Soft magnetic nanocomposites based on adaptive matrix of wormlike surfactant micelles.

The paper describes a new type of soft magnetic nanocomposite (SMN) based on a transient network of wormlike surfactant micelles with embedded oppositely charged submicron particles of magnetite acting as cross-linking agents. We study the change of the rheological properties of the SMNs with different contents of particles in response to magnetic field. We show that even at low field strengths the system acquires solid-like behavior, which can be attributed to the aggregation of particles into chain-like/column structures.

Omental infarction: an unusual cause of acute abdomen in children.

Acute abdomen is caused by a wide variety of etiologies, many of which require surgical intervention. Two boys were hospitalized for acute abdominal pain and low-grade fever. Physical examination revealed epigastric and right upper abdominal fullness, and laboratory studies showed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rates, with normal leukocyte counts and coagulation profiles.

[The therapeutic efficacy of the Russian bath].

Some mechanisms of steam inhalation effects in patients with nonspecific pulmonary diseases have been investigated. This type of aerosol therapy proved highly effective due to its broncholytic, antimicrobial and pulmonary hemodynamic stabilizing actions.