Nanopore Data-Driven Chromosome-Level Assembly of Flax Genome.

Flax is an important crop grown for seed and fiber. Flax chromosome number is 2n = 30, and its genome size is about 450-480 Mb. To date, the genomes of several flax varieties have been sequenced and assembled.

[Effect of comorbid depression on the development and course of alcohol dependence].

It was compared 72 patients with alcohol dependence (AD) and endogenous depression (ED) and 30 patients with AD without comorbid affective pathology. It has been shown that the development of alcohol dependence in individuals with ED is slower than in patients without ED. A lack of a family history of addictive pathology was noted to be a predictor of a more favorable course of alcohol dependence in patients with ED.

Psychiatric disposition of patients brought in by crisis intervention team police officers.

Background: As part of an effort to improve police interactions with mentally ill citizens, and improve mental health care delivery to subjects in acute distress, the University of Louisville, in conjunction with the Louisville Metro Police, established the crisis intervention team (CIT). CIT is composed of uniformed officers who receive extensive training in crisis intervention and psychiatric issues and who are preferentially called to investigate police calls that may involve a mentally ill individual.

Methods: In an effort to determine the characteristics of the individuals brought to the emergency psychiatric service (EPS) by CIT officers, a comparative (CIT vs.

[The correction of the liver detoxifying function with phenobarbital and ziksorin before and after ischemia].

Rat experiments have shown preliminary administration of phenobarbital and zixoryn (before ischemia) fails to prevent the hepatic monoxygenase system from ischemic lesion, followed by profound destructive changes in the liver, though the functional activity of the microsomal system remained high. Phenobarbital and zixoryn induction of monooxygenases in the postischemic period contributed to the complete restoration of the levels of microsomal cytochromes and the metabolic activity of xenobiotics in the liver just in its early periods. It is concluded that it is advisable to use the inductors in the postischemic restorative period to correct the detoxifying function of the liver.