The meaning of the numeral “one” in the cultures of China and Russia: the key to understanding geopolitics

The materials are part of a research program focused on the analysis of various culturally conditioned fragments of everyday life. The author analyzes the numerical “one” in Chinese and Russian cultures, showing differences in its cognitive basis. The influence of differences in the cognitive basis of the numerical “one” on the functioning of the geopolitical views of the Chinese and Russian is considered on the example of the concept of “one belt and one road”.Материалы представляют собой часть исследовательской программы, ориентированной на анализ различных культурно обусловленных фрагментов повседневности. Автор анализирует числительное «один» в китайской и русской культурах, показывая различия в его когнитивном базисе. На примере концепции «Один пояс и один путь» рассматривается влияние различий в когнитивном базисе числительного «один» на функционирование геополитических воззрений китайцев и русских

ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE LABORATORY STUDY OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE PATIENTS PROBABLY INFECTED WITH SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

Plans of taking the material from patients with SARS or suspected SARS, its preparing for transport and delivery to special laboratories are presented. Expediency of genetic diagnosis of SARS on the base of regional State Surveillance centers is pointed

Metabolic and motor activity effects of microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) in laboratory mice

In recent years, the microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) have increasingly attracted great interest as a potential source of pharmacologically active compounds. Showing anticoagulation, antioxidant and antitumor activities of Chlorella revealed its hypotensive properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Chlorella suspension on the weight of the animals, their moving activity, and erythropoiesis. The study was performed on males and females of ICR mice. The animals from the experimental group drank only the Chlorella suspension during 3 weeks and were given standard food. Control animals drank during this period only water and had the same food. The body weight of males in the control and the experimental group with Chlorella did not change, while females in the experimental group showed an increase of body weight in a week. A similar pattern was obtained for estimation of animal body weight changes relative to food consumption. The number of red blood cells in females and males from group with Chlorella increased only after 3 weeks after the start of the experiment. Hemoglobin also increased only after 3 weeks after the start of Chlorella consumption, but only for females. All groups of animals had the same motor activity during experiment. Blood sampling resulted in a reduction of activity in control males and females as well as in males with Chlorella. The motor activity of females with Chlorella after blood sampling did not change. So, consumption of the Chlorella suspension by females leads to more effective digestion and resulted in increased body weight, improved erythropoiesis resulted in increased red blood cells and hemoglobin and also increased their resistance to acute stress. The males in the same situation increased only the erythropoiesis