxr2-/- mice. Antxr2-/- mice were viable, however Antxr2 is required for parturition in young females and for preserving fertility in older female mice.

[Myocardial responses to ischemia].

The paper details the types of a myocardial response to impaired blood flow, such as myocardial stunning, hibernation, ischemic preconditioning, warm-up phenomenon, ischemic postconditioning, remodeling, and infarction. According to the pathogenesis, the authors identify several types of myocardial dysfunction in transient ischemic attack--uptake, delivery; and a mixed one. It is concluded the myocardial response to damage depends on a combination of influencing factors, a number of pathophysiological processes starting in the acute phase of ischemia achieve its peak in the late period.

Electronic and magnetic properties of Mn-doped BeSiAs(2) and BeGeAs(2) compounds.

The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of BeSiAs(2) and BeGeAs(2) chalcopyrite ternary compounds doped with manganese were investigated by means of ab initio calculations. It was found that substitution of Be atoms by Mn increases the lattice constants of both compounds that provide acceptable mismatch with conventional Si, Ge and GaAs substrates. In spite of the increase of the spin polarization upon doping, both compounds possess antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering with the impurity in the group II position whereas ferromagnetic (FM) ordering is obtained in the case of an impurity in the group IV position.

A notch1 ectodomain construct inhibits endothelial notch signaling, tumor growth, and angiogenesis.

Notch signaling is required for vascular development and tumor angiogenesis. Although inhibition of the Notch ligand Delta-like 4 can restrict tumor growth and disrupt neovasculature, the effect of inhibiting Notch receptor function on angiogenesis has yet to be defined. In this study, we generated a soluble form of the Notch1 receptor (Notch1 decoy) and assessed its effect on angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo.

[Dynamics of charge carrier transfer in a DNA molecule].

An equivalent electric circuit has been developed which describes the charge transfer in DNA molecule. A computer simulation of the charge carrier transfer dynamics in the molecule has been performed based on this circuit. It was found that the switching time of a molecular junction lies in the femtosecond range and depends on the frequency of the input electric signal.

[The role of structural reorganization in charge carrier transfer in DNA molecule].

A model of hole transfer in DNA molecules has been proposed, which takes into account changes in the reorganization energy and orbital coupling between the neighboring bases during the charge transfer in different molecular sequences. It is shown that the rate of hole transfer by the superexchange and hopping transfer mechanisms is limited by the relaxation of the geometries of nucleobases participating in charge migration and the dynamics of solvent molecules. The rate of charge transfer in the DNA molecule is found to be dependent on the height of the potential barriers between the nucleotide and the molecular sequences.

Notch alters VEGF responsiveness in human and murine endothelial cells by direct regulation of VEGFR-3 expression.

The Notch family of cell surface receptors and its ligands are highly conserved proteins that regulate cell fate determination, including those involved in mammalian vascular development. We report that Notch induces VEGFR-3 expression in vitro in human endothelial cells and in vivo in mice. In vitro, Notch in complex with the DNA-binding protein CBF-1/suppressor of hairless/Lag1 (CSL) bound the VEGFR-3 promoter and transactivated VEGFR-3 specifically in endothelial cells.

Photomodulation of ionic current through hemithioindigo-modified gramicidin channels.

Incorporation of photo-switchable amino acids into peptides and proteins offers prospects for the control of complex biochemical processes using light. Currently, only a few photo-switchable amino acids are known. We report the design and synthesis of a novel hemithioindigo-based amino acid and its incorporation into the model ion channel gramicidin.

Engineering charge selectivity in model ion channels.

Most ion channel proteins exhibit some degree of charge selectivity, that is, an ability to conduct ions of one charge more efficiently than ions of the opposite charge. The structural origins of charge selectivity remain incompletely understood despite recent advances in the determination of cation-selective and anion-selective channel protein structures. Helix bundle channels formed via self-assembly of the peptide alamethicin provide a tractable model system for exploring the structural basis of charge selectivity.

[Method of minimally invasive gastrostomy].

An original variant of minimally invasive gastrostomy is described which is recommended for use in cases of a necessary temporary exclusion of the esophagus passage in patients with lesions of the esophagus in combination with a severe concomitant pathology.