[Insecticidal and immunosuppressive effect of ascomycete Cordyceps militaris on the larvae of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata].

The immunosuppressive and insecticidal activity of cultures of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris on the larvae of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata has been established for the first time. It was found that the peroral effect of the fungal culture resulted in dose-dependent decrease in survival, delayed in development time and molting, decreases in the total hemocyt counts, increased activity of phenoloxidases in the hemolymph, and reduced activity of the enzyme in the cuticle, as well as increased sensitivity of larvae to the fungus Beauveria bassiana at the level of the synergistic effect.

[Modern methods of examination of ballistic trauma after passing through the barrier].

On the basis of experimental data were studied peculiarities of ballistic of wounds after passing barriers. Authors analyzed forensic medical examination reports concerned about murdered and wounded with gunshots in Saint Petersburg. As research objects were used: simulators of biological materials (block of glycerin soap) and experimental animals.

[Improvement of the health care delivery system in war-time: monitoring of servicemen's health status].

Authors came to conclusion that the constant monitoring of servicemen's health status allows the commanding officer to receive detailed information about combat effectiveness. In case of battle injury or trauma the information used by the medical service will be the base for early health care delivery and organization of evacuation. The information about health status of injured may be used as a base for diagnosis at all stages of evacuation.

[Aspects of development of surgical service of modem Navy].

The article is devoted to the aspects of a current state of surgical service in the Navy, prospects of development of professianl training for navy surgeons, formation of modern training comlex, united electronic library, containig the issues about combat surgical trauma, software technologies, realizing of the application methodology during the process of training and practical activity for the development of the training system for surgeons of Navy and improvement of effectiveness. Formation of normative technical documents, regulating activity of navy surgians is also among the expectations. The authors also touched on the issues of development of modern technologies in bone grafting with the help of domestic implants based on the osteoinductive nanostructured nonorganic matrices (titanium) with defined structure and composition.

[Peculiarities of forensic medical expertise of gunshot wounds inflicted through a bulletproof vest].

A series of experimental studies was conducted with the object of elucidating the mechanisms of the bullet after-penetration effect produced by a handgun shot into the armoured vest with special reference to the changes developing in the space behind the barrier. The application of the pulsed radiographic technique revealed a transient cavity the presence of which accounts for the injuries to soft tissues, bones, and internal organs in the projection of the bullet impact without damage to the armour plates.

[The forensic medical aspects of mechanogenesis of the blast injury].

This experimental study had the objective to elucidate the injurious action of various traumatic factors associated with explosions with special reference to the objective registration of the related high-speed processes. Most attention was given to aerial and surface bursts. Mechanogenesis and pathological morphology of the blast injuries have been most thoroughly investigated.

[The current state and prospects of the development of forensic medical expertise of the blast injury].

The analysis of the special literature and expert practice during the recent years demonstrated the scientific, practical, and social importance of the expertise of the blast injuries in the time of piece. It is emphasized that the main tasks of expert examination of blast injuries include further studies on the mechanisms of their development, simulation of various blast injuries, the development of criteria for the determination of distance from the site of explosion based on the severity of the injury, investigations into effectiveness of the protective barriers for the human body during explosions, and the creation of methods for testing means of individual body armoured protection. The provisions of a program for current and prospective forensic medical investigations into blast injuries have been formulated.

[Mechanisms of damage of internal ear capsules labyrinths at head injury, caused by non-lethal kinetic weapon].

Structural, physical, chemical and micromechanical properties capsules labyrinths of an internal ear are studied at influence of the shock wave caused by wound of a head by not lethal kinetic weapon. It is established, that under the influence of a shock wave in bone plates capsules labyrinths processes remodeling, and accompanied osteolysis amplify. Hydroxyapatites capsules labyrinths tests polymorphic phase transitions and depending on an initial condition is exposed amorphizationor increases the crystallinity.

[The contribution of N.I. Pirogov to the development of forensic medicine (on the occasion of his 200th birthday anniversary)].

The main facets of professor N.I. Pirogov's professional activity are outlined.

[New data on morphogenesis of gunshot bone injuries].

Studies with the use of atomic-force and scanning electron microscopy yielded new data that extend our knowledge of the complicated process underlying bone tissue degeneration as a result of its interaction with a high-speed injurious projectile. These data open up good prospects for the study of gunshot wounds and provide novel opportunities for forensic medical examination and diagnostics including confirmation of gunshot origin of the injury, elucidation of the properties (in the first place, energetic characteristics) of the injurious projectile, and determination of the wound size.

[Ways of optimization of air-medical evacuation of wounded and ill patients during the armed conflict].

The article is devoted to the experience of airmedical evacuation struck during operations in territory of the Chechen Republic of 1999-2002. We consider, that optimal medical-evacuation system in local wars, local fight actions and battles consists only two stages, then victim after first physician aid is evacuated to specialized medical unit. Own experience of preflight preparation and support is generalized and analysed at carrying out of airmedical evacuation of 928 critically wounded patients and the struck on tactical, operative and strategic levels during a confrontation in territory of the Chechen Republic (1999-2002).

[The blast injury as a result of underwater explosion].

Experiments on pigs were made for determination of safe distance to blast center for a diver using the isolating breathing apparatus IDA-71U and aqualung AVM-5. The animals were placed at the distance 12, 9, 7 and 5 m from the blast center. After the explosion, basic physiological parameters and severity of traumas were monitored.

[The features of the traumatogenesis and the ballistic characteristics of peacetime gunshot injuries].

Features of traumatogenesis and wound ballistics of civilian gunshot wounds are studied on the basis of the International Humanitarian Law and basic principles of wound ballistics. Data of 130 lethal cases and 260 wounded are presented. Types of the weapons used were taken into account.

[Use of electrical impulses for selective isolation of actinomycetes f rom soil].

A new method was elaborated for the selective isolation of actinomycetes from soil, which involves the pretreatment of soil samples with electric pulses. The treatment of soil with 3-ms electric pulses at a field intensity of 12 kV/cm2 resulted in a significant (threefold on average) increase in the proportion of representatives of rare actinomycetes isolated. This treatment regime was found to be most efficient for the selective isolation of representatives of the genera Actinoplanes, Micromonospora, Actinomadura, and Microtetraspora.

[Electrical response of inner membrane structures of corynebacteria during electrotransformation].

The efficiency of the electrotransformation of intact cells of corynebacteria by a solitary impulse with a complex shape amounted to 10(6) transformants/microgram of plasmid pNV1 DNA at an electric field strength of 14.2 kW/cm; the voltage-current curve of the cell samples was nonlinear. Under these conditions, the structure of the electric current impulse passing intact cells or protoplasts included oscillations characterized by increasing amplitude and a duration of 170 microseconds, which were not detected in the structure of the electric current impulses at field strengths insufficient for obtaining transformants.

[Wounds from modern small arms and international humanitarian law].

The article cites the concept, basic standards and principles of international humane law concerning the banning or restriction of some types of conventional weapons. The authors describe international methods for appreciation of destructive effects of wounding missiles. On the basis of literature and their own experiments the authors make a conclusion that actually it would be impossible to formulate a straight definition between "human" and "inhumane" bullets, as well as to establish a criterion which could determine the admissible or inadmissible limits for gunshot injuries.

[Generation of superoxide anion and lipid peroxidation in serum of gout patients].

Alterations in content of lipid peroxidation products, reactions of generation/interception of superoxide anion radicals, content of R-proteins and uric acid were studied in blood serum of 83 patients with gout depending on the disease activity. Rates of lipid peroxidation, estimated by content of thiobarbituric acid-positive products, and of superoxide anion generation as well as content of R-proteins correlated distinctly with activity of the inflammation. At the same time, content of uric acid in blood serum of these patients correlated reversely with content of the lipid peroxidation products at the disease preexacerbation period, while concentration of these products depended on content of total iron.

[Isolation of plasmid DNA from Bifidobacterium].

Conditions for accumulation of the biomass and a procedure for isolation of plasmid DNA from bifidobacteria in microquantities were developed. It was shown that all the strains tested had 1 to 3 plasmids of different molecular weights electrophoretically detected. Relation between the detected plasmid DNA and bifidobacteria resistance to tetracycline and fusidin as well as utilization of some carbohydrates is discussed.

[Transfer of various markers in Lactobacilli during transformation of plasmid DNA and joint cultivation].

A system providing a high frequency genetic transfer of various markers making the reference strain Lactobacillus buchneri 1837 resistant to Lm, Em and Fus, able to ferment some carbohydrates and antagonistic against Pseudomonas diminuta CCM 2657 was developed. The frequency of the marker transfer during the lactobacilli joint cultivation was 1.5 X 10(-5) = 5.

[Optimization of the method of isolation of microamounts of plasmid DNA from lactobacilli].

Modification of the alkaline lysis at elevated temperature technique is proposed isolation of plasmid DNA from lactobacilli. Modification consists of colorimetric control of culture phase during the biomass growth, pH control at the probes treatment with lysozyme and alkaline solution of natrium dodecylsulfate by adding the indicator bromcrezolpurple into the medium for biomass growth. The high concentration of lysozyme is used (10 mkg.

[Penicillin-binding proteins of various strains of Lactobacillus].

Sensitivity of different species of Lactobacillus i.e. L.

[The prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia among the workers of a meat-packing plant complex].

An attempt was made to study the incidence of gout and hyperuricemia among the workers of the Moscow meat-packing plant exposed to high food purine loads. Using extensive clinical material (535 men and 1121 women) the authors established that gout was diagnosed 33 times more often in men of this plant than in the muscular population of other towns of the country. Moderate hyperuricemia was revealed in every second of the examinees.

[Resistance to antibiotics of Lactobacillus isolated from the intestines of healthy persons].

Lactobacilli constitute a significant part of the microbial population in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. Sensitivity of intestinal lactobacilli to 11 chemotherapeutic drugs was tested with the method of serial dilutions in the solid medium MRS under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Criteria for dividing the organisms into sensitive and resistant ones with respect to the drugs are proposed.