[Physicians' Adherence to Clinical Guidelines on the Chronic Heart Failure Diagnosis and Treatment: Changes Over 2 Years of the Document's Existence].

Aim: To study how physicians' commitment to the basic provisions of clinical guidelines (CGs) for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF) has changed over the two years of the document existence.

Material And Methods: An anonymous survey was performed for 263 physicians (204 cardiologists, 46 internists and 13 other specialists) who were trained in advanced training programs in 2022. The questionnaire included questions regarding self-assessment of the respondents' professional knowledge, their attitude to the role of CGs in everyday practice and ideas about methods for treatment of CHF.

[Combined chemoreflexes of the vertebral arteries zone on the systemic arterial pressure, cerebral and infra-aural blood circulation in the experiment].

Objective: To study reflexes coming from the chemoreceptors in the humoral-isolated vertebral artery zone on systemic arterial pressure, cerebral and intra-ear hemodynamics in separate stimulation with angioprotectors.

Results: A more pronounced reflex depression of the above-described effectors was caused by Nicergoline, it was less pronounced when using Vinpocetine and Pentoxifylline. Correlation analysis in doing so of the dynamics of arterio-venular coefficient of bulbar conjunctiva vessels and the membrane of the ears labyrinth round window revealed a direct relationship.

[Physicians' adherence to the guidelines on the chronic heart failure diagnosis and treatment].

Aim      To evaluate the physician's knowledge of basic provisions of clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF) and to determine how the actions of physicians in their everyday clinical practice comply with these provisions.Materials and methods The study analyzed anonymous questionnaires of 185 physicians (127 cardiologists, 40 internists and general practitioners, 18 other specialists) who were trained in advanced training programs during the 2020/2021 academic year. The main part of the questionnaire included 15 questions related to the classification, diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, and the use of implantable devices in the treatment of patients with CHF.

Medical Species Used in Russia for the Management of Diabetes and Related Disorders.

Polyherbal mixtures called "medical species" are part of traditional and officinal medicine in Russia. This review aimed to analyze medical species used in Russia for the treatment of diabetes and related disorders. The information relevant to medical species, diabetes, and obesity was collected from local libraries, the online service E-library.

Methodological Approaches to DNA Authentication of Foods, Wines and Raw Materials for Their Production.

DNA authentication of wines is a process of verifying their authenticity by genetic identification of the main plant component. The sample preparation of experimental and commercial wines was carried out by precipitation of wine debris by centrifugation with preliminary exposure with precipitators and co-precipitators, including developed macro- and micro-volume methods applicable to white or red wines, using polyvinylpyrrolidone as a co-precipitator. Addition of 2-mercaptoethanol and proteinase K to the lysing solution made it possible to adapt the technology for DNA extraction from the precipitated wine debris.

A Novel Approach to Bacterial Expression and Purification of Myristoylated Forms of Neuronal Calcium Sensor Proteins.

N-terminal myristoylation is a common co-and post-translational modification of numerous eukaryotic and viral proteins, which affects their interaction with lipids and partner proteins, thereby modulating various cellular processes. Among those are neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins, mediating transduction of calcium signals in a wide range of regulatory cascades, including reception, neurotransmission, neuronal growth and survival. The details of NCSs functioning are of special interest due to their involvement in the progression of ophthalmological and neurodegenerative diseases and their role in cancer.

Simultaneous imaging of diffuse optical reflectance, optoacoustic pressure and ultrasonic scattering.

We present reflection-mode bioimaging system providing complementary optical, photoacsoutic and acoustic measurements by acoustic detector after each laser pulse. While the photons absorbed within the sample provide optoacoustic (OA) signals, the photons absorbed by the external electrode of a detector provide the measurable diffuse reflectance (DR) from the sample and the probing ultrasonic (US) pulse. To demonstrate the capabilities of the system we present the results of complementary DR/OA/US imaging of a mouse tumor, head of a newborn rat, and the back of a newborn rat with 3.

Application of cryoirradiation-modified xenopericardium for building bladder wall defect.

Introduction: The project goal was to study special aspects of biointegration and the functional efficiency of the modified xenopericardium on the experimental model in vivo. Xenopericardium devitalization was performed using low temperatures and ionizing radiation (β--radiation) in an original manner.

Methods: In rabbits, a urinary bladder (UB) wall defect was repaired through tissue replacement.

[ Spectrum of oncogene mutations is different in melanoma subtypes].

Melanoma is the most lethal malignancy of skin, which is comprised of clinically relevant molecular subsets defined by specific "driver" mutations in BRAF, NRAS, and KIT genes. Recently, the better results in melanoma treatment were obtained with the mutation-specific inhibitors that have been developed for clinical use and target only patients with particular tumor genotypes. The aim of the study was to characterize the spectrum of "driver" mutations in melanoma subtypes from 137 patients with skin melanoma and 14 patients with mucosal melanoma.

[INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN].

A case of primary infectious endocarditis with the lesion of mitral valve in a pregnant woman is reported The diseases was caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Special attention is given to inefficiency of beta-lactame antibiotics against this infection and beneficial effect of daptomycin therapy. This observation confirms literature data about high frequency of thromboembolic complications of S aureus-induced infectious endocarditis due to the production of various coagulases and von Willebrand factor-binding protein by these microorganisms.

[Some indices of trace elements and antioxidant status in rats under chromic intoxication].

There was investigated the effect of chronic Cr (VI) on the content of chromium, iron, copper; zinc, nickel in the blood of rats and activity of antioxidant enzymes of erythrocytes in Wistar rats. The chromium concentration has been shown to increase multifold while the level of other metal is more or less declining. Also it was found a decrease in the activity of such antioxidant enzymes as superoxide dismutase, catalase, and the activation of the processes of free radical oxidation.

[Modeling of different degrees of microvessel laser-induced endothelium damage].

A comparative analysis of rat mesentery micro vascular reactions on thermal impact during radiation to the focused laser irradiation in UV and visible regions of spectrum is made. Local intravascular temperature rise during laser irradiation both impulse (lambda = 337 nm) and continuous (lambda = 532 nm) states causes thrombus formation. The thrombus development that determined by laser irradiation parameters gives a possibility to modulate different degrees of microvessel endothelium damage.

[Effect of benzene and chromium on the trace element composition in biosubstrates in Wistar rats].

The chronic effects of benzene and chromium on the level of trace elements in the biospheres of Wistar rats were studied for 45, 90, and 135 days. As compared to the controls, the experimental groups of patients were found to have lower concentrations of copper (in blood) and iron (in blood and spleen) and higher levels of zinc (in blood, spleen) and chromium (in blood, spleen).

Correlation between lipid deposition, immune-inflammatory cell content and MHC class II expression in diffuse intimal thickening of the human aorta.

Inflammatory reactions driven by an accumulation in the intima of immune-inflammatory cells and focal lipid depositions are the hallmarks of atherogenesis. It is commonly accepted that immune-inflammatory cell accumulation and lipid deposition are associated with the very earlier stage of atherosclerosis but no study has yet focused on the determination of quantitative values of this association. The present study examined correlations between lipid deposition, immune-inflammatory cell content and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecule HLA-DR expression in diffuse intimal thickening (DIT), which is thought to represent the earliest macroscopic manifestation of atherosclerosis.

[Comparative characteristic of sociologic study results in the field of orthodotia during the period from 2004 to 2009 (monitoring study)].

Monitoring of the results was carried out including own sociologic study in the field of orthodotia during the last 6 years. The investigation was done with the help of standardized specially developed questionnaire form reflecting the questions connected with orthodontic help appealability and population motivation to receive it. The received data let to evaluate in dynamics the orthodontic service status and prospects of its development.

Use of recombinant interleukin-2 for intrapleural therapy of tumor-associated pleurisy.

Clinical efficiency of low dose Roncoleukin was studied in 30 patients with metastatic exudative pleurisy. Intrapleural therapy proved to be highly effective (overall effect reached 84%), was well tolerated, and improved patients' quality of life.

Mathematical modeling of thrombus growth in mesenteric vessels.

Richardson's phenomenological mathematical model of the thrombi growth in microvessels is extended to describe the realistic features of the phenomenon. The main directions of the generalization of Richardson's model are: (1) the dependence of platelet activation time on the distance from the injured vessel wall; (2) the non-homogeneity of the platelet distribution in blood flow in the vicinity of the vessel wall; (3) the adequate choice of the phenomenological function describing the dependence of blood velocity on the thrombus size. The generalization of the model corresponds to the main experimental results and theoretical considerations concerning thrombus formation obtained in recent years.

[The national strategy of tuberculosis control in the Russian Federation].

The decrease of social and economic burden of tuberculosis is possible under conditions of acceptance of common national program targeted to the enhancement of prevention and medical care system, to the development of effective scientifically-grounded technologies of tuberculosis control and adequate measures of medical social post-treatment rehabilitation.

[Blood lipid spectrum in hypertensive patients and normotensive subjects living in the Khanty-Mansiysk region].

Aim: To evaluate basic parameters of lipid metabolism in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) stage I and II and normotensive subjects living in the far North of the Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomic Region, Nyagan).

Material And Methods: Lipid spectrum was studied in 70 males and females with AH stage I and II, 280 normotensive males and females matched for sex, age, time of residence in the North.

Results: Sex-related differences by concentrations of blood lipids become less pronounced with progression of AH while a concentration of atherogenic lipid fractions in AH patients rises.

[Effects of chromium and benzene on cell immunological parameters and the content of trace elements in rats].

The effects of potassium bichromate, benzene, and their mixture on cell immunological parameters and the blood content of trace elements were studied in Wistar rats. Oral administration of benzene, potassium bichromate, and their mixture to Wistar rats was found to result in reductions in cell immunological parameters (the count of leukocytes, thymocytes, splenocytes, myelokaryocytes, the level of phagocytic indices) and the levels of copper, iron, nickel, and, on the contrary, increases in the concentrations of zinc and chromium in blood.

[Humoral immune response in experimental animals exposed to organic and inorganic compounds].

A humoral immune response was studied in the Wistar rats and (CBAxC57B16)F1 mice orally given potassium bichromate, benzene, and their mixture with drinking water. The test substances were found to have an immunosuppressive effect on both the parameters of an immune response and the level of lysozyme in the experimental animals, which appeared as reductions in the number of splenocytes in the rats, the relative count of antibody-forming cells in the mice, the absolute count of AFC on the spleen in the rats and mice, the level of hemagglutinins in the rats, and that of lysozyme in the rats and mice. Benzene and a mixture of benzene and potassium bichromate showed the most marked immunosuppressive effect on these animals.

[The reformation of the public health system in Russia in the conditions of globalization].

Actually, the public health system in Russia has a task to develop an effective model of national health care congruent to new global local conditions. The issues of alteration of the role of state and market in the medical services provision sector, the decentralization processes, the increase of possibilities to make use of health services, the overall revision of the role of public health system are to be considered to make possible the assessment of needs in medical services and the proper functioning of corresponding public health services. These requirements are conditioned by the changes in the globalized world and the course of reforms within the country.