MR-OCTAVIUS 4D with 1500 MR and 1600 MR arrays is suitable for plan QA in a 1.5 T MRI-linac.

To ensure the accuracy of radiation delivery to patients in a 1.5 T MRI-linac, the implementation of quality assurance (QA) devices compatible with MR technology is essential. The OCTAVIUS 4D MR, made by PTW (Freiburg, Germany) is designed to ensure consistent and ideal alignment of its detectors with the direction of each beam segment.

Cultivable Gut Microbiota in Synanthropic Bats: Shifts of Its Composition and Diversity Associated with Hibernation.

The role of bats in the global microbial ecology no doubt is significant due to their unique immune responses, ability to fly, and long lifespan, all contributing to pathogen spread. Some of these animals hibernate during winter, which results in the altering of their physiology. However, gut microbiota shifts during hibernation is little studied.

[ЕNDOVENOUS ELECTRIC WELDING OBLITERATION OF LARGE SUBCUTANEOUS VEIN IN TREATMENT OF VARICOSE DISEASE].

Possibility of application of the living tissues electric welding technologies in the treatment of varicose disease of lower extremities, using endovenous electric welding (EVEW) of large subcutaneous vein (LSV), was studied, its optimal parameters were determined. ЕVEW have provided effective impact on venous vessel, and guaranteed secure obliteration of LSV. The method may be used successfully in the treatment of varicose disease.

[Thyropathy in the children from a south-western area of the Kaluga Region, irradiated in utero and in the first birth weeks after Chernobyl atomic power station accident].

The cohort study examined the incidence of thyropathy within the first 11-12 years of life among 560 children irradiated in utero and within the first 13 birth weeks via incorporation of iodine-131, who lived in a south-western iodine-deficient area of the Kaluga Region. Incidence rates in the irradiated children were compared with those among 199 non-irradiated children of the same age, who lived in the same region. Among the irradiated children, the incidence of thyropathy was generally 2.