Phenotype and pathology of the dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome in children.

The dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome (DCMA) is an autosomal recessive mitochondrial disease caused by mutations in the DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member C19 (DNAJC19) gene. DCMA or 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type V is globally rare, but the largest number of patients in the world is found in the Hutterite population of southern Alberta in Canada. We provide an update on phenotypic findings, natural history, pathological findings, and our clinical experience.

[The influence of general magnetic therapy on the psychological status of the patients presenting with osteoarthrosis].

The present study was designed to estimate the influence of general magnetic therapy on the psychical conditions of 151 patients presenting with degenerative joint diseases including osteoarthritis (OA). It was shown that the application of general magnetic therapy for the rehabilitative treatment of osteoarthrosis promotes the improvement of the psycho-emotional state of the patients. It is concluded that prescription of general magnetic therapy to the patients with OA suffering from serious psycho-emotional disorders brings about beneficial changes in their anxiety- and depression-related personality traits.

[Influence of pancreatic segment graft autotransplantation on its exocrine function].

In experiments on dogs the exocrine secretion of pancreatic segment graft after its autotransplantation and of pancreatic stamps after proximal resection of the pancreas was investigated. More significant impairment of the exocrine secretion of the pancreas was revealed in animals after pancreatic graft autotransplantation in comparison with animals after the proximal resection of the pancreas. Maintenance of the adaptation of pancreatic exocrine secretion to the nutritional composition of the intestinal contents and "generalized inhibition" of pancreatic exocrine secretion caused by duodenal trypsin infusion was revealed in all groups.

[The mechanical models of the physiology of teeth].

Based on the universal laws of mechanics and physical chemistry, physiology build mechanical models of teeth, which allowed to explain the role of mastication in the mechanism of demineralization and remineralization of hard tissues of teeth and asymmetry of erasing their working surfaces. In the process of chewing capillary and baric effects contribute to changes in calcium and phosphorus on the working side of the tooth, reaching 30% for any chemical composition of food. Erasing the working surfaces of lower teeth contributes to their specific role in the mechanical and chemical mechanisms of degradation of food due to the mobility of the mandible.

[Interrelation between personal characteristics of students and the successfulness of their training].

The main individual and typological personality characteristics of 246 female and 120 male students were determined with psychological tests. The results were compared to the measure of the successfulness of their training, determined as the mean score of the three last exam sessions. In both groups, failure-avoidance motivation dominated in 62% of students, while success-achievement motivation dominated in 37% of students.