Влияние магнитных бурь на активность функциональных систем учащихся

White observing health pupils, by Nakatani's electro acupuncture diagnostics, there was noticed a considerable change of the index, which shows worsening of the examined children's health. It coincided with the magnet storm on December 11-13, 2006. The scientists supposed that it was the magnet storm that caused the change of this index. For this purpose there were also analyzed other in dice of the electro acupuncture diagnostics of 56 pupils (32 boys and 24 girls of the 4th form of school 874 in the Western district of Moscow). The obtained data confirm the negative influence of magnet storms on pupils' functional condition. There were found functional systems and organs, which are most vulnerable to the geomantic influence. They are heart, lymphatic system, large intestine, spleen-pancreas, urinary bladder, kidneys, liver and also index and the medial biocurrent (electro conductivity). The examination of pupils' functional condition is quite reasonable. It would desirable to conduct such observations on greater scale.При проведении мониторинга по изучению здоровья школьников методом электропунктурной экспресс-диагностики по Накатани, было выявлено значимое изменение индекса, который свидетельствует о нарушении здоровья обследованных детей. Это явление совпало с магнитной бурей 11-13 декабря 2006 года. Исследователями выдвинута гипотеза о том, что магнитная буря могла привести к повышению данного интегрального показателя. Для этого, кроме индекса были проанализированы и другие показатели электропунктурной диагностики 56 школьников (32 мальчика и 24 девочки 4-х классов школы № 874 Западного округа г. Москвы). Полученные данные подтверждают отрицательное влияние магнитных бурь на функциональное состояние организма. Выявлены функциональные системы и органы, наиболее чувствительные к геомагнитным воздействиям. Ими оказались: сердце, лимфатическая система, толстый кишечник, почки, печень, поджелудочная железа с селезенкой, мочевой пузырь, а также индекс и средний ток. Проведение мониторинга состояния здоровья учащихся вполне себя оправдывает. Было бы целесообразно проводить данный мониторинг в более широких масштабах

The Earth: Plasma Sources, Losses, and Transport Processes

This paper reviews the state of knowledge concerning the source of magnetospheric plasma at Earth. Source of plasma, its acceleration and transport throughout the system, its consequences on system dynamics, and its loss are all discussed. Both observational and modeling advances since the last time this subject was covered in detail (Hultqvist et al., Magnetospheric Plasma Sources and Losses, 1999) are addressed

Infective endocarditis: Importance of molecular biological techniques in etiological diagnosis

Aim. To investigate the specific features of conventional bacteriological methods and current molecular biological techniques for the etiological diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). Subjects and methods. Examinations were made in 53 patients treated at City Clinical Hospital Sixty-Four, Moscow Healthcare Department, in 2012-2015 who underwent simultaneous bacteriological and molecular biological (polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or PCR with further sequencing) examinations of blood or resected cardiac valve tissues. Results. The investigation included 53 patients (31 men; median age, 62 years) with IE (Duke 2009); its primary form was observed in 32 (60.4%) patients. Blood bacteriological tests and PCR assays were positive in 28 (52.8%) and 34 (64.2%) patients, respectively. There were concordant results in 21 of the 28 positive blood culture cases and discordant results in 7 (25%); at the same time 3 cases showed a compete discordance in the detected causative agents (the growth of Enterococcus spp. was revealed by bacteriological examination and that of Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., and Escherichia coli by DNA PCR) and a pathogen could not be identified by DNA PCR in 4 patients who had positive blood bacteriological results. The positive PCR results for cocci and fungi were obtained in 10 of the 25 (47.2%) examinees with culture-negative IE. Rare causative agents were not revealed. The tissues obtained from 8 resected damaged heart valves displayed a wider spectrum of pathogens than did blood samples, which was associated with the formation of bacterial films. Conclusion. The etiological agent of IE was revealed in venous blood by bacteriological examination in 52.8% of the examinees, by PCR in 64.2%, and by either in 71.7%. There were concordant and discordant results in 67.9 and 32.1% of the patients, respectively; among whom 18.9% were found to have pathogen DNA revealed by PCR in culture-negative IE

Infective endocarditis: Importance of molecular biological techniques in etiological diagnosis

Aim. To investigate the specific features of conventional bacteriological methods and current molecular biological techniques for the etiological diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). Subjects and methods. Examinations were made in 53 patients treated at City Clinical Hospital Sixty-Four, Moscow Healthcare Department, in 2012-2015 who underwent simultaneous bacteriological and molecular biological (polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or PCR with further sequencing) examinations of blood or resected cardiac valve tissues. Results. The investigation included 53 patients (31 men; median age, 62 years) with IE (Duke 2009); its primary form was observed in 32 (60.4%) patients. Blood bacteriological tests and PCR assays were positive in 28 (52.8%) and 34 (64.2%) patients, respectively. There were concordant results in 21 of the 28 positive blood culture cases and discordant results in 7 (25%); at the same time 3 cases showed a compete discordance in the detected causative agents (the growth of Enterococcus spp. was revealed by bacteriological examination and that of Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., and Escherichia coli by DNA PCR) and a pathogen could not be identified by DNA PCR in 4 patients who had positive blood bacteriological results. The positive PCR results for cocci and fungi were obtained in 10 of the 25 (47.2%) examinees with culture-negative IE. Rare causative agents were not revealed. The tissues obtained from 8 resected damaged heart valves displayed a wider spectrum of pathogens than did blood samples, which was associated with the formation of bacterial films. Conclusion. The etiological agent of IE was revealed in venous blood by bacteriological examination in 52.8% of the examinees, by PCR in 64.2%, and by either in 71.7%. There were concordant and discordant results in 67.9 and 32.1% of the patients, respectively; among whom 18.9% were found to have pathogen DNA revealed by PCR in culture-negative IE