[Effect of chronic kidney disease on the formation of diastolic heart dysfunction in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction].

Chronic kidney disease is observed in most patients with CHF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and presents a major risk factor facilitating development and progression of LV diastolic dysfunction. The review focused on the effect of chronic kidney disease on intracellular signaling pathways affecting stiffness and diastolic relaxation of cardiomyocytes in response to inflammation and endothelial dysfunction of coronary capillaries, excessive sympathetic activation, and dysregulation of natriuretic peptides, which directly participate in the development of CHF. Elucidation of these mechanisms allows to identify new cell targets for new approaches to drug therapy for patients with HFpEF.

Life support system with autonomous control employing plant photosynthesis.

This research was aimed at obtaining a closed control system. This was achieved by placing all the technological processes providing for human vital activities within the hermetically sealed space, and by transferring the entire control and guidance of these processes to people inhabiting the system. In contrast to existing biological life support systems, man has been included not only as a participant of metabolism, but as an operator who is the central figure in collecting information, making decisions and controlling all technological processes.