[Forensic expert evaluation of adverse outcomes of health care delivery in criminal proceedings]. / Sudebno-ekspertnaya otsenka neblagopriyatnykh iskhodov okazaniya meditsinskoi pomoshchi v ugolovnom protsesse.

THE AIM OF THE STUDY: Is to analyze the historical development and current state of the Institute of Commission Forensic Medical Examination of adverse outcomes of health care delivery in the domestic criminal proceedings. The article describes the main historical periods of development, summarizes the main problems and identifies the place of commission forensic medical examination for medical cases in current system of forensic medical activity.

[Questions to experts when appointing a commission of forensic medical examinations based on adverse outcomes of medical care]. / Voprosy ekspertam pri naznachenii komissionnykh sudebno-meditsinskikh ekspertiz po faktam neblagopriyatnykh iskhodov okazaniya meditsinskoi pomoshchi.

Presented the reviews of the recommendations to the forensic community on raising questions when prescribing forensic medical examinations in case of adverse outcomes of medical care is given. Were analyzed 50 decisions of investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the conduct of forensic medical examinations in the regional bureaus of forensic medical examination, as well as non-state experts.

Compounds of IL-6 Receptor Complex during Acute Lung Injury.

Soluble receptor of IL-6 (sIL-6R) and antagonist of the receptor complex, soluble glycoprotein 130 (sgp130) mediate opposite effects during inflammation. We measured the levels of these cytokines and their ratio in rat blood on the model of acute lung injury. The injury was modeled by the intratracheal administration of LPS. The levels of sgp130 and sIL-6R increased during the inflammatory process in the injured lungs. The sgp130/sIL-6R ratio increased or decreased depending on the intensity of the inflammatory process. sgp130/sIL-6R ratio might reflect the intensity of inflammation during lung injury.

Secure polarization-independent subcarrier quantum key distribution in optical fiber channel using BB84 protocol with a strong reference.

A quantum key distribution system based on the subcarrier wave modulation method has been demonstrated which employs the BB84 protocol with a strong reference to generate secure bits at a rate of 16.5 kbit/s with an error of 0.5% over an optical channel of 10 dB loss, and 18 bits/s with an error of 0.75% over 25 dB of channel loss. To the best of our knowledge, these results represent the highest channel loss reported for secure quantum key distribution using the subcarrier wave approach. A passive unidirectional scheme has been used to compensate for the polarization dependence of the phase modulators in the receiver module, which resulted in a high visibility of 98.8%. The system is thus fully insensitive to polarization fluctuations and robust to environmental changes, making the approach promising for use in optical telecommunication networks. Further improvements in secure key rate and transmission distance can be achieved by implementing the decoy states protocol or by optimizing the mean photon number used in line with experimental parameters.

Analysis of blood pressure dynamics in male and female rats using the continuous wavelet transform.

We study gender-related particularities in cardiovascular responses to stress and nitric oxide (NO) deficiency in rats using HR, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and a proposed wavelet-based approach. Blood pressure dynamics is analyzed: (1) under control conditions, (2) during immobilization stress and recovery and (3) during nitric oxide blockade by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME). We show that cardiovascular sensitivity to stress and NO deficiency depends upon gender. Actually, in females the chronotropic effect of stress is more pronounced, while the pressor effect is weakened compared with males. We conclude that females demonstrate more favorable patterns of cardiovascular responses to stress and more effective NO control of cardiovascular activity than males.

[Reaction of the biologically active points of the skin to immunization with typhus vaccine]. / Reaktsiia biologicheski aktivnykh tochek kozhi pri immunizatsii sypnotifoznoi vaktsinoi.

Electroacupuncture diagnosis was used to demonstrate the reaction of biologically active points of the skin (BAPS) to immunization with typhus vaccine. In 7 persons immunized with chemical and live (strain E) typhus vaccines, the reaction differed significantly from the initial parameters and other measurement data obtained in a group of unvaccinated subjects. The reaction of the BAPS was noticeable starting from the first day after vaccination and was far ahead of seroimmune shifts detectable in the host. The best correlation was established between the seroimmune response and the activity of the acupuncture points on meridians X and I (a positive correlation) and on meridians III, VIII and XI (a negative correlation).

[Possible role of ammonium sulfate in inducing invertase biosynthesis in plants]. / O vozmozhnoi roli sul'fata ammoniia v induktsii biosinteza invertazy u rastenii.

The induction of invertase from beetroot plants and wheat shoots was studied using the "ageing tissues" technique. It was found that ammonium sulfate at concentration 0.001 M enhances invertase induction. This effect of ammonium sulfate was not revealed when the preparations were pretreated by actidione, puromycin and chloramphenicol. A possibility of activation of invertase induction by ammonium sulfate is discussed.

[Effect of the body's requirements for vitamin K on the electrophoretic characteristics of erythrocyte membrane proteins]. / Vliianie obespechennosti organizma vitaminom K na élektroforeticheskuiu kharakteristiku belkov éritrotsitarnykh membran.

Proteins from rat erythrocyte membranes were separated by polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis. Up to II fractions were obtained. Number of these fractions, their content and ratios were altered in rats with primary or secondary vitamin K deficiency.

[Changes in the activity and tertiary structure of beta-amylase from wheat seeds under the effect of salts]. / Izmenenie aktivnosti i tretichnoi struktury beta-amilazy iz semian pshenitsy pod vliianiem solei.

Changes are observed of 1-anylinonaphtalene-8-sulphonate probe fluorescence intensity, connected with beta-amylase in the presence of Ca(NO3)2, Mg(NO3)2, KNO3, NH4NO3 and (NH4)2SO4 at a concentration range within 10(-4)--1 M. Considerable decrease of the fluorescence intensity was observed under the addition of all the salts mentioned at concentration of 10(-3)--10(-4) M. A quantum yield increase of probe fluorescence was noted for Mg(NO3)2 (10(-4) M). High concentrations of Ca(NO3)2 and Mg(NO3)2 (0.25--1 M) also resulted in a sharp increase of the fluorescence intensity. Changes of beta-amylase activity took place simultaneously. The changes of the enzyme activity are suggested to be due to changes in the conformation of the enzyme protein under the effect of salts.