Computational Research of the Efficiency of Using a Three-Layer Panel Made of Highly Porous Polystyrene Concrete.

This paper presents linking computational research of the multilayer structure of the cladding of a three-layer panel made of highly porous polystyrene concrete developed using a new technology in comparison with traditional ones. The calculation of the thermal efficiency of the exterior fence was carried out in three stages, where the thermal regime was calculated from the values of temperature fields in the ELCUT 6.6 system, and the humidity and air modes were determined by the analytical method in the Maple system.

Disorders in cytokine gene expression in endometrial hyperplasia and effect of hormone therapy.

We studied local expression of insulin-like growth factor 1, insulin-like growth factor receptor, epithelial growth factor, transforming growth factor beta2, PCNA, TNF-alpha, type I TNF receptor, Fas, FasL, IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and IL-12 genes in intact and hyperplastic endometrium. Endometrial hyperplasia was associated with reduced production of TNF-alpha (p<0.05), PCNA (p<0.

Correlations in the cytokine system in endometrial hyperplasia.

Correlations between local expression of insulin-like growth factor 1, insulin-like growth factor receptor, epithelial growth factor, transforming growth beta2 factor, PCNA, TNF-alpha, TNF receptor 1, Fas, FasL, IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and IL-12 genes in intact and hyperplastic endometrium and in the endometrium after hormone therapy were analyzed. Numerous correlations at the proliferation and secretion stages of the menstrual cycle indicate balanced cytokine system. The number of correlations decreases in glandular cystic and more so in atypical hyperplasia, indicating imbalance in the cytokine system.

Virologic and serologic investigations of West Nile virus circulation in Belarus.

In 1985-1994 virologic and serologic investigations were performed for the purposes of West Nile (WN) virus circulation establishment on the territory of Belarus. Blood-sucking mosquitoes, midges, wild small mammals, birds as well as blood and cerebrospinal samples from patients with nondifferentiated fevers and from healthy individuals were under studies. Four virus strains were isolated in Belarus for the first time, namely: 1--from birds (48-WN Tremlya); 2--from Aedes mosquitoes (319 and 2438); 1--from a febrile patient (Win).

[The efficacy of lincomycin in tick-borne encephalitis].

Lincomycin was found to inhibit tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus. To test antiviral potential of this drug, a clinical trial was initiated entering TBE patients from known focuses of the disease (Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Perm and Irkutsk Provinces). The drug was given to 23 patients with meningeal and meningoencephalitic TBE.

[Kindia virus--a new arbovirus isolated in the territory of the Republic of Guinea].

Circulation of a new arbovirus named Kindia has been detected in Guinea Republic. The virus was isolated from ixodid ticks and blood-sucking mosquitoes and, on the basis of the studies done, has been classified into the antigenic group Paliam, genus Orbivirus, family Reoviridae.

[Effect of gamma irradiation on immobilized trypsin].

The effect of ionizing radiation of 0.05-10 Mrad on trypsin immobilized on dialdehyde cellulose was being studied. After irradiation the activity of native trypsin decreases by 25%, as compared with the initial, while the activity of immobilized trypsin remains constant.

[Various problems of diagnosis and treatment of hyperparathyroidism].

Under observation were 30 patients with the clinical picture of hyperprarthyroidism. Resection of parathyroid adenoma was performed in 10 cases. Recovery was noted in 5 cases, in 5--the operation failed to yield any remarkable effect.