[The role of food allergy as a provoking factor of migraine].

Objective: To assess the effect of food allergies on the course of migraine.

Material And Methods: Seventy patients with migraine, aged 21-56 years old, were examined using headache diary, MIDAS and VAS, studies of specific antibodies of the IgG4 class (delayed type food allergy) by immuno-enzyme analysis (ELISA), microbiological examination of a smear from the mucous membrane of the posterior wall of the oropharynx with mass spectrometry of microbial markers (MSMM) with the identification of 57 microorganisms.

Results: We found an increase in specific IgG4 for a number of food allergens in most patients with migraine, of which 48.

[The state of the oropharyngeal microbiome in patients with migraine].

Objective: To determine a role of changes in the oropharyngeal microbiome in the development and clinical manifestations of migraine.

Material And Methods: Seventy patients with migraine, aged 21-56 years, and 15 healthy subjects matched for age and sex were examined using headache diary, MIDAS and VAS, the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), microbiological smear examination from the mucous membrane of the posterior wall of the oropharynx with evaluation by the method of mass spectrometry of microbial markers (MSMM) with determination of 57 microorganisms.

Results: The following changes in the oropharynx of individuals with migraine compared with the group of healthy individuals (control group) were found: a) a significant increase in the content of markers of resident (conditionally pathogenic) microorganisms characteristic of chronic diseases of the upper respiratory tract (strepto- and staphylococci); b) the appearance of markers of transient microorganisms normally absent, characteristic of the intestinal microflora (clostridia, gram-negative rods, enterobacteria, anaerobes); c) the appearance of viral markers of cytomegaloviruses, Herpes group, Epstein-Barr; d) a significant decrease in the content of bifidobacteria and lactobacilli).

Air pollution and individual productivity: Evidence from the Ironman Triathlon results.

The study considers how air quality affects the productivity of physically intensive labor. Namely, we analyze the athletes of the Ironman Triathlon, one of the toughest long-distance triathlon races in the world. Moreover, in this competition, both men and women, professional and amateur athletes, can participate.

Obesity and individual performance: the case of eSports.

Background/objectives: The study considers the problem of the inclusion of people with obesity in the context of the growing role of computer-based work. Negative stereotypes about people with obesity still hold even when they are irrelevant in tasks that require little physical activity.

Subjects/methods: Using data from the realm of competitive video gaming (eSports) and image recognition-based metric of body mass index metric derived from artificial intelligence, we examine the individual performance depending on weight.

Correction: After the Crimea crisis: Employee discrimination in Russia and Ukraine.

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