Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World.

The overall objective of the given paper was to study the relationship of inbound medical tourism destinations with international tourism, economic development of recipient countries, the development of national healthcare systems and the institutional features of their environment, in terms of protection of the rights and freedoms of both business and citizens. In order to achieve this objective, the authors used methods of grouping, as well as correlation and regression analysis. The conducted study revealed that the formation of medical tourism destinations in countries with high social and economic development occurs in a balanced and unidirectional manner; simultaneously, one can see that the countries with "new economic development" form a sufficiently powerful and competitive market for medical tourism.

Membrane action of polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride revealed on smooth muscle cells, nerve tissue and rat blood platelets: A biocide driven pore-formation in phospholipid bilayers.

A well-known cationic biocide of guanidine polymer family, polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride (PHMG) has been tested against smooth muscle cells isolated from swine myometrium, synaptosomes of rat brain nerve terminals and rat blood platelets for the membrane action. It was established that PHMG blocked the activity of Na,K-ATPase of smooth muscle cells plasma membrane by 82.2 ± 0.