[Salivary minerals and caries experience among adolescents in Syktyvkar, Komi Republic].

Objective: To study the associations between salivary minerals concentrations and caries experience among adolescents in the conditions of one of the industrial centers of the Far North.

Material And Methods: In total, 146 adolescents aged 15-17 years took part in a cross-sectional study in Syktyvkar, Komi Republic. Caries experience was assessed as DMFT index and its components.

[Prevalence of dental anomalies and need for orthodontic treatment among adults in the Arctic part of the Arkhangelsk region].

Objective: The aim of the study is to study the prevalence of dental anomalies (DA) and assess the need for orthodontic treatment (NOT) among adults in the Arctic part of the Arkhangelsk region.

Materials And Methods: In total, 1068 adult residents of Arkhangelsk and Primorski rural district aged 35-90 years took part in a cross-sectional study. The Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) was used to assess the prevalence of DA and NOT in the study population.

[Features of the course and adverse events risk of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in hematological diseases (data from the CHRONOS19 register for the Primorsky Territory, intermediate stage)].

Aim: To assess the characteristics of the course of coronavirus infection COVID-19 and to determine the risk factors for adverse events in patients of the regional hematological center.

Materials And Methods: As part of an observational prospective cohort study, data from 144 medical records of patients in Primorsky Krai with hematological diseases and COVID-19 were analyzed. The data of the developed standardized questionnaire of the CHRONOS19 study were used.

[Patients' situational anxiety across stages and types of orthodontic treatment].

Objective: The aim the studi. The study levels of situational anxiety of orthodontic patients depending on type and stage of treatment.

Material And Methods: Altogether, 162 consequent patients aged 14-25 years with various dental anomalies filled out a questionnaire with Spielberger test (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory).

[Potentialities of photoactivated disinfection in dentistry].

Infection control is an essential part of dental practice. Oral antiseptics should be highly effective against the most common oral pathogens without causing microbial resistance, biocompatible with the human tissues with no interaction with fillings materials. Photoactivated disinfection (PAD) is based on activation of photosensitizers - specific substances releasing active oxygen forms after absorption of the light.

[Satisfaction with dentist-patient interaction at the municipal polyclinic: level and affecting factors].

Objective: The study level of patient satisfaction with interaction with doctors of various specialties in the municipal dental clinic.

Material And Methods: 596 patients who received dental care at the Severodvinsk Dental Polyclinic State Autonomous Healthcare Institution participated in the cross-sectional study. Satisfaction was studied across 10 domains using a questionnaire.

A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA.

Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs 3.6 to 0.8 million years ago had climates resembling those forecasted under future warming.

[Dental caries among 5-7 years old children in a Russian subarctic region].

Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence and experience of dental caries among preschool children in a Russian Subarctic region.

Material And Methods: We performed a complex dental examination in 1232 randomly selected children aged 5-7 years using the World Health Organization (WHO) methodology (5th Edition) and standard dental forms.

Results: The overall prevalence of caries in primary dentition was 90.

[Multivariable analysis of the associations between transversal maxilla size and upper airway volume].

Objective: To assess the relationship between the size of the upper jaw and the volume of the upper respiratory tract in adult patients, both in the form of continuous indicators and in the form of categorical variables.

Material And Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography images of all patients (=365) aged 18-60 years who attended one of the dental clinics in Arkhangelsk (Northwest Russia) from October 2019 through November 2020 comprised the study base. Maxilla size and upper airway volume were assessed using Ez3D-I software.

[Dimensions of the upper airways and its impact on the dentoalveolar system development].

Due to the high mobility and variability of bone structures and soft tissues surrounding the upper respiratory tract, the exact boundaries for measuring and normalizing the size of the respiratory tract have not yet been determined. Studies have determined the relationship between the narrowing of the upper jaw and a decrease in the transverse dimensions of the airways, as well as a positive effect in changing the size of the airways after orthodontic treatment and/or orthognathic surgery. Nevertheless, the results of research in this area may differ greatly from different specialists, which indicates that the topic is poorly studied and it is necessary to continue and expand the range of scientific works to assess the state of the upper respiratory tract and their relationship with the orthodontic status.

The role of non-commercial cyprinids in maintenance and spread of the opisthorchiasis focus in the middle Ob River basin (Tomsk region, Russia).

The study assessed the role of non-commercial cyprinid species in maintaining the opisthorchiasis focus in the middle Ob River basin, Tomsk region, Russia. The source of infection for humans and carnivores is fish of the family Cyprinidae. This is the most numerous family, 14 species live in the middle Ob River basin, which includes 6 commercial species and 8 non-commercial species.

Abundance of Metacercariae in cyprinid fish in the middle Ob River basin (Tomsk region, Russia).

Infection with the liver fluke, , caused by the consumption of infected raw or undercooked cyprinid fish is common in humans and carnivores in the middle Ob River basin (Tomsk region, Russia) and can lead to diseases in humans. The goal of this study was the status of fish infection with O. felineus metacercariae in order to assess the role of fish in the infection of the human population in the middle Ob River basin.

Axially Ligated Mesohemins as Bio-Mimicking Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.

Copper is the most common metal catalyst used in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), but iron is an excellent alternative due to its natural abundance and low toxicity compared to copper. In this work, two new iron-porphyrin-based catalysts inspired by naturally occurring proteins, such as horseradish peroxidase, hemoglobin, and cytochrome P450, were synthesized and tested for ATRP. Natural protein structures were mimicked by attaching imidazole or thioether groups to the porphyrin, leading to increased rates of polymerization, as well as providing polymers with low dispersity, even in the presence of ppm amounts of catalysts.

Direct ATRP of Methacrylic Acid with Iron-Porphyrin Based Catalysts.

An iron porphyrin catalyst, derived from the active center of proteins such as horseradish peroxidase and hemoglobin, was successfully used for the atom transfer radical polymerizations (ATRP) of methacrylic acid. ATRP of methacrylic acid and other acidic monomers is challenging due to Cu complexation by carboxylates, protonation of the ligand, and displacement of the halogen chain end. A robust mesohemin-based catalyst provided controlled ATRP of methacrylic acid, yielding poly(methacrylic acid) with ≥ 20000 and dispersity < 1.

Correction to: A new microsporidium Fibrillaspora daphniae g. n. sp. n. infecting Daphnia magna (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Siberia and its taxonomic placing within a new family Fibrillasporidae and new superfamily Tubulinosematoidea (Opisthosporidia: Microsporidia).

Ultrastructure of Fibrillaspora is highly similar to that of Berwaldia but the former is phylogenetically distant from the taxon annotated as Berwaldia schaefernai (Genbank accession # AY090042). It was shown recently, however, that the latter sequence was not derived from Berwaldia, and correct nucleotide sequence data were provided for Berwaldia. This allowed recondideration of Fibrillaspora as a junior synonym of Berwaldia and redefinition of Fibrillaspora daphniae as a new combination, Berwaldia daphniae comb.

A new microsporidium Fibrillaspora daphniae g. n. sp. n. infecting Daphnia magna (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Siberia and its taxonomic placing within a new family Fibrillasporidae and new superfamily Tubulinosematoidea (Opisthosporidia: Microsporidia).

Infection with a new microsporidium, Fibrillaspora daphniae g. n. sp.

Synthesis of Polymer Bioconjugates via Photoinduced Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization under Blue Light Irradiation.

A rapid blue-light-induced atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was conducted in a biologically friendly environment. Well-controlled polymerization of oligo(ethylene oxide) methyl ether methacrylate (OEOMA) was successfully performed in aqueous media (1X PBS) under irradiation by blue LED strips. With 10.

[Time course of changes in cytokines (IFN-γ, IFN-α, IL-18, TNF-α) in the treatment of moderate influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 (2013-2016) with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and umifenovir (Arbidol) alone and in combination with Kagocel].

Aim: To assess correlation of cytokines levels and therapy regimes a relationship of the time course of changes in the cytokines IFN-γ, IFN-α, IL-18, and TNF-α to the treatment option for influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 with umifenovir (Arbidol) 800 mg/day for 5 days (n=50); oseltamivir (Tamiflu) 150 mg/day for 5 days (n=50); umifenovir (Arbidol) 800 mg/day for 5 days in combination with Kagocel 72 mg/day for 2 days.; 36 mg/day for 2 days (n=50); oseltamivir (Tamiflu) (150 mg/day for 5 days) in combination with Kagocel 72 mg/day for 2 days; 36 mg/day for 2 days (n=50). A comparison group consisted of 30 healthy volunteers.

Biocompatible Polymeric Analogues of DMSO Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.

The synthesis of a sulfoxide-based water-soluble polymer, poly(2-(methylsulfinyl)ethyl acrylate) (polyMSEA), a polymeric analogue of DMSO, by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is reported. Well-defined linear polymers were synthesized using relatively low amounts of copper catalyst (1000 or 100 ppm). Two types of star polymers were synthesized by either an "arm-first" approach or a "core-first" approach using a biodegradable β-cyclodextrin core.

Degradable copolymers with incorporated ester groups by radical ring-opening polymerization using atom transfer radical polymerization.

Preparation of degradable materials using reversible deactivation radical polymerizations (RDRP) is of particular interest for biomedical applications. In this paper we report preparation of degradable copolymers of 2-methylene-4-phenyl-1, 3-dioxolane (MPDL), monomer which undergoes ring-opening reaction and forms ester bond upon radical polymerization, with hydrophobic and hydrophilic methacrylate monomers using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Copolymers composition and degradation were evaluated upon varied temperature and monomer type.

INFESTATION OF HONEYBEE (APIS MELLIFERA) FAMILIES BY MICROSPORIDIANS OF THE GENUS NOSEMA IN TOMSK PROVINCE.

Infestation of bee colonies and apiaries by representatives of the genus Nosema, microsporidian protozoans of European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.), causing nosemosis, in Tomsk Province was investigated. In 2012—2015, nosemosis was detected in 32 out of 124 honeybee colonies (31.

ULTRASTRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES OF PRESPORES DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND MEIOSPORES OF SPECIES OF CLOSELY RELATED MICROSPORIDIA OF GENERA AMBLYOSPORA AND TRICHOCTOSPOREA (AMBLYOSPORIDAE: MICROSPORIDIA) FROM BLOOD-SUKING MOSQUITOES OF THE GENUS AEDES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE).

Ultrastructure of prespore developmental stages, with emphasis on meiospores, has been examined in closely related genera of Microsporidia, Amblyospora and Trichoctosporea, isolated from larvae adipose tissue of mosquitoes Aedes in order to compare morphology of these parasites. Ultrastructural differences between Amblyospora and Trichoctosporea have been found to concern the secret filling episporal space of sporophorous vesicle, wall of mature spores, the polaroplast and membranes of thin coils of polar tubes. The episporal secret contributes to formation of meiospore wall and its structure is one of key systematic features to be considered in the identification of microsporidia.