[Using Kirlian photography method for risk assessment of the thyroid gland pathology development in adults].

The article considers possibilities of the use of the express method based on the Kirlian-effect to detect prenosological signs of pathology of the thyroid gland. Type of Kirlian emission form fingers was compared with the form of disease, its pathogenesis, clinical peculiarities and ultrasonic data. Obtained data were used to form criteria for different group of the risk development of thyroid gland pathology.

[Penitentiary microenvironment as a risk factor of psychosomatic health (digest)].

This analytical survey shows that health status of jail prisoners in Russia as worldwide is strikingly different from that of the general population. The difference is accounted for by the concentration of socially dysadapted individuals in penitentiary institutions, conditions and relations facilitating the spread of certain infections in prisons. This problem is of importance for society at large because most prisoners sooner or later come back to the normal life and influence national health statistics.

[Using of kirlean-graphic express-method for appropriate prescription of medications].

56 patients with head vascular disturbances have been observed. Kirlean-graphic and REG data have been compared and their correlation has been found. Kirlian radiation reflects types of compensatory reactions of the adaptation.

The distinctiveness of the word-length effect.

The authors report 2 experiments that compare the serial recall of pure lists of long words, pure lists of short words, and lists of long or short words containing just a single isolated word of a different length. In both experiments for pure lists, there was a substantial recall advantage for short words; the isolated words were recalled better than other words in the same list, and there was a reverse word-length effect: Isolated long words were recalled better than isolated short words. These results contradict models that seek to explain the word-length effect in terms of list-based accounts of rehearsal speed or in terms of item-based effects (such as difficulty of assembling items).

Roles of p53 and caspases in the induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by HIV-1 vpr.

The vpr gene from the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) encodes a 14-kDa protein that prevents cell proliferation by causing a block in the G(2) phase of the cell cycle. This cellular function of vpr is conserved in evolution because other primate lentiviruses, including HIV-2, SIV(mac), and SIV(agm) encode related genes that also induce G(2) arrest. After G(2) arrest, cells expressing vpr undergo apoptosis.

[Assessment of the toxic effects of a combination of chemicals contained in the soil].

A technique of the assessment of toxic effect of a combination of chemicals in soil on the organism of mammals has been developed. It is based on the investigation of the damaging effect of components of the combination when they get into the organism through the soil-contiguous media on the level of summary 24-hour doses, as well as when their residues get into the organism with food, water, air and through the skin. A method calculating the threshold dose of each component of the combination in soil according to the toxicological harm index is suggested.

An ecological-agrochemical evaluation and prognosis of pesticide aftereffects (in the case of Ukrainian and Moldavian SSRS).

From the total number of pesticides applied in the USSR, 18 are classified as being particularly dangerous compounds. Taking into account the self-purifying ability of the regional soils, arbitrary doses of these pesticides have been calculated for the administrative units of the Ukrainian SSR, the Moldavian SSR, and the water basin territories of the principal rivers in the region. This index is of greatest significance for arable and long-cultivated regions of the Crimea, Odessa, Kiev, Kherson, and Volynskiy, and for the Moldavian water basin territories of the Prut, the Dniester, and the Southern Bug.