Publications by authors named "P A Volkova"

Here we attempt to clarify a faunistic composition of branchiopods from southern Tajikistan and the southern part of the Tajik Pamir Plateau (Central Asia) based on samples collected from June 24 to July 6, 2023. In total, 19 species of branchiopods were identified from plain West and South Tajikistan, and 27 species were recorded in Tajik Pamir. Five taxa were newly recorded for the territory of Tajikistan: Chirocephalus cf.

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The article considers value determinants of social immunity of subjects in conditions of expanding Russian space. The issue is raised concerning formation in children and youths of social immunity and improvement of social immunity in representatives of middle-age and elderly population as barrier to harmful invasion of alien foreign cultural elements into life of Russians). It is determined that they negatively affect social and psychological components of human health and are manifested in occurrence of new diagnoses and exacerbation of chronic ones.

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  • A study examined how chronic radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster affects phytohormone levels and related gene expression in Scots pine.
  • Samples were taken from areas with varying radioactive contamination and analyzed for specific plant hormones and radionuclide activity.
  • Results showed that radiation led to reduced levels of certain hormones, altered gene expression related to stress responses, and suggested adaptations in the trees to cope with radiation stress.
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  • The study focuses on how plants respond to extreme conditions like microgravity and radiation, which is important for space exploration and improving plant resilience in outer space.
  • Researchers created a 3D clinostat to replicate microgravity conditions and used proton irradiation to simulate space conditions, studying the effects on plant seeds from the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
  • Results showed that one plant type was resilient to these conditions, while others experienced inhibited photosynthesis; findings and tools developed are available for further research in space biology.
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Pollen abnormalities frequency of Scots pine and pollen sterility of white clover, common columbine, and greater celandine growing in the Bryansk and Gomel' regions radioactively contaminated after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) were assessed. The frequency of abnormal pine pollen at the most contaminated plots significantly exceeded the control level and positively correlated with the total absorbed dose and the absorbed dose from β-radiation. No sustainable significant changes in pollen sterility of the herbaceous plants studied were found in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl NPP.

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