Commissioning of the accelerator-recuperator for the FEL at the Siberian Center for Photochemical Research.

A 100 MeV eight-turn accelerator-recuperator intended to drive a high-power infrared free-electron laser (FEL) is currently under construction in Novosibirsk. The first stage of the machine includes a one-turn accelerator-recuperator that contains a full-scale RF system. It was commissioned successfully in June 2002.

[Pulmonary hypertension and myocardial contraction in disseminated types of pulmonary tuberculosis]. / Legochnaia gipertenziia i sokratitel'naia funktsiia miokarda pri pasprostranennykh formakh tuberkuleza legkikh.

To elucidate the influence of hemodynamic factors on the development of right ventricular failure, hemodynamic parameters of the lesser and greater circulations and those characterizing myocardial contractility were studied in 36 patients. Despite profuse lung damage, pulmonary failure, and marked external respiration dysfunction that accompanied disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary hypertension was moderate and failed to be followed by hemodynamic overload, right cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Significant reductions in myocardial contractility both of the right and left cavities with a rise in the intensity of an inflammatory process suggest the leading role of a toxic and infectious agent in myocardial damage.