Using fNIRS to evaluate ADHD medication effects on neuronal activity: A systematic literature review.

Background: Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a relatively non-invasive and inexpensive functional neuroimaging technique that has shown promise as a method for understanding the differences in neuronal activity associated with various neurodevelopmental conditions, including ADHD. Additionally, fNIRS has been suggested as a possible tool to understand the impact of psychotropic medications on brain activity in individuals with ADHD, but this approach is still in its infancy.

Objective: The purpose of this systematic literature review was to synthesize the extant research literature on the use of fNIRS to assess the effects of ADHD medications on brain activity in children and adolescents with ADHD.

[ThE COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTIC OF PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC RESISTANCE TO AMINOGLYCOSIDES OF STRAINS STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATED IN TRAUMATOLOGICAI ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL].

The clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (n = 102) were analyzed on sensitivity and to gentamicin, tobramicin, netimicin and amikacin. The disc diffusing technique was applied. The technique ofpolymerase chain reaction was applied to analyze all strains establishing presence in their genomes genes aac (6'-Ie/aph(2"), ant1, aac, ant(6)-Ia, aph (3')-IIIa and ant(4')-Ia coding amino-glycoside-modifying enzymes.

[Foot arch shape in children aged 2-5 years according to the data of plantography and holographic interferometry].

25 children aged 2 to 5 years were examined orthopedically using the methods of plantometry and holographic interferometry of three-dimensional casts of footprints. The computer maps of the foot arch surface were obtained and the graphic reconstruction of the arch shape was performed in normal cases and in children with flatfoot. Most significant deviations of the foot arch shape, probably associated with the development delay, were detected in 4-5-year-old children under the dynamic load.

[The results of the surgical treatment of otosclerosis in the elderly subjects].

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the surgical treatment of otosclerosis in the subjects of advanced age. The medical histories of 19 patients aged above 65 years (20 ears) presenting with otosclerosis were available for the retrospective analysis. All of them had undergone surgical interventions (a total of 22 ones or 4.

[Structure and dynamics of occupational lung diseases in workers of Moscow region under longstanding 50 years of observation].

The article covers data on occupational morbidity in Moscow region over last 50 years. Stable number of newly diagnosed occupational diseases was seen up to first half of 1990s. Afterwards, steady decrease in occupational morbidity is seen with closure of major industrial enterprises.