Environmental impact of the launch vehicle "Soyuz-FG" emergency falling in Kazakhstan.

On October 11, 2018, in the Ulytau region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle carrying a crewed MS-10 spacecraft failed. It resulted in the release into the fragile arid ecosystems of rocket propellants, i.e.

Data on the temporal changes in soil properties at the emergency crash site of the launch vehicle 'Soyuz-FG' in Kazakhstan.

On October 11, 2018, in the Ulytau region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle carrying a crewed MS-10 spacecraft failed, creating two areas where rocket propellants spilled and soil condition was monitored in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. This article presents data on the content of pollutants, namely unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH), nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), total N, organic carbon, exchangeable Ca and Mg, water-soluble NO-, NO-, HCO-, CO , SO , Cl, , Na, pH values, cation exchange capacity and electrical conductivity of the water extract in disturbed and background Aridisols (more than 200 samples in total). This data set contains information on interseasonal (autumn 2022 and spring 2023) differences in the content and vertical differentiation of some soil properties in Aridisols in Central Kazakhstan.

Origin of the Rare Hybrid Genus × Tzvelev () According to Molecular Phylogenetic Data.

In our article, we analyzed new data on the origin of the hybrid genus ×. According to the morphological criteria × is a hybrid between s. l.

Review on the environmental impact of emissions from space launches: a case study for areas affected by the Russian space programme.

In this paper, we summarised the main field-based approaches and a large volume of data on the territories affected by the Russian space programme conducted at Plesetsk, Baikonur, and Vostochny cosmodromes. Influence of space transportation on the ozone layer depletion, as well as on environmental and human health, is negligible. The environmental consequences of rocket and space activities within launch pads and the terrestrial drop zones of jettisoned first stages of launch vehicles are allowable.

Protocol of conjugate evaluation of the biological activity of soils in terms of cellulolytic activity and biological consumption of oxygen.

The article presents protocols for determining the biological activity of kerosene-contaminated soils in terms of two indicators, i.e. cellulolytic activity and biological consumption of oxygen.

The Influence of Kerosene on Microbiomes of Diverse Soils.

One of the most important challenges for soil science is to determine the limits for the sustainable functioning of contaminated ecosystems. The response of soil microbiomes to kerosene pollution is still poorly understood. Here, we model the impact of kerosene leakage on the composition of the topsoil microbiome in pot and field experiments with different loads of added kerosene (loads up to 100 g/kg; retention time up to 360 days).

The Effect of Kerosene Pollution on the Cellulolytic Activity of Albic Retisols and Arenosols (Aridic): A Laboratory Experiment.

Unlabelled: The results of a laboratory experiment modeling the effect of kerosene contamination on the cellulolytic activity of microbiocenosis of the Albic Retisol (Kaluga oblast, Russia) and Arenosol (Kyzylorda oblast, Republic of Kazakhstan) humus horizons are described. Cellulolytic activity is assessed according to the rate of weight loss in linen cloth fragments during the incubation for 0-3, 3-7, and 7-13 months. The intensity of cellulolytic activity in the unpolluted Albic Retisol is higher as compared with the Arenosol, which is determined by low acidity and an elevated content of organic matter and nutrients.

Impact of kerosene pollution on ground vegetation of southern taiga in the Amur Region, Russia.

The present study is the field experiment on kerosene pollution impact on southern taiga plant communities. Experimental sites were located in a mixed forest, a deciduous forest, a sedge fen and a wet meadow within the Amur Region of the Russian Far East. Kerosene loads from 1 to 500 g/kg of soil were applied to 50 × 50 cm plots in three replications and their effects on number of species and projective cover of ground vegetation were analysed in 1.

Ecological consequences of space rocket accidents in Kazakhstan between 1999 and 2018.

In this paper, we briefly described the ecological consequences of six space rocket accidents launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome between 1999 and 2018 and focused on an assessment of efficiency of soil remediation following the accidental crash of launch vehicle Proton-M on July 2, 2013, which resulted in the severest environmental impact in the modern Russian space industry. On the day after the accident, the content of carcinogenic unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and nitrosodimethylamine, as well as nitrate in soils of the crash site exceeded their maximal permissible concentrations by 8900, 6100 and 85 times, respectively. Mitigation measures included soil detoxication by a solution of 10% HO and 1% iron complexonate, soil excavation and ploughing.

Snow pollution by nitrogen-containing substances as a consequence of rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

In this paper, we assessed snow pollution by nitrogen-containing substances including rocket propellants - UDMH (unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, (СН)NNH) and NT (nitrogen tetroxide, NO) - and their transformation products (NDMA (nitrosodimethylamine, (CH)NNO), NO, NO and NH) within the falling regions (FRs) of the first and second stages of Proton-M rockets launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. At the first stage FR in Central Kazakhstan, snow with a pH range from 1.7 to 9.

[A rare case of hypoglycemia in an elderly patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus: malignant metastasizing insulinoma].

The incidence of insulinoma, an insulin-producing tumour arising from pancreatic beta-cells and responsible for the development of fasting hypoglycemia, in the general population is 1-4 per 1,000,000 yearly, mostly at the age of 25-55 yr. Malignization of this neoplasm occurs in 10-15% of the cases. One third of the tumours produce metastases.

[The combined drug ascoril in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease concurrent with coronary heart disease].

Aim: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the combined drug ascoril (Glenmark, India) in patients with grade I-Ii chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) concurrent with coronary heart disease (CHD).

Subjects And Methods: Sixty patients, including 12 (20%) women and 48 (80%) men, aged 43 to 68 years (mean age 55.1 +9.

[Accelerated aging of immune system of the veterans of special risk subdivisions].

Long far after nuclear weapons tests the veterans of special risk subdivisions (SRS) had changes of humoral factors of nonspecific protection, concentration of immunoglobulins in blood serum, lymphocytes sensibleness to respiratory viruses, humoral and cellular autoimmune displacements, raise of turmonecrotic factor content. Some of the revealed changes (complement, lysocim, concentration of immunoglobulins) are bound up with elderly age of examined people and their diseases. The other changes (autoimmune displacements, sensibleness to respiratory viruses) can be bound up with nuclear weapons tests.

[Regulatory genes of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) controlling the development of nitrogen-fixing nodules and arbuscular mycorrhiza: a review of basic and applied aspects].

The review sums up the long experience of the authors and other researchers in studying the genetic system of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.), which controls sthe development of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis and arbuscular mycorrhiza. A justified phenotypic classification of pea mutants is presented.

[Diagnostics of microcirculatory disorders in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and ischemic heart disease].

Skin biopsy is the most significant method for diagnosis of microcirculatory disorders in diabetes mellitus of type 2 (DM2) and ischemic heart disease (IHD). This method provides earlier detection of microcirculatory changes which is essential for prophylaxis of life-threatening vascular complications and early treatment. 29 IHD and DM2 patients were examined.

[Depressive states at an early age].

100 children of 1-3 years old were observed. In 50 of them depressive states developed in conditions of total deprivation--the situation of orphanhood. In other 50 children the depressions were caused by partial deprivation--upbringing by schizophrenic mother (children from group with high risk of schizophrenia).

[Use of piperacillin/tazobactam as empirical monotherapy in the treatment of bacterial infections in a resuscitation department].

Fifteen patients with severe bacterial infection (12 with pneumonia) that developed in the resuscitation unit were subjected to the empirical monotherapy with piperacillin/tazobactam (P/T) or tazocin under an open randomized controlled experiment. P/T was administered intravenously in a dose of 4.5 g every 8 hours for 5 to 12 days (9.

[Clinical trial of the effects of isodibut on several indicators of microcirculation in combined therapy of patients with diabetes mellitus].

The authors have tried a new drug isodibut, aldoreductase inhibitor, of Russian produce in 53 patients with diabetes mellitus. A course of isodibut++ has improved blood coagulation and fibrinolysis, microcirculatory blood flow, normalized muscular blood flow as indicated by electrocoagulation, conjunctival biomicroscopy, radionuclide tracing. The drug is recommended for treatment and prevention of diabetic angiopathy.