Morphological Analysis of Poly(4,4'-oxydiphenylene-pyromellitimide)-Based Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Membranes Formed by the Solution Method.

Poly-(4,4'-oxydiphenylene) pyromellitimide or Kapton is the most widely available polyimide with high chemical and thermal stability. It has great prospects for use as a membrane material for filtering organic media due to its complete insolubility. However, the formation of membranes based on it, at the moment, is an unsolved problem.

Novel carbon film induces precocious calcium oscillation to promote neuronal cell maturation.

Different types of carbon materials are biocompatible with neural cells and can promote maturation. The mechanism of this effect is not clear. Here we have tested the capacity of a carbon material composed of amorphous sp carbon backbone, embedded with a percolating network of sp carbon domains to sustain neuronal cultures.

Delta-sleep inducing peptide entrapment in the charged macroporous matrices.

Various biomolecules, for example proteins, peptides etc., entrapped in polymer matrices, impact interactions between matrix and cells, including stimulation of cell adhesion and proliferation. Delta-sleep inducing peptide (DSIP) possesses numerous beneficial properties, including its abilities in burn treatment and neuronal protection.

[Delta-sleep inducing peptide entrapment and release from polymer hydrogels based on modified polyvinyl alcohol in vitro].

The aim of the study was to entrap delta-sleep inducing peptide (DSIP) in cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol)-based hydrogels of different structures and to evaluate peptide release kinetics from these hydrogels using an in vitro model. Isotropic and macroporous hydrogels on the basis of poly(vinyl alcohol) acrylic derivative (Acr-PVA) as well as macroporous hydogels containing epoxy groups which were synthesized by copolymerization of this monomer with glycidyl methacrylate. The isotropic hydrogels were fabricated at positive temperatures while the macroporous hydrogels (cryogels) were prepared at the temperatures below zero.

[Association-dissociation of molecules of hemoglobin and polymeric hemoglobin in solutions].

The process of association-dissociation of hemoglobin molecules into dimers of its subunits in water-saline solutions is studied by the method of gel-penetrating chromatography and ultrafiltration. The quantitative assessment of stabilization of quaternary structure of hemoglobin in chemically bound polymer derivative in comparison with native peptide on the basis of building differential concentration curves is conducted for the first time. By the method of atomic-force spectroscopy, the morphology of nanoparticles of hemoglobin and its modified polymeric derivative is studied.

[Relation between health status of female assemblers and the degree of occupational fatigue].

Fatigue, the functional status and morbidity of women-assemblers of the watches and shoes have been investigated. Assessment of fatigue was based on the subjective parameters. Reliable changes in morbidity were not observed in women of 20-30 years of age with a high degree of fatigue, while in the group of women of 31-40 years of age an increase in the frequency of diseases of cardio-vascular, bone-muscular and peripheral nervous systems were observed.

[The activization of an Ashkhabad focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis].

6 patients with characteristic clinical symptoms of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) have been revealed in 1987-1988 in the city of Ashkhabad (the Turkmen SSR). 3 Leishmania strains isolated from these patients (MHOM/SU/87/392, MHOM/SU/87/393, MHOM/SU/87/410) were identified as ACL causative agents--Leishmania tropica--by means of isoenzymatic analysis. The analysis for 12 enzymes (G-6-PDH, PGM, 6-PGDH, ACP, ALP, PGI, GOT, ME, LDH, ALD, HK, FK) was performed by electrophoresis on acetate-cellulose plates.

[Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with methacycline and doxycycline (vibramycin)].

Sixty-nine patients suffering from acute necrotic cutaneous leishmaniasis have been effectively treated with methacycline, 60 ones with doxycycline. Many parameters of these drug's efficacies are similar to those of monomycin, the most active drug for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Therapy with the afore-said antibiotics, in combination with methyluracil, an immunocorrecting drug, is a simple and available effective method, that may be used for outpatient treatment of leishmaniasis patients.