Another new species of Dibamus Dumril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam.

A new species of dibamid lizard, Dibamus deimontis sp. nov., is described based on eight specimens collected from the highlands of Nui Chua Mountain within Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam.

A new species of the genus Dibamus Dumril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from the driest and hottest place of Vietnam.

A new species of the genus Dibamus Dumril & Bibron, 1839 is described based on seven specimens collected from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam, the hottest and driest place of the country. Dibamus tropcentr sp. nov.

Use of Additive Technologies in Surgical Treatment of Chronic Posterior Dislocations of the Shoulder.

Unlabelled: was to evaluate the efficiency of additive technologies in surgical treatment of patients with osteochondral defects of the humeral head articular surface against the background of chronic posterior dislocation of the shoulder by means of comparing clinical and radiological results with the McLaughlin procedure.

Materials And Methods: A prospective randomized comparative group clinical study was conducted, which included 20 patients who in 2019-2021 underwent surgical treatment of chronic posterior dislocation of the shoulder in the Traumatological and Orthopedic Department of the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the Privolzhsky Research Medical University (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). Depending on the type of surgery, all patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 (n=10) was subject to McLaughlin procedure, whereas group 2 (n=10) - to reconstruction of the humeral head using a customized implant based on additive technologies (3D printing).

A new species of (Amphibia: Microhylidae) from southern Thailand.

We report on a new species, , from the lowland forests of southern Thailand, which is described based on molecular and morphological evidence. The new species is characterized by a combination of the following characters: small body size (20.3-22.

A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus (Amphibia: Microhylidae).

Frogs of the genus include some of the world's smallest amphibians and represent the largest radiation of Asian microhylids, currently encompassing 50 species, distributed across the Oriental biogeographic region. The genus remains one of the taxonomically most challenging groups of Asian frogs and was found to be paraphyletic with respect to large-sized fossorial . In this study we present a time-calibrated phylogeny for frogs in the genus , and discuss taxonomy, historical biogeography, and morphological evolution of these frogs.

Counting stripes: revision of the complex (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) with description of two new species from Indochina.

We provide an integrative taxonomic analysis of the species complex from mainland Southeast Asia. Based on examination of external morphology, color pattern, and 681 base pairs of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I () mitochondrial gene, we demonstrate the presence of four morphologically distinct lineages of in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia, showing a sequence divergence ranging 15.5%-20.

On the road to Mandalay: contribution to the Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) fauna of Myanmar with description of two new species.

We present a morphological and molecular assessment of the fauna of Myanmar based on new collections from central (Magway Division) and northern (Kachin State) parts of the country. In total, six species of are documented, including , , , and two new species described from the semi-arid savanna-like plains of the middle part of the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River Valley. We used a 2 481 bp long 12S rRNA-16S rRNA fragment of mtDNA to hypothesize genealogical relationships within .

A new species of Crocodile Newt, genus (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the mountains of Kachin State, northern Myanmar.

We describe a new species of the genus from Ingyin Taung Mt., Mohnyin Township, Kachin State, Myanmar, based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is assigned to the subgenus s.

A new species of the genus Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Tay Nguyen Plateau, Central Vietnam.

We describe a new species of Microhyla from Tram Lap forest, Gia Lai Province, Central Vietnam based on morphological, molecular, and acoustic data. The new species resembles M. butleri morphologically, but differs from all congeners by a combination of the following morphological attributes: (1) medium-sized adult snout-vent length 25.

A new limestone-dwelling species of (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Vietnam.

We report on a new species of the genus from limestone karst areas in northern Vietnam, which is described on the basis of molecular and morphological evidence. sp. nov.

Review: immunomodulatory activity of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.

This mini-review highlights the growing number of indications for the immunological importance of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), which is a remote member of the alpha-macroglobulin plasma protein family. PAPP-A can bind a variety of cytokines and specifically cleave a binding protein for insulin-like growth factors, thereby serving as a modulator of cytokine activity. Important immune functions, such as lymphocyte proliferation response to alloantigens and lectins and expression of HLA-DR molecules are predominantly suppressed in vitro by PAPP-A.

Late whiplash syndrome: correlation of brain SPECT with neuropsychological tests and P300 event-related potential.

Background: The acceleration forces infringing the cervical spine in whiplash injury are frequently associated with multiple cerebral symptoms. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between cerebral perfusion findings, P300 recording (an electrophysiologic marker of cognitive ability), and neuropsychological tests in patients with whiplash injury.

Methods: Twenty patients with chronic whiplash injury underwent extensive clinical evaluation and neuropsychological testing.

[Ultrasonography of placenta previa at the third trimester of pregnancy: research for signs of placenta accreta/percreta and vasa previa. Prospective color and pulsed Doppler ultrasonography study of 45 cases].

Objectives: In a population of 45 placenta previa observed at third trimester of gestation we have tried to make the prenatal diagnosis of placenta percreta and vasa previa with color and pulsed Doppler ultrasonography.

Materials And Methods: We used a transabdominal sonography with full bladder and a transvaginal sonography with empty bladder. The first images obtained showed 20 placenta previa over the internal cervical os, 3 marginal and 22 low-lying placenta previa.

The effects of alpha 2-antiplasmin complex and alpha 2-antiplasmin on the secretion of IgG and IgM by cultured human mononuclear cells.

We tested alpha 2-antiplasmin (AP) and its complex with plasmin (PL) for their capacity to modulate spontaneous secretion of immunoglobulins (Ig) G and M by mononuclear cells (MNC). MNC were obtained from peripheral blood of 10 donors (5 males and 5 females) and cultured for 7 days in the presence of various concentrations of AP and AP-PL complex. The 18 hr incubation of MNC with AP-PL complex resulted in a dose-dependent increase in IgG and IgM secretion but the stimulatory effect was less significant than under conditions of incubation of MNC with the complex during a 7 day culture period.

[Pregnancy-associated alpha2-glycoprotein and trophoblastic beta1-glycoprotein in the diagnosis of pyoinflammatory diseases after Cesarean section].

Blood serum pregnancy-associated alpha 2-glycoprotein and trophoblastic beta 1-glycoprotein were measured in puerperants with the normal postpartum period and with that complicated by pyo-inflammatory diseases after abdominal delivery. The levels of both proteins were found reduced in the patients with pyo-inflammatory diseases developing after cesarean section as early as on day 1 postpartum. that of alpha 2-glycoprotein by 1.

[Study of structural features of macroglobulins complexed with plasmin].

Activities of plasmin and trypsin contained in complexes with alpha 2-macroglobulin, related to pregnancy alpha 2-glycoprotein and with protein A were studied in presence of various inhibitors with a molecular mass of 0.2-70.0 kDa.

[Hepatocyte receptors for proteinase inhibitor complexes with plasmin].

Hepatocyte receptors have been found for such complexes as alpha 2-macroglobulin-plasmin, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A-plasmin, and pregnancy-associated alpha 2-glycoprotein-plasmin, molecular masses of these receptors being estimated. The proteinaceous component of hepatocyte membranes contains heavy chains of plasmin and a 50 kDa fragment of plasmin molecule. These chains and the fragment are able to bind the native alpha 2-antiplasmin.

[The immunohistochemical detection in the human placenta of proteins related to the blood coagulation system].

Distribution in mature human placenta of plasminogen, pregnancy-associated inhibitors of proteases (pregnancy-associated protein A (PAPP-A) and alpha 2--pregnancy-associated glycoprotein, and also of not associated with pregnancy alpha 2-macroglobulin and alpha 1-antitrypsin was examined. Primary monospecific antibodies and secondary antibodies labeled with colloid gold were used. Plasminogen was detected in the fetal and maternal blood, and also on the surface of some placental villi (as thin positively stained rims).

[Comparative study of immunosuppressive properties of pregnancy- associated protein A, alpha 2-glucoprotein and alpha 2-macroglobulin].

Effects of high-molecular proteinase inhibitors on spontaneous and mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation were examined in males and pregnant and non-pregnant females. All three proteins, A protein, alpha 2-glycoprotein, and alpha 2-macroglobulin were found to be potent immunosuppressors and their activity was determined by the stage of pregnancy, the dose and mode of mitogenic lymphocyte stimulation.

[The effect of steroid sex hormones on the biosynthesis of alpha 2-macroglobulin and pregnancy-associated alpha 2-glycoprotein in cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells].

The peripheral blood mononuclears are capable of intense biosynthesis of alpha 2-macroglobulin and of weak biosynthesis of pregnancy-associated alpha 2-glycoprotein. Sex hormones of men and non-pregnant women exert no influence on the protein biosynthesis. During pregnancy alpha 2-macroglobulin biosynthesis is shortly activated, although it does not depend on the influence of sex hormones.