[Peculiarities of Water Heating by a Bilogical Object].

Experimental results of the study on causes of the difference in thermal conductivity coefficient of water under water heating by a biological object (operator hand) compared to heating by an electric radiator of the same temperature are given. Two possible causes of the observed effect, which are associated with the difference in the spectral composition of radiation generated by the operator hand compared to an electrical source of heat and solubility in water of CO2 released from human skin, are discussed.

[Changes in functional organization of the respiratory system among residents of West Siberia in the winter season].

The study examines respiratory parameters in healthy young males from Western Siberia. The correlations between the parameters are analyzed and the functional structure of the respiratory system in the summer and in the winter is identified. It was discovered that different regulatory programs operate depending on the temperature of inhaled air.

[The peculiarities of the pulmonary acinus structure in the residents of Western Siberia].

Pulmonary acinus architectonics and parameters were studied in six men aged 19-27 years that permanently lived in the city of Novosibirsk. The study was conducted on the serial histological sections by using morphometry and volumetric graphic reconstruction of the acini. In a typical acinus, three generations of the respiratory bronchioles, four generations of the alveolar ducts, and one generation of the alveolar sacs (AS) were found.

Superspiralization of chiral strings.

A phenomenon of superspiralization was revealed in homochiral solutions of biomimetics with strings lengths from 10(2) nm to 10(2) μ and longer: strings of greater size spontaneously formed in solution are twined of the smaller strings, which also have a helical structure. The chiral pitch depends on the conditions of formation of a particular string and can vary by several times in different strings of the same specimen.

Metric similarity of dynamic commutation processes in situ and in vitro.

The dynamics of string growth was studied in model homochiral solutions of biomimetics, trifluoroacetylated amino alcohols (TFAAA) in heptane, water, and inverted heptane-water emulsion. In heptane and water, a thick (~1 μ in diameter) string had a crown of thin strings on its growing terminal and these thin strings effectively adsorbed dissolved TFAAA. In emulsion, the strings grew inside the water droplets, in which this TFAAA cannot be solved, presumably due to transport of TFAAA molecules from heptane into water in the surface layer surrounding the string.